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Horror/Scary: August 28, 2024 Issue [#12713]




 This week: The Voice Inside
  Edited by: W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon
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3. Letter from the Editor
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*Spider*I would rather argue with an intelligent man than have a fool agree with me.

*Spider*All I know is that I know nothing.

*Spider*"The difference between a skeptic and a cynic is that, when confronted with something too good to be true, the skeptic says it isn't really true and the cynic says it isn't really good."

*Spider*Always make sure you win all the arguments in your head and read about alternate universes with reasonable caution, the rest outside your head are debatable in terms of importance.

*Spider*"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -Albert Einstein


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Letter from the editor

Voices

I started writing a little something and then just stopped. There are rules to writing like voices inside your head. Anyway, it went like this:

There's a man inside my head—a bad man. I can't remember how long he's been there, but it seems like a long time. He tells me things that most people don't even think about, evil things, disgusting and perverted. I don't want to do those things, but he makes me. Even when I was a kid he made me do stuff that sickened me.

Here's a good rule: Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words in them. What the writer is doing, he’s writing, perpetrating hooptedoodle, perhaps taking another shot at describing the weather, or has gone into the character’s head, and the reader either knows what the guy’s thinking or doesn’t care. I’ll bet you don’t skip dialogue though. It's always the best part.

My most important rule is: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. It's like words getting in the way of what you want to say.

If I write in scenes and always from the point of view of a particular character — the one whose view best brings the scene to life — I’m able to concentrate on the voices of the characters telling you who they are and how they feel about what they see and what’s going on, and I’m always nowhere in sight.

W.D.Wilcox



Editor's Picks

Hot Summer Stories


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No Possible Return (HM) Open in new Window. (13+)
Why did a door appear in Francesca's dining room? Why did she open it? Slipstream story
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Poe's Daughter Open in new Window. (18+)
A young woman has a horrifying idea of how to become pretty.
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The Fun House Open in new Window. (13+)
"Come on in ... if you dare."
#1881045 by Tom Buck Author IconMail Icon

There Could Be Tigers Open in new Window. (13+)
We may need to conquerour fears, but we should never completely ignore them.
#939525 by dmack Author IconMail Icon

Witch Trials Open in new Window. (13+)
A short story about the Salem Witch Trials, written for a contest. Please R&R!!
#876320 by spidey Author IconMail Icon

The Agony of the Soul Open in new Window. (18+)
Cynthia Corvallis lives forever in the gloomy pits of life.
#588758 by kristofer Author IconMail Icon

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Dream House Open in new Window. (13+)
You'd better hope it's never yours...
#894158 by Cubby Author IconMail Icon

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The Voyage of the Wayfarer Open in new Window. (18+)
"Don't try to talk. I was able to resurrect you. You have been dead for three days."
#1021633 by W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon

 
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Great horror story this week - talk about being set up!

Thank you very much for including my story, Dreamer, among your Editor's Picks, by the way. As for writing a story where sweltering heat was the antagonist, I can think of one. It was called Air Conditioning, I think.

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