Blogging as a medium for Lovecraftian horror stories

[xiphias]

It starts here. And continues on LJ and Blogger

I don't want to say too much, before y'all read it, so I'll just put an LJ cut here.

Okay. The fundamental concept is silly. A house that eats people.

But, you know something? It's a FRICKIN SCARY STORY! And one of the reasons why -- one of the big reasons -- is how well the medium works for the story.

Lovecraft did a number of stories where the format was that these things were journals. And, somehow, blogging and Livejournals work even BETTER for that kind of horror. Because they're interactive.

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Spooky indeed. But yeah, having the buttons and the email and the familiar medium really does work.

[phantom_wolfboy]

It's good. Very, very spooky. I loved the LJ in particular. Spooky little story.