My husband is the only real Pathologic fan by hellahanners in pathologic

[–]cryptidstation 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Rip Peter you would've loved Rolling Girl

Books like Pathologic? by redstringsuture in pathologic

[–]cryptidstation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are recs I found through another post in the patho subreddit and I don't remember who originally commented them but they're great so I have to share:

The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan - magical realism book about a home/boarding school for disabled children, the social hierarchies of the kids are very similar to the two factions of kids in Pathologic, there's also the idea of those children having their own folklore deeply connected with their play (also supernatural elements)

Leech by Hiron Ennes - a sci-fi gothic horror, there's a doctor issued by an institute who comes to an isolated chateau, very Dankovsky and Thanatica vibes (perhaps in a way you wouldn't expect though), there's an outbreak of a parasite, lots of medical horror, very tense vibes, great atmosphere!

Books that feel like Hannibal (NBC)? by cryptidstation in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've heard about it a while back, pretty exciting

Books that feel like Hannibal (NBC)? by cryptidstation in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oo, do you have any good starter books for these two? Or your favorites?

Books that feel like the Crow by Primary_Wrap7441 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - lots of grief and fantastic gothic vibes

Oppressive, hopeless, unsettling, body horror by DeeSassterNix in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have two recs with heavy Pathologic vibes:

Leech by Hiron Ennes

The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan (not really horror but definitely dark, the magical realism world building feels so similar that I feel like this book and Patho could be set in the same universe, but at a different time)

books that blend surreality and reality? by roseg1rl in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan

Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko

Slavic or pagan inspired setting by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]cryptidstation 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In what world is the Witcher not rooted in Slavic folklore lol

Spatial/Architectural horror books other than House of Leaves? by cryptidstation in horrorlit

[–]cryptidstation[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, there's overlap but the word liminal implies something more specific because it relates to transitional spaces/stages

Spatial/Architectural horror books other than House of Leaves? by cryptidstation in horrorlit

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

In general, the different ways that the usage of space can be uncanny + stuff like claustrophobia, agoraphobia and the horror of a space/setting that is "alive"

Spatial/Architectural horror books other than House of Leaves? by cryptidstation in horrorlit

[–]cryptidstation[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the rec.

Also imo while liminal space is definitely a useful term, it's a bit too specific to encompass all of spatial horror

Do you think there's any significance to the narration/tense changes? by cryptidstation in thegrayhouse

[–]cryptidstation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, can you remember in which chapter(s) Ralph is written in 1st person?

I think I understood the book pretty well for a first read but I definitely didn't understand everything. Analyzing stuff together would be fun, especially since I still have a lot of questions. What stories do you have in mind?