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The Twisted50 vol IV cover is revealed

I am thrilled to reveal the new Twisted50 vol IV book cover that will now be available in eBook, paperback and hardback. There are now six books in this super successful series and I cannot wait to get going on settin…

Chris Jones·12 December 2025·1 min

Twisted50… The 50 Stories Chosen Announced

Congratulations to the writers selected to be included in Twisted50 vol IV: Back From The Dead! The books is now LIVE on Amazon! But WAIT! We have a plan to grab that all important Amazon Best Seller title by ALL OF U…

Chris Jones · 7 December 2025 · 3 min

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Whoaahhhh! WHAT A NIGHT! Twisted50 Awards

What a FAB-YOU-LOUS evening we had celebrating the very best in horror writing, last night at the Twisted50 awards. I am posting the recording of the event shot on an iPhone (which got nudged just before we began, so…

Chris Jones · 4 February 2025 · 1 min

Congratulations to the 50 Selected Writers in Twisted50 vol III

It’s always a difficult, and frankly an impossible task, to rate and judge art . And that’s why we have 50 joint first place winners. It’s how we roll at Twisted50. We are headed for a release date of Tuesday the 3rd…

Chris Jones · 11 November 2024 · 2 min

Some Twisted Stats For Volume 3 Writers

Hey everyone, here’s a quick blog update with some spooky facts for all our Twisted 50 writers. We got 147 stories from a perfectly symmetrical group of 100 writers. Statistically, that means you had a 50-50 shot at g…

Chris Jones · 17 October 2024 · 1 min