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Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story

Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.

Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.

This is a list of Mushroomcore related books! We have everything from horror, to cozy and fantasy/sci-fi. This is the era of Spontasy (Fantasy), Spomance (Romance) and other genres too. Essentially it's time for the mushroom goblins to take over the world

all things fungal horror ❤︎⁠ there are a few mushroom and cottagegore lists around, but i wanted to make a comprehensive guide to the genre! suggestions welcome :)

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

Cozy, Horror, Mystery, Adventure, Romance. As long as the book has shrooms as a major plot point, there is a place for it in this list.

Is October a busy season for you? These books are short and sinister. Short fiction is the perfect format for horror - the tight word count allows for the tension to hold taut for the entirety of the story instead of that slow-burning dread. Tuck one in here or there between novels or before bed to break a reading slump or cleanse the palate.

The fungus walks among us

I love mushroom-related horror, and these are all the books I have found that use spores, fungus, or mushrooms as the antithesis of the book's horror.

All of these books are under 200 pages— perfect for those days you want a full story but just can’t commit to anything longer. Some of these are beautiful, some are strange. . . some are just downright bizarre. Some were so relatable they felt cathartic, and some are— this is your warning to check out content warnings if needed—really messed up. All of them really hit, though. Enjoy!

This is a list of horror books written by women, as recommended by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) in her book Feral and Hysterical. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of Feral and Hysterical because it is so much more than a list of books. There are more lists of books, but also thoughtful essays by women writers. It's worth spending some time with Feral and Hysterical.

"Women are overqualified to write fictional horror. Period." -- Sadie Hartmann