It seems that I have read a whole shitload of fictional stories today, or just plain creepy stuff. I am sad to admit that I am very vulnerable to any work of fiction in literature that implies, well, shock and horror. I start to get extreme cases of paranoia where I start to imagine things over and over in my head. I start to get compulsive protective behavior. And most other shit someone high on crack would do.
That's why I keep away from plenty of spooky literature like fictional ghost stories yadda yadda. I'd enjoy a good horror film, especially a good horror game (hey, I play RE and L4D, isn't those games horror?). But I can't get a good horror book out of my head easily. When we're reading, our mind is doing its best to project the reading material's images into our imagination. That's why if one sentence of the recent thriller book speaks about a dark man with a chainsaw, you're going to see a dark man with a chainsaw in your imagination. And usually those thoughts will last for a few days up to a month.
I'm gonna have to reduce my time writing and doing any creative efforts. Don't want my audience to hear about the imaginary figures attacking my head when I read creepy shit.
