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GOTHIC HORROR.           gaslights.   corsets.   ballrooms.   candlelight.    MIST.   starless nights.   full moons.   cobbled streets.   horse-drawn carriages.   mysterious strangers.   bogs.    moors.   forests.   mountains.   castles.   velvet.   silver.   brass.   gold.   jewels.   domino masks.   the opera.   dangerous romances.   tragic romances.   VIOLINS.   roses.   lilies.   empty graves.   crosses.   cemeteries.   snow.   ice.   THE GALLOWS.   crows.   milk-white skin.   ambiguous illness.   fangs.   pointed nails.   something howling in the night.   CAPES.   gloves.   TOP HATS.   straight razors.   lightning.   pipe organs.   underground caverns.   bats.   mice.   rats.   ravens.   cats.   pearls.   attics.   talismans.   axes.   wood.   isolation in a room full of people.   vampires.   werewolves.   GHOSTS.   coffins.   western europe.   eastern europe.   bones.   churches.   catacombs.   mausoleums.   books.

CLASSIC HORROR.      black and white.   powder puffs.   red lipstick.   winged eyeliner.   white kitten heels.   black lace lingerie.   icy blue eyes.   rain.   abandoned cars.   skeletons.   acid.   poison.  voyeurism.   switchblades.   strangling.   overcoats.   looking over your shoulder.   trans-atlantic accents.  private detectives.  dinner parties.  haunted mansions.   alcohol in glass decanters.  cobwebs.   perfect blonde curls.   kitchen knives.   shock.   cellars.   dust.   GHOSTS.   dark alleys.   empty streets.   driving at night.   horn-rimmed glasses. radiation.  zombies.   serial murder.   suspicion.  paranoia.  the city.  witches.   the devil.  cannibalism.   conspiracies.   amulets.   abject terror.   the american south.   the american northeast.   ENGLAND.   analog cameras.

SLASHERS.     bloodbaths.   massacres.   wanton nudity.   newspapers.   leather jackets.   letterman jackets.   converse sneakers.   obscured faces.   social unrest.   bonfires.   lakes.   babysitters.   suburbia.   high school.  lockers.  dead leaves in the fall.  jack-o’-lanterns.  outdated television sets.  nightmares.  psychiatrists.   hospitals.  unstoppable forces.   gunfire.   police.   landline telephones.  household objects turned into improvised weapons.   HALLOWEEN.   secrets.   revelations.   character masks.   scrunchies.   queerness.   wild curls.   jeering children.   parties.   fire.   swearing.   revulsion.   california.   the american midwest.   ambulances.

PARANORMAL HORROR.      malevolent spirits.   seances.   spells.   missing bodies.   hidden graves.   white noise.   static.    flickering lights.   rings of salt.   DEMONS.   poltergeists.   dark histories.   old buildings.   cold air.    mausoleums.   wells.   urban exploration.   a dog barking at something you can’t see.   black ooze.   old photographs.   faces you can swear you’ve seen before but can’t for the life of you figure out where.   dark bodies of water.   crucifixes.   priests.   possession.   exorcisms.   dolls.

CRYPTID  &  URBAN LEGEND HORROR.     aliens.   blinding light.   dark woods.  driving at night.   claw-marks.   bite-marks.   men in black.   memory loss.   dismembered bodies.   sewers.  flashlights.   cell phones.   video cameras.   cars with tinted windows.   unlabeled cassette tapes.  bugs.   big cities.    urban crimes.   clowns.   something rustling outside your window.   glowing light.  unsolved mysteries.  suburbia.   mirrors.   the american pacific northwest.   the american midwest.   hiking / backpacking.

          finding solace in this after-life was a rarity.   he would not come to waste it without rational cause.   even so ... the near muted voice   (   which called to him incessantly   )   would find it’s way through the silence once more.         ‹‹   SOMETHING IS CLOSE   ...   SOMETHING IS CLOSE.   ››          and something was indeed close.    a mere stride away from his current position stood a lithe silhouette.   and as the demon prattled on in the periphery of his mind,   he took it upon himself to fill the silence.

             ❛     creature of the night,  your story is a sad one.   were it my choice,   i would seek to free you from this nightmarish existence.   ————   rest assured,   you will find no strife with us.     ❜

      HE STANDS IDLY BY,    awaiting acknowledgement.   time was,  he’d have introduced himself by now.   but witches were  ...  paranoid creatures  -  highly territorial.   as he paused,   the demon’s whispers grew hushed,  as though it was waiting   ...   but for what,   edward could not say.   he would need to proceed carefully. there were souls in and around the area whose voices called out in their echoed torment,  and he did not desire to meet them.