Memory doesn’t just fade in psychological horror — it lies back.
In this episode of MindTwist, Manuel breaks down how to use unreliable memory as a weapon on the page: how to turn forgotten moments, distorted recall and “I’m sure it happened like this…” into pure psychological dread.
You’ll learn:
Why memory should be treated as an active, shifting narrative
How to use false or “edited” memories to break a character’s identity
Three practical techniques to twist memory without confusing the reader
Then, Manuel reads a scene from his psychological thriller JULIA — the attic moment with the photograph that shouldn’t exist — to show those ideas in action.
💀 If you write (or love reading) psychological horror, this one’s for you.
📚 Books mentioned: JULIA, 705, The Walk
🔗 Grab the books and more at: mindtwistbooks.com/ourbooks
Some houses don’t keep ghosts. They keep habits.
In this mini horror story from MindTwist, Sarah Winters brings home an antique mirror from an old estate sale… and discovers her reflection has plans of its own. What starts as a beautiful Victorian piece quickly becomes a doorway into something patient, watching, and very, very real.
If you like psychological horror, unsettling objects, and stories that make you side-eye your own reflection, this one’s for you.
Title: “The Mirror House”
Written & narrated by Manuel Sabater.
🎧 New micro horror stories coming soon — follow the podcast so you don’t miss the next one.
Some places don’t haunt you. They study you.
In this episode of MindTwist, we explore three ways to turn setting into the villain — without using a single ghost. From shrinking rooms to looping roads and whispering houses, discover how to write locations that watch, trap, and remember.
🎙️ Plus: a reading from JULIA, where the attic stops watching... and starts acting.
🕯️ This week’s question:
What’s scarier — a house that remembers, or a house that forgets?
Leave a comment, and I might read it in the next episode.
📚 Books mentioned: JULIA, 705
🖤 MindTwistBooks.com
Welcome to MindTwist — a podcast about psychological thrillers, unreliable minds, haunted places, and slow-burn dread that lingers after lights-out.
In this premiere episode:
What really makes a place feel haunted?
How setting becomes the villain — and why it works.
A reading from JULIA, my psychological thriller about a memory that won’t stay buried.
Plus: your chance to weigh in on next week’s question…
If you love tension that creeps, not jumps — you’re in the right place.
🎙 Hosted by Manuel Sabater
📚 MindTwist Books | British indie psychological horror & thrillers
📖 Read 705: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FHDSTBVG
🖤 All links, books & updates: mindtwistbooks.com
🗝️ Listener question:
What unsettles you more — mirrors that show you a second too late, or doors that lock from the inside?