 Horror/Scary: January 09, 2008 Issue [#2157] |
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A thrill of anticipation curls up my spine as I sink into my chair by the fire and begin to read the dusty tome. Ahh, nothing better to read then a carefully crafted horror novel on a dreary winter day!
Greetings! My name is schipperke and I am a new editor for the Horror/Scary newsletter. I hope to answer any questions you may have on the craft of writing in the horror genre and generate some ideas for your own horror writing.
A good newsletter is an interactive one, so I hope you take the time to give me feedback on my newsletters, submit your own writing, and ask questions.
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My husband loves horror movies (so do I) but was tired of the same old teenager slash and bash horror movies from the USA. He did his research, and found some highly rated horror flicks from Japan and rented them. One of the movies, Rampo Noir, came during the Christmas holiday and we watched it. It is one of the few movies I actually became disturbed and upset about after watching it, needing to discuss it with my husband for days afterward. I then realized that the movie was effective in delivering a horror punch, unlike the typical modern horror movie. It made me think and want to learn more about the author of the short stories the movie was based on. His name is Edogawa Rampo.
Edogawa Rampo was the pen name of Hirai Taro, the father of the modern detective story in Japan, who lived from 1894-1965. He was an admirer of Edgar Allen Poe, and took his pen name to sound like the Japanese pronunciation of Mr. Poe’s name.
Rampo enjoyed reading the stories of Poe and other American and French crime detective stories along with the serialized stories in Japanese magazines by the author Kuroiwa Ruiko. As a boy, Rampo made his own magazine featuring his interpretations of stories by Poe and Conan Doyle, much like Stephen King did when he was young.
After graduating from university, Rampo held many jobs while writing, including selling soba noodles from a cart. Finally, in 1922 Rampo submitted a story called “The Tuppence Coin” to the editor of Seinen magazine, a popular magazine that specialized in translations of foreign crime stories. The story was an immediate success, and is considered the first modern detective story in Japan.
After that, Rampo was a popular and highly successful author, with over 67 novels including juvenile fiction and, 76 short stories. Although his writing is considered crime fiction, I found the stories in Rampo Noir to be classified as what I think of as horror fiction, not all featuring a detective, but all having elements of horror.
The reason I enjoyed Rampo’s work was the unique storylines and simple but effective way of telling his stories. His writing evoked pictures in my head while reading that were disturbing and fascinating. Some of the subjects he wrote about in his stories include torture, mutilation, sexual deviations, the search of unending sensual pleasures, and twisted minds. Women and men are equally portrayed as horrific beings, of any age and class. I am sure there is imagery in the stories that a Japanese person would understand better than me, and I look forward to doing more research about Japanese horror.
Although Rampo’s work is definitely not for everyone, I would suggest horror writers who feel they are in a rut look for his short stories and begin to read. I guarantee new ideas will blossom!
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This one made me think.
This poem made me think about the holidays for some odd reason.
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An oldie, and goodie!
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I read through this one twice, I liked it so much!
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I love the use of the author's words in this piece.
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