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Desolation Tries to Colonize You: Jeff VanderMeer and Alison Sperling (CH)

New Books in Literary Studies

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Crafting Weird Narratives: Techniques and Influences

Exploring strategies for writing unsettling narratives, this chapter discusses the use of altered perspectives, language disruptions, and familiar elements in creating weird fiction. The conversation delves into experimental writing techniques hidden within familiar tropes, ecological themes, and the intersection of nature writing, weird fiction, and climate change.

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