Love, don't bloom

Author: Zhou Dedong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Love, Don't Bloom carefully pries open a crack through the red and green of love, allowing you to see some frightening things. The source of terror is hatred; the hatred that grows from the soil of love is more fierce than love itself. Thus, terror arises, giving you a feeling as if you were shocked in the midst of ordinary life, recharging your exhausted heart. In recent years, the domestic publishing market has seen a surge in horror novels, with various horror literary works often printing tens of thousands of copies. However, the writer who truly pioneered the concept of "native horror" is Zhou Dedong, currently residing in Beijing. Recently, Chang'an Press China launched the "Timid Souls" series of Chinese and Foreign Horror Works: Black Jokes, Love, Don't Bloom, and Horror Stories Personally Experienced by Horror Writer Zhou Dedong. These are yet another powerful works by Zhou Dedong following the 773 horror series. In these three novels, Zhou Dedong pays special attention to the "de-terrorization" of horror novels—love, hatred, and conflicts; hardship and displacement; the "terror" that family, friends, and colleagues may encounter at any moment. His writing touches on the rich and varied "special human survival states" such as love, jealousy, and revenge, as well as the many "mutations" of real life. Through a series of seemingly eerie stories, he attempts to make readers gradually see the weaknesses of human nature and the dark side of society after feeling the tension and mystery they bring.