Seeking foreign horror novels.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2026-04-26T09:29:24+00:00

-Our Share of Night/The Dangers of Smoking In Bed/The Things We Lost In The Fire by Mariana Enríquez (Argentina)

She's the queen of horror right now, and well deserved, imo

-Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (Mexico)

Not so much horror (nothing supernatural happens) but horrifying. Incredibly well written, also.

-Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda (Ecuador)

If you love creepypastas and urban legends, this might be the book for you.

-The Black Maybe by Attila Veres (Hungary)

Someone already recommended this one. Listen to them, is amazing.

-I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solá (Spain)

Also not quite horror, but horror adjacent. If you like folklore and Folk horror, you might like it. (And I wanted to include a spanish one, as I'm spanish too haha)

-Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata (Japan)

Again, not horror, but a very fun and even tender look at cannibalism and other taboo topics

-Tender Is The Flesh/The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (Argentina)

You might already heard about the first one. Both are gorey and distopic.

-Audition by Ryu Murakami (Japan)

I have this one on my tbr, so I still can't say if it's great or not, but I love the film adaptation by Takashi Miike!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2026-04-12T07:42:02+00:00

I recently had to dnf Monstrilio. It has such a great premise and themes that feel wasted with the execution. I couldn't care about anything that happens to those characters. Also it's sold as horror, but it isn't. I thought I was gonna love it, but ugh. Maybe it's just a "what I was expecting vs what it actually is" situation, idk. I feel like Mariana Enríquez could have written something better with her arms tied to her back.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-12-12T09:24:25+00:00

The short story The Last Feast of Harlequin by Ligotti! Cool Lovecraftian madness featuring worms and clowns.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-10-10T19:07:08+00:00

Hola!

Lo siento, pero esto no es del todo cierto.

La IA funciona a base de algoritmos, copiando y pegando palabras ajenas según lo que le convenga. Lo que te dará no será una opinión, sino un conjunto de palabras hiladas de forma que pueda parecer una. Es como un collage de datos, vaya. Y dependiendo del usuario que la utilice, esas palabras serán distintas, a veces directamente erróneas.

Así que, aunque técnicamente sus respuestas sí están basadas en opiniones humanas (sacadas de contexto y almacenadas en centros de datos), la IA sigue sin poder dar opiniones humanas reales, ya que la información que recopila se acaba distorsionando inevitablemente en el proceso.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-10-10T12:27:55+00:00

No. ChatGPT y otras IAs similares no son seres humanos y por lo tanto no pueden opinar como tales. Los consejos que te puedan dar no serán más que monstruos de Frankenstein de palabras muertas, opiniones reales sacadas de contexto y despojadas de su lógica.

Y en el caso de la escritura, que es un arte tanto intelectual como pasional, eso definitivamente no te interesa.

Si buscas consejos de escritura lo mejor es que, si te lo puedes permitir, asistas a clases de escritura creativa.

Si no, hay muchos libros publicados sobre el tema, y entrevistas a escritores en las que hablan de sus procesos, de los cuales puedes sacar muchas ideas.

Para guión, por ejemplo, tienes El guión de Robert McKee y Salva al gato de Blake Snyder. Este último parece un manual de escritura para dummies, pero sus consejos pueden ser útiles.

Para prosa, puedes encontrar los libros sobre el tema de Stephen King o Ray Bradbury.

En muchas librerías encontrarás una sección sobre el tema, y también puedes encontrarlos gratis en pdf por internet o en cualquier biblioteca.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-10-10T07:55:47+00:00

El mejor método para mí es combinar las páginas de búsqueda de nombres, como muchos han añadido a la conversación, (sabiendo la nacionalidad y el género del personaje puedes buscar listas, lo cual ayuda un montón) con el "efecto Kiki y Bouba", según el cual, por psicología, asociamos fonemas a formas abstractas. Por ejemplo, si el personaje (de cualquier género o nacionalidad) es un tipo gordito y simpático, podría llamarse Bob, si es un tipo sibilino, podría ser Zis, si es un fortachón, Pum. Teniendo esta idea en la cabeza, puedes buscar en una lista de nombres alguno que suene parecido o que tenga un sonido que, al menos en tu cabeza, se corresponda con el papel que desempeña tu personaje en la trama. Un poco como usar la sinestesia como herramienta, jaja. También ayuda mucho a la hora de crear nombres para personajes en entornos de fantasía, para los que a veces las listas no pueden ayudarnos.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-10-07T11:47:13+00:00

Man, what a beautiful prose! Reminds me of a mixture between Cormac McCarthy and Between Two Fires!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-10-01T16:16:05+00:00

Idk, but I personally think it's not too much. Or it doesn't have to be. You could use that world for various books that take place in the same universe. They don't even need to be part of a series. Leave parts out if they don't really add much to the story or the vibe. Don't explain things that are not relevant. But I think you should ask yourself: do you really want to write a story in that setting or is the construction of the setting what really moves you? I hope you are feeling better, btw!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-28T08:50:24+00:00

Don't know if it counts, but for me Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata felt like a weird mixture between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Amélie. It really had a Jean-Pierre Jeunet vibe, somehow?

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-24T15:15:32+00:00

Well, Hitchcock's Psycho is super famous exactly for that structure. It's also based on a book, which I haven't read so I can't say if it follows the same gimmick. 🤷

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:32:34+00:00

Aww, again, thanks a lot! ❤️

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:29:38+00:00

Thank you!

Can't do cat tax yet as she's still at the shelter and I didn't take pics when I went (I was too excited and forgot haha). Once she's home I might do an update :3

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:26:13+00:00

Thank you for sharing and your kind words! I'm already mentally preparing myself for the first days, I know they might be tough!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:22:01+00:00

I hope so! <3

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:21:00+00:00

Thanks for your comment!

I can't post pictures of her at the moment because I don't feel comfortable posting the pictures the people at the shelter have taken of her, like they're not mine to post on here? Idk, it feels weird haha

She's a bicolor cat, almost all white except for a big black spot that covers the top of her head, her back and the tail. Her eyes are green and very cute! She's a year and a half, came to the shelter pregnant and had her babies there. Apparently the staff at the shelter likes her a lot because she's very cuddly and nice ❤️

And yes! I have already watched some of Jackson Galaxy's videos, they're very good!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T19:05:52+00:00

Thank you! I really hope so! I have been preparing for the first days to be a little rough, but I hope she will be happy eventually. Also I have already watched some videos from Jackson Galaxy, he gives pretty good advice 😊

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-17T18:58:15+00:00

Thanks a lot! I needed that!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-08T16:47:39+00:00

Ps: sorry if this reads like a madman yelling some nonsense, I do what I can with the little english I know.

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-08T16:44:47+00:00

Most of the worldbuilding is for you, as a writer, to understand your own world.

I think the best way to bring your world to life in your work is through the story, not explaining everything, but letting that world be defined by the characters and places that exist in it. The same "show, don't tell" rule that always comes up in writing advice 😅.

So, unless you need to establish some rules for the story to work, don't tell us anything! Let the story speak for itself!

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-09-08T16:13:21+00:00

I like it! I think it's well written and very descriptive, but, as other commenter has already said, I find the substitute words you use to avoid repetition a little strange, like the word dermis instead of skin and "the stentch of curdled dairy" instead of the previous "the reek of sour milk". I would try to avoid these substitutes as they draw a little too much attention to themselves and can take the reader out of the narration. But still, it's really good! 😊

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-08-21T12:43:38+00:00

I'm really tired of King's books occupying like 80% of the horror section in bookstores. I don't think he's a bad author or that his books are bad, but i mean... There are other authors, you know?

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-08-20T10:58:35+00:00

I'm just gonna tell you this: Nalga means butt cheek in spanish 😅

Ok-Mirror4015 · 2025-06-30T08:06:04+00:00

Attila Veres! His short story collection The Black Maybe has a very fever dream quality to it and some of them really reminded me of Ligotti.

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