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koosli@outside.ofa.dog

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aka @koosli@aus.social. I'm almost exclusively reading horror fiction, truly the greatest of genres.

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reviewed Uzumaki by Junji Itō

Junji Itō: Uzumaki (Hardcover, 2013, VIZ Media)

Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi …

Curl up with a good book :)

A gruesome masterclass in escalating episodic cosmic body horror. I didn't expect to enjoy this so much. It's absolutely bonkers. Also it went straight to the heart of a genuine lifelong phobia of snails! Argh!!

reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy)

Jeff VanderMeer: Acceptance (2014, Macmillan)

From the publisher---

It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has …

I accept I was wrong the first time

On the first read I didn't really get into this. It was because at the time the Control character introduced in Authority I found a bit jarring. That didn't happen on the second read of Authority, and as a result Acceptance went down beautifully as well. Now that this is a quadrilogy I will be in posession of book 4 very soon. The Southern Reach tri/quadrilogy means a lot to me and has become smooshed together with Roadside Picnic, Blue Lake and The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band that Burnt A Million Pounds in my general headcannon. This will probably result in tattoo(s) at some point.