I was never one for a happy ending, I cried as a child when Jaws was killed, I was never on the side of the angels. Horror is all I ever wanted to write, but for years I felt I had to conform to what was getting published out there. Until the dark characters’ voices
The announcement of the 50 stories to be included in Twisted 50 Volume 2 pleased at least fifty people, but probably disappointed (in one degree or another) considerably more. That’s natural, no matter how pleased you might be for some or all of the writers to be included, but what now? Well, whether it made
I don’t do horror. Can’t say I’m big on short stories either. So, at first glance, the Twisted50 concept was not high on my to-do list. I let the deadline for the first volume sail merrily by. I was delighted for writing friends who’d taken part, and were published, in this highly successful book. Yet
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We’ve come to a place in the arts, where the shock and horror genre has turned to grotesque themes and incredible special effects in an effort to create new entertainment. True fright, I believe, surrounds us everywhere and everyday… it is all around us: the aberration in an otherwise normal encounter… the twist of a
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Twisted50 was my first foray into horror, yet “The Director’s Cut” remains one of my best work because it was so thoroughly edited before the first submission. That’s the key to my writing process: editing. Without that, my story would be shit. Accepting this truth helps me move on from Rough Draft Paralysis, when you
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Twisted50 is all about the horror, so I suppose it’s fitting that the very idea of even submitting a story was scarier to me than all of the movies I’ve been watching this October. The story I submitted to Twisted50 Vol. 2 is the first thing I’ve ever put out there for others to read,
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I guess that cooking and eating young children is not generally considered acceptable in a modern society. For law abiding, civil, tolerant and considerate people, such a practice should be abhorrent. Yet with my Twisted50 brain algorithm running (does it ever stop?) such a prospect seemed ghoulishly pleasant and inviting; this led to my Twisted50
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Twisted 50 has given many writers a lift to ‘published author’ status. Being able to say that your story can be purchased on Amazon is a pretty proud boast for an amateur writer. Of course, it’s often said that a professional writer is just an amateur that never gave up. Success in Volume 1 of
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My journey with Create50 began with the Impact film project, submitting several scripts over several months. “I’m a writer working hard to lift my words from page to screen” I said in my profile. Cheesy but true. I was lucky enough for one of my scripts to make the final 50. As the bubbly and
My name is Sarah Lloyd. I am a Mental Heatlh Nurse working with children and adolescents. I enjoy my work and I nursed in adult services for fifteen years before joining the adolescent team. I often meet interesting and creative people. My other interests are painting, reflexology, yoga, music, drama and of course – writing.