As a lifelong reader of horror, and sometime writer of same, I have thought long and hard about what scares me, what keeps me awake at night, and - by extension - what makes good horror, what keeps myself and other like-minded people watching or reading the stuff of nightmares. And more importantly, how can I use that to better my own writing. Sure, there's the action: the blood, the creepy music, gritty camera work, the occasional jump as something, a cat, usually, appears suddenly, out of nowhere. But all that stuff is window dressing. It makes for an entertaining few hours watching or reading, but what about the real horror, the stories which stay with us, leave a disquieting feeling in us even after the credits are rolling, or the last page read, and the book safely back on the shelf? The one that gives you a delicious thrill of fear every time you see it on your book or DVD shelf?
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AuthorChris Collins is a reader and writer of horror. Anything that sends a shiver crawling up your spine has a home in Harrowscape. His first novel, "The Raggedy Man," hit the shelves in 2017, and he has been working on the next thing ever since. Archives
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