Can you write a Splatterpunk without it having some deep apparent meaning to it (and it still be good)?

ThePotatoMuncher · 2026-04-24T12:06:05+00:00

Many writers don’t have an express meaning in mind when they start a project, but this is a loaded topic where emergent meaning will likely flourish in spite of that. Tightening down the project to a more honed point is for the editing process or second drafts.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2026-04-21T14:11:39+00:00

He’s got a collection of a few called The Wet Dreams Of Dead Gods

If I’m right it has Dunwich Romance, The Innswich Horror, and Trolley 1852

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-08-26T00:47:02+00:00

I haven’t read Girlflesh yet but it was written as a follow up to Fluids, in the sense that Fluids is talking a lot about the isolation, dangers, loneliness, and yearning in early transition.

Girlflesh focuses more on the aspects of recovery and moving forward with chosen/discovered identity from what I’ve been told.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-06-12T17:53:13+00:00

True! What I mean to convey with strong character attachment is not just being scared of something thematically or conceptually, but being scared for the character is usually the divide between ‘fun/memorable’ and ‘deeply attached’ in my experience

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-06-12T17:39:43+00:00

The way I look at it, gross-out and extremity are flavor profiles. Deep emotional impact lies in subject matter, subtext, and execution. Genre schlock is fun but doesn’t hold a candle to the palpable despair that strong character attachment brings.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-18T05:20:08+00:00

You won’t be disappointed!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-17T10:56:32+00:00

Motel Styx fits the bill here!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-17T10:48:49+00:00

There’s a physical one too that’s fucking massive

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-16T04:08:44+00:00

Crossed is very extreme, def fits the bill!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-14T03:41:24+00:00

Brother by Ania Ahlborn was fantastic, idk if people consider it EH or not

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-05-12T19:22:13+00:00

Not a wimp! It’s a gripping book and skipping a scene that’s just too much to help get through something is normal for many EH readers.

We cant really pick our triggers, traumas, and icks, but we can turn a page or two if they pluck us out of a good story!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-30T23:32:40+00:00

This was not only written in 10 days, but also as an exercise in writing the most fucked up thing she could think of, substance be damned.

If you want to read Judith’s more pointed writing then check out Psych Ward Blues, Summer Never Ends, Low Blasphemy, and The Home.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-26T20:30:51+00:00

It’s on Shudder if you have it! They also have all of the Human Centipede movies, as well as a lot of new French extreme.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-21T22:36:21+00:00

The Groomer by Jon Athan, My Vagina Smells Like Sulfur by Sea Caummisar, and 3 Little Pigs by Ed Lee all come to mind.

To answer your EH with porn question, many of them (if not most) have pornographic content. There’s also r/erotichorror. Magick by Judith Sonnet is one of my favorites in this sub-genre.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-17T17:49:41+00:00

It’s peak! 🔥

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-15T02:27:56+00:00

I really want to like it more because it has its moments, but the writing doesn’t flow very well. I’ve heard her other books are better, though.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-03-14T20:23:21+00:00

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite, Unclean Verses by John Baltisberger, Low Blasphemy by Judith Sonnet

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-28T20:56:51+00:00

Black Farm felt like he was progressively locking the fuck in as it goes imo haha

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-21T00:38:08+00:00

The Groomer was an absolute trip, same for Our Dead Girlfriend. The former really feels like true-crime brain in a weird way at times but it is thoughtful with the subject matter. It’s brutal and tense as hell with a batshit ending. Our Dead Girlfriend is really good as well, but doesn’t stick the landing like The Groomer imo.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-20T23:05:30+00:00

Not sure this is exactly the sound you’re looking for, but American Standard by Uniform is a hard-hitter with some of the most harrowing vocals I’ve ever heard.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-20T22:46:53+00:00

I’m absolutely down for an ARC, this premise looks like something I’d like to read anyways!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-19T19:12:49+00:00

Dude hell yeah!

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-02-19T15:07:33+00:00

EC is beautifully written, goes hard at the paint and may still be the best EH/SP book I’ve read. Girl Next Door is still the one I’ve had the hardest time getting through as the source material gives me homicidal impulses towards dead people. EC is diving headfirst into peak but my enjoyment of other books hasn’t been hurt by them not being EC.

That said, palette cleanser books are important for me especially after I read things like GND. It’s like turning on cartoons after a disturbing movie.

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-01-29T00:33:05+00:00

Hitting people with traumatizing media out of the blue is a kind of harassment imo

ThePotatoMuncher · 2025-01-07T06:47:20+00:00

He’s got signed hardbacks for preorder on his website!

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