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    4 days ago

    I would think mummies closer to liches than zombies - they have their organs preserved in jars which makes them harder to kill, they retain most if not all their faculties, and are typically actively channeling their curse.

    While some zombies reanimate via magical means in some stories, they’re usually stoppable with a headshot, are usually devoid of conscious thought, and are the receivers rather than the perpetrators of what reanimates them.

    Of course it’s all fictitious so I’m sure there’s some mummy or zombie story out there where the only way to stop them is by setting them up on a cute date with each other.














  • First Stephen King book I ever read was around that age. Through The Eyes of the Dragon. King wanted to write a medieval fantasy novel for his daughter. Personally, I loved it.

    That said, if your kid isn’t afraid of a meaty book, It is also a great choice because it really captures how kids can be isolated for traumatic experiences, but can overcome it together. So in my opinion, that made it really relatable when I read it around the same age. It does have that weird child sex orgy in the middle, but reading King is never a good way to avoid reading fucked up shit.

    My personal favourite of King though is the Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger is the smallest entry in the main series, so it’s easily readable.

    The first and third option aren’t pure horror like It, but IMO that’s what makes them great, because you get little sprinklings of horror, which can make it creepier because it contrasts (without feeling unnatural) with the rest.