The FX series has just been renewed for another installment and EW has exclusive details straight from the creator.
The idea sprung out of the blue as have most of the previous incarnations.
It comes to me as it always comes to me, says Murphy.

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I sit up and bed and I say Thats it!
I have been mulling a couple of ideas and I wasnt loving it.
Then I was thinking of this other thing and I literally sat up and bed and said Thats it!
Whenever it happens its such a relief because its so much pressure.
Its also a narratively strange idea, he admits.
Ive already started to call people saying, Put this on your calendar.
Its a good one.
Says Murphy, Its my secret season.
Ive been working with a writer on a season that only he and I know.
American Horror Story: Roanokeairs at 10pm Wednesdays on FX.