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So, many years ago now, a friend of a friend, who ran a horror podcast - in October would do "Write Short Horror Story" challenges - where there'd say 3 things that need to be in the story.

I recently found my short stories. Now, I never write horror. Oddly, I love horror movies. But I can't stand horror books. So I never wrote horror stories.

But I loved the challenge of diving into something I normally would not write - especially since it was short stories. Would be much easier to commit to.

Anyway, having found it - I read it (and modified as I read it, lol) and turned it into a video and put it on Youtube. Warning: It does contain some cussing. One f-bomb is in the story.

I have like four or five other ones I'd written that I will probably do the same thing with, just because it was fun to do.

This first one I called "Shadows In The Hall."

I have nothing against horror, but I don't particularly like it. Some people do. And your video reminded me of this:



(And yes, it's mine)

That's awesome. Your voice reminds me of "The Swede" from Hell on Wheels.

So I did another one - this was the first one I did for that podcast, dated 2014.
So it's been a long time.

I like how the short story was written. Didn't feel it translated well to audio. But was still fun to do.

Tawmis wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:40 am That's awesome. Your voice reminds me of "The Swede" from Hell on Wheels.

I think I can see that. PTSD plays hell on a man's brain; "The Swede" experienced some horrible things in Andersonville, and the nameless murderer in "The Tell-Tale Heart" experiences a kind of nameless dread that never leaves him.

Thanks! By varying the volume and pitch of my voice, I tried to show the murderer's fears. When he was just describing what he did, I kept the voice level and unemotional. When he becomes fearful ("The noise would be heard by a neighbor! The old man's hour had come!"), and especially towards the end of the story ("VILLAINS! I admit the deed!" etc.), I changed my voice completely, making it higher and louder, to show the murderer's shock and collapse.