Merriam Webster defines horror as a painful and intense fear, terror or dismay. Horror fiction is designed to evoke those emotions in the reader.
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It's important to note that while many of my goriest, most adult pieces are not hosted here, there may be some offensive/controversial material included.
Proceed with caution.
It's important to note that while many of my goriest, most adult pieces are not hosted here, there may be some offensive/controversial material included.
Proceed with caution.
Flash Fiction
"From even the greatest horrors, irony is seldom absent." - H. P. Lovecraft
The Count of Three: A 100 word micro-fiction about a suicide pact between two lovers.
Sole Survivor: The world as seen through the eyes of the zombie apocalypse's last survivor.
Perfecting Her Scales: A teenage girl suffers through yet another vocal lesson at the insistence of her father before finding her true calling.
The Heart of Our City: You find yourself in charge of doing something that you thought was a bad idea from the beginning.
JD's Last Round: A referee gets too curious about a dangerous game.
Sole Survivor: The world as seen through the eyes of the zombie apocalypse's last survivor.
Perfecting Her Scales: A teenage girl suffers through yet another vocal lesson at the insistence of her father before finding her true calling.
The Heart of Our City: You find yourself in charge of doing something that you thought was a bad idea from the beginning.
JD's Last Round: A referee gets too curious about a dangerous game.
Short Stories
"Terror is the desire to save your own ass, but horror is rooted in sympathy." - Joe Hill
Advice from a Friend: A single drink turn's Kylie's night from one of fun to one of survival.
Silence of the Lamps: A story of a woman, her husband, and the things that haunted their honeymoon.
Silence of the Lamps: A story of a woman, her husband, and the things that haunted their honeymoon.
Excerpts
"Certainly the deepest horror, as far as I'm concerned, is what happens to your body at your own hands and others." - Wes Craven
The Hike: This is the prologue for a longer piece of mine, entitled "Eight." It's about a woman who breaks her leg, and the unimaginable world of horror that the ensuing hospital trip might have saved her from.
Other"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones." -Stephen King
All People: A comic depicting introspective commentary about the different kinds of people in the world. Illustrated by Alan Johnson.
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External Links"Horror is the removal of masks." -Robert Bloch
WdC Horror Folder : My horror genre specific folder for items that I have featured on Writing.Com
dA Horror Folder: My horror genre specific folder for items that I have featured on deviantArt In Defense of the Horror: A genre specific blog containing things like reviews, articles, and interviews with some of my favorite horror creators. In Defense of the Genre: The tumblr page for the aforementioned WordPress site that links all of the above content along with updates about my favorite horror narrators, quotes, movie clips and frequent art promotions. |