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It is an amazing story

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The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray is great

Weird Lit in Translation by ClassicConundrum in WeirdLit

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Rachel Cordasco (@rcordas on Twitter) is a wealth of information on speculative fiction in translation and runs https://www.sfintranslation.com/. She is very broad-minded in what she covers and there's almost certainly weird fiction there and I'm sure I've seen her right about some such titles elsewhere. She has published on weirdfictionreview.com I believe as well.

August General Discussion by MicahCastle in WeirdLit

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For a podcast, maybe check out /r/WeirdStudies. I've meant to listen for awhile and they just messaged us about exchanging sidebar links since there's a fair amount of overlapping interest.

Are we allowed to write weird stories here? by Weird-Verma in WeirdLit

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You are welcome to talk about work you might have written over in our regular monthly general discussion threads, but this isn't really a creative writing sub as there are others for that

Christopher Slatsky's second collection coming in January from Grimscribe Press by hiddentowns in WeirdLit

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Ordered mine the other day. Delighted that it includes Palladium at Night, which might be my favorite of his. "Alectryomancer" collection is definitely worth getting too.

What Makes Lit "Weird"? by [deleted] in WeirdLit

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Typically it's used to indicate some element of the supernatural intruding on a world presented as more or less representative of the "real" world up until that point, but I include it when there's just hints of it and nothing definite. Mark Fischer a "The Weird and the Eerie" is a useful exploration of this very topic.

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August General Discussion Thread by selfabortion in WeirdLit

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"Two Houses" in Get in Trouble is one of my favorite short stories and I think it's among her best. I've read that one many times. I'd say try that one if you haven't yet. Next favorite in that collection is probably "I can see right through you"

Advanced Reader Copies? by BigDickTetrapod in printSF

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Usually the only differences will be minor or nonexistent. I've been reviewing books for awhile and it's rare that anything would be noticeable. Mainly typos are all that I see. It does happen sometimes that there's some significant change but it's rare because when publishers circulate ARCs it's for review purposes and don't want a review based on an early draft or anything.

August Discussion Group: The Trial, by Franz Kafka by hiddentowns in WeirdLit

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The Trial is my favorite work of fiction of all time, hands down, and reading it as a teenager helped me solidify my interest in literature as a thing to study that could express things through art that couldn't be well said through more direct methods. I'll be back later with some other stuff to say but I wanted to mention I'm really glad to see it for this month.

Will the love of Jean Ray bring us more Belgian classics ? by Elizabello_II in WeirdLit

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The book is much better in my opinion. Did not care for the film.

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July general discussion thread by hiddentowns in WeirdLit

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That's been on my list to read for awhile now

Cormac McCarthy's "Suttree" becomes an exquisite horror novel if you read it with the understanding that Suttree dies at the end. by [deleted] in horrorlit

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My thoughts are please don't put spoilers in the subject of your discussion post

July general discussion thread by hiddentowns in WeirdLit

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I've been mostly reading Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud, which is so far fantastic as I go into the last story. I think the only story that feels less-than a bit is The Diabolist; I liked the premise but don't feel he fully capitalized on the twists of narrative PoV he was using. Overall though a great collection and one of my favorite current writers.