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Nolan has some good news for aspiring authors (and, perhaps, bad news for swamped reviewers): "The most overworked cliches in horror can be given new life through your imagination." Nolan's premise is that there's plenty of horror fiction yet to be written; just search your dreams (and especially your nightmares), then follow this explicit writing tutorial. Nolan shows just how to create a perfectly ghastly scenario, people it with unsettling and/or terrified characters, and generate convincingly eerie plots. Samples from modern horror novels (including Nolan's own work) are used throughout to demonstrate the advice. Portraits of successful authors in this genre, including Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, and, of course, Stephen King, are supplied to inspire novices. A nice bibliography with more than 75 titles is appended, containing both horror anthologies and reference books. ~--Denise Perry Donavin