Elie Lichtschein
@hebrewhorror.bsky.social
Writer of horror, lover of sharks, believer in aliens
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I just published "Papa's Projection," a Jewish ghost story about mourning, sound, and resurrection.
When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...
When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...
Papa's Projection
A story of grandfathers and ghosts
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I just published "Papa's Projection," a Jewish ghost story about mourning, sound, and resurrection.
When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...
When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...
When my mom was 18, hiking in Israel, she slipped near a cliff, and a man appeared from nowhere to pull her back. He vanished, leaving behind a purple notebook listing her Hebrew name. She believes he was one of the 36 hidden righteous souls who keep the world from falling.
My Mom's Notebook of the 36 Hidden Holy Ones
Chapter One: Number Eleven
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November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When my mom was 18, hiking in Israel, she slipped near a cliff, and a man appeared from nowhere to pull her back. He vanished, leaving behind a purple notebook listing her Hebrew name. She believes he was one of the 36 hidden righteous souls who keep the world from falling.
Reposted by Elie Lichtschein
Wonderful, in-depth conversation between @hebrewhorror.bsky.social and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social about (among other things) writing, publishing, conspiracy theories, and Ilana's new novel, BEINGS (out 23 Sept.). I had a great time watching it!
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...
September 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Wonderful, in-depth conversation between @hebrewhorror.bsky.social and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social about (among other things) writing, publishing, conspiracy theories, and Ilana's new novel, BEINGS (out 23 Sept.). I had a great time watching it!
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...
I interviewed Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) for my newsletter.
We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.
We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.
Interview with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket
"The spookiest and most delightful thing in the world"
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August 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I interviewed Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) for my newsletter.
We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.
We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.
I wrote a story about a serial killer preying on young women in the Blue Ridge Mountains hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
This Is Where It Happens
Serial killer of the mountains, playing the long game
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July 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I wrote a story about a serial killer preying on young women in the Blue Ridge Mountains hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
Ever wondered how to write a letter to Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? Or the kind of depraved narcissistic mind that might try to do so for personal gain/the art of manipulation?
Well, here's a step by step guide.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
Well, here's a step by step guide.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
How to Write to Inmate 02879-509
Penal correspondence with a susceptible narcissist
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July 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ever wondered how to write a letter to Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? Or the kind of depraved narcissistic mind that might try to do so for personal gain/the art of manipulation?
Well, here's a step by step guide.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
Well, here's a step by step guide.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
I wrote a horror story called The Circumcision. It's about a mohel hired to perform a bris for a mysterious gated community in the midwest. The people in the community are not people but shaydim, my favorite Jewish monster by a long shot
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hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-circum...
The Circumcision: A Story About Shaydim
On blades, blood, babies, and the things that walk like men
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June 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I wrote a horror story called The Circumcision. It's about a mohel hired to perform a bris for a mysterious gated community in the midwest. The people in the community are not people but shaydim, my favorite Jewish monster by a long shot
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-circum...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-circum...
In 1985, billionaire Leslie Wexner told New York Magazine that he wakes up each day in the company of a dybbuk, a clinging spirit shaped like an angel.
Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line?
I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.
Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line?
I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.
Leslie Wexner's Lifelong Dybbuk
The demon at the center of the Ohio Victorian's secret
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June 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In 1985, billionaire Leslie Wexner told New York Magazine that he wakes up each day in the company of a dybbuk, a clinging spirit shaped like an angel.
Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line?
I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.
Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line?
I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.
I just finished writing a creepy tale inspired by the unsettling descriptions of biblical angels. It follows Bernard, an elderly man battling harsh storms and something far stranger than weather — otherworldly beings that visit him in his darkest moment.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...
A Sudden Appearance of Angels
The old man and the swarm in the storm
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May 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I just finished writing a creepy tale inspired by the unsettling descriptions of biblical angels. It follows Bernard, an elderly man battling harsh storms and something far stranger than weather — otherworldly beings that visit him in his darkest moment.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...
Plague of R. Fog
Amphibians entombed from the obsidian
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April 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I never really come on here except to scream "new story!" which I know is a terrible engagement strategy HOWEVER this time it's totally different - new Passover story! print it out just in time for the Seder! Scar the kids, scare the wife! Make Elijah proud
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hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-night-...
The Night God Showed Up
A Passover horror story
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April 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I never really come on here except to scream "new story!" which I know is a terrible engagement strategy HOWEVER this time it's totally different - new Passover story! print it out just in time for the Seder! Scar the kids, scare the wife! Make Elijah proud
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-night-...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-night-...
I wrote a Purim horror story set in 1988 where a group of celebrating Jews hang mannequins of the ten worst antisemites to ever live. Even though it's anachronstic I included Kanye West in them (see the pic) BECAUSE FUCK NAZIS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
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hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/purimfest-...
Purimfest, 1988
Jewish marauding under the gallows of green
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March 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I wrote a Purim horror story set in 1988 where a group of celebrating Jews hang mannequins of the ten worst antisemites to ever live. Even though it's anachronstic I included Kanye West in them (see the pic) BECAUSE FUCK NAZIS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/purimfest-...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/purimfest-...
I imagined the 6 additional Dylan movies Chalamet stars in over the next forty years
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/chalamet-a...
I was inspired by Timmy's interview with Narduar in December, where he mentioned he'd love to keep playing Bobby as he gets older
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/chalamet-a...
I was inspired by Timmy's interview with Narduar in December, where he mentioned he'd love to keep playing Bobby as he gets older
Chalamet as Dylan Revisited
Examining the 7 times Timmy went Zimmy from 2024–2062
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February 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I imagined the 6 additional Dylan movies Chalamet stars in over the next forty years
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/chalamet-a...
I was inspired by Timmy's interview with Narduar in December, where he mentioned he'd love to keep playing Bobby as he gets older
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/chalamet-a...
I was inspired by Timmy's interview with Narduar in December, where he mentioned he'd love to keep playing Bobby as he gets older
I wrote a (mostly) fake history of the Dakota, one of the spookiest buildings in New York City
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Dark Legends of New York
First up: the Dakota, where the city's ghosts gather
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January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I wrote a (mostly) fake history of the Dakota, one of the spookiest buildings in New York City
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/dark-legen...
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/dark-legen...
I wrote a horror story about a Jewish grandmother called SAVTA'S CLAWS
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/savtas-claws
I'm not sure if it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors like both of my grandmas because it lowkey posits you needed some kind of "Jewitchcraft" to survive
No disrepect intended
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/savtas-claws
I'm not sure if it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors like both of my grandmas because it lowkey posits you needed some kind of "Jewitchcraft" to survive
No disrepect intended
Savta's Claws
Arbor-sourced tethers and misdirections of mazel
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January 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I wrote a horror story about a Jewish grandmother called SAVTA'S CLAWS
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/savtas-claws
I'm not sure if it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors like both of my grandmas because it lowkey posits you needed some kind of "Jewitchcraft" to survive
No disrepect intended
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/savtas-claws
I'm not sure if it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors like both of my grandmas because it lowkey posits you needed some kind of "Jewitchcraft" to survive
No disrepect intended
My Dylan fanfic piece won a Top in Fiction writing award! Check out the nifty little TiF medallion
This story was especially fun to write
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This story was especially fun to write
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January 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My Dylan fanfic piece won a Top in Fiction writing award! Check out the nifty little TiF medallion
This story was especially fun to write
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
This story was especially fun to write
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
Is this Bob Dylan fanfiction?
I wrote a story called "Series of Dreams" inspired by Dylan's late stage self-mythologizing / trolling where he claims to have made a deal with the devil & the time in 2009 NJ police detained him for looking like a hobo
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
I wrote a story called "Series of Dreams" inspired by Dylan's late stage self-mythologizing / trolling where he claims to have made a deal with the devil & the time in 2009 NJ police detained him for looking like a hobo
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
Series of Dreams
On meeting at the crossroads at midnight
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January 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Is this Bob Dylan fanfiction?
I wrote a story called "Series of Dreams" inspired by Dylan's late stage self-mythologizing / trolling where he claims to have made a deal with the devil & the time in 2009 NJ police detained him for looking like a hobo
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
I wrote a story called "Series of Dreams" inspired by Dylan's late stage self-mythologizing / trolling where he claims to have made a deal with the devil & the time in 2009 NJ police detained him for looking like a hobo
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...
I wrote a dark academia horror story about Biblical-era worship communities and the sects they've spawned up to this day
Includes the fire pits of Ba'al Pe'or, the treehouses of Asheirah, the cult of the golden calf, & the anthropomancists of Amalek
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Studies in Idolatry
A dark academia horror story
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January 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I wrote a dark academia horror story about Biblical-era worship communities and the sects they've spawned up to this day
Includes the fire pits of Ba'al Pe'or, the treehouses of Asheirah, the cult of the golden calf, & the anthropomancists of Amalek
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/studies-in...
Who are the biggest villains in Jewish history?
I'm writing a Purim horror story where a community hosts elaborate recreations of scenes from the megillah, ending with a "mock" hanging of Haman and his ten sons. Only it's the ten worst people in Jewish history, the real super-villains.
I'm writing a Purim horror story where a community hosts elaborate recreations of scenes from the megillah, ending with a "mock" hanging of Haman and his ten sons. Only it's the ten worst people in Jewish history, the real super-villains.
January 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Who are the biggest villains in Jewish history?
I'm writing a Purim horror story where a community hosts elaborate recreations of scenes from the megillah, ending with a "mock" hanging of Haman and his ten sons. Only it's the ten worst people in Jewish history, the real super-villains.
I'm writing a Purim horror story where a community hosts elaborate recreations of scenes from the megillah, ending with a "mock" hanging of Haman and his ten sons. Only it's the ten worst people in Jewish history, the real super-villains.
Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate!!
And for those who like their Judaism spooky, I wrote a story about four high school seniors who recreate the mystical ascent of the four who entered pardes (paradise)
It's called "Four Boys in Orchard Eight"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/four-boys-...
And for those who like their Judaism spooky, I wrote a story about four high school seniors who recreate the mystical ascent of the four who entered pardes (paradise)
It's called "Four Boys in Orchard Eight"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/four-boys-...
December 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate!!
And for those who like their Judaism spooky, I wrote a story about four high school seniors who recreate the mystical ascent of the four who entered pardes (paradise)
It's called "Four Boys in Orchard Eight"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/four-boys-...
And for those who like their Judaism spooky, I wrote a story about four high school seniors who recreate the mystical ascent of the four who entered pardes (paradise)
It's called "Four Boys in Orchard Eight"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/four-boys-...
My short story won an award!!
Sometimes writing can be lonely and it's so nice to get some recognition! I'm delighted that my horror story "Bern the Pedovore" was chosen as a featured story by TiF
Here's the link to read it: darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
Sometimes writing can be lonely and it's so nice to get some recognition! I'm delighted that my horror story "Bern the Pedovore" was chosen as a featured story by TiF
Here's the link to read it: darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
December 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
My short story won an award!!
Sometimes writing can be lonely and it's so nice to get some recognition! I'm delighted that my horror story "Bern the Pedovore" was chosen as a featured story by TiF
Here's the link to read it: darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
Sometimes writing can be lonely and it's so nice to get some recognition! I'm delighted that my horror story "Bern the Pedovore" was chosen as a featured story by TiF
Here's the link to read it: darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
Bern the Pedovore - Child Eaters Anonymous
The pitfalls of chasing online vigilante justice, "Bern the Pedovore" is a horror story about a predator becoming prey. TCAP-style, with monstrous tendencies
darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
#fiction #horror #booksky #horrorsky
The pitfalls of chasing online vigilante justice, "Bern the Pedovore" is a horror story about a predator becoming prey. TCAP-style, with monstrous tendencies
darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
#fiction #horror #booksky #horrorsky
Bern the Pedovore
A horror story about predators becoming prey
darkquarters.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Bern the Pedovore - Child Eaters Anonymous
The pitfalls of chasing online vigilante justice, "Bern the Pedovore" is a horror story about a predator becoming prey. TCAP-style, with monstrous tendencies
darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
#fiction #horror #booksky #horrorsky
The pitfalls of chasing online vigilante justice, "Bern the Pedovore" is a horror story about a predator becoming prey. TCAP-style, with monstrous tendencies
darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...
#fiction #horror #booksky #horrorsky
TREECUTTER-TURNED-YOGI GAINS CULT FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL PARK
Story in the form of a historical article about cults and mysticism. Details the transcendence, and dark Buddhist / Jewish practice of a Central Park guru in the mid 1970s
darkquarters.substack.com/p/treecutter...
#cults #booksky #horror
Story in the form of a historical article about cults and mysticism. Details the transcendence, and dark Buddhist / Jewish practice of a Central Park guru in the mid 1970s
darkquarters.substack.com/p/treecutter...
#cults #booksky #horror
TREECUTTER-TURNED-YOGI GAINS CULT FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL PARK
First published in the New York Daily Trumpet (November 4, 1973)
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December 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
TREECUTTER-TURNED-YOGI GAINS CULT FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL PARK
Story in the form of a historical article about cults and mysticism. Details the transcendence, and dark Buddhist / Jewish practice of a Central Park guru in the mid 1970s
darkquarters.substack.com/p/treecutter...
#cults #booksky #horror
Story in the form of a historical article about cults and mysticism. Details the transcendence, and dark Buddhist / Jewish practice of a Central Park guru in the mid 1970s
darkquarters.substack.com/p/treecutter...
#cults #booksky #horror
This is the notebook I’m writing in this morning. (Actually, I’m transcribing and expanding on something I wrote in it yesterday, but that still counts.)
I love making these little notebooks, the kind that are designed to disappear into a coat pocket or bag and then magically appear when needed
I love making these little notebooks, the kind that are designed to disappear into a coat pocket or bag and then magically appear when needed
December 11, 2024 at 2:31 PM
This is the notebook I’m writing in this morning. (Actually, I’m transcribing and expanding on something I wrote in it yesterday, but that still counts.)
I love making these little notebooks, the kind that are designed to disappear into a coat pocket or bag and then magically appear when needed
I love making these little notebooks, the kind that are designed to disappear into a coat pocket or bag and then magically appear when needed
We Were Out Hunting IV Billionaire - Class War Horror Story
A 16-year-old girl discovers the secret behind the death of her ultra-wealthy uncle and a larger plot to "gut the gutters"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-were-ou...
#horror #elulfleer #llionhunting #llions #booksky #horrorsky
A 16-year-old girl discovers the secret behind the death of her ultra-wealthy uncle and a larger plot to "gut the gutters"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-were-ou...
#horror #elulfleer #llionhunting #llions #booksky #horrorsky
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 PM
We Were Out Hunting IV Billionaire - Class War Horror Story
A 16-year-old girl discovers the secret behind the death of her ultra-wealthy uncle and a larger plot to "gut the gutters"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-were-ou...
#horror #elulfleer #llionhunting #llions #booksky #horrorsky
A 16-year-old girl discovers the secret behind the death of her ultra-wealthy uncle and a larger plot to "gut the gutters"
darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-were-ou...
#horror #elulfleer #llionhunting #llions #booksky #horrorsky