tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post1747718549279594973..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: Like a Hollowed-Out Tombstonebill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-58861467859679549522015-03-18T07:03:06.941-04:002015-03-18T07:03:06.941-04:00I've never been big on fiction specifically ai...I've never been big on fiction specifically aimed at younger readers, but in my experience the best horror tales written for kids surpass most of the supposedly adult-oriented horror fiction I've come across since, at least in terms of having a lingering unsettling impact. With admirable directness and deceptive simplicity of style, they often went right to the heart of horror--ordinary people, usually kids themselves, suddenly faced with awful, generally inexplicable fates from out of the blue--without any of the clumsy exposition or cloying morality that adult-aimed horror can usually count among its failings.<br /><br />Of course, I'm sure that the worst fiction aimed at the young is probably weak, condescending, preachy garbage that wouldn't upset the most timid. But then I've noticed that's also unfortunately true of a lot of what passes for adult horror fiction.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-49598320382080143272015-03-17T17:54:57.070-04:002015-03-17T17:54:57.070-04:00Westall mostly wrote for children but ANTIQUE DUST...Westall mostly wrote for children but ANTIQUE DUST was aimed at adults. Also if my description makes this sound whimsical, then that was a mistake on my part. bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-67577326222715107022015-03-17T14:16:37.884-04:002015-03-17T14:16:37.884-04:00This all sounds too polite and whimsical for my li...This all sounds too polite and whimsical for my liking. The "YA" designation is hardly an excuse for watered-down creepiness, some of my favorite images from horror stories came out of school libraries. See if you can get your hands on a copy of this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Headless-Roommate-Other-Tales-Terror/dp/0553246283/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=" rel="nofollow">The Headless Roommate and Other Tales of Terror</a><br /><br />And I'm sure there are plenty more fine examples of that sort of thing done right.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.com