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2025-05-03

Hall of Horror: Sleep Paralysis Demons Across Cultures

It’s the middle of the night. You wake up, but you can’t move. You’re fully conscious, eyes wide open, but your limbs are locked in place. A crushing weight settles on your chest. And then you see it … There’s something in the room. Watching. Waiting. Maybe it’s crouched on your chest, breathing against your…

2025-04-24

Writing Tip: How to Build Dread Without Gore

Blood is easy. Dread takes skill. Anyone can toss a bucket of red paint at a scene and call it horror, but building that stomach-knotting, can’t-look-away tension, the kind that keeps readers flipping pages and checking their locks at night, requires a different approach. You don’t need mutilation to make people squirm. You need atmosphere,…