Munyori Mark Allan Gunnells akakurira mumhuri isina kuisa miganho yakawandisa kana zvasvika pamabhaisikopo. Akanga ari wee mukomana wevashanu paakatanga kuona terevhizheni miniseries 'Sareri Roti, yakabva pane inoverengeka naStephen King. Kwaive kuravira kwake kwekutanga kwekutya mune firimu rinotyisa, asi nguva yakatsanangurwa - iyo yakagadzira fan inotyisa yehupenyu- yaizouya makore mashoma apfuura.

“Pandakanga ndava nemakore gumi, amai vangu vakatarisa The Exorcist paterevhizheni, uye akanditendera kuti ndione naye, ”akadaro achigara pasi neHorror yeMwedzi Unotyisa Wekutyisa. “Ndakangozviita pakati pehafu ndisati ndatanga kuhwanda kuseri kwesofa iye ndokunditumira kunorara. Hapana chimwe chinhu chandakaona panguva iyoyo chaive nemhedzisiro pandiri. Izvo zvekuti paive nenyaya dzaigona kukukanganisa zvekuti waizosimuka woenda kunohwanda kuseri kwesofa? Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi, ini ndanga ndichingotsvaga anotyisa mafirimu. Pandakatanga kuverenga, ini ndanga ndichitsvaga anotyisa maanovel. Pandakazosvika makore gumi, ndakanga ndatove chidhakwa chinotyisa. ”

Sezvazvinoitika, Stephen King akaenderera mberi nekutamba chikamu muhupenyu hwaGunnells. Zvakawanda senyika yese, haarangarire nguva muhupenyu hwake apo iye aisaziva kuti munyori ndiani, akatsanangura. Izvo zvaive kuburikidza naMambo kuti iye zvakare akasvika pakunzwisisa kuchinjika mushure mekunhonga kopi ye Night Shift kuraibhurari yake yechikoro uye kuverenga nyaya "Vana veChibage."

"Ndakanga ndaona iyo bhaisikopo yenyaya uye yaive nemhedzisiro inofadza, asi iyo chaiyo nyaya yacho pachayo haina kudaro," akatsanangura Gunnells. “Handifunge kuti ndakambozviona kare kuti unogona kungova nemagumo asingafadzi uye unogona kunge uine mavara asiri echinyakare anodakadza asi achiri kumanikidza. Zvino chii chakanyatsorisimbisa kwandiri chaive chinotyisa chainzwa kudzoreka. Zvinoita senge zviri kuitika mumugwagwa kubva kwandiri. ”

Nguva pfupi yapfuura, akatora bhuku raMambo, It. Anoti akarangarira achifunga kuti haangambozvipedza, asi zvaingomanikidza zvekuti zvakamukwevera mukati. King aisara, pamwe, simba rakakura pahupenyu hweanotyisa hwemunyori kusvikira awana Clive Barker.

Horror novels nemamuvhi hazvisi izvo chete zvinhu izvo munyori aive achiwana panguva iyoyo, zvakadaro. Yakanga iri zvakare panguva iyi iyo yaakatanga kunzwisisa kuti akange asina kufanana nevamwe vakomana vezera rake, kunyange achibvuma kuti aive asina kunzwisisa kana mazwi ekutaura kuti aive ngochani.

"Ndingadai ndisina kuzvidana izvozvo panguva iyoyo, asi ndaive ndakapwanya pavakomana," akadaro munyori. "Ini ndaive nekukwirana kukuru naLuke Skywalker. Izvi zvinonzwika kunge zvisina musoro. Ini ndaifunga kuti ndaive muStar Wars asi ndaisakwanisa kufamba nekuda kwechimwe chikonzero saka Luke Skywalker aifanira kunditakura kwese kwese. Ndingafungidzira akanditakura ndakaisa maoko angu muhuro make. ”

Zvakadaro, iyo pfungwa yekuve ngochani yaive yechienzi kwaari. Kwechinguva, akataura, akatofunga kuti anogona kunge akavhiringidzika achifunga kuti aive musikana nekuti anga asati aziva kuti kune varume vakakwezvwa nevamwe varume. Paakazonyatsoziva zvazvaive uye zvazvaireva, akapfuura nemunzvimbo yechinamato apo akaedza "kunamatira ngochani iyi."

"Izvo hazvina kushanda pachena," akadaro achiseka. "Saka, panguva yandakanga ndiri kuchikoro chesekondari, ndakatanga kuzvigamuchira, kunyangwe ini ndaive ndisiri munzvimbo yekusununguka nezvazvo nevamwe vanhu. Izvo zvakauya pandaive kukoreji. Kubva ndichiri mudiki kwazvo, ndaiziva kuti yaivepo, asi ndaifanira kupfuura nezvose izvo zvinoitwa nevanhu vanoita ngochani usati wagona kuzvibvuma uye kubata nezvose zvinonyadzisa izvo nyika yese yawakaisa pauri nekuda kwayo . ”

Kukura muma80s uye 90s, kutya hakuna kupa zvakawanda kumiririra LGBTQ +. Kutendeseka, mu2021, hazviite kana, kunyangwe paine zvakanyanya kuwanda.

Zvinosuruvarisa, izvi zvakadzvinyirira munyori iye paakatanga kunyora. Kunyangwe mushure mekubvuma kuzivikanwa kwake semurume ngochani, zvakamuomera kuti azvinyorere mukunyora kwake. Zvainzwa sekunge aisatenderwa kuita izvozvo.

Ipapo, Clive Barker akabuda.

“Ndinoziva vanhu vazhinji vakataura kuti munhu wese muindasitiri aiziva, asi ini ndakanga ndisiri mubhizimusi iri. Ini ndaive kuGaffney, SC, ”akadaro Gunnells. “Ndakatenga kopi Murevereri magazini kwaakabuda. Kufanana, chaive chinhu chikuru ichi kwandiri nekuti aive iri zita raizivikanwa chaizvo mukutya. Ipapo, akaburitsa ino novel inonzi sakaramendi uyo aive neiyi ngochani hunhu hukuru hwakaburitswa neiyo hombe yekutsikisa imba. ”

Asimbiswa nenhau idzi, munyori akatanga kutsvaga uye akawana mabasa aPoppy Z. Brite.

Pane imwe nzvimbo pakati peBarker naBrite, Gunnells akawana izwi rake uye chinangwa chake. Dai vamwe vanga vasiri kupa mumiriri waaida kuona, aifanira kungozvinyora iye. Ndizvo chaizvo zvaakaita.

Chipingamupinyi chake chinotevera chaive chave pedyo, asi panguva ino, munyori aive adzidza zvakakwana nezvake kuti kumira pasi kwake kwave kuita kwechipiri.

"Pandakatanga kuburitsa chakatenderedza 2005, ndakamhanyira kune vaparidzi uye vapepeti vakati, 'Usave akanyanyisa ngochani pamhepo nekuti zvinokanganisa basa rako," akadaro. “Iyi yaive nguva iyo yaive mazhinji emabhodhi emashoko. Vakandiudza ndichigadzira nyaya nevarume vakuru vevane ngochani kwaizoparadzanisa murume nemurume fan fan yekutyisa. Ini ndaive nemuparidzi akandiudza kuti ndinofanira kutsikisa zvinhu zvishoma nevanhu vakananga ndisati ndatsikisa nevane ngochani kuitira kuti vanhu vasazondibatanidze nekunyora mabhuku evarume vanoita zvevanhu ngochani sekunge vanhu vakatwasuka vasingagoni kuverenga mabhuku ane mavara echikadzi. Ndakanga ndine vamwe vaparidzi vakandiudza kuti ndaifanira kutsvaga muparidzi ainyanya kunanga kune ngochani nekuti zvakare, vaisakwanisa kufunga kuti vateereri vakatwasuka vanogona kuverenga mabhuku ane vanhu vane ngochani. ”

Yakanga iri yekare pfungwa yekuti munhu akatwasuka haakwanise kuziva kana kunzwira ngano ngochani kunyangwe zvichitarisirwa, munyika ine hunyengeri, kuti vanhu veLGBTQ + vanogona uye vachanzwira tsitsi avo vakatwasuka. Izvo zvavanokundikana kuziva ndezvekuti isu hatina kupihwa sarudzo, uye kutaura chokwadi, hazvingakuvadze kuisa vatendi vakananga nevatariri munzvimbo imwechete.

Kunyangwe zvaishungurudza, Gunnells akanamira munzira yake, achinyora nyaya dzake, uye pakupedzisira achitsvaga vaparidzi vaizotora mukana paari. Anobvuma kuti idzi hurukuro hadziitike kakawanda muna 2021 sezvavakaita muna 2005 asi dzichiri kuitika.

"Ndakaudzwa kana ndichitaura nezvenyaya dzekusiyana-siyana uye mamiririro andiri kuisa kuvanhu, asi handina basa nazvo nekuti inyaya yakakosha inoda kutaurwa nezvayo," akadaro Gunnells. “Unogona kubvuma nekuziva matanho akatorwa uye uchiri kubvuma kuti kuchine nzira dzekufamba. Ndiri kufara kwazvo nekwandiri uye nevashambadzi vandakashanda navo asi vanhu vangani vangatumidze vashanu vanotengesa zvakanyanya ngochani vanyori vanotyisa. Zvakadii nezvevanyori vashanu vekuAmerican vanyori? ”

Iyo ipfungwa yakagadzirwa zvakanaka, uye imwe iyo Gunnells anoenderera mberi achitaura nezvayo paanoenderera mberi nerwendo rwake rwekunyora. Ruzivo rwake rwekupedzisira, Asati Apepuka, rakabudiswa mavhiki mashoma apfuura. Iyo yekufungidzira inonakidza inotarisana nevechidiki vechidiki vanobiwa. Kana mutapi wavo aenda kunotora zvekushandisa, akakuvara mutsaona yemotokari uye asingakwanise kudzoka, achivasiya vabatwa vasina chekudya kana mvura.

Kana vari vamwe vanyori vane basa raanoyemura uye vanogadzira vatambi vechokwadi ngochani, anonongedzera kubasa kwa Aaron Dries, Norman Prentiss, uye J. Daniel Stone kungodudza vashoma.

Sezvo kubvunzana kwedu kwakasvika pamhedziso isingadzivisike, maGunnells akandisiya nepfungwa imwe yekupedzisira.

“Izvo zvaunoverengeka zvakanyanya iwe unoverenga, iwe paunonyanya kunzwisisa nezve pasirese. Kunyanya paunonzwisisa vanhu vasinga fanane newe. Ndakave nevanhu vanoti, 'Ehe haudi kuti mumwe munhu akuverenge nekuda kwekuti uri ngochani. Chaizvoizvo, ndakanaka nazvo. Kana zvirizvo zvakavaunza kwandiri zvakanaka. Ndinovimba ndinongovapa nyaya inoita kuti varambe vachidzoka. ”

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