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  • Welcome to the Web

    Welcome to the Web

    Threads that Bind is a coalition of authors and artists specializing in things macabre. Monsters? We know monsters. Demons? We got ’em. Criminals of the nastiest sort? Do you have to ask? Here you’ll find the minds who bring you the stories and artwork that have you checking under the bed at night. CW Hawes […]

    Jack “Blimprider” Tyler

    November 11, 2022
    Mission Statement
  • Writing a good twist.

    If you enjoy reading a tale with a good twist, as much as I do, you’ve probably wondered how the writer did it. To me, a good twist changes the story, and I believe readers love it when you do that. Is it possible to “engineer” this kind of a twist repeatably? Maybe it is. […]

    Tim Sorrensen

    January 26, 2023
    The Craft
    A good twist, How to write twists, Short story twist, write a twist ending., Writing a twist.
  • A Woman’s Place…

    Allow me to update an old proverb for the twenty-first century: A woman’s place is in a horror story. And I suppose it always has been. Back in the beginning, in the days of writers like Poe, Stoker, and their contemporaries, her function was either to die to demonstrate the awful nature of the beast, […]

    Jack “Blimprider” Tyler

    January 23, 2023
    History of Horror, The Craft
  • Tim Sorrensen on Writing Part 3

    Welcome back. Once again, I begin by putting the story parts in order. With reference to the initial outline, you may have noticed that I make changes as I write, if they fit. Scene one and two have combined and it looks okay. So, scene three will become scene two. How much time between the […]

    Tim Sorrensen

    January 18, 2023
    The Craft
    How I write short stories, Short story craft, The Craft, writing fiction, writing step by step
  • FEAR ~ My First Day of Teaching

    FEAR ~ My First Day of Teaching

    What is fear? What does it mean to be brave, to show courage? Where is the actual courage and bravery if one is not afraid? According to a famous John Wayne quote, “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.”  My favorite quote on this subject is from Eddie Rickenbacker (WW-1, Ace Pilot) “Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared,”

    Dr. Thomas Davison, author

    January 14, 2023
    The Craft
    fear, unknown
  • Facing the Sinister

    The other week someone asked me about the symbolism behind the emblem of the Office of Unidentified Phenomena (OUP). The fictional agency for which my paranormal investigator Pierce Mostyn works to save America and the world from those things that make big bumps in the night. It’s a good question, because the design wasn’t haphazard. […]

    cwhawes

    January 12, 2023
    Philosophy of Horror
    cosmic horror, Cthulhu Mythos, existentialism, occult detectives
  • Tim Sorrensen on Writing Part 2

    Welcome back. The next step I take is to cut and paste the story parts in order. At this stage you may notice we have some names. Jack J. Novak, Jules Sinclair, and Isabel Novak. I chose these on the fly as I wrote. Note the syllable ratios. Jack J. Novak=1:1:2. Jules Sinclair=1:2. Isabel Novak=3:2. […]

    Tim Sorrensen

    January 5, 2023
    The Craft
    Fiction, how to, short story, writing, writing fiction, writing step by step
  • Tim Sorrensen on Writing

    Jack Tyler has asked me to talk to you about writing, about how I construct my short stories, about the nuts and bolts of the craft I love so much. At first, I refused. After all, I’m the new kid on the block. I’m a student not a teacher. Who would even listen, right? Then […]

    Tim Sorrensen

    January 2, 2023
    The Craft
    Fiction, how to, short story
  • How Not to Write a Horror Story

    This is my first blog. What exactly do I mean by that statement? Is this my first blog on this new site created by my friend and fellow writer, Jack Tyler. No, I mean literally; this is the first blog I have ever written. The original thread that started this blog was on the theme […]

    Dr. Thomas Davison, author

    December 28, 2022
    The Craft
  • Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories

    There’s something about the long, dark nights just as autumn turns into full-fledged winter that seems especially suited to spooky tales. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons the Victorians were especially fond of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve. Of course, one of the most famous ghost stories of Christmas is none other than A […]

    David Lee Summers

    December 25, 2022
    History of Horror
    Charles Dickens, Christmas, ghost story, J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • The Catacombs of Horror

    Last week, our very capable colleague CW Hawes looked into the specifics of one man who saved one publication, which in turn went on to give voice to much of what we call modern horror. This week I propose to take a look at the whole shooting match, horror, terror, suspense, thrillers, and attempt to […]

    Jack “Blimprider” Tyler

    December 22, 2022
    Philosophy of Horror
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