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Otto Penzler
American
Editor
Born:
Jul 8
,
1942
Became
Big
Ghost
Pure
World
You
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All cultures have had a belief in ghosts and a fear of ghosts. People have always told stories, and everybody likes being frightened, especially when you feel safe. Personally, I find them scarier than vampires or zombies.
Otto Penzler
You
People
Fear
Everybody
Ghosts
Vampires
Find
Had
Feel
Safe
Likes
Always
Cultures
Than
Frightened
Being
Stories
Them
Personally
Belief
Zombies
I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
Otto Penzler
Big
Ghost
Ghost Stories
Pretty
Always
Been
Big Fan
Fan
Stories
I don't believe in ghosts and have never seen one. I wish I could see one, and I would like to have seen one because then I could believe in God. If I can see it, feel it and taste it, then I believe in it.
Otto Penzler
God
Seen
Wish
Believe
Ghosts
Would
See
Could
Never
Feel
Like
Because
Taste
Then
One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
Otto Penzler
Before
Interview
Hopes
Inside
Something
Mystery
Writer
Head
Know
Learn
Read
Hear
Get
It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
Otto Penzler
Age
World
Pure
Locked
Detective
Detective Story
Mystery
Between
Became
Ultimate
Golden
Golden Age
Form
Story
Which
Room
Really
Wars
Popular
Two
World Wars
A lot of locked-room mysteries take time for you to pay attention and see the setup. They aren't thrillers, and they don't move along. The modern mystery story is really faster-paced, and I think modern readers tend to prefer seeing something happening on every other page.
Otto Penzler
Time
You
Mysteries
Pay
Pay Attention
Every
Think
Other
Setup
See
Seeing
Something
Thrillers
Tend
Mystery
Take
Attention
Along
Readers
Lot
Modern
Move
Happening
Story
Prefer
Really
Page
To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
Otto Penzler
Day
Single
Out
Mystery
Never
Figured
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