197: Horror Fiction: An Observation
30 December, 2010Unusually among fiction genres, it is possible for horror fiction to sustain, until the last line of the story, uncertainty in the reader’s mind as to whether the events related are realistic or fantastic. This uncertainty adds to tension and moves the reader along. What that a ghost, or a plot to drive the heroine mad? Was the shark evil, or just doing its thing? Did the mirror actually foretell a murder, or is the narrator psychotic?
[[to locate some ambiguous horror fiction (and some unambiguous slasher stuff as well) google Terence Kuch]]
The element of mystery is one of the things that sets the “Ghost” subgenre of Horror heads and shouldres above the rest in my opinion.
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Hello terence,
I’ve a story here RUST, under rastelly. I’m looking for some
exposure, It’s a work in progress and I welcome constructive critisim.