I quite enjoy it

I'd been meaning to read his novels for years now (after loving his comics). But now I can't stomach the idea of it.

It’s possible that the first 6 Cocteau Twins albums were all Christmas albums this whole time.

Mary by Nat Cassidy

Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombe

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Tales of the Gas Station Vol 1 by Jack Townsend

The Girl With All the Gifts by MR Carey

Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Balingrud

The Nothing That Is by Kyle Winkler

Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

Helpmeet by Nathan Ruthnum

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Witches in the Cornfield by Carl Jacobi

There is no Antimemetics Division by qntm

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Alectryomancer and other Weird Tales by Christopher Slatsky

Jackalope Wives and Other Stories by T Kingfisher

Black Tide by KC Jones

A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs

I figured that I would throw up my favorite reads of the year. Tons of books that I really liked didn’t make the list, but you have to cut it somewhere.

The ones at the top I loved marginally more than the bottom.

Dream Home is my favorite

It’s my go to

So underrated

Perfect Prescription but Sound of Confusion is a close second.

I certainly appreciate that. It does make entry into the system a bit more intimidating.

Right now it’s like going to a party where you were supposed to meet people there, but no one you know has shown up yet, and everyone else in the party is talking about sports and cars.

My armchair diagnosis is that he was probably manic and on the spectrum. That created obsessive focuses with the unhinged drive to fully explore his whims. Even at the detriment of those around him.