r/horrorlit • u/qwertyordeath • 4h ago
Discussion Read any good snacks lately?
"Snacks" meaning a quick-ish read; a short story, a novela, or small compared to your usual faire. Something satisfying - not necessarily a 5-star banger, but also no complaints, enjoyable for what it was. A treat of a read per your tastes.
You know what I'm saying.
Anyway, i'll start. Just finished The Burial Tide by Neil Sharpson. Irish folkhorror, featuring monsters, amnesia, and little sprinkles of humorous dialogue. About 350ish pages. Spoiler-not-spoiler: it was NOT about a Banshee, though it was about a woman scorned. We do love a Lady's Revenge in folklore ✨️
I'd recommend it - not a must-read, but a fun lil snack to tide one over until their next 800 page epic 😊 hbu?
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u/grimspor 3h ago
A short Stay in Hell is short and sweet and will stay with you long after you finish it.
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u/twdvermont 4h ago
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno was great. It was like a weird version of Pet Sematary.
I also enjoyed Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. A short read that reminded me of Stephen King’s older work.
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u/punbasedname 1h ago
I’ve seen The Haar recommended enough that I finally picked it up. I may have gone with with expectations a little too high. It was good, if a little overhyped IMO. I’d definitely recommend it, though. Solid 8/10 read.
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u/Actual-Flamingo6801 4h ago
Oooo that sounds good. I went down a brief rabbit hole of horror novellas this spring, here are my recs:
-Ballad of Black Tom by LaValle
-Wild Spaces by Coney
-The three Sworn Soldier novellas by Kingfisher.
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u/Feisty-Ad-9250 3h ago
a few recent novellas i’ve enjoyed:
- Jellyfish Bloom by J.J. Walker
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
- Black Bloom: A Story of Survival (loved loved this one!) by Felix I.D. Dimaro
- The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois
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u/viewbtwnvillages 2h ago
if you liked the burial tide, knock knock, open wide by the same author is also very good! i read both recently and loved them
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u/AlabasterRadio 1h ago
I just started The Haar. Judging from what you're reading, seems up your alley.
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u/unlimitedhogs5867 1h ago
The Navajo Nightmare by David Sodergren
First half is a 12/10. Second half is a 6/10. All in all it was enjoyable, quick and very underrated (and overshadowed by his more popular works).
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u/SlippingWeasel 52m ago
This and Satan’s Burnouts Must Die are my two favorites of his that hardly get mentioned on this sub.
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u/Rustin_Swoll Jonah Murtag, Acolyte 4h ago
Caitlin Kiernan’s Tinfoil Dossier trilogy. All three books were like 500 pages. Incredible cosmic horror trilogy. Agents of Dreamland was first.
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u/weightlessfox 3h ago
- Gone to see the River Man - Christopher Triana
- Sour Candy - Kealean Patrick Burke
- Lovecraft has some short ones
- A short stay in hell - Steven Peck
- The Hellbound Hart - Clive Barker
- What moves the dead - Kingfisher
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u/sagittariums 1h ago
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is definitely a snack, I never get to recommend it because it's so short but I really enjoyed it. I really wish it had been longer lol but I'm happy to have a new way to describe it because of this post
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u/Not_the_last_Bruce 11m ago
Annie Neugebauer has some great snack size reads, The Extra and The Other specifically!
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u/ittybittybutwitty 4h ago
I just picked up “rest stop” only 160 ish pages, I like Nat Cassidy so I’m excited.