This course teaches students how to author and market the various subgenres of horror fiction. From the earliest Gothic works to current trends in techno-horror, this course will focus on writing short stories and novels as well as on adjacent platforms for horror, including film, streaming, and video games.

Antirequisite(s): Writing 3903F/G if taken in 2022-23.

Prerequisite(s): At least 65% in one of Writing 2101F/G, Writing 2111F/G, Writing 2130F/G or Writing 2131F/G; or at least 65% in one of Writing 1000F/G, Writing 1031F/G or Writing 1035A/B; or at least 65% in each of MediaCom 1020E (or both of MediaCom 1021F/G and MediaCom 1022F/G) and MediaCom 1025F/G; or permission of the Department (consult the Undergraduate Program Director, Writing).

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.