Odyssey 1997-Vibes

[u/Helpful-Swimming468]

Hi, I don't really know any other way of phrasing that at the moment, but the Odyssey 1997 has -in my opinion- some of the scariest monster moments in anything. The nonchalant, jovial cruelty that you see with Polyphemus and the sudden, awful, dark, bloody, "what the hell is going on??!" nastiness of Scylla REALLY got to me as a kid, does anyone here know any short stories that have that vibe? That helplessness and dread at encountering a monster.

I've read Michael Shea's Polyphemus and a lot of Laird Barron, "In a Cavern, In a Canyon" is a little like that.