
Twisted50: vol 3… The Physical Item
12 December 2024 · 3 min read
‘Having a physical copy of Twisted50 was just so amazing. There is a such a wonderful tradition of horror story anthologies, and nothing for me beats the power of a short, scary tale. To actually have one published in a book on shelf is a brilliant feeling.’
Dylan Spicer
‘The hardback is a lovely thing to own, offering a little piece of immortality that could last for years! Besides being something to show family and friends, it intrigues me that someone who doesn’t know me could pick up the book (virtually or otherwise) and be moved in some small way by my words. It might even be when I am long dead!’
Nick Yates
‘I’m super excited to have a hardback copy. Nothing quite compares to the feel of a book – it reads differently when you have paper in your hands as opposed to a digital version. There’s something wonderful about a physical copy a sense of permanence that you can only have when you hold the item in your hands. It is a thing of beauty.’
Giuseppe De Chiara
‘This third installment of Twisted 50 is bigger and better than ever before! It means so much to see my story printed in black and white, the hard copy is so tactile and a real keepsake that I will treasure on my bookcase forever. I’ve bought two copies – one for ‘best’ and one to thumb through and read many times. Thank you Chris and team for doing all the hard work and pulling the book together and for the opportunities that being part of the Twisted journey presents.’
Jessica S J Brown
‘Owning a copy of Twisted 50 Vol. 3 feels like having a treasure trove of nightmares right at your fingertips. The book itself is a work of art.’
Rebecca Golby
‘I bought the hardback. Looks and feels great. But as for the writing; not cool at all. It’s horrible, nasty, disturbing. Some of the stories haunted me for days. Definitely does what it says on the tin. Twisted AF.’
Edward Parry
‘Only a few sentences to describe the emotional rush of excitement of first even being selected, then the rear inducing thrill of actually being published, the wonder of having my name in print, my photo,my bio, the brilliance of worldwide exposure, the privilege of being a joint Amazon best seller, and the deliciously realness of a hardcopy to display in my house as a beautiful reminder of the awesome, inspirational and truly life changing adventure that was Twisted50 . I couldn’t possibly sum that all up in a few sentences. :-)’
Claire Rye
‘I cannot tell you how proud and excited I am to have had one of my stories included in this great collection of 50 spooky tales. It’s been wonderful sharing this with family and friends and seeing them post pictures of their copies of Twisted 50 Vol 3 in their hands on our WhatsApp groups. The other great thing of course is that as there are 49 other stories told by 49 other fantastic writers all with their own unique voices, I get to enjoy this anthology as an ordinary punter. One of life’s great pleasures is settling down with a great book and I’m incredibly happy that I’m a writer whose story is in a great book.’
Steven Butler
Written by
Chris JonesPassionate about all things film, I have spent my life watching movies, making movies and helping others make their movies too. Most recently I have been directing Splinter Unit on 'Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning', parts 1 and 2 for Paramount. I also executive-produced 'The Enfield Poltergeist' for Apple TV+. Deeper into my past, my early major projects include action thriller 'The Runner', serial killer thriller 'White Angel' and paranormal horror 'Urban Ghost Story'. I co-created and authored The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook series, published by Bloomsbury. There are now eight books in the series. More recently I have run a series of London-based festivals, kicking off with the London Screenwriters Festival which attracts over 1,000 professional screenwriters from around the globe annually. I also set up and run TEDxEaling, an annual TEDx conference on storytelling and human communication. In 2009, I made the multi-award-winning and Oscar-shortlisted 'Gone Fishing', the whole process being heavily documented on my blog. In 2014 I completed my fourth feature film, the crowd-created 50 Kisses which entered the Guinness Book Of Records for most screenwriters on a feature film. Following this success, I founded Create50 to continue the idea of crowd-created projects. Twisted50, our first book, was published on Halloween 2016 and immediately toppled Stephen King from the top spot on Amazon. Five books have followed in the Twisted50 series and we are working on the sixth now. During the summer of 2016 I trained to become a master Firewalk instructor and now regularly take people across the hot coals for charity. Late 2017 I directed the short film 'Seeing Him' which collected a ton of awards too. Over the following years I continued to make award-winning shorts, such as Meet The Nativity and Never Too Late. In the summer of 2022 I premiered Impact 50, the second feature-length movie from Create50. This time I directed the segment at the start of the film, with Olivia Williams as the President, and written by Joe Eszterhas. In the summer of 2022, I also joined the Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 productions as Splinter Unit director. At Halloween 2023, the Apple TV+ show that I co-executive-produced, 'The Enfield Poltergeist', premiered. I run regular filmmaking workshops for filmmakers both online and in person. Some people ask how I began making films? Like most filmmakers of my generation, it was with a Super 8mm camera, summertime and school friends, usually after watching a behind-the-scenes TV programme on a Hollywood movie like Star Wars. My first film was a zombie horror called Necronomicon, heavily influenced by John Carpenter's The Fog. And I was hooked for life. Contact me at Ealing Film Studios, Ealing Green, London, W5 5EP, UK




