by Cole Salao
A “shaggy dog story” is any narrative that features a lot of build-up and action, only to end in an anticlimax, usually making the story ironic or meaningless. Shaggy dog stories take advantage of your expectations. Normally, a narrative with so much...
by Cole Salao
Have you ever been in a situation where you have an idea but you just don’t know how to start writing it? Or maybe you spend forever writing a piece, but the finished product isn’t exactly what you were hoping for. If you’ve experienced this, trust...
by Cole Salao
Cyberpunk is a genre that blends high technology (the cyber) with a deteriorating society (the punk). It features a gritty landscape where technological and scientific achievements are a dime-a-dozen, yet the quality of life seems to continue degrading. It’s no...
by Cole Salao
It’s a popular stereotype: disheveled-looking people who don’t care about their sloppy appearances or tiny apartments stacked full of clutter and unfinished works. All that matters is their art, and soon they’ll catch their big break. We see this...
by Cole Salao
Normally, horror relies on suggestions, implications, and suspense to build up the anxiety that makes your heart race. Take all of that away and you get splatterpunk—a horror subgenre that shows you everything there is to horror. Known as a subgenre without limits,...
