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Haley Dee
@haleydeedarkfic.bsky.social
Dark Fic indie writer.
Exploring the haunted house that is my mind, poking at the uncomfortable dark places of the human psyche.
https://medium.com/@haleyadee
https://wattpad.com/user/HaleyDeeWrites
Don't mind me, just channeling all of my anxiety & helplessness at chaotic life events into writing in order to procrastinate processing my feelings.
a woman with glasses says if my life wasn t funny it would just be true and that 's really unacceptable .
ALT: a woman with glasses says if my life wasn t funny it would just be true and that 's really unacceptable .
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October 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Watched Weapons during my time away, it was every bit as enjoyable as I'd hoped. A masterclass in using different threads of POVs to create a tapestry (I love the subtle differences in tone & minute scene changes between each, showing that no one's version can be fully trusted) (no spoilers) --
September 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Does anyone else ever ban themselves from SM while in a writing slump? I was getting too tempted by the daily doom scroll while the words were tougher to find. Back now (in moderation, she tells herself sternly), as the words are wording again.
two ferrets are playing with rice in a cage with the words land of productivity and doomscrolling below them .
ALT: two ferrets are playing with rice in a cage with the words land of productivity and doomscrolling below them .
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September 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You can skip the parts of the story that are giving you grief and come back to them.

If you hit a wall, put a sticky note or make a big ol' red text note to come back and MOVE ON.

It's better to keep momentum than to let one roadblock kill your progress when there are detours.
a woman in a red dress is sitting in a chair and the word hot tip is visible
ALT: a woman in a red dress is sitting in a chair and the word hot tip is visible
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August 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"I think some part of my brain is accepting the fact that I am closer to not having any more than I want to process, and so this time I am determined to suffer through everything if it means I don’t lose today." An excerpt from my non-fic piece, Liminal: medium.com/@haleyadee/l...
Liminal
I read something once that at the time I dismissed as a creative writing exercise and not even a particularly good one, although the idea…
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August 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The compulsion to start an entirely new story to avoid edits and continued research on querying.

I don't wanna... :(
a woman wearing sunglasses and a pink fur coat .
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a pink fur coat .
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August 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Not me playing into every horror trope ever by wandering around the house with an x-acto knife and 9-1 dialed on my phone after hearing ooky spooky banging sounds...
a black and white photo of a woman in a patterned shirt
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman in a patterned shirt
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August 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Canadian indie writer here: Mostly psychological/dark fic horror. Even my "non-horror" pieces have been branded horror, so I've embraced my niche.
#horrorwriterschat
Alright here we go! Where are you from, and what do you write, #horrorwriterschat people???
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you've ever dealt with a lengthy writer's block, I hope this thread helps. I have had years where very little writing happened. Life happens. The one thing I did that has paid so many dividends is to write down every note, every idea, every weird dream. I've kept every scrap note.
August 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Does anybody else use a mix of pen to paper & computer for writing? I also have an old voice recorder that I use alongside my notes app. I never know where I'm going to be when inspo hits, so I end up with notes EVERYWHERE.
August 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Looking for writer moots: bonus points if you write dark fic, horror, fantasy, sci-fi. Where my head-in-the-clouds weirdos at?
a man wearing glasses and a red jacket is sitting in a crowd of people and saying `` i like being weird .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a red jacket is sitting in a crowd of people and saying `` i like being weird .
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August 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am SO interested in watching this one. Finally, an entirely new premise! It piques the same curiosity for me as Blair Witch when trailers first started dropping. A new lens, a new POV & also, you KNOW if there's a dog in it, I'm in
First trailer for the horror film ‘Good Boy'

It's shot from the perspective of a dog who sees their owner haunted by supernatural spirits

In theaters October 3
August 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Literally ALWAYS. Why can't my brain stay on tense track? 😩
August 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When you're procrastinating edits so hard you create an entire BlueSky profile & tell yourself it's for "reach" purposes. Definitely not so I can doomscroll for the next two hours...
a sign that says " there are no limits to what u can accomplish "
ALT: a sign that says " there are no limits to what u can accomplish "
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August 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"We were like a frozen tableau for a moment, like a museum exhibit: The Nuclear Family in Decline." A highlight from the rough draft of my #horror #novelette #darkfic Helping Hands. Posted on Medium: medium.com/@haleyadee/h...
Helping Hands (ACT ONE)
I first realized there was something very wrong going on in our house the day after my tenth birthday.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM