Searchlight: The Art of Character

The Art of Character

There’s no denying today’s fiction in any medium is character driven. The people that inhabit our fictional worlds must be relatable and compelling enough to allow the story to come to life. Yet, characterization is as complex as we are, covering a vast range of emotions and psychological factors with infinite degrees of latitude, not …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 Apr 2018

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: IGN join the dots and explain the connections in the shared universe of The Conjuring movies Vanity Fair talk about The Terror and discuss how it diverges from classic horror tropes …

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TIH 198: Chris Kelso on Life Lessons, Hybrid Stories, and Worst Writing Advice

TIH 198: Chris Kelso on Life Lessons, Hybrid Stories, and Worst Writing Advice

In this podcast Chris Kelso talks about early life lessons, hybrid stories, the worst writing advice, and much more. About Chris Kelso Chris Kelso is an award-winning genre writer, editor, and illustrator from Scotland. His short stories and articles have appeared in magazines and journals across the UK, US, and Canada, including SF Signal, Lovecraft ezine, Daily …

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News Round-up Week Ending 30 March 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Artist Lyndon White begins kickstarter for Call of Cthulu adaptation to ‘concertina book’ Following his successful kickstarters for last year’s releases of Dracula and Dante’s Inferno, artist Lyndon White has this time turned to the work of Lovecraft for …

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