In this occasional series I shall look at the main obstacles the writer faces when attempting to transfer words from the brainbox, down the arm, into the hand – or talon if you’re an owl – and thence via pen, crayon or keyboard (computer, not piano) onto paper for the reading of. Here is the [...]
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The Unspeakable Horror – Episode 7 by A Monster
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! A Trapped by Monsters story With art usually by David Melling Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Me lurched over to one, er… one, two… one, two… Flug! What come after two…? OK, start again… Me lurched over to lots of tables on which more than [...]
Write Your Own Scary Stories!
Whenever I do events, I often get asked the same questions. The most popular of these is “Are you rich enough to buy a helicopter?” The answer to this, sadly, is not yet, although I often look at them on eBay and will hopefully one day get myself one. The second most popular question, usually [...]
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR – Episode 6 by Tommy Donbavand
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! A Trapped by Monsters story With art by David Melling Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 “No way!” I breathed in amazement. This was getting weird. Ten minutes ago, I was teetering on the brink of certain death and now, here I was, face to face with three [...]
Free Story Idea, Help Yourself
One answer I’ve always liked to the question of where ideas come from, is that they’re often the result of chance combinations: two or more things that come together unexpectedly in your mind. Well, here are three that have been colliding lately in mine… Long-term followers of this blog might conceivably remember this post, in [...]
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR – Episode 5 by Mark Robson
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! A Trapped by Monsters story With art by David Melling Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 As soon as I heard the scuffling outside the door, I knew this was my chance. Monsters don’t scuffle. They thump, stomp and squelch, but they never scuffle. The siren hadn’t let up in [...]
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR, Episode 4 by Barry Hutchison
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! a Trapped By Monsters story with art by David Melling Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 ‘Um… are you sure this is strictly necessary?’ Gavin the Awful stopped half-way across the cave, and turned his misshapen body towards me. With a hiss, he stuck out his fat, yellow tongue. Attached to the end was [...]
The Unspeakable Horror! Episode 1, by Sam Enthoven
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! a Trapped By Monsters story with art by David Melling (for the closest you’ll get to an explanation of what follows, click here) Episode 1, by Sam Enthoven ‘Nails!’ barked the Grutler, giving the rusty pliers he carried a meaningful snip. ‘I’m trying!’ I sobbed back. ‘Nails! Now! Or Grutler takes your [...]
Coming Soon: A Story Never Told Before!
Stand by for a brand new collaborative story to be created spontaneously and episodically by all eight TBM authors. Over the coming weeks – or until the wheels fall off – we will be TAKING TURNS to write… THIS: THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! may (or may not) contain: A grater! A pair of broken spectacles! A [...]
CRAWLERS – sneak peek part 5
CRAWLERS by Sam Enthoven A preview extract, with exclusive art by Malcolm Harrison words (c) Sam Enthoven / visuals (c) Malcolm Harrison 2010. All rights reserved. Click here for previous parts: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Final Sneak Peek ‘You accept my offer then, Steadman?’ I asked him, through the young man’s mouth. [...]
