L. Stevens
@lstevenswriter.bsky.social
| L. Stevens | Novel in Progress |
Art Journaling | Poetry | Dark History
| Horror | Goth | Dark Academia |
Art Journaling | Poetry | Dark History
| Horror | Goth | Dark Academia |
I can’t believe has taken me this long to shout out 1922review for including my poem in their latest issue. It’s full of amazing art and writing 🖤✍🏻
#poetry
#poetry
June 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I can’t believe has taken me this long to shout out 1922review for including my poem in their latest issue. It’s full of amazing art and writing 🖤✍🏻
#poetry
#poetry
Recounting my visit to North Carolina’s Road to Nowhere while I work on the first draft of my 1970’s horror novel. I’ve been asking myself, what make a spooky place spooky?
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Lake Fontana and the Road to Nowhere
Broken promises and the surreal relics they leave behind.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Recounting my visit to North Carolina’s Road to Nowhere while I work on the first draft of my 1970’s horror novel. I’ve been asking myself, what make a spooky place spooky?
open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...
open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...
When people are showing off Chat GPT dolls, and you made yourself a real one 😏
This was a really fun project that started with a ten dollar Barbie and a used wooden crate 🖤
This was a really fun project that started with a ten dollar Barbie and a used wooden crate 🖤
April 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When people are showing off Chat GPT dolls, and you made yourself a real one 😏
This was a really fun project that started with a ten dollar Barbie and a used wooden crate 🖤
This was a really fun project that started with a ten dollar Barbie and a used wooden crate 🖤
Another art journal spread. Basically me after finally converting my old blog on Wordpress to a static author site. What a pain that was 😑
April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another art journal spread. Basically me after finally converting my old blog on Wordpress to a static author site. What a pain that was 😑
Another recent art journal spread. I made this one after watching Perfect Blue, and I think it shows.
April 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Another recent art journal spread. I made this one after watching Perfect Blue, and I think it shows.
Another recent art journal spread. I made this one out of images clipped from old issues of Modern Painter.
April 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another recent art journal spread. I made this one out of images clipped from old issues of Modern Painter.
Recent art journal spread and current motto.
Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.
Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.
April 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Recent art journal spread and current motto.
Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.
Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.
Latest post is up on Substack. I had a lot of fun putting this one together 🎧
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ASMRs I'm Listening to While Writing My 1970s Horror Novel
Setting the mood to write with the perfect soundscapes.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Latest post is up on Substack. I had a lot of fun putting this one together 🎧
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open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by L. Stevens
"Meta doesn't want anyone to buy this book" what a powerful blurb. ✔️buys book.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Meta doesn't want anyone to buy this book" what a powerful blurb. ✔️buys book.
Wanted poster for Ted Bundy. When he was incarcerated in Colorado he was treated a sort of a folk hero after briefly escaping jail. By the time he was captured in Florida after escaping again public opinion had changed dramatically.
#truecrime #darkhistory
#truecrime #darkhistory
March 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Wanted poster for Ted Bundy. When he was incarcerated in Colorado he was treated a sort of a folk hero after briefly escaping jail. By the time he was captured in Florida after escaping again public opinion had changed dramatically.
#truecrime #darkhistory
#truecrime #darkhistory
One of the eeriest pictures of Ted Bundy I came across while researching him for my novel. It was taken by Former Seattle Times photographer Jerry Gay while Ted was incarcerated in Colorado. He would later escape and commit more murders in Florida.
#truecrime #darkhistory
#truecrime #darkhistory
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One of the eeriest pictures of Ted Bundy I came across while researching him for my novel. It was taken by Former Seattle Times photographer Jerry Gay while Ted was incarcerated in Colorado. He would later escape and commit more murders in Florida.
#truecrime #darkhistory
#truecrime #darkhistory
My latest post is up on Substack, a few take aways from reading Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me as part of the research for my 1970s horror novel.
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In the Shadow of a Serial Killer
Reading Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me as part of the research for my novel
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March 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My latest post is up on Substack, a few take aways from reading Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me as part of the research for my 1970s horror novel.
open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...
open.substack.com/pub/lstevens...
I’m ready for spring, warm weather, and gardening. While it warms up I’m working on two Substack articles for March with my takeaways from researching Ted Bundy for my WIP.
March 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m ready for spring, warm weather, and gardening. While it warms up I’m working on two Substack articles for March with my takeaways from researching Ted Bundy for my WIP.
Happy Economic Blackout! I’m using a homemade body scrub, binging season one of True Detective on DVD, cleaning up the pilling on my flannels, and covering up the logos on corporate swag I thrifted.
February 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy Economic Blackout! I’m using a homemade body scrub, binging season one of True Detective on DVD, cleaning up the pilling on my flannels, and covering up the logos on corporate swag I thrifted.
February 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trying to keep February more productive than January. Set up a recurring donation to the ACLU, qualifying to proofread with Project Gutenberg, and updating my author site by the end of the week 🖤
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Trying to keep February more productive than January. Set up a recurring donation to the ACLU, qualifying to proofread with Project Gutenberg, and updating my author site by the end of the week 🖤
Experimenting with making my own patches. I can’t decide if this is funny or grammatically incorrect. I didn’t have enough stickers to spell republican so I had to get creative 🐘
#truecrime #tfg
#truecrime #tfg
February 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Experimenting with making my own patches. I can’t decide if this is funny or grammatically incorrect. I didn’t have enough stickers to spell republican so I had to get creative 🐘
#truecrime #tfg
#truecrime #tfg
January’s post is up. Looking back at how my first visit to a used bookstore got me through a turbulent time in my life.
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How We Survive Real Life Horrors
Looking back at my first trip to an iconic bookstore during a turbulent time in my life.
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January 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
January’s post is up. Looking back at how my first visit to a used bookstore got me through a turbulent time in my life.
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Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
“If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
- Donald J. Trump
- Donald J. Trump
January 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
- Donald J. Trump
- Donald J. Trump
Is it Friday yet😣 Working on finalizing my Substack post today and taking qualifying tests to volunteer with Project Gutenberg ✍🏻
#amwriting #projectgutenberg
#amwriting #projectgutenberg
January 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Is it Friday yet😣 Working on finalizing my Substack post today and taking qualifying tests to volunteer with Project Gutenberg ✍🏻
#amwriting #projectgutenberg
#amwriting #projectgutenberg
“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.”
George Orwell, 1984
#bannedbooks
George Orwell, 1984
#bannedbooks
January 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.”
George Orwell, 1984
#bannedbooks
George Orwell, 1984
#bannedbooks
Last night’s sunset and Taco Bell were the bright spots of a very distressing week.
Regrouping this weekend so I can focus on writing again.
#amwriting #comfortfood
Regrouping this weekend so I can focus on writing again.
#amwriting #comfortfood
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Last night’s sunset and Taco Bell were the bright spots of a very distressing week.
Regrouping this weekend so I can focus on writing again.
#amwriting #comfortfood
Regrouping this weekend so I can focus on writing again.
#amwriting #comfortfood
I feel as worried now as I did in March 2020. Reading through the executive orders made me feel sick, and I fear whatever comes next.
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I feel as worried now as I did in March 2020. Reading through the executive orders made me feel sick, and I fear whatever comes next.