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SUMMARY:Horror: Short Story Course with Andy Murray
DESCRIPTION:Chill the bones of your readers this Autumn with Andy Murray’s short story craft course.Learn how to build suspense\, how to deftly handle ambiguities\, how and when to scare your reader\, and how to play around with story form and structure to achieve tension.We’ll journey from that most terrifying of concepts; a blank page\, and arrive at a complete and polished story\, which we’ll publish in a Comma Press ebook. Along the way\, Andy will offer expert editorial advice and ply you with gallons of imaginative prompts whenever you might get stuck. \nWe will look at classic and contemporary Horror texts to identify HOW we terrify our readers. The workshops will consist of fun and simple writing exercises\, in-class discussions\, readings of some awesome stories as homework\, and the chance to share bits of our writing as it develops. \nThe first session is on Tuesday September 30\, continuing on October 14 and 20; November 11 and 25 and December 9 2025 \n£180 per ticket (+Booking Fees – or feel free to email George below to avoid booking fees). This covers 6x sessions including detailed feedback and publication in a Comma Press e-book anthology. \n£150 bursary tickets are available on a first come first served for writers of protected characteristics – simply email george.forster@commapress.co.uk to apply. \n\nAndy Murray is a writer and journalist based in Manchester. He edited Comma’s first modern horror story anthology\, Phobic\, and has been leading online story courses for Comma since 2020. He’s written biographies of British television scriptwriters Nigel Kneale and (with Dr Mark Aldridge) Russell T Davies and was formerly the programmer of the Darkness Over Britain strand celebrating British film and TV horror at Manchester’s Cornerhouse arts centre. He now contributes to the webzine Northern Soul\, provides editorial content for the Royal Exchange Theatre’s production programmes and teaches Film Journalism at the University of Salford.
URL:https://chorlton.coop/event/horror-short-story-course-with-andy-murray/
LOCATION:Chorlton Library\, Manchester Road\, Chorlton\, M21 9PN
CATEGORIES:books,Learning
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ORGANIZER;CN="Comma Press":MAILTO:george.forster@commapress.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Horror Writers' Day at Chorlton Library
DESCRIPTION:Comma Press Writers’ days are perfect opportunities for writers of all experience levels to experiment with new forms and meet new people!\n\nJoin us at Chorlton Library for a horror writing workshop led by author Andy Murray\, followed by a panel discussion\, readings and a Q&A where Andy will be joined by fellow horror authors Bronte Schiltz and Nicholas Royle.\n\nThis is the perfect chance to ask questions about writing or getting published. There will also be time for any book signings!\n\nTickets are free of charge but please RSVP so we know who’s coming! Email george.forster@commapress.co.uk for more info.\n\nRunning Order\n\n11.00am – 12.30pm workshop with Andy Murray\n\n12.30pm – 13:30pm – Break for Lunch\n\n13:30pm – 15:00pm Readings\, Panel & Q&A with Andy Murray\, Bronte Schiltz & Nicholas Royle\n\nAbout the authors:\n\nAndy Murray is a writer and journalist based in Manchester. He edited Comma’s first modern horror story anthology\, Phobic\, and has been leading online story courses for Comma since 2020. He’s written biographies of British television scriptwriters Nigel Kneale and (with Dr Mark Aldridge) Russell T Davies and was formerly the programmer of the Darkness Over Britain strand celebrating British film and TV horror at Manchester’s Cornerhouse arts centre. He now contributes to the webzine Northern Soul\, provides editorial content for the Royal Exchange Theatre’s production programmes and teaches Film Journalism at the University of Salford.\n\n\nBrontë Schiltz is a journalist with The Big Issue and Big Issue North\, a freelance contributor to Horrified Magazine\, and a PhD candidate with the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University\, where she researches the Televisual Gothic (horror on and about TV). She is a writer of short stories\, flash fiction\, creative non-fiction\, poetry and theatre\, and her work has featured in publications including Lotus Eater Magazine\, Olney Magazine\, The First Line and Hungry Ghost Magazine. She has also appeared on podcasts including The Ghost Story Book Club\, Victorian Legacies\, BERGCAST and Chronicles of the Quarter Life. \nNicholas Royle is the author of six short story collections – Mortality\, Ornithology\, The Dummy and Other Uncanny Stories\, London Gothic and Manchester Uncanny – and seven novels\, most recently First Novel. He has edited more than two dozen anthologies and is series editor of Best British Short Stories for Salt\, who also published his books-about-books\, White Spines: Confessions of a Book Collector and Shadow Lines: Searching For the Book Beyond the Shelf. In 2009 he founded Nightjar Press\, which continues to publish original short stories in the form of limited-edition chapbooks. Forthcoming is another short story collection\, Paris Fantastique.
URL:https://chorlton.coop/event/horror-writers-day-at-chorlton-library/
LOCATION:Chorlton Library\, Manchester Road\, Chorlton\, M21 9PN
CATEGORIES:books,Learning
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