tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post5710193745426901064..comments2023-10-25T03:45:03.077-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Watery Tart: Scared of the DarkHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-82249704757547550012011-10-26T09:18:50.038-04:002011-10-26T09:18:50.038-04:00Helena-OH! I imagine Ireland is full of haunted s...Helena-OH! I imagine Ireland is full of haunted stuff! Their lore certainly implies it.<br /><br />Clarissa-Yeah, I think the contrast adds, too... BEING in the dark with the light back there...<br /><br />Holly *giggles* I love squirrels. Even the evil ones.<br /><br />Johanna-murky lakes are one of those things I can talk myself into fearing, but I guess I grew up with them... (it is seaweed that really scares me--the stuff LURKING and GRABBING! <br /><br />Alex-well done!<br /><br />Krista-teehee... You win!<br /><br />Marie-ACK! I can't sleep now with any light. Though the dark can be disorienting. Too funny though, scaring yourself with something you're writing!Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-55928367597233770712011-10-26T00:18:40.912-04:002011-10-26T00:18:40.912-04:00I was terrified of the dark as a kid! I still have...I was terrified of the dark as a kid! I still have my moments, in fact. I was the annoying kid at sleepovers who had to have a nightlight on. I'm still the pain in the ass who has to have the bathroom light on in a hotel room when we travel. For me, it's the overactive imagination...that's why I generally can't read scary books or watch horror movies. I get myself all worked up, and it's just not pretty! I wrote a scary scene for a book once and even though I was writing it and knew what was going to happen, my heart was pounding...so yeah, I'll leave those types of books to the non-wusses lolSweetMarie83https://www.blogger.com/profile/12518239232924662332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-82536940117116903902011-10-25T23:50:18.263-04:002011-10-25T23:50:18.263-04:00Honestly, I slept with a light on in the hallway o...Honestly, I slept with a light on in the hallway or a nightlight (small Little Mermaid lamp) until a few months ago and I'm 22. The dark can be scary!Krista McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230770035490273428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-69434957352644444232011-10-25T16:21:01.753-04:002011-10-25T16:21:01.753-04:00In my next book, I left my characters in the dark ...In my next book, I left my characters in the dark as well!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-60373788509053946932011-10-25T16:03:37.827-04:002011-10-25T16:03:37.827-04:00absolutely! This is why I hate swimming in lakes ...absolutely! This is why I hate swimming in lakes where the water is murky...you just don't know what could be under there and the imagination is a powerful thing.Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-61498416862344886882011-10-25T14:26:52.490-04:002011-10-25T14:26:52.490-04:00You know squirrels are little demons, right? so, t...You know squirrels are little demons, right? so, that was pretty scary reading for me.Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539290964546504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-23620028109181444832011-10-25T13:32:30.509-04:002011-10-25T13:32:30.509-04:00You're right. Sometimes the thought of somethi...You're right. Sometimes the thought of something is worse than actually being faced with something. The suspense is what really keeps me reading. Creepy post. The dark photo at the top is really scary... and why? I don't know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-58818330014963859962011-10-25T12:45:35.748-04:002011-10-25T12:45:35.748-04:00My mother claims there was a haunted spot on the r...My mother claims there was a haunted spot on the road outside her Irish village. Whatever was there was evil and invisible, but on dark nights it terrified animals (people assumed animals could see it) and she herself had a couple frightening experiences there. But during the day, that same spot in the road was just fine and animals didn't freak. So I like to spook myself and believe that at night, ghosts have more power. So being afraid of the dark makes sense, right?Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-21447630411178947472011-10-25T11:32:54.127-04:002011-10-25T11:32:54.127-04:00Vic-While I can LOGICALLY know the unknown is good...Vic-While I can LOGICALLY know the unknown is good, MAN, I have trouble giving into that. I would often rather take a lesser choice that is a sure thing, just to have it KNOWN... maybe this explains it.<br /><br />Sarah-HA! A biological explanation that makes sense! And I think maybe short horror is something I could try. I can't normally do short, but I think that sounds like a fun challenge!<br /><br />Becky-I remember some of those--usually they had joke endings, but they sure worked us up, eh? <br /><br />Talli-HA! Older than me, even! I gave into the peer pressure and learned to live with the dark.<br /><br />Carol-I can see that--it really IS a scary beginning. King is a master of that.<br /><br />Michael-Yes... I am four letter words personified. erm... teehee. I don't mind the spotlight, so long as I don't have to do anything intelligent in it...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-35425003407950767892011-10-25T11:14:12.361-04:002011-10-25T11:14:12.361-04:00Hart, Tart, Dark...you are a fan of four letter wo...Hart, Tart, Dark...you are a fan of four letter words aren't you?<br /><br />I used to be scared of the dark, until I realized that the dark was soothing. Now the light is what I shy away from.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-64302802521569355362011-10-25T10:32:17.964-04:002011-10-25T10:32:17.964-04:00I totally agree with this scaring by omission tact...I totally agree with this scaring by omission tact.<br /><br />IT. I closed it on page six because I was too scared to continue. I still feel creepy just thinking about those six pages.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-58892979154454583642011-10-25T10:20:59.124-04:002011-10-25T10:20:59.124-04:00I am very very VERY scared. :)
I hated the dark, ...I am very very VERY scared. :)<br /><br />I hated the dark, too. I used to sleep with a light on until I was about sixteen. No joke!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-61994929688212748882011-10-25T09:56:59.567-04:002011-10-25T09:56:59.567-04:00Repetition is totally scary. There was a ghost sto...Repetition is totally scary. There was a ghost story I heard once with a little girl in bed, and a disembodied voice she heard getting closer and closer. "Mary, I am coming up the stairs. Mary, I am on the first step. Mary, I am on the second step." It went on in that vein until, naturally, it ended with "Mary, I'm RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!" When the repeated phrase ups the tension every time you hear it, that's the best.Becky Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891727235981320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-73672395415770131352011-10-25T09:42:42.366-04:002011-10-25T09:42:42.366-04:00i write a lot of horror. It's super fun and i&...i write a lot of horror. It's super fun and i'm always surprised more people don't because it's so perfect for short stories.<br />Anyway, of course you were afraid of the dark. It's instinctual. Humans have crap night vision and things used to eat us in the night.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-86793311457871755412011-10-25T09:13:29.979-04:002011-10-25T09:13:29.979-04:00yes! the unknown is key!
i suspect for an indiv...yes! the unknown is key! <br />i suspect for an individual who is a master puzzler- who finds comfort in their ability to solve it, prove it, define it- that the inability to do that, to make sense of the world would be the scariest!<br /><br />for me, i truly believe that i can't ever truly figure out the mysteries of the world. that there is just SO MUCH out there, so much detail and laws of physics and mathematics, and the possibility of such things breaking, that all is unknown.<br /><br />and unknown can be positive as well as negative.<br />known negatives are the scariest for me. like you said, murderers- john wayne gacy. gritty reality inadequately guised as something innocuous... hence my terror of clown and crowds! :)vic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-46642535492502444842011-10-25T08:20:55.970-04:002011-10-25T08:20:55.970-04:00Al-the Beast of Caer Bannog is fierce indeed! teeh...Al-the Beast of Caer Bannog is fierce indeed! teehee<br /><br />Sue-HA! beautiful! Evil cows! MOO!<br /><br />Jenny-isn't he? teehee<br /><br />Teresa-thank you!<br /><br />Mary-it's true--some scary stuff... especially under BRIGHT WHITES... *cues mad scientist lab*Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-1243127452697149162011-10-25T07:51:10.260-04:002011-10-25T07:51:10.260-04:00We expect to be frightened by the dark but what ab...We expect to be frightened by the dark but what about the terrors of the the light.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-70967431730470851702011-10-25T07:42:02.039-04:002011-10-25T07:42:02.039-04:00Great post. The dark is full of all kinds of thing...Great post. The dark is full of all kinds of things--good story stuff.T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-78272211090843067872011-10-25T07:27:56.467-04:002011-10-25T07:27:56.467-04:00Yikes!!!! I'm seriously NAKEDly scared! :-)
A...Yikes!!!! I'm seriously NAKEDly scared! :-)<br /><br />Awwww but devil skwerl is too cute!<br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-11470985078870060962011-10-25T05:53:11.146-04:002011-10-25T05:53:11.146-04:00I probably shouldn't have read this when I'...I probably shouldn't have read this when I'm tired. I read that as killer cows - possibly just a little less frightening than killer squirrels? Not sure how that would rate c/f a Python bunny.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-40832552426305735432011-10-25T03:48:49.856-04:002011-10-25T03:48:49.856-04:00Killer squirrels sound nearly as dangerous as the ...Killer squirrels sound nearly as dangerous as the killer bunny in Monty PythonAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.com