Horror history is replete with monsters that to this day fill us with fear – but how can we ensure that we keep the classic fresh, and how might we build our own new monstrous creations? 

In this session Alex Davis will be looking at some of the most cursed creatures in the genre, what makes them so popular and so terrifying, and exploring ways in which we can develop our own nightmarish creations to keep readers awake at night…

About the speaker

Alex Davis is a writer, creative writing lecturer and workshopper specialising in horror, particularly ghost stories and folk horror. He is the co-ordinator of the UK Ghost Story Festival and the popular Winter Haunts event, as well as the Darkness in the Fields series. He is a regular contributor to Writing Magazine with his monthly articles for Fantastic Realms.