Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Horror Story Formulae
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman I. General Horror Formula A series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated incidents occurs. The protagonist (and,...
Monday, January 26, 2009
Stephen King’s Horrific Fairy Tales; Dean Koontz’s Variations on a Formula
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman Stephen King has claimed that he buys his ideas for stories at an out-of-the-way, secondhand bookstore....
Saturday, January 24, 2009
The Hyperfeminine Monster: What Does She Look Like?
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman Some hypermasculine fictional characters are good guys (of a sort, at least), among whose ranks we may co...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Presto! You Have a Plot!
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Copyright Gary L. Pullman It’s fairly easy to plot a contemporary horror novel if you know the formula, which is also fairly simple--quit...
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