Black Crow Books is hosting a horror panel at Harbour Hotel tomorrow evening, and I’m going. TJ Klune, V Castro, Keith Rosson, and George Morris De’Ath discussing horror fiction and queer fantasy in Brighton feels too good to miss.
Castro’s body horror hits differently when you write about fractured identities. Rosson’s apocalyptic work does that thing where everyday anxieties become literal nightmares. De’Ath explores monstrosity in ways that feel uncomfortably human. And Klune manages wholesome horror without losing the teeth.
Curious how they approach fear on the page. My horror leans psychological – unreliable memory, not trusting your own mind. But listening to writers who work with different kinds of dread always shifts something.
Currently working on a project that might need more visceral horror than usual. Tomorrow could be exactly the right moment to hear how others balance psychological tension with physical threat.
The venue’s just down Kings Road. If you’re there, I’ll be the one asking overly specific questions about narrative structure during Q&A.
Daria Ryzhikova Writer