Weird Fiction Sweet Spot
Sci Fi / paranormal shows minus the horror? Member Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... has a big! big! list. Blam!
Sci Fi / paranormal shows minus the horror? Member Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... has a big! big! list. Blam!
Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful, but Inside It’s Even Worse ... Hallelujah! GenjiandProust has posted another stellar compilation of weird audio dramas, with descriptions, helpful sorting info and links for all.
"My absolute favorite genre of museum/attraction is 'eccentric rich person’s oddly sorted collection of items related to their special interest(s).'" ActionPopulated asks where to scratch this itch.
Part of MetaFilter's fundraiser this year involved temporarily allowing more chatfilter type questions. It took a while, but eventually an Ask MetaFilter question about weird things your cat does was posted by spamandkimchi!
📈🚀🔬👩🏽🔬👀⁉️ We're having theme weeks as part of our fundraising month, and the theme for this week is WEIRD SCIENCE! Also currently in Metatalk, Show Us Your View!
Halloween Jack on the Statue, amid many other unsettling thread remarks (brrrr!) in signsofrain's post reminiscing about how we worshipped the husk.
Enjoy! Or dip in as a palate cleanser between y2karl's Gorgo 2049 video post (SCP alert!) and GenjiandProust's “I Wear No Mask” and Other Horrors newest weird audio dramas post.
sandmanwv is asking for tips on eccentric US restaurants or bars with "severely limited menus and/or kind of weird service offerings".
oooooh! GenjiandProust offers a collection of weird fiction anthology podcasts, complete with description (including content warning info, where known), average running times, tone, existence (or not) of significant LGBTQ characters and elements, plus the number of stories or episodes, with direct links for each anthology (where possible). Nice!
In Ask Metafilter, azalea_chant is looking for "mysteries that deviate from the standard structure/genre tropes etc. Can be fantasy or science fiction, literary, whatever ... just stuff that’s slightly different"
If you've finally gulped down Wobbuffet's fantastic Weird Tales from the 18th Century and are hungerrrring for morrrre, feast your eyes and immortal soul on (Translated) Weird Tales from the 19th Century and Weird Tales from the 20th Century, all with lots and lots of lovely, juicy online links for reading late into the witching hour.
Amazing post! Flagged as phantasmic*: Wobbuffet kicks off spooky season with a fabulous, deep, bookworm-friendly post on weird tales from the 18th Century.
I find myself fascinated with packing lists. I scour the Peace Corps country-specific packing lists, despite not joining the Peace Corps. I found myself fascinated with the lists of items taking on the Oregon Trail (taken, abandoned, packed, included in the game, included in the Frontier Trails Museum ...
In Ask Metafilter, Ms Vegetable asks for directions to Weirdly Specific Packing and Possession Lists
Mefites recall: What's a weird thing your family did that you thought was normal until you moved out?
What's the most implausible but true story about you?
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