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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
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
Podcast Ep 007… Inside Twisted Minds: A Deep Dive into Horror Writing
Meet Lewis Rice, Paul Shearer and James Burns, with Chris Jones and Kate Bemis Horror writing isn’t just about throwing some blood and guts on the page – it’s about diving deep into the darkest corners of your mind an…
Chris Jones · 10 March 2025 · 3 min
Podcast Ep 006… Embracing Horror, Inside the Twisted50 Writing Experience
Chris: So welcome to this podcast with me, Chris Jones, founder of Create 50 Talking All Things Twisted 50. We’ve just published volume three. As you know, we’re starting to do volume four. I’m delighted, thrilled, ex…
Chris Jones · 3 March 2025 · 31 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
Podcast Ep 005… Meet The Writers of T50 Vol III: Leo X Robertson and Eimear Kilcullen
Chris: So welcome to this podcast for Twisted 50 with me, Chris Jones, filmmaker, author and founder of Create50 and Twisted50 alongside Cristina Palmer Romero . Right back in the day, this is the first podcast that w…
Mistress Twisted · 8 February 2025 · 28 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
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
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
Ep 003 Twisted50 Podcast: Chris Jones Talks Horror with B2W
Writing Horror: Insights from the Twisted50 Project Ever thought about writing a horror story but weren’t sure where to start? Well, there’s this cool project called Twisted50 that’s making it super easy for writers t…
Chris Jones · 15 November 2024 · 3 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
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
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
Why I wrote a horror story…and why you should as well!
As someone who usually writes comedy screenplays, writing a short horror story is very much out of my comfort zone. That is precisely why I decided to take part in Twisted 50. Obviously, the thought of potentially see…
Dorothee Kuepers · 5 September 2024 · 1 min
