Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts
Friday, November 9, 2018

The Covers of Gothic Romance Pulp Fiction Novels: Advertising a Genre

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman The covers of Gothic romance pulp fiction novels tip us off to the nature of the genre's fi...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Story Ideas Journal

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Like many other writers, Mark Twain kept a notebook--or a series of the, actually--I which, among...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Cemeteries: A Matter of Setting Boundaries

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Earlier today, I was watching a movie on the ScyFy Channel. I didn’t bother to watch more than a few mi...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Discovering the Elements of Fear

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Would you be afraid if you were alone in an isolated cemetery at night? Perhaps, if there were also a full...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Green Graves

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The greening of America promises to alter the appearance of future cemeteries. Tomorrow’s burial grounds w...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Portals to Hell and Elsewhere

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman If we were to believe fantasy, science fiction, and horror fiction, gateways to hell or other dimensions (...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Bases for Fear, Part I

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman To paraphrase Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in this and the next couple of posts, we ask of life, “How do I ...
Friday, February 22, 2008

Identifying Elements of the Horrific

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman What constitutes the horrific? While the answer to this question may depend to some degree upon the indivi...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Everyday Horrors: Tombstones

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman In Tombstone, Arizona’s boot hill cemetery, a headstone bears this epitaph: Here lies Lester Moore. He too...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

How To Rob A Grave

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Verisimilitude means "true to life," and it's a quality that enhances any story, those of ...