Religious Horror http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587 New Horizon Anyone writing anything that falls into this category? I think that's what I'll end up doing this year... that's what happens when existential fear wins out eh?! I'm writing about a guy who ends getting his faith affirmed by encountering some demons... or so he thinks! How about you? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:35:05 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_41496 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_41496 Cadaverine No - but you remind me of "The Monk", have you read it? It's verbose but brilliant. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:01:29 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_42620 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_42620 NateDavis1798 Some Enochian angels come into my story as villains. And those guys are friggin' terrifying. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:25:58 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_46283 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_46283 New Horizon Never heard of The Monk? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:11:47 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_46921 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_46921 NateDavis1798 He sat on the elephant's trunk. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:39:26 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_50207 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_50207 mythrai I am so interested in this; I always thought angels were super scary eldritch monsters, and frankly hymns like Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence do nothing to convince me otherwise. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:36:43 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_59676 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_59676 falseramona I write religious horror - but most of it is generated by abusive church systems and cults. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:43:22 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_65461 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_65461 Selene98 I've written religious horror before. It's interesting. I encourage you to look into Ted Decker. He's a Christian writer that writes some of the scariest stuff I've ever read. Not quite Stephen King Scary. But up there on the freaky scale. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:27:00 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69508 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_69508 bookhobbit Seconding that and adding Frank Peretti. The Oath and Monster were pretty scary, I thought. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:31:18 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_87292 NateDavis1798 You should read up on the work that John Dee and Edward Kelley did with angels. It's pretty damn creepy. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:25:21 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90382 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_90382 Cadaverine It's by Matthew Lewis. Well worth a read. It's less scary now than it would probably have been on publication, and I admit to laughing twice - I'm still not sure whether he intended those parts to be funny or not. At any rate it's a wonderful read. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:34:57 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95499 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_95499 chrisdd I have an writer acquaintance who has written Christian horror as good as anything I've read. The problem was that it was too scary for me - LOL! Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:03:14 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136422 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136422 imlate I wrote one last year, and am editing it now (still) that is a pretty religious horror. In short, it was about a man in Victorian London who became possessed by a demon and during, he did a lot of terrible things, including killing the fiance to the girl he loved. The demon used him to get at the girl and her friends because one of them had a key necessary to 'open the gates of Hell unto the world'. It involved a lot of horror, in the attacks, the memories, and the dreams. And at one point, the Parish Priest comes face to face with the demon. Writing it, I was always terrified. And since I'm going to see Paranormal Activity 3 this weekend, I bet I won't touch the story for weeks. lol Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:38:21 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_164590 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_164590 kblynn I've not written about this, but I would suggest reading Frank. E. Peretti's work. He's classified as "Christian Suspense," which is similar, but his novels are a bit darker than most inspirational fiction. "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing the Darkness" are two of his that you might want to spend some time with. :) Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:06:50 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_179419 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_179419 ScreechTheMighty Have you read "This Present Darkness"? That's one of the best Christian Fiction books I've ever read. First one I've read that actually put angels fighting demons into the equation. Fantastic stuff. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:26:24 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192490 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192490 ScreechTheMighty Me! Me! I am! My book deals primarily with angels and demons and such but involves a possessed serial killer (or semi-possessed, I haven't quite worked it out yet) and some Lovecraftian elements with the angels and demons (because Lovecraft = awesome). Also a lot of nightmares. And yeah. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:28:13 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192522 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_192522 MelanieB This was one of the first of his books that I read and it really scared the pants off me! Its about a deaf mute girl, who suddenly starts talking, saying she has been cured by a vision of the Virgin Mary in a field adjoining the local church. The papers get hold of it and it snowballs, by the public, the papers, the church, local businesses. It eventually turns out to not be visions of the Virgin Mary curing this girl and several others, but something a lot more malevolent. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:53:30 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_227700 heavy hedonist [quote=mythrai] I am so interested in this; I always thought angels were super scary eldritch monsters, and frankly hymns like Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence do nothing to convince me otherwise. [/quote] Love that song: it is some spooky stuff, though. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:31:00 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233828 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_233828 WriteRach Oh yeah. Peretti and Dekker = scary! (But the theology in House, their collaboration, was too weird for me. I didn't like it. As far as horror goes, though, amazing.) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:32:24 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268440 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268440 WriteRach So a Christian vampire novel would qualify, right? Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:33:01 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268451 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_268451 nemil I write suspense (badly) more than horror, but I love to read both. Have you read The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker? That one freaked me OUT. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:12:39 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271778 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271778 Tiapn I'm not sure what I'm writing yet - I know my MC is plagued by demons, and has his life frequently interrupted by being pulled into tragic and terrifying alternate dimensions, which is traumatizing to him... but neither he nor I, yet, know if they're real, or he's just really mentally ill. D: Which is bad, because I'm supposed to be writing his story soon! Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:47:31 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_290468 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_290468 Hatfield [quote=ScreechTheMighty] Have you read "This Present Darkness"? That's one of the best Christian Fiction books I've ever read. First one I've read that actually put angels fighting demons into the equation. Fantastic stuff. [/quote] Check the sequel to TPD, "Piercing the Darkness" Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:22:58 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_291054 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_291054 Cadaverine Actually I think it's not a bad thing, not knowing. You could leave it ambiguous and let the reader make up her own mind. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:43:16 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_291356 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_291356 WriteRach Oh, goodness, yes. That was shivery! And it was somewhat ambiguous at the end, wasn't it? Adam was FREAKY too. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:24 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_321948 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_321948 BeetleChe13 I'm writing a religious horror! =) Or supernatural suspense or Christian sci-fi or whatever you want to call it. Lol. My MC is dating an alcoholic. Substance abuse is one way to become demon obsessed, so her boyfriend brings a demon into their apartment. She begins sensing and eventually seeing the demon, which makes her turn a big corner spiritually. I can't wait to write the second half of my novel now. Yay! Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:38:25 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_737323 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_737323 Kittycat4ever I loved Bride Collector. i have to agree on the ending. Adam is amazing as well. I love his new one The Priests Graveyard. Might be my favorite yet along with Adam and Boneman's Daughters. But everything he writes is amazing. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:33:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909186 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909186 Kittycat4ever That sounds amazing. There's a book by Melody Carlson called "The Other side of Darkness" that has it where the mom and her daughters think they can see and sense demons. I was suprised to see her write somthing so dark but I loved it. I'm a huge fan of that stuff. Good luck on your book!! =) Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:37:53 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909259 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_909259 vampyre_smiles I don't know... But it can't bode well that Enochian angels (and their sons the Nephilim) are technically the good guys in my stories. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:13:41 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_913446 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/religious-spiritual-new-age/threads/3587?page=1#forum_thread_comment_913446