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 Horror/Scary: June 15, 2005 Issue [#427] |
  Horror/Scary This week: Edited by: animatquaMore Newsletters By This Editor   1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions  Ordinary Horror 
 Talk about scary! I have been in counseling for a bi-polar disorder (yeah, for me that’s scary enough!). I began treatment seven months ago. Being on a tight budget, I submitted paper work for assistance. The impression that I got was the paper work was fine, everything kosher. Yes. Six months later I get a bill for all seven months of counseling at once because “Our computers set up a new program and we were unable to get to individual billings.” Wow. An ordinary “Oh my god how am I gonna pay for this?”, but horror is often best when it comes from ordinary circumstances, as the genius behind “Ordinary Horror” contest on site knows. Some scenerios of horror from the above: 1. The worry preys on my mind so much I miss traffic signals and have a horrible accident (logical progression). 2. I worry so much I have a heart attack (logical progression) 3. I worry so much I go bonkers and wipe out the mental health center (little more out there) 4. The bill becomes a living thing chasing me to madness in my dreams (getting wilder!) 5. The bill becomes a living thing and plots with me, then carries out, the destruction of the mental health center (wild, revenge mode, anger dumping setting for horror). Ordinary circumstances as well as ordinary objects and ordinary settings (action, character, setting) can really stir up a horror stew pot. What circumstance contains your greatest fear? 1. Losing your family/loved one(s)? 2. Losing your job? 3. Losing your property/things you own” 4. Losing your mind? 5. Losing control? The things mentioned above all have to do with loss, and I think the heart of most horror is just that: fear of losing something. Your life, someone else’s life, your abilities, etc. So the next time you are looking for a really scary thought, paw through your fears (no great revelation there!), look for the an ordinary face on the fear, add some well described emotional reactions and a twisted ending---voila! Horror. Now. Maybe if I get really out there with a horror story on the nasty bill I’ll be able to get my feelings about it under control. Or not. And that’s the beauty of horror! 
Nicely written horror using very few words.
Some good descriptions.
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