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Rebecca Cantrell

@rebeccacantrell.bsky.social

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NY Times bestselling writer, cat slave, and nerd. No DMs unless I actually know you. No AI in my posts or my books. I wring them out of my writer brain drop by drop. (she/her)

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 9d

I have a Halloween short story collection out for your reading pleasure. #booksky #halloween www.amazon.com/Firegazer-Re...

Firegazer

Firegazer - Kindle edition by Cantrell, Rebecca. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Firegazer.

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

Lovely!

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

Follow a young boy on All Hallow's Eve as he gazes into the fire of a magic lantern and discovers a foul family legacy that spans centuries in FIREGAZER. www.amazon.com/Firegazer-Re... #horrorwriterschat

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

Like a lamb to the slaughter

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

It's early over here so...

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

Your eyes are next if you don't listen. Little splinters of bone fit right in there. #horrorwriterschat

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 3h

@martinshannon.bsky.social Gorgeous teacup just above in the thread

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

And I missed my chance by avoiding the curse like a fool

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Very much on brand for the assignment!

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Especially if you have the Winchester brothers to hang out with. And hot angel.

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

And yet you persisted, walking to your fate, skirts gathered in one pale hand. Delivering yourself to the monster at the appointed time to save your family, little knowing that you were dooming each generation to carry forward the curse #horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 4h

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.

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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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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

a man holding a glass with the word cursed on the bottom

Alt: a man holding a glass with the word cursed on the bottom

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

But hitting 5% of it is nearly impossible

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Didn't you hear me when I said 'eldritch curse?' #horrorwriterschat

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Mine's a tie of Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Princess Bride.

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Bad moms do...

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not going to get into the business of ranking ghosts. That's how you call down an eldritch haunting that crosses generations. I love them all equally, like a good mom. #horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 4h

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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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

You did and I played it. It was during my interactive fiction phase that I seem to have wandered out of lazily

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

@martinshannon.bsky.social Any ideas?

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

I think this is the same place? itch.io/blog/801270/...

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=s8oklhvdqoo5dv4l You’re a vampire hunter on your night off. You’re getting a manicure, seeing a movie, and eating fast food. But there’s a vampire in this McDonalds...

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Yes indeed for fuck's sake. It has minimal violence and sex. Rated PG, I'd say. It is on Itch? Probably blocked there too.

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

It's an interactive fiction game (free) where you have to kill a vampire at a McDonalds using only the standard items you have there. You're a vampire hunter (usually the bait, not the warrior) and you're tired from a long day's work. #horrorwriterschat

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

I don't, but now I must look it up!

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Have you ever been to Germany? Because I think it's quite close

Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Ooo...have you played 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds on Itch? Seems like your jam

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 4h

Flashes of rage against a sea of ennui and plaintive wails of "can I take the picture again? I look awful" #horrorwriterschat

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