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MPA read any good PAPERBACK HORROR lately?
| fragrant sticky dilemma corn cake | 07/03/25 |
| bateful sable filthpig | 07/03/25 |
| swashbuckling party of the first part | 07/03/25 |
| fragrant sticky dilemma corn cake | 07/03/25 |
| bateful sable filthpig | 07/03/25 |
| pearl cruise ship | 07/03/25 |
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| swashbuckling party of the first part | 07/04/25 |
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| swashbuckling party of the first part | 07/04/25 |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 10:37 AM Author: fragrant sticky dilemma corn cake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49068732) |
Date: July 3rd, 2025 10:46 AM Author: bateful sable filthpig Yes; currently reading Skipp & Spector’s The Clean-Up (sort of a coked our dark new wave post punk vigilante/superhero(?) story)
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:02 AM Author: swashbuckling party of the first part top 3 Ligotti short stories? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49068775) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:03 AM Author: fragrant sticky dilemma corn cake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49068776) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:22 AM Author: bateful sable filthpig The Town Manager
The Clown Puppet
The Frolic |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:25 AM Author: pearl cruise ship The Frolic, really? I would replace that with The Tsalal or The Medusa, or maybe Last Feast of Harlequin. The Frolic feels like a separate exercise from the rest of his output. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49068855) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:30 AM Author: bateful sable filthpig The reason I find it so effective is that it’s like a magic trick. Right before your eyes the entire frame of reality/reference shifts. I also think it works well as a creepy horror story. He kind of does it in Gas Station Carnivals too but it’s a little more telegraphed.
I haven’t read Medusa or Tsalal in forever so forget what happens.
I also really like Purity which is again sort of an outlier in some ways—it’s much more “realistic”. It all comes down to that final line which is a great punchline that somehow makes perfect sense and ties it all up without actually following. It’s satisfying on a subconscious level; like Aickman or Campbell.
Have you ever read the William Sansom story “A Woman Seldom Found?” Not exactly relevant to what we are discussing but it’ll take you 3 minutes to read |
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Date: July 3rd, 2025 11:32 AM Author: pearl cruise ship I have not, I'll check it out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49068883) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:48 AM Author: bateful sable filthpig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYDh5vZbvo
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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:40 AM Author: swashbuckling party of the first part (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49071525) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 9:49 AM Author: bateful sable filthpig what are your favprite ligotti stories (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49071531) |
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Date: July 4th, 2025 10:13 AM Author: swashbuckling party of the first part let me think on it today. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5745677&forum_id=2#49071554) |
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Date: July 5th, 2025 12:12 AM Author: swashbuckling party of the first part Our temporary supervisor
Not a short story, but conspiracy against the human race is brilliant |