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Stories with a monster
Horror fiction is most quickly described as “stories with a monster.”
Some of us write what is often referred to as genre fiction, and some actively resist such labels.
I tend to neither write nor read “horror.” But I remember—clearly—reading that definition years ago, and even my “no horror, please” mind was piqued, and images and sensations began to come. So did a few stories, and a shift in my thinking.
Monsters can take many shapes, sizes, qualities. Monsters are within and without; monsters might live in a short story or long, or hide between the lines of a poem.
A monster might be the answer to a hole in a story you are working on right now. Or maybe it’s already in your words, waiting for recognition, wondering What are you going to do with me now?