The Horror Novelist

At a new book launch.

Reporter: "Teacher Tai Shu, your new work is coming out less than a month after your last book. How do you manage to write so much, so quickly?"

Wei Shu picked up the microphone. "I'm overflowing with inspiration."

"How do you stay so inspired?"

"I go out and gather material."

"Where did you go to gather material, Teacher?"

Wei Shu fell silent for a moment, then flashed a crooked, battle-god grin. "In my head."

Everyone: ???

The grotesque, the delusional, the terrifying, and the screams born from the sea of consciousness twisted into black vines, reaching toward their creator, Wei Shu.

"I am the sole ruler of the countless worlds beneath my pen."

Blurb written on December 20, 2023.

Also, this idea came from an eighth-grader's imagination, so of course it's a little chuunibyou! (Wipes sweat.)

Theme: Cherish life.