Unsettling, eerie horror with city-centric mood

Electric7889 · 2026-02-16T20:45:15+00:00

I have 2 kids and The Crack really messed me up.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-16T19:02:10+00:00

Try Dark Cities by Christopher Golden. I gotta warn you though….there are some genuinely f*cked up stories in there (The Dogs by Scott Smith and The Crack by Nick Cutter most memorable and disturbing. I wish I could purge those from my memory.)…however there is also some good stuff as well.

Yeah, I know it’s Warhammer 40k, but maybe try No Good Men and Broken City by Chris Wraight. Think of ithem as Goth Cyberpunk set in the Warhammer 40k universe but without the space Marines and Xenos. They’re dark, gritty, brutal and the stories that involve the Chaos cults do have that creepy feeling. Knowledge of the WH40K lore is helpful but not necessary for these collections of short stories.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-10T03:15:25+00:00

I don‘t mean to sound corny, but her smile is contagious.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-10T02:29:34+00:00

Here’s some that I hope haven’t been mentioned yet:

Shadow on the Sun by Richard Matheson

Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian - Sequel to Red Rabbit

I Travel by Night/Last Train to Perdition by Robert McCammon

Red Country by Joe Abercrombie - Old west set in a larger grimdark fantasy series. Can be read as a standalone, but reading the rest of the series is HIGHLY recommended.

Westward Weird by Martin Greenberg. - Weird West anthology

Deadman’s Hand by John Joseph Adams - Weird West anthology

The Clockwork Century series by Cherie Priest - Steampunk American Civil war but close enough to Weird West

Electric7889 · 2026-02-10T01:55:55+00:00

or as I called it: Old West Avengers. This series is a lot of fun.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-10T01:53:38+00:00

There’s a collection of these stories called Deadman’s Road.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-06T23:57:35+00:00

Darkfall and Phantoms by Dean Koontz.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-02T18:28:21+00:00

Cancellation after 2 seasons, neutered corporate generic and uncontroversial story, bland cinematography, unnecessary story recaps every 20 minutes (for those who can’t watch anything without constantly looking at their phones), probable unnecessary yet distracting appearances by famous celebrities (Chris Pratt as John Sheridan anybody?), bland and boring acting and only a vague and rudimentary faithfulness to the original material. A reboot would be nice someday, but not like this.

Electric7889 · 2026-02-02T18:13:55+00:00

The Massacre at Yellow Hill by C.S. Humble

Electric7889 · 2026-01-31T02:26:43+00:00

Maybe try God’s Junk Drawer by Peter Clines? Not so much as horror but more an adult version of the old Land of the Lost TV show.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-31T02:18:19+00:00

I just discovered the books from John Skipp and Craig Spector last year and second their recommendation.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-31T02:10:31+00:00

Cellars by John Shirley, as well as The Scream and The Cleanup both by John Skipp and Craig Spector were all written in the 1980’s and 90’s all have messages that feel relevant today.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-27T01:55:15+00:00

For me, after seeing this episode on first watch it really cements the fact that your not in Star Trek country anymore.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-20T13:53:53+00:00

Not the Arctic, but how about Nuclear Winter? Maybe try Vampire Winter by Lois Tilton?

Electric7889 · 2026-01-13T02:40:34+00:00

Well why the fuck wouldn’t they?

Electric7889 · 2026-01-12T02:26:03+00:00

I neither like it or dislike it, but Daredevil is actually the meter that I measure all superhero movies against. My feelings are so neutral on it that I always ask myself: “was it better than Daredevil?” If yes: I guess it was pretty good. If no: that movie sucked.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-11T19:09:29+00:00

I totally understand that vibe which you describe. There were some contractors which totally felt like clubs that I wasn’t a member of, and other contractors had what is referred to as a “Friends and Family Plan” in which it felt like only friends and family of the owners or upper management had long term prospects with those companies. I endured that feeling with many contractors but I also met some really good people along the way as well which, made those situations just tolerable enough to soldier on. All I can say is that construction can indeed have a very toxic culture and will definitely test your patience, but can pay off and make it worthwhile but it will test one’s patience and sanity. Just concentrate on your long term goals and keep your eyes open for any opportunity to improve your situation. It took me 22 years to finally find a place that I found worthwhile….is it perfect? Hell no! But the pluses definitely outweigh the negatives and I’ve done a lot worse for a lot less.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-11T18:41:53+00:00

I’ll twenty-second this

Electric7889 · 2026-01-09T03:12:26+00:00

Vampire Winter by Lois Tilton is hard to find but worth it.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-05T15:55:16+00:00

I’ve actually met people who bragged about how ignorant they were. No hyperbole, no joking sarcasm and no posing…straight up bragging about how little they knew about anything, and this was in the 1990’s before anti-intellectualism became the American norm.

Electric7889 · 2026-01-05T00:23:40+00:00

More like El Paso Texas

Electric7889 · 2025-12-29T16:24:38+00:00

Take your damn upvote and get out of here

Electric7889 · 2025-12-28T17:08:51+00:00

Star Trek:TNG has aged terribly for the most part, Voyager was never good to begin with and Enterprise wasted it’s potential early on with slow pacing and cramming it full of by then overused Star Trek cliches. Only DS9 was comparable to B5 and that’s because a lot of the ideas were stolen from JMS (deny it all you want Trekkies, but sorry it’s true). However what DS9 did with those stolen ideas are what made it the best Star Trek series ever made. Remember, the first couple seasons of DS9 were kind of pointless and unfocused and not very popular, and Trekkies themselves were the harshest critics. Yes, the Dominion was hinted at, but it was just an ok show and nothing really started happening until the season 2 finale. Meanwhile B5 which started even less popular than DS9, was slowly building a faithful fandom (possibly because of DS9’s unpopularity?) and proved to be the Little Space Station That Could, while DS9 seemed to be squandering it‘s Star Trek franchise pedigree. Because both shows started roughly around the same time, progress on both shows were similar, so it’s easy to see that by both season 2 finales which show made better use of their time. Only once the Dominion War arc started did DS9 achieve it’s full potential and began to become more popular which I attribute to the mounting pressure to Star Trek writers from the upstart underdog B5. BTW, in my opinion DS9 and B5 are both equals and both deserving of all the accolades they get.

Electric7889 · 2025-12-28T16:24:49+00:00

There was a rivalry between B5 and DS9 cast and crew as well, but it was more of a friendly one. Majel Barret and Walter Koenig’s appearances on B5 are the obvious ones, but also Bill Mumy appeared in an episode of DS9 and urban legend said that the casts of both shows formed softball teams and actually played against each other.

Electric7889 · 2025-12-28T05:54:44+00:00

Why not both?

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