B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz @braegrosz.com · 4h🧵CW: harassment I’m waiting at a bus stop. Alone. At night. A man comes up to me, reeking of whisky and trying to flirt. Under normal circumstances, I’d opt to walk home before he gets too close and exit stage right, right quick. But this night, I’m recovering from an episode of severe back spasms. 150
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszPaul Jessup @pauljessup.com · 7hHey check it out! I was interviewed for Culture Shock: State of the Arts, a local Erie podcast recorded at their PBS/NPR station. Really great conversation. cultureshockthestateofthearts.transistor.fm/episodes/004...cultureshockthestateofthearts.transistor.fmCulture Shock: The State of the Arts | #004 Paul Jessup, AuthorOn this episode of “Culture Shock: The State of the Arts,” we sit down with Erie-based dark fantasy and horror writer Paul Jessup for an engaging conversation about his life, creative process, and ... 0145
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszNicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social · 22hDon't ever accuse me of not being able to keep a secret (I've known for months). Pick up a copy on October 6 or preorder now--& enjoy the horror for Spooky Season! My story is "Angelo Days"... politics & the returning undead, all set in Hazelton, PA. #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-... 1193
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszMARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026nothing can go wrong if we tell the cataloger to teach a library instruction session for a comparative literature seminar on the Brothers Grimm, they said 010828
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszSpartan 0323 The Phoenix Shall Rise In Silver & Black @thejaklife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Displaced families in Gaza are struggling to survive in fragile tents without basic meals. Team Keffiyeh works tirelessly to deliver daily food aid to vulnerable children and parents. Please donate now to help us reach more families in need. Every single gift saves lives. chuffed.org/project/gkt 2100166
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszMicheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Om jameel:my kids appeal to you with tears, pain,&heartache to help save our mother.She is suffering from a heart valve prolapse&has also experienced uterine bleeding;her condition is critical.we need $300 of her surgery so she can recover&return to hold us in her arms😭🥹 chuffed.org/project/1839... 079131
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszShugunou @shugunou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The genocide is ongoing. It is painful when your entire existence becomes an endless struggle just to keep your kids fed, healthy, and educated. 3 years without income in Gaza is unbearable. Help when you can, how you can. Continue to share Please 🫂🧡 Vetted by Molly Shah ✅" tinyurl.com/2etna36k 9155276
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszHaneen🍉 @haneensoo3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am Hanin, a survivor from Gaza. We live in a dilapidated tent. All I need is to buy food for my children. Donations have stopped, and my life is difficult. Any donation can save my children. Please, have mercy on us and help us.💔🕊️🥺😭 ✅Verified by Molly Shah www.spotfund.com/story/1e6b0f... 13268
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszMicheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🆘 I’m watching my family fall apart, and I can’t stop it. Mahmoud is dying as sepsis spreads through his body. Sham is sick, and my daughters are hungry. All I want is to keep them with me, but I feel like I’m losing them despite all I do. Please, donate and share. 😭💔 chuffed.org/project/omsh... 5144201
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszPittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 29/09/2026“Five years ago, we came together with the simple but powerful belief that disabled people deserve to be seen, heard, valued, and celebrated. Today we are still here, and we are here taking up space with pride.”pghcitypaper.comPittsburgh celebrates five years of Disability Pride festivalHundreds of people visited Schenley Plaza on Sat., Sept. 26, for the fifth annual Disability Pride Celebration in Pittsburgh. Vicki Landers, founder and executive director of Disability Pride… 0101
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszCoffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BOOK OF DREAMS & GHOSTS 1897 Andrew Lang, best known for the coloured fairy books, was President of the Society for Psychical Research. The book poses some fundamental questions: Do you believe in ghosts? How do you define a ghost? One of the best looking ghost books. That cover! #SpookySunday 39726
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszCosta Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh, what's this? A new short story collection from me of my earliest stuff? Available now? The dickens you say!costak.wordpress.comWhat Sharp Fangs You haveHey, we’re still alive! And been alive for a while, so to speak. I spent the summer writing and working on stuff that hopefully will see the light of day this year. Hopefully. Meanwhile, a pr… 164
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszChristine Ferguson @cferguson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So delighted to see this feature on my new scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Land of Mist In today’s National! Thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for the interview! 2236
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszVex Corvine @vexcorvine.itch.io · 10/06/2026The forgotten! The desperate! The angry! The lost! 13112
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszDr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Humanities will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no humanities. 4346116
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you miss this Sunday's fabulous talk on Queered Frankensteins? No worries! Catch it here! youtu.be/cTi5SkMFNdMyoutu.beAn Introduction to Queered Frankenstein with Dr Lucy AllanYouTube video by Romancing the Gothic 1219
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszLil' Lost Kitten | قطة صغيرة @lillostkitten.com · 29/09/2026Here lies the grave of G.B.Bard, Who doth declare their mind was scarred, By quill & ink upon their desk, Scribed within a World of Darkness, We Fae & Fiends & Geists of note, Were some among the tales they wrote, Stories of blood & lust were best, Forsake their bones to final rest! #13MorbidMondays 022
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszLil' Lost Kitten | قطة صغيرة @lillostkitten.com · 29/09/2026Figure I'd haunt someplace I enjoyed in life... so maybe a cinema with comfy seats? A building with a bit of history, like the Cameo or Filmhouse maybe? Or a subterranean theatre undercroft. Eerily cackling & shorting-out phones of idiots switching them on during performances. 💀🪦⚡ #13MorbidMondays 023
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszLil' Lost Kitten | قطة صغيرة @lillostkitten.com · 29/09/2026Peyton already has a headstone in the Howard/Al Malick family plot in St. Dunstan's, though he obv. ain't under there. Donna wrote the usual platitudes for her son on the headstone. It's all a load of bollocks. Honestly, Peyton's good with an unmarked grave alongside his Krewemates. #13MorbidMondays 033
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszGreville Tombs @grevilletombs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERE LIES GREVILLE TOMBS, THE WORLD’S GREATEST LIVING GRAVEYARD POET. NOW DECEASED THOUGH. 032
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszRecs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here lies the person formally known as "RecsB" Writer of horror/spooky short fiction, collector of books, keeper of crystals and neglectful mother of house plants. 032
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszAmanda Nevada DeMel @theamandademel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In memory of Amanda Nevada DeMel Whose name was writ in water And possibly blood (Bonus points if you know whose grave inspired this epitaph!) 032
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszRecs be havin' ya @recs-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays ...the final one... The Epitaph Are you sure you want this on the grave stone? It's rather unusual to be doing it when the person is alive and ..well? You are still well, Miss? Yes, I'm fine. But tomorrow is never promised. True, Miss. I'll get right on it. Be ready in ...1/ 123
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszRebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A quiet room with a squashy chair, steaming tea, a plate of scones, and plenty of plants. A Victorian greenhouse, perhaps. #13MordibdMondays 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszJW Troemner (she/her) @jwtroemner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERE LIES JEN WRITER OF MONSTERS AND MONSTROUS HUMANS #13morbidmondays 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszJW Troemner (she/her) @jwtroemner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You could summon my ghost in abandoned building somewhere, like an old church or derelict factory, or some underground cavern. #13morbidmondays 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszJW Troemner (she/her) @jwtroemner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🐉Arkay would write Rosa's. Not a lot of information, just "Beloved" 🐉Meph would write Arkay's, and he'd run out of room with all he'd want to say 🩸Lachance's would be written by his great-grandkids, who would only include a death date and "beloved father and grandfather" #13morbidmondays 142
B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz @braegrosz.com · 28/09/2026A library, a bookshop, a museum, a graveyard, the woods, or a bog would be your best bets, but honestly I'd be willing to show up just about anywhere, if I thought the people there were worth talking to. #13MorbidMondays 251
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszDR LUKANSTEIN ⚧️ @beastcutter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tough question about a guy who just won't drop dead. He doesn't have close friends, but he's touched enough lives that they'd come together to bury him. And there's only one thing the world needs to know about him. WILLIAM LAMB FIRE WALKER #13MorbidMondays 072
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszDR LUKANSTEIN ⚧️ @beastcutter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A stone circle. #13MorbidMondays 052
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszDR LUKANSTEIN ⚧️ @beastcutter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LUKAN GARROW DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED: EVIL GAY SEX #13MorbidMondays 0102
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszArtemis Quinn 🏳️⚧️🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays For Rebecca, it would likely be Elena who wrote the epitaph. "The world weeps from your loss." It wouldn't say much of anything about who Rebecca actually is. Most of the characters from TFTNG are extremely long-lived and wouldn't ultimately receive gravestones. 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszArtemis Quinn 🏳️⚧️🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays The observation tower/spire of Rebecca's mansion. The master bedroom is a good place, too. 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszArtemis Quinn 🏳️⚧️🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 28/09/2026Here lies Artemis Quinn, an author and artist that strove to show the humanity in monsters, and monsters in humanity. #13MorbidMondays 073
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszArtemis Quinn 🏳️⚧️🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays I figured I would share some snippets, considering both my WIPs have epitaph in them :) 032
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszElizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Using Josephine from Mulberry Manor, I like to think a group of friends she had made wrote the inscription and it would tell of how brave and free Josephine was, passing away as her true self. #13MorbidMondays 042
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszVincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays Owen's would be written by Prince Aurum. The inscription would be simple: name, dates, a religious quote. What would say everything is *where* Owen would be buried: In the Von Domini section of the cemetery, as close to Aurum's plot as possible. 054
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszElizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At night at a sea shore bonfire, only way to get me back out of the water. #13MorbidMondays 062
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszElizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Elizabeth always saw the world as a strange mystery and created books and dolls accordingly. #13MorbidMondays 052
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszVincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays Other than my childhood home? 🤔 Cliche as it is, a library. Just forgive me if I get distracted browsing the stacks instead of answering questions 😂 053
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszVincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#13MorbidMondays RIP Vincent Lore Author, cat lover, night owl Shouldn't have read that cursed book 043
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” GroszNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaqdocs.google.com 1170185
B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz @braegrosz.com · 28/09/2026 Here lies Rusty, a.k.a. B. Rae Grosz beloved reader and writer of ghost stories and other haunting tales #13MorbidMondays 052
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz#13MorbidMondays @morbidimagining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's prompt is "the epitaph," so... QUESTION THREE If your character died and was buried in a cemetery with a headstone, who would write the inscription and how much would it really tell people about the deceased? Tag #13MorbidMondays No A.I. Please use alt text 141
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz#13MorbidMondays @morbidimagining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026QUESTION TWO Where would be the best place to hold a seance in order to entice your ghost to actually show up? Tag #13MorbidMondays No A.I. Please use alt text 151
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz#13MorbidMondays @morbidimagining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We haven't done introductions as part of this event. Let's do some before it's too late! QUESTION ONE Tell us about who you are and what kind of morbid art/writing/etc. you do, in the form of an epitaph. Tag #13MorbidMondays No A.I. Please use alt text 141
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz#13MorbidMondays @morbidimagining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here it is, the 13th of #13MorbidMondays. The questions will be threaded here for you to check out and answer whenever works for you. Be sure to interact with and boost others' posts, and tag #13MorbidMondays, so they can find and do likewise with yours. 122
Reposted by B. Rae “Rusty” Grosz#13MorbidMondays @morbidimagining.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today is the 13th and last of our #13MorbidMondays! Prompt: THE EPITAPH Chat question on the theme TALKING WITH THE DEAD at 1pm Eastern Share posts inspired by the prompt/theme or general posts of macabre art, writing, reading recs, music, folklore, history, etc. No A.I. Please use alt text 196