So for authors, it helps to improve access to one's inner creep.  Roald 
Dahl is another example of that in some of his short stories, I think.

Eric Scoles wrote:
>
> Oh, but it's creepier than just Kipling. In the same radio piece, he 
> was said to have had the original inspiration in relation to the fact 
> that his young son liked to ride his tricycle in a graveyard....
>
>
> On 2009-01-27, *Dana Paxson* <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     So this is how authors get ideas.  From here, one could easily get
>     to: "It's about a girl raised by zombies after they eat her
>     parents, and then she meets Bruce Campbell..."
>
>     Eew.
>
>
>     Eric Scoles wrote:
>>
>>     On the radio this morning, he said it was partly inspired by The
>>     Jungle Book. Instead of being raised by wolves, the child is
>>     raised by ghosts.
>>
>>     I can't help but wonder if this has anything to do with being
>>     Neil Gaiman being raised by Scientologists....
>>
>>
>>     On 2009-01-26, *Alicia Henn* <[email protected]
>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         Neil Gaiman won the 2009 Newbery Medal for his new kids'
>>         chapter book
>>         (which is also a bestseller right now), The Graveyard Book.
>>         Its about
>>         a boy raised by ghosts after his parents are killed. I may
>>         have to
>>         find a copy next time I'm at B and N, probably the next
>>         R-spec meeting.
>>
>>         Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         eric scoles ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>)
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> eric scoles ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>)
> >

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