Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

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Saving the Writer’s Soul from Work-for-Hire Hell

What creative ownership really means, writing a sword and sorcery tale I can finally call my own, and how it all went wrong when I wasn’t writing for money
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Audio of Weird: A Clutch of Christmas Ghost Stories
Snuggle down, drink up and listen in to a read-aloud of ‘Rats’ by M.R. James and ‘Over Before Christmas’ by Alec Worley
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Who Dies First? Conan the Barbarian vs. The Bloody Nine
Fantasy writers, learn how to keep your fight scenes sharp with two classic examples of sword and sorcery
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We Need To Stop Being Weird About Theme in Stories
What your story is really saying and why you need to stop saying it
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Lessons from Hannibal Lecter: How to Write a Human Monster
Can horror be scary without the supernatural?
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The Best Scene in 'An American Werewolf in London' (1981) Isn't the One You Think
How to write a comedy of terrors
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Audio of Weird: The Red Room (H.G. Wells, 1896)
Listen to a classic ghost story from the father of science fiction
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Telling a Superhero Story the DC Way
Choosing myth over Marvel in James Gunn's Superman (2025)
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Building a Labyrinth of Liminal Horror
Checking into Daisy Johnson's The Hotel (2024)
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28 Days Later (2002) vs. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
Predicting a bloody future without stating the bloody obvious. How Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reinvented the reanimated
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Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
The craft of writing horror, sci-fi, fantasy – and all the weird that’s in-between! For readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators, from the writer of Judge Dredd, Warhammer, Star Wars, TMNT and more.
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