Chris Hicks
@writechriswrite.bsky.social
Horror Author | Screenwriter | Drinker of reheated coffee | Mammal
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Chris Hicks
@writechriswrite.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Still Here
The future becomes terrifying once it feels normal. (B-Side #2)
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Just dropped a new post-apocalyptic short story: A guy hell-bent on keeping his morning commute intact as society crumbles around him.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
Remember to blindfold your car before the snowstorm so it doesn’t get scared.
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Remember to blindfold your car before the snowstorm so it doesn’t get scared.
Ever just be walking and your knee forgets how to knee?
Mine just did.
Now I have a limp with no origin story.
Mine just did.
Now I have a limp with no origin story.
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Ever just be walking and your knee forgets how to knee?
Mine just did.
Now I have a limp with no origin story.
Mine just did.
Now I have a limp with no origin story.
Congratulations, your vision boards worked. A brand new short story is live:
The Universe is Listening
A Workplace Horror Story (B-Side #5)
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Congratulations, your vision boards worked. A brand new short story is live:
Just dropped a new coastal horror story.
When the tide goes out too far, something else comes in.
Read now:
When the tide goes out too far, something else comes in.
Read now:
The House on Dead Ebb Tide
Some tides return. Some take everything with them. (B-Side #3)
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just dropped a new coastal horror story.
When the tide goes out too far, something else comes in.
Read now:
When the tide goes out too far, something else comes in.
Read now:
Thoughts on the finale of The Chair Company.
The Brilliance of The Chair Company
What if Don Quixote thought he was Edward Snowden?
chrishicks.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thoughts on the finale of The Chair Company.
Just dropped a new post-apocalyptic short story: A guy hell-bent on keeping his morning commute intact as society crumbles around him.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
Still Here
The future becomes terrifying once it feels normal. (B-Side #2)
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just dropped a new post-apocalyptic short story: A guy hell-bent on keeping his morning commute intact as society crumbles around him.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
Dark, funny, and uncomfortably relatable if you’ve ever clung to routine to cope with chaos.
Still Here - read for free below.
The Apocalypse Will Be Banalized.
A new standalone story is available over on Substack, click below to check it out.
B-Sides #1 - A Slice of Luck
A one-off from the Disco Insomnium cutting room floor. No ghosts, no demons, just pie, a gun, and a gambler who should’ve kept driving.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new standalone story is available over on Substack, click below to check it out.
Kids: you need to stop texting visual puns, they’re not funny.
Me: Oh yeah? Well, this graph says otherwise:
Me: Oh yeah? Well, this graph says otherwise:
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kids: you need to stop texting visual puns, they’re not funny.
Me: Oh yeah? Well, this graph says otherwise:
Me: Oh yeah? Well, this graph says otherwise:
Chapter 1 is live on Substack!
All You Can Eat - Chapter One
An Invited Guest
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Chapter 1 is live on Substack!
Belly up to the counter for a buffet of terror.
All You Can Eat – Teaser
An eight-part serial novella. The first course drops Tuesday, November 10th.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Belly up to the counter for a buffet of terror.
You misheard me. I didn’t say there is a lot of money to be made from writing. I said there is a lot of money to be made from writers.
And you can too, if you sign up for my six week Masterclass on…
And you can too, if you sign up for my six week Masterclass on…
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You misheard me. I didn’t say there is a lot of money to be made from writing. I said there is a lot of money to be made from writers.
And you can too, if you sign up for my six week Masterclass on…
And you can too, if you sign up for my six week Masterclass on…
Batting cleanup on today’s writing playlist:
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked For Death (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Sargent House
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November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Batting cleanup on today’s writing playlist:
🚨 I ghosted my Substack for a year. Now I’m back with weekly horror/sci-fi shorts. No cigarettes, just nightmares.
First drop: Tuesday.
(P.S. Ever wondered if you can milk a pigeon? Click below, then subscribe.) 🐦💀
First drop: Tuesday.
(P.S. Ever wondered if you can milk a pigeon? Click below, then subscribe.) 🐦💀
Reviving This Before My Mom Unsubscribes
Or, How My Substack Went to Buy Cigarettes and Disappeared for Over a Year
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 I ghosted my Substack for a year. Now I’m back with weekly horror/sci-fi shorts. No cigarettes, just nightmares.
First drop: Tuesday.
(P.S. Ever wondered if you can milk a pigeon? Click below, then subscribe.) 🐦💀
First drop: Tuesday.
(P.S. Ever wondered if you can milk a pigeon? Click below, then subscribe.) 🐦💀
Watched Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch for the first time since watching it in the 80s.
thanos says " perhaps i treated you too harshly " in a scene from a movie
ALT: thanos says " perhaps i treated you too harshly " in a scene from a movie
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Watched Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch for the first time since watching it in the 80s.
Aggressive virus infected monkeys weren’t on my bingo card for this year, but that’s on me.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Aggressive virus infected monkeys weren’t on my bingo card for this year, but that’s on me.
AARP should change its name to AAOPWWNRAWUTAD
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
AARP should change its name to AAOPWWNRAWUTAD
It's easy to forget, but some days you just have to remind yourself that you have survived every bad day you've had in your life, which means you're undefeated.
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's easy to forget, but some days you just have to remind yourself that you have survived every bad day you've had in your life, which means you're undefeated.
My wife was trying on dresses and asked me, “do I look good or do I look skinny?”
a cartoon character says this could be a trap in a dark room
ALT: a cartoon character says this could be a trap in a dark room
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My wife was trying on dresses and asked me, “do I look good or do I look skinny?”
For anyone in Columbus, Ohio the Ohio Horror Writer’s Association has event with the Columbus Library on 10/26.
I’ll be reading a brand new story & participating on the panels.
Details below:
I’ll be reading a brand new story & participating on the panels.
Details below:
Super Saturday Spook-tacular at Main Library
Make Main Library your destination one Saturday of every month and enjoy special programming and activities for adults. In October, meet members of the Ohio Horror Writers Association!
events.columbuslibrary.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For anyone in Columbus, Ohio the Ohio Horror Writer’s Association has event with the Columbus Library on 10/26.
I’ll be reading a brand new story & participating on the panels.
Details below:
I’ll be reading a brand new story & participating on the panels.
Details below:
She’s part mountain goat, always going up, never down.
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
She’s part mountain goat, always going up, never down.
Owl pounce at half speed. Not sure what she’s hunting but she’s chewing on something.
October 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Owl pounce at half speed. Not sure what she’s hunting but she’s chewing on something.
Me every time the stock market tanks.
a cartoon character from south park is pointing at a blackboard with multiplication written on it
ALT: a cartoon character from south park is pointing at a blackboard with multiplication written on it
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Me every time the stock market tanks.
