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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 10h

Could be fun. I’m wondering if it would be better to structure it like a TV episode, or…Can I put a laugh track in a story? Like the character is being watched by a shadowy audience that just watches and reacts but does nothing?!

I echo your hmm…You think and I’ll think.

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 10h

@kennethwreid.bsky.social You’re the expert on these kinds of things. Got any ideas for Very Special Episodes of your own?

For myself…I kind of feel like I have to submit something to this. But…unfinished books…day job…need for sleep…I…will…probably submit.

#writingcommunity #horrorcmunity

Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 10h

Open Call: Very Special Episodes
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
Window: Oct 15 - Jan 15 2026
Pay: $25, with $40 for their favorite story
Theme: Stories that recapture the magic of some of the most disturbing very special episodes kids shows of the 90’s which referenced horrific true crime
#AmWriting

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 10h

Love this concept! I was jumpscared by my black coat hanging on the door the other night 😂

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 10h

In my haste to post, I forgot to say, A big thank you for hosting! x

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 10h

If you want to support me, check out our Patreon and my Reddit. Both can be found in my profile. Thanks, and happy reading.

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 10h

celebrate the Fall Equinox. Needless to say, things don't go well.
www.patreon.com/posts/140073...

The second thing is our Tumblr community meant for people to post their original stories. It functions a lot like a subreddit. You just need an account

www.tumblr.com/communities/...

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 10h

Gree has done an excellent job hosting #HorrorWritersChat. As for me, I got a couple things to promote, both pertaining to The #ShadowBoxArchives. The first is that my featured story for September has just gone public. It's about a couple teens who think
doing a dark web ritual is a good way to

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 10h

#HorrorWritersChat "Hannah and Other Stories" has been out 15 days and people are still screaming about it! Or are they just screaming? Either way, available in paperback and ebook.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you. Some exquisitely worded creepy prompts.

Since we have been talking of phantoms, I happen to have a ghost story out soon.

It is called Hollowed By Thy Name, and will hopefully be released in a Halloween zine on classic British horror from @generalwitch.bsky.social

#HorrorWritersChat

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 10h

It was fun as always!

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The book cover Maryneal 1962. The protagonist is covered in blood and running towards the reader. There are cars facing the title that is displayed at a drive-in movie theater. The quote on the front says a harrowing and gorgeously rendered exploration of grief from USA Today best selling author Emily Jane.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for hosting! Always a delight to talk ghosts!

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Villimey Mist @villimeymist.bsky.social · 10h

#horrorwriterschat

if Icelandic folklore tickles your spooky fancy, then why not check out my short story collection Visceral Discoveries on the 'Zon 😉

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Visceral Discoveries: A Collection of Ill-fitted Horror

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 10h

For promo, I'll stick with ghosts and go with my debut novella, A Survivor's Eye.

Imagine a haunted house but with the ghosts in your thoughts, threatening to take control.
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Promo image for A Survivor's Eye depicting the cover (a pale and haunted face, bleached of humanity, drowning in a sea of smoke. Two desperate handprints pressed against the whites of their eyes, trying to escape), on a tablet which itself hovers above thick blue smoke. The accompanying text reads; "There's more to life than survival. Available now"

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 10h

On my end, I have made significant progress on my WIP's, titled Land of Gold, third and final draft. I'm halfway done in rewriting the combat choreography, and after that, I can FINALLY start working on the draft!

...some of you might even see it as alpha readers. 😈

#HorrorWritersChat

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks Gree! And if you're still in an ethereal, ghostly mood, check out the scariest collection of 2025: Symphony for Walpurgis. You can grab your tickets using the links below.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 10h

Concluding? Oh please! The Phantasmal Symposium’s work is eternal, as is the thirst for alive souls! We are simply twirling away elsewhere…

Now is your time to join us! What do you write? In what crypts can we peruse it? What more do you have to share?

#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.

The Orchestra Has Performed Their Final Piece!
The Symposium hopes you enjoyed our ghastly arrangement in this music hall! There is no algorithm here – visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others’ posts!

The orchestra shall resume its operations… next week.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Stabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much for a phantasmagoric delight, Gree!

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 10h

Thanks for a fun one, Gree!
I have a collection that explores ghosts and (un)natural horrors all lingering in the corner of your eye…
#HorrorWritersChat

Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There

Check out Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There - <p>Perception is reality. But how much can you trust with only two eyes? Cracks in the fabric of the universe reveal facets of a p...

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 10h

My collection, out on Halloween, the day the veil is thinnest! Just one quote from a reviewer: "It’s like cracking open a book and landing in a drive in theater on 80s horror night!"

Meet me at the drive-in. Be there or be devoured by the ghosts of Samhain. 🎃

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing job hosting dude

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, Gree! Great work as host.

Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat Great work chatting.

I just wrote a blog I like a lot. Why not share it? www.patreon.com/posts/140749...

Closing Chapters and The Days of Incandescence | Mark Guyer

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 10h

#HorrorWritersChat

BTW, ghosts are my favorite paranormal creature. I love "true" hauntings & I try to visit them when possible. I love a good haunted restaurant. I don't believe in ghosts, but I consider myself an X Files Atheist - I Want To Believe. 👻

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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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pun @thelastpunicorn.bsky.social · 10h

I tend more toward the folkloric when it comes to most any creature or spectre

most modern interpretations feel less interesting, filed down and made palatable in a way that I can’t quite sink my teeth into

folklore tells us about ourselves, the dark ugly bits we try to hide

#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 10h

The moment you entered the graveyard
Scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.

The moment you entered the cradle,
The ancient snail followed your fears

The moment you entered the blood
you body contorted to fit the mold
The moment, ah sweet moments
you lose when soul is sold
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

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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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 10h

So now me know where the monkey paw came from. #HorrorWritersChat

A Local Cryptid @michelleheller.bsky.social · 10h

#HorrorWritersChat
You weren't sure where the sound came from at first; not until it continued enough to lure you to a magnificent tomb. Intricate statues carved into the structure stared at you with lifeless, rough eyes, one reaching out. The last thing you remember is taking its hand.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

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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