Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
Alec WorleyThe craft of writing horror, sci-fi, fantasy – and all the weird that’s in-between! For readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators, from the writer of Judge Dredd, Warhammer, Star Wars, TMNT and more.
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A Summer of Sword and Sorcery
Black Beth cover art by Andrea Bulgarelli
Battling deadlines like I’m Conan fending off bat-winged horrors from the jungles of Zarkheba before I’m spirited away on two weeks’ vacation, I figured I’d post a SWORD AND SORCERY-themed roundup,...
Six Things I’ve Learned About Plot and Story Structure from 20 Years of Freelance Writing
Formula None (Alec Worley, 2026)
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Biopic about a scruffy London gobshite obsessed with learning everything there is to know about plot structure. Unless he can tell a story within three acts (including a midpoint with a t...
Invaders From Mars (1953): The Terrors of Childhood Through a Sci-Fi Lens
From the 'kids on bikes' of Stranger Things to the monster matinees of the Atomic Age
Stranger Things (2016-2025) may have defined the ‘Kids on Bikes’ genre, but the roots of those stories reach back over 70 years, long before The Goonies...
Excalibur (1981): The Weird Wisdom of Epic Fantasy
Image sourced from Film On Paper
Poor King Arthur.
It was so hard to take him seriously on film after Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), a mortal blow to Arthurian dignity dealt in a clatter of half-coconuts. So memorable is the mist...
Saving the Writer’s Soul from Work-for-Hire Hell
Illustration by Matt Spencer
A life of work-for-hire writing will only kill you if you’re good at writing.
The hack keeps a safe and sensible distance, their indifference to the given material, their often-justified contempt for the reade...
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Award-lacking writer of comics, fiction and audio for Star Wars, Judge Dredd, Warhammer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, horror legend John Carpenter and more. Former movie-projectionist. Mostly comes out at night. Mostly.
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