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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 2d

My next #MythologyMonday book recommendation is 'The Book of Japanese Folklore' by Thersa Matsuura (@uncannyjapan.bsky.social). It introduces a collection of yokai with Thersa's wonderful storytelling and gorgeous illustrations by Michelle Wang. She's also got a #yokai oracle deck on the way.

Front cover of 'The Book of Japanese Folklore'

Illustration of a white nine-tailed fix and red torii in a forest.

Illustration of a tengu, winged being with long red nose.

Open page of book with text about bakeneko and nekomata and illustration to match.

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Shiro Sirius @shirosiri.us · 1d

I’ve rambled about this before but of all the many facets of fascism shown in 1984, it bothers me that everyone latched onto “surveillance bad!” as the moral of the book and completely ignored the bit where they reduced the English language specially to make it harder to formulate improper thoughts

Leen McBeans 🦇 @leenmcbeans.bsky.social · 2d

It will never not bother me to hear “unalived” or “graped”. We’ve more than proved that banning language only creates different words for the same topics that we absolutely need to be talking about. Stop making serious issues sound less serious by banning the real heavy words. They’re not the issue

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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 15h

May we have some links, please?

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 17h

I don't want to promote myself.
The founder of this chat and my co-host is in hospital, so he can't be here tonight, and huge thanks to Gree for stepping in at short notice.
But he writes such lovely ghost stories. Some of them are short, and cheap. If you could snag his books, it would help no end.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 17h

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.

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 17h

This week's Martin finale goes out to @chaoticauthor.online. The man needs your help. He's bored, in a hospital, and low on the green. Send him messages and use this link to brighten his day. Without Matt, you'd never get to read my corny jokes. HORROR!

ko-fi.com/onechaoticau...

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 17h

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Thanks for hosting!

Please check out the 21 page preview of my horror/fantasy graphic novel #TheWorldsBetweenUs;

onegemini.com/digitalprevi...

I'd really appreciate more eyes on it. Been kinda quiet since I released the preview.

Thanks everyone!

The cover to The Worlds Between Us Special Preview and a QR code for the download page.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 17h

No surprise for those who read A Survivor's Eye, but my favourite place for ghosts is in your very body; the whisper in your ear, the shadow that lays in the corner of your eye, the pit in your stomach. They are your best and worst essence taking a shape all of their own.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

#HorrorWritersChat. I'm promoting indie authors, as always. Also, you can find my 'Porcelain Soul' among these promos:
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 17h

I take elements of nature and turn them into shade, a theatre of shadows, a landscape layered over another, old gods and goddesses drifting into the present, ancestors returning but still held by the land.
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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 17h

I mostly enjoy more modern depictions of ghosts, as in the last hundred and fifty years or so, whether anecdotal or fictional. Ghosts as echoes, ghosts as specters of the dead, ghosts repeating entrenched and violent patterns, ghosts with unfinished business.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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!

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 17h

I favor the folkloric ghosts—the ones whispered about behind church pews and in hollow places, passed down and patched over generations. Yet I love when an author peels that fabric back and lets the old haunt breathe through something new.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

♫ I swear they were spooks, spooks, spooks
I know they were spooks, spooks, spooks, spooks
I couldn't move, just stood and stare
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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 17h

I adore ghosts of all kinds and all traditions. I find the rich and complex phantasmal eco-system of Japan especially alluring.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 17h

I find a spirit created through the corruption of memory usually provides the best haunts. As stated earlier, a shade of another reality leaking through to ours, lost and damned to claw in desperation to return to life. Soon, their madness becomes malevolent.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

OMG I love that movie! That poor boy in the well.... #HorrorWritersChat

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 17h

I think my taste bends more towards ghosts that aren't traditional. Give me things that don't have a shape, don't have a voice, warp your mind or your guts or time. I want ghosts I can long for and be afraid of at the same time.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

Robert Johnson gently plays his guitar there #HorrorWritersChat

Edwin, Heart as Black as the Shadows Between the Trees @edwinbeatnik.bsky.social · 18h

Trees drink souls that linger on crossroads. Their branches block the path to Heaven, their roots entangle the road to Hell. And so spirits linger, and so they are consumed.
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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

Oh, haunting and atmospheric! I like it #HorrorWritersChat

M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

Yikes! #HorrorWritersChat

M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

I love ghosts in any shape and form, but if I have to pick, I'll go with a vengeful spirit, trying to haunt their killer and/or seeking revenge through a family line. That blends horror and thriller, which is one of my favorite tropes #HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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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M.H.Urban @mhurban.bsky.social · 17h

Oh dear! I'm a night owl and a chronic insomniac. There's no bed to me until 1am if I'm lucky😅

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 18h

Ghosts are like cats and haunt wherever they please. I prefer to find them in ancient ruins, gloomy streets and hidden alleys. Or anywhere good chocolate is sold. #horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 18h

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My stories are full of sculleries, parlours, back bedrooms, suburban lounges, drab galley kitchens. I find abject horror in the horribly ordinary. The secrets are all behind closed doors. People who you’d never think were monsters. But are.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 18h

I love big houses, whether luxurious or not. Houses with lots of rooms. Strange architecture. Not enough windows. Walls that knock. Boards that groan. A house that complains of its age just as much as its past residents do.

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 18h

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?
#HorrorWritersChat

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