Before
hiring me to write "Author's Notes" for Horror World, the
estimable Nanci Kalanta commissioned a new short story from
me for the month of May 2005. As it is now May, I have the
heady—and slightly embarrassing—privilege of
furnishing half the website's monthly content. So …
welcome to the Matt & Matt Show. Please take a seat
in the front row and have some popcorn.
This
unique situation is perhaps my only opportunity to give
a behind-the-scenes look at the composition of a story in
which I know exactly what the writer went through. I also
learned something profound while doing this one, and I'd
like to share it with you.
This article is no longer available online.
Read it in Matthew Warner's new collection
Horror Isn't a 4-Letter Word:
Essays on Writing & Appreciating the Genre
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