I think Candle Cove may be the best creepypasta I've seen, mainly due to the great use of form and the fact that it is relatively short and sweet. I like some of the pasta that verge on alternate-reality games (Ben Drowned, Marble Hornets), but those always seem to disappoint after a while.

Those Usborne books were great, I loved them as a kid and I've tracked down most of the World of the Unknown and Supernatural Guides on the used market as an adult. The Supernatural Guides were and remain my favorites. Wonderful, creepy art.

Those Usborne books were great, I loved them as a kid and I've tracked down most of the World of the Unknown and Supernatural Guides on the used market as an adult. The Supernatural Guides were and remain my favorites. Wonderful, creepy art.

I'm a fan of both of Smith's books, but I thought the end of Simple Plan went a few steps too far. As much I enjoyed the book, I wish it had wrapped up a little sooner as some of the action near the end felt a little over-the-top. I think the movie version had a better ending.

I'm a fan of both of Smith's books, but I thought the end of Simple Plan went a few steps too far. As much I enjoyed the book, I wish it had wrapped up a little sooner as some of the action near the end felt a little over-the-top. I think the movie version had a better ending.

Glad I'm not the only one who can't see how attrakionz is supposed to be attractions. You need the t to make the -tion sound. Without it, the word looks like at-tra-KIE-onz.

Glad I'm not the only one who can't see how attrakionz is supposed to be attractions. You need the t to make the -tion sound. Without it, the word looks like at-tra-KIE-onz.

I'm curious about this, too. It seems that Ti West has a small fanboy army and I can't figure out why. More power to West if he can continue to make horror movies on small budgets—as a horror fan I wish anyone who works in the genre success—but I've seen HOTD and The Roost, and I can't see enough in either that would…

I would say: Fawlty Towers, "Gourmet Night." That episode seems so casual and comfortable as it ramps up the absurdity. To me it is a masterful example of classic sitcom style. The high point, of course, coming when John Cleese gives his malfunctioning, "viscous bastard" of a car a "damn good thrashing" with a tree…

That Spector album is tops for me. I'm actually a little surprised it wasn't mentioned in the AV Club list. It was a given in my house as I was growing up, so maybe I am blinded by familiarity and tradition.

Revolver magazine's album of the year, y'all!

Many of these books are created, at least in part, with the collectors market in mind. As a reader, I find the collectors market fairly annoying, as it tolerates high prices and treats books as investments first. You're right that people seem willing to pay the price, but there are other models in small press…

Hyden does admit "A lot of this seems so obvious that it's practically common sense," so he beat you guys on that idea, at least.

I have almost all of Ligotti's books, so I'm not averse to buying editions that can cost $30-$50. But even I stopped short when Centipede Press put out the new Agonizing Resurrection editions. I don't have that book, but I'm not going to spend $100 on a short book, which is what the regular edition cost. The special…

dry and talky seems to be catching

GtM: A deeper familiarity with videogames, or perhaps a trip to wikipedia, will disabuse you of your notion that the Legend of Zelda invented dungeon crawling. (I have no bone in the Zelda v. Elder Scrolls argument.)

I pretty much agree with you, D. I wrote this up above where people were talking about the Metamorphosis, and I'm pasting it here just because it seems more at home.

I come to this as a horror fan, and for me, the how and why is often unnecessary, and I think maybe it should be for a story to be most effective. Well-explained horror is not as scary to me as nightmare logic that one cannot fully rationalize. Thomas Ligotti uses this thinking to draw a distinction between horror…

I can't be the only one who wants a coked-up girl on my couch.

Taxi's theme was the first to come to mind here, too. I also find similar elements in the Hill Street Blues theme, but that one has a stronger 80s vibe, I think. Iregistered is right that these are some sweet and sad sounds.