Tag: Fiction
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READING A PIECE OF OLD FLASH FICTION (OR SO I THOUGHT)
“…there was a man who travelled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled.” -H.P. Lovecraft, ‘Azathoth’ Over the weekend I felt like finding a very short story to indulge in. The last seven months have been a roller coaster of health issues and generally fading out of…
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ON BEING HAUNTED
Sometimes he would for hours together walk to and fro throughout the long oak-wainscoted apartment which he generally occupied, with wild gesticulations and agitated pace, in the manner of one who has been roused to a state of unnatural excitement by some sudden and appalling intimation. -from ‘The Fortunes Of Sir Robert Ardagh’ I recently…
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THINKING ABOUT VILLAINS
Last year I listened to the audiobook Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, And The Secret History Of The 60s. It had me hooked, because I can remember as a teen in the early 90s when Manson’s crazed face got put on black T-shirts and placed on serial killer trading cards. This is a true horror…
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The Door
There are few objects more ordinary than a door. We pass through them a dozen times a day without thought. They separate rooms, mark boundaries, provide privacy. But in horror, doors carry far heavier meaning. They become symbols of fear—of what lies beyond, or of what might cross through when we least expect it. A…
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Story Structure for Horror Stories: Part Two
Continuing my last post on story structure for horror, I wanted to take another look at structure, this time dissecting it using the 10 steps to story structure from K.M. Weiland. Let’s first take a quick look at those steps and then see how they can be applied to horror. 1. The Hook What is…
