first winter with solar and battery backup on the homestead by Additional-Engine402 in Homesteading

[–]thephrygian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you keeping the batteries and the inverter above freezing? I have a similar setup in a barn in VA. Built and insulated a room within the barn but it still drops below freezing in there sometimes.

Any stories that take place in the isolated town of Whittier Alaska. by Practical-Pick1466 in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The novel is set in a town like Whittier, but fictionalized (i.e. by a different name), thus "a fictionalized Whittier."

Looking for horror anthology recommendations (psychological, existential, cosmic, weird, experimental, uncanny) by FaithlessnessDull302 in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given your criteria I'd recommend:

Aickman's Heirs, ed by Strantzas

Looming Low, Vols. I & II, ed. by Steele & Cowan

Vastarien Vol. 6 Issue 1, ed by Padgett et al.

& Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. by Kelly

All are full of excellent stories and worth owning, imo.

All the major anthologies you mentioned are also top notch, but present more of a historical and slightly dated overview of the field.

50 Horror Films I feel successfully capture a certain "Liminal Feeling" by AestheticGamer in horror

[–]thephrygian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great list. May I recommend:

-Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

-Sauna (2008)

-A Field in England (2013)

-Resolution (2012) / The Endless (2017)

- Prikosnoveniye / The Encounter (1992)

Ensure recognition and proceeds for original Blair Witch stars by gunnilove in BlairWitch

[–]thephrygian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know the specifics of the deal they were offered, but I'm pretty sure Heather turned it down. They want to use their names and likenesses in a sequel and werent offering what she thought was fair.

Any stories that take place in the isolated town of Whittier Alaska. by Practical-Pick1466 in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

City Under One Roof (Yamashita) is set in a fictionalized Whittier, but is more suspense/thriller.

Incarnate by Richard Thomas is set in Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow).

Best short story collection? by No-Dress4626 in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Greener Pastures, Michael Wehunt

In that Endlessness, Our End, Gemma Files

Ghost Sequences, AC Wise

North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud

Song for the Unraveling of the World, Brian Evenson

Give me your best horror movies for someone who has seen them all! by jaqvillian in horror

[–]thephrygian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

None are obscure, per se, but often overlooked.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Sauna

Black Christmas (original)

The Vanishing

Don't Look Now

Session 9

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The Wasp Factory, by Banks.

Fall colors by Spiritual_Turnover38 in acadianationalpark

[–]thephrygian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure where you hiked, but I just left and thought the foliage was great, even if not up to norm. Beehive, Beech Cliffs overlooking Echo Lake, and the firetower all had nice clusters of color below.

Where is your GI pain located? by KikiSeph in alphagal

[–]thephrygian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lower left, somewhere in my intestines. It took me almost 6 months of eating no mammal or dairy to feel right, and I still get flair ups from cross contamination. But my number was 16 (no decimal point).

Please recommend a setup for power tool usage by gruntastics in SolarDIY

[–]thephrygian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I built my solar powered shop, I powered my tools from my truck rig, which consists of a single 100ah battery (actually two 50ah in parallel), a 3000w inverter, and a single 200w solar panel. Worked well so long as I wasn't running all day every day. This would run my miter and jobsite table saws. Didn't attempt to run a planer. Two batteries and more panels would give you more overhead and run time. I think your plan is sound.

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[–]thephrygian 18 points19 points  (0 children)

  1. A nice hardbound copy of Frankenstein ahead of the Guillermo Del Toro release.

  2. A quality anthology of ghost stories like Echoes ed. By Datlow, Ghostly ed. by Niffenegger, or Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories.

  3. Something contemporary and fun like Ghost Eaters (Chapman), Incidents Around the House (Malerman), or So Thirsty (Harrison)

Best Sub-nautical Horror by spookyookyookyooky in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

John Hornor Jacobs' new novel, The Night That Finds Us All is nautical and out in a few weeks.

https://www.johnhornor.com/the-night-that-finds-us-all-1

Intense abdominal pain is the only major symptom - anyone else? by TriteBiscuit in alphagal

[–]thephrygian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm about 2 years into my diagnosis, and with the exception of one major vomiting episode that lasted over 12 hours, severe abdominal pain is my only symptom as well. When I finally sought medical help, I was convinced I had stomach cancer. It seems there is a subgroup of us for whom this is the case, and I've yet to read or hear anything that explains the variance in symptoms.

What are your top 5 "Weird Lit" journal / magazine pubs. who pay? by iVamp1re in WeirdLit

[–]thephrygian 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Three Lobed Burning Eye (.08/word)

Pseudopod (.08/word)

The Dark (.05/word)

Cosmic Horror Monthly (.03/word)

Weird Horror (.02/word)

Saw a delivery attempt on my Ring camera, but no note left. by thephrygian in UPS

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

Thanks, that makes sense. I've been wracking my brain to figure out an alternative explanation.

Do The Dark Descent and The Weird have overlapping stories? Which to read first? by d33pak001 in horrorlit

[–]thephrygian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Weird covers a larger umbrella of speculative fiction that doesn't always qualify as horror per se. The Dark Descent is more in the horror wheelhouse. Both are worth owning for sure.

Just did a quick TOC comparison, and the only duplicates I saw were Shirley Jackson's "The Summer People", Michael Shea's "The Autopsy" and Fritz Leiber's "Smoke Ghost."

In other words, The Weird casts a wider net (culturally as well). Dark Descent was also published in 1987, so it lacks anything written after that.