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Beasts of Moor and Mine: Folklore and Folk Horror in the Cornish wilds
Ahead of her appearance leading a panel of folkloric fantasy writers in a London book store, Alexandra…
D&D, Writing and My Favourite Word: Verisimilitude
Will McCloughlin has a whole lotta love for Dungeons & Dragons – and he’ll be leading four…
Why Would A Horror Writer Join A Fantasy Society?
Despite the declaration that the BFS is here for all of speculative fiction, a lot of the…
Tags: horror
Ask an Agent: October 2024
In this monthly column, we check in with one of our resident agent, Laura Bennett of the…
Categories: Guest post
10 Fearsome Foes from Scottish Folklore
Lyndsey Croal loves delving into Scottish myths and folklore to find the dark stuff. Here, she introduces…
What Lurks in That Fairytale Forest?
We all know that fairytales aren’t sweetness and light – but what if that darker side existed…
The October Challenge: What We’re Learning From Writing A Short Horror Story Every Day
Writers Kit Whitfield and Charlotte Bond have taken an October artist prompt challenge and turned it into…
A Woman’s World (Not)
Folk horror writer and poet Stephanie Ellis asks where all the older women are in fiction—especially in…
Subgenre deep dive: Possessed, Haunted, and Cursed Objects
In this latest edition of her regular column, Tiffani Angus—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies volumes 1…
Going Dark: Why I’m Excited to Move From YA Fantasy to the Dark Side
After trying her hand at Barkeresque dark fantasy in her youth, Fi Phillips ended up creating a…