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It's horrific to see a dead friend shamble back to life. Surreal horror is when that dead friend sits down to lunch, and everyone acts as if everything is fine.
It's horrific to see a creature well up from a bottomless pit of spacetime. It's surreal horror when that creature has the face of your mother at the end of each of its tentacles.
It's horrific to be shot. It's surreal horror when you realize that despite the pain of the wound, you're not bleeding, and red tissue paper rolls out like some stage-show version of blood.
It's horrific when an unnatural tome reveals the secrets of the universe. It's surreal horror when that book, written in 1611, contains a description of you down to the smallest detail, including the fact that you're reading that book right now.

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