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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
Twisted50 vol4 Submissions Now Closed…
I just closed submissions for Twisted50 vol 4 and we had around 150 stories submitted. Congratulations to everyone who took up the challenge. We will now be reading the stories and building the book. There is still ti…
Chris Jones · 1 November 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
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
Twisted50: vol 3… The Physical Item
‘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…
Chris Jones · 12 December 2024 · 3 min
Twisted50 vol III Hits Amazon Number One On Day Of Release!
Congratulations to ALL the writers in Twisted50 vol 3… You are now a number one Amazon best seller in three categories… Our joint and co-ordinated efforts paid off, though for a while I was worried we hadn’t done it.…
Chris Jones · 3 December 2024 · 1 min
The rekindling of a (Twisted) love affair by James Burns
I blame Bette Davis. As an idiotic 10-year-old, I was allowed to stay up late to watch her terrifyingly demented performance in The Nanny and couldn’t sleep all night, convinced that she was hiding in the cupboard, re…
James Burns · 24 November 2024 · 4 min
Revelations: Twisted 50
What do you think when you hear the word ‘Publisher’? For me, it’s less of a thought and more of a feeling. Fear. The slap of a teacher’s hand on your wrist. Strict. Unforgiving. Even Harry Potter was turned down by t…
Kate Bemis · 17 October 2024 · 3 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
Why Writing Horror Shorts Can Be A Career Accelerator
What is Twisted 50? Twisted 50 is a collection of 50 short horror stories, aimed at giving aspiring writers the chance to be published and recognized. The project originated from the London Screenwriters Festival, whe…
Chris Jones · 15 August 2024 · 3 min
The Heart of Horror by Emma Pullar
When people ask me what I read/write and I reply with horror, their face often twists into a pained expression as if I’ve plunged a knife into them. “Horror? Ew! I don’t like horror.” I also read sci-fi fantasy and ch…
Emma Pullar · 31 July 2024 · 2 min
Ep 001 Twisted50 Podcast: Everything You Wanted To Know But Never Dared Ask
Amy : Hello and welcome to the London Screenwriters Festival. My name is Amy, I am a writer and producer with the LSF and I am joined today by the wonderful Chris Jones. Chris, would you like to say hello? Chris : Hel…
Amy Livingstone · 11 July 2024 · 26 min
Why YOU should enter Twisted50, Volume 3 with a Horror Short Story by Lucy V Hay
A Thought-Provoking Question Someone recently asked me the first time I knew I was a writer. This great question got me thinking. After all, they hadn’t asked me the usual question of ‘where do you get your ideas from…
Lucy V Hay · 7 June 2024 · 5 min
How a Sci-Fi Screenplay Ended up in an Anthology of Short Stories
Back in 2015, before the invention of Brexit and Trump, I wrote a short screenplay called Automatic Drive. Inspired by the development of driverless vehicles, I imagined a future in which corporations responsible for…
Mark Renshaw · 24 February 2018 · 2 min
A Push by Richie Brown
It’s only lately that I stopped all that and started to write creatively, following a stroke and medical retirement. Not so good, but it could have been much worse, so I’m very lucky. (Just prior to the stroke, I was…
Richie Brown · 4 November 2016 · 2 min
The Little Story That Could by N.W. Twyford
I’ve always loved writing short stories. To me, a good short story is like a good joke – you build it up, set the scene, and then you reveal, you subvert, you twist. A good short story shouldn’t just end. The only pro…
Chris Jones · 4 November 2016 · 3 min