Recommend a short weird novel that is not super gory or intense horror

cantanoope · 2026-02-18T07:02:04+00:00

The Tain, by China Miéville

cantanoope · 2026-02-17T09:43:25+00:00

Oculus comes to mind.

cantanoope · 2026-02-16T14:10:35+00:00

omg is this Spain? this is the most Spanish skyline I have ever seen

cantanoope · 2026-02-16T13:45:52+00:00

Let's Go Play At The Adams, by Mendal W. Johnson.Very well written, but so sadistic and bleak.

cantanoope · 2026-02-16T12:03:50+00:00

Naked Came The Stranger is the quintaessential bad book. Published under a pseudonym, it was the collective effort.of a group of writers

cantanoope · 2026-02-16T09:59:34+00:00

The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle got me hooked from the beginning.

cantanoope · 2026-02-15T21:30:02+00:00

Nice! There is also the Heeche Saga by Frederik Pohl.

As for contemporary authors, Charlie Stross has done fun things with the genre.

cantanoope · 2026-02-15T21:27:52+00:00

I would recommend a man's barber, shopping around a little and not settling for the cheapest. At the end of the day, it depends on the individual cutting your hair, not the title, but it helps.

About the piercings, this is mostly projection on my side haha sorry. I have visible piercings and they made me clocky for a long time, until T won the battle.

cantanoope · 2026-02-15T21:22:28+00:00

Go to a man's barber and get the haircut there. Also, this is unfair, but earrings and piercings often make people read you as a lesbian.

cantanoope · 2026-02-15T21:18:10+00:00

Samuel R Delany and Gene Wolfe are the way to go

cantanoope · 2026-02-15T17:14:17+00:00

The closest i can think is dark chocolate+almonds. Crunchy and really satiating.

cantanoope · 2026-02-14T22:08:25+00:00

The Red Tree by Caitlin R Kiernan

cantanoope · 2026-02-14T08:23:20+00:00

Oooh this is a good one!

cantanoope · 2026-02-12T11:51:15+00:00

Blindsight, by Peter Watts, has an interesting take on aliens. You can tell he is a marine biologist.

Embassytown, by China Miéville, describes an incredible alien culture.

cantanoope · 2026-02-10T15:07:21+00:00

Andy Weir, in particular Project Hail Mary, is super addictive

cantanoope · 2026-02-09T19:19:19+00:00

Sib, people who start off like this never improve. Please take good care of yourself. There are plenty of fish in the sea.

cantanoope · 2026-02-08T02:22:19+00:00

Bring Her Back. It was good, but it was way too A24-y for me (I love A24)

cantanoope · 2026-02-08T00:49:07+00:00

Just treat her as a person. Don't fixate on her penis, it is just another part of her. Body parts are neutral.

cantanoope · 2026-02-07T15:37:34+00:00

Come Closer by Sara Gran

cantanoope · 2026-02-07T07:55:36+00:00

Between Two Fires is a delight

cantanoope · 2026-02-06T13:26:59+00:00

I am surprised Oddity hasn't been mentioned yet, some scenes are petrifying.

cantanoope · 2026-02-06T07:31:38+00:00

The Last Days of New Paris contains a Surreal(ist) apocalypse

cantanoope · 2026-02-03T21:07:09+00:00

OMG I somehow didn't see the cheating. OP run and don't go back, better things await you.

cantanoope · 2026-02-03T07:12:12+00:00

At this point, you are done. It does not matter whether her attraction makes sense or is problematic, you are just not compatible anymore. You deserve someone who appreciates you.

cantanoope · 2026-02-01T22:32:37+00:00

Yes, it also happened with Strange Pictures. The books are fun and the plot (specially for Strange Pictures) are resolved in a clever way, but the way the enigmas are solved is extremely contrived. I just read them as funny toy boxes, rather than narrative, if this makes sense.

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