The Smell of Hospital Corridors

Neil Gaiman once said: ‘Let me show you the terror in a handful of dust.’ Any definition of horror I tried to give would no doubt involve the smell of hospital corridors and the suffocating dread experienced in one whilst waiting to see your specialist. There is more fear in the tang of polished linoleum, antiseptic and the desperate perspiration of those ahead of you to get news from the doctor than any movie or book could ever hope to create.