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Horror/Scary: December 09, 2020 Issue [#10507]




 This week: Blood on your hands
  Edited by: Arakun the twisted raccoon Author IconMail Icon
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Quote for the week: "Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."

~Gene Fowler


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We cannot live without blood, but blood often invokes fear in humans. Many people become physically ill at the sight or even thought of blood, whether it is their own or someone else's.

Fear or sickness at the sight of blood may have many causes, but it may be an evolutionary survival instinct. Many animals will avoid any place that smells of the blood of their own species. If you are bleeding profusely, passing out might slow your heart rate, which can limit the flow of blood.

Many creatures that humans find frightening or disgusting are drawn to blood. Sharks and piranhas can sense even a small amount of blood in the water. Mosquitoes, ticks, and leeches are parasites that feed on blood of humans or other animals.

While vampires may be the best known blood suckers of horror stories, many lesser known blood suckers might be even more frightening. Examples include the chupacabra or "goat sucker" of Spanish legends, and the asema of Surinam, which takes the form of a seemingly harmless old woman. If you want to write a story including a bloodsucking creature of an unfamiliar mythology, make sure and research the legends in order to represent it accurately.

While many horror movies go for large amounts of blood in order to frighten their audience, too much blood can have the opposite effect and desensitize the viewer or reader. Depending on the story, one tiny drop or smear of blood might be more effective. Or maybe a complete lack of blood might be even more unsettling. An example might be a corpse totally drained of blood with no clue where it went.

Something to try: Write a horror story where blood is an important element.



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