The Inciting Incident with Mata Haggis-Burridge

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It's always Halloween here. I'll send you weekly spooky stories (short enough to read in a few minutes), plus occasional horror writing tips and essays about the uncanny, all sprinkled with a twist of dry British humour.

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About Mata Haggis-Burridge

Award-winning writer of horror, video-games, and academic gubbins. I made viral animations back when the internet was silent, have a PhD in cyberpunk lit., and I'm a professor of video games. Also, B in LGBTQ+

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