Description Table of Contents: -Introduction by Richard Chizmar -Confessions of a Professional Day Dreamer by Jonathan Maberry -What is Writing and Why Write Horror by John Skipp -Tribal Layers by Gene O’Neill -Bake That Cake: One Writer’s Method by Joe R. Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale -Ah-Ha: Beginning to End with Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey (Discussing the Spark of Creativity) -They Grow in the Shadows: Exploring the Roots of a Horror Story by Todd Keisling -Sell Your Script, Keep Your Soul and Beware of Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing by Paul Moore -The Cult of Constraint (or To Outline or Not) by Yvonne Navarro -Zombies, Ghosts and Vampires─Oh My! by Kelli Owen -The Many Faces of Horror: Craft Techniques by Richard Thomas -Giving Meaning to the Macabre by Rachel Autumn Deering -The Horror Writer’s Ultimate Toolbox by Tim Waggoner -Sarah Pinborough Interview by Marie O’Regan -Conveying Character by F. Paul Wilson -Sympathetic Characters Taste Better: Creating Empathy in Horror Fiction by Brian Kirk -Virtue & Villainy: The Importance of Character by Kealan Patrick Burke -How to write Descriptions in a story by Mercedes Yardley -“Don’t Look Now, There’s a Head in That Box!” She Ejaculated Loudly (or Creating Effective Dialogue in Horror Fiction) by Elizabeth Massie -Point of View by Lisa Mannetti -What Came First the Monster or the Plot? In Conversation with Stephen Graham Jones by Vince A. Liaguno -Building Suspense by David Wellington -Conveying Horror by Ramsey Campbell -Unveiling Theme Through Plot: An Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” by Stephanie M. Wytovich -Interview with Clive Barker by Tim Chizmar -World Building (Building a terrifying world) by Kevin J. Anderson -Speak Up: The Writer’s Voice by Robert Ford -Writing for a Better World by Christopher Golden -Shaping the Ideas: Getting Things from Your Head to the Paper or on Screen. Interview with Steve Niles, Mick Garris, Heather Graham, Mark Savage, and Maria Alexander by Del Howison -On Research by Bev Vincent -Editing Through Fear: Cutting and Stitching Stories by Jessica Marie Baumgartner -Leaping into the Abyss by Greg Chapman -Edit Your Anthology in Your Basement for Fun and Profit! . . . or Not by Tom Monteleone -When It’s Their World: Writing for the Themed Anthology by Lisa Morton -Roundtable Interview by John Palisano -The Tale of the Perfect Submissions by Jess Landry -Turning the Next Page: Getting Started with the Business of Writing by James Chambers
