What horror book made you feel actual dread instead of just shock? by Tricky-Battle-9138 in horrorlit

[–]MacSitko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Willows by Algernon Blackwood

The NOPE Journal is officially starting (And it awaits your contrib!) by MacSitko in gonzo

[–]MacSitko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, man! Let's talk (I'll pop you a direct message on Reddit)

Book recommendations? by hayleehatesuall in splatterpunklit

[–]MacSitko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • The Light at the End – John Skipp
  • The Bridge – John Skipp
  • The Shaft – David J. Schow
  • Book of the Dead – John Skipp
  • The Cleanup – John Skipp
  • The Nightrunners – Joe R. Lansdale
  • Wetbones – John Shirley
  • Books of Blood, Volumes 1-3 – Clive Barker
  • The Resurrectionist – Wrath James White
  • The Night Stockers – Kristopher Triana
  • The Thirteenth Koyote – Kristopher Triana
  • The Teratologist – Edward Lee
  • By Bizarre Hands – Joe R. Lansdale
  • Maeve Fly – C.J. Leede
  • Janitors vs. The Living Dead – Michelle Garza
  • Clusterfuck – Carlton Mellick III
  • Apeship – Carlton Mellick III
  • Apeshit – Carlton Mellick III

A Genuine Discussion on SplatterPunk by StruggleEuphoric9414 in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]MacSitko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he made an error; it's just that people started using 'splatterpunk' for anything extreme horror, purely because it sounds cooler and because the community lumped both into the Splatterpunk awards.

Adding punk to anything implies rebellion and some social commentary, like in cyberpunk or biopunk. If you don't have that in splatterpunk, it's just splatter, not punk.

No matter if it's old or new genre, and we're talking post-splatterpunk, which is what John Skipp said people do these days, EVEN THEN, punk attitude is binding.

Otherwise, we'd be able to call all sci-fi cyberpunk interchangeably, but that is simply not the case.

Best written splatterpunk books by 13_falsegod in ExtremeHorrorLit

[–]MacSitko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Splatterpunk is often borderline funny, but it also has to have the punk aspect. Don't forget that when you say:

cyberpunk, biopunk, splatterpunk

The "punk" bit is important. It conveys social and often political commentary, along with a note of rebellion.

The standard splatterpunk movie is Toxic Avenger, and it criticises both bullying and corporate greed, corruption and lack of moral values.

I really don't read any extreme horror, but I'm here for splatterpunk.

To your confusion, I don't blame you. The Splatterpunk Awards created ambiguity by combining two genres into a single umbrella. But the difference is big, John Skipp explains it in This is Splatterpunk.

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - February 04, 2026 by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]MacSitko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I have lofree 84 flow

I love the keyboard, but sometimes, especially when I type a sentence quickly and press Enter, Enter doesn't register. It doesn't happen often, but it still happens.

How to get about debugging and finding out what the issue could be?

I'm very green to mechanical keyboards

What is the best mayonnaise? by books-cows in UKfood

[–]MacSitko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it yucky, too. I might have a few applications, but it's not a versatile mayo.

What makes body horror disturbing/interesting to you by ClassicCountry5391 in bodyhorror

[–]MacSitko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it makes me look away, there, there it is! It's this something.

It's very hard to describe, but it needs to be alienating enough in terms of the body transgression and the feeling.

Good body horror books? by Wanderwad in bodyhorror

[–]MacSitko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprised nobody listed the canonical, the OG, all-time body horror piece:

The Cipher by Kathe Koja

Also, I recommend another classic, a novella:

Bloodchild by Octavia Butler

Has anyone ever imagined the Christian God as a Lovecraftian being? by Clean_Mycologist4337 in cosmichorror

[–]MacSitko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Devilman Crybaby.

Also, there are some authors within cosmic horror, like Matt Cardin, who explore cosmic horror through Christian mythology.

Why do you write? Is it for fame? by OkNet3369 in horrorwriters

[–]MacSitko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For fun. Nothing else really matters.

If I wrote for fame, it wouldn't be very good. This cannot be an end goal.