the bitchass ineffectual mod who never deleted bullshit /r9k/ and /new/ threads, by /lit/

maybe you've heard of it

>>2091935

Please use the report function for off-topic / rule-breaking posts.

Joe R. Lansdale? A little bit gory, but can be pretty scary at times.

Stephen King actually has his moments, admittedly.

keep up the good work dude

>>2091948

>not a single report

You too!

just for future reference. should we report it, call the cops, loose the hounds and wipe your ass for you while we're at it or is it just okay if we report the thread.

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>>2091954
>User was banned for being autistic.

free d&e

Back on topic - legitimately scary horror books, /lit/?

I know there are lots of GOOD horror books, but I'd like good AND scary.

Posting as a mod was maybe a bad idea.
Sorry, I don't have any suggestions, but would also like some recommendations.

>>2091959
FREE D&E SWAG SWAG SWAG

>>2091960
How about you suck my cock??

>>2091962
also riddley walker is pretty creepy.

>>2091954
I lol'd

>>2091923
Try some transgressive authors like Bataille, Nin and Burroughs. They're not traditional horror but I guess they're a little freaky or whatever.

In return, ban the racist threads /sci/ keep bringing. I've reported them...

>>2091965
>>2091967

Weaveworld is awesome. I forgot all about the great and secret show - will check that out.

Ligotti is cool. Check out Teatro Grottesco.

Honestly, most horror lit is absolute shit.

This is kind of the opposite of what you're after, but Joey Comeau (of A Softer World internet-fame) has written a couple of gory books that end up being really quite touching: One Bloody Thing After Another and Bible Camp Bloodbath. You can read the latter online, not sure about the former tho

Does House of Leaves qualify as 'New Horror'?

also 20/09/2011 nevar forget

d&e wasn't afraid to stick it to the man

>>2091979

Sounds pretty good. Wonder how it'd fare in e-book format with having to read things in the mirror.

>>2091979
Naw, House of Leaves qualifies closer to the dog shit you negligently haven't cleaned from the tread of your second favourite pair of Nike trainers

>>2091982

i just checked - it's fine. you can see an e-book in a mirror.

i understand modern technology can be confusing though...

>>2091985

I'm not sure that uspide-down, mirrored text is a standard character set for e-book readers.

>>2091986

im sure it can include a footnote to turn the book upside down and stand on your head before you read it. footnotes add to the narrative.

>>2091984
>He wears Nike trainers.

Edgar Allan Poe

Kafka

Samuel Beckett

I don't get understand, I did a couple of changes in the Recommended Reading page a few hours ago and now it's back to how it was before my changes. Do you need to be logged in for the changes to stay there? I can see them if I go to the wiki activity page

This thread shows why mods don't post as being a mod.

I don't really read horror, so I don't really know.
Most horror is too illogical for me to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy it.

Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Faulkner. Cormac McCarthy

>>2092014
> This thread shows why mods don't post as being a mod.
They're not supposed to post as mods, unless it's something official.
They're basically tripfags with ban powers.

Lovecraft and Poe.

>>2091993
You know it, SLAFFYKINS!!!!!

>/lit/ has mods
WUT? Also why are people saging this thread?

>>2092052
>Make a post not reffering to the topic of the thread.
>sage
Makes sense.
Maybe you just don't understand how sage works.

wow. on /lit/, even the mod namefags

..at least he banned shallow&typical

>>2092055
if you sage you want to DESTROY the thread! It means you are ANGRY!

Horror: The 100 Best Books, as selected by Jones & Newman:

http://home.comcast.net/~netaylor1/jonesnewman.html

You're welcome.

>>2092065
What?

>>2092065
The sage is a vector of love, not hate.

Sage if you #SAGE FOR LOVE

>>2092076
You mad at the mod and don't want to bump his thread when you sage it means that you disapprove of the thread and want it to die, or you want to say something and not help it to survive.

>>2092082
This is sometimes the case, but other times. (such as tripfags talking to each other), sage is appropriate because they don't want to 'bump' their non /lit/ comment.

Don't be so new in the future.

Saging on /lit/ is pretty useless in both cases. If you do it out of hate, the thread will still stay on page 0 for about 35 minutes. Out of respect, and the same thing applies. Medium speed boards are much more conducive to saging.

>>2092085
But you are not a tripfag so that example is invalid.

Moving on, within this category, I'd like to discuss ghost stories.

There's lots of different sorts of supernatural horror stories, but we always drift back to the ghost story like an old friend. What do you think the best ones you've read have been?

>>2092090
I think saging out of respect is still good though. While the thread will eventually be bumped again, it still shows you appreciate the board.

>>2092091
You're an idiot, but a good troll.

>>2092095

Well I said it was useless, not disrespectful. And to be fair, trying to show respect on 4chan usually is just as attention getting.

>>2092070
I enjoy how this list starts with timeless classics and gradually descends into pulpy trash

>>2092100

I enjoy how a number of them can only be very loosely called "horror stories."

John Gardner's Grendel? Really? Heart of Darkness? I mean, sure, they're dark stories with very creepy bits, but they're not horror stories.

>>2092017
It's a good book, and one of the few I've read from some country other than the Usual Suspects, but how is it horrible?
It's basically Crime and Punishment without the "Crime" part. It's only "horror" if you consider the brutal elocution on human nature to be horrifying.

>>2091966
>>2091966

Ach, man, the one time Anais Nin gets mentioned on this board, and it's completely out of context. There's nothing horrific about her work.

unless you're afraid of vaginas

For OP, I'm a big fan of Shaun Hutson who is both disgustingly gory and efficiently thrilling and horrific. He's not a great writer, I'll not lie, but he's bloody good at what he does, and he's one of those writers you think "hmm, OK, I'll give it a try", and then four, fve hours later you're thinking "I can't believe I the whole book, and OH MAI GOD TEH SLUGZ TEH SLUGZ"

Slugs is particularly horrible and cool.

>>2091966
just realized

>banning the best tripfag on /lit/
wtf man.

I liked Weaveworld by Clive Barker and have heard good things about his other horror.

Child of God
The Road
The Painted Bird
The Long Walk
Who Goes There?
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Lord of the Flies

>>2092145
>not simply banning all tripfags, or at least the problematic ones

Yeah, I agree. Sure have done a lot more.

Do /lit/ish vidyagames count?

You've probably already seen the film, but "The Shining" is a very well-crafted horror which is better than the movie in many respects.

Nice work on banning that schmuck btw, I just wish you'd ban more of 'em. /lit/ tends to get dominated by cliques of shitposting trips

>>2091966
>ban the racist thread
nope, leave em alone.

How could Gore possibly be used as a crutch to generate horror? Squeamishness sure, but to be scared at some dude describing a decapitated head or some such shit doesn't really strike me as being nearly as evocative as it would be to see it visually. I wouldn't be surprised to see gore getting its fair share of genre coverage in the literary field than in film, where it actually could produce a legitimate crutch for horror.

>>2092257
Just imagine if he was president, he would sell US sovereignty to the UN due to fictitious "global warming" fear mongering!
How is that not horrible?

hey there i reported >>2092066
please actually do something about it k thanks a bunch peace

FREE D&E

>>2092234
>better than the movie
nope

>>2092350
Yeah, I seldom had a problem with deep. While he was 95% troll, his was the best /lit/ can offer. At worst, he kept folks from taking themselves too seriously, and at best prevented a lot of derp arguments from being tossed around.

>>2092366
>at best perpetuated a lot of derp arguments being tossed around.

Fixed that for you, brah.

>>2092366

He never contributed a damn thing. Good riddance.

>>2092145
ChampionOfTheLegion wasn't banned.

>>2092385
its a one day ban and d&e is smarter than you will ever be able to understand.