Showing posts with label victim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label victim. Show all posts
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...
Monday, July 2, 2018

The Death of a Beautiful Woman

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Poe did write this, in his essay, “ The Philosophy of Composition ”—but what did he mean by it? ...
Friday, July 18, 2014

"Large. . . and Startling Figures," Indeed

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copyright 2014 by Gary L. Pullman Horror hides inside us all, actually or potentially, taking many forms. What horrifies us is our ...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Horror Fiction: In Search of a Transfusion of New Blood

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman It would seem that horror fiction, based as it is upon the appearance and elimination or neutraliz...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Writing the Murder Mystery

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Typically, the story starts in media res , with the discovery of a body. Early on, perhaps in ...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Not-So-Gratuitous Nudity

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman   Nudity is popular in horror movies, as it is in other films. Why? One might suppose the answ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Final Girl: Transsexual? Homoerotic? We Report; You Decide

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Note : In this and a few subsequent posts, I summarize and comment upon essays concerning horror ...
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