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23010836 No.23010836 [Reply] [Original]

I want something that will shake my bones to their core

>> No.23010842

>>23010836
>surreal horror
>surreal
Are you just using words you don’t understand again, OP?

>> No.23010846

>>23010836
The U.S Presidential election is coming up.

>> No.23010849

>>23010846
That goes under comedy thougbeit

>> No.23010855

>>23010849
comedy is just horror that you choose to laugh at

>> No.23010878

>>23010855
I'd like to propose an alternative, in which the perception of comedy or horror depends on your distance to the event in question.

>> No.23010904

>>23010855
Bierbaum fan?

>> No.23011016

>>23010842
Stop being pedantic. I'm asking for books that have elements of surrealism and horror

>> No.23011025

>>23011016
Do you know what surrealism is, OP?

>> No.23011028

>>23011016
Have you read all of Lovecraft? If not, Go do that. Also, Alan Moore's trilogy of Lovecraft comics is worth a read.

>> No.23011040

>>23010836
"The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson could perhaps be to your liking?

"Out of the mouth of the dragon" by Mark S. Geston? It's not horror as such but has a surreal quality to it, taking place in a world that is very very old and shows mankind locked in a hopeless quest for Armageddon.

>> No.23011069

>>23011025
If you aren't going to give recommendations, just go away. I don't need a pop quiz
>>23011028
>>23011040
Sounds good. Thanks for actually being helpful

>> No.23011071

>>23011069
Godspeed and happy reading, Anon.

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>Do you know what surrealism is, OP?

>> No.23011217

>>23010836
Give The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson a try.

Matheson had a gift for immersing the reader in the reality of a situation to the point of making you break out in a sweat. I was in no way expecting this book to be as disturbing as it was, but Matheson makes the story all too believable and immersive, and consequently horrifying.