I’ve been trying to read more cosmic horror but haven’t had much luck finding something that really grabs me. Recently I’ve read The Dead Take a Train (didn’t really hold my interest) and The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (which I didn’t realize was nonfiction essays rather than a novel).
What I’m looking for is fiction that deals with old gods, eldritch horror, and things beyond human comprehension something that captures that overwhelming, alien dread but with a fresh perspective. I know Lovecraft, but I’d like to branch out and try a new spin on the genre, ideally set in modern times or even the future.
Does anyone have recommendations for novels (or even novellas/short story collections) that fit this?
by BearForce17
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Swallowed by Meg Smitherman
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
The Fisherman by John Langan
The two Lovecraftian tales I liked best (and I normally hated Lovecraft) were:
Crouch End – Stephen King
and
The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette.
Especially the last one.
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.