Across
- 5. knowledge that humans are not expected to have, such as how to control life and death. The author suggests that "forbidden knowledge" involves evil, or an unnatural interest in life and death
- 6. a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality
- 7. (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature
- 8. A parallel world is another universe situated "alongside" our own, displaced from it along a spatial fourth Dimension (parallel worlds are often referred to in sf as "other dimensions").
Down
- 1. the time, place, and environment in which a story occurs. Through its use, authors can establish mood, develop their characters, and enhance the conflict.
- 2. juxtaposing morally righteous characters with someone antithetical who is ethically flawed, usually after undergoing a turning point in their life
- 3. a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
- 4. the main source of terror in supernatural horrors is the human reaction to being faced with the unknown, usually in the midst of a serious conflict—i.e. a haunting, a possession, an invasion, a curse or omen, etc.