The terrible old man: Extra reading

This is another story by HP Lovecraft that I found pretty interesting. It tells the story of an old terrible man that lives in a old sketchy house by himself and does some peculiar things. These 3 men are very curious about the terrible old man so they devise a plan to break into the house and see whats up. This goes south for the men and they end of dead. This whole story reminds me a lot of the movie Monster House. Theres a mean old man that never lets anyone near his house and is mean to everyone. But really hes protecting them from his house because its haunted with the ghost of his dead wife.

Source: The Terrible Old man

Monster House

Reading Notes B: Grimm

For this set of reading notes I will mainly be focusing on the story of Snow White and Rose Red. I had never heard of this version of Snow White, only the disney version but I liked this one a lot. I liked the plot twist at the end where the bear turned out to be a cursed prince. You could probably make a good back story on the princes version of the story and how he became cursed in the first place. Or a after story about how the other dwarves planned on getting revenge on the prince for the death of their fallen comrade.

Snow White

Source: Snow White and Red-Rose by Grimm

Reading Notes A: Grimm

For this set of reading notes I plan on focusing on the story of hansel and grethel. Something that could be pretty cool would be to switch the roles of hansel and grethel and the parents. Since the kids overheard the parents talking about leaving them in the forest, the kids take action and leave the parents in the forest for dead. Or maybe add some background on the witch that tries to eat them. Maybe she had some hardship in her life that made her want to eat children, who knows. Maybe she lost children of her own or cooked her own children, but it would be nice to add some background to why some of these villains in these stories do what they do.

Hansel and Grethel


Source: Hansel and Grethel by Grimm

The beast in the cave: Reading notes

For these reading I read the beast in the cave by HP Lovecraft. This reading tells the story of a man lost in a cave while on a hiking tour. He is left alone and is certain he will die of starvation. At a last desperate effort to get help from the tour guide he starts yelling for help. This attracts a beast that the man can only hear getting closer but cant see it. As it gets closer the man throws a big stone at it and seems to wound it, he then runs away and luckily finds the guide. They then back track and go try to find out what the creature was. Upon finding and observing the injured creature they make the shocking realization that this creature is or at one time was a man.

This story could spark for a interesting storytelling opportunity. The story could feature the creature and his background and how he got to the cave.

The Beast in the Cave