Week 11: Horror

All of Tomie, All of Uzumaki, and Shiver (a collection of shorter stories).

   Uzumaki I didn't like nearly as much as Tomie- and even Tomie paled in comparison to a few of the other short stories. Some of Ito's short stories are clearly directed at people with specific common phobias, such as multiple holes in a surface or skin. I really find this interesting because reading these pieces feels more like you're watching someone create a specific torture device for someone else. I don't have these phobias- but I know people who do, and I know that if they were to read this it would effect them in an extreme animalistic way.

   I think this feeling of fear where it seems deep rooted in your evolution- or something so intrinsic to your being that you can't ignore it and keeps you thinking about it long after you've put it down, is the highest skill level a horror writer/artist can have.  Its one thing to react to a dark situation- or a situation where you know how you should act, or others have acted- but some of these pieces are so simple and somehow gut wrenching.  You know you could walk by the thing in the maternity ward hallway- You know you should walk by the thing in the maternity ward hallway. But you also know, somewhere inside you, that it would be very difficult to do this.

https://imgur.com/gallery/mKjJE

if you don't know what I'm talking about, here is a link. This story is only 5 pages.

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