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Dark Corners: 4 Strategies for Developing Horror Settings, by Kailee Pedersen

Dark Corners: 4 Strategies for Developing Horror Settings Kailee Pedersen

Freddie Kölsch: Every Story Goes in Directions That Surprise Me Robert Lee Brewer

Ania Ahlborn: Write the Book You’ve Been Searching For Robert Lee Brewer

Writer’s Digest September/October 2025 Cover Reveal Amy Jones

Daphne Fama: On Pouring Your Blood, Heart, and Soul Into the Pages Robert Lee Brewer

Catherine Dang: Focus on the Paragraph in Front of You Robert Lee Brewer

Rachel Eve Moultong: Always Listen to Your Editor Robert Lee Brewer

Leigh Radford: The Book Is About Trying To Outmaneuver Death Robert Lee Brewer

What Defines Literary Horror in Today's Evolving Landscape | Jarret Keene

What Defines Literary Horror in Today’s Evolving Landscape?Jarret Keene

Rose Keating: Writing Is a Way To Communicate Robert Lee Brewer

Gazingly (Lovingly) Into the Abyss: Introducing Horrormance, the New Genre-Blending Sensation, by Lyndall Clipstone

Gazingly (Lovingly) Into the Abyss—Introducing Horrormance, the New Genre-Blending Sensation Lyndall Clipstone

Final Cuts: 10 Self-Editing Tips for Writing Vivid, Visceral Horror Fiction, by Lindy Ryan

Final Cuts: 10 Self-Editing Tips for Writing Vivid, Visceral Horror Fiction Lindy Ryan

Miranda Smith: Every Book Has Its Own Surprises Robert Lee Brewer

Ivy Pochoda: On Reimagining Greek Tragedy as a Feminist Horror Robert Lee Brewer

Linwood Barclay: On the Horror of Inanimate Objects Robert Lee Brewer

Marcella Pixley: Writing Is More Like Channeling Robert Lee Brewer