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ghoul thing @davevriser.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

so pleased to have an essay in the #lore issue of #bloodletter magazine ! i talk about (gay) trans masc erasure and poppy z brite / billy martin's fierce and heartbreaking essay "Enough Rope." + how horror can soothe bad trans feelings ♡ bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...

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“Enough Rope:” Transmasculine Erasure, Violence, and Reading Trans Horror

There was a horror novel kept behind glass when I visited the Chicago Leather Archives and Museum. Poppy Z. Brite, or Billy Martin, is the author of Exquisite Corpse, a disgusting…

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM Table of Contents will be announced on 3/31! In the meantime, are you looking for some New Weird Horror + More authors & books to support during the #transrightsreadathon? 🏳️‍⚧️ Tenebrous can hook you up! a 🧵 (1/?)

Swirling cosmic art courtesy of Mx Morgan G Robles against the colors of the trans flag.

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM
A Cosmic Horror Anthology
October 6, 2026

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Trans Rights Readathon 🏳️‍⚧️📚❤️ Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw - a haunted Japanese mansion & a bridal party. Reminded me of a fine dining experience - food foam in glass dishes with dry ice, sort of thing, which isn't really my sort of thing, but might be yours.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

#WiHM Agustina Bazterrica, Bora Chung, Mariana Enriquez, Hiroko Oyamada, Hye-Young Pyun, @angelaslatter.bsky.social , Alison Littlewood, Lynda E. Rucker, Joyce Carol Oates, M. Rickert, @kellylink.bsky.social , @elizabethhand.bsky.social , @shereereneethomas.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social

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Josh Sutphin @joshsutphin.com · 17/03/2026

THESE SO RULE

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Weirdpunk Books @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

New hotness just dropped! Grab a copy in the store. These are ltd and won't last long.

Photo of my hand holding Vol 3 of Profane Sorcery.

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Today until March 31st is the Trans Rights Readathon 🏳️‍⚧️📚🎉 Kicking things off is Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram, the story of Vicken who on the day he planned to end his life ends up in a subterranean labyrinth with no visible exits. My Rating: 4/5 subways to hell! #transrightsreadathon

The Transgender Flag of blue, pink, and white horizontal stripes sits above a book. The cover is white, grey, black, and red depicting stairs, ladders, and hallways. The text reads:

No hope. No exit. Coup de Grâce Sofia Ajram 'One of the most powerful books I've ever been lost inside.' Daniel Kraus

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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

For any of you who listen podcasts, I recently had the opportunity to chat to the lovely @drrachelknightley.bsky.social about academic writing as creative practice. #horror #gothic www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5W...

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Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes joins Dr Rachel Knightley at The Writers' Gym

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Feeling close to scrapping my latest short story. It's weird but not weird enough to keep me interested. Perhaps it needs to fester in the folder where I keep my other garbage stories 😮‍💨

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a man is sitting in a pile of garbage bags .

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Maintained my goal of reading a short story a day this week with 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. Hill is a great writer, but this collection was tonally a little too broad & varied for me. My Rating: ☎️☎️☎️, that's 3 of 5 phone calls from the dead 23/365 Short stories read 📚

The book cover for 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, re-released as The Black Phone Stories. The cover features a picture of the Grabber from the film The Black Phone, a man with a top hat, grey hair flowing out the back, face painted the same shade of grey in makeup, the bottom half of the face is covered by a mask with a menacing grin and is also the same shade of grey.

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

One of my goals this year is to start submitting stories to pro markets. Yesterday I saw an upcoming open call that's perfect for the only short story I wrote last year. Now I just need to stare at my cover letter a few more days, do the add/remove comma ritual, & throw up after hitting send 😆

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

1st read of '26: Not a Speck of Light - Laird Barron - @lairdbarron.bsky.social - 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

First read of the year was a delightfully dark collection of human depravity! Inhumanities by Andrew Robertson is perfect for fans of body horror & looking to explore the worst humanity has to offer. My Rating: 4 out of 5 stained porn mags with stuck together pages; bring soap 🧼 #queerhorror

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Guess who is now a member of the Brantford YMCA? 🫢 With hubby by my side, I got in the pool, in the "slow af" lane & managed to not drown for 1.1 km, that's 44 laps 🏊 🎉 I haven't swam much in my life, so let's see how this goes! A thousand thanks to hubby for always encouraging me ❤️

A tall bearded person and a short person with purple hair smile at the camera. Behind them is a grey concrete building with glass doors. On the building it says: Laurier Brantford YMCA

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If you hear screeching, like the rusty gates of hell trying to open, sorry about that. It's just me attempting to write a short story after much too long of a break.

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Scene on Radio @sceneonradio.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hey, I wrote a post about the bleak start to this new year, about one year of Keeping ScOR, and about some of the media response to the Venezuela invasion. buttondown.com/KeepingScOR/...

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New Year's Devolution: Keeping ScOR #19

As of this month it’s been one year of Keeping ScOR. I wasn’t sure what this newsletter would be when I birthed it at the start of 2025. I only knew I wanted...

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Getting ready for the last round of holiday visits today. Was nice taking this week off after the busy season, but I'm itching to get back to writing projects next week. Hopefully I can maintain my streak of reading 1 short story a day once real life kicks back in 📚

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the night is one new patron. Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"Wrathful gods, drowning cities, and an ancient, bloody mystery—Piper's novel had me from the jump. No Gods For Drowning is a superior offering." — @lairdbarron.bsky.social, author of Not A Speck of Light COMING MARCH 3! badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...

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No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper (Paperback With Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books

Set in an alternate reality which updates mythology to near-modern day,  No Gods For Drowning  is part dark fantasy, part noir detective story, and unlike anything you've read before, fr...

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#MustRead horror kicks off 2026 like this: The Lineup choose the best indie & small press books of 2025, @bloody-disgusting.com explain the horror references in the #StrangerThings finale (caution: spoilers!), @whatsleepsbeneath.com look back at the most terrifying scenes of 2000 film The Skulls 1/2

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

LAST CHANCE for the Little Ghosts’ NO RETURNS sale! 10-65% deals automatically applied at www.littleghostsbooks.com until MIDNIGHT. Chris will be in the shop packing your sale orders for pickup & shipping bright and early tomorrow. Thanks everyone for supporting us through our annual hibernation!

Jay’s Screenwriting Workshop Jan. 21-Feb 15th is discounted 10% off because WHOOPS the deal applies to everything! This was actually a mistake but hey! Save $10 on this great workshop!

A screenshot from the website of some of the deals offered.
Darkness Beckons short story collection on No Returns DEEP DEAL. $7.68 down 65% from $21.95
Audio Bookish Skeleton shirt down 40% from $27 to $16.20

Summon a Ghost Mystery pack on sale, two books at $50 down 40% to $30
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice down 65% to $4.55 from $12.99

A flat lay on red background featuring books on sale on the website! Plus the Pink NO GODS NO BILLIONAIRES tote which YES is 40% off right now! What a steal.

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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

epicene and virile energy such palpable enigmas strike a balance as unknown thresholds mesh the friend and foe never straying too far twice born and raised in a full blind fever let the howling rise a familiar sensation like a worn sweater #poet #poetry #writerslife

Snow covered peaks and a golden orange Full Wolf Moon rise in Montana.

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Last read of 2025: A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls by Fiona Dodwell. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the true world of haunted dolls! My Rating: 🪆🪆🪆🪆, that's 4 out of 5 spiritually infested nesting dolls www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to…

Silent Stares and Malevolent Whispers from Possessed Do…

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The Ballad of Jack Racket @balladofjackracket.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Werewolves! ‘There’s a lot of things in the universe I don’t know anything about. I saw a statue of a saint that wept orange blossom water once so…I’m not saying this guy is a werewolf, I’m just not saying he ain’t.’ balladofjackracket.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w... #writing

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Wolfsbane

Even before I get off the boat the gulls are pinwheeling, screaming their war cry over the water, warning me this is their place. I’m an irritating splinter of humanity pricking their skins as I ho…

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Maybe 2026 is the year I remember to be posting here regularly 🤔 At any rate, as I've been digesting the Disney themed cookies & cupcakes from my New Year's Eve party, I set some lofty writing & reading goals, & even have plans to train for a triathlon. Yes, let's do all the things 😆

A Christmas wreath made of cupcakes. The top of the wreath is a Santa hat with a Mickey Mouse year sticking out. There are 4 cookies shaped like ornaments on the bottom of the wreath. From left to right: a spinning wheel and rose for Sleeping Beauty; a patch of blue and purple fur for Sully from Monsters Inc.; purple and green flames beneath Maleficent's horned crown; Ariel's mermaid tail; Baloo from The Jungle Book.

Another Christmas wreath, this topped with two Black Mouse ears under Minnie's polkadot bow. The ornaments are: the poison apple from Snow White; Cinderella's glass slipper and a pumpkin; Tigger's tail; Stitch's ears with a white hibiscus flower; Buzz Lightyear's outfit.

A tray of sugar cookies, stacked in 3 layers. The back layer looks like Pluto. The middle layer is polar bears. The top layer is Winnie the Pooh.

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Ske-Lou-Ton 💀 @louwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him. www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...

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Fundraiser in Memory of Matt Mason for Macmillan Cancer Support

Help Louise Willingham raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

#HorrorWritersChat 🕯Thank you, Matt, for bringing so much light and laughter to so many of us. You will be missed but never forgotten ❤🕯

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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Happy release day to @lisel.bsky.social 🥳🖤 Her new short story collection, From the Dark Observatory, is incredible! Atmospheric dread, creatures beyond belief, and bleak nightmares await you on every page. My Rating 5/5 🖤

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Jason Strutz - Returned Part Three on Kickstarter NOW! @strutzart.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I'm writing and drawing Returned, a medieval horror family drama graphic novel. Read free at ReturnedComic.com and the Part Two Kickstarter launches Sept 1st! Pre-launch page up at bit.ly/ReturnedPart2 #horrorwriterschat

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Returned by Jason Strutz – Home of Returned – An undead horror family drama graphic novel

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks everyone! My last novel was Tradwife. But my newest releases are these, the first batch of Nefarious Bat Singles: 4 short, one-sitting horror reads modelled on the EPs and singles we used to love... payhip.com/NefariousBat... #HorrorWritersChat

Promo images, with the strapline: 4 Singles. Coming Soon

Image shows 4 vinyl records against coloured paper backgrounds, each with the name TC Parker, the description "A Nefarious Bat Single" and the title of the story in question

These are:

Boarders
Prison Cooking
The Nine O'Clock Horses
Flow

Promo image for TRADWIFE by TC Parker, with:

A. TRADWIFE book cover, showing a young white woman in 1950s-style housewife garb in a midcentury modern kitchen, holding a bleeding human heart on a plate... and looking pretty happy about it

B. Blurb for TC Parker's Tradwife from MJ Mars, author of The Suffering

Blurb reads:

"In Cold Blood crossed with Stepford Wives [....], this is one you can’t afford to miss. Be afraid, and be angry. Very, very angry"

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thank you, always! Fun, Fun! My first collection is up for pre-order! Out on Halloween! Hope it haunts the masses, or at least a few of you. 🖤👀 www.amazon.com/Alls-Well-Th...

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All's Well That Ends Well

Amazon.com: All's Well That Ends Well eBook : Kasley, Vivian, Nola, Candace: Books

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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks for the questions Eryn - these were fun! I celebrated my birthday by self-publishing a collection of nautical and polar horror - hope people here enjoy! bsky.app/profile/lhar...

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Gabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Brilliant as always, thank you for hosting, Eryn! #horrorwriterschat Still pushing my writing collective's latest Zine: allisfullofgore.myshopify.com Hate the post office, but v. excited to be sending zines out as far as Finland and Georgia, USA!

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ALL IS FULL OF GORE

horror fiction, horror poetry, horror films, horror movies, horror zines, queer horror, queer, lgbtq, indie horror

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 20/08/2025

Thanks for a fun #HorrorWritersChat, Eryn! I’ve got a preorder coming up for my haunted house novel, praised by the likes of Clay McLeod Chapman and Gemma Amor! In the House of In Between will make you rethink who, or what, haunting are…

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In the House of In Between

Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...

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Michelle Heller | Indie Horror Author @michelleheller.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Glad I could make it on time this week! As always my debut novel is available through my pinned post, but I'm here this time to hype my upcoming super short novella. A man enjoying the homestead life winds up having to do battle with a *supremely* fucked up deer in SOUR DOE. Coming soonish. 🤣

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thank you for this. ❤️ I don't have anything at the moment, but my answer to question 2 is the premise of my upcoming story Blondie's Shed - which will be featured in the third volume of Suspended Magazine by @jaymone.bsky.social & you can read the first two here: suspendedmagazine.org

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Suspended Magazine

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

article for #HorrorFacts where I give the definitive answer to what Creepypastas are, because I feel this is a question that needs to be settled. If you enjoy my work, check out the SBA #Patreon and my Reddit. You can find information on both in my profile. horrorfacts.com/creepypastas...

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Creepypastas (And NoSleep Tales) Explained by Rosé

Okay, in fairness, there isn’t a heated debate amongst the internet horror community about this topic, but I have seen enough confusion for me to feel that the record needs to be set straight. Who ......

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat, Eryn. I got two things to promote. The first is that my featured story for The #ShadowBoxArchives has gone public. It involves a fast food cult. Those who want to read it, check the link below. The second thing is an www.patreon.com/posts/135764...

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The Star Of Hardee's ✨Featured Story✨ | Shadow Box Archives

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks Eryn! #HorrorWritersChat, we're just a month away from the re-release of "Hannah and Other Stories!" If ghosts, budding serial killers, & carnivorous horses are up your alley, then go & preorder a copy today! Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Thank you Eryn, lots of brain teasers I'm gonna spot light my erotic horror story LOST WITNESS this week A blend of Sci-fi and smut that would make Paul Verhoeven go "oh yeah, I can see what you were going for, now piss off!" www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 20/08/2025

Thanks Eryn! Some really thoughtful questions here. Get your autumn reading in this Bank Holiday weekend! Shadows of Cathedral Lane will be in the Narratess Sale between 23rd and 25th, and I will also have Salmonweird and Spooky Salmonweird on sale over the same period. bsky.app/profile/chao...

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thank you for hosting another lovely week, Eryn!! As I've stated before, I've begun the work on Land of Gold's third and final draft! Going back to the Conceptualisation phase to shake things up a little bit. Here... have a teaser 😈 #HorrorWritersChat

- Blink Sigil: Lucius can phase between spots to confuse, befuddle, and ambush enemies.

- Sight-Split Sigil: Lucius splits his iris in eight ways, enhancing his peripheral vision and information intake in combat with multiple enemies.

- Body Molt Sigil: each time Lucius’ bone is broken or muscle ruptured, he immediately heals that injury without the enemy noticing (hopefully). Works only once per body part/bone/muscle.

- Moongash Sigil: when Lucius hits the target, their wounds burn with moonlight, heightening his accuracy.

- Shadesilk Sigil: household sigil of the Shadesilk Denomination. Lucius perpetually emits a sonic signal that makes others instinctively less aware of him, especially when he’s in shadowed spaces. This signal also impairs their memory, worsening their recollection of his overall features.

- Faces are a critical part of their design; they are slightly misshapen and discoloured. That is because a literal part of their face and head has been replaced with the Maven’s own design. Lucius will notice that it seems as if their heads is made of two skins, two eyebrows, two cheeks. One of their eyes has a different, darker colour and shape; each time a Demon tries to speak as themselves, the eye looks at their own, real eye, immediately rewiring their thought process. When activated to fight Lucius, the false parts of their faces grow even darker and pulsate with energy.

- Their walk is oddly unnatural; everyone walks the same, with the same pace and gait to it. Essentially, every person’s individuality has been violently cut out.

- Their hands and wrists are permanently angled and indented with fieldwork tools, like flails, pitchforks, etc. This would also give them a permanent threatening/about-to-attack poses.

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Hanna Delaney | Gothic Horror @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks for this week's chat! Some real thunks tonight. My latest Gothic Horror mystery, The Ring, is on KU as I've entered it into the Kindle Storyteller Contest! Learn more about the novel here: books2read.com/theringhanna... #horrorwriterschat

The Ring is a Gothic horror novel set in 19th century Liverpool. It follows Daniel Muldoon as he investigates a string of disappearance, including that of the main detective, James Lacey. This image shows the books cover as well as the blurb. The book is available to buy via the link provided. You can also read it on Kindle Unlimited.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Windows, as a boundary we fear--a pane shattering in the next room, for instance--but also empowers us by letting us keep tabs on our surroundings. As a kid I was horrified/fascinated by the idea those inside can be seen from without at night, and those outside from within by day #HorrorWritersChat

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