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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦
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I'm an indie author living on the west coast. I write horror and fantasy and paint miniatures while working on my projects. Free Horror Stories: https://www.patreon.com/c/arcdirective Website: https://linktr.ee/JacobMarsh
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 8d
To celebrate Halloween and the release of my new series, I’m doing a writing challenge.

31 Days of Dread!

I will post a new piece of flash fiction every day through October, and the theme is twisted Halloween clickbait. Follow to catch these daily stories!

#Horror #Halloween #flashfiction
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 7h
31 Days of Dread: Day 8

For more haunting stories, check out: www.patreon.com/cw/arcdirect...

#Horror #Scarystories #Halloween #flashfiction #shortstory #writingchallenge #writingcommunity
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 13h
It just felt right, haha. Celebrate the ghosts, you'll be joining their choir soon enough.
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 13h
Bah, forgot the tag. #HorrorWritersChat

Happy writing, everyone!
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 13h
Thanks for the chat, Gree! It was a lot of fun this week.

I'm doing loads of things right now, but if anyone has a moment to check out my profile, I'm doing a writing challenge to post a piece of flash fiction every day this month.
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
Had to make some sacrifices to meter and the original prompt. It's hard to do a limerick this short! 🤣
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
#HorrorWritersChat Q4:
Step into the grave, ancient stone up to your ears
And listen to the Baron's word, "to all, lift up your beers!"
Try not to ruminate, the grave dug up for one,
You'll find nothing but company until the deed is done.
We've had enough with mourning, so fill the wind with cheers!
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 14h
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! #HorrorWritersChat
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
I've done a few ghost hunts in my time and would happily do more. Worst-case scenario, I get to hang out in a cool place, bambling around in the dark. I'm open minded, haha.
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
#HorrorWritersChat Q3:

For personal consumption, I see little difference. I don't believe in ghosts, so I find them both equally interesting. When writing, I like to start with folklore, see how authors before me have built on it, and start from about there. Have readers get comfy before the twist.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 14h
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! #HorrorWritersChat
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
That place rocks! Next time I'm in the UK, I'll have to add it to the list of stops.
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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 14h
#HorrorWritersChat Q2:

An old manor, preferably owned by a family that should have run out of resources generations ago. The key to this haunt is the secret passage leading to the catacombs. Are they endless or flooded by the nearby watershed? It doesn't matter; what matters is they aren't empty.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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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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 Two Ah, the performance has begun! Behold the souls of the living darting into the flutes and trumpets! Now, as you sip your ectoplasmic wine, tell us – what are your favourite locations for ghosts? And why? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Halfbloodlycan (Christine Cunningham) @halfbloodlycan.bsky.social · 15h
Hello! I am Christine who doth write horror and fantasy nonsense in my corner of the midwest. I come in my finest sweatpants, a cozy oversized sweater, and the remains of a well-used cloak. #Horrorwriterschat
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 15h
I am Anna, I write cosmic and eco-horror from the anonymous suburbs of Croydon in London. My wraithful visage is that face you may spy at the corner of a polaroid, a little apart from the cheerful group, the eyes obscured by... what, a clumsy finger? A flash of light?
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Matt Brandenburg @brandenburgdm.bsky.social · 15h
Hi all!! I write goofy cartoon horror from the arcade in the corner of that dying mall you used to go to when you were a teen. I think my wraithful visage for tonight would probably be that Green Goblin truck from Maximum Overdrive, or maybe that brain thing from Psycho Goreman.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street @marleywrites.bsky.social · 15h
A pair of wide, highly reflective yellow-green eyes shine from the depths of the woods and a voice like the groaning of trees in the wind announces that it's Marley. 🌕🐺

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 15h
#HorrorWritersChat

I'm Trish Wilson, Media Director for The Horror Zine. I conduct interviews & write short horror fiction.

It's chilly & I'm wrapped in my Edgar Allan Poe throw (I call it my Edgar Allan Throw LOL) & drinking tea. Not feeling well. I look like his wife Virginia on her deathbed.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 15h
Hi. I'm Blair. Currently in VT hunkering down from the storm that is the current USA. I write comic books, and as of late, mostly horror comics.

Hm. I wear a half-mask like the Phantom of the Opera, not to hide scarring, but to hide the darker nature of myself.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Anna Verner, Fantasy Author @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 15h
#HorrorWritersChat

I'm Anna, I live in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, (Auckland, NZ).
I write cozy Fantasy and Horror.

I am pretending it is not morning here by refusing to open the curtains, I like the dark.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 15h
#HorrorWritersChat

It’s Jez, soon to be 60 😳 writing ‘kitchen sink horror’ from a grotto in Aberdeen, Scotland. I’m afraid I don’t know what a ‘wraithful visage’ is, sorry. It sounds painful.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 15h
I'm Rebecca Cantrell and I usually write dark stuff--horror, thrillers, mystery, and a little science fiction. I write them from sunny Waikiki, where gloom is hard to come by. I'm wearing a tattered velvet dress, red with long sleeves and pointed cuffs and a jet choker. #horrorwriterschat
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 15h
#HorrorWritersChat My my name is Rosé Black. I write horror and horrible comedy. My arrival came from the spirit of the thing even the dinosaurs were cautious around.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
Greetings! For I am your conductor.

I am Gree, writer of body, psychological, and religious horror for the Bloodied Rose: Verses of Midnight setting, hailing from the Czech Republic!

As for my own visage, it is evident on my own profile picture 😈

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Art of Roberto Ferras, featuring a hooded wraith with a human-shaped skull. Smaller, spectral trails with skull-shaped faces flow around it. It has a ball and chain on one wrist, and a short sword on the other. Behind it is a suitably Gothic, spooky architecture, coloured in red at the bottom, and baleful green at the top.
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Villimey Mist @villimeymist.bsky.social · 15h
Hæ, halló, komiði sæl!

I'm Villimey, a horror author from Iceland. I've written Nocturnal, an ongoing vampire horror series & 3 horror collections.

I just finished my 8th book, a fantasy with horror elements.

My ghastly visage for tonight is a spooky pumpkin cardigan.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 15h
Your favorite Martin here. I'm a banjo plunking rare book author from the dark recesses of the "strange shine state" who believes in organic, non-gmo, small batch, artisanal dark fantasy and horror imaginings.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 15h
#Horror #Podcast #Spotify #TheRedTreehouse

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207: A Collection of Becquer, The Spanish Poe (Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month)
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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 15h
Hello, #HorrorWritersChat ! Thanks for hosting, @greethewriter.bsky.social I'm Artemis Quinn, and I write dark fantasy and horror. Most of my work is done in my dark and cozy bat cave. I've come to the ruined music hall in the form of a shadowy mist. Hopefully the cold isn't too off-putting...
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 15h
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
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 One Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
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