Talk:Surviving in Hell: Sequel to Nightmare Fuel/@comment-25021327-20140623020648/@comment-25021327-20141203001057

I'm glad that you asked me to reread this one. Like I said I might, I went back, and read Nightmare Fuel, then came back to this one. I had forgotten how much I actually did like both stories.

Nightmare Fuel has a interesting premise, and is thought provoking as well as grisly. Like I mentioned in the above review, this one is less cerebral, and more action oriented. I feel that Surviving Hell is a more straightforward horror ride, and in my opinion, a pretty enjoyable one.

I must say that I think I prefer the original Buried Alive ending a bit more than this. I feel that it is a more realistic and visceral fear for many of us. The new ending kind of continues the whole nightmare "anything is possible" theme. I imagine you wanted a more bait-and-switch style ending, making the reader think that maybe things will work out alright for our protagonist. But I must say, it didn't do as much for me.

In addition, it kind of contradicts the title of the story. In the original, it turns out that the narrator, through some supernatural means, actually has survived Hell. He come out of the dream and is alive and well, only to realize that his circumstances are worse than he imagined.

In any case, I'm glad I read these pastas again :)