Toe in the Water

Worldy Wise

Worldly Wise

I think I have figured out why I have been drawn into the horror camp in spite of not really liking horror stories and movies. It’s because there I can be in worlds other than this one. My main interest has always been fantasy (scifi to some extent) and there, again, is my dislike of today’s reality.

The way I see it, reality is what we’re trying to get away from when we read. People who’re into it go to dinner parties, climb mountains and learn to fly small planes. The rest of us read to leave this world and go somewhere else. And, when you survive in WdC through the contests, you have to go where you know you can write. In other words, you look for the prompts that encourage the creation of new worlds and different situations.

And guess who has the best prompts in WdC. SCREAMS!!!, Dark Dreamscapes and the like. It’s no wonder that so many of my short stories of late have been attempts at horror. And quite a few of my poems too.

Understand, I’m not saying that everyone should feel the same. It’s just that it has long been strange to me that I write so much horror now, after never writing it before WdC. And now I understand why. I no longer have to worry about falling into the clutches of the dark side - I’m in control!


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