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In reply to the discussion: What's the creepiest short story you've read? [View all]pokerfan
(27,677 posts)57. Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson
Which you can read here.
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In the year after Lorraines death I contemplated suicide six times. Contemplated it seriously, I mean: six times sat with the fat bottle of Clonazepam within reaching distance, six times failed to reach for it, betrayed by some instinct for life or disgusted by my own weakness.
I cant say I wish I had succeeded, because in all likelihood I did succeed, on each and every occasion. Six deaths. No, not just six. An infinite number.
Times six.
There are greater and lesser infinities.
But I didnt know that then.
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The one I have in mind is more scary than creepy, but it is really good.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2012
#1
Lots of great suggestions above (O'Connor, Jackson, Faulkner, Poe); here's a couple more...
Tom Ripley
Jun 2012
#29
That WAS a horror-filled story -- I think it was made into a short B&W British film.
MiddleFingerMom
Jun 2012
#36
"The Rats in the Walls" H P Lovecraft or many others by that strange genius n/t
dimbear
Jun 2012
#43
This wasn't read but "Blink" in the Dr Who series was very creepy. The angel..
BlueJazz
Jun 2012
#71