Fiction

Aces of Weird: The Hotel (Daisy Johnson, 2024)

Checking into a labyrinth of cosmic horror

Jun 26 •

Who Goes There? (1938) vs The Thing (1982)

John W. Campbell's classic novella of Golden Age science fiction and John Carpenter's modern horror masterpiece - both absorb new meanings in the age of…

Mar 26 •

Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them

Some Jurassic examples of great monster-writing

Jan 28 •

Aces of Weird: Starve Acre (Andrew Michael Hurley, 2019)

This bleak and atmospheric folk horror novel unearths new horrors in old haunts

Aug 20, 2024 •

Lessons From Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin’s 'A Wizard of Earthsea' is a classic, no question. But does anyone still care? Writers and creators of fantasy, neglect this book at…

Jul 24, 2024 •

Mapping the Labyrinth: A No-Mucking-About Beginner’s Guide to Starting Out as a Writer

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young person in possession of a desire to write, must be in want of advice from an old fart

Jun 14, 2024 •

Evolve or Die: Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?

Can the genre ever move on from Robert E. Howard's Conan? How can writers possibly innovate within this narrow fantasy subgenre? Is the sword and…

Jun 5, 2024 •

M.R. James and the Craft of Fear

Learn the subtleties of writing terror from a master of the scary ghost story

Mar 14, 2024 •

Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer

The award-winning author of 'The Diabolist's Library' trilogy on her route to writing, taming research and penning the official resurrection of Jirel of…

Feb 12, 2024 •

Over By Christmas (a short story)

A Weird winter's tale of lost time, lost hearts, and a devil's bargain - published here for the first time anywhere (30-minute read)

Dec 21, 2023

Submit or Surrender? Why I Can't Listen To My Own Writing Advice

The torture of cold submissions

Dec 6, 2023

The Five Types of Twist Ending

Deliver a sting in your tale

Jul 12, 2023 •

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