The Legend of the Jiāngshī: China’s Hopping Vampire
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Category: horror
The Evolution of Horror: What Writers Can Learn from Classic Scares
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 Created in Canva. Horror is one of the oldest, most adaptable storytelling modes. From ghost tales whispered around campfires,…
I Am A Werewolf, But I’m Different
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 I am a werewolf, but I’m different. I am neither beast nor man but somewhere in between. An anomaly…
The Package
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 The two men, dressed in hotel staff uniforms, stood before the lift in the quiet foyer. “You never ask,”…
I Messed This One Up! Here’s A Super-Quick “Work In Progress” Art Preview! « PekoeBlaze
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 Well, the article I had planned to post today was one I’d written…
Today’s Art (16th September 2025) « PekoeBlaze
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 This is the second digitally-edited painting in a series of nine paintings I made last spring, which were inspired…
The Most Disturbing and Scary Horror Books About the Ocean — What Is Quinn Reading?
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 Whether you’ve watched Jaws one too many times, you’ve been traumatized after going down a rabbit hole about the…
Taking Submissions: Christmas Ghosts Short Stories
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 Deadline: September 28th, 2025Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprintsTheme: Seasonal ghosts…
THE URBAN LEGEND THAT ATE MY STORY: How Folklore Fuels My Fiction
https://itchystraitsbuilder.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 THE URBAN LEGEND THAT ATE MY STORY How Folklore Fuels My Fiction You’re out at night with a…