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Susan Brearley
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3 min readJan 19, 2025

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This week, we crossed the threshold of our first 200 followers for this publication. Not bad for a fledgling.

When I first started MuddyUm, the humor publication, in 2019, I knew there was a need for more laughter in the world, and it quickly grew to its first 1,000 followers. Now it’s about to cross over to 12,000. You might say that’s pretty slow growth. But I view it differently. It’s organic, it’s a solid foundation. We earned the growth through the quality of writing, illustrating, editing and curation. It’s bedrock.

This publication will be the same.

I keep thinking about the question — why are humans so fascinated with horror, crime, scifi and mystery? Asking Google of course will help you answer any question, but since I have a degree in psychology, I like looking at it through that lens. This article provides more insight. So does this one.

What are your insights and thoughts? I’d love to publish and feature your article on Medium about why these genres are so compelling.

And what shows and books are you reading? Some of my favorites this month have been Dexter Original Sin, Dear Child, Evil, Squid Game and Baby Reindeer. What recommendations do you have?

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Susan Brearley
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Written by Susan Brearley

Writing on Medium since 2016. Boost Nominator, EIC (10 publications), Entrepreneur, Coach, IMBA Community Leader, NGO Founder. https://linktr.ee/SusanBrearley

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