atmosphere and building dread get to me a lot more than gore or things that are overtly ‘scary’ and i really loved dark matter by michelle paver
Serious_Session7574 on
Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds, and her short story Don’t Look Now. Anything by Shirley Jackson.
smallmalexia3 on
Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester!
FloridaFlamingoGirl on
Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
mint_pumpkins on
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling!
FerrousFenris on
Kasandra Kaw writes a lot of cool weird horroresque sorts of things. Silvia Moreno-Garcia does some neat things too. Oh and Agustina Bazterrica!
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Depends on how you define “scary” but Delilah Dawson’s books are genuinely disturbing. *Bloom* is basically sapphic cottagecore Hannibal Lector and it’s dripping with dread. Highly recommended.
Latter-Match-9414 on
The woman in black by Susan Hill
maybemaybenot2023 on
Just Like Home and Spread me by Sarah Gailey (NB)
Fathom, The Toll, and The Family Plot by Cherie M. Priest
The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohammed (NB)
Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (NB)
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what do you find scary?
atmosphere and building dread get to me a lot more than gore or things that are overtly ‘scary’ and i really loved dark matter by michelle paver
Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds, and her short story Don’t Look Now. Anything by Shirley Jackson.
Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester!
Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling!
Kasandra Kaw writes a lot of cool weird horroresque sorts of things. Silvia Moreno-Garcia does some neat things too. Oh and Agustina Bazterrica!
Depends on how you define “scary” but Delilah Dawson’s books are genuinely disturbing. *Bloom* is basically sapphic cottagecore Hannibal Lector and it’s dripping with dread. Highly recommended.
The woman in black by Susan Hill
Just Like Home and Spread me by Sarah Gailey (NB)
Fathom, The Toll, and The Family Plot by Cherie M. Priest
The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohammed (NB)
Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (NB)
I Remember You by Yrsa Siguroardottir
Let Me In by Claire McGowan