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Brandon Sanderson's Use of Horror

Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

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Folk Horor Adventures

Folk horor adventures involve traditions, beliefs and perceptions that are passed down through generations. Sacrifices to strange gods or placations to lurking monsters are everyday events for outsiders. These practices reveal the subjectivity of normalcea society, truth and taboos. In such stories, characters discover their perception of the way the world works is in the mino ity as those around them practise traditions beyond their understanding. Communities often have dramatic ways of using outsiders or purging non believers.

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