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Horror/Scary: November 28, 2007 Issue [#2090]

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3. Letter from the Editor
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
~Sir Francis Bacon


No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
~Edmund Burke


When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
~Nietzsche

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
-- H. P. Lovecraft.

Fear of monsters attracts monsters.
-- Unknown.


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Letter from the editor

Whose Views?

Right now I have my mother in the hospital and while I spend time with her, my mind tends to wander. One of my past times is to see things from different points of view. Of course a hospital setting easily invites stories of the horror genre but how many ways could you, as a writer, tell it?

1. The patient is the obvious answer. From where they are, helpless in bed, a good deal is beyond their control and they are at the mercy of their caretakers.

2. The doctor is the second obvious choice because he has the most control...that we know about anyway.

3. The nurses. Now stop and think about this one a second. The nurse doesn't necessarily have to be the villian. Her POV may be one of helplessness as she witnesses what the doctor or a family member may be doing to the patient.

4. Family members and/or friends.

5. Roommate. Now here's a fun one. What about a hospital roommate? Are they the culprit or the observer?

6. People passing in the hallway. Are they getting glimpses of something horrible or what they imagine is horrible?

Can you think of other possibilities? The bird on the windowsill would have a perfect view of the comings and goings of everyone in the room.

And while my mother is in a "regular' hospital, you don't have to stop there. Hospitals comes in a variety of types and sizes. Try out the different points of view with different settings. Your stories will differ with each change of setting and POV.

Take this new tool and apply it to any setting. It will open your eyes to new writing possibilities!

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