Mystery School is a free monthly writing ritual, led by Laura, that acts as a crucible for your weirdest work. Each month will have a different theme, and you will come away with creative ideas, and writing guidance. 

You might bring your work-in-progress to consider through the lens of liminal spaces. You might create something completely new. Like field notes for a project, automatic writing, a zine, a recipe, a radio drama. Or you might work on a novel, a poem, a story, or a play. If you are lucky you might come away with a love letter, a spell, or a hex.

This month the theme is Liminal Spaces

We will be thinking about the liminal spaces in the poetry of Joshua Jennifer Espinoza and Kim Yi-deum, the differences between portals and thresholds, the recent liminal horror film Skinamarink, holes in the film Inland Empire, and images of empty shopping malls and cursed buildings in the subreddit liminalspaces.

You will have time to reflect on these artworks and ideas, and to write your own responses. The ritual is set up to allow you to rework something in an existing project, or to create something new.

The session will include around 20-30m writing time, as well as breaks, and a moment of grounding at the beginning and the end. You are welcome to have cameras on or off, no one will be pressured to speak unless they wish to, and you can use the chat if you prefer. There will be live closed captions enabled.