Chillers and Thrillers

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

Showing posts with label tale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tale. Show all posts
Friday, November 28, 2008

Aphoristic Horror

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Aphorisms, as themes, can give rise to story ideas. Consider the possibilities with regard to such a maxim...
Monday, May 5, 2008

Guest Speaker: H. P. Lovecraft: Supernatural Horror In Literature, Part VI

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VI. Spectral Literature On The Continent On the continent literary horror fared well. The celebrated short tales and novels of Ernst Theodor...

Guest Speaker: H. P. Lovecraft: Supernatural Horror In Literature, Part III

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III. The Early Gothic Novel The shadow-haunted landscapes of Ossian, the chaotic visions of William Blake, the grotesque witch dances in Bur...

Guest Speaker: H. P. Lovecraft: Supernatural Horror In Literature, Part II

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II. The Dawn Of The Horror Tale As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old a...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Guest Speaker: Edgar Allan Poe on Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Note : In Graham’s Magazine (May, 18842, pp. 298-300, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) reviewed Nathaniel Hawthorne’s (1804-1864) Twice-Told Tal...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Mark Twain's "Rules Governing Literary Art"

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copyright by Gary L. Pullman In "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," Mark Twain* identifies 18 of the 19 "rules governi...
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