Aaron Maracle, Storyteller
@maracle.ca
Author of horror and speculative fiction. Master of micro fiction. Gamer. Theme park lover. Embracing the chaos. Stuck in the 80s. Forever hating what I write.
Writer and narrator of @momentsintas.bsky.social
Writer and narrator of @momentsintas.bsky.social
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For those that are curious, here is a my works in "progress".
Moments In Time And Space: A micro fiction podcast of horror and suspense.
The Rise And Fall Of Mars: A book of poetry containing the history of Mars.
Untitled Horror Anthology: Ten tales from the podcast, made better.
Moments In Time And Space: A micro fiction podcast of horror and suspense.
The Rise And Fall Of Mars: A book of poetry containing the history of Mars.
Untitled Horror Anthology: Ten tales from the podcast, made better.
Wrote two pages this weekend and it felt good. Thought it was back on the writing horse.
Wrote two pages tonight and they are trash. Back to running I should burn it all to the ground.
Am I an author now?
Wrote two pages tonight and they are trash. Back to running I should burn it all to the ground.
Am I an author now?
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Wrote two pages this weekend and it felt good. Thought it was back on the writing horse.
Wrote two pages tonight and they are trash. Back to running I should burn it all to the ground.
Am I an author now?
Wrote two pages tonight and they are trash. Back to running I should burn it all to the ground.
Am I an author now?
Part of being an author is agonizing for
weeks if it is proper and acceptable to make the grass on Mars purple and the trees blue.
weeks if it is proper and acceptable to make the grass on Mars purple and the trees blue.
September 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Part of being an author is agonizing for
weeks if it is proper and acceptable to make the grass on Mars purple and the trees blue.
weeks if it is proper and acceptable to make the grass on Mars purple and the trees blue.
It has been nearly a year since I had a chance to really write something. I would like to get back into it regularly but I hate to force myself. I did put out a quick opinion piece on the Rise And Fall of The Summer Blockbuster, which felt good. I guess I just need to take more baby steps.
The Rise And Fall of The Summer Blockbuster
Aaron Maracle published a post on Ko-fi
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August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It has been nearly a year since I had a chance to really write something. I would like to get back into it regularly but I hate to force myself. I did put out a quick opinion piece on the Rise And Fall of The Summer Blockbuster, which felt good. I guess I just need to take more baby steps.
I am still functioning; just not writing.
This work thing is great for giving my me money torque my hobbies, but apparently too much work cuts out hobby time.
I am always thinking about writing at least.
This work thing is great for giving my me money torque my hobbies, but apparently too much work cuts out hobby time.
I am always thinking about writing at least.
July 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I am still functioning; just not writing.
This work thing is great for giving my me money torque my hobbies, but apparently too much work cuts out hobby time.
I am always thinking about writing at least.
This work thing is great for giving my me money torque my hobbies, but apparently too much work cuts out hobby time.
I am always thinking about writing at least.
Hmmm. I was checking my slush pile of story ideas and I see “Clone family liquidated”.
Wish I knew what the hell inspired the prompt.
Wish I knew what the hell inspired the prompt.
April 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hmmm. I was checking my slush pile of story ideas and I see “Clone family liquidated”.
Wish I knew what the hell inspired the prompt.
Wish I knew what the hell inspired the prompt.
For the first time in months, I had a new story idea pop into my head.
"The teleportation bureau must deal with an incident where a traveller's brain pattern was damaged."
It goes into a commentary on capitalism as a supervisor tries to minimize financial damage to the company from the incident.
"The teleportation bureau must deal with an incident where a traveller's brain pattern was damaged."
It goes into a commentary on capitalism as a supervisor tries to minimize financial damage to the company from the incident.
April 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For the first time in months, I had a new story idea pop into my head.
"The teleportation bureau must deal with an incident where a traveller's brain pattern was damaged."
It goes into a commentary on capitalism as a supervisor tries to minimize financial damage to the company from the incident.
"The teleportation bureau must deal with an incident where a traveller's brain pattern was damaged."
It goes into a commentary on capitalism as a supervisor tries to minimize financial damage to the company from the incident.
Embrace your imagination and let it tell you a story.
I like to leave a lot of my tales open ended as a way to leave people wanting more and I want the reader to imagine what happens next. I let them chose the ending... or endings if they keep revisiting the tale.
#HorrorWritersChat
I like to leave a lot of my tales open ended as a way to leave people wanting more and I want the reader to imagine what happens next. I let them chose the ending... or endings if they keep revisiting the tale.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat question 3:
What one thing would you like readers to take away from your horror work?
What one thing would you like readers to take away from your horror work?
April 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Embrace your imagination and let it tell you a story.
I like to leave a lot of my tales open ended as a way to leave people wanting more and I want the reader to imagine what happens next. I let them chose the ending... or endings if they keep revisiting the tale.
#HorrorWritersChat
I like to leave a lot of my tales open ended as a way to leave people wanting more and I want the reader to imagine what happens next. I let them chose the ending... or endings if they keep revisiting the tale.
#HorrorWritersChat
You can’t write all the time, so I am out with the wife at the Ottawa Senators hockey game.
April 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You can’t write all the time, so I am out with the wife at the Ottawa Senators hockey game.
With my horror writing, I am a total pantser and just let the words fall where I may.
With my Martian poetry book... I made an outline... and a plan. So the poems would all link together history wise.
What have I become?
#horrorwriting #horror
With my Martian poetry book... I made an outline... and a plan. So the poems would all link together history wise.
What have I become?
#horrorwriting #horror
April 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With my horror writing, I am a total pantser and just let the words fall where I may.
With my Martian poetry book... I made an outline... and a plan. So the poems would all link together history wise.
What have I become?
#horrorwriting #horror
With my Martian poetry book... I made an outline... and a plan. So the poems would all link together history wise.
What have I become?
#horrorwriting #horror
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Now is the time to support smaller presses to keep their doors open and keep as many voices in publishing.
April 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Take a look at @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
@undertakerbooks.bsky.social
@underbellybooks.bsky.social
@meerkatpress.bsky.social
and of course, my publisher @demainpublishing.bsky.social
📚🩸📚💙📚😱
@undertakerbooks.bsky.social
@underbellybooks.bsky.social
@meerkatpress.bsky.social
and of course, my publisher @demainpublishing.bsky.social
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Today is the first day on a long time I really felt the energy and drive to write.
I am going to take full advantage of it!
I am going to take full advantage of it!
April 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today is the first day on a long time I really felt the energy and drive to write.
I am going to take full advantage of it!
I am going to take full advantage of it!
My name is Aaron and I write micro horror and speculative fiction for my own podcast.
My villain origin story would be someone telling me that “that’s not possible and could be dangerous” and I would prove them wrong while causing the end of the world on the process.
My villain origin story would be someone telling me that “that’s not possible and could be dangerous” and I would prove them wrong while causing the end of the world on the process.
#Horrorwriterschat
Here we go, roll up, roll up! Here comes four questions all about horror. Non horror bods please feel free to mute me. And do please interact on other posts too. I want to see the hashtag trending again this week!
Here we go, roll up, roll up! Here comes four questions all about horror. Non horror bods please feel free to mute me. And do please interact on other posts too. I want to see the hashtag trending again this week!
April 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My name is Aaron and I write micro horror and speculative fiction for my own podcast.
My villain origin story would be someone telling me that “that’s not possible and could be dangerous” and I would prove them wrong while causing the end of the world on the process.
My villain origin story would be someone telling me that “that’s not possible and could be dangerous” and I would prove them wrong while causing the end of the world on the process.
Since it is poetry month, I guess it would be a good time to work on my “The Rise and Fall of Mars” poetry book.
Inspired by David Bowie, the history of Mars and its civilization is captured in verse form.
Seemed kind of goofy when I started it, but now I am pretty excited about the idea.
Inspired by David Bowie, the history of Mars and its civilization is captured in verse form.
Seemed kind of goofy when I started it, but now I am pretty excited about the idea.
April 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Since it is poetry month, I guess it would be a good time to work on my “The Rise and Fall of Mars” poetry book.
Inspired by David Bowie, the history of Mars and its civilization is captured in verse form.
Seemed kind of goofy when I started it, but now I am pretty excited about the idea.
Inspired by David Bowie, the history of Mars and its civilization is captured in verse form.
Seemed kind of goofy when I started it, but now I am pretty excited about the idea.
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This is it. Our new project.
It's called #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. We posted a FREE/pay what you want, completely standalone adventure called Film Crew Vs. Dirtbag Dracula. You can play it with just the free basic D&D rules, and this book.
More in thread.
It's called #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. We posted a FREE/pay what you want, completely standalone adventure called Film Crew Vs. Dirtbag Dracula. You can play it with just the free basic D&D rules, and this book.
More in thread.
April 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is it. Our new project.
It's called #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. We posted a FREE/pay what you want, completely standalone adventure called Film Crew Vs. Dirtbag Dracula. You can play it with just the free basic D&D rules, and this book.
More in thread.
It's called #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. We posted a FREE/pay what you want, completely standalone adventure called Film Crew Vs. Dirtbag Dracula. You can play it with just the free basic D&D rules, and this book.
More in thread.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The Hangman's Tree" is a story that I challenged myself to write with a lot of elements I don't normally in my writing. It was more to see if I could it & what would be the result. Overall, I was pretty happy to see how it came out. I don't know if it is a horror story, but it does have suspense.
Episode 98: The Hangman's Tree
YouTube video by Moments In Time And Space
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April 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"The Hangman's Tree" is a story that I challenged myself to write with a lot of elements I don't normally in my writing. It was more to see if I could it & what would be the result. Overall, I was pretty happy to see how it came out. I don't know if it is a horror story, but it does have suspense.
Some of my my most disturbing characters are just human. The fear, for me, comes from thinking an ordinary person chooses willing to act in unspeakable ways and I cannot justify away their actions due to supernatural reasons.
#HorrorWritingThoughts
#HorrorWritingThoughts
March 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Some of my my most disturbing characters are just human. The fear, for me, comes from thinking an ordinary person chooses willing to act in unspeakable ways and I cannot justify away their actions due to supernatural reasons.
#HorrorWritingThoughts
#HorrorWritingThoughts
Trans right are human rights.
March 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Trans right are human rights.
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four hours later and i have my complete sci-fi series finally on itch. *faints*
go get it if you like futuristic dystopian tales with slow burn romance and more angst than you know what to do with!
itch.io/c/5583934/th...
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go get it if you like futuristic dystopian tales with slow burn romance and more angst than you know what to do with!
itch.io/c/5583934/th...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
four hours later and i have my complete sci-fi series finally on itch. *faints*
go get it if you like futuristic dystopian tales with slow burn romance and more angst than you know what to do with!
itch.io/c/5583934/th...
[ 🪐📚 ]
[ 📚💙 ]
go get it if you like futuristic dystopian tales with slow burn romance and more angst than you know what to do with!
itch.io/c/5583934/th...
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Tomorrow begins Indie April + Poetry Month, so naturally you'll be buying my #books:
amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MQ9134T/
Ghosts, Zombies, Mermaids & much more!
#Horror #Poetry #AdultContent
By the way, it's Trans Visibility Day, so you're legally obliged to repost this! 😜
amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MQ9134T/
Ghosts, Zombies, Mermaids & much more!
#Horror #Poetry #AdultContent
By the way, it's Trans Visibility Day, so you're legally obliged to repost this! 😜
Poetry Is Twisted, Don't Trust Her
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March 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tomorrow begins Indie April + Poetry Month, so naturally you'll be buying my #books:
amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MQ9134T/
Ghosts, Zombies, Mermaids & much more!
#Horror #Poetry #AdultContent
By the way, it's Trans Visibility Day, so you're legally obliged to repost this! 😜
amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MQ9134T/
Ghosts, Zombies, Mermaids & much more!
#Horror #Poetry #AdultContent
By the way, it's Trans Visibility Day, so you're legally obliged to repost this! 😜
“Smooth” by Santana.
I said what I said.
I said what I said.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“Smooth” by Santana.
I said what I said.
I said what I said.
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Okay, so my artist interview page is brand new and has only two interviews posted so far, but yay! Artists now have their own page on my blog! Go check them and their lovely art out!! ^-^
(And more to come!)
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(And more to come!)
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Artist Interviews
Artist Interview with Sascha MendezArtist Interview with Jonathan Burrello
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March 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Okay, so my artist interview page is brand new and has only two interviews posted so far, but yay! Artists now have their own page on my blog! Go check them and their lovely art out!! ^-^
(And more to come!)
[ #artsky | #artistsofsky | #artistinterviews ]
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(And more to come!)
[ #artsky | #artistsofsky | #artistinterviews ]
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"Oh, horror writers must wear all black and write in a dimly lit room with somber music playing."
I read this and adjusted my Avocado Toast Oodie while listening to my pug snore in concert to The Greatest Showman Soundtrack.
I read this and adjusted my Avocado Toast Oodie while listening to my pug snore in concert to The Greatest Showman Soundtrack.
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Oh, horror writers must wear all black and write in a dimly lit room with somber music playing."
I read this and adjusted my Avocado Toast Oodie while listening to my pug snore in concert to The Greatest Showman Soundtrack.
I read this and adjusted my Avocado Toast Oodie while listening to my pug snore in concert to The Greatest Showman Soundtrack.
Finally, my treatment of "That's My Wookie!" may see the light of day.
CONCEPT: Lowbacca gets a job as an aid for a low level, clueless bureaucrat on Coruscant. It is up to him and his pal, Bobbi The Quarren, to help their boss do his job while finding themselves in whacky situations.
CONCEPT: Lowbacca gets a job as an aid for a low level, clueless bureaucrat on Coruscant. It is up to him and his pal, Bobbi The Quarren, to help their boss do his job while finding themselves in whacky situations.
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy says he hopes his show will inspire a Star Wars sit-com or horror movie.
“I always fantasised that the show would break new ground, that someone would be able to make a three-camera sitcom in Star Wars or a horror movie.”
“I always fantasised that the show would break new ground, that someone would be able to make a three-camera sitcom in Star Wars or a horror movie.”
March 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finally, my treatment of "That's My Wookie!" may see the light of day.
CONCEPT: Lowbacca gets a job as an aid for a low level, clueless bureaucrat on Coruscant. It is up to him and his pal, Bobbi The Quarren, to help their boss do his job while finding themselves in whacky situations.
CONCEPT: Lowbacca gets a job as an aid for a low level, clueless bureaucrat on Coruscant. It is up to him and his pal, Bobbi The Quarren, to help their boss do his job while finding themselves in whacky situations.
Part of me wonders if I am cheating when I take my micro horror stories & flesh them out into short stories for an anthology.
Don't get me wrong: the micro format is loved my listeners and I can speed write, but fleshing them out is part editing & part adding value to someone who pays for my work.
Don't get me wrong: the micro format is loved my listeners and I can speed write, but fleshing them out is part editing & part adding value to someone who pays for my work.
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Part of me wonders if I am cheating when I take my micro horror stories & flesh them out into short stories for an anthology.
Don't get me wrong: the micro format is loved my listeners and I can speed write, but fleshing them out is part editing & part adding value to someone who pays for my work.
Don't get me wrong: the micro format is loved my listeners and I can speed write, but fleshing them out is part editing & part adding value to someone who pays for my work.