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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...
carmillavoiez
Mar 21, 20185 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Oct 10, 20175 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Apr 14, 20176 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Feb 26, 20175 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Feb 25, 20172 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Feb 23, 20176 min read
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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...
carmillavoiez
Mar 13, 20162 min read
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Banshee Books
Banshee Books is a growing support network for feminist and queer writers of all genres - http://carmillavoiez.wix.com/bansheebooks...
carmillavoiez
Feb 8, 20161 min read
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