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"The Carving" by Ron Wright
« Thread Started on Feb 15, 2008, 8:12am »

Hello, and welcome to the public discussion forum of Fantastic Horror. The topic of this thread is "The Carving" by Ronald E. Wright, featured in Issue #6.

Writers and artists love to get feedback, especially when it's thoughtful and constructive. Please take a moment to share your thoughts, and help keep the Fantastic Horror community alive!

If you haven't read the story yet, STOP RIGHT HERE and go read it!! This discussion may contain spoilers. At the end of the story, you'll find a link back to this thread.

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Re: "The Carving" by Ron Wright
« Reply #1 on Jun 4, 2008, 3:42am »

Sometimes, the best titles for stories are short and simple. Horror fiction writer Bentley Little generally goes with the word "The" and one other word. In this case, the other word for me was "Carving."

Halloween and carving. The Carving. Yeah. Conjure up a mind image or two?

That simple, two word title resulted in a flood of mind images for me, and away I went. Writing happens that way, sometimes.

While I cannot say the story is entirely unique (what ones are, nowadays?), I can say that the ending has a creepy, "Ramsey Campbellish " feel that I love to pass on to horror lovers.

So with that in mind, I tip my hat to famous writers Dean Koontz (whose tale "The Black Pumpkin" no doubt had some subconscious influence on this bit), Stephen King, David Morrell, and of course, Ramsey Campbell. Those gents leave you with that "oh, wow, queasy feeling in your gut" when they get it right. Thanks a million for the memories, guys.

It is my sincere hope that I leave you with a bit of that nasty feeling, myself.

Ron Wright

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