Chillers and Thrillers

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

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Friday, February 14, 2020

Learning from the Masters: Lawrence Block's Use of Metaphor as a Narrative Device

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman According to his website , Lawrence Block started his writing career writing “midcentury erotic...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Knowledge, Ignorance, Surprises, and Suspense "Under the Dome"

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Earlier in the story, flowers that one of Linda and Rusty Everett’s daughters, Judy and Janelle, picked fo...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Pink Stars and Theories “Under the Dome”

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman The military has a new approach to taking down the dome: “an experimental acid” that is powerful enough to...
Friday, September 5, 2008

Femme Fatales

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman The Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman started it all. Or maybe it was Lilith or the lamia. Or the bride of F...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Tentacles, of Themselves, Do Not a Horror Movie Make

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Tentacles are creepy. They’re not arms, not exactly--not as we think of arms, anyway--but they’re like no...
Friday, March 7, 2008

Visualizing Horror: Movie Posters

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman For writers, horror is primarily a matter of action described in words. For illustrators, horror is primar...
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