torchlab's reviews
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Dark Entries by Robert Aickman

4.5

Probably my favorite Aickman collection I’ve read so far. The first and last stories in this are brilliant, and brilliantly placed — they parallel each other perfectly. Aickman is so good at writing horror because he understands that on some level what we are most afraid of is what we most desire.

The Devil's Best Trick by Randall Sullivan

3.0

Imagine if Daniel Molloy (TV version) was real and Catholic and obsessed with the devil instead of vampires

Dayswork by Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel

4.0

Before reading dayswork: herman melville seems like he was crazy and gay
After reading dayswork: herman melville was definitely crazy and gay

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

4.0

What if there was a weird guy ….. and he proposed to you

Terminal Maladies by Okwudili Nebeolisa

5.0

So beautiful, so clear, so moving. A triumph of a debut. 

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

The Odyssey by Homer

5.0

I understand odysseus.

Wittgenstein's Lolita by William Gay

4.0

What if there was a weird guy

Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides

Scariest force fem scenario in literature ever maybe