Adoration. Obsession. Beautiful self-destruction

Trapdoor

extras // Inspirations

A number of different stories, and methods of telling a story, helped to inspire and encourage me to write the novel Trapdoor. A list of those I can recall most prominently appears below.

Anime & manga

Zetsuai 1989
Kaze to Ki no Uta
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Books

Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite
Chartbreak by Gillian Cross
The Delinquents by Criena Rohan
Leaving Las Vegas by John O’Brien
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Film

True Romance
Natural Born Killers
Heavenly Creatures
The Girl on a Swing
The Crow
Romeo + Juliet
Trust (1990)
Thelma & Louise