Re-reading Lady Midnight and I’m still gagged at how creepy it is as a book. Cutting off the hands of killers and displaying them on a candelabra? And the entire “lottery” system where people are assigned to be killers? Masterful.
Emma just casually holding the candelabra too sent me 😭
I think that TSC has always had a strong horror element to it. CC just chooses when to turn up the dial. Opening city of heavenly fire with the LA institute getting attacked by the endarkened was certainly inspired. The way the circle tortures the little werewolf girl in the bane chronicles has always stuck with me. The Whitelaws getting wiped out was also crazy. In forever fallen, the pov switch from Janus to Jem was jarring. And don't even get me started on Livvy's death
I think fantasy authors tend to be very good at horror









