The Real LJ Idol - Mini-Season - Week 2 - "Follow Me"

[cheapxdate]

This is my entry for Week 2 of LJ Idol (therealljidol).

Prompt: Follow me

Disclaimer - I spent the weekend rereading one of my favorite Stephen King novels. As such, despite the upcoming holiday being Christmas and not Halloween, this piece is inspired by Mr. King. Read a your own risk

Comments

[tonithegreat]

Whoa! Nice! I mean disturbing and gross and scary. But engrossing and entertaining too.

[eternal_ot]

+1

[cheapxdate]

I am glad you enjoyed it, even with the gross and disturbing and scary! :)

[kickthehobbit]

That was really not where I was expecting that to go-well done!

[cheapxdate]

I love your Calcifer icon! (IFC is playing Ghibli movies for the next two weeks! I'm so excited and sharing that info with everyone I think might be interested!)

Thank you for reading!

[watching_ships]

Now that was scary. You did a great job of building the tension. Really enjoyed your writing!

[cheapxdate]

Thank you! I am glad the tension building was successful. I didn't want to spend TOO much time on the ~normal, boring, everyday life stuff, but I did want to spend just enough so that the turn of events caught the reader slightly off guard. :)

[sinnamongirl]

Wow. For real. I think Mr. King would be proud. That was such a good mix of everyday banality and concerns and then total creepiness at the end. Excellently done!

[cheapxdate]

This is such a huge compliment so thank you very very much! I've always enjoyed how King set most of his stories in very boring, ordinary towns (usually in Maine lol). The contrast of creepy against a normal setting is very successfully unnerving. Thank you again for such a kind comment (and for making me add 'have Stephen King read one of my short stories" to my bucket list.)

[sinnamongirl]

You're welcome! I've actually only started reading King in the last few years - I tried Cujo when I was about 12 and got so scared I put him down and didn't come back. I think that's one thing he excels at, and what you really hit here, is that contrast of banal everydayness versus OH SHIT CREEPY. I mean, when you're reading about a haunted house or a psychopath/serial killer, it can lose a lot of the impact because *everything* is so creepy, and that contrast is what makes it sort of delicious.

Seriously, send that to Stephen King.... or get it published somewhere that he'll read it ;)

[eternal_ot]

Amazing!!! *hats off* made me leave all my distraction and finish reading this off..which was totally worthwhile..:) kudos!!

[cheapxdate]

This is such wonderful feedback to receive as a writer! Thank you! :)