What a horrible, shameful idea for a post. Fuck you Louis.
Jorge Luis Borges, above all else and all others
Reading and rereading the Book of Revelation for fun as a kid
Ditto with a giant 1000-page art history textbook
Yukio Mishima, my evil gay husband
Frankenstein
Patchwork Girl by Shelley Jackson
Deleuze and Guattari
Oedipus Rex
Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany
MR James
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
Thomas Ligotti's good stories
The CCRU/early Nick Land bullshit
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Neuromancer
House of Leaves
Annihilation
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Blood Meridian
2666
Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
The poetry of Sylvia Plath
Paradise Lost
Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Underland by Robert MacFarlane
Bogleech
Roald Dahl
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Phantom Tollbooth
Various Batman comics, and also the weirder corners of DC
Seinfeld, and also It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
BBC nature documentaries
Over the Garden Wall
Berserk
Evangelion, + End of Evangelion
Revolutionary Girl Utena, +Adolescence of Utena
Serial Experiments Lain
Princess Mononoke and a smattering of other Ghibli stuff, goes without saying
Mononoke
Mushishi
Ghost in the Shell
Angel's Egg
Disco Elysium, of course, but also
Judero, whose writing is just as well-honed if not better in some places (and I'm serious!)
The Nier games
Destiny 1+2
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim babyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Hollow Knight 1+2
The Souls games, also goes without saying
Sunless Sea, and the few nourishing morsels in the Cult Sim games
Metal Gear
Lunacid
Critters for Sale
Pentiment
The Thief games
TOUHOU
Admiring Minecraft mod showcases as a kid without a PC
Suspiria (the one from the 70s), and Inferno
The Wicker Man (the one from the 70s)
House (the one from the 70s)
Dr. Caligari (the one from the 80s)
Messiah of Evil
Ghostwatch
Son of the White Mare
The Bloody Lady
Belladonna of Sadness
Mad God
Aguirre, or the Wrath of God
Throne of Blood
The Color of Pomegranates
Valerie and her Week of Wonders
The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth
David Lynch
Paris is Burning
Mandy
M
The Vourdalak
Scorpio Rising
Jurassic Park
Walks in the woods, walks at night, and responsible use of substances.
