Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Hop-Frog: A Story of Reversals

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman   As a rule of thumb, a writer introduces his or her story’s protagonist before the antagonist makes an ...
Friday, March 11, 2022

The Problem-Solution Plot

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 Copyright 2022 by Gary L. Pullman In some horror movies, the plot is structured by attempting to solve a problem to no avail. Such plots ...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Vocational Horror: The Tools of Its Trade

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman   A device often used to generate plots is to imagine a vocational role that, given a dark twist, produce...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

"Man Overboard" by Sir Winston Churchill: A Commentary

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman   Deceptively simple, Sir Winston Churchill's 1899 short story “ Man Overboard: An Episode of the Red...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

Benefits of Alternate Endings: Pick One

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman It was fashionable in Hollywood, at one time, to produce movies that have alternate endings . Holl...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Secret Motivations

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 Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Often, in horror stories and films, a secret, past or present, drives and directs protagonists'...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The Three Lessons of the Watchbirds and the Hawks

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Copyright 202 by Gary L. Pullman The fabulous short story “Watchbird” in The Robert Sheckley Megapack: 15 Classic Science Fict...
Friday, July 17, 2020

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FREE short story introducing Bane Messenger, Bounty Hunter, the protagonist of the Western series An Adventure of the Old West! Apple B...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Edgar Allan Poe's "King Pest": Analysis and Commentary

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Copyright 202 by Gary L. Pullman King Edward III The first sentence of the story establishes its setting: it is “about twelve o...
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