Fear/Desire: Writing Queer Erotic Horror That Subverts
Sun, Feb 22
|Virtual Workshop
In FEAR/DESIRE, we'll write scary AND sexy stories to tell in the dark. This generative workshop is all about considering the (queer) erotic potential of horror. Let's get weird, spooky, and hot.
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Virtual Workshop
About the event
Workshop Description: In FEAR/DESIRE, we'll write scary AND sexy stories to tell in the dark. This generative workshop is all about considering the (queer) erotic potential of horror. Let's get weird, spooky, and hot. Through short readings, discussions, and generative prompts meant to pry open the intersecting themes of FEAR and DESIRE, we'll create new work that challenges, subverts, and interrogates dominant narratives about bodies, sex, the erotic, identity, and relationships. We'll talk about the craft of writing sex as well as of writing horror, and we'll implement these things in real-time with original generative prompts.
About the Presenter: Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is a lesbian writer of essays, fiction, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. Her queer horror novelette Helen House was named one of the Best LGBTQ Books of 2022 by NBC News. She is the managing editor of Autostraddle, an assistant fiction editor at Foglifter, and the…
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