Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
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Sunday, September 30, 2018
Setting: More Than Merely Time and Place
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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman In horror stories, as in other types of fiction, setting may be, and often is, more than merely ti...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Quick Tip: Connect the Nouns
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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In school, we’re taught that a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In a s...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Perennial Favorites
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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman The ingredients of the horror plot are relatively few and relatively simple: A series of bizarre incidents...
Friday, May 2, 2008
Guest Speaker: H. P. Lovecraft: Notes On Writing Weird Fiction
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My reason for writing stories is to give myself the satisfaction of visualising more clearly and detailedly and stably the vague, elusive, f...
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Creating an Eerie Atmosphere and Tone
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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Let’s begin with descriptions, by yours truly, of three Internet images. But, first, a brief digress...
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