Author Archives: LittleHopOfHorrors

‘Given the problems of defining horror, trying to catalogue everything that falls within that definition is an impossible task.’[1] ‘Horror fiction can be categorized as a Gothic tale, science fiction, or physiological horror’[2] there are further categories that horror can be broken into such as ‘horror of the demonic, horror of the Armageddon, and theContinue reading “The Nature of Horror”

Location within horror fiction is undoubtedly important. Location serves as a tool to create atmosphere and can be used as a way for the writer to convey emotion and theme without it coming straight from the psyche of the protagonist. This can be achieved, for example, with pathetic fallacy: using weather to indicate mood orContinue reading “Horror and Location”