So I am writing something of a creepy sci-fi short story in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft, and similarly to how he frames his stories inside of reports and letters, I want to write the story in what appears to be a published journal article, citations and all.
I was wondering, do you think I should add an abstract? Because on the one hand a "scary story" does not lend itself well to being summarized before it even begins, especially when the point of the format is to establish a sense of credibility early on before getting to the more outlandish aspects of the story, but on the other hand I might be able to use the abstract as something of an attention grabber to draw the reader in immediately, and add some amount of tension to the intentionally dry beginning.
Just remember what makes Lovecraft work isn't the framing exactly it's how he manages to write a mostly first-person account and yet make the reader know more about what is going on than the narrator. And (almost) never show the monster.
Luckily I won't have the issue with showing the monster because there's not really a monster. The story is basically about a mysterious object and over the course of the paper the researcher has some revelations about it. And while I will give some amount of unreliable explanation of why events have occurred (the researcher's theories) and thus take away from the imagination, it's not really a horror story as much as it's a creepy story. It's not supposed to scare you, just kind of make you feel unease.
Winky don't directly reference anything in the abstract. It should read like an ordinary abstract and maybe imply some odd results.
Yeah, I was thinking it'd be something like this, in a "after reviewing this material we suggest a drastic revision to the prevailing understanding of this phenomenon" kind of way. Of course, this makes it a shitty abstract, but a better story!
haha two teenagers were fucking around with me when i walked tumbles
i swear
the 'stare at my dog' guy and the 'blame me for him almost running me over' guy and now the 'taunt someone and try to sound threatening when they're walking their dog' teens...
i'm going to have to beat the shit out of someone in my neighborhood for this to stop i guess.
Don't you OC?
I figure that would cut down on the BS thug-lyfe wanna bes talking crap.
Probably don't wanna bring a gun into the equation unless you must.
Wow. Just found out that Ben Starr from the second season of MasterChef has actually started making youtube videos on cooking. He just taught me how to grill lobster.
So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.
So we get stiff once in a while. So we have a little fun. What’s wrong with that? This is a free country, isn’t it? I can take my panda any place I want to. And if I wanna buy it a drink, that’s my business.
haha two teenagers were fucking around with me when i walked tumbles
i swear
the 'stare at my dog' guy and the 'blame me for him almost running me over' guy and now the 'taunt someone and try to sound threatening when they're walking their dog' teens...
i'm going to have to beat the shit out of someone in my neighborhood for this to stop i guess.
Don't you OC?
I figure that would cut down on the BS thug-lyfe wanna bes talking crap.
i CC, now.
but honestly in my neighborhood now (versus my old one) it's less 'thug life' guys and more like, insecure middle aged dudes. this is the first time i've had real problems with someone near my age. normally it's like, late 30s, early 40s (or older) dude puffing out his chest. i am going to end up breaking a fucking hip.
haha two teenagers were fucking around with me when i walked tumbles
i swear
the 'stare at my dog' guy and the 'blame me for him almost running me over' guy and now the 'taunt someone and try to sound threatening when they're walking their dog' teens...
i'm going to have to beat the shit out of someone in my neighborhood for this to stop i guess.
Don't you OC?
I figure that would cut down on the BS thug-lyfe wanna bes talking crap.
i CC, now.
but honestly in my neighborhood now (versus my old one) it's less 'thug life' guys and more like, insecure middle aged dudes. this is the first time i've had real problems with someone near my age. normally it's like, late 30s, early 40s (or older) dude puffing out his chest. i am going to end up breaking a fucking hip.
what the hell, man. I've never had anyone try to start shit with me while I walk Gus. I just have people rushing up to me to tell me how beautiful he is or they ask for directions and whatnot, because of my wise demeanor.
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Luckily I won't have the issue with showing the monster because there's not really a monster. The story is basically about a mysterious object and over the course of the paper the researcher has some revelations about it. And while I will give some amount of unreliable explanation of why events have occurred (the researcher's theories) and thus take away from the imagination, it's not really a horror story as much as it's a creepy story. It's not supposed to scare you, just kind of make you feel unease.
Yeah, I was thinking it'd be something like this, in a "after reviewing this material we suggest a drastic revision to the prevailing understanding of this phenomenon" kind of way. Of course, this makes it a shitty abstract, but a better story!
Probably don't wanna bring a gun into the equation unless you must.
Ladies.
Aw hell naw, them's fightin words!
I challenge you to a sauna-off, and you're gonna end up dried out like a bad casserole!
--LeVar Burton
dried.... out. In a sauna.
Would you go up and start talking crap to someone who has a gun on their hip?
I know I wouldn't.
That's what I meant by the question.
You so bad at a sauna-off you dry out in a steam room.
Yeah. More dried out than me. Cause I'm more manly than you. Bitch!
--LeVar Burton
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I would be happy with a spa actually.
i CC, now.
but honestly in my neighborhood now (versus my old one) it's less 'thug life' guys and more like, insecure middle aged dudes. this is the first time i've had real problems with someone near my age. normally it's like, late 30s, early 40s (or older) dude puffing out his chest. i am going to end up breaking a fucking hip.
Psh, that shit don't scare me! You Europeans only wash like twice a year anyway!
--LeVar Burton
that is terrible. find a better BJJ tattoo.
how the shit do you even dry out in a sauna?
what kind of horrible sauna do you have?
i love skeet skeeting on tattoos
I keep forgetting JMS was involved.
On to Iron Man.