Comments on: Apartment J http://www.gabriellefaust.com/archives/1045 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.gabriellefaust.com/archives/1045/comment-page-1#comment-13083 admin Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:41:16 +0000 http://www.gabriellefaust.com/?p=1045#comment-13083 Well, honestly, I wish I had some sort of elaborate reasoning behind the letter "J" but in all honesty, the piece was inspired by some extremely bad neighbors which lived above me, in Apartment "J". They were heroine junkies and meth-heads and it would sound like they were slaughtering dragons sometimes upstairs. So I wrote this short story at about 3am one night when I couldn't sleep for all of the noise... ;) Well, honestly, I wish I had some sort of elaborate reasoning behind the letter “J” but in all honesty, the piece was inspired by some extremely bad neighbors which lived above me, in Apartment “J”. They were heroine junkies and meth-heads and it would sound like they were slaughtering dragons sometimes upstairs. So I wrote this short story at about 3am one night when I couldn’t sleep for all of the noise… ;)

]]> By: John WiseCraft http://www.gabriellefaust.com/archives/1045/comment-page-1#comment-13073 John WiseCraft Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:35:05 +0000 http://www.gabriellefaust.com/?p=1045#comment-13073 Is the letter "J" arbitrary or does it have some meaning? Being the 10th letter; it is a number of power; however, I would think that "black candles" would suggest the letter "M." Perhaps the "demon" is of the (J)ackel variety. Why do I feel I'm missing out on something by not knowing the symbolism behind the "J?" And don't tell me, "it's juat a letter." You can do better than that! ;) Is the letter “J” arbitrary or does it have some meaning? Being the 10th letter; it is a number of power; however, I would think that “black candles” would suggest the letter “M.” Perhaps the “demon” is of the (J)ackel variety. Why do I feel I’m missing out on something by not knowing the symbolism behind the “J?” And don’t tell me, “it’s juat a letter.” You can do better than that! ;)

]]> By: L. P. Van Ness http://www.gabriellefaust.com/archives/1045/comment-page-1#comment-13057 L. P. Van Ness Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:09:53 +0000 http://www.gabriellefaust.com/?p=1045#comment-13057 "Gilman believed strange things about Keziah, and had felt a queer thrill on learning that her dwelling was still standing after more than two hundred and thirty-five years. When he heard the hushed Arkham whispers about Keziah's persistent presence in the old house and the narrow streets, about the irregular human tooth-marks left on certain sleepers in that and other houses, about the childish cries heard near May-Eve, and Hallowmass, about the stench often noted in the old house's attic just after those dreaded seasons, and about the small, furry, sharp-toothed thing which haunted the mouldering structure and the town and nuzzled people curiously in the black hours before dawn, he resolved to live in the place at any cost." -- HP Lovecraft (Dreams in the Witch-House) “Gilman believed strange things about Keziah, and had felt a queer thrill on learning that her dwelling was still standing after more than two hundred and thirty-five years. When he heard the hushed Arkham whispers about Keziah’s persistent presence in the old house and the narrow streets, about the irregular human tooth-marks left on certain sleepers in that and other houses, about the childish cries heard near May-Eve, and Hallowmass, about the stench often noted in the old house’s attic just after those dreaded seasons, and about the small, furry, sharp-toothed thing which haunted the mouldering structure and the town and nuzzled people curiously in the black hours before dawn, he resolved to live in the place at any cost.”

– HP Lovecraft (Dreams in the Witch-House)

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