“After I dropped you off at the railway station the next morning, Amma wasn’t there and her clothes were missing. She had left a two-line note saying I shouldn’t worry. I didn’t tell you because you’d get tense. You were so fond of her.” Jealousy tinges Mom’s ...
she couldn't sleep, she couldn't talk, though she kept scolding her husband. Everyone in the house felt tense. She tried taking aspirin, then she had peppermint, then someone gave her an amulet to wear -- it was supposed to have special pain-killing powers -- but nothing worked. Then,...
Using the active voice does not mean you are limited to only using first person, present for your point of view. You can still use the active voice in the past tense, using third person or second person. 6 Read example beginnings. You can get a better sense of start your horror story...
Most short stories are written in the past tense, though you can use the present tense if you’d like to give the story more immediacy. 4 Use dialogue to reveal character and further the plot. The dialogue in your short story should always be doing more than one thing at a time. Make...