 Horror/Scary: February 19, 2014 Issue [#6162] |
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This week: Disturbing Edited by: W.D.Wilcox  
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Disturbing Images
Have you ever read something that you knew was fictional but the images it aroused in your mind stuck around forever? Well, welcome to the horror genre. Disturbing images is what horror is all about, whether it is a small child that falls prey to a pervert, or a victim that is tortured beyond belief, horror writers stir up images that can be so cruel and unjust that you feel totally disoriented and, yes, quite disturbed.
I remember seeing the original, 'Bonnie & Clyde' movie with a young, Gene Hackman, playing in a secondary role. He gets half his skull blown off in a shoot-out with the law. It was never shown, but it was talked about by the other characters. Anyway, Gene is slowing dying with half his brain gone and he keeps asking for his Momma, his little dog, random stuff like that. For some reason, this whole idea had a very profound effect upon me. Flash forward to 2006 when, Stephen King comes out with his book called, 'CELL', (great book by the way). Anywhoot, the Alice character gets hit in the head with a chunk of cinder block thrown from a speeding car. The Clay character then holds his blood-soaked sweater to the spongy side of her head while her hands and feet twitch aimlessly. All they could do was wait for her to die. They waited all night. She finally starts talking, "Daddy told me I could have the rest." Later, she asks if she can go swimming. This, while her life force is oozing out of her head wound. Then she says, "I don't want those tampons, those tampons are dirty," and starts laughing. Still later, she says, "Oh, Mummy, too bad! Fading roses, this garden's over. Will there be snow?" At dawn she says, "It's the loveliest dress ever." Clay can see she's going and asks, "What color, Alice?" "Green,"she says. Then she comes up off the ground in a locked convulsion, her spine a hard quivering arc. Her remaining eye bulges in its socket; her lips pull down at the corners. Then, suddenly, everything relaxes. She speaks someone's name, sighs, releases a final breath, and then dies.
I guess this is my Achilles heel. For some reason these images resonate within me like no others. But, hey, that's horror. What is your kryptonite? What lingers in your mind long after the story ends?
Until next time,
billwilcox
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Disturbing Stories
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If you call someone a name often enough they may soon believe it
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DEAD LETTERS
drifter46
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Interesting letter WD. So let me see if I can add to your sweet Beth and her horror. Women are by nature nurturing. Given that premise Beth is harboring something in the mountains. So let's say this thing needs to be fed. The question is ...what is Beth, the little darling, feeding it? If we know Beth is, oh I don't know, a nurse perhaps. Ad pediatric nurse. Maybe a nurse in a hospitals new born wing she would have access to ....new born babies. We all know that not all new borns survive. But what if...(those magic words, what if)...Beth is removing the living and dead as well as embros and feeding this thing with the same. It needs them to survive and grow. Men wouldn't necessarily do that and this thing would presume a woman would be more likely to aid it. Help the thing, survive. Don't help. Adios.
That's a quick take on your Sweet Beth and her secret. *smrk*
LJPC - the tortoise
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Hi Bill, I enjoyed the newsletter and the start to your story. The amazing thing about prompts is that you could give the same one to a hundred authors and each would come up with a completely different story.
~ Laura
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It's called I watch people playing games.
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I loved Jeff's prompt for Sinister Stories, too. It inspired so many fantastic possibilities. Thank you for featuring the story it inspired, and good luck if you decide to enter the contest! I'm already very curious about Beth...
chuckles123
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This is a poem about someone who is falling apart ... Literally. It shows the steps that they go through until they finally realize that they are through. Any comments appreciated!
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Jeff 
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Thanks for mentioning the "Sinister Stories Contest" in your newsletter this week! Glad it provided a little shot of inspiration! 
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