Nine years ago, I critiqued a horror short story by a better writer than I. He thought my comments were so helpful, he suggested I try writing horror.

I thanked him, basked in his generosity for a while, and privately dismissed the idea at first. But it wouldn't let go of me. So I asked, what is most horrific? Being eaten, not necessarily alive.

Using that idea, I wrote the first chapter of my current WIP as a 3.5k-word short story for Pseudopod. The editor said I "hit all the right beats for horror (on several different levels)," and almost bought it, but passed because it was just too weird.

Now, it's a decent novel I'm editing per critique comments. Will it sell? My plan is to find out later this year.

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