Similar books to these?
There’s a tldr at the bottom
I made a post recently about how most popular scary books I get recommended don’t scare me. And I’ve gotten many valid comments, which made me think about what is the cause of my lack of fear when reading horror. And that doesn’t make a horror book bad in my book (lol). I believe that a horror book can be a 10/10 even if it didn’t scare me. But I was curious to find something that really sent a shiver down my spine. Getting that “nope nope nope” feeling. Questioning why I even started reading. The problem was that I had nothing to base that on. No other book has scared me and movie horror genres feels different on paper. Buuuuut then I remembered that internet horror exists. And I remembered a story that absolutely terrified me. If you haven’t read it, I really recommend this creepypasta My Wife Has Been Peeking~~*~~. And I decided to reread it during my break at work. Suddenly this feeling of paranoia and pure fear took over. I finally found it. Sadly it’s a short story. Probably a 30 min read. But I finally found the horror elements that scare me on paper (or technically typed). I believe it’s the uncanny valley? The utter unease of having no idea what she’s going to do next. Maybe the fact that there’s just no explanation and it seems or even is supernatural. That being said-
TLDR:
not many concepts in horror books scare me but the internet story ones I list off at the bottom do. what are some books (that I can possibly find in audiobook format so I can listen at work) that are similar to these creepypastas/internet horror stories? Not really looking for anthologies
Anansi’s Goatman,
My Wife Has Been Peeking At Me From Around Corners*,
Gemini Home Entertainment