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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 7h

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The moment you entered the graveyard,
The scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears,
Quick did rise your fears
As the screams of the undead
Fill you with dread

Run, run, jump, and run!

Will you outpace
These hungry fiends
Or will you find a new place
As one of the living dead

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

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.

Question Four

There he is! Baron Crescendo! Oh how the skies split open to his guitar, how more of us fly in the air! And look, a note from him, just for you!

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

Well? Go on! Word or rhyme, continue his Muse!

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

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 7h

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 7h

This week's Martin finale goes out to @chaoticauthor.online. The man needs your help. He's bored, in a hospital, and low on the green. Send him messages and use this link to brighten his day. Without Matt, you'd never get to read my corny jokes. HORROR!

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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 7h

#HorrorWritersChat. I'm promoting indie authors, as always. Also, you can find my 'Porcelain Soul' among these promos:
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 7h

No man to stand and weep for you
No woman to shed her tears
Only the arms of the empty grave
Demand that you draw near.
No place for you to run
No place for you to hide
Here is where you must remain
And with the ghosts abide

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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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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 7h

Last week, I resurrected my blog with an ace reflection on Interview with the Vampire! 🍷🧛‍♀️♠️ ⚰️

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 7d

Esteemed guests, it is my pleasure to present my reflection on Interview with the Vampire and asexuality.

Here I explore themes of Queer Time through an ace lens in Anne Rice’s novel, the 1994 film, & the 2022 TV series. #HorrorWritersChat

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 7h

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Hey, my flash fiction is still here in Dark Descent magazine Volume 14.
It is called A Good Day for Violence. I am pretty proud of it.

Go to their website Dark Holme Publishing to have a look.

Cover of Dark Descent magazine Volume 14. There is a picture of a young woman in black with black hair and wearing a black necklace. The background is red.

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 7h

It whispered of all your deepest fears.
Deep into the mausoleum, it led you astray.
As you take your last breath, you are sealed away.
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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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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 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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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 7h

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The moment you entered the graveyard the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.
You lay out the blanket in between the graves, open a bottle of sparkling wine and pour yourself a glass. Who will visit tonight? You wonder excitedly. You love hearing stories of people's deaths.

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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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 7h

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I like to see what authors come up with and have fun with it.

I like trying to figure out if the ghosts are there to help, hinder, scare us, or just have no idea what's happening.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

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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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!

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

…You turn to leave, only to find that the gate is missing and the graveyard extends to infinity in all directions.

The stone thumps onto the thick, overgrown grass.

“You never visit me anymore,” the crone wines.

“Now you’ll stay with your grandmother FOREVER!”

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 8h

I can hear those slow creepy nursery rhymes being sung in a daycare already.

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 8h

I feel like the best ghost locations are the ones with the most emotional energy. In no particular order: The DMV, day care, and anywhere offering free samples at lunch time.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 8h

#HorrorWritersChat I'm thinking about this if I were a ghost. For me, the best places would have to be luxury hotels or anywhere with a lot of animals.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 8h

I do like a secluded village, where dark secrets are held and things aren’t as lovely as they seem. Then again, any location where a group find themselves isolated from the outside world appeals. Anything from a ship in the ocean to a labyrinth underground…

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 8h

That would be fun!

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 8h

As much of a sucker as I am for a traditional house riddled with grizzly haunts, I've been veering towards more unusual locations lately.

Shopping malls, restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores. "Normal" locations that SHOULDN'T be weighed down by phantasms.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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

It depends on the ghost.

Just a spooky thing that makes you nervous: house, preferably a spare room.

A lonely spirit with depression: abandoned places that should bring joy — theater, cinema, an empty town.

Scary ghosts: Marching down Main Street, big as a house and hungry.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 8h

#HorrorWritersChat is seriously underway now, eh?

Q2.
I mean, I don't want to see any ghosts, thank you. I'm allergic.
But when it comes to writing, it's always places I know intimately. You'll find ghosts in prisons, in theatres, asylums, abandoned buildings. Wherever the story echoes.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 8h

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Knowing a few people that are not well at the moment, Hospitals can be weird places, especially at night when you hear nurses walking up and down the corridors creating shadows under the door, stopping outside your room to read your chart, (At least I hope that's who it is).

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 8h

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 9h

I write fiction as Mark Guyer and nonfiction as Dustin Pinney. I will soon be living in Corning, NY. I like horror with depth and lots of jokes. I arrive here in a tattered Goonies shirt and black jeans that I keep forgetting about.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 9h

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Perfectly me! 😂

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 8h

Is that a theme I see before me?

I think, #HorrorWritersChat bods, that my ghostly visage would be that of another excellent bugger, Dorian Grey. Or the author? No, the painting. It's so dastardly demonic, right?
Oh and the name's McConnell. EM. I write the psychological, supernatural, the gothic.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 9h

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 8h

We like to hear that, although we like it more when people come and say hello. We are reserved, but always up for an adventure.

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