Are you looking for a home for a scary short story? Then head over to Inkitt. They've just launched their Dark Places contest. It goes something like this:
"You are in the darkest place in the world." Submit your blood-curdlers, spine-tinglers, skin-crawlers, and hair-raisers to Inkitt's free horror contest! Fiction from flash to 10,000 words is accepted. Receive the most votes to bump your entry into judging by the Inkitt staff." More Details.
I haven't read many truly, terrifying books. Curious to know what I'd been missing out on, I put this question to Twitter:
In honour of @inkitt's short story horror contest - I want to find out what novels, if any, made you want to sleep with the light on?!
— Emily Benet (@EmilyBenet) February 2, 2015
It wasn't long before the replies came in, with The Woman in Black proving a popular choice.
.@EmilyBenet Susan Hill's The Woman in Black, The Monk by Matthew G Lewis, & I've just read Rosemary's Baby Film good, book better! @Inkitt
— susan elliot wright (@sewelliot) February 2, 2015
Adding,
.@EmilyBenet I read The Woman in Black in one sitting while alone in my flat one (real) dark & stormy night. Nearly crapped myself! @Inkitt
— susan elliot wright (@sewelliot) February 2, 2015
Sounds like the TV version was just as hair raising,
@EmilyBenet @Inkitt The 1989 tv version is the scariest thing I've ever seen...even scarier than my legs in shorts.
— Steve Callaghan (@SPCalla) February 2, 2015
Other choices included
@sewelliot @EmilyBenet @Inkitt similarly The Turn Of The Screw ....can't even think nowadays or get spooked !
— Helen Stanton (@Helannsta) February 2, 2015
and good old Stephen King,
.@EmilyBenet I found the end of Stephen King's Pet Sematary absolutely terrifying.
— Rebecca Ferrier (@rmlferrier) February 2, 2015
As for me, I found The Uninvited made for unsettling reading... especially since it was late at night and I was all alone in my flat and my foot was sticking outside of the duvet, which is never a good feeling. And you? What's the most heart stopping, spine chilling book you have ever read?
2 comments:
Stephen King - The Gingerbread Girl - don't know why I didn't just stop reading I was so terrified.
Haha that made me laugh - do we continue reading even though we're scared because we are enjoying being scared?
... like eating chilli, painful but somehow enjoyable... Chilli isn't scary though... Do you like chili? I'll shutup now.
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