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I’ve always felt that writing horror stories shouldn’t just be about piling gory detail on top of gory detail. Such writing just seems to me to be very distasteful.
Instead, a horror story should be about commonplace events and places that suddenly take on a much more menacing aspect.
The skill of the horror writer should be to lull the reader into a sense of security whilst, of course, keeping the readers interest. The horror then comes out of the shock and surprise when the circumstances change and life and limb are threatened.
In My Perfect Lover – a romantic postcard fiction short love story – all seems to be happiness and loving contentment until the horror in the last line.
Comments welcome.
Bye for now
Rob