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12 books with a reading profile close to Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

    Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

    by Neil Gaiman

    horror, literary

    Fragile Things is an anthology containing over thirty pieces of short fiction and poetry that merge mundane reality with the supernatural.

  2. 2 The Salt Grows Heavy

    The Salt Grows Heavy

    by Cassandra Khaw

    horror, literary

    In this horror novella set on a bleak island, a pregnant woman named Rue flees her abusive husband Hal and finds shelter with a plague doctor who lives by the shore and uses a bird mask.

  3. 3 Rouge

    Rouge

    by Mona Awad

    horror, literary

    Belle leads a solitary life in Montreal, anchored by a rigid skincare routine and an obsession with filtered digital beauty.

  4. 4 Comfort Me with Apples

    Comfort Me with Apples

    by Catherynne M. Valente

    horror, literary

    A woman lives in a perfectly planned community called Willowbrook Gardens, in a house with a charming husband she calls Hubby.

  5. 5 The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

    The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

    by Neil Gaiman

    horror, literary

    Dream, the personification of sleep, tracks down four rogue nightmares that escaped his realm during his long imprisonment.

  6. 6 The Changeling

    The Changeling

    by Victor LaValle

    horror, literary

    Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.

  7. 7 Weave World

    Weave World

    by Clive Barker

    horror, literary

    Calhoun Mooney discovers a secret world hidden within the patterns of an old rug kept in a Liverpool attic.

  8. 8 Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    by Ray Bradbury

    horror, literary

    Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway are thirteen-year-old neighbors in Green Town, Illinois, when Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show arrives by train at three in the morning.

  9. 9 A Sunny Place for Shady People

    A Sunny Place for Shady People

    by Mariana Enriquez

    horror, literary

    In this 2024 collection of short fiction, Enriquez documents the intersection of architectural decay and supernatural intrusion throughout Argentina and beyond.

  10. 10 The Cask of Amontillado

    The Cask of Amontillado

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    horror, literary

    Montresor, the narrator, tells of the revenge he took on a man named Fortunato, who he says insulted him a thousand times.

  11. 11 Bones & All

    Bones & All

    by Camille DeAngelis

    horror, literary

    Maren Yearly is a teenage girl who is abandoned by her father and left alone in a world where she cannot control a terrible hunger, as she is an "eater," one who feeds on human flesh.

  12. 12 Kiss Kiss

    Kiss Kiss

    by Roald Dahl

    horror, literary

    In this collection of eleven short stories, characters navigate domestic traps, professional rivalries, and cruel coincidences.

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