13 must-read short stories books like Skidding Into Oblivion by Brian Hodge

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Skidding Into Oblivion

By: Brian Hodge

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

We each inhabit many worlds, often at the same time. From worlds on the inside, to the world on a c…

If you liked the short stories plot in Skidding Into Oblivion by Brian Hodge , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Occultation and Other Stories

By: Laird Barron

4.08

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, … read more

Similar categories in Laird Barron's Occultation and Other Stories book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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2. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

By: Laird Barron

4.00

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

To the long tradition of eldritch horror pioneered and refined by writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, P… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Wisdom devours the weak."

-Laird Barron, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

"Curiosity did not kill the cat all by itself."

-Laird Barron, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

"I cannot explain, nor must an artist defend his work or elucidate in such a way the reeling audience can fathom, brutes that they are."

-Laird Barron, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

"...he was trapped in the electrochemical web of cognition, wherein curiosity leads into temptation, temptation leads into fear, and fear is considered an impulse to be mastered."

-Laird Barron, The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

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3. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies

By: John Langan

4.06

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

John Langan has, in the last few years, established himself as one of the leading voices in contemp… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction

4. Lost Gods

By: Brom

3.53

Format: None pages, ebook

A young man descends into Purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this gorgeous, illustrated… read more

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5. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

Similar categories in Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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6. This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)

By: David Wong

4.26

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Originally released as an online serial where itreceivedmore than 70,000 downloads,John Dies at the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Damn it! I knew she was a monster! John! Amy! Listen! Guard your buttholes."

-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)

"When they write the sequel to the Bible, that shit is definitely gonna be in there."

-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)

"Falling in love with a house or a car or a pair of shoes, it was a dead end. You save your love for the things that can love you back."

-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)

"Your 'let's remain calm and stay put' speech would be a lot more convincing if you weren't giving it in front of a pile of burning skeletons."

-David Wong, This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)

7. Windeye

By: Brian Evenson

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A woman falling out of sync with the world; a king's servant hypnotized by his murderous horse; a t… read more

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8. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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9. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
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10. Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Sefira and Other Betrayals

By: John Langan

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN: 1614981922 (ISBN13: 9781614981923) John Langan’s new book is c… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's Sefira and Other Betrayals book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"The dread, blank as water, was that she had not yet heard the worst of Victoria's story, a groundless anxiety that, the instant she recognized it, she knew was true."

-John Langan, Sefira and Other Betrayals

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12. Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

By: Brian Evenson

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome le… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
" The world is a strange place , thought Haupt, alone in the dark, almost unbearably so. And yet, it is the only place I have. And I'm not even entirely sure I have it. "

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

"We did speak, occasionally, but gestured more often than moved our lips, and in general lived in that brusque and silent accord enjoyed, if enjoyed is the right word, by certain long-married couples."

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

"And there's another one, where you look yourself in the mirror and keep looking until you can see through your skin, and then you draw your own heart and send the drawing in a letter to someone else.…"

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

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13. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell

By: Brian Evenson

4.10

Format: 254 pages, ebook

“Here is how monstrous humans are.” A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurkin… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John  Langan

15. Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies

By: John Langan

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A family’s Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man’… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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16. When Things Get Dark

By: Ellen Datlow

3.90

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Sh… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Soul searching pairs seductively with large quantities of liquor."

-Ellen Datlow, When Things Get Dark

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17. Wyrd and Other Derelictions

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.81

Format: 106 pages, ebook

Derelictions are horror stories told in ways you may not have encountered before. Something is m… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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18. A History of Fear

By: Luke Dumas

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Beholder

By: Ryan La Sala

3.92

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

"Beholder is a resplendent monster of power, secrets, wealth, and murderous interior design." - An… read more

Similar categories in Ryan La Sala's Beholder book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"People look into mirrors with such unguarded curiosity, never thinking that someone else is looking back."

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"We mustn’t light our way with the flame of fear. It’ll make the shadows of even small things into impossible monsters."

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"This book isn’t dedicated to you, Susan, but I know you’ll read it one day. So I just wanted to let you know you still owe me the rest of my security deposit. Hope those books of yours are going well!"

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

"Our world is an artful illusion—of light, color, and sound. It feels spontaneous when you’re in it, but it isn’t. Beneath it all, or above it all, there’s something both significant and unknowable. A…"

-Ryan La Sala, Beholder

Cover of Skidding Into Oblivion by Brian Hodge

20. Skidding Into Oblivion

By: Brian Hodge

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

We each inhabit many worlds, often at the same time. From worlds on the inside, to the world on a c… read more

Similar categories in Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • lovecraftian
  • anthologies
  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven by Ellen Datlow

21. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven

By: Ellen Datlow

3.78

Format: 512 pages, ebook

For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most f… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven book and Brian Hodge's Skidding Into Oblivion

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Transform Your Habits

Occultation and Other Stories

Laird Barron

4.08

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The Imago Sequence and Other Stories

Laird Barron

4.00

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The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies

John Langan

4.06

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