not like sweet, but cannibalism.
🦇raised by bats.
🏳⚧they/them
🪦https://terror.garden
the leaves turn
and the ghosts
begin to breathe
again
the leaves turn
and the ghosts
begin to breathe
again
terrible teeth
wait
to gain
a thicker callous
generations of mutations
to make you bitter
on the tongue
and chewed up dead
or find a file
pliers
rocks
and embrace
your homemade magic
anyone can be
the tooth fairy
terrible teeth
wait
to gain
a thicker callous
generations of mutations
to make you bitter
on the tongue
and chewed up dead
or find a file
pliers
rocks
and embrace
your homemade magic
anyone can be
the tooth fairy
and wake up
with no alarm
still tired
but unable
to sleep
feels
so
very
mortal
and wake up
with no alarm
still tired
but unable
to sleep
feels
so
very
mortal
a hammer
that pounds
and pounds
i am so
tired
and flat
just bone
dust
and
tanned hide
a hammer
that pounds
and pounds
i am so
tired
and flat
just bone
dust
and
tanned hide
but then you look at me and i think, 'maybe. but not today.'
but then you look at me and i think, 'maybe. but not today.'
little
rabbit
little
rabbit
of wood and dirt
flowers and worms
love and memories
keep me safe
in a happy place
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of wood and dirt
flowers and worms
love and memories
keep me safe
in a happy place
#afterthewake #notafuneral #whistpr #shelter #poetry
walk with me
through the cemetery
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walk with me
through the cemetery
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the real horror
of creation
here is my blood
here are my brains
tell me
you love them
please
if you can't
will you tell me
you don't
think i'm
too far gone?
the real horror
of creation
here is my blood
here are my brains
tell me
you love them
please
if you can't
will you tell me
you don't
think i'm
too far gone?
of the spring
to come
you have been
warned
of the spring
to come
you have been
warned
to tell you
my first ever pre-order
is live
or maybe
it's undead
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to tell you
my first ever pre-order
is live
or maybe
it's undead
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4LZXJZD
The Night is a careless lover; her wives will destroy themselves if it means catching her attention.
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The Night is a careless lover; her wives will destroy themselves if it means catching her attention.
Thirteen snippets of degeneration:
avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...
ko-fi.com/s/0b8398bb1d
or rarely
it happens
I am always
a little afraid
my acceptance letter
and contract
were somehow sent to me
accidentally
"Bury the Hatchet or Bury a Friend"
will be appearing in
"Bitter Become the Fields"
from Horns and Rattles Press
or rarely
it happens
I am always
a little afraid
my acceptance letter
and contract
were somehow sent to me
accidentally
"Bury the Hatchet or Bury a Friend"
will be appearing in
"Bitter Become the Fields"
from Horns and Rattles Press
hell o Beacon Street
I have read
your opening paragraphs
over
and over
because
they are
so
very
perfect
#midnightonbeaconstreet
#amreading #horrorlit
hell o Beacon Street
I have read
your opening paragraphs
over
and over
because
they are
so
very
perfect
#midnightonbeaconstreet
#amreading #horrorlit
was hard
but it felt good
like a cold shower
on a hot day
I did it
which is a lot
though I have little to show
a small award
that paid for my hellhound's adoption fee
and some praise
I will take these small victories
and plant them
like seeds
on what I thought
was my grave
1.) Shirley Jackson award win and getting an agent
2.) Stoker nom and attending StokerCon 2023 with my family
3.) Hellraiser Quartet of Torment commentary appearance with @ericlarocca.bsky.social
I got invited to a class on Gothic lit at Sheffield Uni (Lifelong Learning) to talk about my work
I sold 2 books to a big indie publisher for reissue - they approached me
This is my best ever year for sales!
was hard
but it felt good
like a cold shower
on a hot day
I did it
which is a lot
though I have little to show
a small award
that paid for my hellhound's adoption fee
and some praise
I will take these small victories
and plant them
like seeds
on what I thought
was my grave
is always expected
little deaths
of sleep and warmth
sheltered from the cold
soon
we will all rise again
creaking from our temporary graves
to prove
nothing ever truly ends
is always expected
little deaths
of sleep and warmth
sheltered from the cold
soon
we will all rise again
creaking from our temporary graves
to prove
nothing ever truly ends
with a wide open sky
hook me
on the barbed wire
marking the made up
boundaries
you built
to anchor yourself
you could
pull it up
and run free
in the wind
too
but
maybe
that kind of wild
is as frightening to you
as these walls are
to me
with a wide open sky
hook me
on the barbed wire
marking the made up
boundaries
you built
to anchor yourself
you could
pull it up
and run free
in the wind
too
but
maybe
that kind of wild
is as frightening to you
as these walls are
to me
dusted and polished
maybe still a bit tarnished
but i liked them once
and i hope you like them now
dusted and polished
maybe still a bit tarnished
but i liked them once
and i hope you like them now
oh, dear
i could catch flies
with rot
breed them
in decay
i dream of
jewel beetles
and luna moths
i will not settle
for flies
oh, dear
i could catch flies
with rot
breed them
in decay
i dream of
jewel beetles
and luna moths
i will not settle
for flies
when the veil is thin
where the walls have
broken
become doors
they want your house
to be
as it was before
because
they cannot change
but it's okay to
move
to patch the damage
to paint
to board up old rooms
today
will not end you
when the veil is thin
where the walls have
broken
become doors
they want your house
to be
as it was before
because
they cannot change
but it's okay to
move
to patch the damage
to paint
to board up old rooms
today
will not end you