A Q for Jeffry Ford - Tropics
First I did enjoy the story! I have a poster of a similar scene, as found in the bar (no people in it though), hanging on my wall. It gives me calm to look at it. I thought it interesting that it being included in the year's best fantasy and horror that it didn't have more fantastical elements in it. Mostly just the chess peices, really. To me that story is actually believable, like something you'd see on "Unsolved Mysteries," in it's wierder days, or a similar TV program.
To the question: I was wondering if any events were inspired by real life. The bar and the story of the boy going with his father every week seems so believable, I was wondering if you pulled everything out of the sky, or if maybe there were parts that were autobiographical.
To the question: I was wondering if any events were inspired by real life. The bar and the story of the boy going with his father every week seems so believable, I was wondering if you pulled everything out of the sky, or if maybe there were parts that were autobiographical.
posted by Clayton at 10:48 PM
2 Comments:
I think it's included in this collection because the chess set is kind of scary. I mean you have to get rid of it before you die if you want to go to heaven and it also is like a curse to whoever owns it. Most stories that have to do with curses, at least to me, kind of fit into that horro category.
Jeff-thanks for the comment! Getting attacked with a sword is one part of the story that I wouldn't think would be from a true event!
Also, part of my enjoyment of this story was due to the realness factor; though I do enjoy the way fantastical (Link's stuff, "Spirited Away") as well.
In my mind fantasy and horror were more distinct, but now that you mention it, you thinking of horror as part of fantasy, that does make sense to me as well. A lot of the fantasy we've read in class have had horrific elements...all those zombies for one :)
liz - yeah, I didn't even think about it that way either. I guess a lot of fantasy comes from religion (mostly ones we know or understand little about).
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