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Occultation and Other Stories

Occultation and Other Stories

Book · Horror books · 11 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/horrorlit

Reddit take

Not enough linked mention summaries yet; the source excerpts below are the evidence.

Pros

  • Many of the stories in Laird Barron’s short story collection Occultation and Other Stories were very bleak. Specially, Strappado in that collection is one of the most horrific stories I have ever read.
  • Laird Barron - *Occultation and Other Stories*
  • Laird Barron’s *Occultation and Other Stories*
  • Horror, mystery, gothic, cosmic: Laird Barron’s *Occultation and Other Stories*.
  • Check out his first collection, *The Imago Sequence and Other Stories*, or *Occultation and Other Stories* before *The Croning*.

Cons

  • Parent context: Some collections I've read and loved are *Imago Sequence* , *The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All* and *Occultation and Other Stories* by Laird Barron Reply: I didn't care for Occultation
  • Laird Barron’s *Blood Standard* or *Occultation and Other Stories*

Sentiment

9 positive (82%) · 2 mixed (18%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +88% · raw score 82%

What redditors said (10 of 11)

Many of the stories in Laird Barron’s short story collection Occultation and Other Stories were very bleak. Specially, Strappado in that collection is one of the most horrific stories I have ever read.
positive · u/u****n · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 17, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Laird Barron - *Occultation and Other Stories*
positive · u/M****o · r/horrorlit · comment · Nov 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Laird Barron’s *Occultation and Other Stories*
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Aug 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Horror, mystery, gothic, cosmic: Laird Barron’s *Occultation and Other Stories*.
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Check out his first collection, *The Imago Sequence and Other Stories*, or *Occultation and Other Stories* before *The Croning*.
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’m obligated, under oath (great band btw) with intention, to recommend the following: ... *Occultation And Other Stories* by Laird Barron
positive · u/o****t · r/horrorlit · comment · Jul 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Some collections I've read and loved are *Imago Sequence* , *The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All* and *Occultation and Other Stories* by Laird Barron Reply: I didn't care for Occultation
mixed · u/s****s · r/horrorlit · comment · Feb 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
One of my favorite horror books that does something similar is Laird Barron’s *Occultation and Other Stories*. Really melds the gothic and the cosmic, leans more into the latter but two of my favorite stories were very gothic.
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Occultation and Other Stories (the latter of those is still my favorite Barron book, and I’ve read all 14 of them.)
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
For what it’s worth, his second collection *Occultation and Other Stories* is probably still my favorite book of his
positive · u/R****l · r/horrorlit · comment · Jan 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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