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Friday, October 25, 2013

Coffin Hop #2


I'm of two minds today (and since it's late in October, I may mean that literally). It's the last Friday of Creepy Freebies and day two of Coffin Hop.

For Creepy Freebie fans and any one else, click over to Creepy Freebie Central to find free stuff and contests brought to you from James Garcia Jr., Bob Eccles, Michelle Ann King, and Aaron Polson. It's been a fun month and passed all too quickly. Can't wait to do the creepy freebie dance again next year.

Two minds is a rather common theme in horror. Consider the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or the many variations on the werewolf or the serial killer who seems to slip back and forth between murder and normality. I think we find the movement back and forth the most unsettling, the most frightening. Is each of us capable of switching, of losing control. What's your favorite bit of horror about two minds?

While you're pondering those thoughts, don't forget to enter my raffle for a chance to win the Coffin Hop anthology or my ghost story novelette. Find more Hop destinations at the end of this post. Keep hoppin' and don't close the lid too tight. Sometimes they stick.

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10 comments:

  1. A. F. StewartOctober 25, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I think the two variants, light vs. dark, is why the two minds theme works so well in horror.

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    1. Jeff ChapmanOctober 25, 2013 at 12:47 PM

      Exactly, and human versus animal in the case of werewolves.

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  2. Michelle MutoOctober 25, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    That old photo is pretty creepy. I love it!

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    1. Jeff ChapmanOctober 25, 2013 at 12:48 PM

      Cool, eh. I knew I had to use it the moment I saw it.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 27, 2013 at 5:43 AM

    I done entered, Jeff -- times 7. Jack in The Shining most definitely was a victim of two minds, double-minded in all his ways...

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    1. Jeff ChapmanOctober 28, 2013 at 10:01 AM

      I remember seeing that movie on TV. Have to add the book to my to read list. Thanks for entering the raffle.

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  4. Jolie du PreOctober 27, 2013 at 7:56 AM

    The theme reminds me of The Exorcist. Little girl changes into a demon. Still scares me to this day.

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    1. Jeff ChapmanOctober 28, 2013 at 10:02 AM

      Definitely one of the scariest movies. Must be the switch between innocence (little girl) and absolute evil (demon).

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  5. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM

    This post calls to mind much of the paranormal and dark fantasy literature about coming to accept one's entire self -- even the parts where you eat raw meet, can raise the dead, and love the monsters. Almost all the characters in the Anita Blake and Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton are continuously performing self-discovery. It's not always pretty either.

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    1. Jeff ChapmanOctober 28, 2013 at 10:05 AM

      Self-discovery is definitely not always pretty. Dr. Jekyll wasn't all that happy with Mr. Hyde.

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