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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

My Evolution of Storytelling by Rusty Rushfeldt

Little did I know that my evolution of storytelling started in my early childhood years. Reading wasn’t a strong component of my upbringing. I was a latch-key kid before that designation was even established. My daily…

Rusty Rushfeldt · 4 October 2024 · 2 min

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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

Embracing The Seasons: How Seasonal Writing Can Help You Create Better Stories

I always search for horror short story competitions when the summer ends. This is a logical step with Halloween getting close. But the changing of the seasons kicks my brain into horror mode in a way that is beyond me…

Dylan Spicer · 26 September 2024 · 3 min

Doctor Twisted: Or how I learned to stop procrastinating and love horror by Les Grice

Why have I written and am writing short horror stories? Well to be truthful I don’t really watch or read horror, very rarely, though it depends how you define horror. One man’s horror is another man’s lifestyle. My id…

Les Grice · 24 July 2024 · 3 min

The Beholder: How We’re All Watched… by Stephanie Wessell

For me, truly horrifying tales involve a hidden evil within normal, everyday life. Imagine: there’s an unsettling spirit entity watching you read this RIGHT NOW. Can’t you feel it, observing you? It’s right here, just…

Stephanie Wessell · 7 November 2016 · 2 min