Ghost Writing: How to Tell Horror Stories in Comics and Podcasts

'A Few Little Words : Stories of Tampines'
Running from 13 October to 1 December 2024, Our Tampines Hub presents a series of writers’ workshops led by Vertical Submarine that will serve as a creative incubator for the community, drawing from everyday experiences and cultural heritage to inspire new narratives that reflect the unique spirit of Tampines. Held in conjunction with the Singapore’s Writers’ Festival (SWF), our lineup of local writers — Wayne Rée, Yeow Kai Chai, Nadiputra, Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, and Chow Teck Seng — covers genre-based storytelling across horror, music and poetry, Bangsawan, comics and illustration, and more. Residents from all walks of life and backgrounds are welcome to learn, explore and experiment.

The programme will culminate in a publication co-edited by Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (QLRS) and Vertical Submarine, offering a curated collection of stories that resonate with the collective memory and imagination of Tampines residents released in March 2025. "A Few Little Words" aims to honour the past, capture the present, and inspire the future, one story at a time. This is a chance for all passionate storytellers and aspiring writers to have a chance to have their works published.

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About the Workshop
Everyone loves a good ghost story—and these days, there are more ways to tell them than just over kopi with friends. But how do you write a truly terrifying tale in podcasts? Did you know you could create jump scares in comics too? Learn more about writing horror in different mediums with award-winning author Wayne Rée.
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About the Facilitator

Wayne Rée (he/they) is a multiple award-winning writer. He co-created the prose/comics hybrid, Work-Life Balance, and its accompanying text-based game, Internal Damnation. Work-Life Balance is currently being developed into an animated series by Robot Playground Media. He also co-created the comic, Worlds Apart: A Conversation About Mental Health, and the horror audio series, Ghost Maps. In July 2023, Wayne was a resident at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, where he started work on his first novel. He lives with his wife and their cat/gremlin.

Host or Publisher Vertical Submarine