🏷️ Atmospheric Setting
10 entries tagged with this trope
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
A glamorous socialite travels to a decaying English mansion in the Mexican countryside to rescue her cousin. The house has secrets. The walls have fungi. You will not sleep well.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A snowstorm traps the guests. Then people start disappearing. Claustrophobic, chilling, and impossible to put down.
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones · 2020
Four Native American men are hunted by an entity connected to a traditional elk hunt gone wrong. Stephen Graham Jones writes horror that cuts to the bone of culture and identity.
The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher · 2020
A hole appears in the wall of Kara's uncle's bizarre museum, leading to an otherworldly place of willows and wrongness. Lovecraftian horror with a refreshingly human voice.
Running on Air
eleventy7 · 2015
Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry finds his journal. The prose is breathtaking. One of the most beautifully written Drarry fics ever.
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley · 2022
Jess shows up at her brother's Paris apartment, but he's not there. His neighbors all have secrets. The building itself feels menacing. Classic locked-building mystery with Parisian atmosphere.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A storm cuts them off. Guests start disappearing. The setting alone is worth the read.
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020
1950s Mexico. Noemí visits her cousin at a decaying English manor. The house is wrong. The family is wrong. The mushrooms in the walls are very wrong.
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones · 2020
Four Native American men are hunted by something they disturbed during a hunting trip years ago. Literary horror that gets under your skin and stays there.
Yerba Buena
Nina LaCour · 2022
Sara and Emile meet at a San Francisco restaurant. Their connection is instant but the timing is wrong. Years pass. A gorgeously quiet sapphic love story.