Q&A / Journal
Questions beneath the stories.
Ideas, personal notes, creative questions, folklore, horror, and the thinking behind the work.
Personal
Iyo Numä, Who Am I
Who I am as Iyo Numä, the perspective behind the work, and the Southern influences shaping my voice.
Horror
Why folklore, why horror?
Why horror and folklore kept appearing in the writing before there was language for what the work was becoming.
Folklore
Where does folklore fall in traditional literature?
How folklore moves through poetry, prose, mythology, and stories carried across generations.
Craft
How horror gets under the skin.
A continuing conversation about atmosphere, psychology, character, and the unseen.