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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Johnny Compton No one on Earth can explain how a chunk of the moon went missing overnight, but that isn't the scariest thing. What's scaring everyone most is what ap…moreNo one on Earth can explain how a chunk of the moon went missing overnight, but that isn't the scariest thing. What's scaring everyone most is what appears to be a fang left in one of the lunar seas.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Johnny Compton Read less writing advice; read more writing.

I've seen many questions online that could be answered by reading more of the types of books the aspiring …moreRead less writing advice; read more writing.

I've seen many questions online that could be answered by reading more of the types of books the aspiring author wishes to write. And much of the advice I've seen online, well-intentioned as it is, could be summarized as, "How to write just like me."

Even great pieces of advice by masters of the craft are reduced and filtered online into being useless at best, misleading at worst. For instance, Elmore Leonard's "rules" of writing, which is a fine article (of course, it's written by Elmore Leonard) full of nuance and counterpoints to his own recommendations, which is then robbed of the abundance of its substance in reductive, abbreviated lists, which then get regurgitated by people who never read the original article.

Even having said that, I think reading the books on Elmore Leonard's favorites list (available on his site) is better for the aspiring writer than just reading his article. I'd recommend that approach with anyone you're getting advice from. Instead of just reading what they say to do, read what they've read and enjoyed. Often times their favorite books flagrantly violate the suggestions that they're presenting as laws, and that's okay. You're not reading their books to say, "Gotcha! You said never do X, but your favorite book does X twice in Chapter One alone!"

You're reading the books to get better.

Read less writing advice; read more writing.(less)

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Average rating: 3.54 · 9,276 ratings · 1,969 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Spite House 3.53 avg rating — 9,014 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devils Kill Devils 3.52 avg rating — 127 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obsolescence: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology by Alan Lastufka (Goodreads Author), Kristina Horner (Goodreads Author), Kealan Patrick Burke 4.21 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in the Mouth: Original Horror by People of Color by Sloane Leong (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cassie Hart (Editor), Jolie Toomajan (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sneak Peek for The Spite House 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civilized Monsters: A Collection 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Scream: Digital Horror Fiction Anthology (Digital Horror Fiction Short Stories Series One Book 5) by Johnny Compton (Goodreads Author), Sandra M. Odell (Goodreads Author), Joe Powers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy Scroll Magazine Issue #10 by Iulian Ionescu (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hank Quense (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Worlds Between Words – Devil in a Blue Dress

In Walter Mosley's excellent hard-boiled mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress there is a line that struck me like a solid swing of baseball bat to the abdomen. Mosley’s lead, World War II veteran Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, describes the fear that seized him during his introduction to combat.

“The first time I fought a German hand-to-hand I screamed for help the whole time I was killing him.”

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Mississippi Noir (Akashic Noir)

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“You can do anything you want, you just have to make it happen.”
― Johnny Compton, The Spite House

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“[ . . . ] books are full of secrets and wonders.”
― Johnny Compton, The Spite House

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“Of the many things wealth was good for, one of the most underappreciated, in her opinion, was that it allowed you to purchase self-absolution.”
― Johnny Compton, The Spite House

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