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What are some of the disturbing or unsettling books you've ever read?
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Edited by JamilBinAbu at 17-7-2017 03:02 PM
Share sikit buku yang kau dah baca (atau tak abis baca sebab tak sanggup nak teruskan) yang kau rasa disturbing.. dan kenapa kau rasa buku tu disturbing, horrifying, unsettling?
Tak kisahlah pasal characters dalam buku tu ke, atau the whole book itself.
Sebab apa?... Violent? graphically brutal? horror? insensitive issue? scary? animalistic? creepy?
atau masa kau baca buku seram, tetiba ada lembaga datang baca sekali dengan kau... terus menghantui hidup 
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N muda2 dilu.. hatinkeras semua bnd pasal cult,horror aku baca.. semua dah selamat dikhatam.. xde pulak yg pop up kat otak aku seram nak mampus.. |
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Kalo movie aku plg suka interview with mr. Vampire la.. pelakon n jln cerita yg sgt win esp pembaca tegar vampire!horror |
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kakak yg hadiah buku ni...kisah hantu dok revenge...
first ghost book baca zaman kanak-kanak,
memang seram gila bila hantu tu menuntut bela...nightmarish...
Comes the Blind Fury by John Saul
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seribulan replied at 17-7-2017 04:06 PM
kakak yg hadiah buku ni...kisah hantu dok revenge...
first ghost book baca zaman kanak-kanak,
mem ...
John saul tu one of my fav.. my golden rule,kalo cita horror harusla author lelaki.. tp zmn sekolah dulu plg femes r.l stine la.. permulaan my horror obsession |
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Aku dah tak ingat tajuk buku ni. the book was recommended by an author that I follow on twitter
Actually the book was beautifully written. aku suka some of the characters dalam buku tu. Jalan cerita pon menarik. Tapi ada satu issue dalam buku tu buat aku rasa a bit disturbing & creepy. Pedophile.
Mula-mula tu tak ketara sangat sebab aku tak sure betul ke characters tu ada intention macam tu. Tapi bila lama-lama aku baca, aku rasa macam the characters were a bit creepy. Aku rasa tak selesa, unsettling, provocative
Aku habiskan jugak baca buku tu sbb the story was quite compelling and the book itself was a page turner. Cuma this pedophile issue buatkan aku rasa macam "hmmm should i be more open-minded? hmmm apakejadah nii, kau biar betul?? this is so wrong, dude!"
kalau bukan that pedophile theme, aku mungkin akan ulang balik baca buku tu. But i had to delete the book from my folder, terus lupa dah apa nama tajuk buku tu.
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jiwa kental
aku baca horror book pon, so far tak de lah sampai menyeramkan
tapi aku baca cerita kat board mps boleh pulak meremang bulu roma
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macam menarik buku ni. nanti aku nak try baca
and thanks mod for the credit
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John saul vs stephen king
Sy prefer lagi john saul.. sbb english john saul xla secomplicated stephen king.. rsnya xpnh habiskan buku stephen king.. dpt few chapter jer.. selalunya layan movie dia je..
R.l stines ni dia more tu budak2 n teenage horror.. tp dia la yg sy buat modal jd karangan spm heheh.. merasa la dpt A1 english tu heheh
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The Best Horror Books of 2016
by Sam Reader/ December 14, 2016 at 4:30 pm
This year was an interesting one for horror. Not only did genre fans see new books from established heavy hitters, they welcomed a grandmaster’s novel back into print after 52 years, encountered incredible debuts, rafts of new and disturbing short stories, and at least one satire that frightens just as easily as its source material. If there were room to list every horror book released this year, we could easily just do that. The competition was tough, and many late nights were spent pondering the list and debating where the line lays between horror and dark fantasy. Finally, final selection of contenders emerged from the chaos. Submitted for your approval, here are the 15 best horror books of 2016.
 Mongrels: A Novel Hardcover $24.99
Mongrels, by Stephen Graham Jones
Told from the point of view of a 10-year-old half-human boy, Mongrels follows a family of werewolves as they move from place to place in the American south, always one step ahead of the hunters and police who are after them for a variety of crimes and misdeeds. While Jones has a gift for the grisly imagery and body horror werewolf mythology requires (that section about pantyhose haunts me to this day), the real heart of the novel is the way he builds on werewolf tropes as a metaphor for those who live as outsiders, and explores the dynamic of a displaced people chafing under a set of rules and expectations that are not their own.
 Hex Hardcover $17.17 | $25.99
Hex, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Blending equal measures of morality tale, gothic horror story, and dystopian surveillance-state nightmare, Heuvelt’s twisted slice of suburban darkness is a standout of this year. The story follows the town of Black Spring, home to an undead witch who wanders through the town chained, her eyes and mouth sewn up against some unknown calamity. Before long, a few of the town’s rebellious teenagers decide to “experiment” on the witch and post the results to the internet, setting off a chain of events that spiral into grisly violence and Dark Ages-style retribution. Heuvelt instills Hex with atmosphere and a creeping sense of dread that, when paired with a gift for creating lasting and horrifying images, make for uncomfortable and electrifying reading.
 The Brotherhood of the Wheel Hardcover $27.99
The Brotherhood of the Wheel, by R.S. Belcher
With his dark horror-fantasy, Belcher takes the secret history of America and its roadways, adds numerous urban legends, conspiracy theories, and even some of the darker bits of American history, points it towards the reader, and opens the throttle. Within this hard-hitting, hard-driving tale of knight errant truckers and bikers facing off against a shadowy eldritch abomination, there lies a rich setting that’s easy to get lost in, and exciting action sequences galore. While that would be enough on its own, Belcher threads it together with interesting characters and high narrative stakes that up the ante page after page, daring readers to follow it to the end of the road.
 Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror Paperback $12.80 | $16.95
Nightmares, edited by Ellen Datlow
Culled from a decade’s worth of dark and disquieting fiction, Ellen Datlow’s followup to her essential collection Darkness offers another helping of terrifying short reads, spanning black comedy, Lynchian fever dreams, absurdism, gothic fiction, and more besides. Datlow assembles a host of horror’s heaviest hitters for Nightmares, and the collection finds them at their best, spinning tales of outsider art, murderous writers, vengeful fairies, and deadly urban legends. The result is a perfect roadmap for where to start getting into dark fiction, with entries to suit just about any taste.
Standout Stories: “Ambitious Boys Like You” by Richard Kadrey, “Spectral Evidence” by Gemma Files, “Dead Sea Fruit” by Kaaron Warren
 Disappearance at Devil's Rock Hardcover $25.99
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, by Paul Tremblay
Switching to horror after spending his timeon incredibly imaginative crime fiction, Paul Tremblay’s newest release fulfills all the promise of A Head Full of Ghosts, delivering another disquieting psychological thriller, this time about a town dealing with the loss of a teenager. There isn’t a clear answer whether or not the ghostly visitations in Disappearance are actually supernatural, and it’s better for it—the focus isn’t necessarily the ghostly visitations or the disquieting legends or the weird messages from a long-dead son, but the psychological effect a loss has on friends and family. Having said that, Tremblay’s subtle disturbances definitely help the book, heightening the unnerving atmosphere already present.
 The Last Days of Jack Sparks Hardcover $19.09 | $24.00
The Last Days of Jack Sparks, by Jason Arnopp
Arnopp’s novel, as the title would suggest, follows the final days of journalist Jack Sparks as he investigates an unusual YouTube video and its ties to the supernatural. The novel works as an excellent character study of Sparks, a music journalist-turned experiential writer whose last book finds him biting off a bit more than he can chew. Sparks is a frustrating and compelling character, and while it’s fairly obvious he’ll meet his end, Arnopp gives his anti-hero a distinct voice and slowly adds layers of complexity. To make it all more believable, the book presents itself as a “found document” from Sparks, drawing the reader into its world.
 The Fireman Hardcover $19.16 | $28.99
The Fireman, by Joe Hill
Joe Hill turns his practiced eye towards post-apocalyptic horror with the tale of a spontaneous combustion plague known as “Dragonscale” and the attempts of infected pregnant nurse to find a safe haven for her unborn child. Hill’s book brims with interesting characters and terrifying situations, from the terminal patient who does her best to help sufferers of the disease, to the zealous Marlboro Man, a sadist who takes a particular pleasure in murdering the infected. The result is a dense epic with terror and wonder in equal measure, as well as one of the most unusual and imaginative fictional diseases in recent history.
 The Suicide Motor Club Hardcover $26.00
The Suicide Motor Club, by Christopher Buehlman
A group of vampires in sleek classic cars prowl the roadways for fun in Buehlman’s tale of revenge and trauma. The Suicide Motor Club creeps across the highways and byways looking for prey and others to join in their twisted game of high-speed bumper cars. But when their chance encounter with Judith’s family that leaves her seriously injured, her husband dead, and her son kidnapped, the Club and Judith are set on a collision course that neither party may survive. Buehlman’s depiction of the roadways in the mid-to-late ’60s is treacherous enough (much like some actual roadways of the era), but the Club, a roving band of hedonistic bloodsuckers, pushes things from treacherous to outright life-threatening.
 I Am Providence: A Novel Paperback $10.84 | $15.99
I Am Providence, by Nick Mamatas
Beginning with the murder of an unlikeable and pretentious author at the Summer Tentacular Lovecraft convention, Mamatas’ latest blends the weird with hints of conspiracy and a deranged narrator spinning navel-gazing monologues from some vague afterlife. The author seems to delight the grotesque touches he applies to his heroes, villains, and monsters in equal measure, creating a vivid and unsettling world even before the plot kicks into gear. While the novel places one foot in Lovecraft’s oeuvre, Mamatas revels in the unfurling tentacles of his narrative, which is a many-toothed, many-eyed beast all its own.
 Lovecraft Country Hardcover $26.99
Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff
Ruff’s existential horror riff directly engages with the racist and problematic elements of H.P. Lovecraft’s dark and dread-filled stories by recasting ol’ Howard’s terrified white heroes with resourceful and witty black heroes and heroines. The result is a triptych of stories that are one part pastiche, one part social commentary, and one part biting satire of an embarrassing science fiction and fantasy institution. Ruff’s prose and colorful cast move beyond the simple elevator pitch of “race-bent Lovecraft stories,” creating an unforgettable world that both interrogates and celebrates the material at its heart.
 The Fisherman Paperback $13.44 | $16.99
The Fisherman, by John Langan
Any year where we get new work from John Langan is a good one, but this year’s offering from the master of disquieting is a standout even then. Langan’s story of two men who deal with loss and grief by fishing in upstate New York only to run afoul of a terrifying local legend, begins with a series of allusions to the terrifying events later in the book, and proceeds to deliver on every skin-crawling promise. The nods to the future also work in with the general narrative tone, which has a lot to do with loss and regret. The result is the kind of quiet, emotional, character-driven horror that explodes into supernatural terror, an American gothic horror novel like no other.
 The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) Paperback $19.99
The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories, by Robert Aickman
Aickman, a writer of “strange stories” and one of the godfathers of modern weird fiction, first wrote this novel in the 1960s. The dark comedy of manners only made its way to the United States this year, and while it may be cheating to put it on a roundup of 2016’s best horror, well, it deserves as much attention as anything else listed. Aickman is known for a subtle attention to detail and a method of story construction that draws the reader in even as it builds towards the idea that something is off, all of which is well on display here. Something is happening on almost every page, and Aickman’s warped sense of humor is a a welcome delight.
 Mr. Splitfoot Hardcover $24.00
Mr. Splitfoot, by Samantha Hunt
By now, those who follow the horror articles here have heard of this book at least three times. If that’s not a recommendation enough, consider this a last appeal. A lyrical, dark, and haunting work, Mr. Splitfoot travels the darker sections of Appalachian New York, mixing fundamentalist cults, foreboding woods, ghost stories, and psychic phenomena fraudulent and otherwise to tell the story of two women bound by family and an event in the past. If that doesn’t sell it for you, then understand we’re not alone in our adulation: the book has drawn comparisons to Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, good company to be in if your aim is lyrical horror with strong elements of the weird.
 The Empty Ones Hardcover $24.99
The Empty Ones, by Robert Brockway
The screaming sequel to The Unnoticeables begins with a self-proclaimed god replacing someone’s eyes and hands with gaping, toothy maws. That sets the tone for a novel loaded with disturbing visuals and black humor in equal measure, featuring a reality TV star who talks cheerfully and placidly about the atrocities he’d visit upon sapient creatures, a mysterious cult in the desert that wants to “solve” human beings for some nefarious purpose, and the jabbering balls of light everyone calls “angels” that have their own alien and unnerving plans for humanity. Brockway refuses to slow down for an instant, and the result is a wild ride from start to finish.
 The Hidden People Hardcover $17.94 | $26.99
The Hidden People, by Alison Littlewood
Drawing from the same atmospheric well as classics like The Wicker Man and The Witch, The Hidden People is the story of Albie, a young man who receives word that his odd cousin from the country, Lizzie, has died at the hands of her shoemaker husband. When he talks to the husband about it, he finds that the man believes his wife was taken and replaced by one of the fair folk. Stranger still, no one in the town seems to think he acted in the wrong. The novel has a strange and dreamlike quality to it, almost as if a fog is hanging over the town, and when combined with the bizarre townsfolk and the disturbing mystery at its center, it makes for a book that disturbs the reader as new dimensions unfold piece by piece.
Did your scariest picks make the list?
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Novel: 50 shades of Grey n sekutunya, the wedding breaker dan segala jenis novel cabul. -> x tau apa yg romantiknya sbb promote benda yg immoral dan pkataan lucah di guna pakai. Mengarut la..sy ni jenis open minded tp bkn dlm hal ni sbb mghalalkn yg haram mcm nikah kontrak?tak cool la. |
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Up until now, The Long Walk remains the most disturbing book I've ever read. Written by Stephen King under the name of Richard Bachman. It was his first novel.
Cerita dystopian, mengenai perlumbaan berjalan, pemenang ditentukan bila tinggal dia seorang yg hidup dlm contest tu. Tak ada specific finish line, jalan selagi mampu, jgn kurang dari 4 miles per hour, kurang drp tu kena tembak.
While reading, I get so close to every character of the 'walkers', tapi bila journey makin panjang, seorang demi seorang mati. Saya dapat rasakan mcm mana geng2 walkers tu cuba utk tolong kawan diaorg yg dah tak larat, but eventually kena tembak jugak. As a reader, saya tak ada pilihan but to continue the reading. It gets worse. Masuk hari ke 5 dan 'walkers makin berkurang sebab violate the rules. The story is without happy ending.
It might sounds strange, the way I say it. You just got to read it to understand and feel it. It haunts me for days! |
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Goth by Otsuichi dgn Full Dark No stars by Stephen King. Ironically im always in awe for Stephen King's short stories rather than his novels for some i really love while some not giving any chills |
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11 Books That Will Definitely Disturb You
By Nick Cutter
Scary novels? I’ve read a few. Heck, I’ve even written one myself! That puts me in a peculiar position when it comes to breaking out my Top Disturbing Reads. One, because as I said, I’ve read a whole schmeer of ‘em. And two, as a result of reading so many, I’ve developed a tolerance. I’m like some weirdo who’s eaten so many ghost peppers that his tongue’s gone numb—or an addict who has done so much junk that it takes a vanload to feel a buzz anymore. So when I say some of these books are your 100 percent gen-u-wine, soul-shredding, skull-crushing, fire-balling, run-over-by-a-dumptruck-driven-by-a-rabid-zombie disturbing-as-hell reads, I pray you take my word for it. I ain’t funnin’ with you, mmmkay? Beware, my friends. BEWARE!
1. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by SHIRLEY JACKSON
There’s nothing gooey or gory about Jackson’s masterpiece. The horror is mannerly, controlled. A group of people converge in a remote manse with a history of odious happenings. The following days are spent on the house’s grounds, during which time several odd and unsettling events occur. The primary character, Eleanor, is plagued by the spirit of the house itself, by its brooding and incalculable menace. This is outstanding horror of the creeping, lingering, subtle variety. You could try Richard Matheson’s Hell House—a similar riff on the haunted house story—if you’re looking for a more visceral reading experience.
2. PET SEMATARY by STEPHEN KING
This whole list could be devoted to the modern master. No other person (with the possible exceptions of Poe, that wacky opium-eater, or Lovecraft if you’re into that whole “nameless dread” stuff) seems as keyed in to what scares the hell out of all humanity quite like King. It’s infuriating from a fellow writer’s perspective: You try to take his writing apart to see what makes it work, same way a mechanic takes an engine apart, but it’s impossible. The terror somehow lives behind the words on the page: a gathering groundswell of dread and panic. So thanks, Uncle Stevie, for making the rest of us look like muddling crap-stains! Pet Sematary gets my nod as scariest King, but it could’ve easily gone to It or any number of his short stories from the collections Night Shift or Skeleton Crew (“The Boogeyman” scared me senseless, for example). The movie kinda sucked eggs—except that scene where a Wendigo-crazed Gage severed poor old Jud Crandall’s Achilles tendon with a scalpel—but at least we got this kickass Ramones video out of it.
3. HOUSE OF LEAVES by MARK Z DANIELEWSKI
Some readers aren’t keen on this book’s po-mo, narrative-within-a-narrative structure—and to be honest, it does go overboard at times, as a lot of first novels can—but man, you want to talk about freaky? Simple setup: The Navidson family moves to a house that is just the slightest bit bigger on the inside than on the outside. From that simple framework, Danielewski unfurls a tale of primal dread. There are no vampires or slime-oozing monsters to be found, only a terrible house whose dimensions, upon investigation, are seemingly endless. That fear of a dark, endless space—akin to the fear of infinite outer space—is what got me. It pinged on a deeply buried register of my subconscious in a way no other book has.
4. THE BOOKS OF BLOOD by CLIVE BARKER
Man, this guy can write. Lord, what an imagination! Stephen King anointed Barker “the future of horror,” and he wasn’t off base. Barker leveled up everything about the genre as it existed in the mid-eighties: he leveled up its literary heft (during the 80s horror boom the market was glutted with lurid paperbacks, their glossy covers featuring blood-dripping knives and skeleton cheerleaders—now I loved a lot of those books, but man, Barker offered something else entirely). He leveled up the intensity, the sexuality (although sensuality is more apt), the gore, and in general pushed things a step further than his forebears. Barker’s Books of Blood was his first transcendent shot across the bow, a six-volume set of stories and novellas that include classics like “The Midnight Meat Train,” “The Forbidden,” and everyone’s favorite, the indelible “In the Hills, the Cities.” Do yourself a solid and check them out.
5. THE EXORCIST by WILLIAM PETER BLATTY
Of course it’s gotta be on the list. If there were a Mount Rushmore of horror novels, Blatty’s demonic chiller would be chiseled up there. Do you really need a synopsis? Everyone knows the tale of beleaguered Regan MacNeil, guilt-stricken Father Karras, Father Lankester “I’m too old for this shit” Merrin, and a wee scamp of a demon named Pazuzu who has a party inside poor Regan’s body for a few months. And if you’ve seen the film you can close your eyes and recall some of its more hellish moments while you read the book. And hey, maybe you’ll Google “Pazuzu”for kicks and squirt a few drops of pee in your pants, too. Wheeee!
6. LET’S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS by MENDAL W. JOHNSON
A lesser-known title, even for horror junkies. It’s simple in its setup: A group of kids capture their babysitter, who has been tasked with taking care of them for a few weeks in an isolated home. At first it’s a game—the kids just wanted to see if they could do the unthinkable and capture an adult. But the game takes on darker and darker tones, as they do in horror narratives. Johnson’s book is often compared to Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, whose narrative is much the same. Ketchum’s book could easily have taken this spot, but I found Johnson’s soft tone and southern-gentlemanly writing style slightly more unsettling. Both books espouse a certain kind of horror: no supernatural overlay, no demons or zombies. This is real-world terror, the mundane horror that infests everyday life. There is not much suspense, because most readers will get a sense of the writer’s intent and worldview quite early. It is a bleak, pitiless novel; The closest cinematic equivalent I can conjure up is Michael Haneke’s Funny Games. Like that film, this book says something damning about our species—it is as banal as horror gets, and for that reason it is one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read.
7. LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN by HUBERT SELBY JUNIOR
This isn’t really a horror book at all, at least in any traditional sense. Other readers may think his novel Requiem For a Dream is more deserving of this spot. The story in this collection that most unnerved me was the novella “Strike.” It details the life of Harry, a bullying and horrible union leader who, over the course of the narrative, unravels mentally and physically. There is something terrifyingly compelling about watching a character weaken and disintegrate before our eyes; such tales generate a remorseless momentum, and there’s a powerful satisfaction in being a fly on the wall to witness that collapse. In the end, once Harry is rendered as low as it may be possible to render a human being, Selby managed to make me feel pity for him. A pain-soaked book, not for everyone—but those who like it, like it a lot.
8. AMERICAN PSYCHO by BRET EASTON ELLIS
You gotta put it on this list, baby. Controversial? You bet! But there ain’t nothing else like it. When I first read this book, I was already a hardened gore-hound. I’d sought out the grossest books and films with monk-like observance. Dead Alive. Cannibal Ferox. I Spit on Your Grave. The Splatterpunk anthologies. Ed Lee’s stuff. But this is the most graphic, the most violently precise book I’ve ever read. I’ve held palaver with veteran horror writers and I’ve asked: What’s the most physically repellant book you’ve ever read? More often than not, American Psycho heads that list. I’ll never forget the line about a victim’s head making a hissing sound after Patrick Bateman hacked into it with an axe: the sound of pressurized blood hissing from the wound. Man, that’s writing with panache! Beyond that, it’s damn funny. You could miss that on first pass, but this is one of the most mordantly comical books you’ll read. Finally, there is a rare and breathless vitality to the writing that distinguishes it from any other novel you’re likely to read.
9. BLOOD MERIDIAN by CORMAC McCARTHY
A savage book, but essential. Most writers have a “flow”: the language has its own particular rhythm, and as a reader you’ve got to fall into its slipstream—or not, in which case you close the book and go do a jigsaw puzzle or something. McCarthy has a unique flow; some readers might struggle initially, but once you’re under his spell, man, you’re mesmerized. This book has one of your all-time great villains: the Judge. A bald, huge, preternaturally intelligent, charming and persuasive agent of chaos. You’ve never read anyone quite like him (it?) and his presence alone makes this one of the most disturbing books in all of Christendom. Long live the Judge!
10. ANTHONOLOGY by PIERS ANTHONY
Oh, Piers. You strange, strange man. Piers is known primarily as a light fantasist—like many, I gobbled up his Incarnations of Immortality series as a teen—but the dude can write some weird, perverse stuff as well. He’s kinda like Roald Dahl that way, in that he’s got two very different writing modes. The majority of his story collection, Anthonology, is forgettable. But one tale, “On the Uses of Torture,” is worth the price of admission on its own. It involves an interplanetary diplomat engaging in a terrible summit with an alien race whose caste system is dictated by the amount of torture one can endure: The more you can tolerate, the more venerated you become. I read this one years ago, and it remains burnt into my frontal cortex. It’s not easy to find a copy, but if you do, gentle reader—prepare thyself.
... and if you’d like to turn it up to 11 ...
11. THE TROOP by ... uhh, yours truly.
Putting one’s own book on a list like this is a little déclassé, right? So instead of tooting my own horn, how about I throw out a few of the early kudos that the book has received? I can do that and maintain a modicum of respectability, right? Aww, who am I kidding? I’ve never been all that respectable, anyway.
Stephen King says: “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best. Not for the faint-hearted, but for the rest of us sick puppies, it’s a perfect gift for a winter night.”
Scott Smith (The Ruins, A Simple Plan) says: “The Troop reads like a comic book, and I mean this in the best possible sense. Cutter’s storytelling is lean and crisp and delightfully over-the-top. Think Tales From the Crypt, think early Crichton, think King on coke. This book should be sold as a diet aid. If you have even the slightest fear of parasites, it’ll put you off your food for weeks. It’s a disquieting, disturbing, and occasionally downright disgusting story. It’s also great fun to read.”
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seribulan replied at 21-7-2017 12:00 PM
11 Books That Will Definitely Disturb You
By Nick Cutter
I think im gonna try House of Leaves. The synopsis is quite interesting. |
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Another book from the Great Stephen King is Night Shift. The weirdest and crazy stories that u never encountered before are in this small looking normal book. Named a few, The Lawnmower Man and The Mangler are amongst the creepiest and disturbing in view of the setting of the stories are quite normal i.e. one is about a man worked as a gardener but in a weirdest way, rather than using a lawnmower he is the embodiment of a lawnmower himself. The latter story is on a demon possesed laundry presss machines and what happened it was that the machine prowles upon workers that worked in the factory. The gory scene of the deaths are pictured well by Stephen King. |
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Edited by JamilBinAbu at 25-7-2017 09:27 AM
apparently erotic fantasy book sales are sizzling
people have fetish... i can accept that. well, missionary position is so mundane, so vanilla (no offence to vanilla, i like vanilla lol)... some people need variety
cuma yang aku rasa disturbing is when people normalise an abusive relationship
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Pada me 50 shades series tu blum terbaca lg la. N novel2 segenre dgnnya. Pnah tertengok cte genre yg sama lakonan Maggie Gyllenhaal memuda dulu, sbb tu kot xbleh nk hadam. Tapi idokla kecam sesiapa yg memilih yg itu  .
Still meremang bulu roma n boleh histeria sampai terjerit2 kalau terbaca novel2 bbnu, lagi2 yg diadaptasi jadi drama tv  |
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Category: Belia & Informasi
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Post time 17-7-2017 03:02 PM
变色卡
Post time 17-7-2017 04:06 PM
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