What creates fear?
Horror stories have been around for eons. I remember listening to tales of bogeymen while sitting around a campfire toasting marshmallows. Soon we were hunched together and every cackle of the flames or the snap of a twig sent delicious tingles of fear down our spines.
The campfire faded from our consciousness as the story drew us in. Stop. Wait. What's that sound? Can you smell the richness of spilled blood? The storyteller often slowed the tale or lowered his voice to effect a creepy atmosphere.
To me a great horror story has atmosphere, a creepy environment, something evil to be fought. It builds tension, draws you in so you feel, hear, smell, and taste the fear. Gore is left to the imagination.
My favorite horror story is Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting if Hill House.' What is your favorite horror story?
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The campfire faded from our consciousness as the story drew us in. Stop. Wait. What's that sound? Can you smell the richness of spilled blood? The storyteller often slowed the tale or lowered his voice to effect a creepy atmosphere.
To me a great horror story has atmosphere, a creepy environment, something evil to be fought. It builds tension, draws you in so you feel, hear, smell, and taste the fear. Gore is left to the imagination.
My favorite horror story is Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting if Hill House.' What is your favorite horror story?
(c) 2016 All rights reserved.
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Jun 16, 2016 05:18PM
I remember reading "The Lottery" and finding its take on group psyche interesting. I'll have to read "The Haunting of Hill House". Thanks for turning me onto it FM!
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David wrote: "I remember reading "The Lottery" and finding its take on group psyche interesting. I'll have to read "The Haunting of Hill House". Thanks for turning me onto it FM!"I also found " The Lottery" to have an interesting take on group psyche. I read "The Haunting of Hill House" on a stormy night with the tree outside my window banging on the glass. It made for a super charged atmosphere and brought the fear factor to a new level.
You might also want to read Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. It has a unique perspective.
