Horror/Scary: April 15, 2020 Issue [#10117]
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 This week: Creepy Old People
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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Creepy Old People


There have always been creepy old people in horror literature; wrinkled skin hanging off of brittle bones, missing teeth and wagging tongue just wanting to grab you and give you a big ol' kiss (shudder). Remember that scene in 'The Shining' where the creepy old lady crawls out of the bath? Or that preacher fella from the movie, 'Poltergeist'? Let's go back further with Miss Havishim from 'Great Expectations': “Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!”

Yeah, I call 'em creepy old people because they make me shiver and creep me out. How about that sweet old couple from 'Rosemary's Baby', or the wicked witch portrayed in so many fairy tales: 'Hanzel and Gretal, Snow White, and Rumplestiltskin . . . “Love makes us sick, haunts our dreams, destroys our days. Love has killed more than any disease.”

The list goes on and on. Without old people horror wouldn't have the same kind of bite. Old people are totally scary! It's weird, as we age we slowly transform into something or someone else. Look in the mirror, is that who you used to be?

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Creepy Old Picks


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(Excerpt) He was a very ugly old man; shrunken and wrinkled, almost blind and with no teeth.

 
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Never underestimate an old Romani woman.
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(Excerpt) The hag looked around the circled canopy of trees. Occasionally she paused as if staring at something, and she'd smile, revealing pink gums.

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(Excerpt) "You don't believe they're real, do ye, boy?" The old mariner fixed me with the stem of his corncob pipe as his steel-gray eyes challenged me to challenge him.

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A man is transferred to a haunted nursing home.
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(Excerpt) Death isn’t anything like we've been told, or even imagined. God doesn’t reach down and gather us up into His arms. Oh, hell no! Death is more like a dramatic wrenching and tearing away of the soul, an out-and-out battle to stay alive. People die hard because they don’t want to die.

 
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Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥ Author Icon SAYS:
"7. A bartender serves last call to the only remaining patron who is the Devil himself."
Hmmmm, I think the "last call" is frightening enough to some patrons! *Laugh* Throwing the Devil in -- Priceless!
-*Witch*


dragonwoman Author Icon SAYS:
I wrote a Halloween story similar to your number one prompt but it was a brother and a empty old house. Younger sister is locked in by brother and his friends.


Quick-Quill Author Icon SAYS:
I love #6. What a prompt. I hope more people write this one.


Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon SAYS:
I love the doll one. I'm gonna give that a go. Thanks for the prompts.


rachie Author Icon SAYS:
Please continue!
-Rachie


ChrisDaltro-Chasing Moonbeams Author Icon SAYS:
Thank you so much for featuring my short story The Medium in your awesome WDC Horror/Scary: HORROR TOPICS, March 19, 2020 Newsletter !!!
-Christina Daltro



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