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HD Beird

@thebeird.bsky.social

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Human shaped Form who try write #book good. Likes himself some of those #movies and #videogames too. Also facial hair enthusiast. #indie #scifi #fantasy #horror https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08W9KRT15?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 11h

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!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 11h

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Thanks Gree

I'll promote LOST WITNESS

Doesn't have ghosts in it but it is a Gothic Romance within a heightened sci-fi setting

And I really want people to check it out and tell me how amazing I am

Or tell me how shit it is, that'd be cool!

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 11h

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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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 11h

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The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears

And then your pants fell down and the dead laughed hard enough to summon tears!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 11h

Had to get the ectoplasm prop from somewhere

😑

Apologies

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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!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 11h

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Well keeping with Ghostbusters, the one who visited Ray in his dream was . . .

Nah nah, I like the ones tied to a mystery that reveals one of the lving as being a world class shit which leads to their comeuppence

The Devil's Backbone is a particular fave!

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 12h

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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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 12h

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The containment unit in the Ghostbusters' basement

That, or in a theatre

Somewhere full of history

A place that thousands of people have occupied all at once through the crossroads of time

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 12h

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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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 12h

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Hi I'm HD Beird . . . still here I guess

Current research suggests HD stands for Hazey Days, cause time is one long collage of grey mush 😶‍🌫️

I write science fiction themed horror that explores spirituality and smut!

My visage tonight?

Check this out 👇

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 12h

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 12h

Fun is nice

HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

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Thanks Eryn

This topic was true to my heart, since my first book AMNION has an elder protagonist

It seems to have had an effect on those who read it

Go on, read it

It's one of the most fun times reading something bleak you'll have

#horror

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat here you go, your chance to shine. Do repost others, too. We're all in it together.

there is no algorithm here, so visibility depends on engagement with others.
hit the questions, use the hashtag, share other writer’s stuff.
finally, have you got something to shout about? Now’s your chance.

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

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Life is regret

Longer the life goes on, the more regrets

So uh, that sucks

Sucks even worse if you let them regrets manifest and take your life away from you

🧐

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7d

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Ageing comes to us all, if we're lucky. And while we might not self-insert, our fears colour our horror.
Does it matter if our characters are young or old? Do our ages, and our feelings about ageing, slip quietly out of their mouths?
Do we speak our fears?
10 minutes to outro

In Horror, ageing itself can be terrifying or empowering.
What does it mean to you and your stories?

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

I can't bring myself to watch it 🫣

HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

I love Logan

What a perfect way to send off Hugh Jackman's tenure as Wolverine

H'yep, perfect

No need to do more than that, was there? 😔

HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

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Well, if one has lived longer, one has a set bunch of routines to get through the day

And when something disrupts that routine, that's when the anxiety starts to build up

And when the routine is gone, that's when reality starts to shift

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7d

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Puberty or kids brings one element to a story. Hero's journey, finding themselves, etc. An older character might have that too. Or it might be entirely different. What say you?

Age brings history - regrets, resilience, trauma, wisdom.
how do you use an older character’s lived experience to heighten the horror in your writing?

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

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Well, life has already kicked their ass so that changes the dyanamic

Makes them more weary, so their guard is up

Maybe make them value life more to protect

Or makes them more melancholic and not all that bothered about losing their own life

Or makes them a greedy git

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

I think yours works perfectly!

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7d

Gather close, #HorrorWritersChat bods, whether you creak, or not. And believe me, many of us creaked in our teens, it's all good.
Age is just one factor.
But it's an interesting one that we do overlook. How many of us actually have older characters in our books, that aren't the wise mentor type?

Horror is chock full of young characters. What about your older ones? How do they shape the story differently?

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

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Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy and weird

Spooky research suggests HD stands for Hama Dryad

I'd like to think it's something to do with wood, but it's probably because I barely move 😔

I write sci-fi set horror and erotica, and am hold enough to remember optimism

So uh, about forty

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