Lars Rook
@larsrookhorror.bsky.social
UK-based writer of Welsh gothic horror stories. Author of The Silver Tapes, episodic Paranormal horror, coming soon to Spotify.
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Lars Rook
@larsrookhorror.bsky.social
· Mar 29
Hi there, I'm Lars Rook, and Thought I should swing by with an intro.
I am, guess what, a horror author! I took a hiatus from writing for a while but am now back on that chill-inducing horse. I primarily write Welsh gothic and psychological shorts though I'm not above a good monster or two 1/3
I am, guess what, a horror author! I took a hiatus from writing for a while but am now back on that chill-inducing horse. I primarily write Welsh gothic and psychological shorts though I'm not above a good monster or two 1/3
It hasn't been a bad old month writing-wise.
1. Had a 500 word story published with Dark Holme
2. Submitted another
3. Another almost ready to submit
4. First 5 scenes of The Silver Tapes written, edited and ready to record
5. Lock In (novel) started in earnest
#amwriting #writingcommunity
1. Had a 500 word story published with Dark Holme
2. Submitted another
3. Another almost ready to submit
4. First 5 scenes of The Silver Tapes written, edited and ready to record
5. Lock In (novel) started in earnest
#amwriting #writingcommunity
April 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It hasn't been a bad old month writing-wise.
1. Had a 500 word story published with Dark Holme
2. Submitted another
3. Another almost ready to submit
4. First 5 scenes of The Silver Tapes written, edited and ready to record
5. Lock In (novel) started in earnest
#amwriting #writingcommunity
1. Had a 500 word story published with Dark Holme
2. Submitted another
3. Another almost ready to submit
4. First 5 scenes of The Silver Tapes written, edited and ready to record
5. Lock In (novel) started in earnest
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I know I've been a little quiet these last couple of weeks, work has eaten into writing time. But the good news is my new laptop arrived yesterday. I should be able to start recording The Silver Tapes over the long weekend! #amwriting #amwritinghorror #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity
April 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I know I've been a little quiet these last couple of weeks, work has eaten into writing time. But the good news is my new laptop arrived yesterday. I should be able to start recording The Silver Tapes over the long weekend! #amwriting #amwritinghorror #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity
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Witchy, magical, sisterhood books are so appealing because these stories typically feature women reclaiming their agency, autonomy over their bodies, fighting back against oppressive patriarchal systems, and demonstrating a power in the bond of sisterhood
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Witchy, magical, sisterhood books are so appealing because these stories typically feature women reclaiming their agency, autonomy over their bodies, fighting back against oppressive patriarchal systems, and demonstrating a power in the bond of sisterhood
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You don’t need permission to be an author. You already are one. Your book exists, and that is proof enough.
REPOST if you agree 📖
REPOST if you agree 📖
April 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You don’t need permission to be an author. You already are one. Your book exists, and that is proof enough.
REPOST if you agree 📖
REPOST if you agree 📖
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Writers: You are enough
Authors: You are enough
Poets: You are enough
Creators: You are enough
We are ALL Enough
REPOST, if you agree!
#writers
#authors
#poets
#creators
#writingcommunity
#authorcommunity
Authors: You are enough
Poets: You are enough
Creators: You are enough
We are ALL Enough
REPOST, if you agree!
#writers
#authors
#poets
#creators
#writingcommunity
#authorcommunity
April 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Writers: You are enough
Authors: You are enough
Poets: You are enough
Creators: You are enough
We are ALL Enough
REPOST, if you agree!
#writers
#authors
#poets
#creators
#writingcommunity
#authorcommunity
Authors: You are enough
Poets: You are enough
Creators: You are enough
We are ALL Enough
REPOST, if you agree!
#writers
#authors
#poets
#creators
#writingcommunity
#authorcommunity
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The child cowered behind the portal of her flying saucer and watched the seismic disturbance in the Earth’s surface through laced fingers. She turned when she felt her her mother’s gaze of silent disapproval.
“What?” said the child. “I really thought it would bounce.”
#vss365 #blueskyrelay
“What?” said the child. “I really thought it would bounce.”
#vss365 #blueskyrelay
April 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The child cowered behind the portal of her flying saucer and watched the seismic disturbance in the Earth’s surface through laced fingers. She turned when she felt her her mother’s gaze of silent disapproval.
“What?” said the child. “I really thought it would bounce.”
#vss365 #blueskyrelay
“What?” said the child. “I really thought it would bounce.”
#vss365 #blueskyrelay
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I'm thrilled my story "The Customer Is Always Wrong" got a shout-out in this review of Costs of Living, an anthology edited by Steve Capone, Jr. - Author, out later this year from Whisper House Press: articlesofhorror.com/2025/01/24/b... 🖤🖤🖤
Book Review for 'COSTS OF LIVING: A Whisper House Press Anthology' – Articles of Horror
Book Review for Costs of Living: A Whisper House Press Anthology, edited by Steve Capone. Review by Christina Persaud, Articles of Horror
articlesofhorror.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'm thrilled my story "The Customer Is Always Wrong" got a shout-out in this review of Costs of Living, an anthology edited by Steve Capone, Jr. - Author, out later this year from Whisper House Press: articlesofhorror.com/2025/01/24/b... 🖤🖤🖤
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Some joy for today, a new story up at Weird Horror: @malcolmdevlin.bsky.social's strange and enigmatic "Her Alberta." A fusion, I daresay, of Robert Aickman and Elizabeth Hand, but quintessentially Devlin. Artwork by Shikhar Dixit.
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/her-alberta
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/her-alberta
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Some joy for today, a new story up at Weird Horror: @malcolmdevlin.bsky.social's strange and enigmatic "Her Alberta." A fusion, I daresay, of Robert Aickman and Elizabeth Hand, but quintessentially Devlin. Artwork by Shikhar Dixit.
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/her-alberta
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/her-alberta
Second story submitted in as many days. Pretty pleased with that.
Two down, three to go before the month is out.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting #horrorcommunity
Two down, three to go before the month is out.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting #horrorcommunity
April 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Second story submitted in as many days. Pretty pleased with that.
Two down, three to go before the month is out.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting #horrorcommunity
Two down, three to go before the month is out.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting #horrorcommunity
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Now is the time to support smaller presses to keep their doors open and keep as many voices in publishing.
April 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Now is the time to support smaller presses to keep their doors open and keep as many voices in publishing.
Submitted a story this morning, my first in years. There's no guarantee it will be successful but, still, it's a great feeling.
#horrorcommunity #amwriting #amwritinghorror
#horrorcommunity #amwriting #amwritinghorror
April 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Submitted a story this morning, my first in years. There's no guarantee it will be successful but, still, it's a great feeling.
#horrorcommunity #amwriting #amwritinghorror
#horrorcommunity #amwriting #amwritinghorror
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Amazon chose Beyond The Mark to be part of a beta project called Virtual Voice.
It's an audio book with a virtual voice.
I accepted because I've had hundreds of people with reading or vision impairments want access to the story.
The "True" audiobook is coming. But for those waiting, it's on! ❤️
It's an audio book with a virtual voice.
I accepted because I've had hundreds of people with reading or vision impairments want access to the story.
The "True" audiobook is coming. But for those waiting, it's on! ❤️
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Amazon chose Beyond The Mark to be part of a beta project called Virtual Voice.
It's an audio book with a virtual voice.
I accepted because I've had hundreds of people with reading or vision impairments want access to the story.
The "True" audiobook is coming. But for those waiting, it's on! ❤️
It's an audio book with a virtual voice.
I accepted because I've had hundreds of people with reading or vision impairments want access to the story.
The "True" audiobook is coming. But for those waiting, it's on! ❤️
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Onryou: A Japanese Ghost Story Trilogy
@calengoldenvo.bsky.social
🥀💀"Calen Golden did a fantastic job w/ the narration, Calen puts a unique flare to the story. The stories has revenge, horror, romantic suspense, paranormal & scary."💀🥀
www.audible.com/pd/Onryou-Au...
#horror #booksky #audiobook
@calengoldenvo.bsky.social
🥀💀"Calen Golden did a fantastic job w/ the narration, Calen puts a unique flare to the story. The stories has revenge, horror, romantic suspense, paranormal & scary."💀🥀
www.audible.com/pd/Onryou-Au...
#horror #booksky #audiobook
April 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Onryou: A Japanese Ghost Story Trilogy
@calengoldenvo.bsky.social
🥀💀"Calen Golden did a fantastic job w/ the narration, Calen puts a unique flare to the story. The stories has revenge, horror, romantic suspense, paranormal & scary."💀🥀
www.audible.com/pd/Onryou-Au...
#horror #booksky #audiobook
@calengoldenvo.bsky.social
🥀💀"Calen Golden did a fantastic job w/ the narration, Calen puts a unique flare to the story. The stories has revenge, horror, romantic suspense, paranormal & scary."💀🥀
www.audible.com/pd/Onryou-Au...
#horror #booksky #audiobook
When you try to upload your submission and see the dreaded "Server Rejected" message...
#amwriting #amwritinghorror
#amwriting #amwritinghorror
a cartoon of a cat laying on its back with a pillow on its head .
ALT: a cartoon of a cat laying on its back with a pillow on its head .
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April 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
When you try to upload your submission and see the dreaded "Server Rejected" message...
#amwriting #amwritinghorror
#amwriting #amwritinghorror
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And it doesn't get much more Canadian than this. Please consider the antho in Best Related Work. And all the fiction in Best Short Story.
March 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And it doesn't get much more Canadian than this. Please consider the antho in Best Related Work. And all the fiction in Best Short Story.
The oldest known manuscript with a verse of #TheRaven, in one of #EdgarAllanPoe’s letters. Part of the Belle da Coste Greene exhibit at The . Greene acquired the letter for the Morgan and commissioned the box/cover which has the verse printed on it. #gothic #gothichorror #poetry #poetrycommunity
March 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Apparently the school holidays begin on Friday?
But they've only been back for 5 minutes!
Excuse me a sec, while I curl up into a ball and hyperventilate in the corner.
But they've only been back for 5 minutes!
Excuse me a sec, while I curl up into a ball and hyperventilate in the corner.
March 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apparently the school holidays begin on Friday?
But they've only been back for 5 minutes!
Excuse me a sec, while I curl up into a ball and hyperventilate in the corner.
But they've only been back for 5 minutes!
Excuse me a sec, while I curl up into a ball and hyperventilate in the corner.
Today's target is writing a 500 word short horror story from scratch.
Well, that and making some delicious spag bol.
That'll be a day well spent.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting
Well, that and making some delicious spag bol.
That'll be a day well spent.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting
March 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today's target is writing a 500 word short horror story from scratch.
Well, that and making some delicious spag bol.
That'll be a day well spent.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting
Well, that and making some delicious spag bol.
That'll be a day well spent.
#amwritinghorror #amwriting
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Friends @charlieratpig.bsky.social 's THE CAT BRIDE drops April 7. I've had the pleasure of publishing Charlotte and @paultremblay.bsky.social's blurb nails it. You'll need this book. It's a U.K. release but Blackwell's ships free to North America.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Friends @charlieratpig.bsky.social 's THE CAT BRIDE drops April 7. I've had the pleasure of publishing Charlotte and @paultremblay.bsky.social's blurb nails it. You'll need this book. It's a U.K. release but Blackwell's ships free to North America.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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Please share: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Really excited to be doing another book with @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social, especially one that feels so very necessary right now. Send us your on-topic speculative fiction stories and let's raise some money for transgenderlawcenter.org and raicestexas.org!
March 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Please share: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Really excited to be doing another book with @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social, especially one that feels so very necessary right now. Send us your on-topic speculative fiction stories and let's raise some money for transgenderlawcenter.org and raicestexas.org!
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March 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
When this guy wakes you up at 5.30am on a Sunday, don't get mad, get editing 😅
The scary story I wrote last night is now edited and a tad longer (because I was mostly adding detail, suspense and atmosphere). It's now ready for submission tomorrow 🤞
#amwriting #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity
The scary story I wrote last night is now edited and a tad longer (because I was mostly adding detail, suspense and atmosphere). It's now ready for submission tomorrow 🤞
#amwriting #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity
March 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
When this guy wakes you up at 5.30am on a Sunday, don't get mad, get editing 😅
The scary story I wrote last night is now edited and a tad longer (because I was mostly adding detail, suspense and atmosphere). It's now ready for submission tomorrow 🤞
#amwriting #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity
The scary story I wrote last night is now edited and a tad longer (because I was mostly adding detail, suspense and atmosphere). It's now ready for submission tomorrow 🤞
#amwriting #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity
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Saturday poet-ing with Forrest Gander's 'Mojave Ghost' for company...
#poet #poetrycommunity #journal #handwritten #writerslife #writingcommunity
#poet #poetrycommunity #journal #handwritten #writerslife #writingcommunity
March 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Saturday poet-ing with Forrest Gander's 'Mojave Ghost' for company...
#poet #poetrycommunity #journal #handwritten #writerslife #writingcommunity
#poet #poetrycommunity #journal #handwritten #writerslife #writingcommunity