One of these things is not like the other one
I’ve just completed the first draft of a new short story, called ‘So hard to find good help’. It’s a vampire story, of course. The trouble is, it started out as a comic horror story, and ended up a gruesome little drama. In the rewrite I will have to find a way to make it sit as a drama, and then change the name. Or maybe I can up the humour, and keep the title. It’s a bit frustrating when stories go and change their sub genre on you without your permission.
It’s fun writing short stories again, though. I haven’t done it in nearly 20 years. My first attempt at it after the long hiatus, a zombie story called ‘The Truth About Brains” was picked up by a Canadian anthology, ‘Best Zombie Tales” and will be published in volume 2 later this year. My current plan is to write another four or so short stories, on horror/humour themes to submit to an Australian small press. I’d really like to work with them, but I don’t really have very long before the deadline, so I’ll have to wait and see if I produce enough material that is good enough to submit to them.
I’m also trying to cover some of the horror monsters I haven’t dealt with yet. I have a werewolf and a mummy story in mind, and I am trying to pull together some ideas for a ghost story of some description. Though I did write a play that was a ghost story once, and perhaps it would lend itself to prose. Hmmm.
Ooooooh Mummy sounds interesting!
Actually, it will feature a *piece* of a mummy….
Still interested but may need to read during the daylight … I am such a wuss. The worst scene in Jurassic Park is the one with the limb (not the scary dinosaurs just the limb). Ughhhh
LOL. Well, I’ll let you know if it get done, and if it gets published, and you can let me know what you think then!
I have the perfect horror critter for you…a giant zombie spider.
damn, I hope I haven’t given myself nightmares for tonight!
Don’t know about you, but you might have given *me* nightmares. Wave hello to the arachnophobe.