Recs if you like The Imago Sequence and Other Stories...

Horror short story collections and anthologies

Quick speculative fiction reads (quick, like under 40,000 words).

I’m working my way through these stories of weird fiction, noir, and the unknowable that are direct influences or spiritual ancestors to The Imago Sequence, True Detective season 1, and other modern cosmic horror noir stories.

Reading order and non-book entries listed in comments.

Books that have won the Shirley Jackson Award for outstanding achievement in the literature of horror, the dark fantastic, and psychological suspense.