A ghost story is what first got me into reading.
It was called Wait Til Helen Comes, and in second grade, when I read it, it was easily scary enough to keep me up at night. It was a pretty old book when I read it, and I never saw it afterward, but earlier this month I subscribed to openlibrary.org, where you can download PDFs of basically any book, anywhere, and I FOUND IT. And I reread it. And it was still creepy, though not nearly as creepy as I remembered it.
Since then, creeptastic books have always had a special place in my heart. Which is weird for someone who really can't handle scary movies and tends to stay up sweating and terrified when I get legitimately spooked. You know, different strokes for different folks.
These are a couple of my favorites that fall in the creepy category. Read if you dare...
That was dreadful and I apologize. Continue on.
1. Bag of Bones - Stephen King. He's probably my favorite writer ever, and this book is one of the few that legitimately creeped me out.
2. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn. This may be more of a thriller, but there's a supernatural aspect that makes it pretty darn creepy. Trigger warnings for gore on this one.
3. The Way the Crow Flies - Ann-Marie MacDonald. The writing here is superb. The story isn't supernatural at all, but genuinely creeped me out. It's a great read if you aren't sqeamish.
4. Adam - Tedd Dekker. I love most of Ted Dekker's work, and this one probably isn't my favorite from him, but it's definitely a creep fest.
And, because I think it's really cool that there are multiple ways to reach an audience with a story now, here are a couple of my favorite non-traditionally-formatted creepy things:
1. Slenderman. Just google it.
2. This short scary story thread
haha I read Bag of Bones when I was home alone one night and I got SO creeped out I had to call my ex-boyfriend to come over and protect me (from ghosts? idk).
ReplyDeleteHaha! I totally wasn't expecting it to freak me out, but it did!
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