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Borrasca

Written on 29/08/25

Probably one of my favourite horror stories along with penpal. I tend listen to horror stories because, for some reason, they help me sleep despite being what they are.
Anyway, Borrasca about a group of kids who live in what used to be a mining town and a mystery regarding certain happenings in the town that most the inhabitants seem almost ignorant or indifferent too.






I'd rather not spoil anything because the way this story is told and setup is great and does that thing I like where a lot of things you didn't think twice about are recontextualized once you finish it.
My favourite thing about Borrasca and the previously mentioned penpal is how grounded they feel, like this could be something that is going on somewhere in the world. In Borrasca the mystery revolving around the town is treated like a folktale or myth of sorts by our main characters at the beginning, as they are just kids at the start and you may be inclined to believe it's just that, but as the story develops the main characters grow it becomes more and more clear that there is something deeply wrong with this town and almost everyone is in on it. By the end the truth behind the myth of Borrasca is revealed and you are delivered probably one of the biggest gut punch like twists I've ever experienced.
It is genuinely painful to see the story conclude in the way it does, yet like I said, it feels grounded in reality and I don't mind myself a tragic ending.

There is a sequel which isn't bad at all but it's not really a horror story at that point but it is nice to have a slightly less depressing conclusion to the story. Though I prefer the 1st part in a vaccuum because it leaves me with a hole in my chest.
The version of Borrasca I listened to was from Dark Somnium who is one of my favourite horror story narrators and he and the people he worked with to make that rendition of Borrasca did an amazing job, I highly reccomend you listen to his version if you give Borrasca a try.
Just a warning though, there is a singular moment of sexual violence if you aren't into that but considering the context it does not take away form the story at all. Just a heads up.