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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for The Damned Thing. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: uncanny, eerie, dreadful, macabre, suspenseful, grim, mysterious, uneasy, tense, matter-of-fact

Premise labels used: inquest, murder mystery, unseen threat, invisible monster, unknown cause, unreliable testimony, natural vs supernatural, fear of the unknown, limited perception, unnatural death, investigation, death in the woods

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The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H.P. Lovecraft · 2002

A landmark horror anthology of Lovecraft’s signature tales of cosmic dread, forbidden knowledge, and sanity-shattering discovery.

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Tone labels: ominous · creepy · macabre · bleak · uneasy · oppressive · atmospheric · nightmarish · sublime · grotesque

Premise labels: cosmic horror · eldritch terror · forbidden knowledge · ancient evil · occult danger · alien menace · unknown horror · madness from discovery · human insignificance · cults

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Distance: 0.1638

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The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers · 2017

Four linked weird-horror tales circle a cursed play whose second act drives readers into madness.

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Tone labels: eerie · unsettling · macabre · sinister · horrific · creeping dread · anxious · disturbing · haunting · dreamlike · uncanny · dark

Premise labels: cursed play · forbidden text · madness contagion · psychic infection · occult manuscript · shared mythos · interlinked stories · unseen horror · hidden knowledge

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Distance: 0.1659

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The Door to December

Richard Paige, Dean Koontz · 2002

A mother and detective race to protect a traumatized girl whose kidnapping led to brutal experiments and a terrifying unseen force.

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Tone labels: eerie · dark · creepy · tense · suspenseful · grim · gory · disturbing · emotionally stirring (mixed) · uneasy

Premise labels: missing child · abduction aftermath · traumatized child · paranormal investigation · unethical experiment · catatonia · sensory deprivation · mind control · mother-daughter reunion · murder mystery

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Distance: 0.1666

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Fear

L. Ron Hubbard · 2014

A skeptical professor loses four hours and his hat, then reality around him begins to warp into menace.

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Tone labels: creepy · surreal · unsettling · claustrophobic · ominous · suspenseful · psychological · eerie · haunting

Premise labels: missing time · memory loss · supernatural pursuit · skeptical protagonist · unreliable reality · paranormal investigation · psychological descent

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Distance: 0.1669

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The Bleeding Woods

Brittany Amara · 2025

A guilt-ridden young woman’s road trip turns deadly when a haunted forest, hidden powers, and an obsessed stranger collide.

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Tone labels: eerie · atmospheric · dark · haunting · oppressive · gothic · unsettling · macabre · dreamlike · heartbreaking · messy · creeping dread · emotional · surreal

Premise labels: dangerous powers · hidden nature · estranged family · haunted forest · stranded group · vicious murders · shared past · telepathic bond · obsessive pursuit · humanity vs monster · medical suppression · scientific secrets · family trauma

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The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1

H.P. Lovecraft · 2007

A linked collection of Lovecraft’s mythos tales, where investigators uncover ancient horrors, alien truths, and cosmic dread.

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Tone labels: ominous · gloomy · creepy · macabre · mysterious · dread-filled · uncanny · morbid · paranoid · gothic

Premise labels: cosmic horror · eldritch beings · forbidden knowledge · investigation

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Distance: 0.1685

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Girl in the Creek

Wendy N. Wagner · 2025

A freelance writer chasing her brother’s disappearance uncovers a forest-bound fungal terror in an Oregon town.

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Tone labels: eerie · atmospheric · creepy · gross · grotesque · unsettling · dreadful · claustrophobic · dark · mysterious

Premise labels: missing persons · forest horror · fungal horror · eco-horror · body horror · mystery investigation · brother disappearance · small-town secrets · alien intelligence · morgue disappearance

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Distance: 0.1709

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L'Appel de Cthulhu

François Baranger, H.P. Lovecraft · 2017

An heir pieces together documents and clues about a secret cult and an ancient sea-born terror stirring beneath the world.

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Tone labels: ominous · eerie · terrifying · claustrophobic · oppressive · uncanny · macabre · dreamlike · cosmic

Premise labels: cosmic horror · forbidden knowledge · investigation · secret cult · ancient god · awakening threat · madness · eldritch horror

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The Breach

Nick Cutter · 2020

A retiring Yukon police chief investigates a mutilated corpse and uncovers an isolated nightmare of bugs, secrets, and reality-bending science.

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Tone labels: dark · bleak · grim · creepy · gross · disgusting · intense · relentless · claustrophobic · suspenseful · disturbing · ominous

Premise labels: police investigation · mutilated corpse · missing scientist · isolated wilderness · experiment gone wrong · mysterious machine · reality breach · insect infestation · cosmic horror · body horror

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Arclight

Josin L. McQuein · 2013 · Arclight

An amnesiac teen surviving in a light-protected refuge must unravel the truth about herself and the creatures beyond the dark.

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Tone labels: creepy · eerie · tense · suspenseful · harrowing · claustrophobic · ominous · thrilling · dark · uncanny · atmospheric

Premise labels: amnesia · survival · identity search · human enclave · light barrier · darkness threat · hidden truth · outsider heroine · creature threat · rescue survivor · love triangle · alienated outcast

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H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror

Joe R. Lansdale, Robert Weinberg · 2012

A modern graphic adaptation of Lovecraftian horror where a small town faces an occult, otherworldly threat.

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Tone labels: creepy · atmospheric · gloomy · eerie · macabre · disquieting · chilling · spooky · gruesome · nightmarish

Premise labels: cosmic horror · old gods · forbidden knowledge · monster reveal · small-town dread · occult threat · dimensional entity

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Void Fate: A Novel

Suren G. Hakobyan · 2024

Five friends wake in a silent, empty city and must survive while uncovering what happened to their world and themselves.

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Tone labels: eerie · suspenseful · creepy · dark · ominous · claustrophobic · chilling · tense · psychological · surreal

Premise labels: lost memory · missing world · isolated survivors · silent world · hidden threat · identity mystery · reality shift · apocalyptic uncertainty

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Distance: 0.1787

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