User blog:CryptidBryn/Beginner Recommendations

Here's my recommended reading for newbies to the Fear Mythos, continuing in History Lesson's vein of stuff that maybe could or could not have fit on my Introduction to the Mythos.

Note that everything included in this list is either a complete story or an anthology/informative blog without an overarching plot; after all, these are beginner recommendations, and I don't want to recommend an unfinished story.

Anthology blogs
These blogs may have an overarching storyline, but by and large, they're about collecting various accounts about the beings of the Fear Mythos.

Links

 * Faces, Strange and Secret, by a variety of authors. Faces is pure anthology- no overarching narrative or framing device, just a bunch of spooky short stories about the Fears and their many victims.

Informational blogs
These blogs are designed to explain the workings of settings in the Mythos from the perspective of characters living in those settings. They may also include elements of anthology or narrative blogs.

Links

 * The Archive by Lizard Bite. The Archive is primarily an informational blog, but certain posts in the Evidence label take a more anthology-style approach, and there's also a narrative that develops throughout the blog. This blog focuses primarily on the servants of the Blind Man, the titular Archive, but also includes a number of other Fears.
 * The Book of Cant by alliterator. No real story here; it's more like a dictionary, explaining the Fears and related entities as well as different terms used for them.

Narrative blogs
These blogs are all about the story. There might be occasional posts with anthology or informational elements, but the focus is on the main characters and their journeys.

Links

 * And When The Sky Was Opened by alliterator. It's short, it's sad, I won't spoil it, just give it a read.
 * brighter than a spoon by alliterator. brighter than a spoon is focused on the Slender Man and the Cold Boy and was designed as an introduction to some of the basic elements of the Mythos, so if that's what you want, check it out. It's also one of my favorite Fearblogs in general, so it definitely has that going for it.
 * Eccentrically Bored and its direct sequel Hidden in the Trees by Lizard Bite. These blogs were, like brighter than a spoon, specifically designed as an introduction to the Fear Mythos, and while Eccentrically Bored in particular suffers a little from the "'Seinfeld' is unfunny" effect in my opinion, it's still a solid read if you're looking to get a feel for the Fear Mythos as most stories use it.
 * Where My Eyes Remain by DJay32. This blog is an interesting take on a well-known figure, combining elements of early renditions with creative new concepts.