Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Long-Legged Fly by William Butler Yeats : Analysis and Commentary
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman That civilization may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony...
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Mental Disorders and Ilnesses Will, Like Murder, Out
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Throughout the 1960s, a trend in horror movies is the human “monster.” Often the victim of a signi...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The Humor of Horror (Or Is It the Horror of Humor?), Part 2
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Charles Addams bases most of his cartoons on a family of monsters that not only look human, but also ...
Saturday, September 21, 2019
The Incomplete Completist
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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman In The Cat Pajamas's “Introduction: Alive and Kicking and Writing,” Ray Bradbury offers a clue to ...
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Horror Fiction: Myths and Monsters
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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman During a freshman-level course in composition, I had my students write an essay analyzing a print adv...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Nature and Nurture: Character and Setting as Destiny
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copyright 2007 by Gary L. Pullman Why did you throw the jack of hearts away? It was the only card in the deck I had left to play. -- ...
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