Comments on: Stories that involve shadows?

Question: Stories that involve shadows?

largecorp — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:57:36 -0800

Novels, short stories, movies--all are welcome. I find shadow stories spooky and interesting. My fave was a kid book called "The Shades" which explains how the shadows of people live their own lives. Know of any others?

By: saladin

saladin — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:35:45 -0800

Have you read Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows? It's non-fiction, but a really interesting and illuminating (extra pun intended) treatise on Japanese aesthetics, shadows in particular.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:56:00 -0800

Peter Schlemihl by Adelbert von Chamisso.

By: Pater Aletheias

Pater Aletheias — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:00:21 -0800

The Shadow, by Hans Christian Andersen

By: bruceo

bruceo — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:13:03 -0800

i remember jack of shadows fondly from my youth.

By: Pinback

Pinback — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:35:03 -0800

Luna e l'altra? Though it's not 'spooky', it's a nice story with a twist that fits with the "shadows living their own lives" theme.

If you happen to find it on DVD, let me know - I've been after it for years.

By: aebaxter

aebaxter — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:33:17 -0800

The X-Files episode "Soft Light" (season 2, episode 23) guest starred Tony Shalhoub as a scientist whose shadow keeps accidentally killing people because it's been oddly affected by a botched experiment.

By: largecorp

largecorp — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:51:06 -0800

Fantastic! Thanks for all the suggestions. I've been toying with writing a tale of my own, and want to avoid what's already been done.