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Hello, and welcome to the public discussion forum of Fantastic Horror. The topic of this thread is "Life Of Its Own" by Alec Kowalczyk, featured in Issue #2.

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If you haven't read the poem yet, STOP RIGHT HERE and go read it!! This discussion may contain spoilers. At the end of the poem, you'll find a link back to this thread.
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« Reply #1 on Aug 11, 2007, 7:18pm »		[Quote]

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Re: "Life Of Its Own" by Alec Kowalczyk
« Reply #2 on Aug 14, 2007, 12:57pm »		[Quote]
this poem is effective in a horror context without being overtly scary. it draws most of its visual energy from the reader's imagination.

when i read this poem i don't put myself there in the attic, because my presence would ruin the mood. i'd be stirring dust in the beams of light, or hearing myself breathe or something. see, my idea of this poem is that the scene isn't being witnessed by anyone. maybe these shadows are excited out of nothingness only when nobody is there to deny them.

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Re: "Life Of Its Own" by Alec Kowalczyk
« Reply #3 on Mar 6, 2008, 4:13pm »		[Quote]
Tonight, I came across this. I have no idea whether Kowalczyk has read it.

There is something fatal about a portrait. It has a life of its own.
--The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde
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« Reply #4 on May 22, 2008, 8:29am »		[Quote]
Excellent!

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