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Diane M. Johnson

@caseyadamsstark.bsky.social

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Writer of horror. Fan of the supernatural (and Supernatural). Think twice before you DM me. If it’s phishy it’s block-worthy. HWA member. #ScriptSky #HorrorSky #IndieHorror #BookSky Find me through Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianemjohnsonauthor

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · Nov 19

Let’s share our work! Here’s my #PerfectProphet trilogy. A death metal atheist with a surprising gift becomes a Satanist’s target.

#SatanicPanic #horror

In the 2nd book, the MC becomes the target of a #Christian #cult.

Book 3’s theme? Redemption for the antagonist.

www.amazon.com/Perfect-Prop...

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 6h

Gemini: Sure, your life choices will ultimately be your undoing, but you’re the type of stubborn that makes Fate weep so there’s that.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 6h

Sagittarius: Today’s planetary configuration resembles a middle finger but it’s probably nothing.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h

Smithsonian museums, research centers, and the National Zoo temporarily closed Sunday due to the federal government shutdown.

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 18h

Hey y'all, I'm working on increasing my subscribers at my site (paid & free), so I thought I'd tease the next installments in my "One-and-Done" Slasher Series - 2 of the best horror movies released during the 2010s:

You can sign up here: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io

Thanks & Cheers!

The poster for the 2015 slasher film The Final Girls.

The poster for the 2017 slasher film Tragedy Girls.

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#HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · 8h

Hey #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity !

Join us for #Hopepit in November, spreading stories and creations of #hope

bsky.app/profile/hope...

An excerpt from the poem below in a lavender elipse over a background of close up peacock feathers

“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all”

-Emily Dickinson

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Paul Dixon @pauldixon.bsky.social · 15h

Sixteen days till launch...

Feyis, being Feyis.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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GeniusLemur @geniuslemur.bsky.social · 9h

Stella groped for the guns next to her, but no, shooting back would only waste ammunition and put more people in danger. And the street wasn’t wide enough to maneuver either. She hunched as low as she could and hoped as a spiderweb crack spread across the windshield.
#WIPSnips #DistantLands

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 17h

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 12 - hope
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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Brigid Finn @brigidtfinn.bsky.social · 9h

From my post-apocalyptic WIP, Homesteader.
#WIPSnips #writingcommunity #author #romancelandia #romancebooks

“Don’t!” he cut her off. “Fucking cry again. Don’t. Cry. Again. I’ll go back for them tomorrow.”
She shook her head and wrung her hands in front of her body. “No, no I need them tonight. I can’t sleep without them.”
“You been sleeping without them all day—”
“But it’s different at night!”
He sighed. “Fine. I will go back and get them now. You better hope I’m back before dark. Better hope I get back safe.”
She shrugged. “It doesn’t matter. I’ll be fine here either way.”

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Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 9h

#WIPSnips October 12 - hope
Took a social media break for a bit, but I'm back (I think)!

#WIP #basketballWIP #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts #authorsky #writing

Yeah, the nice approach flew right out the window alongside any hope that he wouldn’t be as bad as the tabloids make him seem.

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 7h

We could all use a little hope these days. I’m not sure this #WIPSnips reflects that ideal, but it does have hope in it. 😬

"I know what I saw—"

"There’s no such thing as ghosts. Look at yourself! You saw your own white face in a smoke clouded mirror."

"Alright. Fine! We can’t leave them there, though—"

"And why not? They got themselves into that mess. Let them find their own way out."

"And what if they don’t?"

"With the busybodies in this town? People will notice. Eventually. They'll talk. The gossips will sow clues. And the clues will lead here. After the election, with any hope. I can see the headline already: Witch and Fortune Teller found in Haunted Castle. People will say I was right. And that they were happy they voted for me."

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 1d

I love a good pun for the names of establishments.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips

Virgil passes the real welcome sign to Hell, MI as he departs Home Office to go to Ohio.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a short and sweet one from the Moth King #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #FantasySky #Romantasy #AmQuerying

I reach the scarred, decomposing remains of the Dawn Lord’s castle and stand uncertainly at the front gate. The castle looms over me, as cheerful and welcoming as a condemned meat-packing plant.

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 1d

Cool name for a coffeehouse btw

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 1d

The parenthetical makes me feel seen…🤣

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 1d

I have welcome. But unwelcome was what the search hit first, and I thought it was a better choice. #WIPSnips

If I could, I would chase after this unwelcome couple, shouting after them, "how dare you trespass here and stir up the strife that haunts me so! How dare you!" But I can do nothing. I watch them leave. I watch, as the shadow of a broken heart casts its presence against the outer wall of the castle, the moonlight bright and full. These trespassers can sense they’re being watched, although they don’t catch the shadow play.

"I don’t like this place," Josephine says to James as they reach their vehicle. "It gives me the creeps."

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Andrew K. “WDTR OUT NOW” Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social · 1d

Today!

Andrew K. “WDTR OUT NOW” Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social · 2d

ATL folks⁉️who’s coming to heckle - I mean listen - to me and @frightfulfables talk horror tomorrow night ?

www.johnscreekbooks.com/events/autho...

AUTHOR EVENT! Horror Author Andrew K. Clark! | Johns Creek Books

Join us for a discussion with Andrew K. Clark, facilitated by fellow horror author DC Phillips. Clark will be signing copies of his newest novel, "Where Dark Things Rise."

www.johnscreekbooks.com

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 2d

A glass display case rested behind the mahogany desk to his right. It housed his other prized possession, a book bound in black leather with ornate gold detailing. The words “Book of Evans” and the Holy Rose were embossed on the front of the tome.

#WIPSnips

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 10 - prize
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 2d

"It was his prized possession. An actual Earth book, made of paper from Earth trees, written by a man who lived an Earth life…”

The pages were yellowed and crisp to the touch, and fanned wide against a spine lined with creases. It had been well- and often read.

#WIPSnips #WritingPrompt

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

No prize in the current WIP. It’s back to the series for this #WIPSnips

Tomas willed Pedro to read his mind before Pedro willed back with clamped lips and popped eyebrows to play along. "I’m sorry…señor," Tomas emphasized the señor part hard, "pero don Luis said nothing about spices—"

"I know what I’m doing!" The whisper had a touch of seething. Pedro found his senses and continued. "Trust me." He turned back to the merchant full of his young—rogue charm again. He wafted up the aroma of the spices the woman had to offer like appreciating the smell of an open rose. "Mmm! Tangy! But I’m shopping for something else… Iron. Scraps of it. Who do you recommend?"

They left later with a pungent satchel of newly purchased, so-called spices, as Pedro led the way carrying some sort of ensaïmada covered with sugar. Pedro munched as he strolled. Smith sniffed at the bag of spices and nearly sneezed before he pulled the drawstring tight. "You have your pastry," Smith shouted ahead. "Now where is my prize?" He pulled the pack mule along.

"So good! Would you like a taste?" Pedro broke off a piece of the flaky, spiraled bun then handed it back. Smith gobbled it up, licked his fingers clean. "And you?" He offered a hunk to Tomas.

"You are a child." Tomas took the offering anyway as they turned down a lesser travelled street.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter’s to the title:

“John Carpenter’s Home Alone”

Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter’s to the title:

John Carpenter’s Four Weddings and a Funeral

Avishai ✡️ Weinberger @avishaiw.bsky.social · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s Firestarter

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Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

My ghosts are the ones weaving the narrative—trying to lead my MC to the clues to solve a murder from the barrier of their ghostly realm. They both have a stake in the case being solved though. Even if they are dead.

Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter’s to the title:

John Carpenter’s Four Weddings and a Funeral

Avishai ✡️ Weinberger @avishaiw.bsky.social · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s Firestarter

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 2d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s A History of Violence

Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

The struggle is real! Especially if you (me) have this insane belief that you can’t use the same names twice in a complete new story—lol— I have a historical fic series where new characters who were real historical figures had the same names, and my head nearly exploded!

Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social · 2d

My story has ghost/mortal interactions too. They’re always fun.

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