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Horror/Scary: December 14, 2016 Issue [#8024]

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Horror/Scary


 This week: Things that go bump in the night
  Edited by: Arakun the Twisted Raccoon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Quote for the week:
"From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!"
~Traditional Scottish prayer


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Letter from the editor

Imagine you are alone in the house, lying in bed, just about to drift off to sleep, when you hear a thump from the hallway. You dismiss it as your imagination. Then you hear it again and again, louder each time. Someone is out there! You sit up in bed, all the possibilities rushing through your mind, each one worse than the last.

"Who's there?" you call, but of course, nobody answers. You reach for the phone to call the police, but there is no signal. Paralyzed with fear, you see the doorknob turn, and... (You finish it!)

Many of the sounds we hear at night are there during the day too, but we don't notice them. They are covered by the sounds of daytime, such as conversations, the television, music, and traffic in the street. At night, when the daytime sounds disappear, there is nothing to cover the creaks and groans all buildings make from time to time, especially old ones.

When you are alone in the dark, any sound can frighten you, especially if you have a good imagination. A branch scratching the window becomes the claw of a demon. The wind becomes the moan of a ghost. The sound of an electric heater turning on and off becomes three spooky organ notes. The last one actually happened to me as a kid, when I spent the night with a friend who lived in an old farmhouse.

Sometimes the frightening noise actually turns out to be nothing. A cat (or cat equivalent) that yowls and scares the main character, only to lull the reader into a false sense of security before the real horror jumps out has become a cliche in horror stories. An interesting twist on this type of fake scare might be to have what appears to be a harmless sound actually be something evil.

Something to try: Write a horror story that involves scary sounds in the night.


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