Writing

Lessons from Hannibal Lecter: How to Write a Human Monster

Can horror be scary without the supernatural?

Sep 29 •

The Best Scene in 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981) Isn't the One You Think

How to write a comedy of terrors

Aug 28 •

Building a Labyrinth of Liminal Horror

Checking into Daisy Johnson's The Hotel (2024)

Jun 26 •

Fantastic Beasts and How to Write Them

Some Jurassic examples of great monster-writing

Jan 28 •

Starve Acre (2019): How to Farm a Field of Horrors

How Andrew Michael Hurley’s compulsive folk horror novel casts its bleak and atmospheric spell

Aug 20, 2024 •

Lessons From Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin’s 'A Wizard of Earthsea' may be a classic, but does anyone still care? Writers and creators of fantasy, neglect this book at your…

Jul 24, 2024 •

A No-Mucking-About Beginner's Guide to Starting Out as a Writer

Mapping the labyrinth

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 •

The Horror Masterpiece Everyone Missed

How 'The Rolling Giant', an incredible YouTube short by Kane Pixels, builds tension, embraces the uncanny and gives viewers the virtual creeps

Jan 25, 2024 •

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

The torture of cold submissions

Dec 6, 2023

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