Single Session: Peter Medeiros teaches The New Shape of Horror

What's the shape of a horror story?

While the slasher film has a classic "shape" we could all recite by heart, horror today can be so much…weirder. Modern horror writers like Stephen Graham Jones, Kelly Link, and Mariana Enriquez have approached the genre with an eye towards new, surprising forms–and so can you! In this class, we'll discuss some fundamentals of story structure, and then how to explode them specifically within the context of horror and dark fantasy.

Perfect for fans of the genre, folks just dipping their toes in the scary stuff, or anyone interested in alternative views of "story structure." Expect to leave with at least the start (and maybe the middle) of a new scary tale! 

Peter Medeiros teaches writing and Kung Fu--though never at the same time. His teaching in and around Boston remains a major inspiration for much of his fiction. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. He been publishing fiction since 2013, and was most recently featured in the July 2022 issue of GigaNotoSaurus.  Peter is represented by Susan Velazquez Colmant at JABerwocky Literary Agency.

This is a single-session class taught live over Zoom. Ticket-holders receive a Zoom registration link to access the live class and will receive access to the class recording for 3 months afterward. Your Zoom registration link will be delivered to the email address used to purchase the class ticket.