“The great mass of trees looked like a tomb, in which my house lay buried.” (from Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant) It’s lines like the one above that get me excited about writing and reading haunted stories. You can’t just describe a location, you have to do it in a way that creates fear…
I was watching a horror movie when a banging noise made me jump. It came from inside my apartment. I live in an old building. The heater makes noise when it turns on. Only it was summer, the heater doesn’t come on. There’s a house in my neighborhood. Years ago, whenever I passed it, I’d…
I’ve said this before, I love atmospheric horror. I prefer stories that use setting to enhance the chills. I looked upon the scene before me- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain…with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the…
