So I find that even though I feel like we've read scarier things and I didn't think it was scary at the time, the one thing that has stuck with me and continues to creep me out is the scence from "The Haunting of Hill House" when Eleanor thinks she's holding Theo's hand and she isn't. I'm not sure why this one detail is the thing that my mind has decided needed to be retained over stuff like the creepy monster in the window or the scary old man sitting in an old chair, but it has. I've even begun to keep my hands under my blankets or pillow when I sleep...haha.
Does anyone else have one thing that has stuck out in their minds as scary? How have you reacted to it? Any nightmares or whatnot?
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No nightmares that I can remember, but reading "Prey" before bed was a bad idea because I almost always have several stuffed animals (mostly puppies) in my bed with me. The monster thing posted below (I would scroll down to refresh my memory on who posted it but then I'd have to look at it again, which I would not like to do) kept me awake for a while last night. And, truthfully, the class ghost stories--seeing an object moving all of a sudden (trash can lid) or the feeling that something is stepping up onto the bed with you--have REALLY spooked me. ><;; Because y'all aren't fiction writers, you're real people, and they're your stories.
The monster in "Monster" stuck with me for a night or two mostly because I read it at like 3am but also cause the monster was so delightfully creepy. I mean holding a conversation with a boy who is surrounded by his half eaten peers, and being nice and funny while also having a very threatening undertone was awesome yet scary. It was if he was saying I could eat you if I wanted and you could do nothing to stop it. That feeling of powerlessness is one of the things that scared me most about that monster.
I don't want to give away any spoilers for The Shadow Year so don't read this if you don't want to know what's in it.....
The bad guy in The Shadow Year, Mr. White, freaked me out so badly I had to call my boyfriend at 2 am when I finished it to talk me down. This scared me so thoroughly I think because I could see this man being real. I could see him living in my neighborhood. People scare me much more than monsters because they are real, tangible. What he was doing could happen and does happen and that freaked me out the most.
At first, I was easily spooked when at home (its the first time I've ever lived totally by myself, every other semester I have had at least a roommate).
But I quickly adapted and haven't found things to be all that frightening lately. Most of our stories seem to be "maybe he/she is crazy, or maybe its real." Which does not inspire fear in me because I feel it is a personal issue and it is only scary in that person's shoes.
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