This little BYOK distraction-free writing device had me hooked from the moment I opened the box at the pharmacy. Yep, I literally couldn't wait to get home.

My gut told me 2026 was going to be my year for short stories. Coming to short fiction from novel writing, I found the adjustment brutal—and spent years figuring it out largely alone. Then I won first prize in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival's flash fiction competition.

The standard vampire setting of mist, cold Gothic architecture, and dark European nights exists for good reason. But pull vampires out of that comfort zone and drop them somewhere hot and humid, and something interesting happens. Not to the vampires — to us.

Vampires and cold climates are a natural fit. But it's not really about the cold, it’s what the cold brings with it.

Not all ghosts want the same thing — and what they want tells you exactly what kind of story you're in. Eight ghost archetypes, fourteen books and films, and plenty of opinions.

Even if you make a conscious decision never to use AI, the existence of AI detection tools means your writing is likely to change anyway. Here's why few writers will be untouched — and why the writing community needs to talk about this.

I've been a horror fan for decades, but only certain films truly scare me. Here are seven supernatural movies from 2001–2018 that delivered the chills I crave — including one that gave me actual goosebumps for the first time.

From the Gothic fiction beginning in the early 1800s, vampire have been evolving. Romantic heroes, conflicted vigilantes, metaphors for societal decay.

This post looks at nine vampire novels, beginning in the nineteenth century and culminating with The Red Line, published this decade. Each novel highlights a turning point in the imagining of vampires. Together they show why we can’t seem to let those bloodsuckers go!