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Eryn McCee

@erynmccee.bsky.social

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Horror Harridan, Whimsy Witch, Poet, Dragon Writer British immigrant living in Germany - can be lured by Haribo, poetry and excellent music. #HorrorWritersChat co-host https://Linktr.ee/Eryn.mcconnell

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 25d

Making some things.
I might be a horror writer but I'm also a fantasy writer.
Sovereigns will eventually be a four book dystopian dragon series
Finding the Flame will eventually have a sister, Claiming the Glass
Gallant will eventually be published (November)
And Shadowed Ink is 0.99, a bargain.

Background is red forest, with a dragon shape in the middle.
Two ebooks, Sunset Sovereign, an orange background of mountains with a dragon and a girl, Sunrise Sovereign, a turquoise background of a dragon in mountains with the sun rising.

Text:

Wise teachers know to listen to the voices of the young. And so the Sovereigns proudly bear the names that the children give them, as they trust their guardians, whispering their secrets, learning the mysteries of the world. And so the dragons reign.

Background is a coral toned scene where two people in silhouette make a heart shape with their hands.
Book cover is a peach themed princess with dark hair and a fancy gown, making magic with her hands and leaves flow.

The quote: Magic isn't in the castle: it's in the choice.

Background is a blue themed forest with grey butterflies and an owl. The cover is Gallant, a blue cover with silver butterflies and flowers.

The quote:

Eliza was just a barmaid, a woman with her life carefully planned -
until a world beyond pulled her into its heart.
Now she stands at the edge of kingdoms,
where light meets shadow, and she must choose as Gallant:
Bianca, the Butterfly Queen, or Sylvanus, the dark Owl King.
In her hands lay the fate of both realms.

Blue background in a white frame, a bird in the corner
Cover, shadowed ink, dark blue, a bird of light and a key

Quotes:

An empress, doomed by her blood - A necromancer with a curse - Sable
A man, devoted - Who finds his dream but cannot - Control his curiosity - A locked door - Arlen
Shadowed Ink - A dark fantasy fairytale

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1m

Oh I'm not speaking from an Intersex lived experience or even on that experience.
But it is Intersex Awareness Day so I am putting it to the crowd

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1h

#HorrorWritersChat bods, I have a question and I would like your thoughts.
I am preparing ahead for my weeks and one of the possible subjects is from a day, Intersex Awareness Day.
I am agender but not Intersex.
Do you think it would be appropriate for us to cover a chat about Horror and otherness?

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

@chaoticauthor.online has them in his bio

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

His ghost books are incredible. He works freelance so any help right now is good help!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

I think he's due to be discharged tomorrow, maybe: but yeah, I didn't see the post either, he messaged me to ask to find cover. I am grateful Gree stepped up to the plate!

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Gree is fantastic. I might have to up my game!

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

You're the reason why we are all even here, chatting, on a Wednesday. Anyway I didn't even tag you so it doesn't count :D

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

I love the Salmonweird series!
And I really hope people can support him just now. Without him, we would not have this chat.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 1d

Would definitely like to second recommending people check out some MG Mason;
Recently he has published a couple of great old school ghostly shorts that are truly beautiful and unnerving to read.

But he also has an ongoing series (Salmonweird) about a murder mystery in a town of ghosts.

A collage of 6 classic Mason ghosts;
Salmonweird
Studio Salmonweird
Shadows of Cathedral Lane
The Small Bronze Carriage on the Mantlepiece
The Residents of James Hotel
Angel's Mass

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

They come at us, unsuspecting :D

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Quite literally, yes! I love getting into the voice of a writer and keeping it going as them. It's like fanfiction but better.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to promote myself.
The founder of this chat and my co-host is in hospital, so he can't be here tonight, and huge thanks to Gree for stepping in at short notice.
But he writes such lovely ghost stories. Some of them are short, and cheap. If you could snag his books, it would help no end.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Concluding? Oh please! The Phantasmal Symposium’s work is eternal, as is the thirst for alive souls! We are simply twirling away elsewhere…

Now is your time to join us! What do you write? In what crypts can we peruse it? What more do you have to share?

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

The Orchestra Has Performed Their Final Piece!
The Symposium hopes you enjoyed our ghastly arrangement in this music hall! There is no algorithm here – visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others’ posts!

The orchestra shall resume its operations… next week.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

The moment you entered the graveyard,
the scrape of ancient stone
shadowed your ears.
They waited
Knowing that moment would be...difficult
As you stepped from one world to another
And they knew it would take but a moment
After
To step into your glory
Unleash death on the world

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

See this is fine. I'm not mad about it.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

There are worse things :D

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

I laugh in the face of curses :D

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

You so like the folklore ones best. Come on now!

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. That resonance is just *chefs kiss*. I love it.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, OK I'll fess up.
For me it's the folklore and the urban legend kind. I like to take that resonance, the gravity of the collective fear is what I love, that element of taking the ghosts, respectfully, as a fanfiction, to put them into my stories.
But I do like Matt's ghosts. :D
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
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