Umbhali wase-Australia u-Aaron Dries ubhala izinganekwane ezethusayo nezihambayo. Amanoveli akhe afinyelela emathunjini akho futhi aveze ukwesaba ngisho okungenzeka ukuthi ubungazi ukuthi kucashe lapho.

Indlela yakhe yokuba ngumbhali yaqala esemncane, kepha ukuzimisela kokwenza lokho kwaqina ngenkathi egconwa ngokusobala nguthisha wakhe wesiNgisi webanga lesi-XNUMX lapho emtshela ngezinhlelo zakhe zokuba ngumbhali.

Uyathula isikhashana wabe esehleka ebusweni bami, ”kuchaza yena. “Bekungumcabango wedolobhana elincane elizama ukuzala omunye umcabango wamadolobha amancane ngokunciphisa ukuvelela. Bekufanele ngabe uyiqhawe lami. Ngangazi ngaphambili ukuthi ngifuna ukuba umbhali, kodwa ngalolo suku ngangazi ukuthi ngi Okudingekayo ukuba ngumbhali. Bengidinga ukuzibonakalisa ngikufanelekela ukungahlekwa. ”

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwamkhumbuza, ngenkathi ehamba emzileni wenkumbulo engxoxweni yethu, ngefilimu eqale yamnaka futhi yamnika ukunambitheka okwethusayo.

UDries wayefuna ifilimu azoyibuka nabazali bakhe ngesikhathi ikhava ye-VHS idonsa ukunaka kwakhe.

"Kwakuyisembozo se-VHS esicacile esasinesithombe sowesifazane othelwe ngegazi," usho kanje. "Wayebheke le khamera ngokudangala sengathi uzodinga ukuqinisekiswa."

Ifilimu, yebo, kwakungekaBrian de Palma Carrie, ngokususelwa kunoveli kaStephen King, futhi ngokushesha waya kubazali bakhe wacela ukuyibona. Bangeza ngokufanele, babecabanga ukuthi kuzodlula izinga lakhe lokuvuthwa kanye nelokuqonda ukuqonda kodwa ekugcineni bahlehla futhi bobathathu bahlala phansi ukuyibuka ndawonye.

Wayengakuqondi kahle konke ayekubona, kepha wayazi ngalowo mzuzu ukuthi wayethukile nokuthi wayefuna okungaphezulu kwalokho ayekuzwa. UHorror wayemmemele ezindaweni zayo ezesabekayo, eziyimfihlo futhi wasamukela leso simemo ngenjabulo.

Ngokumangazayo, lokhu kwajabulisa omkhulu bakhe bobabili, abaqala ukuqopha amafilimu kumabonakude kumakhasethi e-VHS ukuze asebenzise ukubeka isisekelo semfundo yakhe ethusayo.

“Bekungathi bebelinde inzalo yabo,” kusho uDries, ehleka. “Bebevele bangilayishe ngamafilimu. Lokhu bekuyizinto ezinhle, kodwa futhi bekuyizinto ezilahlayo abazoziqopha phakathi kwamabili kuthelevishini. ”

Bamnikeze konke kusuka ekuvumeni kukaTobe Hooper ULoti kaSalem kuFrancis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Manje, futhi u-Aaron osemncane wamunca ngamunye ngokulandelana.

Lawo mathonya akhanya emsebenzini kaDries njengombhali namuhla, kepha kusazothatha isikhathi ngaphambi kokuba azibeke yena mathupha endleleni yokubhala leyo noveli yokuqala, futhi esinye isithiyo sasiseduze kakhulu kulombalisi osafufusa. Kwakuyisikhathi lapho umndeni wakhe, ikakhulukazi umama wakhe, athola khona ukuthi uyisitabane.

UDries ulandisa indaba yokuthi ngobunye ubusuku lapho eneminyaka eyi-17, umama wakhe weza kuye wamtshela ukuthi uthumele ubaba wakhe endaweni yokucima ukoma ukuba aphuze ubhiya omncane futhi baba nesikhathi bodwa futhi wayefuna ukukhuluma.

Ngokushesha nje lapho ezwa lawo mazwi, wayazi ukuthi uzobuza ini, futhi uvalo lwavuka kuye njengoba lwalungakaze lube khona ngaphambili. Yebo, wayeqinisile.

Wabuza, kalula nje, “Ingabe uyisitabane?”

U-Aaron waphendula ngendlela elula, “Yebo.”

Emahoreni amathathu noma ngaphezulu alandelayo, bahlala futhi baxoxa futhi bahlanganyela izinyembezi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ndawonye, ​​kepha umama wakhe wayezimisele ukumazisa ukuthi usamthanda. U-Aaron wayeyigcinile ithelevishini, isiko abebeqale emndenini wabo ngakho-ke kwakungeke kubangwe ukuthi bazobukelani, kusihlwa babuke uhlelo aluthandayo, Six Feet Under, nonina baphakamise ukuthi babuke ndawonye.

Ngokwethuka okukhulu, kwavela ukuthi isiqephu esithile sasiphezulu phezulu kuya phansi, kuhloswe nge-pun, konke mayelana nobulili bendunu.

"KwakunguBum-Fucking 101, futhi mina nomama sahlala lapho njengamaqhawe omzabalazo asethukile sibuka ndawonye sithule du," esho, ehleka lesi simo. “Akekho kithi obengahamba ngoba uma ngishiya, bengizenza izinto zibe nzima, futhi uma engahamba, ubeyinduna. Kwakuyihora lokukhathazeka kabi kanti lapho amakhredithi egingqika sobabili sasheshe savalelisa sagijima! ”

Naphezu kokungakhululeki kokuqala, neminyaka embalwa eshubile njengoba umndeni wakhe ujwayelene nesimo sakhe, konke ukuphuma kwakhe kuhambe kahle, kanti uDries uyabona ukuthi wayenenhlanhla kangakanani yokuba nomndeni osekelayo. Ngemuva kwalokho, ubonile okuphambene namanye amalungu omphakathi owaziwayo futhi ngisho nalabo abesebudlelwaneni nabo.

Isibonelo somndeni wakhe, ngaphandle kokungabaza, sabumba ukuthi ungubani namuhla.

Ngike ngabuza uDries kabili esikhathini esedlule--kanye ngeHorror kanye kanye ukukhishwa okukhethekile kohlelo lwenoveli yakhe Abafana Abawile–Kabili kuzikhathi zombili sixoxe ngempilo yomndeni wakhe. Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho sikhuluma, ngihlala ngimbuza ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi indoda enesisekelo esijabule kangaka nesisekelayo ibhale phansi ukwethuka okweqisayo, okungenalutho okuvame ukubhekana nemindeni echithekile kanye nabantu abahlakazekile.

Akakaze awuphendule ngokugcwele lo mbuzo noma ngasiphi isikhathi, kepha lapho ngimbuza lo mbuzo futhi kulokhu, uthe usekutholile lokho. Iqiniso elilula ukuthi le nsumansumane ayizange igxile emndenini wayo ukuqala.

“Ngivela emndenini onekhola oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka abathanda ngathi banemali eyisigidi noma ngabe babengenayo,” wangitshela. “Bafake izimiso ezinhliziyweni yami engizigcinayo kuze kube namuhla futhi engizisebenzisa empilweni yami yansuku zonke. Ngicabanga ukuthi lezo zinto eziyisisekelo ziholele kulokho engikuthatha njengomsebenzi wami wosuku. ”

Lowo "msebenzi wosuku" usebenza nabangenamakhaya; abesilisa nabesifazane abayimilutha yezidakamizwa notshwala futhi abazibandakanya nsuku zonke emzabalazweni wokusinda ekuguleni kwengqondo. Ubone abaningi babo behlulwa kuleyo mpi naphezu kwemizamo yabo ehlanganisiwe, futhi emva kwesikhathi, lowo msebenzi uyabalimaza.

“Kunzima kakhulu ukubuka abantu bedlula kulokho,” kusho yena. “Ngingabasiza badwebe indlela yokuphuma kodwa kungaba nzima kakhulu. Ukubhala kuyindlela yami yokubhekana nalokho. Yindlela engiqinisekisa ngayo ukuthi ngilungile. Kuyimpumuzo kimi ukuphendula lowo msebenzi futhi lezi zinto zombili zihlangene kakhulu kunalokho engangicabanga ukuthi kungacatshangwa. ”

Lokhu kukhombisa ngokuphelele umsebenzi omningi kaDries njengombhali. Inganekwane yakhe enesihluku, engaqinile ivame ukukhomba imicroscope ezintweni esingafuni ukuzibona kithi, sidwebe imigqa engathandeki yokujwayela ngisho naphakathi kwabantu bakhe ababi, nangezikhathi ezinhle zokudala ukuqonda okunozwela kokuthi kungani abanye babo okungenani babe yilokho abayikho.

Konke lokhu kusibuyisela kulelo gumbi lokufundela ebangeni lesikhombisa lapho u-Aaron Dries osemncane ebhekene nokuhleka kothisha wakhe. Kwakuwusuku anquma ngalo ukuthi akasoze azivumela ukuthi abe nguCarrie White.

“Angifuni ukuthi bangihleke bonke. Angifuni ukuba sengozini, ”kuchaza yena. “Angifuni ukuma esiteji futhi ngizwe sengathi ngamukelekile ukuthi igazi lengulube liwele phezu kwami. Lokho kwakuyiphupho elibi kakhulu. Angikaze nje… angikaze ngifune ukuba yilokho futhi ngeke ngibe yilokho. Kunengxenye yami okungukuthi lo mthombo wamandla engiwusebenzisa lapho ngizizwa ngingemkhulu kangako. Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kulowo mthombo, kukhona ukwethuka. Kuyinto ethusayo enginikezwe yona. Kuyinto ethusayo engivezwe kimi. Kuyinto ethusayo engiyitholile ngedwa. Kungifundise ukuba nozwela kwabanye abantu, ngisho nalabo abangihlukumezayo. ”

"Uhlobo oluhlasimulisa umzimba luyinkundla enozwela kakhulu laphaya nokuthi abantu basho okunye ukuthi ubugebengu," engeza. “Akuyona into eyisigebengu ukucabanga ukuthi labo abazitika, bahlole futhi benze izinto ezimnyama ngandlela thile bayingozi. Uma siyingozi, simane siyisongo kulabo abazizwa besongelwa vele. ”

Isitatimende esilula kanjalo esizwakala siyiqiniso ebusweni balabo abazama ukungcolisa lolu hlobo lohlobo, besola ama-movie nomculo ngodlame lwangempela. Labo bantu abafanayo abenza lezi zitatimende bakhomba neminwe yabo emphakathini we-LGBTQ, basola ngokuwohloka komphakathi.

Ngaphambi kwakho konke lokho, uDries umi phakathi kwabaningi njengesibonelo sokuphikisayo. Umsebenzi wakhe usikhanyisela lezo zindawo ezimnyama kithi sonke kungakhathalekile ukuthi simi ngakuphi, ukuthi siyini ngokobulili, noma izinkolelo.

“Akuyona yonke into engiyibhalayo emangele. Ezinye zazo zingabonakala ziqonde kakhulu noma zithandwa, kepha ngaphansi kwakho konke konke Ngibhala ngokuthile, ”kusho yena ngesikhathi siqeda ingxoxo yethu. “Konke engikubhalayo kumayelana nomuntu wangaphandle. Imayelana nengane eyezwa sengathi ayiyona eyayo. Babefuna ukucabanga ukuthi kukhona insindiso endaweni ethile ukuze bazithole besemhubheni lapho kungekho ukukhanya khona. Lezo izinkulumo zobuciko ezibonakala njengomphumela walapho sihlala khona. Ukwabelana ngalokho kuyesabeka. Asikwenzi lokho kaningi ngaphandle kobuciko bokudala. ”

Uma ungafundanga u-Aaron Dries, awazi ngempela ukuthi yini oyilahlekile. Bheka eyakhe ikhasi lombhali ku-Amazon ukuthola uhlu lomsebenzi wakhe atholakalayo. Ungamangala nje ukuthi yimaphi umhlaba onobusuku okulindeleyo.