Rec: Morbid and Creepifying - Revision history

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	This rec list was originally posted by [[ladysisyphus]] at http://bangbangwhimper.livejournal.com/24527.html, and has since been updated every year in October for Halloween.		This rec list was originally posted by [[ladysisyphus]] at http://bangbangwhimper.livejournal.com/24527.html in 2011, and has since been updated every year in October for Halloween.

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	Some of our issues are spookier than most, it's true, but they're just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SSBB scary. Thus, I've cobbled together a list of spooky stories that I found particularly memorable. I tried to make it so that this isn't just stories with traditionally scary elements, but stories that are good reads if you really want to spook yourself. ...Some more so than others.		Some of our issues are spookier than most, it's true, but they're just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SSBB scary. Thus, I've cobbled together a list of spooky stories that I found particularly memorable. I tried to make it so that this isn't just stories with traditionally scary elements, but stories that are good reads if you really want to spook yourself. ...Some more so than others.

	In deference to those who like to be prepared, this list shall be accompanied by my traditional utterly useless six-word summaries.		<strike>In deference to those who like to be prepared, this list shall be accompanied by my traditional utterly useless six-word summaries.</strike> Okay, the summaries were a good goof at the start, when there were just a handful for me to riff on, but it's gotten a little unwieldy. If you want an idea of what the story is about, click through and see what's on the wiki page.

	*[[The Wilderness]]~~: Can’t sleep. Trees will eat me.~~		This time I've also grouped together stories that are connected to one another, in case you're in the mood for a serial.
	*[[Anthracosis]]~~: Ghosts are no match for lesbians.~~
	*[[The Peddler On The Mountain]]~~: Creepy pornographic fairy tales for all!~~		*[[The Wilderness]]
	*[[Ingmar Bergman Is Dead]]~~: Uwe Boll, however, is still alive.~~		*[[Anthracosis]]
	*[[Plumbing the Depths of Mystery: Part Five Of A 'Horrors By Gaslight' Serial Novel In Sixteen Thrilling Parts!]] ~~and~~ [[Engulfed In The Tentacles Of Horror: Part Nine Of A 'Horrors By Gaslight' Serial Novel In Sixteen Thrilling Parts!]]~~: Enjoy these ‘Horrors By Gaslight’ together.~~		*[[The Peddler On The Mountain]]
	*[[The Pond by the Well]]~~: And then she went ‘splashy splashy’.~~		*[[Ingmar Bergman Is Dead]]
	*[[Beyond The Pale]]~~: Who doesn’t like a magical circus?~~		*[[Plumbing the Depths of Mystery: Part Five Of A 'Horrors By Gaslight' Serial Novel In Sixteen Thrilling Parts!]], [[Engulfed In The Tentacles Of Horror: Part Nine Of A 'Horrors By Gaslight' Serial Novel In Sixteen Thrilling Parts!]]
	*[[All The Way]]~~: The men are about this tall.~~		*[[The Pond by the Well]]
	*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]~~: Exactly what the packing label says.~~		*[[Beyond The Pale]]
	*[[INSERT TITLE HERE\|[INSERT TITLE HERE]]]~~: <nowiki>[summary goes right next to it]</nowiki>~~		*[[All The Way]]
	*[[Canaan Falls]]~~: There’s gay, and there’s Stephen King.~~		*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]
	*[[The Horror From the Deep]]: ~~In Bromley, drunk Cthulhu waits knitting.~~		*[[INSERT TITLE HERE\|[INSERT TITLE HERE]]]
	*[[The Pen]]~~: The Devil came down to Devonshire.~~		*[[Canaan Falls]]
	*[[Murder Ballad]]~~: I’ve been workin’ on the raaaaailroad….~~		*[[The Horror From the Deep]], [[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition]]
	*[[The Wolf at the Door]]~~: Learn some Puritan euphemisms for ‘penis’.~~		*[[The Pen]]
	*[[The Doll]]~~: Yeah, dolls aren’t creepy at all.~~		*[[Murder Ballad]]
	*[[Kiss Kiss Brains Brains]]~~: Kisses are free, brains cost extra.~~		*[[The Wolf at the Door]]
	*[[Highjacked by the Truth]]~~: I sure would watch this show.~~		*[[The Doll]]
	*[[Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye]]~~: Those fairy folk are real jerks.~~		*[[Kiss Kiss Brains Brains]]
	*[[Tourniquet]]~~: Didn’t need all those limbs anyway.~~		*[[Highjacked by the Truth]]
	*[[The Unicorn Man]]~~: Who doesn’t want a pet unicorn?~~		*[[Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye]]
	*[[Love Will Tear Us Apart (or, The Modern Pygmalion)]]~~: AAAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAAAAA AAAA AAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA~~		*[[Tourniquet]]
	*[[Undertow]]~~: A comic about love and drowning.~~		*[[The Unicorn Man]]
	*[[The Eleusinian Mysteries]]~~: Don’t eat the pomegranate seeds, kid.~~		*[[Love Will Tear Us Apart (or, The Modern Pygmalion)]]
	*[[Complicated Creation]]~~: Not dead yet! I feel fine!~~		*[[Undertow]]
	*[[Robin, after the apocalypse]]~~: Zombies in~~ the ~~kitchen with Di~nah...~~		*[[The Eleusinian Mysteries]]
	*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]~~: Little twin sacrifice never hurt anyone.~~		*[[Complicated Creation]]
	*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]~~: Visit the apocalypse with a friend.~~		*[[Robin, after the apocalypse]], [[Aidan and the Course of History]], [[Satchel gets his stuff back]], [[Constantine's red letter day]]
	*[[Eve]]~~: Old traditions are the best traditions.~~		*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]
	*[[But ever in the moonlight]]~~: Drowning and dreaming amongst the fairies.~~		*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]
	*[[zero six four eight three are you listening]]~~: Exploring the phrase 'sexy numbers stations'.~~		*[[Eve]]
	*[[Amphistere]]~~: Tell the snake what you want.~~		*[[But ever in the moonlight]]
	*[[Dinner at Dido's]]~~: Hope you came with an appetite.~~		*[[zero six four eight three are you listening]]
	*[[Bright Mouths]]~~: Your sins will find you out.~~		*[[Amphistere]]
	*[[The Siren of Titan]]~~: Mars isn't Heaven; this may be.~~		*[[Dinner at Dido's]]
	*[[Everyone goes through the door]]~~: Some days you hunt~~ the ~~ghosts...~~		*[[Bright Mouths]]
	*[[~~Aidan and~~ the ~~Course~~ of ~~History~~]]~~: What's~~ the ~~French word for 'zombies'?~~		*[[The Siren of Titan]]
	*[[Possession_(Issue_65)\|Possession]]~~: Dubcon makes the world go 'round.~~		*[[Everyone goes through the door]], [[The shadow in the classroom]], [[Logging in old Algonquin]], [[Six warm nights at the end of October]], [[Try to keep it all the year]], [[Always will I ever]], [[Thaw]]
	*[[Teind]]~~: Don't let go, no matter what.~~		*[[Possession_(Issue_65)\|Possession]]
	*[[We Disappoint, We Disappear]]~~: Something is eating the children. Again.~~		*[[Teind]]
	*[[Rites of the Witch Boy]]~~: Tell us before it's too late.~~		*[[We Disappoint, We Disappear]]
	*[[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition]]: Still waiting. Still knitting. Still drunk.		*[[Rites of the Witch Boy]]
	*[[Risingson]]~~: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.~~		*[[Risingson]]
	*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]]~~: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.~~		*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]]
	*[[Come in under the shadow of this red rock]]~~: A handful of dust or two.~~		*[[Come in under the shadow of this red rock]]
	*[[This City Loves You]]~~: Don’t have to love it back.~~		*[[This City Loves You]]
	*[[In the Name of Love]]~~: The necromancer takes a day off.~~		*[[In the Name of Love]]
	*[[Man Seeking]]~~: Advertising for boys tied to radiators.~~		*[[Man Seeking]]
	*[[Returning]]~~: Let's go swimming with a horse!~~		*[[Returning]]
	*[[Cruorem Veritas]]~~: The author warns against "casual self-mutiliation"~~		*[[Cruorem Veritas]], [[In Ossa Venenum]], [[Mare Testimonii]]
	*[[The Cuckoo]]~~: Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.~~		*[[The Cuckoo]]
	*[[The Weight of What We Owe]]~~: Oh, I ain't got no~~ body~		*[[The Weight of What We Owe]]
			*[[The Tunnel]]
			*[[Backroads]]
			*[[His heart must be ash where his body lies burned]]


	And a little two-part palate-cleanser:		And a little two-part palate-cleanser:
	*[[Mike Dies at the End]]~~: He actually doesn’t. ''Or does he?''~~		*[[Mike Dies at the End]] and [[This Story Is Full of Scorpions: Seriously, Dude, Don't Read It]]
	*[[This Story Is Full of Scorpions: Seriously, Dude, Don't Read It]]~~: It actually isn’t. ''Or is it?''~~



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W2 at 22:41, 1 October 2019

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	*[[In the Name of Love]]: The necromancer takes a day off.		*[[In the Name of Love]]: The necromancer takes a day off.
	*[[Man Seeking]]: Advertising for boys tied to radiators.		*[[Man Seeking]]: Advertising for boys tied to radiators.
			*[[Returning]]: Let's go swimming with a horse!
			*[[Cruorem Veritas]]: The author warns against "casual self-mutiliation"
			*[[The Cuckoo]]: Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.
			*[[The Weight of What We Owe]]: Oh, I ain't got no body~

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	*[[Risingson]]: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.		*[[Risingson]]: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.
	*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]]: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.		*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]]: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.
			*[[Come in under the shadow of this red rock]]: A handful of dust or two.
			*[[This City Loves You]]: Don’t have to love it back.
			*[[In the Name of Love]]: The necromancer takes a day off.
			*[[Man Seeking]]: Advertising for boys tied to radiators.

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	*[[Everyone goes through the door]]: Some days you hunt the ghosts...		*[[Everyone goes through the door]]: Some days you hunt the ghosts...
	*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]: What's the French word for 'zombies'?		*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]: What's the French word for 'zombies'?
	*[[Possession_(Issue_65)\|Possession~~]], by [[Tamari Erin~~]]: Dubcon makes the world go 'round.		*[[Possession_(Issue_65)\|Possession]]: Dubcon makes the world go 'round.
	*[[Teind~~]], by [[Iron Eater~~]]: Don't let go, no matter what.		*[[Teind]]: Don't let go, no matter what.
	*[[We Disappoint, We Disappear~~]], by [[shukyou~~]]: Something is eating the children. Again.		*[[We Disappoint, We Disappear]]: Something is eating the children. Again.
	*[[Rites of the Witch Boy~~]], by [[H.P. Lovecock~~]]: Tell us before it's too late.		*[[Rites of the Witch Boy]]: Tell us before it's too late.
	*[[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition~~]], by [[Tamari Erin~~]]: Still waiting. Still knitting. Still drunk.		*[[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition]]: Still waiting. Still knitting. Still drunk.
	*[[Risingson~~]], by [[shukyou~~]]: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.		*[[Risingson]]: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.
	*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust~~]], by [[Ogiwara Saki~~]]: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.		*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]]: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.

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	*[[Everyone goes through the door]]: Some days you hunt the ghosts...		*[[Everyone goes through the door]]: Some days you hunt the ghosts...
	*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]: What's the French word for 'zombies'?		*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]: What's the French word for 'zombies'?
			*[[Possession_(Issue_65)\|Possession]], by [[Tamari Erin]]: Dubcon makes the world go 'round.
			*[[Teind]], by [[Iron Eater]]: Don't let go, no matter what.
			*[[We Disappoint, We Disappear]], by [[shukyou]]: Something is eating the children. Again.
			*[[Rites of the Witch Boy]], by [[H.P. Lovecock]]: Tell us before it's too late.
			*[[The Horror From The Deep: 10th Anniversary Special Edition]], by [[Tamari Erin]]: Still waiting. Still knitting. Still drunk.
			*[[Risingson]], by [[shukyou]]: Not myself today; maybe I'm you.
			*[[Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust]], by [[Ogiwara Saki]]: Fairies are back, and they're hungry.


	And a little two-part palate-cleanser:		And a little two-part palate-cleanser:
	*[[Mike Dies at the End]]: He actually doesn’t. Or does he?		*[[Mike Dies at the End]]: He actually doesn’t. ''Or does he?''
	*[[This Story Is Full of Scorpions: Seriously, Dude, Don't Read It]]: It actually isn’t. Or is it?		*[[This Story Is Full of Scorpions: Seriously, Dude, Don't Read It]]: It actually isn’t. ''Or is it?''



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	*[[Amphistere]]: Tell the snake what you want.		*[[Amphistere]]: Tell the snake what you want.
	*[[Dinner at Dido's]]: Hope you came with an appetite.		*[[Dinner at Dido's]]: Hope you came with an appetite.
			*[[Bright Mouths]]: Your sins will find you out.

	And a little two-part palate-cleanser:		And a little two-part palate-cleanser:

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	~~The most recent issue ([[Issue 33]]) has been~~ spookier than most, it's true, but ~~that~~'s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SSBB scary. Thus, I've cobbled together a list of spooky stories ~~-- a handful from this last issue, most from past ones --~~ that I found particularly memorable. I tried to make it so that this isn't just stories with traditionally scary elements, but stories that are good reads if you really want to spook yourself. ...Some more so than others.		Some of our issues are spookier than most, it's true, but they're just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to SSBB scary. Thus, I've cobbled together a list of spooky stories that I found particularly memorable. I tried to make it so that this isn't just stories with traditionally scary elements, but stories that are good reads if you really want to spook yourself. ...Some more so than others.

	In deference to those who like to be prepared, this list shall be accompanied by my traditional utterly useless six-word summaries.		In deference to those who like to be prepared, this list shall be accompanied by my traditional utterly useless six-word summaries.

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	*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]: Little twin sacrifice never hurt anyone.		*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]: Little twin sacrifice never hurt anyone.
	*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]: End of the world and stuff.		*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]: End of the world and stuff.
			*[[Eve]]: Old traditions are the best traditions.
			*[[But ever in the moonlight]]: Drowning and dreaming amongst the fairies.
			*[[zero six four eight three are you listening]]: Exploring the phrase 'sexy numbers stations'.
			*[[Amphistere]]: Tell the snake what you want.
			*[[Dinner at Dido's]]: Hope you came with an appetite.

	And a little two-part palate-cleanser:		And a little two-part palate-cleanser:

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	*[[The Pond by the Well]]: And then she went ‘splashy splashy’.		*[[The Pond by the Well]]: And then she went ‘splashy splashy’.
	*[[Beyond The Pale]]: Who doesn’t like a magical circus?		*[[Beyond The Pale]]: Who doesn’t like a magical circus?
	*[[All ~~the~~ Way]]: The men are about this tall.		*[[All The Way]]: The men are about this tall.
	*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]: Exactly what the packing label says.		*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]: Exactly what the packing label says.
	*[ [[INSERT TITLE HERE]] ]: [ summary goes right next to it ]		*[ [[INSERT TITLE HERE]] ]: [ summary goes right next to it ]

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	*[[All The Way]]: The men are about this tall.		*[[All The Way]]: The men are about this tall.
	*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]: Exactly what the packing label says.		*[[The Fortune-Telling Doll]]: Exactly what the packing label says.
	*[ [[INSERT TITLE HERE]] ]: [ summary goes right next to it ]		*[[INSERT TITLE HERE\|[INSERT TITLE HERE]]]: <nowiki>[summary goes right next to it]</nowiki>
	*[[Canaan Falls]]: There’s gay, and there’s Stephen King.		*[[Canaan Falls]]: There’s gay, and there’s Stephen King.
	*[[The Horror From the Deep]]: ~~Drunk~~ Cthulhu waits knitting~~? Could be~~.		*[[The Horror From the Deep]]: In Bromley, drunk Cthulhu waits knitting.
	*[[The Pen]]: The Devil came down to Devonshire.		*[[The Pen]]: The Devil came down to Devonshire.
	*[[Murder Ballad]]: I’ve been workin’ on the raaaaailroad….		*[[Murder Ballad]]: I’ve been workin’ on the raaaaailroad….
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	*[[The Doll]]: Yeah, dolls aren’t creepy at all.		*[[The Doll]]: Yeah, dolls aren’t creepy at all.
	*[[Kiss Kiss Brains Brains]]: Kisses are free, brains cost extra.		*[[Kiss Kiss Brains Brains]]: Kisses are free, brains cost extra.
	*[[Highjacked by the Truth]]: I ~~think I’d~~ watch this show.		*[[Highjacked by the Truth]]: I sure would watch this show.
	*[[Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye]]: Those fairy folk are real jerks.		*[[Sweet to Tongue and Sound to Eye]]: Those fairy folk are real jerks.
	*[[Tourniquet]]: Didn’t need all those limbs anyway.		*[[Tourniquet]]: Didn’t need all those limbs anyway.
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	*[[The Eleusinian Mysteries]]: Don’t eat the pomegranate seeds, kid.		*[[The Eleusinian Mysteries]]: Don’t eat the pomegranate seeds, kid.
	*[[Complicated Creation]]: Not dead yet! I feel fine!		*[[Complicated Creation]]: Not dead yet! I feel fine!
	*[[Robin, after the apocalypse]]: Zombies in the kitchen with Di~~~nah…~~.		*[[Robin, after the apocalypse]]: Zombies in the kitchen with Di~nah...
	*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]: Little twin sacrifice never hurt anyone.		*[[The Eye of Nechemyyeh]]: Little twin sacrifice never hurt anyone.
	*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]: ~~End of~~ the ~~world and stuff~~.		*[[Everything living tries to get back to the soil]]: Visit the apocalypse with a friend.
	*[[Eve]]: Old traditions are the best traditions.		*[[Eve]]: Old traditions are the best traditions.
	*[[But ever in the moonlight]]: Drowning and dreaming amongst the fairies.		*[[But ever in the moonlight]]: Drowning and dreaming amongst the fairies.
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	*[[Dinner at Dido's]]: Hope you came with an appetite.		*[[Dinner at Dido's]]: Hope you came with an appetite.
	*[[Bright Mouths]]: Your sins will find you out.		*[[Bright Mouths]]: Your sins will find you out.
			*[[The Siren of Titan]]: Mars isn't Heaven; this may be.
			*[[Everyone goes through the door]]: Some days you hunt the ghosts...
			*[[Aidan and the Course of History]]: What's the French word for 'zombies'?


	And a little two-part palate-cleanser:		And a little two-part palate-cleanser: