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The following paragraph describes a famous location in the history of horror. Name the location and its connection to the history of horror. Pleas for more information or definition will be met with deaf ears and possible loss of points.


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May not be the worst of the many districts in this quarter, but it is undoubtedly bad enough. You may pass on either side about twenty narrow avenues, leading to thousands of closely-packed nests, full to overflowing with dirt, misery and rags. the inhabitants are chiefly dock workers. The other half of the residents are thieves, professional beggars, rag-dealers. The Cimmerian darkness constitutes no small part of its wretchedness, and the brilliant lighting of the public-house gives it much of its attraction. Even the repute of many of these shady localities is due in great measure to their impenetrable gloom after nightfall. They are all enshrouded in that murky obscurity which in the apprehension of adventurers from more favored regions converts them all into possible assassins and thieves. As he catches here and there a glimpse of a face under the flickering, uncertain light of a lamp - the face perhaps of some woman, bloated by drink and distorted by passion - he may get a momentary shuddering sense of what humanity may sink to when life is lived apart from the sweet, health-giving influences.

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It is the year 1987, and you are a new writer that has gained critical acclaim for your new novel. Bantam Books has contacted you to write the newest horror novel with a very sinister twist at the end. What is your main idea, how would you portray your characters, and what would your twist be?

All your times begin now...except for Alky, and any other Goblins who show up for this Test.

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Old 01-06-2009, 09:39 AM
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First I must thank you for such a good choice of challenge, which hopefully I will be able to rise to, as I tend to read a lot. Thank you Hammerfan.

Now, before I can even consider the storyline for my novel, I have to look at what was selling at the time. In 1987, Stephen King released his famous novel, Misery, and other books such as When Rabbit Howls and Rainforest which follow the same trend, being psychological stories. It is from here that I can consider what my story should be about.

So, if I am to do a novel about psychological matters, i have to think along the lines of the psychologically troubled. And where do the psychologically troubled go? The Psychiatrist! And that is where my novel begins.

A young man named Ted Leaward is feeling completely stressed out, after losing his job, a strained relationship with his girlfriend and the threat of eviction. When he is searching for a job at a building site, a pile of bricks falls and crushes him.

Leaward wakes up in hospital, and finds out he's been in a coma for three years, having barely lived through the ordeal. As he slowly works his way back into life, he discovers his girlfriend has found another man, and his brother killed himself after his ex wife gained custody over his child.

Leaward takes regular visits to his psychiatrist, to help him cope with all of the changes that have happened. After a while, his psychiatrist, Edward Tale, gives him some new government medication to help ease stress; KEFA 1, small green tablets.

However, as Leaward begins to take the drug, he goes into trance like states of immense pleasure. It is in one of these states that he kills his brother's ex wife and daughter. Leaward is horrified, and to help ease the pain, takes more KEFA 1. Eventually, he becomes greatly addicted to the drug, with Edward Tale explaining that it helps him ease stress by getting rid of the things that cause the stress.

Leaward continues killing. It is only after a policeman sees him coming out of an empty room, smiling, that he gets in trouble. The police officer investigates the scene, after sensing something was wrong. He finds a dead body there, and rushes after Leaward, following him to a dirty apartment, where Leaward is talking on the phone to "Mr. Tale"

Leaward turns and sees the police officer, holding the gun. He rushes the officer who's gun is jammed. The policeman eventually restrains him and he is taken to the station, where a psychiatrist explains everything.

Leaward developed a love of anagrams as a child. His "psychiatrist", Edward Tale, is an anagram for Ted Leaward, and the medication pots he had, full of nothing more than Tic Tacs, KEFA 1, is an anagram for FAKE 1.

The final paragraph is of the psychiatrist leaving the police station. As he passes Leaward, he winks, then, he gets into his car and chuckles to himself as he pulls out a pot of medication with green tablets marked "KEFA 1".
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I liked the one you gave Roshig better. :p

Tough one! 48 hours from now, eh? I'm out tonight, but should be able to give this ample time tomorrow evening.
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Old 01-06-2009, 09:42 AM
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Just incase I didn't explain it well enough, the psychiatrist is Edward Tale, and the meds were real. He just used a fake name that was an anagram of Leaward's name and had a fake pot of tic tacs so he could cover up his tracks.
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Old 01-06-2009, 09:48 AM
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Let me clarify my question further: Psycho, Frenzy and the Birds are out.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:36 AM
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Just incase I didn't explain it well enough, the psychiatrist is Edward Tale, and the meds were real. He just used a fake name that was an anagram of Leaward's name and had a fake pot of tic tacs so he could cover up his tracks.

I'm confused :confused:
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Yes, I don't think I explained it well enough, and regret I cannot change it. Leaward was given tablets by his psychiatrist, Tale. Tale gave him these tablets that send him into a trance like state. His real name is also not Edward Tale at all. He made it up so that when Leaward was caught and he had to find out what was wrong with him, he could make it seem like he imagined the "Tale" character out of nowhere. And with the tablets, he had the real pot and the fake one. The real one had the real tablets in, which he took from Leaward at the station, and the fake one had tic tacs, which he could pretend Leaward was really taking.

Of course, it would be made a lot clearer in the novel itself, I just don't feel I summed it up in as clear a way as I could have done.
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Old 01-06-2009, 11:34 AM
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Hmm, I think I'm following it now. I think you were rushing a bit. I would have preferred you took your time with it - you did have 48 hours to submit it. I like the concept, tho.
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Let me clarify my question further: Psycho, Frenzy and the Birds are out.
Good thing I've already chosen one that isn't those. I better hurry and post my answer, though, before you wall off the entire Hitchcock library:p
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