Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
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The Red Room
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Sunday, May 23, 2021
Just What I Needed: Another Exercise!
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Copyright 2021 by Gary Pullman We not only learn new skills but hone old ones by pausing in plotting, writing, and revision to pract...
Friday, April 17, 2020
The Means to an End, or Catch and Release
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman In plotting horror fiction, as in other genres, it helps to think of the phrase “a means to ...
Thursday, January 9, 2020
The Tzvetan Todorov Plot
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman In The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre , Dr. Tzvetan Todorov differe...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Edgar Allan Poe and the Advent of the Psychological-Moral Horror Story
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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Edgar Allan Poe created the modern detective story and the modern horror story, and popularized...
Monday, September 3, 2018
Horror Fiction: The Appeal of the Need to Satisfy Curiosity
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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman “Human beings,” communications professor Jib Fowles note, “are curious by nature, intereste...
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