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Strangers in a Strange Land [1]

Fiction [2]
3.6.24

When a group of strangers gathers in one setting, whether in a horror story, mystery, or in real life, the situation makes for a great premise. In The Extinction of Irena Rey [3] (Bloomsbury, 2024), the debut novel by author and translator Jennifer Croft, eight translators from eight different countries arrive at an author’s house located in a primeval Polish forest to begin their work when the author disappears. As they investigate the author’s whereabouts while attempting to continue their work, rivalries and paranoia begin cropping up. Write a story that revolves around a group of unacquainted people, all confined in one location. Experiment with different modes of dialogue, setting description, and point of view. How will their secrets be revealed?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/strangers_in_a_strange_land [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] https://www.pw.org/content/the_extinction_of_irena_rey_by_jennifer_croft