Where Nightmares Come From

Dip into any section of this book and you will learn something.
High praise, but a true statement. There are many pieces one can
delve into along the way, as this is not simply another “how-to” effort;
the contents within range from inspiration and molding concepts, to the
way revision impacts the final draft, to the reasons stories are changed
for other media. While not an instruction manual per se, this volume
does instruct; all one must do is be receptive to different ideas and
points-of-view. In fact, any one of these essays or interviews will do the
job: teach you how to create or adapt works professionally for print or
multimedia, taking you inside the scary business of fashioning
memorable tales, with an emphasis on stories of shock and terror. Your
guides include, to name just a few of the 30-plus stellar talents in this
comprehensive volume, the capable insights of Kevin J. Anderson (as
part of a roundtable discussion), Elizabeth Massie (“Playing in Someone
Else’s Haunted House”), Tim Waggoner (“Horror is a State of Mind”),
and Mort Castle (“The Story of a Story”). Here, in these pages, you are
made privy to the expert advice that only seasoned veterans can
provide.