“Where do you get your ideas from?” The question all writers get asked at some point in their careers, isn’t it? Well, it’s not a question I have been asked quite yet, but then I haven’t done anything to garner that much interest for someone to ask the question. But I’m going to answer the …
The light at the end of the tunnel by Mark Walker Read More »
Ahead of the book launch and awards, we are releasing the trailer to whet your appetite for your second sitting at the table of contemporary horror. Prepare for a forbidden feast of fifty courses… A slice of terror, grilled to perfection. Ripened dread, stewed in a sensual broth of dark delights. Followed by succulent wonder, …
Watch the Twisted50 Volume Two Trailer… if you dare! Read More »
These are glory days for horror fans. The success of films like It, A Quiet Place and Hereditary have reinvigorated the genre. TV shows like Stranger Things, and adaptations of some of horror’s most treasured brands, including Bates Motel (Psycho), The Exorcist and The Haunting of Hill House, are perhaps evidence of a growing appetite …
A Proud Future for Horror Anthologies? by Christopher Stanley Read More »
From where I sat he looked seven foot tall and with his barrel-chest, his slicked-back black- greying hair and moustache, his heavy-framed glasses, ruddy complexion, crisp shirt and grey suit, he looked every inch like an ex-Sgt. Major who had seen more in war than he would ever want to tell a class of thirty …
Writing Murmation and facing my own demons by Les Grice Read More »
None of my stories (well, almost none of them) start out the way they are supposed to. I suppose this is normal, but it drives me nuts. I have an especially bad case of it, you see. The Azrael started out as a semi-comedic little nightmare about a therapist whose client brings a corpse to …
We have completed the cover for Twisted 50 volume two now and we are now working on the jacket sleeve for the book. Exciting times! Chris Jones www.Twisted50.com
I’ve now been diagnosed, with affection, by my friends as a Horror Junkie. It wasn’t always like this but these days I find I’m always on the hunt for the next big scare, that unsuspecting plot twist, an intoxicating adrenaline ‘hit’. Where most people aim to avoid that ‘fight or flight’ feeling, I’m absolutely hooked. …
We are getting close and thought we would give you a taste of the dark meal that awaits the bravest of readers… 50 Authors… 50 Nightmares… Twisted50 volume 2. Mistress Twisted
Of course I went back for Round 2 of Create50’s Twisted competition. Who wouldn’t, after the having such an unexpectedly positive experience with Round 1 (Twisted50 Vol1 and Twisted’ Evil Little Sister)? Comradship, insightful feedback, and the many little horrors from other writers to read (preferably alone, in the dark, with the possibility of unnamed …
Should I enter Twisted50 Vol2? By Hillier Townsend Read More »
When it comes to books and films, I avoid anything scary. I ‘watched’ The Woman in Black with my eyes closed. I will never watch one of the greatest films ever made, The Exorcist (even writing the words gives me the heebie-jeebies). I won’t even venture into the horror section in a bookshop, lest I …