How to Write Awe-inspiring Cosmic Horror

You might be a writer trying to create your own terrifying tales in the style of cosmic horror. And you might wonder how to quantify the unknowable, unseen, and downright incomprehensible onto paper.
Don’t be afraid, my friends, for I’m going to break down how to write cosmic horror to help you craft your own terrifying stories...
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Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), "Azathoth" (1922). Howard P. Lovecraft collection.
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Lovecraft, H.P. (Howard Phillips), "Azathoth" (1922). Howard P. Lovecraft collection.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:41 What is cosmic horror?
01:38 Conflict in cosmic horror
02:28 Cosmic horror monsters
04:03 The structure of cosmic horror stories
05:49 Cosmic horror protagonists and characters

[@stephenhmar3593]

Great video, Kat. What kind of horror do you write?

[@KatClay]

Thanks Stephen! I've had a couple of cosmic horror stories published this year, and love Victorian era ghost stories. So usually historical horror!

[@Thechaoseditz2.0]

Great video Could you give me some advice to write one of my own cosmic horror that I’m gonna paste the plot here So this story starts with a old man He can’t age So this story starts with a old man. He can’t age at all like he has been stuck in the same form of an old man for thousands of years and is immortal. He isn’t the actual thing here, he’s just a plot character. This man had come from another universe, a universe that was shattered and was destroyed after he arrived here in our reality. This man came from another universe which was non pataphysical making it have no tca or creatures. He then fell into a void between realities. A void filled with many eyes. These eyes told him things…. Things he couldn’t comprehend. It seemed like the eyes were using psychic powers to say these incomprehensible things, but it also gave him visions of what was happening in his reality. He fell out of this void and into another universe, our reality. A world with creatures and the tca meaning it was pataphysical. He was found on the streets telling people about the eyes that he saw and gave a warning of what will happen. The tca (my fictional organization) picked up this man and interviewed him about his experiences en he told him about everything he knew. Eventually a new tca appeared, tca - #92. He recognized this creature, he saw it in one of the visions. So he knew what would happen to this reality now that it’s here. 48 years later all the tcas broke out due to some unknown reason. But they couldn’t kill him so they just left him alone. He lived till the end and saw a tear in realities made. And many eyes peaked through, the same creature that brought him here. He knew it was time for the end to happen. At his last moments he looked back on his life, every single thing. But the eyes started to absorb reality itself into it.

[@KatClay]

Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad it was helpful. I can't really tell you how to write your story, because stories are personal to the author, but it sounds very cosmic horror. The eyes in the void are pretty terrifying. Best of luck with your story.

[@Thechaoseditz2.0]

@@KatClay thanks I just wanted to see your opinion on what I had so far

[@JamieEvansBooks]

Great video! Subscribed 🙂

[@KatClay]

Thanks Jamie!