Places as Hauntings: A Genre Bending Approach to Setting

This craft talk is  a part of Abode's inaugural Retreat but all are welcome to attend! 

About the Workshop: In an interview on political writing and horror, Mariana Enriquez discusses the setting in her work and states, “…the river is a metaphor but also a geographical border. And when I take that into literature, that border appears in the frontier between realism and the fantastic, that not so comfortable place where you recognize the setting and the words but reality dissolves into something sinister.” In this generative craft talk, we will invite the speculative into our real-life settings by looking at places we feel connected to, that exist in reality, and turn them into a haunting. Through generative prompts, we’ll consider what places haunt(ed) us and how hauntings can be used to raise awareness about the horrors of our present-day world, everyday lives, and why making this radical choice in…