Comments on: Upon The Nature Of Horror https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:42:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Bill Cahill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489616 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:42:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489616 Bravo! Bravo!!

An agonistic invitation to probe through the mind of the Gentle Author, with my horrificically ragged and blackened fingernails pulling apart the soft tissues of gruesome memory!

BWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Happy Halloween, my chicks!

Happy Halloween.

AHHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489588 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:41:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489588 My childhood was plagued with nightmare dreams. And I thought it was only me!

]]> By: Adrienne Roche https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489564 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:36:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489564 Excellent writing on the power of the imagination, our imagination. Brilliantly hair raising. More than enough for me, this ‘season’ of horror. Thank you GA!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489555 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:55:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489555 I will always associate Halloween with a special personal landmark: my first kiss.
Our gang of neighborhood kids had concluded our evening of carousing and candy-collecting.
I felt restless and adventurous, and decided to follow the path up through the woods behind our house, to the nearby cemetery. During daytime hours, this was a favorite place to walk, sit, sketch, dream. I had never visited there during the nighttime hours — and in theory a graveyard at night “should” have been a scary place. But, to me, it was familiar and welcoming. Go figure.
I placed my unwieldy bag of Halloween candy near a tree where I would find it later, and walked through the darkness, swinging my arms and “gathering” the night air. Buoyant and happy.
I heard footsteps behind me, and the boy’s hand slipped into mine. Again — I suppose all this should have seemed alarming. But it wasn’t. We turned to each other, and kissed.
A treasured happy memory.

]]> By: David Harrison https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489552 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:14:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489552 A beautiful and honest piece.

]]> By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489551 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:40:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489551 Much understood.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489545 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 07:52:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489545 A while ago I lived opposite the entrance to Abney Park Cemetery. On the night of Halloween you could see ghouls in white shrouds running through the cemetery. I don’t know if they still appear it was a long time ago and they may have since been exorcised by the local priest . It was pretty scary I can tell you . I can recommend it to anyone in need of a good fright .
However the GA has provided us with enough frights and scares in todays blog so I will stay at home with it by my bedside to read once more , along with a cup of tea to comfort me.

]]> By: Miss Stephanie Watson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/30/upon-the-nature-of-horror/#comment-1489536 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:49:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193453#comment-1489536 Beautifully written, and very evocative of the transformation of horror as we age, from the supernatural to the natural. Great photos too.

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