How do you scare a little 82-year-old lady?
Have her read my manuscript, AZAEL’S LOT.
And why would I scare this little old lady?
Because she asked for it! I swear she did!
OK, OK……
I failed to mention it was a horror story…
A dark religious horror story.
And yeah, yeah I know…
What in the hell kind of genre is that, right?
But that’s the best genre it fits into.
Well, the little old lady is my neighbor, Harriet.
If you remember from previous posts…
Harriet read my current manuscript…
IS IT NOW YET? - .humorous women’s fiction...
And we frequently discuss books we’re reading.
So there we were a few weeks ago...
On her stoop talking books again…
And somehow we got on the subject of Jewish lore…
The Pseudepigrapha, and other ancient writings…
And that’s when I told her that my manuscript...
AZAEL’S LOT, includes all of that.
“Oh, I’d love to read it, Leigh.”
So I printed off the whole enchilada…
And gave it to her before I left for Mexico a few weeks ago.
Then, just yesterday Harriet called…
“Oh, Leigh! I couldn’t finish reading your manuscript…
All the blood! The filthy rituals! What those witches did
to that boy! I just didn’t want those visions in my head.
I was afraid of getting nightmares. I’m sorry. I thought
the story was about angels, not witches, demons and Satan.”
“But there is a redeeming factor in the end, Harriet.”
“Sorry dear, I just can’t read anymore.”
So?
That fact that I scared Harriet…
Is that a good thing?
After all, horror is meant to scare…
And it's not like she's never read about kids getting killled...
She read the HUNGER GAMES trilogy...
Or, am I a stooper...the lowest of the low?
And...
Have any suggestions of a genre...
That's better than dark religious fiction?
Always, Em-Musing
