You know you’re just reading a book or watching a movie but… your body sometimes still reacts as if you’re facing the threats yourself. Especially when it plays off our deepest fears. There are no demons waiting for the toll of midnight to slip out of the clock above your fireplace and drag you to the ninth circle of hell. And how many times while watching a horror movie have you found your fingers literally clutching at the couch arm?īut why are you scared to death while sitting perfectly safe in your living room? You know in your head that there are no zombies shambling in the room next door.

Horror – or more exactly, the fear created by horror – generates a chemical stew from the backbrain that makes us feel energized and alive when we reach the end of the fictional story, even if we were just lolling back on the couch with a Kindle. Your hypothalamus is working to try to ensure that you can fight or give flight to whatever the danger is. You suddenly have a surplus of nervous energy. Your blood pumps faster through your veins, and adrenaline pumps into your blood. In both situations, your body exhibits the signs of run-for-your-life fear – and reacts with chemical processes designed to assist in making sure that you can move fast and not die. In a story with fast shocks, the threats jump out at you unexpectedly and you get the same effect, only intensified. You hold your breath, anxious to know what happens next. In a slow-building horror story, your fingers and toes slowly clench, and your heart begins to beat a little faster. And it’s a big part of the longstanding appeal of horror books and films. It’s why we love rollercoasters (well, some of us anyway). That sounds a little crazy on the surface of it, but it’s true. There’s really nothing that makes you feel more alive than being scared to death. The Ghost In You… and other invigorating thoughts of Horror Because while the witch may have been dead… she doesn’t intend to stay that way. She needs people to fill her house on Halloween.

And behind the rumors is a real ghost who will do whatever it takes to ensure the There are noises in the walls, and fresh blood on the floor: secrets that would be better not toĭiscover. Soon he’ll learn that fresh wood and nails can’t keep decades of rumors down. But rumors won’t stop carpenter Mike Kostner from rehabbing the place as a haunted Rumor has it that the abandoned house by the cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a The house by the cemetery is released through Flame Tree Press on October 6th and can be pre ordered on Amazon HERE.īefore we get to the business of the guest post, let’s have a look at the Blurb for the book. Many thanks to Anne for inviting me to be part of the tour, and to Flame Tree Press and the author for creating a guest post, which you can see below. Today I am delighted to take part in the Blog Tour for The House By The Cemetery by John Everson.

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