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The Politics of Monsters in Horror Writing

Lesson 5 of Writing Horror That Does More Than Just Scare

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Kayla Kumari
Oct 26, 2024
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This little hairball monster has no right being this cute Mariam Chagelishvili

Lesson 5 of 8 - The Craft of Fear: Writing Horror That Does More Than Just Scare

What is monstrous? Who are the monsters of real life? Have you ever felt like a monster? These are the kinds of questions I want you all to grapple with in today’s installment of The Craft of Fear as we consider monster stories and “creature horror.”

The politics of monsters

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