Most Recent Twisted Updates
Good Girls Don’t Write Horror… Or Do They? by Danielle Wager
‘It was… a little bit….dark and deathy for my tastes?’ These were the words that accompanied one of my first attempts at showing my short story writing to others when I was younger. I had always had one of those sorts of imaginations; capable of extracting the very worst possible outcome from any given scenario.
Redrafting my story for the Twisted50 vol 2 final round…by Paul Green
The deadline for Twisted 50 Vol 2 arrived and I duly submitted my 3rd draft of Unforgettable feeling smug as hell. Job done. Or so I thought… Then word came from Chris Jones that rewrites were welcome, if not downright mandatory. I sat down to re-read my story cockily expecting to add the odd flourish
Macabre À La Carte by Amanda Webster
Happy Ever After? What’s that all about, then? That, my friend, is Act 3 without the satisfying ending! We don’t do that here at Twisted 50, do we? No, we’re out to reimagine and reinvent the fairytale – warts and all. So, where does the prospective writer start when that blank page is staring them
My Create50 Experience by Philip F. Webb
After being nagged, pestered and finally (the next bit may be an exaggeration) threatened by a friend, I checked out Create50 and the Twisted50 vol 2 competition. What I saw was a breath of fresh air compared to both other writing competitions (you mean I get feedback and can re-write my submission?) and social media sites (no
Why you should expose your writing to a live reading by Vera Mark
So you are working on a screenplay, a short story or a novel. Perhaps you’ve finished a draft, or a rewrite, you’ve gathered feedback, you feel it’s pretty much good to go. What else can you do? Read it out loud. Not only to yourself, but to others, or with others, or have it read
Music from the Barrows in ‘Distant Percussion’ by Freya Eden Ellis
Releasing your writing into the wild is scary. It’s your precious baby that you’ve nurtured and put your heart and soul into and now you fear it will be ripped to shreds. I was certainly worried about that when I decided to enter the Twisted 50 Vol. 2 short story competition. It had been a
Dee Chilton Gets Interviewed by ‘The Fan Carpet TV’
You know what’s really scary? Being taken by total surprise and interviewed on camera. Many will know I can warm to my subject (!) and waffle on, but I feel (hope) I did the Create50 and LSF justice on this occasion. Fortunately the interviewer, the lovely Ellie Torrez, was superb at putting me/us at
The Story Behind ‘Scaredy Kat’ by Caroline Slocock
I have been known to look under the bed before turning the light out. I have been known to check the whole flat, room by room, every nook and cranny, before going to sleep. Usually it’s because I’ve been watching some drama on TV that has spooked me. But sometimes it’s because I’ve been reading
That Sinking Feeling: The Inspiration Behind ‘She Will Never Die’ By Dee Chilton
*** Possible Spoiler Alert *** (Strongly advise reading this only after reading the story in Twisted 50: Evil Little Sister) One of my screenplays is based on an horrific incident that happened on a warship while I was serving in the Royal Navy. Severe damage and loss of life were involved. A ship is like
Once Upon A Bridge… by Nick Jackson
My story is about a bridge. I love bridges, always been fascinated by them, so when Twisted 2 threw out the call for stories I knew mine had to feature a bridge. It also features a brave protagonist venturing out alone onto said bridge, and a nasty creature waiting to pounce… and if any of
Listen to Twisted50 Author John Ashbrook Talking Twisted50 in BBC Radio Humberside
Author John Ashbrook was the only author in Twisted50 volume one who chose to narrate their own story – and what a great job he did too with ‘The Spider Taketh Hold’. He recently did a radio interview for BBC Radio Humberside and you can listen to it here… We hope you enjoy! Mistress Twisted
‘The Sugarloaf and the Red Shoes’ by Marie Gethins audiobook excerpt, read by Jenny Hoops
Having suffered through excruciating actor public readings of my stories in the past, I opened the audio file of The Sugarloaf and the Red Shoes experiencing more than a bit of dramatic tension. We are all familiar with ‘The Five Stages of Grief’, but I wonder if writers go through a similar emotional journey. While