Discussion NightmareFuel / Literature

Fleshing out:

• "A Walk in the Dark" by Arthur C. Clarke. For best fuel efficiency, read at 3 AM in the dark, in perfect silence, when you're all alone. The story's exactly what the title claims, and you may need to leave your lights on for a few weeks afterwards.

Fleshing Out:

• To a small extent, "The Cutie", a short story by Greg Egan. Damn you, ambiguous endings!

  • The description of the "Lawson Film" made me shudder.

Fleshing out:

• Imajica by Clive Barker.
  • Everything you need of a Barker novel is in Weaveworld, and I heartily recommend it. But honestly, people, no one has mentioned the terrifying Books Of Blood??

Fleshing out:

• Jack Vance's short story "Seven Exits from Bocz" (1952).

Fleshing out:

• The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
  • It gets worse: It's based on Gilman's real experiences. She really was treated like that.