Sharing a few animal noises here, I feel, is helpful for some folks to get an understanding of how they can shape organic monster noises. So to put it all together: “Warbled, demonic snarling like that of a Tasmanian Devil” if you’re describing a monster who is using this noise. “Warbled, demonic snarling” also could be a great descriptor for this. Often I will use ‘screams like nails ripping down a chalkboard’ or something because this screeching is so grating and attention-grabbing. I actually describe this noise in my book, Red Viper, for Darcia, my Tasmanian Devil shapeshifter. This would go perfectly with a variety of monsters. Granted, not everyone knows what they sound like, but damn is this snarling monstrous. I’ve always considered the Tasmanian Devil to have an iconic sound. Sometimes things work out that way, I suppose. They just stopped and decided to scream for one reason or another. The fox is fine here, of course, and from what I can tell in no sort of agony. This way, you’re elaborating on what the fox sounds like, and helping the reader to learn this little neat tidbit as well. Extremely foxlike, probably an actual fox.’ It depends on if your creature is a fox in this case or an entity that just sounds like one, of course. To describe this, I would say something like ‘a few high pitched, eerie trills followed by all out animalistic screaming encompassing all of the agony in the world. The mountain lion’s ‘scream’ is more commonly known, I think. I don’t think it’s super well known that foxes can do this, especially to those in the city. If you use the term in your writing, “Screams like that of a fox”, though, your reader might be confused. So, what does the fox say? Well, a variety of noises that can be either cute or absolutely terrifying. Warning: This gets significantly louder after the initial trills the foxes make. I wanted to give my outlook and advice on sound in horror and dark fantasy for this article! That’s why it’ll be a fickle thing in horror writing, because a lot of the ‘easier’ methods in horror video media just isn’t there, especially for sound. Horror movies have the benefit of music for building suspense and don’t need to describe those sounds–you can just hear it unless it’s in captions. Sure, most people know the sound of ocean waves, but those by the shoreline have a genuine understanding of the sound as opposed to those who have seen it on mediums not in person. Some sounds might be universal, but that will generally be really hard to determine. This could help when you are making comparisons. By that, I mean location, and what sounds they’ve heard before.
You need to keep your target audience in mind, and that’s something I’ll talk about below.
You can’t really say something smells red/the menagerie of synonyms for red unless you’re describing a drug trip. Sound, however, brings in a lot of needed comparison points, something I imagine would be the case for taste & smell too. The sense of touch seems a bit more straightforward as well. Visual stimuli is the easiest, in my personal opinion, as you can describe color, texture, and movement. One thing that’s particularly hard to capture in writing is sound. WARNING! THIS ARTICLE HAS HORROR CONTENT SUCH AS SCARY NOISES AND GORE!
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