And on reflection I think I will keep it to myself for now...
Reflecting on your intro, I know I actively avoid sad or tragic stories. Sometimes I do get swept up in a storyline that I can't stop which turns sad or tragic, and I find the pain of sadness and loss is almost intolerable. I tend to develop really close attachments to characters. Real life has more than enough real pain to get through.
As a side note, I also avoid horror in film, but for a different reason. Oddly enough I have discovered that I can read and enjoy well written horror.
As for horror... It's been ages since I saw a really good scary movie, but that's likely because I just don't watch many of the newer ones. The best one ever IMO is AVP, which is pretty much twenty years old already. But I do agree about written horror. I find the Macabre Monday community and the attached Wicked Writing Contest, quite entertaining. Do you know of it?
Yes Jenny, I do know of Macabre Monday. But I haven't sampled anything there yet. I credit Shaina Read at Kindling for sparking my taste for reading horror. She managed to get me turned on to King, which I thought I would never be interested in reading. She was running a King book club as part of her substack. She also publishes some great short and serial horror of her own on Kindling. Unfortunately Kindling is on hiatus right now.
I also read Lamp Post in the Marsh with Daniel W Davison who writes period historical horror fiction, short and serial, and poetry, and also some fantasy series.
And here we are on the edge, looking into the abyss... nicely done!
But, ever the secret optimistic fool, I am going to fall back on an old tired phrase that is terribly inappropriate. And I beg forgiveness in advance...
You are killing me, but I love your close :)
And on reflection I think I will keep it to myself for now...
Reflecting on your intro, I know I actively avoid sad or tragic stories. Sometimes I do get swept up in a storyline that I can't stop which turns sad or tragic, and I find the pain of sadness and loss is almost intolerable. I tend to develop really close attachments to characters. Real life has more than enough real pain to get through.
As a side note, I also avoid horror in film, but for a different reason. Oddly enough I have discovered that I can read and enjoy well written horror.
And so the tables turn! Good one Frank.
As for horror... It's been ages since I saw a really good scary movie, but that's likely because I just don't watch many of the newer ones. The best one ever IMO is AVP, which is pretty much twenty years old already. But I do agree about written horror. I find the Macabre Monday community and the attached Wicked Writing Contest, quite entertaining. Do you know of it?
Yes Jenny, I do know of Macabre Monday. But I haven't sampled anything there yet. I credit Shaina Read at Kindling for sparking my taste for reading horror. She managed to get me turned on to King, which I thought I would never be interested in reading. She was running a King book club as part of her substack. She also publishes some great short and serial horror of her own on Kindling. Unfortunately Kindling is on hiatus right now.
I also read Lamp Post in the Marsh with Daniel W Davison who writes period historical horror fiction, short and serial, and poetry, and also some fantasy series.
Until Tuesday...right.
And here we are on the edge, looking into the abyss... nicely done!
But, ever the secret optimistic fool, I am going to fall back on an old tired phrase that is terribly inappropriate. And I beg forgiveness in advance...