The Revelation was my master’s project, and after I finished it, I thought I’d send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer.
BENTLEY LITTLEThe Revelation was my master’s project, and after I finished it, I thought I’d send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer.
BENTLEY LITTLEHorror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can–plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.
BENTLEY LITTLEHope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.
BENTLEY LITTLEI know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror.
BENTLEY LITTLETwo years later I finally sold it. For a whopping $4,000. A year after that, it finally came out. Which explains why there are all those terrible jobs on my resume!
BENTLEY LITTLEThere were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.
BENTLEY LITTLEI write what I want to write. Period. I don’t write novels-for-hire using media tie-in characters, I don’t write suspense novels or thrillers.
BENTLEY LITTLEReal life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn’t always have time to do or say the right things.
BENTLEY LITTLEI write horror. And if no one wants to buy my books, I’ll just keep writing them until they do sell–and get a job at Taco Bell in the meantime.
BENTLEY LITTLEIt helps readers identify with their problems. It also helps ground the supernatural events that follow in a recognizable reality and perhaps gives some of my wilder scenarios a little verisimilitude.
BENTLEY LITTLELife is short. Eternity is long.
BENTLEY LITTLEAs far as I’m concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that’s the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.
BENTLEY LITTLEMurder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.
BENTLEY LITTLELike most authors, I’m a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access,
BENTLEY LITTLEIn real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It’s a crapshoot.
BENTLEY LITTLEHell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.
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