Twisted: Ghosts Of Christmas... Open up this advent calendar of terror, for the 25 spine tingling days of Christmas, each from a terrifying new voice in horror literature.
Written by Maxine Lennon, Lawrence Morgan, Josh and Amy Shevill, Andrew Perry, Kurt Fried, Mark Walker, Ricardo Bravo, Helen Bang, Suzanne Fox, Chris Jeal, Emma Pullar, Toby Norways, Sherice Griffiths, Paul Shearer, Fiona Faith Ross, Jamie Shearing, Rose Banks, Tim Coleman, John Suriano, Claire Rye, Suzie Grogan, Gerry Driver, Aaron Nash, Rachael Howard, Gordon Slack, Steven Butler, Simon Cluett, Evie James, Al Campbell, Michael van Koetsveld, Lee Burgess, Kendall Castor-Perry, Nick Yates, Harriet Barbir, and Rebecca Handley.
Edited by Elinor Perry Smith // Produced by Savannah Morgan // Production Team Emma Pullar and Mark Walker // Create50 Team Leader: Chris Jones.
All reviews here.
Softback ISBN 9798578860430
Was the Night Before Christmas…. well, maybe the month before.
The LSF team had just finished work on Santa’s Bedtime Book of Adventure Stories and Santa was busy reading them nightly for all the little girls and boys.
All was right with the world and all we had to do now was to relax and wait for Christmas Day.
‘Screw that,’ screamed Chris Jones from stage left…
Judging by the title of this piece, you would be forgiven if you thought I was referring to this Judge Dredd.
Anyone who has seen the movies (2012 being my preference because I love the concept of a contained dystopian story inside a tower block, and a psycho female drug baron as the antagonist) will
know that Dredd is the law, and it’s his way or… die.
How does this relate to judging stories for the Twisted Ghosts of Christmas and Santa’s Bedtime Book of Adventure Stories anthologies? Were the team dreadful to work with because they were all
using Slo-Mo in order to cope with reading hundreds of submissions super fast? Were the editor and producer laying down the law like Dredd would?
Twisted 50 volume 2 is your second sitting at the table of contemporary horror. Prepare for a forbidden feast of fifty courses… A slice of terror, grilled to perfection.
Ripened dread, stewed in a sensual broth of dark delights. Followed by succulent wonder, wrapped in freshly garrotted fear. Fifty new dishes, from fifty master chefs of the contemporary
unspeakable. Settle in and sharpen your knives… here come the Hors d’oeuvres!
Jane Badrock, Lee Betteridge, Ricardo Bravo, Richie Brown, Jessica Brown, Lee Burgess, Kendall Castor-Perry, Phil Chard, Dee Chilton, Simon Cluett, Jacky Dahlhaus, Karen Davison, Freya Eden-Ellis, Maryna Gaidar, TR Guest, Penegrin Shaw, Lucy V Hay, Rachael Howard, Fiona Hunnisett, Stephanie Hutton, Maggie Innes, James Jay, Chris Jeal, Fiona Leitch, Matt George Lovett, SV MacDonald, Dean Marriner, Ben Marshall, Scott Merrow, Robbie Mori, Tom Nolan, Andy Perry, Steve Pool, Emma Pullar, Lewis Rice, Ann Richardson, Leo Robertson, Paul Shearer, Gordon Slack, Juliet Sneed, Madeleine Swann, Melissa Szydlek, Bruce Thomas, Milethia Thomas, Phil Town, Hillier Townsend, Nick Twyford, Mark Walker, Eileen Wilson and Nick Yates.
Edited by Elinor Perry Smith
// Production Co-ordination and QC by Jade Wheldon / /Create50 Team Leader: Chris Jones.
Project Conceived by Cristina Palmer-Romero
Twisted 50 volume 1 is a deliciously dark slice of contemporary horror literature. Reading it is like attending a late night secret banquet where you know each course will serve up
something unexpected, forbidden and unforgettably chilling. Take your private seat now for 50 luscious courses of terror, from 50 of the strongest voices in modern
horror.
Written by Stephanie Wessell, Troll Dahl, Marie Gethins, Kendall Castor-Perry, KK Rickcord, Caroline Slocock, Karen Sheard, Lucy V Hay, Stephen Deas, Diana Read, Scott Merrow, Steven Quantick, Dylan Keeling, Steve Pool, Jacqui Canham, Nick Twyford, John Ashbrook, Gordon Slack, Richard Craven, Adam Millard, Penegrin Shaw, Geoff Bagwell, Steven Stockford, Andrew Williamson, Alex Thompson, Joshua Saltzman, Rachael Howard, Christopher Patrick, Charles Maciejewski, Hillier Townsend, Bartley Cryan, Jonah Jones, Duncan Eastwood, Shirley Day, Richie Brown, G.P Eynon, Nick Yates, Maggie Innes, EJ Hughes, KJB Rickards, J.M Hewitt, SV Macdonald, Jessica Brown, Leo Robertson, Chris Jeal, Sasha Black, Thomas Cranham, Neil Bebber and John Read
Edited by Elinor Perry Smith // Produced by Cristina Palmer-Romero // Create50 Team Leader: Chris Jones.
Twisted's Evil Little Sister is the sibling volume for Twisted 50, a collection of 33 horror stories... the ones that we couldn’t include in Twisted50 because they were too demented, unhinged, deranged and frankly… evil.
Get to know the 29 demented souls behind the 33 unhinged Little Sister tales. They are...
Dee Chilton, Lewis Rice, Philip Trickett, Kathleen Bryson, Gareth Eynon, JT Billeter, David Young, Scott Merrow, Toby Norways, Rachael Howard, Nick Jackson, Kim Wheeler, Paul W Franklin, Mat Sunderland, Alistair Canlin, Milethia Thomas, Jonah Jones, Gerald Kells, Geoff Bagwell, Merlin Ward, Steven Stockford, Matt Lewis, Charles Maciejewski, Mary Stone, Phil Town, Fredrick Ochami, Simon Cluett, Troll Dahl, Chris Jeal, John Read, Hillier Townsend and Maggie Innes
Produced by Elinor Perry Smith // Edited by Cristina Palmer-Romero // Create50 Team Leader: Chris Jones.
Twisted 50 volume 1 is a deliciously dark slice of contemporary horror literature. Reading it is like attending a late night secret banquet where you know each course will serve up something unexpected, forbidden and unforgettably chilling. Take your private seat now for 50 luscious courses of terror, from 50 of the strongest voices in modern horror.
The audiobook is narrated by 50 different voice artists and enhanced with music and sound effects.
Meet the authors here.
Meet the narrators here.
Watch the trailer here.
Reviews here.
Written by Stephanie Wessell, Troll Dahl, Marie Gethins, Kendall Castor-Perry, KK Rickcord, Caroline Slocock, Karen Sheard, Lucy V Hay, Stephen Deas, Diana Read, Scott Merrow, Steven Quantick, Dylan Keeling, Steve Pool, Jacqui Canham, Nick Twyford, John Ashbrook, Gordon Slack, Richard Craven, Adam Millard, Penegrin Shaw, Geoff Bagwell, Steven Stockford, Andrew Williamson, Alex Thompson, Joshua Saltzman, Rachael Howard, Christopher Patrick, Charles Maciejewski, Hillier Townsend, Bartley Cryan, Jonah Jones, Duncan Eastwood, Shirley Day, Richie Brown, G.P Eynon, Nick Yates, Maggie Innes, EJ Hughes, KJB Rickards, J.M Hewitt, SV Macdonald, Jessica Brown, Leo Robertson, Chris Jeal, Sasha Black, Thomas Cranham, Neil Bebber and John Read
Edited by Elinor Perry Smith // Produced by Cristina Palmer-Romero // Create50 Team Leader: Chris Jones