pareidolia
she/her | autistic and ADHD | 🌈 socially awkward for 34 years and counting into classics, horror, gothic and lit fic 🏰🏛️🦇👻 also cat mom, singer, gamer and chaotically creative 🌝
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I'm an anxious and overthinking person, just like our main character, and reading her thoughts kind of makes me laugh because I realize how ridiculous some of my own thought processes can be at times. The deadpan delivery adds to it. Thanking the old man four times for offering his seat and then worrying he might fall over and die? That could literally be me. I already like Gilda and enjoy the author's writing style.
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The Monstrous Feminine 🫀🪞🔪
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Embracing the body and reclaiming otherness, these books use horror to redefine notions of womanhood and monstrosity.
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Fever Dreams & Strange Realities 👁🗝😵
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Reality is overrated! These surreal and absurd fiction books remove logic to reveal their truths. Here the impossible is inevitable, the strange is necessary, and Kafkaesque is only the beginning.
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Southern Gothic Fiction 🪕👻🏚️
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A selection of contemporary titles exploring the decay, despair, and trauma of the reconstructed American South. Come for the atmospheric settings, stay for the commentary on the legacy of the South's oft-romanticized past.
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The Sea Was Never Meant For Us: Ocean Horror 🌊⚓️🛳️
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From ancient monsters to doomed voyages and the crushing silence of the deep, these are stories soaked in saltwater, isolation, and fear. Some horrors surface. Others pull you under.
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Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Religious Horror 😈☠️👹
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This Quest was inspired by the List "forgive us our trespasses: religious horror," winner of Q2 2026 community voting.
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I really have mixed feelings about Paul D. Reading about the trauma he endured, of course I feel deep sympathy for him. At the same time, however I can't shake this weird gut feeling I get about him every few pages. I have a hunch, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is exactly. I kind of get the impression that his intentions might not be entirely honest.
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