I just finished Dean Kootz's, 'Deeply Odd'. I think the best horror stories are the ones like these and by the master of horror, Stephen King, who write about the every day and make it absolutely terrorifying. A possessd car can kill people, a family pet can turn into a killer, a simple trip to run errends becomes a run for your life.
As if Life isn't scary enough, these authors manage to turn the things we take for granted into the very things that could ruin or destroy our lives, or at the very least, change everything we thought we knew about where we're headed in life and who we think we are.
It's a lot like Love. It swamps us when we least expect it, changes everything we thought we knew and becomes a central part of our lives.
And let's face it: We all like that shake up from the every day, the excitment and yes, even the fear. Because we become the person we always wanted to be. If only in reading a book.
Which is why I love books :)
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