Category: Suspense

In the short story Gore by Sarah Ellis, the author makes the atmosphere very suspenseful mostly through the use of literary devices. The readers can empathize with the protagonist, Amy because of her dramatic acting which escalates the tension within the reader. Amy, the main character is not very fond of her twin brother Lucas…

This essay explores the way that practitioners have tried to change the way their audience relates to their environment, focusing on the techniques used by the company PLAYDEAD through its two games Inside and Limbo. The company PLAYDEAD, founded bout Danish Producers Arnt Jensen and Dino Patti, have successfully drawn in players through their illustrated…

Imagine being able to control the life of someone with a razor, just a bit more pressure on the razor and another life will end. Suspenseful scenarios like such are often created by skilled authors, like the one that is created by Hernando Tellez in the riveting short story Just Lather, Thats All. Therefore, it…

Narnia is a world that was found entering a magical wardrobe that was found while playing a game of hide-and-seek in the home of an elderly professor. In this mysterious land, the four children discover a charming, peaceful land crawling with talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has become a cold world cursed…