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Horror/Scary: October 14, 2009 Issue [#3335]

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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

As a guest editor in the month of horror, I thought I would bring up a wonderful subject all horror writers like to describe - blood. If you love horror...read on. If you're squeamish...cover your eyes. Muahahahahah...

This week's Horror/Scary Editor
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Letter from the editor

BLOOD


When I think of a horror story, I think about one of the best parts...blood. With this month being the month of horror, many of us are writing scary stories for contests. How many times can you say blood in a story without becoming redundant? Not too many. So I thought I'd give you a few alternatives to the word blood and its descriptions.

Technical: serum, hemoglobin, serum, plasma, coagulant, hemorrhage
Anatomy: vessels, capillaries, circulation, vein, aorta, clot, carotid artery, venules, systolic, diastolic, lipids, sclerosis
Color: red, crimson, ochre, carmine, scarlet, magenta, vermilion, burgundy, carnelian, ruby, maroon, claret
Adjectives: wet, sticky, tacky, spattered, ropy, soaked, viscous, clot, gore, pallid, filthy, foul, florid, flushed, pale, sallow, grisly, raw, unstaunched, revolting, obscene, revolting, nauseous, vile, slimy, gelatinous, syrupy, waxy, thick, jelled, threadlike
Nouns: blemish, drip, speck, splotch, spot, tint, smudge, splatter, bubble, droplet, puddle, mist, spray, carnage
Actions: impale, stick, stab, poke, maim, gouge, slaughter, lance, slash, perforate, spear, puncture, sprinkle, butcher, pierce, slash. dissect, cleave, bite, saw, slice, ooze, leak, gush, purge, drain, seep, gurgle, trickle, flow, saturate

With a little research, your descriptive work can bring your reader further into your story and show them your scene. Push the envelope and horrify your reader. It is what they are looking for.


Editor's Picks


 The Wrong Vampire Open in new Window. (13+)
Some people aren't meant to be vampires
#1567707 by neilbco Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Oh my, God," he said, when he saw a woman in a long summer dress walking along the shoulder on his side of the road, no more than fifty yards in front of him. Beauregard slowed down; steering toward the center of the narrow two-lane road, but the woman lurched towards the middle. The front bumper of the truck hit the woman sending her into the air and off to the side of the road.

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Adriana's Tale Open in new Window. (13+)
Something evil lives on Nob Hill and only a sacrifice can keep it there.
#1594996 by W.D.Wilcox Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Within the dark, green-veiled arms of the forest, she hid in her secret place. With her thick, brown hair and large, brown eyes, she bore more than a passing resemblance to her sister.

Halloween Party Open in new Window. (13+)
A slightly off-beat story
#1605115 by Sticktalker Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: The school gym, full of boisterous fifth and sixth graders, was not only noisy, but hot this Friday evening, the night before Halloween. Sagging streamers of orange and black crepe paper hung across the gym, hinged cutouts of skeletons, ghosts and witches adorned the cork-covered walls, and the movable bleachers were shoved up against the walls.

 Bradley and the Team Open in new Window. (E)
Poison, witches, paranoia and a rubber Alien called Zoltan
#1574949 by Wybo Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Saturday was chocolate day. Bradley savoured his final morsel; chocolate dinosaurs this week, Mum had chosen well. He was in the tree house with the Team: Zoltan, a green rubber alien with tentacles and a suction pad; Timmy, a plastic lion dressed in blue; and Tantor, a small white teddy bear with a tartan bow tie.

There Could Be Tigers Open in new Window. (13+)
We may need to conquerour fears, but we should never completely ignore them.
#939525 by dmack Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: "Tigers. I'm afraid of tigers. I know it's ridiculous, but that's it. I have this recurring dream. I'm walking down the street, and suddenly there he is, all gold and black with fiery eyes. I start to run, and the tiger pounces. There is blinding pain and I wake up screaming.

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#1606394 by Not Available.

Excerpt: The aim of the game is to make the judges shiver, look behind themselves or not want to/be able to go to sleep.

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#1154716 by Not Available.

Excerpt: This time of year I long for a good, scary story, one that will make me sleep with the lights on, be afraid to take a shower and jump when the phone rings. I invite you to write me such a story.

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#1321313 by Not Available.

Excerpt: Give me vampires, witches, ghosts, demons, werewolves, ogres, and anything else that will send a chill down my spine! Maybe make it into a mixture of erotica with horror for good measure! Give me your best gothic/horror story!

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#1420907 by Not Available.

Excerpt: This site is bursting with vampire stories---it's time for something different! Werewolves, those intriguing lycanthropes, have endless possibilities if you only look beyond the norm. This contest is for those who wish to write about werewolves in all their incarnations.

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#1475441 by Not Available.

Excerpt: The premise: Your character has to be missing one of their senses, he/she is either deaf, blind, or mute, if you are very creative, all three. That means that your character cannot see the 'bad' thing coming, or hear it coming, or scream for help. Their missing 'sense' is up to you, but they have to be missing at least one of the three.


 
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Ask & Answer

Since I'm a guest editor, I'll just add a few more poetry reads.

BLOOD ON MY HANDS Open in new Window. (ASR)
Written for Sherri's Coloring The World Contest, using her weekly prompt
#1607493 by COUNTRYMOM-JUST REMEMBER ME Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: It wasn't meant to be this way, as I look back at that night.

 I Can Do Better! Open in new Window. (13+)
The hour produces the monster.
#1605498 by Just an Ordinary Boo! Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Dark spawn, denizen of the deep, / With rotting face, dripping green slime,

 A Root of Evil Canis Open in new Window. (18+)
Lycanthrope lust and the girl who didn't get away...
#903978 by Gen Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: "Mad dog running through the night, / His twisted shadow greets the fog. / Creatures leave the woodland path / And frogs grow silent in the bog."

Halloween Maggot  Open in new Window. (13+)
Contest entry.
#1543396 by Oldwarrior Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: O'er moonlit graves and wrought iron fence it slithers dark and dreary, / seeking those who dare to roam this realm so quiet and leery.

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#1466190 by Not Available.

Excerpt: I opened my eyes / Surrounded by night / Trapped in a coffin / With no help in sight.





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