Horror

Worst Horror Plot Device? Going Back for the Cat

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I read a recent horror novel in which the hero, having bought a creepy old house, receives a scrapbook from the previous owner loaded with photos and clues to its history.  Our hero spies something disturbing in one of the photos, and his reaction?  He throws the whole scrapbook in the fire. This horror plot device … [Read more…]

Writing Villains in Fantasy and Horror

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Grim Reaper

When writing villains in fantasy, always remember one thing… One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.* I once taught a class for young writers in which a student read from the prologue to her fantasy epic. Her black-clad, black-haired villain strode the black hallways of his black castle until he reached his black … [Read more…]