@lenjmacdonaldauthor · Joined October 2026
I'm a horror author from Prince Edward Island, Canada. My debut novel, Serling's Cross, features a teenage girl with aphantasia. I first encountered the condition by chance while listening to a podcast, and the idea eventually found its way into one of my characters.
What happens when a horror writer creates a character who cannot form mental images? Author Len J. MacDonald shares how a chance encounter with aphantasia inspired Khloe Patterson, a teenage girl whose different way of experiencing the world became an integral part of his horror novel.