#spookyreads

[tokyoteaaa]

went to barnes & noble for “just one book”…

walked out with fangoria, a killer clown, and the creeping feeling i’m being watched.

it’s giving: final girl in the passenger seat.

it’s giving: comfort horror.

it’s giving: seasonal depression but make it slashercore.

current mood: curled up with a horror novel, pretending the world doesn’t exist.

[bookvibesandtarotcards]

50 True Stories that will Scare you to Death by Sebastian Krahl

A bite-sized collection of unsettling true stories that are perfect for dipping into when you’re in the mood for something creepy.

Pre-Reading Thoughts

True crime and paranormal stories have a natural pull—there’s something about knowing that a story is rooted in reality that makes it feel that much more unsettling. A collection of fifty short accounts sounded ideal for reading in small bursts, especially when the mood calls for something darker between lighter reads.

Post-Reading

As I thought… This works well as a pick-up-and-read collection. The short format makes it easy to read a story or two at a time, and the range of topics—from hauntings to unsolved mysteries to disturbing crimes—keeps things varied.

It surprised me by… Just how genuinely unsettling some of the stories are. Like most collections, the impact varies from story to story, but a few of them linger in the mind long after you’ve finished reading. The real-life angle adds an extra chill that makes the creepiest entries particularly effective.

Music Pairing

🎵 Featured Song: Disturbia — Rihanna 🎶 Vibe Album: The Silver Scream — Ice Nine Kills 🎧 Artist Recommendation: Ice Nine Kills

Vibe Check

Colour Palette: midnight black, fog grey, blood red Soundtrack: creaking floorboards, whispered rumours, late-night radio static Season: autumn Mood: uneasy curiosity Scent: candle smoke and cold night air

For fans of

📚 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz 🎬 Unsolved Mysteries

50 True Stories that Will Scare You to Death publishes on 28 July. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.

[kaiespace]

Not done talking about #halloweenreads tbh and this series is perfect. Like Supernatural meets American Gods meets American Horror Story. An urban legend ghost (hitchhiking dead prom date from the 50s) and her adventures through small town America and its underworld layers. Creepy, unexpected, anthology-ish but trending toward a larger narrative arc (great for bite-size reading if you only have time for a chapter!) and sits nicely in that “horror aesthetic but not too scared to walk to the bathroom at night” zone for me 😂👻🎃🖤 #horrorbooks #spookyreads #seananmcguire #ghostroads https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjUzjyyMsD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[leannareneehieber]

Getting ready for the first convention of 2023! Excited to join everyone at the 8th annual Stupid Cupid Ball in Cromwell, CT, now a 3-day celebration of #Steampunk! See @oddball_newt for tickets! I'm honored to be a Featured Guest alongside amazing talents in the genre! I'll be giving lots of talks on Ghosts, Victorian customs & Spiritualism, eager to sign copies of our acclaimed & bestselling A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS! -- #booklife #booksigning #ctevents #History #VictorianGoth #Victorian #womenshistory #ghoststories #authorsofinstagram #ahauntedhistoryofinvisiblewomen #hauntedhistory #haunted #Ghosts #spiritualism #spookyreads https://www.instagram.com/p/CoK_ldxvOas/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jonathanstroud]

Posted @withrepost • @dhachildrens Are you ready for a spooktacular Book-mas recommendation? Today's Christmas read comes from the brilliant @jonathan.stroud 🎄☠️ JS: Ghosts enjoy Christmas like everybody else, and a good spooky tale is a fine corrective to all the enforced jollity and turkey-fuelled good cheer. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol fuses darkness and redemption to create obviously the greatest festive book of all. It should be required yearly reading (just as The Muppets’ Christmas Carol is THE essential family watch). But I’m going to go out on a limb here, and recommend M R James’s Ghost Stories as my Xmas pick. These aren’t stories about Christmas, but many of them were written for Christmas. James was Provost at Eton, and he wrote his stories specifically for reading out to friends and pupils on Christmas Eve. You’ve got vengeful spirits, demonic guardians, nasty things hiding in ash trees, white flappy shapes hunting you along deserted beaches, and many other horrors, all hinted at with impeccable Edwardian restraint. In short, they’re the best creepy stories in English and perfect for the season, so take a peek into the midwinter dark and see what’s wandering there. Happy Reading! #christmasreading #christmasbooks #christmasadvent #festiveseason #festivereading #ghoststories #spookyreads #christmasghoststories #kidslit #kidsbooksofinstagram #kidsbookstagram #childrenschristmasbooks #childrensbooks #lockwood #lockwoodandco https://www.instagram.com/p/CmJuwigrbkv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Happy Friday! What are you reading this weekend? 📖☕️ I’m reading The Ex by @fizzziatrist, and when I finish that I think I’ll be starting this one! Spells for Lost Things by @jennaevanswelch feels like the perfect book to dive into this weekend! 🤎🍂 Thank you to @simonteen for gifting me this copy! . . . h a s h t a g s : #spellsforlostthings #jennaevanswelch #salemmassachusetts #spookyreads #romancebooks #romancereader #booksandbeans #coffeeandseasons #romancereadersofinstagram #cozyvibes #fallfeels #fallcolors #neutralaesthetic #bookish #mybookfeatures #flatlaystyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CjssZDpuwd3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gildedautumnvelvet]

By Christopher Funk

[supersteviegeekout]

Fear doesn't help us achieve a state of grace; it deafens the heart. - Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ ☆Do you like zombie or necromancer stories?☆ This series has been a weird one for me so far. I loved Gideon. I absolutely adored her sass and insanity, the way she dealt with the world around her. Harrow left me confused. That book didn't make sense to me until almost halfway through. Nona had confusing bits, but I loved her for how sweet and innocent she was. Even knowing what happened, what made her that way, I loved her. Thankful that @pieraforde recommended this series to me! Now the wait for Alecto begins. ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ #readersofinstagram #bookstagram #bookswelove #bookaholic #booklover #booklife #bookaddict #gideontheninth #harrowtheninth #nonatheninth #tamsynmuir #necromancers #bookrecommendations #spookyreads https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-9n2SLUUO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=