nathandouglasdavis 1

I'm not sure if this was intended to be a horror story or not, but I sorta get the impression that it was since it plays into some of those same types of storytelling techniques. It has unexplained supernatural occurrences (specifically human metamorphosis), people giving in to carnal desires like lust and violent anger, people's private lives being peeped on, and an ending which suggests that these haunting type events will continue into perpetuity. All very reminiscent of horror tropes, but the problem is that this story's not scary or thrilling; it doesn't evoke even a single emotion in me as I read it, and horror is supposed to be the genre that taps into humanity's most visceral responses. So if this was intended as a horror story, then it's definitely a failure. And if it wasn't intended as a horror story, well it's still a failure because it's just so unentertaining.