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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you!! You as well!

scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 14h

Okay mood lol we’ll get there eventually 😔🤘

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 14h

FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE

Buck Sadler is forced to return home to Appalachia after his sister is killed by a cougar. Haunted every step of the way by his dead father and creepy talking animals, Buck must organize her funeral and skip town before the mountain claims his soul, too. #DVpit #H #A #LGBT #TV

A man and a dog at a gas station amid a snowy night. There is a mountain range behind the gas station.

A drawing of a man smiling at the viewer

"You picked a sickness. You chose the silence. You are following the loneliness to its end," the deer agreed finally, cruelly. A cold wind blew across the road. The street lamps flickered. "What are you looking for, out here? John? You should go to the smokestacks."

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 14h

Jay has such a compelling narrative voice and his passion is so clear in everything he writes!! I’m still working my way through the manuscript bc I’m a slow reader </3 but already it is such a strong work of horror, cannot recommend him and Blessed Be The Flesh enough!

jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · 15h

Lonely trucker Beck knows that beautiful boys are trouble, so he can’t be too surprised when picking up an attractive amnesiac cult escapee off the side of the road plunges him into a battle for the world’s survival.

#DVpit #OWN #POC #LGBT

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 14h

JAYYY UR SO SWEET ILY (and also every time u talk abt my work it makes me happy bc you just Get It man)

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 17h

FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE follows Buck’s return to his home in the foothills of Appalachia after his sister is killed by a cougar. Haunted by their dead father and relentlessly called to the woods by talking animals, Buck must arrange her funeral before he becomes a ghost himself. #DVpit #H #A #LGBT #TV

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 17h

Grew up in southern Appalachia and now live on the edge of it! Very important to me to write about the setting in a human way and support other Appalachian writers :)

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you, I drew it! Over the course of about 2 weeks 🙏

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 18h

FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE is a gut-wrenching horror novel following Buck, who is forced to return home after his sister is killed by a cougar. Haunted by his dead father and strange talking animals, he must organize her funeral and go before the Appalachian mountains claim his soul, too. #DVpit #LGBT #TV

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 20h

FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE

Buck Sadler is forced to return home to Appalachia after his sister is killed by a cougar. Haunted every step of the way by his dead father and creepy talking animals, Buck must organize her funeral and skip town before the mountain claims his soul, too. #DVpit #H #A #LGBT #TV

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🌜Sara Kipin🌛 @LIGHTBOXEXPO @sarakipin.bsky.social · Aug 27

grief and summer heat

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 1d

I loved GOOD BOY. Genuinely rock-solid indie haunted house movie that is hugely elevated by making the main character a dog. Simple, but endlessly smart choices across the board. So harrowing, because it's a dog dealing with this supernatural bullshit.

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

For REASONS, Synthetic Sea has free delivery if you buy from bookshop org for the next couple days , so you can pick it up and direct support to your local bookshop 💜💜💜
bookshop.org/p/books/synt...

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Tonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · 22d

Remember, they hate trans joy, they hate gay joy, they hate Black joy, they hate Native joy, etc. they hate when we can laugh and love and live our lives in our own skin. They hate that we can find our way without their rigid rules. To find joy and thrive is a great act of resistance too.

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 22d

“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY

Article in newspaper stating the removal of slavery images from public spaces by the administration. Features photograph of enslaved man with deep scars on his back.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 24d

Close-up of a CRT running Silent Hill. Harry stumbles upon a bloody corpse hung up on a barbed wire fence.

Harry illuminates a dark school hall with a flashlight.

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 26d

My short story “Good for Nothing Trash Fish” was published in The Solitude Diaries’ fifth edition, Tide-Driven! The whole issue turned out gorgeous. Check it out here:

heyzine.com/flip-book/a6...

Issue V Tide-Driven | PDF to Flipbook

Might have to use to the zoom feature on mobile. Enjoy!. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 26d

Hey y’all 🤘

I’m a writer and editor from the American south. I’m currently #querying for my debut novel, an Appalachian literary horror called For Old Time’s Sake.

Check out my published works here:

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Scott “Rattlesnake” Vaughn | Instagram | Linktree

writer. editor. campfire charismatic.

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scott vaughn @woodlandrattler.bsky.social · 26d

My short story “Good for Nothing Trash Fish” was published in The Solitude Diaries’ fifth edition, Tide-Driven! The whole issue turned out gorgeous. Check it out here:

heyzine.com/flip-book/a6...

Issue V Tide-Driven | PDF to Flipbook

Might have to use to the zoom feature on mobile. Enjoy!. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com

heyzine.com

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · Jan 30

history 🐑

a stylized 3d render of a large stone wolf head. in the foreground walk a shepherd and sheep.

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · Jan 31

great news! DUDES ROCK is officially in stock at @firestorm.coop in asheville nc :D support independent bookstores y'all!

firestorm.coop/products/223...

Dudes Rock by The Circus Collective

What does masculinity mean to you? Whether the answer is "toxic" or something more aspirational, speculative fiction can help you find the language to talk about it. The...

firestorm.coop

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jay kang romanus @jelliclejay.bsky.social · Jan 27

SUMMER SONS x CAMP DAMASCUS

A gay trucker and an amnesiac hobo walk into a bar. It's no joke, but the first gust in a hurricane of angels and monsters whose punchline is the destruction of our world. Something is stirring under the desert, and it wants blood.

#2025Pit #A #SPEC #H

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The Circus Collective @circuslit.bsky.social · Jan 10

Our new anthology DUDES ROCK, edited by @jelliclejay.bsky.social with assistance from @audriserat.bsky.social, is out now ❤️‍🔥✨

From buff aliens to gender-affirming werewolf bites, this anthology is about celebrating everything that queer masculinity can be, and we want you to rock with us!

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The Circus Collective @circuslit.bsky.social · Jan 8

"The Forester" by @woodlandrattler.bsky.social

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The Circus Collective @circuslit.bsky.social · Jan 6

Today we're holding space with @trip.bsky.social's blurb for DUDES ROCK because we thought it was so powerful 💙💜

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