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@stephellis.bsky.social

#HorrorWritersChat I'm a fan of making the horror aspect appear normal to the protagonists. It's just what they do, how they've always lived (eg Tommy & Co in Five Turns world). The juxtaposition of apparent 'everyday-ness' with horror is jarring. Shirley Jackson did this perfectly in The Lottery.

Alexander Hay@alexanderhay.myatproto.social

What is a human world to a little mouse but horror? Q2: How do you make your horror stories horrible? Is it detail, emotion, pathos, fear or even comedy? Or something else? How do YOU make the punters quiver? #HorrorWritersChat

21/10/26, 6:25 pm10 reposts30 likes

Gree_

@greethewriter.bsky.social

The Lottery is such a terrifying piece of work. She's an incredible author 💝

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Shirley Jackson ❤️

What A Charming House

@whatacharminghouse.bsky.social

She really did. It's impossible to get more perfect than that.

Thea O'Ryan Files

@theaoryanfiles.bsky.social

Shirley Jackson was truly a master of the genera. However, having read some of her autobiographical work, her life was normalized horror. I think that's why she was so good at hiding the terrifying in the mundane.