I'm feeling some Graham Greene echoes with this one, and quite fitting for the season. For Him You Slaughter feels a little Lewis-y in a good way. Cool to be able to recognize your literary influences without them taking over your own voice.
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I think The Destructors was definitely in my mind when I wrote this, but Boo Radley has to be the biggest influence here. Funny you mention the great G. Greene, since I'm planning to write an article about his spiritual horror stories soon.
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Ah, that makes a lot of sense! I've got the recency bias from having read Greene over the last month and having gone several years without reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
I liked this seasonal 'spook' piece. It was on the literary end of the genre, kind of like "The Turn of the Screw." I thought the prose and the dialogue really elevated it.
I'm feeling some Graham Greene echoes with this one, and quite fitting for the season. For Him You Slaughter feels a little Lewis-y in a good way. Cool to be able to recognize your literary influences without them taking over your own voice.
For whatever reason, For Him You Slaughter only allows comments from paid subscribers? Not sure if that was intentional or not. Keep up the good stuff, looking forward to your Thanksgiving short story
I think The Destructors was definitely in my mind when I wrote this, but Boo Radley has to be the biggest influence here. Funny you mention the great G. Greene, since I'm planning to write an article about his spiritual horror stories soon.
For Him You Slaughter was a paid post going out to my one (1) paid subscriber (love you, Thomas Ebersole, if you're seeing this)! And that only allows for paid subscribers to comment, unfortunately!
Ah, that makes a lot of sense! I've got the recency bias from having read Greene over the last month and having gone several years without reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
And, what a chad Mr. Ebersole is
I liked this seasonal 'spook' piece. It was on the literary end of the genre, kind of like "The Turn of the Screw." I thought the prose and the dialogue really elevated it.
Spoopy!