I just finished reading Tom Piccirilli’s A Choir of Ill Children–for the second time. I read it back in February and decided that to do it any justice, I needed to set it aside and reread it. It’s not an overly complex book, but I’m not used to the Southern style. The last …

This is the last of a three-part journal on How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Edited by J. N. Williamson, a collection of How-To articles by some of the best horror writers, circa 1987. Part one covered chapters 1-8; part two covered chapters 9-18. The advice found in …

This is part two of a three-part journal on How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Edited by J. N. Williamson, a collection of How-To articles by some of the best horror writers, circa 1987. Part one covered chapters 1-8. In my first post, I mentioned how strikingly similar the …