recs

I don't read nearly as many books as I'd like to, but below are some I've especially enjoyed!

• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer: WILD as hell, I don't think any book has ever kept me awake at night like this one has. An anonymous group of scientists investigates a bizarre phenomenon known as Area X. Just good ol' classic sci-fi horror!
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski: I can't NOT include this one if I'm listing all the weird horror novels I've read. Complete mindfuck with a surprising amount of heart to it.
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson: Freaky sister complex horror my beloved... I will forever be enamored by Merricat Blackwood.
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: I have a love/hate relationship with Agatha Christie, but damn do I love a good mystery (of which this is!). Definitely pick up a modern edited copy for language reasons.
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: I watched the show before I read the book (oops), but the book is even better.

Combining comics, manga, and graphic novels here!

• Beasts of Burden
• Witch Hat Atelier
• Chainsaw Man
• Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun
• Victoria's Electric Coffin
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

I could list a whole bunch of big name games that I've dumped an untold amount of hours into (side-eyes animal crossing), but I'll keep this section mostly for indie games!

• Oxenfree
• Night in the Woods
• Okami
• Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)
• Omori
• Elevator Hitch
• Ib
• Anatomy
• Control

Podcasts and music!

• The Magnus Archives: if we know each other you probably already know this one. Primarily episodic horror anthology audiodrama with a great underlying plot
• Malevolent: audiodrama about a guy who loses his site to the lovecraftian being that he's stuck in a body with. A bit more intense than TMA, but has some really compelling characters
• Nightfall: this is an old Canadian radio show from the early 80s! A mix of audio adaptions of classic horror short stories and original fiction. Episodes can be found on both spotify and youtube
• SCNTFC: composer behind the Oxenfree soundtracks!
• Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell: I'm really not a musical person, but I looove this one so so very much. Retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice drawing a lot of inspiration from 1930s america
• Ulysses Dies at Dawn by The Mechanisms: all Mechs albums are fun, but this one's my favorite! Greek myth retelling set in cyberpunk space

Fiction teetering between a game and a short story. I always enjoy these but don't seem to play a lot, so if you've got recs, hit me up!

• 17776: what football will look like in the future
• ( C Y C L E ): interactive short horror story about a mine
• What are you being haunted by?: a 16 step assessment

Cool websites and other fun corners of the internet!

• Space Email: send and receive messages from any point in time
• Omori game page: archived version of the promotional site for Omori
• Window Swap: take a peek through windows all around the world