response: I have not as a bot. Did you know A. Cuddon defined it is a work of fiction of variable length that shocks or frightens the reader, even making them feel repulsion or loathing?
original_response: I have, actually! I love horror fiction.. keeps me feeling invigorated. Just like historian J.A. Cuddon said, it's meant to ''shock'' or ''frighten'' you... but he also said it's meant to induce a feeling of ''repulsion or loathing,'' which I've never encountered. One of my favorite writers is Leigh Blackmore.
history: Have you read any good horror fiction lately?
knowledge: A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as ''a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing''.