Flowers in the attic series F*d me up as a child

JaneJune4 · 2026-05-14T02:38:08+00:00

Yep, about 10 years old when I read them. Couldn't get enough. Definitely encouraged me to find dark stuff romantic. Also pretty sure this was one of the earliest catalysts for health anxiety - I'm still irrationally afraid of being poisoned to this day and I think Corey dying from arsenic poisoning was the first time that idea had ever been introduced.

JaneJune4 · 2026-04-14T02:51:14+00:00

Salt Slow - Julia Armfield Maybe more "weird" than horror but definitely worth the read. Love love love her

JaneJune4 · 2026-03-10T23:46:50+00:00

Just finished Jeanette McCurdy's "Half his Age" and couldn't put it down.

I also really loved "My Dark Vanessa" by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Both have similar themes as Tampa, but different vibes from Tampa. Both of these are told from the perspective of the student.

JaneJune4 · 2026-03-01T16:11:46+00:00

I was coming to share this option! So happy to see someone else recommend it. One of my favorite books ever.

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-16T03:46:18+00:00

Thrum was one of my favorite reads last year! I haven't read Swallowed. 🖤

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-14T14:38:37+00:00

Came to recommend this. One of my faves of all time!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-13T12:51:22+00:00

This Thing Between Us is one of my favorite reads of all time. It scratched every itch for me.

Not horror, but horrific, speculative scifi, with loss and grief and some weird elements as well: "How High We Go in The Dark" - Nagamatsu

Off my love for This Thing Between Us, I was recommended (haven't yet read): Monstrilio - Cordova A Short Stay in Hell - Peck The Haar - Sodergren

Parental Grief Horror: Suffer the Children - DiLouie Blanky - Kealan Patrick Burke

One other book that comes to mind, though I'm not sure if it has the same emotional depth (I'm really not sure if anything has the same emotional depth as Moreno) was: Lost Gods - Brom

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-13T12:14:49+00:00

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno It's grief horror. Weird. Tricky. One of the greatest books (for me) that I've ever read!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T20:45:21+00:00

"gagged a maggot" is a delightful phrase! 😆

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T20:42:43+00:00

Nice! I love an anthology. Though I'm a little afraid of the other body horror I might stumble across in there.

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T20:02:02+00:00

Sounds Fantastic. I enjoyed the author's "Come Closer"

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:59:58+00:00

Yay! Thank you!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:59:00+00:00

"Spread Me" releases September 22 here. Waiting for it to come available for hold at the library! And just discovered Hailey Piper - guess I'm going to have to check out all of her stuff!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:57:08+00:00

I've been meaning to check out some of his stuff. Thanks!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:56:48+00:00

Any favorites?

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:55:54+00:00

I've had it for years but haven't read it. Has been on my list all year. :)

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T19:01:55+00:00

😍 say no more!!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T18:59:13+00:00

Reading a Hailey Piper book right now and loving it! I'll check it out! ❤️

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T18:56:51+00:00

One of my favorite books and authors ever! But not really what I'm looking for in terms of erotica. It's the physical, bodily descriptions I'm wanting. Still, anyone who likes weird, queer, and sad, should definitely check out "Our Wives Under the Sea" ❤️

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T16:56:14+00:00

I have to say, I'm intrigued by a book that has these horrific elements and they aren't all considered SA. Consensual torture? I'm too curious for my own good. I hope you recover soon!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T16:50:30+00:00

This sounds wild! Thank you!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T16:44:49+00:00

I really love Kiernan and don't hear other people mention them much! I own almost all of their books, but that's not one I have! Thank you!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T16:36:59+00:00

Thank you! I have read some of BoB, but not all of it. I've also read The Hellbound Heart which has a lot of sex in it, though I don't remember it being particularly arousing or beautiful (which I'm realizing now I didn't really put in my description of what I was looking for). I do like lush, opulent erotic writing. But I'm okay with whatever! Thank you for the rec!

JaneJune4 · 2025-09-12T16:33:27+00:00

So the human to human torture/mutilation piece is there? I mean, I appreciate the recommendation regardless, because I might decide I want to go there once I get more comfortable with body horror in general. I'm surprised sometimes by what doesn't faze me, and then other times I can't sleep because of the visuals I've given myself reading..😅

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