Sean Thomas McDonnell
@saidshony.bsky.social
Bay Area-based horror, speculative, and weird fiction author. Regularly posts short fiction on Substack. https://automaticwriter.substack.com
And - https://www.spareorgan.com/store/p/beneath-the-valley-oak-by-sean-thomas-mcdonnell
And - https://www.spareorgan.com/store/p/beneath-the-valley-oak-by-sean-thomas-mcdonnell
Blood In The Yolk
Something sinister hatches in these pages...From the uncanny minds of seven cutting-edge horror writers comes a nest of nightmares. Blood in the Yolk delivers avian tales of terror, each more unsettling than the last. #horror #birdhorror #uncannyfiction #scary
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Something sinister hatches in these pages...From the uncanny minds of seven cutting-edge horror writers comes a nest of nightmares. Blood in the Yolk delivers avian tales of terror, each more unsettling than the last. #horror #birdhorror #uncannyfiction #scary
books2read.com/BITY
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Blood In The Yolk by EJ Trask
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May 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Blood In The Yolk
Something sinister hatches in these pages...From the uncanny minds of seven cutting-edge horror writers comes a nest of nightmares. Blood in the Yolk delivers avian tales of terror, each more unsettling than the last. #horror #birdhorror #uncannyfiction #scary
books2read.com/BITY
Something sinister hatches in these pages...From the uncanny minds of seven cutting-edge horror writers comes a nest of nightmares. Blood in the Yolk delivers avian tales of terror, each more unsettling than the last. #horror #birdhorror #uncannyfiction #scary
books2read.com/BITY
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February 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Just dropped my latest Monster of the Week! First one of the year and she's definitely a beauty!
#horrorsky
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#horrorsky
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A Monster that Splits in Two
Just to Get You
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January 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just dropped my latest Monster of the Week! First one of the year and she's definitely a beauty!
#horrorsky
open.substack.com/pub/monstero...
#horrorsky
open.substack.com/pub/monstero...
Charlotte can’t figure out why Brunette looks so intense. She sees a gun. She doesn’t understand the shout in Brunette’s eyes. She sees a gun. Maybe she dropped her spoon? She sees a gun. Maybe she’s uncomfortable? SHE SEES A GUN!
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TW: Gun Violence
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January 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Charlotte can’t figure out why Brunette looks so intense. She sees a gun. She doesn’t understand the shout in Brunette’s eyes. She sees a gun. Maybe she dropped her spoon? She sees a gun. Maybe she’s uncomfortable? SHE SEES A GUN!
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open.substack.com/pub/automati...
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Fast. Chaotic. Violent.
January 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fast. Chaotic. Violent.
Fast. Chaotic. Violent.
January 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fast. Chaotic. Violent.
I wrote over 100 stories in 2024. Going to double that next year. 🖋️✏️🖋️✏️
December 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I wrote over 100 stories in 2024. Going to double that next year. 🖋️✏️🖋️✏️
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Santa's coal miners have been working overtime this year.
December 23, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Santa's coal miners have been working overtime this year.
I won a microfiction contest today. How bout that? ✨
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Microdosing Holiday Contest Winners Announcement!
Holiday contest winners announcement and a video call of the Judges!
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December 21, 2024 at 6:22 AM
I won a microfiction contest today. How bout that? ✨
fictiondealer.substack.com/p/microdosin...
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oh, wow: back when I still pretty much had a mohawk. neat. like Michael McDonald, I keep forgettin'
A trailer for The First Word on horror, an upcoming docu-series featuring horror writers. First season: @sgj.bsky.social
@elizabethhand.bsky.social
@lairdbarron.bsky.social
Mariana Enriquez
and me! I swear and everything. Directed by Philip Gellat. www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
@elizabethhand.bsky.social
@lairdbarron.bsky.social
Mariana Enriquez
and me! I swear and everything. Directed by Philip Gellat. www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
Exclusive First Word on Horror Trailer Sets Release Date for Docuseries
The official First Word on Horror trailer has dropped for the upcoming documentary show about acclaimed horror writers.
www.comingsoon.net
December 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
oh, wow: back when I still pretty much had a mohawk. neat. like Michael McDonald, I keep forgettin'
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A witchcraft con just called, “Covention.”
You can steal this if you want, I never leave my house.
You can steal this if you want, I never leave my house.
December 17, 2024 at 3:40 AM
A witchcraft con just called, “Covention.”
You can steal this if you want, I never leave my house.
You can steal this if you want, I never leave my house.
This is one of the best short stories I've read this year. Jon is an undiscovered gem. Highly recommend! jontoews.substack.com/p/catching-g...
#horror #darkfiction #shortstory #holidayhorror #12daysofchristmashorror #folkhorror
#horror #darkfiction #shortstory #holidayhorror #12daysofchristmashorror #folkhorror
Catching Ghost
Twelve Drummers Drumming - A Dark Tidings Horror Story
jontoews.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This is one of the best short stories I've read this year. Jon is an undiscovered gem. Highly recommend! jontoews.substack.com/p/catching-g...
#horror #darkfiction #shortstory #holidayhorror #12daysofchristmashorror #folkhorror
#horror #darkfiction #shortstory #holidayhorror #12daysofchristmashorror #folkhorror
It’s good to know that only one man in the US has been murdered this year.
December 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
It’s good to know that only one man in the US has been murdered this year.
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imo The Ramones should’ve recorded a Pet Sematary-esque song for every Stephen King film adaptation, e.g.
🎶I don’t want to be dining at the hotel from The Shining/
I don’t want a blowjob from a bear🎶
🎶I don’t want to be dining at the hotel from The Shining/
I don’t want a blowjob from a bear🎶
December 11, 2024 at 12:01 PM
imo The Ramones should’ve recorded a Pet Sematary-esque song for every Stephen King film adaptation, e.g.
🎶I don’t want to be dining at the hotel from The Shining/
I don’t want a blowjob from a bear🎶
🎶I don’t want to be dining at the hotel from The Shining/
I don’t want a blowjob from a bear🎶
I’d like to have a robot that sits next to me while I write and says, “Yeah, that’s fuckin’ good! Hell yeah! You’re the man! Handsome, too!” And maybe it gets me coffee when I want it—ohhhhh, or even better, the coffee comes right out of its mouth into my cup—no!—INTO MY MOUTH!
December 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I’d like to have a robot that sits next to me while I write and says, “Yeah, that’s fuckin’ good! Hell yeah! You’re the man! Handsome, too!” And maybe it gets me coffee when I want it—ohhhhh, or even better, the coffee comes right out of its mouth into my cup—no!—INTO MY MOUTH!
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Enter to win a paperback copy of CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS! To enter, you must post a comment on the Substack post. US only. Horror for Xmas? The perfect vibe almakatsu.substack.com/p/win-the-pe...
December 9, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Enter to win a paperback copy of CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HORRORS! To enter, you must post a comment on the Substack post. US only. Horror for Xmas? The perfect vibe almakatsu.substack.com/p/win-the-pe...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?
Signed, a librarian.
Signed, a librarian.
Seven Swans a-Swimming 🦢 💀 I've written a weird lil tale for my subscribers. :)
garenglazier.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
garenglazier.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
Twelve Days of Christmas—Dark Tidings
A Substack Holiday Horror Event
garenglazier.substack.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Seven Swans a-Swimming 🦢 💀 I've written a weird lil tale for my subscribers. :)
garenglazier.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
garenglazier.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
❤️
Part 1 of a recent 6 part serial fiction piece. If you like giant grasshoppers, this one's for you. #fiction #writing #writers
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as you were (i)
Part I
willboucher.substack.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:00 AM
❤️
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What is your favorite #twilightzone episode? I'm a big fan of The Silence, A Stop at Willoughby, Nothing in the Dark, and
It's a Good Life!
DYK that 30+ writers on #Substack recently paid homage to #RodSerling and The Twilight Zone? Check it out here! automaticwriter.substack.com/p/blink-twic...
It's a Good Life!
DYK that 30+ writers on #Substack recently paid homage to #RodSerling and The Twilight Zone? Check it out here! automaticwriter.substack.com/p/blink-twic...
"BLINK TWICE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME"
The secret language of the angels.
automaticwriter.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
What is your favorite #twilightzone episode? I'm a big fan of The Silence, A Stop at Willoughby, Nothing in the Dark, and
It's a Good Life!
DYK that 30+ writers on #Substack recently paid homage to #RodSerling and The Twilight Zone? Check it out here! automaticwriter.substack.com/p/blink-twic...
It's a Good Life!
DYK that 30+ writers on #Substack recently paid homage to #RodSerling and The Twilight Zone? Check it out here! automaticwriter.substack.com/p/blink-twic...
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Hey good morning, it wants your soul, but you don’t have to give it up.
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Hey good morning, it wants your soul, but you don’t have to give it up.
The smell of popcorn made its way down to the end of the field, and as if being called by the Pied Piper, children started toward the red and white striped fabric beacon. As they got closer, their amble became a sprint.
“Come see The Creature of Telluride!"
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“Come see The Creature of Telluride!"
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Caged
Narrated by Mike Casey
automaticwriter.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:14 PM
The smell of popcorn made its way down to the end of the field, and as if being called by the Pied Piper, children started toward the red and white striped fabric beacon. As they got closer, their amble became a sprint.
“Come see The Creature of Telluride!"
automaticwriter.substack.com/p/caged-307
“Come see The Creature of Telluride!"
automaticwriter.substack.com/p/caged-307