Showing posts with label forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forest. Show all posts
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Creating an Eerie Setting and Tone, Part II

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman   In the first part of this series , we considered this same topic. In this post, we take a look at it fr...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

Top 10 Wilderness Horror Movies Based On Horrific True Stories: Introduction

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary Pullman In the wilderness, we have little control over our surroundings, and, whether a provincial park, a rain for...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Now available on Amazon

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My latest novel, part thriller and part horror, Blue Mountain Detour , is now available, both in paperback and as an e-book on Amazon . ...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Horror Settings

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Horror story settings often play upon the limits of human perception and the effects of such limitatio...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Setting and Plot

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Horror story settings often play upon the limits of human perception and the effects of such limitatio...
Friday, June 11, 2010

The Vanishing: Why Theme Matters

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman A horror novel does not hang entirely upon the explanation of the horror, perhaps, but a good amount of re...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

. . . And So It Begins. . . .

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Elsewhere, I have analyzed the basic plot that is common to horror fiction in general. One of the elements...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Hieroglyphic Horrors

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman When images are used symbolically, to suggest identities, situations, statuses, or other qualities, condit...
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...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Nocturnal Suicide: An Almost-Story Born of Mere Description

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman People find treetops, especially when the branches are devoid of leaves, to be eerie. A gray sky, glimpsed...
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...