How's it going lurkers? Is it just me, or does today's gif look creepy? Staring at the illustration of those hands typing and the texture of the hands somewhat make my skin crawl.
It appears that I managed to creep myself out.
Since I write New Adult Psychological Horror, Crime, and Psychological Thriller Short Stories, it would only be fitting to have a creepy-looking gif to help set the tone for this blog.
Recently, I realized that I never published a character list for any of my short stories.
You already know that I self-built my Horror/Thriller page with excerpts of my short stories and that I published blogs explaining about some of them. However, I have NEVER published a character list on here. At least, not to my recollection.
Before publishing today's blog, listing the characters for my Flash Fiction piece, "Across The Street" was impossible.
How? How could I?
Feeling stumped, how could I POSSIBLY create a character list for the preceding Horror Flash Fiction piece that I originally wrote in 2005?
When I originally wrote the story, it was titled "Dolls" and mostly in homage to Octavio Paz's "The Blue Bouquet."
At the time, it was astonishing to witness that my Creative Writing Professor enjoyed my horrifying version of the late author's Flash Fiction piece.
In "Across The Street," the characters are nameless. A young, female author is the narrator.
After taking a break from writing on a dark and stormy night with torrential downpours, she goes to bed and begins to have what are called, "false awakenings."
False awakenings are dreams within a dream.
In this particular situation, the narrator's dreams are nightmares within a nightmare.
Hearing a monstrous thunderclap and a domestic disturbance from across the street break her nightmare.
Being an interloper, the narrator walks across the street to her neighbors' house only to discover a domestic murder.
The husband's mutilated corpse is found propped on the floor by the narrator, inside the garage, after he attempted to rape his deranged wife. The narrator is soon held hostage by the widow.
Aside from "Across The Street," the characters in my other short stories can be viewed as darker as well as more depraved and sadistic than in the preceding piece.
Some feedback was given about the characters in "Maliciousness," "The Bill Collector," and "Psycho Vs. Psycho," over the last year or 2.
I always considered those 3 short stories to be a "short story trilogy." According to a writing coach, "Maliciousness," "The Bill Collector," and "Psycho Vs. Psycho" would be considered a so-called "novel-in-short story."
So, why is that?
Well, all 3 short stories read like a fast pace novel and have the same recurring characters.
Anyway, here are the lists of all the characters found in "Maliciousness," "The Bill Collector," and "Psycho Vs. Psycho."
Part 1: "Maliciousness" Character List
Terry- 1st person narrator/bully explaining about his 1-sided friendship with Alice
Alice- Victim with a past vendetta against Terry, Tiffany, Carrie, Drew, and Michael
Tiffany- Terry's ex-girlfriend, who he cheated on with Carrie
Carrie- Terry's former friend/one night stand
Drew- Terry's former friend and Carrie's ex-boyfriend, who she cheated on with Terry
Michael- Terry's former high school jock best friend and Alice's scumbag crush/prom date
Part 2: "The Bill Collector" Character List
Alice- 21-year-old petite, chunky blonde protagonist, who somewhat resembles Britney Spears and is a Capricorn
Damon- Alice's recently unemployed live-in boyfriend, who could pass as LL Cool J's young doppelganger and spoils her with expensive birthday gifts
Alexis- Alice's feisty, Rottweiler/Doberman Pinscher mutt that Damon buys as Alice's birthday present
Greg- Somewhat resembles actor/voice actor Seth Green and is Americana's clerk and a love-struck stalker with jaw dropping secrets
Gwendalyn- Americana's clerk and Greg's co-worker, who helps Alice and Damon with Alice's 21st birthday present
Part 3: "She's Their Obsession" Character List
Alice- 21-year-old protagonist being objectified and stalked by 3 scumbags
Damon- Alice's unemployed, live-in boyfriend, who rushes to her rescue with Alexis
Alexis- Alice's feisty, Rottweiler/Doberman Pinscher that Damon bought her as a birthday gift
Greg- Americana's clerk, Gwendalyn's co-worker, and a love-struck stalker going under the guise of "Larry" with jaw dropping secrets
Michael- Terry's former jock best friend and Alice's antagonistic, deranged, scumbag crush/prom date from the past
Tony Sausalito- Sleazy, opportunistic, Spanish American, security guard at the gas station, who is titillated by Alice
The preceding character lists are only lists for 3 of my 6 short stories. Have any thoughts regarding these 3 character lists? If so, let me know what you think!
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