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What REALLY Happened At The Twisted50 Awards? Watch The Sizzle Reel

I am thrilled to share with you the video from the Twisted50 Awards, capturing the tone of the event, and the horror of the book. Do leave comments below and watch out for Twisted50 vol V… There’s no keeping a good co…

Chris Jones·18 February 2026·1 min

Photos From the Twisted50 Vol IV Awards

WHAT. A. NIGHT! The Awards for Twisted50 Vol IV took place last night and what an evening we had. Much more will follow soon but I just wanted to share the amazing photos taken by the super talents @_heather_06 . Plea…

Chris Jones · 17 February 2026 · 1 min

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Join Us At The Twisted50 vol IV Awards

Get your posh frock out, your DJ or frankly anything you look deliciously demented wearing, and join us for the official book launch and awards for Twisted50 vol IV. When: Feb 16th, 6.45 pm for Awards, then drinks and…

Chris Jones · 13 January 2026 · 1 min

Addicted To Twisted

A friend signposted me to the Twisted50 page and I read a few of the stories. Importantly, I also read the feedback regarding the stories. The community were welcoming and supportive, with positive comments and sugges…

Giuseppe De Chiara · 11 October 2025 · 2 min

What am I doing differently with T4 that I couldn’t do with T3?

Getting involved with Twisted50 and Volume 3 (T3) in 2024 was a fortunate stroke of luck. I’m still not entirely sure how I stumbled upon the T3 contest—likely through one of the many internet rabbit holes I tend to e…

Rusty Rushfeldt · 23 March 2025 · 1 min

Award Certificates To Get Posted Out

Following on from the Awards ceremony for Twisted50 vol 3 last week, we are now sending the certificates out to the writers who could not join us. Sadly we need to ask our writers to pay for their postage and packing…

Chris Jones · 13 February 2025 · 1 min

What Did People Say About The Awards Ceremony?

‘The Twisted50 Awards was a wonderful experience. To be surrounded by so much raw talent was an inspiration, and encouraged me to get ready for my next short story. It was particularly great to meet Chris, and tell hi…

Chris Jones · 7 February 2025 · 1 min

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

Photos from the Twisted50 vol III Awards Night

Check out the photos from the Twisted50 vol III awards, mostly taken by Dan McCurry, with a couple from my iPhone. Feel free to save and use on your socials if you are part of the Twisted50 experience. Thanks Dan, the…

Chris Jones · 4 February 2025 · 1 min

Creativity Takes Courage by Jess Brown

Now we are on the countdown to the Twisted 3 launch event, I have been reflecting on what this ‘come back’ has meant to me. Having dabbled with previous screenwriting Create 50 projects, I remember spotting the Twiste…

Jessica S J Brown · 23 January 2025 · 1 min

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From Shadows to Spotlight: My Twisted 50 Adventure by Rebecca Golby

When I first submitted Murderabilia to the Twisted 50 anthology, I had no idea where it might lead. It felt like a chance to dip my toes into horror—a genre I’ve always admired but carefully avoided (blame that on my…

Rebecca Golby·11 December 2024·3 min

Badge of Honour and the Power Of The Collective

Well done to all the writers and people behind the scenes who’ve helped to put together the latest Twisted 50. These books are a great incentive for procrastinating writers, or is that just me? to get our act together…

John Read · 5 December 2024 · 1 min

How Competing in Twisted50 Helped Me Break Through Writer’s Block and Self-Doubt

I’m a massive horror fan. Most of the fiction I read or the films and shows I watch are horror. Anything I write usually ends up with bad stuff happening to bad people and typically falls into that genre. So, you migh…

Lee Bailes · 27 October 2024 · 12 min

Five Killer Reasons to Enter the Twisted50 Writing Initiative

I had never entered Twisted50 before and didn’t even like horror, but some writing friends advised me it was a great opportunity, so I thought I’d try it. These are the happy, unexpected benefits of my Twisted50 journ…

Eimear Kilcullen · 16 October 2024 · 2 min

Unleashed, Uncut and Demented… I Loved Writing For Twisted50 by Debbie Croysdale

It was a blast being part of “Twisted” for the first time. Wish I’d stumbled upon this community sooner. It’s an amazing zone for writers who are not afraid to push the boundaries and I experienced a sense of freedom…

Debbie Croysdale · 13 October 2024 · 2 min

My first run at Twisted50 by Thomas M Pritchard

After the inevitable race over the finish line, my first submission for Twisted 50 2024 is in. A few years ago. I volunteered for the London Screenwriters Festival . At the time, I was a struggling film student and fo…

Thomas M Pritchard · 11 October 2024 · 3 min

What Did I Learn Reading The First Half Of Twisted50 Entries?

As I finish up the first half of Twisted 50 stories, organising the spreadhseet for the judges, and offering my thoughts, for what they are worth, I’ve started to pick up an some patterns and have some suggestions for…

Kate Bemis · 30 September 2024 · 1 min

Twisted50 Writers Share Their Thoughts On The Process…

‘Did I enjoy Twisted50 and would I enter another? Fuck, Yes!’ I loved the experience and I think the whole concept is so uniquely brilliant and exceptionally executed, I wouldn’t hesitate to enter again. Even if it wa…

Chris Jones · 29 September 2024 · 5 min

What is a horror? We had no idea, now we do. Kind of…

My name is Kate DeLong and I’m a fantasy writer stuffed with candy floss and rainbow unicorns. And I’m Sara Gustavsson Stark, another fantasy writer who thinks the world would be better if everyone ate more cookies. W…

Kate DeLong · 26 September 2024 · 2 min

Twisted50… Spooky Inspiration by K B Hollingworth

I have always enjoyed reading articles about the supernatural, listening to ghost stories, and watching paranormal documentaries and television shows. There’s a thrill in feeling terrified from the safety of your own…

K B Hollingworth · 23 September 2024 · 1 min

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OK Fiends, Twisted Is About To Get TWISTED!

Final drafts have been submitted and we about to start the process of building a book, selecting fifty stories from fifty writers. What can you do now? First up, keep reading and leaving feedback, especially on those…

Chris Jones·19 September 2024·1 min

The Bonfire Effect by Rusty Rushfeldt

Finding Twisted50 , creating a horror story, and submitting it, was reminiscent of my grandfather sharing his stories by the night-time bonfires. Writing, like storytelling by a bonfire, can be a source of warmth and…

Rusty Rushfeldt · 19 September 2024 · 2 min

A great break from writing with writing… Even for a 400 year old vampire!

If you are reading this post on Twisted50, you are most likely a writer, whether an aspiring writer or a 400-year-old vampire writer with 300 years of experience; it doesn’t really matter – we all love the same thing…

Thalia Lagou · 17 September 2024 · 1 min

Everybody, even the elderly, can have a go!

Having attended LSF in the past and taken part in several workshops as well as submitting a screenplay scene for direction at the festival, my fear of trying to write horror stories was not as great as it might have b…

Susan Law · 16 September 2024 · 1 min

Living the Nightmare: How Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations Shaped My First Horror Story

For most people, horror is a genre that offers thrilling entertainment or a good scare. For me, horror is something I’ve spent years avoiding. This is because I experience both hypnagogic (falling asleep) and hypnopom…

Rebecca Golby · 7 September 2024 · 5 min

What I Write About When I Write About Horror

In an effort to stem my new-found enthusiasm for writing short horror stories I have imposed a time-out on myself. What you are currently reading are the results of that time out. I’ve taken a step back to take a long…

Randolph Davies · 2 September 2024 · 5 min

Twisted50 Updates… Twisted50

Over the weekend we had a flurry of activity resulting in us approaching 100 stories submitted and nearly 1,000 feedback comments on the submitted works. AMAZING! Have you submitted but didn’t add a short bio? If that…

Chris Jones · 27 August 2024 · 1 min

Don’t get your knickers in a twist over Twisted50

“I am a writer.” I have to keep telling myself that. I write for a living, but about tech, so it’s not the same as being creative and standing your work up against “real writers.” But the thing is, I love the creative…

Susie Morrow · 22 July 2024 · 3 min

Twisted 50: Why The Little Voice In My Head STOPPED Me For Pursuing The Success I Wanted

I went to the premiere of 50 Kisses , and The Impact50 , and I know how it felt to be in the audience. But it did hurt, knowing that I could have submitted something but I didn’t. Out of fear. Out of my own self limit…

Amy Livingstone · 5 May 2024 · 1 min