Hello! I (19F) have been writing for years and I wanted to branch into horror. But now I’m realizing all my attempts at horror branch into tragic more so than scary. (Of course, those too things can exist together, but I’m struggling with that) I think it might be because I don’t really read scary stories. I watch a lot of horror content, but translating that into a book is a lot harder (you can’t just add cheap jumpscares to a book).
Any book suggestions?
I’m a fan of folklore, folk-horror, absurdist horror, things like that. Think the movie The Ritual (2017) or The VVitch (2015) for movies or Still Wakes the Deep for video games. Things in that general brand of Horror.
by Hell-Saint7w7