Beyond Lovecraft: A Weird Fiction Writing Workshop

Have you always wanted to write a strange and dark tale of your own? Whether you’re new to weird fiction or a passionate acolyte, this two-hour creative writing workshop will give you the tools you need to write in a mode usually associated with H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Looking beyond the cosmic horror genre Lovecraft spawned, we will seek inspiration from a range of classic and contemporary writers of the weird, such as Algernon Blackwood, China Miéville, Leena Kohn, and Kelly Link, among others. These authors’ fiction ranges from the Gothic to the surreal and their prose varies from florid and ornate to deceptively simple. While learning how to create a sense of the uncanny, the sublime, and the unknowable, you will leave the workshop with pages of new writing and a seed for your own weird tale.

Workshop offered in English, but participants are welcome to write in the language they are most comfortable with.

Instructor: Matthew Rettino

Please sign up using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/bF3qikV4hZNxvc61A.

$25 fee payment can be made out to Matthew Rettino by Interac etransfer: matthew.rettino@gmail.com.