Portrait of Dread
Portrait of Dread
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The feed is live. Your audience is waiting.
Analog horror has moved from the late-night broadcast to the phone in your hand, and it plays by new rules: vertical frames, three-second hooks, and viewers who scroll on unless something stops them.
Portrait of Dread is a creator's guide to short-form analog horror, from the first clip to a full series. Thirteen chapters on:
- Why analog horror works on the feed, and what today's audience is afraid of
- Writing micro-stories that hook, haunt and get shared
- Shooting, sound design and editing for a vertical screen
- Building an audience, ARG-style engagement, and cross-platform momentum
- Earning from it without killing the scare
- Case studies, protecting your work, and growing one clip into a series
It sits on the house creator shelf with Surveillance Scare and The Analog Horror Playbook.
Formats
- Paperback — softcover print, made to order.
- Hardcover — case-bound print, made to order.
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A signed and numbered hardcover is also on the shelf: Signed & Numbered Hardcover.