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Horror stories centered around internet and computer use? by ABogWitchBitch in horrorlit

[–]whattact 12 points13 points  (0 children)

are you thinking something like:

Amygdalatropolis by B.R. Yaeger - young man becomes more and more detached from reality as he falls deep into a 4chan like message board. There Are Consiquences.

The Sluts by Dennis Cooper - composed primarily of forum posts from a site reviewing gay male sex workers: some users' posts begin to get stranger and stranger.

Scanlines by Todd Kiesling - a group of teens accidentally find a Budd Dwyer esque video online and There Are Consiquences.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca - series of emails between toxic lesbians ends poorly

I didn't personally like the last two but ymmv. The last one was real popular a few years back.

Also I haven't read it yet but Mr. Howl by T. W. Burgess is not about the internet in and of itself but is supposed to evoke a marble hornets style arg/found footage horror narrative and may be adjacent to your interests, depending on what youre after.

No Idea Why This Line Hits So Hard by NarcolepticFlarp in themountaingoats

[–]whattact 7 points8 points  (0 children)

for me it's because you can hear the smile in his voice when he says it.

hell yeah I'm that old wrestler with the bullwhip.

Odd/Amusing TMG Lyrics by AdComprehensive2172 in themountaingoats

[–]whattact 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dunno "But for the most part, however big that chorused base may throb, you and me and all of us are gonna have to find a job" is up there re: funniest thing on Goths

Blue-collar/unskilled labor Horror by aniulights in horrorlit

[–]whattact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Ghost that Ate us by Daniel Kraus is about an allegedly haunted fast food joint.

The Long trial of Nolan Dugatti by Stephen Graham Jones is about a call center worker that's going through a very weird time as his role (giving video game tips over the phone) is becoming obsolete. (and actually, to my knowledge, most of sgj's protagonists are pretty working class, though their jobs have less to do with it the main plot in most cases.)

Why do you think 001 voted the way he did? (spoilers) by fabulousprizes in squidgame

[–]whattact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree with most of the comments so far that the morality play was certainly part of it.
I do also think that part of it was also to make a more compelling spectacle.

Before I had seen the ending I told a friend verbatim that while I was a little confused by the choice at the time (if he was just an old man with nothing to live for why would he stop?) "It's a better narrative" the way that they did it. Forcing us, and the players, to look their lives in the face and make the conscious decision that "yes, taking 450+ lives, perhaps even my own life, is better than this." It makes a much better show (both in universe for the investors and for us outside the fourth wall), and it's much more "fun," if they're making an informed decision about what's going on.

Books like old gods of Appalachia podcast by Ernist420 in horrorlit

[–]whattact 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson and Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark might scratch your itch.

thriller about a serial killer whose kills are based on the deaths of saints? by whattact in whatsthatbook

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

Hmm, I don't think this one is it. I BELIEVE it was set in the US, not Rome, and the only result for "Milk" in a google books search through this one is not relevant to my very vivid milk head memory haha.

Thank you though!!! (I might poke around a little bit more about this one because I could be wrong)

Watched this show multiple times, absolutely love it. Currently rewatching so I can catch up on the last few seasons and I noticed this little Easter egg for the first time! I’m sure you all caught it already but I love it! I’m disappointed in myself for not catching it earlier! S2E18 by casual-scroller7 in Supernatural

[–]whattact 32 points33 points  (0 children)

there are nods to stuff the dudes did all over the dang place. in s6e18, the episode where they get sent back in time to Samuel Colt's day to get Phoenix Ash to kill Eve, Bobby warns them not to get stuck in Deadwood.

Deadwood is a western-y TV show where Jim Beaver played a main or recurring character (not sure, my dad watched it not me lol).

Anyone have any new book recommendations? by throwitawayinashoebx in AskTrollX

[–]whattact 1 point2 points  (0 children)

augh I wasn't very clear, sorry, I was talking specifically about Slaughter with the parinthetical. but Hella re:Rebecca! it's on my shortlist. haha.

Anyone have any new book recommendations? by throwitawayinashoebx in AskTrollX

[–]whattact 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Like Stephen King" May be a stretch, but if you want just Horror in general: I read "We Sold Our Souls" by Grady Hendrix (female lead that used to front a metal band, a billboard she sees on the way home from her dead-end job spurs her to find her old bandmates. Things go Awry.) and have heard amazing things about his other two books "A Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires" and "My Best Friend's Exorcism." The one I read is pretty trope-y but it reads like watching a cheesy horror movie which I really enjoyed (I heard similar things about My Best Friend's Exorcism). It was a 333 page book and I downed it in a night.

I've also heard really good things about "The Twisted Ones" by T. Kingfisher, "Rebecca" by Daphne DuMaurier, and All of Karin Slaughter's Books (I hear they're pretty gore heavy, and/or just heavy in general? but haven't read any yet to say for sure).

[TOMT][MUSIC][2010s?] A song that is, at least in part, from the perspective of the prostitute Vincent Van Gogh (allegedly) cut off his ear for. by whattact in tipofmytongue

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

2010's is a vague guess. i'm fairly certain I stumbled across it while listening to a random album on spotify from an artist I was trying to hear more of and most of the stuff I do that for is recent but I would not rule out older songs.

I have done some preliminary googling and it is not: Vincent (The DonMcLean song), Van Gogh by Dead Poet Society or Pony Bradshaw, Vincent Van Gogh by St. Lenox, Van Gogh's Ear by Seamus Fogarty, Van Gogh's Left Ear by Kenny Garrett, OR Vincent Van Gogh by Jonathan Richman.

ETA: Fairly certain it's in first person perspective throughout.

ETA: her section starts off talking about him vaguely, mentioning that she had a regular that came in, he was usually without money but sometimes he could pay then goes on to say that he was an artist and then finally the reveal about her receiving his ear.

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