Callum Haire
@calscareseasy.bsky.social
Horror writer. It’s all fiction … probably.
My #Halloween story has been given an awesome read on The Creepy Corner podcast for its series of spooky reads. Check it out - just be sure to reply:
open.spotify.com/episode/3z9m...
open.spotify.com/episode/3z9m...
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My #Halloween story has been given an awesome read on The Creepy Corner podcast for its series of spooky reads. Check it out - just be sure to reply:
open.spotify.com/episode/3z9m...
open.spotify.com/episode/3z9m...
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WE DID IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉
over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽
Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽
Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
WE DID IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉
over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽
Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
over $20,000 raised with 3 days still left to go! Thank you all so much to everyone who shared and supported our Kickstarter; we truly, TRULY couldn't have done it without you! 💜👽
Bask in the warm glow of a fully funded Kickstarter with us 🌟
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Of Beasts & Bones COVER REVEAL!
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Of Beasts & Bones COVER REVEAL!
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
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ME: "The very idea of a literary prize is absurd. Elevating one writer above their peers as 'the best'? Preposterous!"
ALSO ME, walking up to your park bench and leaning down to stare directly into your eyes: "Did you see they announced the winner of the DLP Halloween Drabble contest?"
ALSO ME, walking up to your park bench and leaning down to stare directly into your eyes: "Did you see they announced the winner of the DLP Halloween Drabble contest?"
Find out who won our second annual Drabble contest right here: spotify.link/y5SAZdkpuXb
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October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ME: "The very idea of a literary prize is absurd. Elevating one writer above their peers as 'the best'? Preposterous!"
ALSO ME, walking up to your park bench and leaning down to stare directly into your eyes: "Did you see they announced the winner of the DLP Halloween Drabble contest?"
ALSO ME, walking up to your park bench and leaning down to stare directly into your eyes: "Did you see they announced the winner of the DLP Halloween Drabble contest?"
In Space No One Can Hear You Drabble… unless they’re listening to @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social that is…!
So fun to hear my entry and all the others read out for the Halloween season. Thank you for the awesome Drabble contest 👻
So fun to hear my entry and all the others read out for the Halloween season. Thank you for the awesome Drabble contest 👻
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In Space No One Can Hear You Drabble… unless they’re listening to @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social that is…!
So fun to hear my entry and all the others read out for the Halloween season. Thank you for the awesome Drabble contest 👻
So fun to hear my entry and all the others read out for the Halloween season. Thank you for the awesome Drabble contest 👻
am becoming obsessed by this fox in my garden 🦊
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
am becoming obsessed by this fox in my garden 🦊
Excited that my story - If You Don’t Reply - will be featured on the Creepy Corner podcast in October for its spooky season! 🎃
This one’s all about childhood dares, Halloween, and those chain letters I used to hate back in the day. Did you reply to them?
#HorrorFiction #Horror #Podcast
This one’s all about childhood dares, Halloween, and those chain letters I used to hate back in the day. Did you reply to them?
#HorrorFiction #Horror #Podcast
September 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Excited that my story - If You Don’t Reply - will be featured on the Creepy Corner podcast in October for its spooky season! 🎃
This one’s all about childhood dares, Halloween, and those chain letters I used to hate back in the day. Did you reply to them?
#HorrorFiction #Horror #Podcast
This one’s all about childhood dares, Halloween, and those chain letters I used to hate back in the day. Did you reply to them?
#HorrorFiction #Horror #Podcast
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your moment of calm: three baby raccoons playing a little tug o war with a dog toy and enjoying the kiddie pool.
September 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
your moment of calm: three baby raccoons playing a little tug o war with a dog toy and enjoying the kiddie pool.
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We just met our funding goal! Thank you times infinity to the backers of the last 30 minutes, and everyone in the last 28 days. There will be 3LBE 2026! 🖤🐙 📖
There’s still time for stretch goals, which will add more issues and more stories.
There’s still time for stretch goals, which will add more issues and more stories.
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We just met our funding goal! Thank you times infinity to the backers of the last 30 minutes, and everyone in the last 28 days. There will be 3LBE 2026! 🖤🐙 📖
There’s still time for stretch goals, which will add more issues and more stories.
There’s still time for stretch goals, which will add more issues and more stories.
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This is probably exactly how Mary Shelley envisioned him
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is probably exactly how Mary Shelley envisioned him
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I took @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's AI story challenge and put on my @weirdfictionquarterly.com hat to see how well the 8 entries (4 human, 4 AI) would fare in our submission vetting process.
The results surprised me.
(Don't read this before his post linked below.)
#Writing #AI #FlashFiction
The results surprised me.
(Don't read this before his post linked below.)
#Writing #AI #FlashFiction
Note 76: Hunting (and publishing) AI demons
Let's see just how well my AI-story detecting radar is working these days!
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September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I took @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's AI story challenge and put on my @weirdfictionquarterly.com hat to see how well the 8 entries (4 human, 4 AI) would fare in our submission vetting process.
The results surprised me.
(Don't read this before his post linked below.)
#Writing #AI #FlashFiction
The results surprised me.
(Don't read this before his post linked below.)
#Writing #AI #FlashFiction
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"On my walk I pass underneath a tree, and hanging from the branches, about twenty feet up, is a pair of shoes."
God DAMN! @amykdebellis.bsky.social bringing the heat this week with the incredible and creepy and wonderfully written "Incompleteness!" This is such a perfect start to the fall season!!
God DAMN! @amykdebellis.bsky.social bringing the heat this week with the incredible and creepy and wonderfully written "Incompleteness!" This is such a perfect start to the fall season!!
Incompleteness by Amy DeBellis
On my walk I pass underneath a tree, and hanging from the branches, about twenty feet up, is a pair of shoes. It occurs to me that they look similar to a pair of my husband’s. Even in the dim light, I...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"On my walk I pass underneath a tree, and hanging from the branches, about twenty feet up, is a pair of shoes."
God DAMN! @amykdebellis.bsky.social bringing the heat this week with the incredible and creepy and wonderfully written "Incompleteness!" This is such a perfect start to the fall season!!
God DAMN! @amykdebellis.bsky.social bringing the heat this week with the incredible and creepy and wonderfully written "Incompleteness!" This is such a perfect start to the fall season!!
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Oh god, if this wasn't even the first time she ran into weird shit 😆
Thank you for reading! Thrilled you dug it 💛
Thank you for reading! Thrilled you dug it 💛
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Oh god, if this wasn't even the first time she ran into weird shit 😆
Thank you for reading! Thrilled you dug it 💛
Thank you for reading! Thrilled you dug it 💛
Just finished #AGameInYellow by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and wow - blown away by the amazing characters and ideas. Would recommend this scary read.
Join me in praying for a Blanca prequel set in Raspberry Swirl 🍥
Join me in praying for a Blanca prequel set in Raspberry Swirl 🍥
September 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just finished #AGameInYellow by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and wow - blown away by the amazing characters and ideas. Would recommend this scary read.
Join me in praying for a Blanca prequel set in Raspberry Swirl 🍥
Join me in praying for a Blanca prequel set in Raspberry Swirl 🍥
Really psyched for next year’s “Of Beasts and Bones” anthology from @robinknabel.bsky.social after seeing this tantalising cover reveal. It looks so scary!
I know of at least one vampire hiding in this dark collection 👀 but I am most curious about what else is hiding in there
I know of at least one vampire hiding in this dark collection 👀 but I am most curious about what else is hiding in there
August 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Really psyched for next year’s “Of Beasts and Bones” anthology from @robinknabel.bsky.social after seeing this tantalising cover reveal. It looks so scary!
I know of at least one vampire hiding in this dark collection 👀 but I am most curious about what else is hiding in there
I know of at least one vampire hiding in this dark collection 👀 but I am most curious about what else is hiding in there
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I'm thrilled to share the list of contributing authors from OF BEASTS & BONES coming 2026! This is going to be a terrifying collection of short horror. I hope you're ready for it.🦴💀📕
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm thrilled to share the list of contributing authors from OF BEASTS & BONES coming 2026! This is going to be a terrifying collection of short horror. I hope you're ready for it.🦴💀📕
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"Even within the family, Laura endures unwelcome scrutiny. Uncomfortable and unsettling, and well worth the read." 🐛
Thank you for the review @mynachang.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Don't forget to check out @emilmorel.bsky.social's "Denizens of my Face," out now in Apex Magazine!
Thank you for the review @mynachang.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Don't forget to check out @emilmorel.bsky.social's "Denizens of my Face," out now in Apex Magazine!
August 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Even within the family, Laura endures unwelcome scrutiny. Uncomfortable and unsettling, and well worth the read." 🐛
Thank you for the review @mynachang.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Don't forget to check out @emilmorel.bsky.social's "Denizens of my Face," out now in Apex Magazine!
Thank you for the review @mynachang.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Don't forget to check out @emilmorel.bsky.social's "Denizens of my Face," out now in Apex Magazine!
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Sometimes I feel like horror shouldn’t be trying so hard to be respectable. Filth is fun.
August 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes I feel like horror shouldn’t be trying so hard to be respectable. Filth is fun.
My beach read for 2025 - The Promethean Archives by The Words Faire Press!
Disclaimer - my #horror story, The Only Way to Win is in it 🙈 if you like cryptids and dingy motels you may enjoy
Disclaimer - my #horror story, The Only Way to Win is in it 🙈 if you like cryptids and dingy motels you may enjoy
August 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My beach read for 2025 - The Promethean Archives by The Words Faire Press!
Disclaimer - my #horror story, The Only Way to Win is in it 🙈 if you like cryptids and dingy motels you may enjoy
Disclaimer - my #horror story, The Only Way to Win is in it 🙈 if you like cryptids and dingy motels you may enjoy
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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND is here!
Honored to be part of this tremendous gathering of authors. Thank you @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social for bringing us together, and @stephenking.bsky.social for letting us dream in his world🖤
Honored to be part of this tremendous gathering of authors. Thank you @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social for bringing us together, and @stephenking.bsky.social for letting us dream in his world🖤
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND is here!
Honored to be part of this tremendous gathering of authors. Thank you @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social for bringing us together, and @stephenking.bsky.social for letting us dream in his world🖤
Honored to be part of this tremendous gathering of authors. Thank you @cgolden.bsky.social and @briankeene.bsky.social for bringing us together, and @stephenking.bsky.social for letting us dream in his world🖤
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I hope you're ok today.
I hope you're safe and warm, and have plenty of books and tea.
I hope your fangs have tasted the dark fabric of life and your tentacles will one day spread across the cosmos.
I hope you're safe and warm, and have plenty of books and tea.
I hope your fangs have tasted the dark fabric of life and your tentacles will one day spread across the cosmos.
August 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I hope you're ok today.
I hope you're safe and warm, and have plenty of books and tea.
I hope your fangs have tasted the dark fabric of life and your tentacles will one day spread across the cosmos.
I hope you're safe and warm, and have plenty of books and tea.
I hope your fangs have tasted the dark fabric of life and your tentacles will one day spread across the cosmos.
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This book came out a year ago. Had a great tour, a glowing NYT review, and was on NPR. It didn’t blow up. Not a bestseller. Didn’t get optioned. Won nothing. Didn’t earn out. Now I have no contract and I’m struggling with the next one. Being a writer is an endless war of attrition. Time to write!
August 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This book came out a year ago. Had a great tour, a glowing NYT review, and was on NPR. It didn’t blow up. Not a bestseller. Didn’t get optioned. Won nothing. Didn’t earn out. Now I have no contract and I’m struggling with the next one. Being a writer is an endless war of attrition. Time to write!
Fascinating to pick up this village history and find tales of demon cows, ghost watches and strange moon-gifts instead. Is The Culbin Sands by George Bain really a folk #horror novel?
August 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fascinating to pick up this village history and find tales of demon cows, ghost watches and strange moon-gifts instead. Is The Culbin Sands by George Bain really a folk #horror novel?
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A meet-cute involving hamentaschen, protective spirits, and allergies? Yes please! Check out "Bashert" by Y.M. Resnik in our second issue:
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Bashert - Small Wonders
You are not a loser. It is completely normal to bring baskets of food to random strangers and acquaintances on Purim. Including the hamentaschen that you deliver to Sarina in 6C.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A meet-cute involving hamentaschen, protective spirits, and allergies? Yes please! Check out "Bashert" by Y.M. Resnik in our second issue:
smallwondersmag.com/...
smallwondersmag.com/...