Vee
@icalasari.illusoria.ca
He/Her/It/Them/Ve/Really any pronoun, I'm gender fluid but mostly Gender Shrug
Born 1991
Very sleepy insomniac autist
Site: https://www.illusoria.cat
Server: https://discord.gg/illusoria
Born 1991
Very sleepy insomniac autist
Site: https://www.illusoria.cat
Server: https://discord.gg/illusoria
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Vee
@icalasari.illusoria.ca
· Nov 18
I am now open for commissions. Below is my card with prices.
As the value of CAD to USD changes and I am Canadian, I have the prices in CAD. For quick conversion, assume prices are between 20-30% less than listed in USD, and you should be in the ballpark.
Alt text included with finished pieces.
As the value of CAD to USD changes and I am Canadian, I have the prices in CAD. For quick conversion, assume prices are between 20-30% less than listed in USD, and you should be in the ballpark.
Alt text included with finished pieces.
@annabookwriter.bsky.social Had a writing question. One of the chars in my book is a ghost cat that is... I really can't think of any word/phrase but "Dim witted in that goofy way cats are". Any suggestions? 1/4
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
@annabookwriter.bsky.social Had a writing question. One of the chars in my book is a ghost cat that is... I really can't think of any word/phrase but "Dim witted in that goofy way cats are". Any suggestions? 1/4
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I didn't want to open the locket with Gran's hair in it. She dyed it that dark red, even into her 80s.
But I couldn't take it to the pawnbroker's with human remnants in it. I released the catch.
No hair. But strands of... something, stained a red of an entirely different kind.
#HorrorWritersChat
But I couldn't take it to the pawnbroker's with human remnants in it. I released the catch.
No hair. But strands of... something, stained a red of an entirely different kind.
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I didn't want to open the locket with Gran's hair in it. She dyed it that dark red, even into her 80s.
But I couldn't take it to the pawnbroker's with human remnants in it. I released the catch.
No hair. But strands of... something, stained a red of an entirely different kind.
#HorrorWritersChat
But I couldn't take it to the pawnbroker's with human remnants in it. I released the catch.
No hair. But strands of... something, stained a red of an entirely different kind.
#HorrorWritersChat
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They said I didn't have to go and see the body. Patted my arm and reassured me there was no blood. It didn't look like you had suffered.
Instead: skin like marble, cold and hard, a frozen beauty. Worse, somehow. As if you'd never lived at all.
#HorrorWritersChat
Instead: skin like marble, cold and hard, a frozen beauty. Worse, somehow. As if you'd never lived at all.
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
They said I didn't have to go and see the body. Patted my arm and reassured me there was no blood. It didn't look like you had suffered.
Instead: skin like marble, cold and hard, a frozen beauty. Worse, somehow. As if you'd never lived at all.
#HorrorWritersChat
Instead: skin like marble, cold and hard, a frozen beauty. Worse, somehow. As if you'd never lived at all.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Voths had waited out parents' final breaths by their side down through generations, and Mary had dreaded this day her whole life. But she brought the knife as instructed all the same.
"Hand it here," her father said with his final breath. "I aim to need it where I'm going."
#HorrorWritersChat
"Hand it here," her father said with his final breath. "I aim to need it where I'm going."
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Voths had waited out parents' final breaths by their side down through generations, and Mary had dreaded this day her whole life. But she brought the knife as instructed all the same.
"Hand it here," her father said with his final breath. "I aim to need it where I'm going."
#HorrorWritersChat
"Hand it here," her father said with his final breath. "I aim to need it where I'm going."
#HorrorWritersChat
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Ok I'm cheating because this was as close to the word count as I could get it and stay coherent! Apologies
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Ok I'm cheating because this was as close to the word count as I could get it and stay coherent! Apologies
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
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I've actually put off returning to the therapy group from A Survivor's Eye a lot this last year, because I know at least some of what they'll talk about, and I just need to find the strength to live it and see where we go from there. But one day.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I've actually put off returning to the therapy group from A Survivor's Eye a lot this last year, because I know at least some of what they'll talk about, and I just need to find the strength to live it and see where we go from there. But one day.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
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Not so much scenes, but stories or even novels. Normally because I’m not ready to tackle that subject matter yet. I need to let it percolate longer and figure out exactly how I want to tell it. Once I start a project, I dive into it because its been in my head a long time. #HorrorWritersChat
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Not so much scenes, but stories or even novels. Normally because I’m not ready to tackle that subject matter yet. I need to let it percolate longer and figure out exactly how I want to tell it. Once I start a project, I dive into it because its been in my head a long time. #HorrorWritersChat
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Q3: #HorrorWritersChat
I have a short story that could be expanded, based on a series of nightmares I’ve had where at some point in my past, I got away with murder, forgot about it (like blocked it), but now remember and the paranoia of getting caught ramps up my anxiety. The anxiety gets real…
I have a short story that could be expanded, based on a series of nightmares I’ve had where at some point in my past, I got away with murder, forgot about it (like blocked it), but now remember and the paranoia of getting caught ramps up my anxiety. The anxiety gets real…
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Q3: #HorrorWritersChat
I have a short story that could be expanded, based on a series of nightmares I’ve had where at some point in my past, I got away with murder, forgot about it (like blocked it), but now remember and the paranoia of getting caught ramps up my anxiety. The anxiety gets real…
I have a short story that could be expanded, based on a series of nightmares I’ve had where at some point in my past, I got away with murder, forgot about it (like blocked it), but now remember and the paranoia of getting caught ramps up my anxiety. The anxiety gets real…
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Not long ago I wrote such a scene! I write linearly, but I'd not explore it in one draft, or pull punches in another. It's the WIP, so without giving much away, it involves a missing lover and the state of the room they left behind. It ain't pretty (neither relationship nor room)
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Not long ago I wrote such a scene! I write linearly, but I'd not explore it in one draft, or pull punches in another. It's the WIP, so without giving much away, it involves a missing lover and the state of the room they left behind. It ain't pretty (neither relationship nor room)
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat Q3
An idea I had for years: a gay man who is a bugcatcher, that is he has unprotected sex with the goal to contract HIV, instead, he ends up with vampirism.
I am not a gay man, am I not a part of that culture/community.
I want this story to exist. I'm not the one to write it.
An idea I had for years: a gay man who is a bugcatcher, that is he has unprotected sex with the goal to contract HIV, instead, he ends up with vampirism.
I am not a gay man, am I not a part of that culture/community.
I want this story to exist. I'm not the one to write it.
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Q3
An idea I had for years: a gay man who is a bugcatcher, that is he has unprotected sex with the goal to contract HIV, instead, he ends up with vampirism.
I am not a gay man, am I not a part of that culture/community.
I want this story to exist. I'm not the one to write it.
An idea I had for years: a gay man who is a bugcatcher, that is he has unprotected sex with the goal to contract HIV, instead, he ends up with vampirism.
I am not a gay man, am I not a part of that culture/community.
I want this story to exist. I'm not the one to write it.
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Oh, that's a good question for me. [MF spoiler?]
There are things I'm unsure I can do justice. It was very hard even hinting Sid is sexually abused at the institute. I worried people would think it cheap. I don't care anymore, but there are indeed places I'm still afraid to go.
#HorrorWritersChat
There are things I'm unsure I can do justice. It was very hard even hinting Sid is sexually abused at the institute. I worried people would think it cheap. I don't care anymore, but there are indeed places I'm still afraid to go.
#HorrorWritersChat
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Oh, that's a good question for me. [MF spoiler?]
There are things I'm unsure I can do justice. It was very hard even hinting Sid is sexually abused at the institute. I worried people would think it cheap. I don't care anymore, but there are indeed places I'm still afraid to go.
#HorrorWritersChat
There are things I'm unsure I can do justice. It was very hard even hinting Sid is sexually abused at the institute. I worried people would think it cheap. I don't care anymore, but there are indeed places I'm still afraid to go.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Whenever the horror theme relates to grief. A subject matter that I’m very close to, but definitely find it hard to write effectively. Maybe because I’m close to it, I tend to try to add humor to lighten those emotions when I should just dive into the dark of it. #HorrorWritersChat
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Whenever the horror theme relates to grief. A subject matter that I’m very close to, but definitely find it hard to write effectively. Maybe because I’m close to it, I tend to try to add humor to lighten those emotions when I should just dive into the dark of it. #HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat Q2
The general evil of the world. Especially in dystopia. Sure I could have gone ridiculously dark & had people breed women to provide babies for food but I just don't want to go down such roads. (See what I did there? Ain't I clever?)
I love a good dead baby joke but... (cont)
The general evil of the world. Especially in dystopia. Sure I could have gone ridiculously dark & had people breed women to provide babies for food but I just don't want to go down such roads. (See what I did there? Ain't I clever?)
I love a good dead baby joke but... (cont)
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
The general evil of the world. Especially in dystopia. Sure I could have gone ridiculously dark & had people breed women to provide babies for food but I just don't want to go down such roads. (See what I did there? Ain't I clever?)
I love a good dead baby joke but... (cont)
The general evil of the world. Especially in dystopia. Sure I could have gone ridiculously dark & had people breed women to provide babies for food but I just don't want to go down such roads. (See what I did there? Ain't I clever?)
I love a good dead baby joke but... (cont)
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#HorrorWritersChat
Family conflict lies at the heart of most of my work, horror or otherwise. That and a reckoning with sins of the past. I think I’m trying to understand why families act the way they do and the consequences of that.
Family conflict lies at the heart of most of my work, horror or otherwise. That and a reckoning with sins of the past. I think I’m trying to understand why families act the way they do and the consequences of that.
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Family conflict lies at the heart of most of my work, horror or otherwise. That and a reckoning with sins of the past. I think I’m trying to understand why families act the way they do and the consequences of that.
Family conflict lies at the heart of most of my work, horror or otherwise. That and a reckoning with sins of the past. I think I’m trying to understand why families act the way they do and the consequences of that.
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Evening all! William Beck here.
For me, my writing is a flashlight in the dark. A beacon trained on the troubles we face in life, to inspire hope & will to survive. It's all about scaring away the darkness that threatens to consume us. And that's why I call it Hopeful Horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
For me, my writing is a flashlight in the dark. A beacon trained on the troubles we face in life, to inspire hope & will to survive. It's all about scaring away the darkness that threatens to consume us. And that's why I call it Hopeful Horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Evening all! William Beck here.
For me, my writing is a flashlight in the dark. A beacon trained on the troubles we face in life, to inspire hope & will to survive. It's all about scaring away the darkness that threatens to consume us. And that's why I call it Hopeful Horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
For me, my writing is a flashlight in the dark. A beacon trained on the troubles we face in life, to inspire hope & will to survive. It's all about scaring away the darkness that threatens to consume us. And that's why I call it Hopeful Horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
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I'm Hazel E. Baumgartner, I write supernatural thrillers often featuring cryptids. I've been super into cryptozoology since I was a kid so it was kind of natural that I'd end up writing cryptid horror as an adult.
#horrorwriterschat
#horrorwriterschat
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm Hazel E. Baumgartner, I write supernatural thrillers often featuring cryptids. I've been super into cryptozoology since I was a kid so it was kind of natural that I'd end up writing cryptid horror as an adult.
#horrorwriterschat
#horrorwriterschat
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#HorrorWritersChat Intro
I'm Kyew, and I write zombies, vampires, and semi-hopeful future dystopias.
I like exploring malaise and ennui, and I find these 3 sub-genres of horror are good places to find those things.
I'm Kyew, and I write zombies, vampires, and semi-hopeful future dystopias.
I like exploring malaise and ennui, and I find these 3 sub-genres of horror are good places to find those things.
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Intro
I'm Kyew, and I write zombies, vampires, and semi-hopeful future dystopias.
I like exploring malaise and ennui, and I find these 3 sub-genres of horror are good places to find those things.
I'm Kyew, and I write zombies, vampires, and semi-hopeful future dystopias.
I like exploring malaise and ennui, and I find these 3 sub-genres of horror are good places to find those things.
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J.R.Blanes, author of the Southern Gothic Horror Novel, Portraits of Decay. I write all types of horror, but love folk and body horror #HorrorWritersChat
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
J.R.Blanes, author of the Southern Gothic Horror Novel, Portraits of Decay. I write all types of horror, but love folk and body horror #HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat
Hello! I’m Gary Kruse, I write supernatural thrillers featuring ghosts, bad humans, witches and vampires. I’m drawn to the blend of realism and dark wonder, of the horrors that lurk in the every day!
Hello! I’m Gary Kruse, I write supernatural thrillers featuring ghosts, bad humans, witches and vampires. I’m drawn to the blend of realism and dark wonder, of the horrors that lurk in the every day!
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Hello! I’m Gary Kruse, I write supernatural thrillers featuring ghosts, bad humans, witches and vampires. I’m drawn to the blend of realism and dark wonder, of the horrors that lurk in the every day!
Hello! I’m Gary Kruse, I write supernatural thrillers featuring ghosts, bad humans, witches and vampires. I’m drawn to the blend of realism and dark wonder, of the horrors that lurk in the every day!
#HorrorWritersChat Again, none I really put off. I've not shyed away from even describing horriffic things my characters went through as children. There was once an image that kept haunting me til I drew it, and it violently got in my head. So my stories won't *let* me shy away from then
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Again, none I really put off. I've not shyed away from even describing horriffic things my characters went through as children. There was once an image that kept haunting me til I drew it, and it violently got in my head. So my stories won't *let* me shy away from then
#HorrorWritersChat
No horror really hits me like that anymore. Closest I'd say is self reflective horror. Horror that forces me to examine if I am a good person, who I even am. It's part of why Eldritch horror has always drawn me in.
No horror really hits me like that anymore. Closest I'd say is self reflective horror. Horror that forces me to examine if I am a good person, who I even am. It's part of why Eldritch horror has always drawn me in.
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
No horror really hits me like that anymore. Closest I'd say is self reflective horror. Horror that forces me to examine if I am a good person, who I even am. It's part of why Eldritch horror has always drawn me in.
No horror really hits me like that anymore. Closest I'd say is self reflective horror. Horror that forces me to examine if I am a good person, who I even am. It's part of why Eldritch horror has always drawn me in.
#HorrorWritersChat
I am Vee, I do Eldritch Horror, and I write that because it fascinates me, and also helps me explore who I am and heal from past trauma
I am Vee, I do Eldritch Horror, and I write that because it fascinates me, and also helps me explore who I am and heal from past trauma
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I am Vee, I do Eldritch Horror, and I write that because it fascinates me, and also helps me explore who I am and heal from past trauma
I am Vee, I do Eldritch Horror, and I write that because it fascinates me, and also helps me explore who I am and heal from past trauma
#HorrorWritersChat
Cleaning their place up, Vee sighed, shaking their head. "I really need to stop letting this build up," they'd mutter. It wasn't... Unlivable, but not great. Fearing evidence of live mice, they got around their desk and felt sick at what they grabbed.
Mummified isn't much better
Cleaning their place up, Vee sighed, shaking their head. "I really need to stop letting this build up," they'd mutter. It wasn't... Unlivable, but not great. Fearing evidence of live mice, they got around their desk and felt sick at what they grabbed.
Mummified isn't much better
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Cleaning their place up, Vee sighed, shaking their head. "I really need to stop letting this build up," they'd mutter. It wasn't... Unlivable, but not great. Fearing evidence of live mice, they got around their desk and felt sick at what they grabbed.
Mummified isn't much better
Cleaning their place up, Vee sighed, shaking their head. "I really need to stop letting this build up," they'd mutter. It wasn't... Unlivable, but not great. Fearing evidence of live mice, they got around their desk and felt sick at what they grabbed.
Mummified isn't much better
3 and a half pages done. Would have been way more but my gut decided today was a day to be angry. It is now 4:10 AM. Imma get sleep so I can wake up, respond to Horror Writer's Chat, then reread what I wrote and see how much is salvageable after being read with fresh eyes
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM
3 and a half pages done. Would have been way more but my gut decided today was a day to be angry. It is now 4:10 AM. Imma get sleep so I can wake up, respond to Horror Writer's Chat, then reread what I wrote and see how much is salvageable after being read with fresh eyes