In this episode of MindTwist, Manuel Sabater Romero (author of Julia, 705 and The Walk) dives into the kind of inner voice that doesn’t quite sound like your character—the echoes, intrusions and masks that live inside their head. You’ll learn practical horror-writing techniques for putting those “imported” thoughts on the page using bracketed whispers, brutal corrections and hijacked paragraphs, and hear a short scene where an extra voice quietly slips in and changes everything. If you want to turn ordinary internal monologue into a weapon for psychological dread, this one’s for you.

In this episode of MindTwist, we dive into one of the most powerful tools in psychological horror and thriller writing: the unreliable narrator. Not the cartoonish liar, but the character whose version of events is emotionally true for them… and dangerously misleading for the reader.

I break down what “unreliable” really means from a writer’s point of view, and share three practical tricks you can start using straight away:
• The Edited Scene – what your narrator “forgets” to mention the first time.
• The Tilted Emotion – when the facts are right, but the feelings are wrong.
• The Broken Clock – using time, tech, or data to quietly argue with your narrator.

Then I read a scene from my novel The Walk, where a simple tunnel inspection goes wrong the moment time and technology stop agreeing with the protagonist. We’ll unpack why that moment works, and how you can use the same principles in your own stories to move the ground under your reader’s feet without shouting “twist” too early.

If you write psychological thrillers or horror and you love messing with your reader’s head, this one’s for you.

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
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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.

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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
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