Morbid Mindset

[debbie]

If you want a literary boom dealing with something horrifying and unfathomably beyond sanity, you'd want to try out Edgar Allan Poe's short stories such as William Wilson, The Red Death, The Cask of Amantiladdo , The Pit & Pendulum and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.All contain themes of fear, struggle and most notedly, suffering. It gives one the notion that the Poe has no connection whatsoever to the real world as it is terrifyingly evil. At first go-through, one might come to the conclusion that all this death/horror scenarios are mere rubbish but do note how Poe skillfully plays around with the reader's feelings, arousing curiousity, fear and desperation at the same time.
It's pure genius that he actually can think up such horrifying stuff. It's all inhumane and even worst than the slaughtering of hostages in Iraq.
Trust me, you'll marvel at Poe's ideas. They're beyond sanity.
My favourite one is the Pit & Pendulum, a story of a victim of the Spanish Inquisition. It keeps one on edge and it's a desperate heart stopper. Poe is one morbid guy so if you can't take it, don't try.
I'm trying to produce genre of this such.. currently working on one called Apocalypse. It's scum compared to Poe's. *laughs* Will probably post it in the SIG when I'm done. But for the time being, have evil fun with Poe, the author with the morbid mindset.

[pandaboy]

Poe's work(poetry and prose) can be found online.
Do u read his books, Debbie?
Most of his work can be found at this link.

The Work of Edgar Allan Poe (http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Work.html)

Enjoy! I'll read his short stories when I'm free. :wink:

[debbie]

Thanks, pandaboy. Nope I'm not 100% into Poe . A recommendable work of his would be "X-ing a paragraph". That's very light compared to the others. Anyway it's enjoyable!! Sorry for being so cryptic here cos I only have the abridged version of the former stated work. As always, the original has the "essence", don't you agree? *smiles* Have fun!!

[iQing]

here?s a morbid weblink


www.rotten.com

[debbie]

It's not morbid.. it's gross.Anyway thanks .

[debbie]

The feminine equivalent to Edgar Allan Poe is.. don't tell me you don't know...c'mon ,wild guess.. Ready? Agatha Christie , of course. :D Read Philomel Cottage. It's a real nail-biting piece. Her famous ones such as the 'The Mousetrap' is not as edgy as this. I dunno why but I'm not one for the famous works.
So, go on.. read Philomel Cottage, ok? Wee bit romantic *rolls eyes*....ok,ok.. tht's not even romantic. >_< Alix (the protagonist) is a real genius. While most of us get paralysed in the face of peril, our darling Alix seems to come up with ingenious ides to save herself.
This story will also open the eyes of innocent girls so we won't go after any Gerald Martins, instead, stick to loyal Dick Windyfords.
*laughs*. Sorry, sorry. Read the story and you'll understand. It's nice. Really.

[debbie]

Chew on this : In 1838, EAP published The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. ..in which 3 shipwrecked survivors adrift at sea in an open boat, killed and ate a cabin boy called Richard Parker. 46 yrs later, according to Londno newspaper The Times of Oct 28, 1884 , 3 shipwrecked British sailors , rescued frm an open boat, were tried by British courts for killing and eating a cabin boy... you're not gonna believe this... RICHARD PARKER!!!
Now isn't EAP something?

[budakkerek]

hmm..u guys ever read Emily Dickinson's poems?
she has a pretty morbid mind, i hv to say. But i love her poems.
i did literature during my foundation years, and her poems were some of those i had to analyse.

Somehow, i guess i got hooked. Her style and the diction that she used in her poems are just so different and so her own.
And i really love the way she crafted her words around a particular subject. And her poems are not the type that you can understand reading it the first time. Which is why i love her works so much. You hv to try n really understand what she's trying to say. And i love the surprise that i always get when i read other analysis or discussion and find out whether i'm worng or right.

Anyway, you should try n hv a read. I guarantee, it's worth it :D

hmm...saying all dat...just wanna know, do you guys consider reading poems as reading as well?

[yeeyen]

I used to love dickinson.haha, used isn't exactly the word. I still enjoy her, but not as much now as 3 years ago. Guess I was more morbid then.

Still, I think she isn't as morbid as poe. I mean, a lot of her poems are on death and passing on, but they aren't exactly scary, you know? I guess to me, she's always shown a certain fascination with death but it's an accepting curiousity. Like in 'I went to heaven' What do you think? Anyway, I totally agree with you on her style. I didn't do extensive lit, so i can't really say, but she was special, the way she manipulated the words so that they flow so smoothly.

Anyway, if we're going for morbid here, I would suggest Tim Burton's "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy" THAT is truly morbid. But good.

Oh, and poetry is definitely considered as proper reading. Definitely.