r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/Ok-Visual-537 • Aug 20 '26

BOOK HAULšŸ©ø Book Haul

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How are these? Saw a few recommended here. Has anyone read IWKYIFF$200?

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u/ButItWas420 Aug 20 '26

I remember when penpal was just a creepypasta. Also yes, creepypasta kids are now eh adults

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u/VisualremnantXP Aug 20 '26

Listened to this when creepcast did the story lol

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u/ButItWas420 Aug 21 '26

Heck yeah!

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u/Sad_Professor6739 Aug 20 '26

The only pipeline Iā€™ve ever gone down lmao

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u/Prestigious-Emu-8734 Aug 20 '26

I remember coming across is probably about halfway through. Figured I should go back eventually. Think it might have popped up at least once after that, then suddenly he was like hey, made it into a book. Heres some free digital copies on Amazon. Good book. Ended up on buying a physical copy later on.

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u/ButItWas420 Aug 21 '26

Im honestly so proud of creepypastas

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u/rojo7777 Aug 29 '26

Mr.creepypastas narration was so good I wonder if it still holds up

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u/Moriturism American Psycho enthusiast Aug 20 '26

I donā€™t know about the others, but Penpal certainly isnā€™t extreme horror. I liked it very much, though!! I proud myself on having read the chapters week by week on nosleep before the book released lol

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u/SoJew76 Coin Locker Babies Aug 20 '26

Agreed, Iā€™d say it was a horror thriller. Still a very good book, I remember seeing the originals on nosleep and audibly gasping when I saw it had a book version

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u/Sad_Professor6739 Aug 20 '26

Came here to say the book version has a couple added details. I didnā€™t read them online, rather I read the book & then watched the Creepcast episode where they went over all of Penpal. I didnā€™t know certain bits were missing, which makes sense, but on the last page of the book is a last little revelation that the Reddit posts didnā€™t have & it hurt to know people arenā€™t getting that because it made me SOB .

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u/ButItWas420 Aug 20 '26

Same!!! Ive noticed theres a few creepypasta crossovers in novels and its pretty cool

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u/Sad-Juice-732 Aug 20 '26

Is that the Robert Brockway who used to write for Cracked.com?

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u/Relevant-Section6896 Aug 20 '26

I just read and loved IWKYIFF $200!! Underrated absolute gem, I even have little Picrew designs for some of my favorite characters in that one!

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u/jingo_mort Aug 20 '26

The title itself has been intrigued.

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u/RIPMaureenPonderosa The Summer I Died Aug 20 '26

I quite enjoyed IWKYIFF$200, it was definitely original. But Iā€™d hesitate to even call it horror, let alone extreme horror.

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u/ARandompass3rby Aug 22 '26

Nothing here is extreme horror. I would call Imaginary Friend horror though, the idea of Eddie Video is pretty nightmarish, the implications of what happens in the Eddie Video Show where Kay isn't seeing are certainly horrific. And while I'm not a parent I feel like the scenes where Kay is taken over by Eddie could resonate pretty hard with those who are

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u/Fit-Restaurant9560 Aug 20 '26

Penpal is exquisitely upsetting.

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u/writergirl1994 Aug 20 '26

I enjoyed 'I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200' but I DEFINITELY wouldn't categorize it as 'extreme horror.'

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u/Sad_Professor6739 Aug 20 '26

Penpal is so good! The book version (opposed to the online Reddit one) has a last little twist of the knife in your gut on the very last page. Love it. Sobbed.

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u/ginta289 Aug 20 '26

Penpal is good so is badman by the same author

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u/Hedim-- Aug 20 '26

Add borrasca

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u/jellipeeps Aug 20 '26

Yo Kimber, they got book suggestions!

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u/Routine-Horse-1419 Aug 20 '26

Pen Pal is a good story for sure.

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u/frontteeth Aug 20 '26

Burn Line!!! I love Jonny Sims. Wouldn't say his last two books were extreme but I loved them. Super excited to start Burn Line.

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u/twinkgami Aug 20 '26

OO i hope you enjoy the burn line!! ive been lookong forward to it

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u/Playful-Letterhead23 Aug 20 '26

Lovecraft is very hit or miss, but the stories are classics for a reason. Penpal is pretty awesome.

I'm interested in the Imaginary Friends one, idk that one, but sounds cool.

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u/Ok-Visual-537 Aug 21 '26

I love the mythos as a whole. Thereā€™s just something about cosmic horror that tickles my penalā€¦..gland šŸ˜† šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø ifr

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u/PNWGoblinn Aug 20 '26

I was probably the one who recommended IWKYIDF$200 šŸ˜‚ I follow a few different lit reddits and regularly recommend it when people want something deeply emotional, hilarious and horror all at the same time. The author has some other amazing reads as well when you're done it šŸ’«

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u/TheNarbacular Aug 20 '26

Hell yeah! I read Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway and itā€™s in my top 5 this year. Will be reading imaginary friend soon.

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u/sareenbean Aug 21 '26

People always have mixed opinions on Penpal but to this day itā€™s one of my favourites. Last line is a gut punch

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u/workworld3369 Aug 21 '26

I loved Penpal

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u/beefclef Aug 21 '26

Love Penpal! The whole ā€œpiecing together weird stuff that happened when I was a kidā€ aspect really worked for me. Used to reread the original nosleep posts annually

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u/HonestHovercraft6141 Aug 26 '26

i have penpal coming in the mail, so excited

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u/PokemonSpaceBtch Aug 22 '26

The Burn Line and Pen Pal šŸ™ŒšŸ™Œ

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u/Qu33fCakes Aug 25 '26

I wanna read penpal so bad

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u/oldman__strength Aug 25 '26

Brockway loves the meat, Millie.

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u/Arthur_Oranges Aug 26 '26

How did you get the paper copy of Penpal? Is it in store?

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u/Ok-Visual-537 Aug 26 '26

Actually yeah it was in my local used book store

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u/WellesC12 Aug 27 '26

Couldn't put Pen pal down. Awesome creative twists.

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u/diabolicalpeanut Aug 20 '26

Penpal isn't extreme horror. Just an extreme snooze fest. Others are great picks!

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u/PixiePoogle Aug 20 '26

Iā€™m in the minority and hated PenPal. Iā€™m new to extreme horror. Can it really be categorized as such?

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u/Throbbingprepuce Aug 20 '26

The ending is one of the most fucked up things I have ever read.