[ OT ] Hey all ! New guy here , can i get some advice on how to write in a certain genre ?

Since you said any advice, I suppose I'll give the most basic ( and only horror genre specific advice I know ). 
 
 Every short story, especially on a forum filled with short stories to pick from needs to get the reader to keep reading. The first line has to have what they taught us in high school, the hook, so they read line two. It must follow in the footsteps of the first, making the reader want to read the third. Make the first paragraph hook them. By the end, they'll see your writing style and want to read on, so paragraph two can be more descriptive. 
 
 Description levels vary by author, but horror is very dependent on it. Stephen King's books go on for pages about various character's thoughts ( in the way *they* would see them ), though admittedly he is an extreme example of it. So, an exterminator by day could get a feeling like he's walking into a trap and the narration, if not omnipresent, would say something along the lines of'He narrowed his eyes and turned his head, feeling as though he were walking into a wasp nest,' while a mailman in the same situation might have the words'... felt as though a dog had caught his scent.' 
 
 Lastly, and this applies to all writing, edit. Any good writing is edited. Jim Butcher once said he spends about 1 hour writing to four hours editing, I think Brandon Sanderson was even more editing, but I do n't remember his exact ratio.
