Writing Horror While Trying to Avoid Stereotypes
It’s not as easy as it sounds. While tropes, clichés and stereotypes might be easy to spot in others work, they can become embedded in...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 10, 20175 min read
Zombie Punks Fuck Off - six days of October Frights, day one
Happy Halloween brain-eaters. Z Nation season 4 is alive and kicking and The Walking Dead will start again very soon. Add to these...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 14, 20176 min read
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, short story
Scott stands beneath the shower rose. Clouds of steam rise from the angry jet of water. The steam billows and expands, filling the small...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 26, 20175 min read
Slut Shaming & the Serial Killer
There is a time-honoured tradition in horror that youngsters who have sex will be the first to die and the last person standing will be...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 25, 20172 min read
Mr Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt, a book review
Mr Splitfoot is a gorgeous and rich fantasy story set in contemporary America but managing a very old-world feel. It was listed in Barnes...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 23, 20176 min read
A Day at the Races, short story
A while ago my writers' group was set a task to write an historic event through the eyes of a by-stander. This was my humble attempt. A...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 13, 20162 min read
Lilith's Brood, Octavia E Butler - a review
I thought for a long while that I didn't like sci-fi. I now realise that I just don't like white-male-centric sci-fi. I love this book...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 8, 20161 min read
Banshee Books
Banshee Books is a growing support network for feminist and queer writers of all genres - http://carmillavoiez.wix.com/bansheebooks...
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