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Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

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The 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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  • Monthly lessons in the written weird. Have your say in Comments. Partial archive access. Help this project grow.

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  • Same as free tier, helping me share 20 years of knowledge and experience in professional creative writing...
  • ...helping writers, readers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators gain a deeper understanding of their favourite genres.
  • Unlock FULL access to the AoW archive – a dragon’s horde of genre insights.

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About Alec Worley

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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