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It would be more interesting as a Barbara Cartland novella.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 6, 2007 at 2:39 AM
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Thanks all...
Justi, this is why I don’t watch horror movies anymore. I used to be so well into it, but having discovered that ‘The Exorcist’ was loosely based on happenings centred around a young boy, and the same for ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’, I don’t have the bravery for it anymore. Particularly when I kept on waking at 3.33 a.m. for a while after watching the latter.
Nautikos, I’m afraid you’ll have to haunt me then!
saul_relative, great title, but again, I’d be too scared.
Holy_Grail, that’s why I put the idea out in Blogit, am sure someone will do it justice.
Jollyjeff, Yes, it’s way too creepy, I don’t like to dwell on it much. It seems somewhat like inviting bad luck into your life.
Pat_B, Thanks, but I don’t have that type of narrative ability. It would sound way too Irish, too full of ‘he said & she saids’ and really amateurish. That and I'm too chicken.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on August 5, 2007 at 11:57 AM
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Cringe
No. I am thinking what a terrible thing even if it were not true. Of course I can't handle Stephen King for a minute. I like Happy beginnings, middle and endings. LOL
posted by
Justi
on August 5, 2007 at 8:56 AM
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Cringe
Well, you did it! You gave me a flash of goosebumps, me, the most skeptical, in fact ghost-
denying man thinkable! You
must give your Irish imagination and feel for the language free reign, and write that story! Or
I'll come and haunt you...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 5, 2007 at 8:46 AM
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A psychopathic ghost-demon baby named "Bean". How cute. You could
call it "Rock-A-Bye-Bye Baby" or something.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 4, 2007 at 11:52 PM
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That's quite creepy..but I agree that it is fodder for some good fiction!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on August 4, 2007 at 8:39 PM
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ouch
Makes me glad I don't have children
posted by
jollyjeff
on August 4, 2007 at 2:11 PM
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It's your muse! You're supposed to write this!
goosebumps are a good sign... And what a sad creepy terrible story. We couldn't put it down. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on August 4, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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posted by
_Symphony_
on August 3, 2007 at 2:41 PM
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Re: CringeintheUSA
Talion, you're absolutely spot on. I don't know what brought it into my head, I think I may have sneakily read it as a kid from one of those 'true life' magazines I wasn't allowed to read.
Toddlers can become very jealous of new babies in the family, some to the point of violence. An ex told me once that on a driving pit stop in the countryside, he'd asked his parents as to whether they would leaving his new brother in a field?
As a 'horror' reader the idea fascinates me, as a mother it saddens me, as a superstitious lapsed Catholic, it scares me senseless.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on August 3, 2007 at 1:39 PM
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CringeintheUSA
That would be a great novel in the right hands, especially since it runs counter to the sweetness and innocence we attribute to babies.
posted by
Talion
on August 3, 2007 at 1:28 PM
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