#can't be in a secret horror house with a beast behind me if the bus is hurting down the street. check mate mark.

[essektheylyss]

In retrospect, one of the weeks I'm home alone was not the time to start House of Leaves, but yolo.

#it's VERY good but unfortunately falls in the category of the Only type of horror that can give me the chills #(realistic horror that is well situated enough that I can't rationalize it out of existence and also has an element of following the viewer) #i know this is deeply specific but i literally take no lasting effects from horror EXCEPT in these specific cases #i didn't have any issue with most of the doctor who villains that people like to reference BUT the silence STILL gives me goosebumps #it's really like. it has to be realistic and it has to be something that could be happening right this moment without me realizing #it still doesn't cause me nightmares tho so it's fine #it's really only when i think about the possibility of it that I'm like 'augh' but #ANYWAY it's fine I decided from the get go that I'm only reading it on the bus #can't be in a secret horror house with a beast behind me if the bus is hurting down the street. check mate mark. #(i cannot spell the man's surname and i will one day get it but today is not that day.) #and i won't be on the bus until Thursday so I'm gonna finish fire weather and then finish rereading gatsby. yep.