creative writing
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A childish nightmare, a strange figure in the night. A woman whose silence is both eerie and beautiful… Enter the dark tale of E.T.A Hoffman, whose story ‘The Sandman’ so disturbed Sigmund Freud that the psychologist created the concept of The Uncanny. The Uncanny, wrote Freud, ‘undoubtedly belongs to all that is terrible — to
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Are you a writer of Gothic or horror fiction? Are you looking for a supportive community of like-minded authors to give you feedback on your work? Horrors in Progress is a creative writing support workshop where you can share your work in progress with a group comprised of your target audience, led by a world
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A dark forest. The bite of an apple. A coffin made of glass. Enter the vampiric fairy tale of Tanith Lee—where the victim is the villain, and the witch must fight to survive. Snow White is a story brimming with vampire symbolism, but what was Tanith Lee saying when she rewrote the fairy tale in blood and
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Enter The Sinister Worlds of Shirley Jackson… What is Gothic literature? How can we create dark atmospheres and complex characters without falling into stereotype and cliché? How does Shirley Jackson make the mundane so sinister? Join me to answer these questions and write a creepy short story of your very own. Write Gothic Literature with
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