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Horror × Hope

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ICYMI, I wrote about my fledgling social media strategy for Horror × Hope: what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...

I'd love to hear from y'all about your own experiences, too! What's working, and what do you wish you could do more of?

December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

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ICYMI: I published a rundown of all things Horror × Hope that happened in November, including two new horror stories, three new book reviews, and several pieces of recommended reading: www.horrorxhope.com/wrapped-nove...

#writing #writingcommunity

Wrapped: November 2025

Everything notable on Horror × Hope in November.

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December 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

I'm starting to build a social media strategy for Horror × Hope. I wrote about what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...

December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

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Q: What's the scariest story you've read? What's the most hopeful? #booksky

PARABLE OF THE SOWER planted a deep dread I can't shake. It's terrifying how current events arc toward this future.

THE FIFTH SACRED THING showed me how an intentional community might survive that future, and even thrive.

December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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This excerpt from my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, brings us to the threshold of an explosion of violence both political and supernatural.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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In the afterword of my recent political horror story WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, I asked how long until the administration weaponizes its declaration of antifa as "violent extremists".

Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

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This, 100% ❤️

Josh Foreman @josh-foreman.bsky.social · 6d

Tumblr user nocryptographer:
I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation.
A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written.
AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence.
Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same.
There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that.
I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it.
If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene...
then it's real.

December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Horror × Hope

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In the afterword of my recent political horror story WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, I asked how long until the administration weaponizes its declaration of antifa as "violent extremists".

Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

This excerpt from my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, brings us to the threshold of an explosion of violence both political and supernatural.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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The opening line of my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, sets the stage for a political nightmare that feels all too close at hand.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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blayne ⛧

@ewhag.com

you should tell your story until you no longer need to tell it

December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

The opening line of my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, sets the stage for a political nightmare that feels all too close at hand.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

Here's a wrap-up of everything notable that happened with Horror × Hope during November!

- 2 new stories
- 3 new book reviews
- Featured by FicStack

www.horrorxhope.com/wrapped-nove...

November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM

Horror × Hope

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FLAWLESS 😅

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 10d

Here’s some (more, I shared his work back in March) Ed Harrington art to make your Saturday a little better.

November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM

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CarsonDrewIt

@carsondrewit.bsky.social

Quote your art with horns!

#art #illustration #darkart

A digital sketch of a nightmarish elk made of humans, bone, and gristle with its head raised toward the sky.
Standing in front of it is a helmeted four armed figure holding aloft a foetus-like object. It glows with a soft light.

November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM

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Kim Herbst

@kiwifruitbird.bsky.social

Quote RP your art with horns 🤘

Illustration of a forest siren with branch antlers holding a skull

November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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Horror × Hope

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New short fiction today, and it's not pulling any punches. In WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, fascist vigilantes raid an antifa coven. It does not go how they expect.

It's most political horror to-date. Probably also my angriest.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

New short fiction today, and it's not pulling any punches. In WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, fascist vigilantes raid an antifa coven. It does not go how they expect.

It's most political horror to-date. Probably also my angriest.

www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...

#horror #ShortFiction #booksky

November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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FRIDAY
#horror #shortfiction #booksky

November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

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FRIDAY
#horror #shortfiction #booksky

November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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ICYMI: WHEN THE BLACK WIND BLOWS is my latest, a wintry ghost story about cycles of abuse, unexpected consequences, and the longing for something more. I'm very proud of it.

www.horrorxhope.com/when-the-black-wind-blows/

#horror #shortfiction #booksky

November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

ICYMI: WHEN THE BLACK WIND BLOWS is my latest, a wintry ghost story about cycles of abuse, unexpected consequences, and the longing for something more. I'm very proud of it.

www.horrorxhope.com/when-the-black-wind-blows/

#horror #shortfiction #booksky

November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

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ICYMI - My review of IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST: www.horrorxhope.com/review-it-was-her-house-first/

A line I loved: "When it comes to things you care about, you don’t high-tail it. You stay and fight."

#horror #BookReview #booksky

November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Horror × Hope

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ICYMI - My review of IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST: www.horrorxhope.com/review-it-was-her-house-first/

A line I loved: "When it comes to things you care about, you don’t high-tail it. You stay and fight."

#horror #BookReview #booksky

November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Horror × Hope

@horrorxhope.com

If you’re into eerie ghost stories, restoring old houses, and the romantic opulence of the early 20th century, you’ll love IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST. My review: www.horrorxhope.com/review-it-was-her-house-first/

#horror #BookReview #booksky

November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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