The best horror is more than just gore and jump scares–it reveals something essential about its characters. Who is the protagonist when everything goes wrong? What does the final girl do when her back is against the wall? Writing from these questions, rather than the ‘scare’, is the pathway to horror that explores the existential anxieties within us all. Together, we will read chilling fiction–both genre and literary–from authors such as Mariana Enriquez, Ray Bradbury, Junji Ito, and Alvin Schwartz. By the end of our six weeks, we all will have generated writing that both illuminates and terrifies. 

1. Week One: Finding Fear

2. Week Two: The Ticking Clock

3. Week Three: The ‘Haunted House’

4. Week Four: The Trope Yoke

5. Week Five: Literary Horror

6. Week Six: A Sharp Point

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Date and Location

This six-week writing workshop will be in person from 6 PM to 7:30 PM at the Campus School Building at Boise State University (Campus School 2100 W. University Drive, Suite 130, Boise, ID 83725) on the following days:

• Thursday, February 6

• Thursday, February 13

• Thursday, February 20

• Thursday, February 27

• Thursday, March 6

• Thursday, March 13

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Cost

$215 for non-members or $195 for Members

Scholarships are available

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