Chillers and Thrillers

is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.

Showing posts with label horror fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horror fiction. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Conveying Fear

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Horror posters are like the covers of horror novels, except the former's production quality ...
Saturday, February 2, 2019

The Things We Fear

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman They're big. They're repulsive. Shaped like sperm, they slither (as the title of the m...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Evolutionary Fiction

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman According to the theory of evolution, species survive by adapting to their environment. For biol...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Monsters in Our Midst

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman In horror fiction, monsters originate from only a handful of sources: Natural Physiolo...
Monday, October 1, 2018

Horror Movies' Allusive Posters

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman In promoting their horror films, several studios have relied upon posters which allude to other wo...
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...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

The Effects of Loss as a Paradigm of Literary Criticism for Horror Fiction

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Horror fiction is a literature of loss. The losses, of course, are significant: no one has ever writ...
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