Adam-Troy Castro

Writer of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Stories About Yams.

 

The Silliest Trigger Warning Complaint Of All Time

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Adam-Troy Castro

Just saw somebody say this in a thread. “I’ve been a fan up until now. But it was completely inexcusable to not have a trigger warning on this episode…” My continued dismay with the whole premise of trigger warnings aside, can there truly be a viewer who has been “a fan up until now,” who […]

On the Roar of Approval For Self-Defenestration

Posted on May 17th, 2015 by Adam-Troy Castro

You’re a decent person. You really are. Oh, sure, you have some bad habits, some irritating beliefs, some things you do that get on the nerves on people around you. But by all the low bars, you’re a decent person. You don’t molest children. You don’t attack people with broken bottles. You don’t set bombs. […]

The Things That Happen To Some Stories, In the Writing Of Them

Posted on May 14th, 2015 by Adam-Troy Castro

Sometimes, the story sticks its toe in the dirt and tells you it’s not going to go where you want it to go. Most often, the story is right. It knows better than you do. Listen to it. It’s telling you this for your own good. It knows itself better than you do. Now the […]

 
 
 

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