The horror genre of
fiction continues to fascinate readers. Why do readers love what terrifies them?
It appears that vampires never die.
Zombies can be found in movie theatres, TV shows, commercials, books, and short
stories. In the month of October, three of my own speculative
short stories, combining horror and mystery, are being published in new anthologies. They are:
Between There, Vol 2
Spirits of St. Louis
http://www.rockinghorsepublishing.com/new-release.html
Dying to Live: Stories of the Undead
When people talk
about horror fiction, they might let out an involuntary shudder. However, horror
fiction isn’t just about the gruesome. It’s not only about such supernatural
creations as: ghosts, goblins, ghouls, gremlins, etc. No, it’s really about
what we fear, what we dread most, what strikes terror into our hearts and souls.
These things may be ordinary, like a pit bull off the leash running toward us,
or extraordinary, like meeting a vampire in a neighborhood bar at midnight . Our fears are both usual and unusual.
Horror fiction will
not be going away any time soon because it is human nature to feel fear as an
emotion. Horror fiction helps us handle these feelings, helps us cope with and
confront our terrors, those within us and those in the environment around us. Writers
like Stephen King and Dean Koontz have recognized this. They reach into their
worst fears and nightmares to help us come to terms with our own.
In my co-authored
novel, THE THIRD: A PINE BARRENS MYSTERY, a boy and his mother, writing alternating
viewpoint chapters, come to terms with their own greatest fears while solving
several murders. The novel’s setting is real but eerie. Legends of the Jersey
Devil prevail. Fans of both mystery and horror will relate to this novel. You
can check out some of the reviews on Amazon:
or Goodreads:
What frightens you?
What sort of horror story would you read? Drop by and leave a comment. Include
an e-mail address if you wish to be entered to win a copy of THE THIRD EYE—or
simply place a request for the novel at your local library.
Happy hauntings!
