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[โ€“] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

The original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books, with the fucked up heroin withdrawal style illustrations

[โ€“] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

based. The chick from the spiderbite story STILL lives rent free in my memory, that, and the grim reaper pointing

[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 5 months ago

Also the chihuahua rat.

[โ€“] epoch@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't remember which book it was in, but the story about the person calling every single hour only to find out he was in the house the whole time scared me back in the day so much I absolutely dreaded going back to my room in the basement at night. Especially since my room was the furthest from the stairs.