In this hauntingly beautiful episode of Writing and Killing Unicorns, we welcome writer Channel Harry to explore the deeply intertwined worlds of horror and healing. Titled We Write in the Dark, this conversation dives into the ways horror allows us to confront trauma, navigate ancestral memory, and survive the shadows of the self.
Channel shares insight on the intersection of ancestry and mental health, unearthing how generational hauntings and personal struggles manifest in both life and story. Together, we discuss how horror, often dismissed as escapism or sensationalism, becomes a transformative space—a genre that doesn’t just terrify, but tends to wounds and makes space for reckoning.
From ghosts of the past to inner monsters, this episode is a meditation on writing as ritual, horror as resistance, and storytelling as a path to wholeness.
Topics Covered:
- Why horror is a powerful tool for healing
- Mental illness, stigma, and the self as a haunted house
- Writing through ancestral trauma and inherited memory
- The personal as supernatural: locating fear in lived experience
- How horror provides a language for the unspeakable
- Crafting stories that confront and transform pain
Lintr.ee: Chanel Harry: The Mistress of Horror
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