I have read a lot of horror already, mind. But I'm looking for actual like...creepy shit. Not mysteries or thrillers. Paranormal/supernatural is great, cryptids, zombies.

not into Stephen King in any way.

I can recommend the last few I've read if you like?

How are you with body horror...?

Movies, I can't. I don't know about books, though

Come Closer - Sarah Gran ; possession, a short read but decent
A Head Full of Ghosts - Paul Tremblay; well written, possession (or is it??)
The Hunger - Alma Katsu ; supernatural twist retelling of the Donner Party story

Tender is the Flesh - Augustina Bazterrica ; I loved this but it's...clinically horrific

I LOVED. A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS.

The Troop - Nick Cutter ; what I'm reading rn IT'S VERY VERY GOOD but also DISGUSTING so

and am a sucker for unreliable narrators.

YES!!

Tender is the Flesh was just open in one of my tabs >.>

and I've hit The Troop already. Adding The Hunger and Come Closer to the list!

There's also The Deep, also by Alma Katsu!

and The Deep by Nick Cutter lmao

apparently that's fantastic

Dark Matter, and Thin Air by Michelle Paver are good

/adds >.>

thank you

I keep reading the synopses for the "most recommended books of 2021" and I don't know if they're just terrible synopses or

people have bad taste

I reeeeeeally loved Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant. It’s murder mermaids and science. (Otherwise I’m not much help, she’s the only author I’ve read, horror-wise.)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand, I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells, Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero, And The Trees Crept In Dawn Kurtagich

Ended up buying the sequel to Rings annnd Whisper Down the Lane, but a bunch of these recs ended up on my wish list / to read, so ty all