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Brandon Sanderson's Use of Horror

Shardcast: The Brandon Sanderson Podcast

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Chalon's Ark Is Not Psychological Horror, but I Can See the Pathway, I Like the Pathway

The book is a psychological gothic, but there are also elements of formless horror. The author had to be careful not to turn Shallen's mental illness into an antagonist in the story. "I'm just realizing how much of a like chalon could go a real horror route," says writer Ali Ayoob.

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