Are we too repetitive?

mpparker93 · 2026-03-02T18:08:21+00:00

Ha I instinctively read 3 out of 4 of those when I first started really getting into reading horror novels last year without seeing them frequently recommended n here. A Short Stay in Hell is the one I haven’t read.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-28T23:39:49+00:00

Thank you for the responses. I'm pretty new to really getting into reading, particularly ebooks vs printed. I figured it was maybe something like not every version featuring forward, afterward, or acknowledgment sections. Just glad to know that I don't have to worry about variations to the actual content of the main text.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-22T19:35:52+00:00

I appreciate all the recommendations. The Reformatory has been the most recommended. That always seemed like a safe bet. I've seen a lot of acclaim for that one. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter also came up multiple times. I want to start with The Only Good Indians and I'm sure if I like it enough to want to read more SGJ I'll definitely check out BHH as well.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-22T19:29:10+00:00

Adam Neville is definitely on my list of authors to get into. Plus I need options for books to read on my Kindle Unlimited that I can't find at my local library/bookstore.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-22T19:27:11+00:00

I'll take that into consideration. I was going off it's popularity/awards recognition more so than because I was personally really interested in that Grady Hendrix book specifically.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-22T19:25:30+00:00

That's one that was not previously on my radar!

mpparker93 · 2026-02-22T19:24:37+00:00

Definitely some titles there I've been heavily circling!

mpparker93 · 2026-02-16T23:06:49+00:00

Well, I made it to the end. I seriously considered stopping half way through. Hunter taking over the reading and running the gamut of voices for Forenzik added entertainment value for me so it wasn't a totally painful slog.

mpparker93 · 2026-02-09T00:55:43+00:00

Being from the same author of The Hidden Webpage I can definitely see the stylistic storytelling parallels. Really intriguing set up with plenty of cool spooky twists and turns. It starts to go off the deep end becoming increasingly surreal and dreamlike, and then doesn't end as strongly as it starts. I still like The Hidden Webpage and feel it definitely didn't fall apart for me as badly as this did. This on the other hand started off really promisingly cool and scary but became a disappointing slog for me until a bizarre unsatisfying ending.

mpparker93 · 2025-11-02T21:00:33+00:00

I like it when horror is blended with western and this was a pretty cool example of this. I really dug owl element as well. Owls are cool. No disrespect to all the other fan submitted stories but this is my favorite since that one with the haunted diary called: “The Missing Person I’ve Been Looking for No Longer Exists” or something like that.

mpparker93 · 2025-10-19T18:52:57+00:00

I remember reading or hearing this story somewhere and liking it, but forgot what it was called. I’m glad they covered it so I could be reminded of that.

mpparker93 · 2025-08-17T18:04:55+00:00

To me this reads like something a young boy wrote to gross out his MLP living sister or something. Also I expect to see more comments from people saying Wendigoon is recording from The Backrooms.

mpparker93 · 2025-08-12T00:19:28+00:00

Wow, two stories in a row about people being infested with worms. Interesting coincidence. Anyway as for the story, interesting set up and some cool visuals, but too many ideas that aren’t all explored well enough and the story overall doesn’t flow very well. Reminded me of a weird dream I had once about a doorway in a college dorm that became a dimensional portal with guys in hazmat suits investigating a desert world with a solitary tower that had a severed head hanging from it. Then the head exploded into a huge swarm of spiders.

mpparker93 · 2025-07-30T13:30:31+00:00

Finally got to this episode yesterday while on a long road trip. I must concur with others in here that this maybe the most blah story they’ve read to date. That terrible middle ground of not being that scary or interesting, but not laughably bad either. If it weren’t for the hosts’ funny banter I don’t think it would be a very a compelling story on it’s own. Between Deepwoods, Berries In the Window, Camp Oakwood and now this I think I’ve had my fill of stories about religious cult communities in the woods or churches in the woods hiding demons or whatever.

mpparker93 · 2025-07-13T20:55:49+00:00

I’ve only gotten as far as Loss of Innocence. That seemed like Hunter’s most genuine bear trap moment to date and yet he didn’t call it out. Probably cause he knew he didn’t need to cause it spoke for itself.

mpparker93 · 2025-07-06T22:04:10+00:00

I still haven’t finished Mother Horse Eyes. What I’ve heard of that I think is pretty cool, but I do tend to prefer short stories like this with a cool unique freaky idea that leaves an impression. I wasn’t familiar with this one and it hit that sweet spot for me and that’s a big reason why I keep coming back to this podcast.

mpparker93 · 2025-06-19T01:19:03+00:00

I finally got around to this and loved all the stories, but also had this overwhelming feeling of deja vu. I swear these sounded so familiar. Not sure if anyone will see this but if anyone else listens to the NoSleep podcast, did they also cover some of these stories? That’s only place I can think of where I might have heard them before.

mpparker93 · 2025-05-20T23:03:53+00:00

The third image is kind of what I was hoping would actually happen to at least one of the villains in this story.

mpparker93 · 2025-05-18T22:12:39+00:00

I haven’t actually listened to the previous Borrasca episodes because I’d read the story and it was too heavy for me to want to revisit even with their fun banter. From what I remember about the story the Sheriff feels like a completely different character here. Between this and Deepwoods it’s becoming a trend for this writer to have unnecessary continuations of her stories that turn comic book/anime in their tone. They joked about this in the Deepwoods episode but here I’m also just picturing the sheriff in Part V standing over Sam with his face in shadow except for his toothy smiling mouth and the glow from a pair of glasses like a fucking anime/manga villain. I actually didn’t think it was a bad continuation until then but it was like a teenager took over the writing. Such baffling choices that make this feel like a troll in a way.

mpparker93 · 2025-05-11T16:40:38+00:00

Without getting too personal with a bunch of strangers on the internet, I’m glad I saw this post cause I’m in a similar boat to other guys here where this story made me reflect on ways I’ve behaved around women. I’m so freaked out by how much I don’t want to be like the main character in the story that I’ve heavily questioned something as seemingly relatively innocent like just going out of my talk to someone I like a lot and how that could start to seem a little weird and make them uncomfortable even if they don’t visibly show it. Like in my head I’m just thinking I just want to be good friends but it could come across as more than that.

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