A bank for every scene.
Follow the kind of story you’re telling. Each collection draws directly from the vocabulary’s categories.
Vocabulary guides
Horror
Quiet dread, gathering shadows, sudden terror.
02 / WORD BANKSci-Fi
New worlds and unfamiliar possibilities.
03 / WORD BANKFantasy
Wonder, myth, and the impossible.
04 / WORD BANKCosmic Horror
The vast and unknowable.
05 / WORD BANKPsychological Horror
What the mind cannot quite explain.
06 / WORD BANKBody Horror
Flesh, transformation, and decay.
07 / WORD BANKGothic
Weathered places and lingering histories.
08 / WORD BANKSetting
Build a place your reader can inhabit.
09 / WORD BANKArchitecture
Rooms, structures, and their character.
10 / WORD BANKNature
Forests, rivers, and living landscapes.
11 / WORD BANKDecay
The textures of time and neglect.
12 / WORD BANKSound
Give the scene an audible life.
13 / WORD BANKMovement
Put the right energy into an action.
14 / WORD BANKCharacter
Expressions, gestures, and presence.
15 / WORD BANKFear
From a quiet doubt to overwhelming terror.
16 / WORD BANKSight
Light, darkness, and what lies between.
17 / WORD BANKTouch
Texture, temperature, and contact.
18 / WORD BANKSmell
Scents that anchor a scene.
19 / WORD BANKDialogue
The voice behind the words.
20 / WORD BANKLiterary
Texture, rhythm, and a little resonance.