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A treasury of twisted tips, strange scenarios and disturbing sparks to help ignite the fuel in your creative furnace. Its aim? To push you into the danger zone of your imagination, by thinking in unconventional ways and trying things you never thought -- or dared -- to try before in your writing, art, or dreams. Prompts, sparks and essays for horror creatives.

In this compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors affiliated with Seton Hill University's acclaimed MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, Many Genres, One Craft fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing novels grounded in genre theory and appealing in the commercial marketplace for fiction.

Knost gathers together some of the best horror authors working today, each of them coaching the reader with their expert advice on how to pen effective stories and craft the best novels of dread and terror.

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction and the 2009 Black Quill Award.

A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Jeffrey Ford, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.

A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Nisi Shawl, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.

A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Kaaron Warren, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.

A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Steve Rasnic Tem, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.