Why must you mimic them?вЂќ вЂ• Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tearsвЂ•the wind howls. вЂњAnd now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. ItвЂ™s made by an animal, but attributing a howl to a subject thatвЂ™s not an animal sets an especially eerie mood. The word вЂњhowlвЂќ evokes a melancholy, pained cry. вЂњIf I didnвЂ™t look around it would not be true that somebody had opened the gate with the creaky hinges, and that is a wonderful principle for a man to get hold ofвЂ¦ What you donвЂ™t know donвЂ™t hurt you, for it ainвЂ™t real.вЂќ - Robert Penn Warren, All the KingвЂ™s Men: Restored Edition 8

вЂњCreakyвЂќ objects, like wooden floorboards in disrepair or a rusty swing, almost cry out in warning to the reader. вЂњThereвЂ™s nothing like a blood-curdling hymn to make you feel at home, thought Jean Louise.вЂќ - Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman 7Дescriptive words for sounds add layers to an already spooky writing project. It comes from the medieval idea that an excessive amount of fear can turn the blood cold and therefore curdle it. The word вЂњblood-curdlingвЂќ arouses terror and fear from the senses. Pettigood stood frozen gazing at the ransom letter, a spine-tingling draft billowed through the drawing room, as if bringing his awareness back from the clouds. The adjective вЂњspine-tinglingвЂќ can refer to a chilling, heart-thumping type of fright, but can also describe thrilling suspense about an unknown situation.ДЄs Mr. вЂњBut some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs overhanging murmuring seas, of plains that stretch down to sleeping cities of bronze and stone, and of shadowy companies of heroes that ride caparisoned white horses along the edges of thick forests and then we know that we have looked back through the ivory gates into that world of wonder which was ours before we were wise and unhappy.вЂќ вЂ•Howard Phillips Lovecraft 5ДЄlluding to the human anatomy in your writing conjures sensations of fear. Emerging from the supernatural, a phantasm might be seen so faintly, so momentarily, that its beholder questions the reality of the surrounding world. вЂњPhantasmвЂќ conjures a haunting image of an unnatural apparition. A few feet ahead, her eyes met the macabre playground of the dayвЂ™s crime scene. She turned the corner of the house and flinched as the smell of decaying flesh, rotten yet cold as iron, struck her nostrils. Nothing screams Halloween like the word вЂњmacabre,вЂќ which was derived from an Old French phrase that alludes to the вЂњdance of death.вЂќ Today, macabre acutely describes death in a grisly and gory fashion. I keep it in a jar on my desk.вЂќ - Robert Bloch, author of Psycho 3 вЂњDespite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy.

ItвЂ™s also a form of вЂњghoul,вЂќ a word derived from Arabic that means demonic being.

The word вЂњghoulishвЂќ describes grotesque or perverse characteristics that are frightening to the beholder. Quoth the Raven, вЂNevermore.вЂ™вЂќ -Edgar Allan Poe, вЂњThe RavenвЂќ 2 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the NightвЂ™s Plutonian shore!вЂ™ Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore. вЂњвЂThough thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,вЂ™ I said, вЂart sure no craven, ItвЂ™s reminiscent of the word вЂњghostвЂќ as if the subject is taking on a death-like pallor. The adjective вЂњghastlyвЂќ evokes a horrifying or terrifying sentiment about the noun itвЂ™s describing.

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