Sandy Skoglund’s images are so creepy because she actually made all of those foxes and created a real scene for her photographs. They look so real and fake at the same time. Her choice of color adds to the surrealism. She’s done many images like this such as green cats and swarming squirrels. If you’reContinue reading “#Writober Day 21: Invasion of Red Foxes”
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#Writober Day 20: The Darwin Pool
This guy looks like something that crawled out of The Darwin Pool. The Darwin Pool is what my friend and I call a tide pool at the ocean with weird looking sea life in it, like an albino tadpole looking thing or a creepy piranha with legs like our friend in the picture. So howContinue reading “#Writober Day 20: The Darwin Pool”
#Writober Day 19: The Blob
When this thing fist appeared on the ramp, I could not get my head around what it could possibly be. When I walked up to it, I thought it was a horrifying clump of eggs. But then I did some research. It is a colony of pectinatella magnifica. I wrote a post back in 2015Continue reading “#Writober Day 19: The Blob”
#Writober Day 18: The Uni-Pega-Monkey
Of course, this image makes me think of The Wizard of Oz, the most horrifying nightmare of them all, pushed on young children as some joyous fantasy. Tornadoes and Kansas are real, you crazy adults! But this monkey is even worse than what that every-holiday haunting movie professes. This monkey is horned. Is it uniqueContinue reading “#Writober Day 18: The Uni-Pega-Monkey”
#Writober Day 16: Shiny, Shiny Lure
I love the concept of this image, a creature that evolved to trap its prey by appealing to their impulse to help someone. Kind of like the Ted Bundy of water monsters. This image makes me think of Jaws. It also makes me think of the angler fish in Finding Nemo. The monster looks likeContinue reading “#Writober Day 16: Shiny, Shiny Lure”
#Writober Day 15: The Hill Has An Eye
This image, as my title suggests, made me think of the horror classic The Hills Have Eyes. It also makes me think of the wonderful faux documentary Troll Hunter and that super creepy mind-altering underground man-eating mushroom X-files episode Field Trip (Season Six episode 21). How would your character or characters react to coming acrossContinue reading “#Writober Day 15: The Hill Has An Eye”
#Writober Day 11: Shoeless into the storm
This is such a great story image. I have so many questions. Why did this man rush out of the house in the night with only a candle. Why didn’t he put on shoes? How is that candle staying lit? You can see more of Teun Hocks‘s work in his books. #vss: very short storyContinue reading “#Writober Day 11: Shoeless into the storm”
#Writober Day 9: Mastering Destruction
Gregory Crewdson’s photographs are set up like movie scenes and meant to tell a story. If you would like to learn more about his work and techniques, there’s a great documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. What story do you see in this scene? Don’t forget #pessimisticmoustache! What isms would you use to describe the roomContinue reading “#Writober Day 9: Mastering Destruction”
More Fun Discoveries – #LitMag+ The Sequel
I received another acceptance letter this morning! The story I submitted to Speculative 66 called “The Scout” will be published April 6th. As I mentioned in previous posts, I enjoy writing challenges and having to write a story in such a small and specific word count is a great exercise. The story they areContinue reading “More Fun Discoveries – #LitMag+ The Sequel”
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