This course teaches students how to effectively author and successfully market creative projects that traverse 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 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 1030F/G, or Writing 1031F/G; or at least 65% in each of MIT 1020E (or both of MIT 1021F/G and MIT 1022F/G) and MIT 1025F/G; or permission of the Department (consult the Undergraduate Program Director, Writing).

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.