Thomas Kleaton
Thomas Kleaton asked Jeff VanderMeer:

I am asking a simple question, Jeff, on a subject that troubles me on a constant basis. How do you make a story creepy, more specifically, how do you foreshadow properly to make a story creepy with plenty of tension. I said simple question, but I know there is no simple answer. Thanks!!

Jeff VanderMeer This depends on the individual story, but one way is to convey somehow to the reader that something is not quite right, something the main character doesn't quite recognize and to imbue in the text little glints and hints of the wrongness.

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