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I do think there's a place for "cozy horror" to exist and have a function — and ironically I would probably put some Steven King there, Twin Peaks at times but not Fire Walk With Me, and Camp — but as Dorian says here: it needs to still be *horror*. You can't skip on that.

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Anycrap Shop

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by a guy who knits the screams into sweaters

nyvinter

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Cozy mysteries still have murders, sometimes more of them than a serial killer spree. And cozy horror should not only have their edges left, they should have human teeth in places you wouldn't expect.

nyvinter

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I realise that not everyone uses cozy in this way. But in all of the cozy genres I feel it's there to lull you in until it pulls the rug out. Because it's still telling a story and there needs to be some friction there to pull you in and along. If not, why a story and not a crossword?