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Originally posted by DragonMage:
I'm glad you liked the poems. About the last one: don't misinterpret...I don't read horrors out of a fear of death or any such thing. I just like to get the **** scared out of me and Stephen King and Dean Koontz (among others) do the job nicely. I have a twisted, dark side that likes to be scared. That's why I like Halloween and Haunted Houses.
I don't mean that I want to constantly be scared. I actually laugh going through the Haunted Houses, or if a friend hides around a corner and jumps out to startle me. But afraid of death...nah! No biggie here. My life's good, but I also look forward to what comes next! 
The only reason this poem popped out of me was because I had just read Desperation and The Regulators (both by S. King, but one written as his alter-ego - Richard Bachman). Very intriguing twist, that one. Same story from different 'sides of the fence' it seems. Also, somewhat a 'psychological thriller' as well as a horror. I am fascinated with the workings of the human mind - including my own, therefore I like to experience all kinds of things.
(Maybe that last bit has some bearing on my test results??? )
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Aha, totally got you. Know what you mean about experiencing all kinds of things I got married when I was 19, just to see what it was like. (Pretty poo and boring actually, but that may have been down to the man rather than the institution!!)
Have you read The Shoreshank Redemption by Steven King? Only one I liked really, though I haven't given him much of a chance. Couple of Clive Barker's I really liked: Imagica and Weaveworld. Although he's kind of a cross between horror and fantasy, I guess?
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