I don't think I'll add to this. My sister, who lived this kind of stuff, was killed in an ATV accident this afternoon. Please, everyone else continue. I need escapist suggestions.
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I don't think I'll add to this. My sister, who lived this kind of stuff, was killed in an ATV accident this afternoon. Please, everyone else continue. I need escapist suggestions.
I'm sorry to hear about your sister's death.
I want you to know that I lost my brother tragically as well, so if you ever want to discuss it please don't hesitate - pm me.
As far as distraction - I don't know what your hobbies are or how old you are but I can tell you that when my brother passed I opened an imdb account on the suggestion of a professor in my life at the time, and I proceeded to watch hundreds of films and rate them and discuss them on that account. Unfortunately they've since done away with their chat based forums, but you can still rate and keep track of films on there (and I'm sure there are other platforms out there to discuss them). I've rated over 4,000 films since I created the account. I don't know if that's something that would work for you but it's a suggestion - and it somewhat worked for me as a distraction.
Again, don't hesitate to pm me.
Also mentioned my a member of my dissertation reading circle. She wondered whether there was a book, and I forgot to look it up.
As an aside, my sister was born about a week before the 1975 Series, and it took me a few games before I realized why Denny Doyle looked so familiar; he looked just like her newborn picture.
Thanks.
btw, I was immersed in dissertation work before, and I'm jumping back in tomorrow. I'll probably cope by making rude comments on the politics board, too.
I can't even tell you how sorry I am to hear that marcshoe. Just awful news.
Very sorry, Marc. Thinking of you and your family.
Marc, so sorry to hear about your loss.
Thanks everyone.
I've started the Hex now and need to get back to it. I have more reading time than before.
I need to add something by Ramsey Campbell to the novel list, probably The Hungry Moon, which goes deep. I just finished The Darkest Part of the Woods, which has a terrifying conclusion, but still not as overall creepy as Moon.
Another nod towards Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus" although I don't know that "scary" is how I would describe it. It's not for everyone, but the folks who like it love it. It's the best thing I've ever read. She does have another novel out now. It suffered in comparison.
Oh. And you can do much worse than Mary Shelly's original Frankenstien. Again it's a style of prose that isn't for everyone, but it's effective.
One of the creepiest television shows ever aired was The Twilight Zone episode entitled “The Hitchhiker.”
Creepiest movies: Eyes Without a Face, Carnival of Souls