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Blogging as a medium for Lovecraftian horror stories
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.
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.