Fear on the page, and why human monsters are harder to write convincingly than supernatural ones.
AugustMary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at 18 and published it in 1818, often called the first real science fiction. The deepest thing about it: the monster was never the villain. A look at sympathy, creation, and responsibility.
Character DevelopmentLaughter is hard to earn on the page, tears harder, but fear is the steepest climb of all, because it is physical, and you are trying to trigger a racing heart with nothing but ink in a quiet room. That…
Genre Writing GuidesFrom ancient oral traditions to modern horror, ghost stories tap the same deep nerve: the fear of death, the question of after, the suspicion that the line between living and dead is thinner than we admit. I work in this…
horror fictionHalloween gives you permission to become someone else for a few hours. Writing does the same thing, except the transformation lasts longer. Here's how.
Character DevelopmentHorror writer Richard Rumple on moving from radio and standup into fiction, character-driven horror, and his short-story collection Gabriella: Tales from the Demon Cat.
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