Dawn Bernadette Haigh
dbhaighwriter.bsky.social
Dawn Bernadette Haigh
@dbhaighwriter.bsky.social
Speculative writer and visual artist
A tiny tale by @francesgapper.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social that manages to be creepy, clever, funny, and thought-provoking in very few words.

trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/
Murgatroyd
Frances Gapper Oh well Although keen on cats, Aunt Jane wished to avoid catching even a glimpse of Murgatroyd the furry death herald, our ancestral ghost. Upon turning 70 she locked her cat flap an…
trashcatlit.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lovely, moving story and love your take on nine lives.
January 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Dawn Bernadette Haigh
EERIE CHRISTMAS 4
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Christmas is a season of light but every flicker casts a deeper shadow & the scariest things aren’t waiting down the chimney—they’re already inside
🎅🎄
#HORROR #readingcommunity #bookblogger #bookboost #bookworm #blackharepress #holidayseason #stockingstuffer
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just read The Elf Trap by @midnightmuser1.bsky.social - Eerie Christmas #4 @blackharepress.bsky.social
Creepy factor max
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@alinapleskova.bsky.social

Today I read Skin by @crsutton.bsky.social - Loved it so much I had to tell the world

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Short Story Spotlight
Skin by Chelsea Sutton (3350 words)
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December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Surrogate by
@addax.bsky.social
in
@stygianlepus.bsky.social
horrifyingly heartbreaking 😢😧
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Loved Trashman by @colinadamstoomey.bsky.social in @stygianlepus.bsky.social #28 - the tension, the pacing 🤩
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Guilty as charged, to numerous counts of Wendicide; Darlings dropping all over the place. #WritingCommunity
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Reposted by Dawn Bernadette Haigh
I'm thrilled to announce that my debut fiction piece, a micro story "The Bird," is now available for reading at Flash Phantoms.

www.flashphantoms.net/november-mic...
November Micro Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
www.flashphantoms.net
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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My short story, "Schrodenger's Train," is up today at Metastellar Science Fiction.
www.metastellar.com/fiction/schr...
Schrodenger’s Train
How can you tell if you’re being ridiculous, paranoid, or if there really is someone after you?
www.metastellar.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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My sci-fi horror flash story "Woodsong" is now free to read over at Flash Fiction Online. Can a father and son, lost for years in a nightmarish woodland, finally find their way to something beautiful? @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/wood...
Woodsong
It hit me last night, as a chorus of woodsong filled our hiding spot: we’re never getting out of here.But even if I want to lie down and die, I’m clutching one last thread of hope. It’s all I have …
www.flashfictiononline.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Would you?
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Delighted to have a lyrical flash fiction published with
@StygianLepus
stygianlepus.com/edition-28/?... Also available in print: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVVSCG3...
Edition 28 - OUT NOW
The lepus stands at the edge of a new abyss, ears twitching to the rhythm of tomorrow’s nightmares. The next leap may be its last—or its greatest.
stygianlepus.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM