Horror/Scary: November 16, 2005 Issue [#712]
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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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         What scares you beyond belief?


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Letter from the editor


I wonder as I write, what terrible things can our minds imagine? What horrific nightmares can we create from our fears? Is the path into the dark never-ending—as infinite as the blessed path into the light? What will we imagine next as we delve deeper into the rabbit hole? What boundless horror will we invent and unleash upon an unsuspecting world.

In metaphysics, the belief is, that what we deem as reality is but illusion, and we create the world around us with our mind. But what if fear were the dominating factor of our creation. What kind of world would we live in? With what horrors would we have to contend? If we create a story so ghastly and shocking, will it come true? Does it become reality?

I wonder as I write, if perhaps by creating fear and terror, I am opening the flood gates to something that is better left alone—like Pandora’s Box, terrible and harmful to all life. How deep do our fears run? How much unimaginable horror can the mind imagine?

I wonder as I write, where my muse comes up with all this stuff. There are things I’ve thought about that are so horrendous that just the thought alone feels me with dread and foreboding.

But what if I were to write it? How would others perceive me? Will they think I am evil, or insane? Will I lose friends and loved ones because of it? My imagination scares me—if people only knew, they’d be frightened too. They’d be terrified.

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Another descended, landing in his thick, dark hair with a snap! Like someone drove a hot iron poker into his head, the lightning bug burned all the way to his skull. The smell of burning flesh, his burning flesh, filled his nostrils, and he darted from wall to wall like a mouse in a box.

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She noticed the sharp smell of copper in the air. There was blood on her hands. At first she thought she was cut, finding no wounds, she was sure of what had happened. He had followed through with the plan. His wife’s body was gone and blood painted the walls and bed. But she wondered how her own body had been covered in it.

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Using his passkey, he unlocked the door and threw it open, then rushed to the woman’s bedside. Bending down, he shined the light under the bed. “Miss Grange?” He looked at her face. Absolute terror gripped him. Two gaping holes looked back at him, bloody and crudely gouged out where her eyes used to be. Tony fell back startled and dropped the flashlight. It exploded with the impact, batteries rolling across the floor, leaving him in total dark.

 
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