Gareth Ellis (@gaxtz.bsky.social)

My latest blog post, Why I Keep Coming Back to Horror – A Personal Essay on Horror and What Draws Me to Unsettling Stories, has just been published over on my website.

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Why I Keep Coming Back to Horror – A Personal Essay on Horror and What Draws Me to Unsettling Stories Horror is a genre I cannot seem to leave behind. I might stray into other territories—comedy, science fiction, even the odd experimental piece—but horror always remains the gravitational centre of my writing. It pulls me back, again and again, in a way that feels almost inevitable, as though some invisible force constantly tugs at my imagination. I have often asked myself why this is so, why I return to fear when other genres promise laughter, insight, or aesthetic satisfaction. http://garethellis.co.uk/2025/08/25/why-i-keep-coming-back-to-horror-a-personal-essay-on-horror-and-what-draws-me-to-unsettling-stories/