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Abigail F Taylor

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 6

MARYNEAL, 1962 is everything you want in a small town horror

#horror #writingcommunity

Goodreads:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Zon:
a.co/d/cmqivtC

B&N:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maryneal-1...

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Fiction Fans Podcast @fictionfanspod.bsky.social · 7h

If you haven’t read this book, go read it. Seriously.

(And then you can listen to us talk about it with Premee, if you want—but go read the book! www.fictionfanspodcast.com/post/author-...)

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Maura-resister @maurar.bsky.social · 1d

Artist Saul Cruz.

Powerful piece.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 8h

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.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks for the fun and ghastly questions today, Gree!

the Deadlands Omnibus is now available for pre-order on my website. A young woman who resurrects dead animals by filling them with the souls of those she knew before the world went dark.

#horrorwriterschat

www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

😂😂😂🪦

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Villimey Mist @villimeymist.bsky.social · 8h

#horrorwriterschat

if Icelandic folklore tickles your spooky fancy, then why not check out my short story collection Visceral Discoveries on the 'Zon 😉

www.amazon.com/Visceral-Dis...

Visceral Discoveries: A Collection of Ill-fitted Horror

Amazon.com: Visceral Discoveries: A Collection of Ill-fitted Horror eBook : Mist, Villimey: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks Gree! And if you're still in an ethereal, ghostly mood, check out the scariest collection of 2025: Symphony for Walpurgis. You can grab your tickets using the links below.

Amazon: tinyurl.com/5awn78h3
B&N: tinyurl.com/5e9vu3hr
Kobo: tinyurl.com/bdhthesj
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/5ev7cr8k

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 8h

#HorrorWritersChat "Hannah and Other Stories" has been out 15 days and people are still screaming about it! Or are they just screaming? Either way, available in paperback and ebook.

Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk
B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe
Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/33xhhdnx

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 8h

My collection, out on Halloween, the day the veil is thinnest! Just one quote from a reviewer: "It’s like cracking open a book and landing in a drive in theater on 80s horror night!"

Meet me at the drive-in. Be there or be devoured by the ghosts of Samhain. 🎃

Pre-order here: mybook.to/AllsWell

All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

mybook.to

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you, Gree! Great work as host.

Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat Great work chatting.

I just wrote a blog I like a lot. Why not share it? www.patreon.com/posts/140749...

Closing Chapters and The Days of Incandescence | Mark Guyer

Get more from Mark Guyer on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 8h

Great chat as usual, and you were a great host, Gree_. You can find my famous horror authors interviews and other stuff on my web site: trishwilsonauthor.blogspot.com

My story THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR is in THE LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY. Pre-order link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTQBFK4V

The Lizzie Borden House Anthology

The Lizzie Borden House Anthology - Kindle edition by Girón, Sèphera , Graham, Heather, Addison, Linda, van Belkom, Edo , Wilson, Trish, Grant, Shannon, Wytovich, Stphanie M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lizzie Borden House Anthology.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 8h

For promo, I'll stick with ghosts and go with my debut novella, A Survivor's Eye.

Imagine a haunted house but with the ghosts in your thoughts, threatening to take control.
books2read.com/u/mZqWwD

Promo image for A Survivor's Eye depicting the cover (a pale and haunted face, bleached of humanity, drowning in a sea of smoke. Two desperate handprints pressed against the whites of their eyes, trying to escape), on a tablet which itself hovers above thick blue smoke. The accompanying text reads; "There's more to life than survival. Available now"

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 8h

Gree has done an excellent job hosting #HorrorWritersChat. As for me, I got a couple things to promote, both pertaining to The #ShadowBoxArchives. The first is that my featured story for September has just gone public. It's about a couple teens who think
doing a dark web ritual is a good way to

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 8h

Thanks for a fun one, Gree!
I have a collection that explores ghosts and (un)natural horrors all lingering in the corner of your eye…
#HorrorWritersChat

Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There

Check out Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There - <p>Perception is reality. But how much can you trust with only two eyes? Cracks in the fabric of the universe reveal facets of a p...

bookshop.org

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

Wonderfully creepy!

Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

Because of how you ended it, I reread everything in Sam Elliot's voice. The ghost abides 🤠

a man with a mustache wearing a cowboy hat and vest is sitting in a bowling alley .

Alt: a man with a mustache wearing a cowboy hat and vest is sitting in a bowling alley .

media.tenor.com

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

They do! 😂

I had a step uncle in PA that was a groundskeeper & he said the worst time of the year was rainy season. The graves always shifted. That information lives rent free.

Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

It was fun as always! #HorrorWritersChat

🐺 Shifters
⛽ 60s Nostalgia
💁‍♀️ Native Rep
👯 Sapphic desire
🏘️ Small Town Secrets
🪦 Southern Gothic

MARYNEAL 1962
Available from Wild Ink Publishing!

If you've read this far, congratulations! Your Bacon number is 3🎉
a.co/d/gTzG4k2

The book cover Maryneal 1962. The protagonist is covered in blood and running towards the reader. There are cars facing the title that is displayed at a drive-in movie theater. The quote on the front says a harrowing and gorgeously rendered exploration of grief from USA Today best selling author Emily Jane.

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

It was fun as always!

If y'all like
🐺 Shifters
⛽ 60s Nostalgia
💁‍♀️ Native Rep
👯 Sapphic desire
🏘️ Small Town Secrets
🪦 Southern Gothic

Look no farther than MARYNEAL 1962
Available from Wild Ink Publishing!

If you've read this far, congratulations! Your Bacon number is 3🎉
a.co/d/gTzG4k2

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

... and turn, shaking the rain from your brow. You watch, slack mouthed, as the caskets rise from the earth & begin to slide down the hill. You toss up your hands & swear to God. Keeping the bodies from a mudslide was never covered as part of your priestly duties.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

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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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

I love that! Is it inspired from personal experience?

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 8h

I love folklore! From La Mano Peluda & La Lechuza to tailypo & the ghostly hitchhiker... They hold a wealth of traditional storytelling & knowledge that bridges cultures. Plus there often is no origin. These haunts exist because they are. I find that terrifying!
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 9h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

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.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely those places!

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 9h

Ghosts & haints exist wherever they're imprinted. It could be a graveyard or a lake or an abandoned house. Although my favorite haunting are the foresty ones & the unexpected ones, I do have a soft spot for orphanages. Perhaps because my grandmother was raised in one...
#HorrorWritersChat

A picture I took of the Woodman circle home, where my maternal grandmother & her brothers lived. She was there from the age of 3 to 18, when she got married. Her ceremony was in the house as well.

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 9h

Trick - his father is stubborn (also on a terrorist watch list) & his mother is not being honest with her intentions.

Thorton - she's a body builder & stuntman in the 1950s. People don't like when someone breaks the mold. Or they're too enthusiastic & make situations worse.
#PlotTober

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 23h

#PlotTober Day 8: Conflicts for the MC

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

8. What are some potential reasons the main character(s) haven't, couldn't, and/or can't pursue these goals yet? Consider other characters, backstory events, circumstances, environmental factors, etc.

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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