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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 10h

A hut with chicken legs Is very different Than a chicken hut with legs. #BabaYagataEditSomeMore

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 16h

Great news for a #Friday! Can't wait to share the piece this on Halloween 🎃

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 16h

Just found out I came in as runner-up for #TheGhostStory Supernatural Fiction Award for my piece about a cursed little spot in #ElSalvador called Puerta del Diablo and (some of) the surrounding legends and history about the place. Sadly, for reasons, this is an abridged version (My bad 100%).

Congratulations! Your story has been chosen for honorable mention.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 21h

Design your novelty popcorn bucket.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The wood is full of watching eyes. The wood is full of sharp teeth. The wood is full of things that makes burrows in the dark beneath. – Trad. Hookland rhyme

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

QUEERING CTHULHU SUBS OPEN

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 15/10/2026

😈 It's The Devil's Day, HOORAY 😈

Nun from Ken Russell's The Devils
"Satan is ever-ready to seduce us with sensual delights"

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Angel to some. Demon to others. Writing: the original cenobite.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 13/10/2026

Rawdog your book. No outlines, no writing schedule, no clue what’s next

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✷ martu 🐸 ✷ @martissey.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🐧⭐️🐟🩷🌼

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ROWAN @rowanclair.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ginkgo biloba, a living fossil, the last surviving species of its genus.

Illustration of autumn ginkgo leaves in different shades of vibrant yellow.

Illustration of autumn ginkgo leaves in different shades of vibrant yellow arranged into a repeating pattern.

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The hot girl costume when the hot girl is also the cool girl.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fix left shoulder. Left arm and hand pain go away. Yay! Can type good again. Right arm and hand pain starts. ...

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HorrorWritersChat: In my novel WIP, there's a few pieces with a Pookah, punk rock, and a local DC-Maryland-Virginia that I'm working on weaving together. But since I'm always chasing mental bunnies, I write short stories instead. Basically, this s*** never getting done.

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Nate Crowder @natecrowder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It wasn't the bumper crop of wheat or corn that surprised us. Nor the wagons full of potatoes that we pulled from the black soil. It was the gourds. We hadn't planted them, but there they were, squat and mishapen, looking too much like a face. And that face was screaming. #HorrorWritersChat

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lol. No one should. Story time usually ends in screams.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sounds like the harvest was 😎 Off its gourd 😎 This is great.

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The harvest was good. Too good. The squash was happy. Too happy. They were smiling. Faces like human faces planted on their fronts, sneers stretching stem to bottom. A little 👅 coveted in thorns sticks out of each face, dripping acid. #HorrorWritersChat Q3

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The labyrinth of corn fields in the small town of Gareth heeded a warning to those who entered. "Most don't come back out!" A harvest fed by out-of-towners. "It's just a corn," some said. "A fun way to celebrate the season!" Their screams sirens to the locals who knew better. #HorrorWritersChat

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have a phobia of these damn cornfields.

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What A Charming House @whatacharminghouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dale first saw it growin' in his crops. Thought it were a weed, but it weren't, 'least not the kind we know. Naw, it was forked and red. He tried ta pull it, but it stuck in his hand, went up in him 'til his eyes shot all white and sick. It was drinkin' him, the land was then. #HorrorWritersChat

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HorrorWritersChat The children groaned & the corn rustled. A stalk of corn sprung from each pore in their skin. From each stalk grew 3 or 4 fat ears of sweetcorn. Ms. Dillon opened the kindergarten door wide to welcome the thresher. Tonight's corn boil would raise much-needed funds for the school.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HorrorWritersChat: It was so good we dressed it up in a pink gingham dress, plaited its hair and took it for some soft-serve. Of course, as it sat there kicking it's tender feet clad in new patent leather shoes, we didn't have the heart to tell it. What happens after. To the things that are picked.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Horrorwriterschat bods do love a good microprose prompt. Or if you don't, don't tell me. I don't want to hear it. Give it to me anyway. A nice harvesty one.

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Anna Horroridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A certain city has always been... porous. You can slip through so many slits and cracks, but now, they seem to be multiplying - gems of thick sap beading on a fruiting body. #HorrorWritersChat

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In my mummy WIP, decay has been arrested because of the mummification process. That being said, several people, including a former cult leader, are right now or will be decaying in the near future. #HorrorWritersChat

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's been hard to write for many emotional reasons. Onward, though.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HorrorWritersChat: Two urban explorers, one of which is dealing with her own issues with addiction and nostalgia, discover a stranded whale in an abandoned and haunted Seaquarium. So...yeah... Un-Free Willy?

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hoi! I'm J. Neira, cozy horror author & slush reader! I think the creepiest thing to find growing in the ground is a face. Specifically, a groaning face that doesn't really acknowledge you. 😱 #HorrorWritersChat

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning #HorrorWritersChat. It probably isn't for any of you, but who knows in this upside down world. Right? Anyway did you know today is National Pumpkin Seed Day? Neither did I. But then Samhain is looming. Maybe the pumpkin seeds wanted to get all hipster. Do your thing. No links. Later.

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Raven Marie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Splatterpunk Author. Gender Anarchist. @macabretavern.substack.com · 07/10/2026

Hello #horrorwriterschat I'm Raven Marie, splatterpunk author, dark fantasy author, vampire noir, and horror essayist... And the creepiest thing would be a clone of a human growing out of the corpse of the other clone.

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Vincent Lore 🏳️‍⚧️ @vincentlore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Reading over the other comments and now I'm imagining cutting open a pumpkin and uncovering a giant swollen eye blinking in the light. Thanks #HorrorWritersChat I love y'all

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HorrorWritersChat: A.M. Castro here! Spec fic and Cosmic Horror writer. Anything that grows and thrives in my yard surprises me. I am not a natural gardener. All life should strongly consider my neighbor's yard, where the grass is 100% greener, better watered, fertilized.

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But...I had things to do here. I should've known. It's ALWAYS an eel.

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Bradley Ramsey @imagine2create.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fellow writers, a quick reminder: Failure is a badge of honor, because most people don’t even try. So write the thing. Even if you’re not certain. Especially if you’re not certain. It might work out. It might not. Either way, you’ll be glad you tried. 🙏 #writingcommunity #authorsky

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Have you seen the news about Andrew Tate, eels, and horses, and wondered, "WTF, man?" Well, friends...I'm here to tell you: it's not new. In medieval & early modern England, horse sellers practiced feaguing: inserting a live eel into the horse's rectum to get the animal to act more lively. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Still from the movie "El Dorado" with a very surprised looking grey horse standing next to a man with long blond hair. The man's arms are crossed, and his head is tilted as if he's looking down. His eyes are not, though. They are cutting towards the horse to gauge its reaction. The horse's jaw is dropped, and its eyes are wide like victorious marbles. The man and the horse are standing in a window or doorway, with heavy red drapes. Behind them, the sun seems to be setting over green hills. It is also setting over the horse's innocence.

An alternative reading of the scene might suggest that the horse isn't surprised at all, but rather is singing lustily. The man, rather than having just delivered bad news, is waiting to come in. The curtains suggest a stage, and the two of them are are singing a duet to an enraptured audience; perhaps "I Got You, Babe" or "Islands in the Stream."

Meme text reads:
"When you explain feaguing
to your trusted steed"

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A. McAnarney-Castro @deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I knew I would hate the internet today, too.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is it me again for #HorrorWritersChat? Oh, I think it is. Are you ready? Of course you are.

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Creepy Figure on Stairs

ALT: Creepy Figure on Stairs

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