#Desired Vibe: Ghibli meets Horror meets Mushishi

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A strange case takes Reigen and Serizawa to a small (intimately so, a detail Reigen might be hesitant to comment on) village North in the mountains, where they quickly discover things are far stranger than they both realized. Not only that, but they might be more than just a little out of their depths.

Nature, the past, it all has a way of being heard - even to those reluctant to listen.

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god I have GOT to read the above!! I will!! I will dang it!! In good time

Ah, I know it's technically not October anymore, but I've had a busy few days and completely forgot about this post for a hot second - so here we go!

Probably the first three fics in The Collected Tellings of Shigir and Other Changeling Folktales series, with a special shout out to Shigir and the Sack of Flesh. Sometimes I worry that that's where I peaked in terms of horror.

Meanwhile, the Tales of Arcadia Tempo series has me dabbling in going back in time, and cosmic horror. Though unfortunately it is still incomplete.

Leaving the old fic zone, check out these new horror mp100 case fics!

Lots of body horror, but with a happy ending - or if anything somber and bittersweet. I am a firm believer that horror is about love in all its weird and delicious shades and ways. The tragedy of the ghost? Its echo of emotion etc etc

We've got Chapped Lips - a fic where I try and tap into my inner Rod Serling. It's fairly new, and I still need to write more chapters for it. But hopefully future chapters where Reigen's mouth can't open will scratch that horror itch. Summery:

Serizawa's Night School is going on a class trip of sorts! Which means Serizawa will be away from the office. How will Reigen deal with this temporary absence? And what does this weird other force have to do with any of this? Will Reigen be able to reach out? To ask for help? Good questions! A slightly light hearted tale about learning to ask for help, a softer sort of separation arc

And Glow Worms or rather: In the Depths of the Safflower Hills - also ongoing but has more than one chapter going for it. The desired vibe for this fic is: Ghibli meets Horror meets Mushishi, with added inspiration from Daisuke Igarashi's 'Little Forest', Dave Malloy's 'Ghost Quartet' and, of course, Isao Takahata's 'Only Yesterday'.

Lately I've also been joking/lovingly calling it the 'when the therapy exercise to talk with your younger self goes a little too far' fic. Summery:

A strange case takes Reigen and Serizawa to a small (intimately so, a detail Reigen might be hesitant to comment on) village North in the mountains, where they quickly discover things are far stranger than they both realized. Not only that, but they might be more than just a little out of their depths. Nature, the past, it all has a way of being heard - even to those reluctant to listen.

It's a very slow and atmospheric mystery case fic that I'm taking my time with, but hopefully the slow build up is well earned with the slow rising tides of the horrors. Cycles, generational trauma, breaking bad habits and forging better ones - and how it's not linear, but a scatterplot.

I think for October everyone should hype the spooky/horror fics they’ve written in the past. Whether that genre is in contrast to the original story, complements it, or is just plain weird in context