I'm an indie author living on the west coast. I write horror and fantasy and paint miniatures while working on my projects.
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Thank you @alexanderhay.myatproto.social!
I actually do have something to promote! My short story, Keepers of the Sacred Nuts, will be featured in Bushy Tailed Demons, releasing in Jan 2027.
Also want to shout out Anna Orridge's Parch Marks
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And that's your lot. You're all human again. Make the mouse - err, I mean, the 'most' of it. Self-promo time, everyone!
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I LIVE! Thank goodness. Oh, the mouse guts. My human form must have exploded that body.
Ohβ¦aw man this is how I find out another of my ace horror stories went defunct. π£π
Wellβ¦off to grieve Longleaf Review now I guess.
In the meantime please enjoy this other fairytale!
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Thanks, Alexander!
I have a collection of falling into unusual situations, the unusual breaking in to the normal, and everything just out of the corner of your eye taking a step closer to being in sightβ¦
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Thanks Alexander and #HorrorWritersChat!
My new horror Witten Hall is out Monday. Cursed families, a haunted manor, and all sorts of horrible deaths await those who wish to read it. Itβs so horrifying, I had a breakdown writing the first draft.
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Awww, to be a horrible human again. Now I can share the book unboxing video I made last week, which is anything but an actual unboxing. (Or is it?)
Doing the props and costuming was a lot of fun, so, please, have a look.
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Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat!
All of these go hand-in-hand together:
- #BookBazaar26 launches Oct. 29th (www.the-book-bazaar.com)
- Such Sweet Sorrow crowdfund is part of it
- I write deep dive articles once a month, and this one talks about #S3.
Check out TBB, read the article, follow! #AQPromo
Psst, hey, did you know I do deep dive articles once a month? The latest one talks a lot about Such Sweet Sorrow.
Check it out: members.conquerthyfear.com/posts/using-...
And check out the crowdfund campaign for #s3, part of #BookBazaar26: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...#AQPromo#BuyIndie
Thank you Alexander! I am glad to be tall again, or taller at least.
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I have a mix of different stories on my Itch page, come and check them out.
My latest is a Star Trek fan fic, not scary at all, but a very fun read anyway.
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It's my birthday this week, so celebrate my official middle age with one of my horror novels or poetry collections, like DEAD ENDS, a nifty little book about death and dying.
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I recently had the pleasure of joining some of my fellow Maine horror authors on the Acadia After Dark podcast to talk about writing, horror, and what makes the Maine so spooky. You can check it out here: youtu.be/QLTXKPeBbNQ?...#HorrorWritersChat
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Now, if you don't mind, let me play us all out.
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The poison takes our fur so we embrace the cold. Dig down further, outlast them. Tails fall off, eyes dull. Ignore pain, supplant the mole.
Our children forget the sun, the taste of cheese. But the noise dies. They fall like leaves. Mourn what we were, forget the dead.
Every story has an ending, but horror doesn't always have happy ones.
Q4: What sort of very short (mouse-sized?) story can you write which has a sting in the tale?
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I use a ton of monsters, but my favorite sort defy something the character feels should be true. Confirming something they fear, or denying a belief they hold. It doesn't have to be a one-to-one mirror, but I like these story levels to resonate.
Cats like to play.
Right, you 'orrible little (James) Herberts. El Gato de Ulthar is hot on your furry little heels, and you're lunch if they get you. Are you a Mrs. Frisby, a Matthias or just plain taking the Mickey?
Q3: What do you define as a monster in your horror, and how do you make it work?
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All of the above. But detail and dialogue are my strong suits. Comedy too. I got a story in my collection about a dude who's a porch pirate and while what happens at times is scary, at one point the 'thing' terrorizing him rams a pen in his bunghole while he's looking for it, so..
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What is a human world to a little mouse but horror?
Q2: How do you make your horror stories horrible? Is it detail, emotion, pathos, fear or even comedy? Or something else? How do YOU make the punters quiver?
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I like horror that seeps in, a concept or truth behind the monstrous thing the characters have to defeat. So I like to start there and work out, usually toward something sad and real.
Example: Vampires are scary: insatiable hunger, ect. But mortality is what I focus on.
What is a human world to a little mouse but horror?
Q2: How do you make your horror stories horrible? Is it detail, emotion, pathos, fear or even comedy? Or something else? How do YOU make the punters quiver?
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Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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Hi I'm HD Beird, shouting at the Wifi until it works
HD this week stands for Huntsman Dorset π§
Before life as a rodent, I was a weasel what wrote sci-fi full of violence, comedy, spirituality & societal musings and big ol' sexy sex
The only genre fluid enough for all is Horror
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Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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I'm Trish Wilson. I write quiet horror and horror comedy. I'm also on a committee putting together a WIDOW'S BAY Weekend since the show was filmed where I live in MA. If you like the show, keep an eye on my page for updates.
Stinking Bishop? Ick. Gourmandise and camembert? Yum!
Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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I'm Amber from central Maine. I write all kinds of horror, most with cults or ghosts. And I'm feeling pretty glad I don't have pets right now. The plushies and few surviving houseplants can't do me harm. Although I'm not sure how I'll explain this transformation to my husband π
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Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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Hi I'm Vivian and I write dark fiction/horror. All kinds. And I will not be eating Stinking bishop because I cannot get past the smell, perhaps if I wear a pin on my nose? Limburger is also a NO. Smells like someone took a dump on the cheese and left it in a trunk.
Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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Oh dear. I do believe I have become a rodent. On the bright side, I can audition for Nutcracker in two months!
Anyway, my name is Rami Ungar and I write horror and dark fiction.
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Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
This week, I will be taking you down a rabbit hole, or to precise, into a mouse hole. Soo-ooo-ooo...
Q1: Introduce yourselves, gorge on that Stinking Bishop, and tell us what sort of fiction you write.
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Hello everyone, my name is Jacob Marsh, and I write horror and supernatural thrillers. Monsters are usually at the center of my work.
Though, by the sounds of the prompt, my perspective on what is thrilling might be about to shift!
Good morrow, my dear little vermin. It's the weekly Horror Writers Chat!
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The McGregors grow an ungodly amount of food on their tiny farm. How are they doing it, and why do their scarecrows surround the water?
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The ebook of our first horror anthology is now available in many more places! Find out where in the original post and first comment π
The second thing is what I shared since #NationalCreepyPastaDay was yesterday. I already made a post for that earlier. You can find it below. If anyone wants to support me, check out our #Patreon in my pinned post or check out my profile link. Happy reading and writing.
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Since #NationalCreepyPastaDay was yesterday, I figured I would share my Haunted Smash Bros Melee story over on The #ShadowBoxArchives. It's supposed to be a parody of those old school video game #Creepypastas from back in the day
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#HorrorWritersChat my essay, "A Little Yard to Work In," has been published as part of the HWA's annual Halloween Haunts series. It would make my day if you would check it out.
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Thanks for a great chat @greethewriter.bsky.social
The Cobalt City Mad World Cycle combines a quartet of novellas about superheroes fighting a shadow war against the forces of the King in Yellow for the sanity of their city.
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#HorrorWritersChat Ha! There is this little known book series that follows a family through war, whilst a dark army of the dead washes over the living world from the north...
It's bit of a long read, and I don't think it ever got finished.
It's a bit horrific in places...
And there you are again. With a blink, flames scythe across the copse, now a deep trench. Explosions rattle your skull, blurring your vision.
Your hand is heavy. With his head. Again.
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Thanks again for a great chat and a fantastic topic, Gree. If anyone wants to read FOG OVER MONS, my Angels of Mons WWI cosmic horror story, it's in Wicked Tales (link below). I wrote it with my pen name E. A. Black. I try to put you right there in the trench.
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I'd have our characters be civilians stuck in a conflict between two forces. The conflict is over something that isn't the safety of the civilian population. Then I would slowly introduce the third force, a kaiju-style threat. Something looming over the horizon. Inescapable.
A shudder jolts through your body. You look at him.
His last tears roll down his muddy cheeks.
He is dead.
Take your answers to questions 2 & 3, and pitch us a horror story about a war from a perspective you would consider the most frightening!
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I would keep the people and the affects completely realistic. I'd want to make sure the human impact is felt, but then make the conflict itself completely fictional and as ungrounded as I can without pulling attention away from the emotions of the piece.
His cries are smothered by explosions and screams. You're just an assistant. Your eyes dart for the doctor. Where is she? How-
War permeates between horror genres. What of it would you make supernatural? Or would you keep it grounded in reality?
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It's tough, because I'd want to be respectful to real-life PTSD. So I'd probably pick a supernatural antagonist to symbolize and process the trauma through. I think I'd be less likely to mess that up than the specifics of treatment and symptoms, etc.
His shivering, tear-dimmed eyes stare at you. At that red cross plastered over your chest.
You can't breathe. He's your first.
Wars scar soldiers' souls forever. How would you explore that in a psychological horror about war? The loss of self, the flashbacks, or something else?
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Greetings
I'm Mary, co-host of #HorrorWritersChat and writer of cosmic, gothic, and weird horror.
War is real horror.
For entertainment, I prefer fictional wars, where not everybody is aware of the threat, like The Secret World, Underworld, and Blade.
For war-adjacent horror it's DOG SOLDIERS
And there you are again. With a blink, flames scythe across the copse, now a deep trench. Explosions rattle your skull, blurring your vision.
Your hand is heavy. With his head. Again.
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Iβm James Ryan, and thatβs a tough one to answer, because on some level all depictions of war are horror. There was a title that DC published called WEIRD WAR that probably fits in both camps comfortably, so maybe going with thatβ¦
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Hello, I'm Vivian and I write horror and dark fiction. War and horror. Well, war is horror really, so I'm gonna go with Saving Private Ryan. But if strictly horror for horror sake, then Under the Shadow and Day of the Dead( I love you, Bub.)
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And there you are again. With a blink, flames scythe across the copse, now a deep trench. Explosions rattle your skull, blurring your vision.
Your hand is heavy. With his head. Again.
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Howdy, #HorrorWritersChat. I'm Artemis Quinn, and I write dark fantasy and supernatural horror (and war, funny enough)
My favorite depiction of war in horror is probably the Underworld series with the war between the vampires and werewolves. Though, I find I don't consume much centering around war.
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Your hand is heavy. With his head. Again.
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Until all life ends, I am AC Cross. I write cosmic and body and gross and bleak horror and even not-horror.
I don't have a specific depiction of war that comes to mind, but I love the visceral nature that comes with the depictions. They always lean into the brutality.
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Best day of the week! π
Greetings all! Bradley Ramsey here, writer of cosmic horror and other horror-genre mashups.
Favorite depiction of war is in The Darkness for Xbox 360. The levels set in the trenches are truly terrifying.
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I'm DJW and still working on 'Descendant'. My cosmic horror, potentially romantic story.
And I'm a war veteran. I don't watch war stuff, especially anything based on real wars. I mean...having said that, JARHEAD is a horrific movie as far as I'm concerned.
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Evening #HorrorWritersChat. Tis I, Oli Jacobs, the cosmic horror author not the award winning music producer. Itβs his name in lights nowβ¦
War is rarely used in horror, but always comes up trumps. Deathwatch comes to mind, as does Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith. Anything to add to the horrorβ¦
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Hi I'm HD Beird, Xenoblade 3 is good but after 100hrs, I want it to end
HD stands for Huge Disgust, cause the world sucks
Horror's the most fluid genre , so mine has sci-fi, comedy, smut & poor attempts at song writing
Not a horror film but Saving Private Rya horrific enough
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Howdy. Nate here, writer of working class cosmic and a variety of other horrors.
My favorite depiction of war in horror is the film Under the Shadow (2016).
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#HorrorWritersChat I'm Trish Wilson and i write quiet horror and horror comedy. I have written war horror.
Deathwatch is an excellent horror movie. It's about soldiers trapped in a trench during WWI and supernatural crap happens around them. They're surrounded by fog and alone. Terrifying!
And there you are again. With a blink, flames scythe across the copse, now a deep trench. Explosions rattle your skull, blurring your vision.
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