Ok it's actually crazy fun that today's prompt lines up with the opening paragraph of Treetop Hollow. It just feels nice. #writesky #wipsnips #writinghorror #indieauthors
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ok it's actually crazy fun that today's prompt lines up with the opening paragraph of Treetop Hollow. It just feels nice. #writesky #wipsnips #writinghorror #indieauthors
It's ALIVE! Just in time for spooky season, a collection of 13 stories almost as weird as me, set in a suburban neighborhood suspiciously like the one I live in. So happy to see this book into the world. books2read/shadowhill #writinghorror #spookyseasonreads
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It's ALIVE! Just in time for spooky season, a collection of 13 stories almost as weird as me, set in a suburban neighborhood suspiciously like the one I live in. So happy to see this book into the world. books2read/shadowhill #writinghorror #spookyseasonreads
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 19: What story/character of yours do you love but it seems like no one else does?
“Orpheus Screamed”. Currently unpublished; I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps its RL inspirations cut too close to home.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 19: What story/character of yours do you love but it seems like no one else does?
“Orpheus Screamed”. Currently unpublished; I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps its RL inspirations cut too close to home.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
July 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 19: What story/character of yours do you love but it seems like no one else does?
“Orpheus Screamed”. Currently unpublished; I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps its RL inspirations cut too close to home.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 19: What story/character of yours do you love but it seems like no one else does?
“Orpheus Screamed”. Currently unpublished; I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps its RL inspirations cut too close to home.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
In the mood for a short horror story? I've got one for you! It's even narrated. Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
Where the Shadows Whisper
open.substack.com/pub/lilyluz/...
#halloween #horror #audiobook #narration #writinghorror #shortstory
Where the Shadows Whisper
open.substack.com/pub/lilyluz/...
#halloween #horror #audiobook #narration #writinghorror #shortstory
Where the Shadows Whisper
Happy Halloween!
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the mood for a short horror story? I've got one for you! It's even narrated. Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
Where the Shadows Whisper
open.substack.com/pub/lilyluz/...
#halloween #horror #audiobook #narration #writinghorror #shortstory
Where the Shadows Whisper
open.substack.com/pub/lilyluz/...
#halloween #horror #audiobook #narration #writinghorror #shortstory
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 9: What were your favorite horror stories as a kid?
My favourites included The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Velvet Ribbon, and Robert Bloch’s “Sweets for the Sweet”.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 9: What were your favorite horror stories as a kid?
My favourites included The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Velvet Ribbon, and Robert Bloch’s “Sweets for the Sweet”.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
July 9, 2024 at 7:18 PM
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 9: What were your favorite horror stories as a kid?
My favourites included The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Velvet Ribbon, and Robert Bloch’s “Sweets for the Sweet”.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 9: What were your favorite horror stories as a kid?
My favourites included The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Velvet Ribbon, and Robert Bloch’s “Sweets for the Sweet”.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
"Nick reaches out, features blurred with wounds. Blood mats his hair down and still he reaches out, broken fingers stretching for him." 2/ #horror #writinghorror
October 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
"Nick reaches out, features blurred with wounds. Blood mats his hair down and still he reaches out, broken fingers stretching for him." 2/ #horror #writinghorror
July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The #horrorcommunity has some incredible #indieauthors publishing new works in the month of March.
Come find your new favorite author!
#horroruniverse #scarystories #writinghorror #Booksky #horrorfiction #horror #horrorbooks #horrorbooksky #amreadinghorror
Come find your new favorite author!
#horroruniverse #scarystories #writinghorror #Booksky #horrorfiction #horror #horrorbooks #horrorbooksky #amreadinghorror
March 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The #horrorcommunity has some incredible #indieauthors publishing new works in the month of March.
Come find your new favorite author!
#horroruniverse #scarystories #writinghorror #Booksky #horrorfiction #horror #horrorbooks #horrorbooksky #amreadinghorror
Come find your new favorite author!
#horroruniverse #scarystories #writinghorror #Booksky #horrorfiction #horror #horrorbooks #horrorbooksky #amreadinghorror
I was lucky enough to be included in this awesome anthology from Laura Bilodeau! If you like your horror on the extreme side, you'll love this!
#horror #extremehorror #writinghorror #horrorwriter #horrorreader #reading #writing
#horror #extremehorror #writinghorror #horrorwriter #horrorreader #reading #writing
March 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I was lucky enough to be included in this awesome anthology from Laura Bilodeau! If you like your horror on the extreme side, you'll love this!
#horror #extremehorror #writinghorror #horrorwriter #horrorreader #reading #writing
#horror #extremehorror #writinghorror #horrorwriter #horrorreader #reading #writing
Things of beauty: Argosy Magazines from 1949. Reading Ray Bradbury in the wild, my fingers reaching back through time, touching pages that were read on trains and buses some 70
years ago.
#Booksky #Writing #WritingHorror #Speculative #ScienceFiction
years ago.
#Booksky #Writing #WritingHorror #Speculative #ScienceFiction
June 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Things of beauty: Argosy Magazines from 1949. Reading Ray Bradbury in the wild, my fingers reaching back through time, touching pages that were read on trains and buses some 70
years ago.
#Booksky #Writing #WritingHorror #Speculative #ScienceFiction
years ago.
#Booksky #Writing #WritingHorror #Speculative #ScienceFiction
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover.
Day 1: What form/forms do you write (novel, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, song/music, screenplay, etc.)?
Mostly I write short stories with some flash fiction; currently working on my debut novel.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 1: What form/forms do you write (novel, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, song/music, screenplay, etc.)?
Mostly I write short stories with some flash fiction; currently working on my debut novel.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
July 1, 2024 at 7:04 PM
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover.
Day 1: What form/forms do you write (novel, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, song/music, screenplay, etc.)?
Mostly I write short stories with some flash fiction; currently working on my debut novel.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 1: What form/forms do you write (novel, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, song/music, screenplay, etc.)?
Mostly I write short stories with some flash fiction; currently working on my debut novel.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Out and about for the first time in a long time after some major health issues - meal at a nearby spot - one of the inspirations for Cinderlake that appears in my books Congeal & The Bledbrooke Works …beautiful but there's an indefinably dark feel to it
#AmWriting #WritingHorror
#AmWriting #WritingHorror
August 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Out and about for the first time in a long time after some major health issues - meal at a nearby spot - one of the inspirations for Cinderlake that appears in my books Congeal & The Bledbrooke Works …beautiful but there's an indefinably dark feel to it
#AmWriting #WritingHorror
#AmWriting #WritingHorror
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 13: Do you have any superstitions, rituals, or beliefs around writing?
First drafts are always written in the fancy notebooks every writer owns but most never write in. I also write first drafts in pencil.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 13: Do you have any superstitions, rituals, or beliefs around writing?
First drafts are always written in the fancy notebooks every writer owns but most never write in. I also write first drafts in pencil.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
July 13, 2024 at 7:26 PM
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 13: Do you have any superstitions, rituals, or beliefs around writing?
First drafts are always written in the fancy notebooks every writer owns but most never write in. I also write first drafts in pencil.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 13: Do you have any superstitions, rituals, or beliefs around writing?
First drafts are always written in the fancy notebooks every writer owns but most never write in. I also write first drafts in pencil.
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Everyone talks about writers googling weird ways to off people or hide bodies but nobody talks about when your socially awkward, introverted butt is at the keyboard searching like “how would a normal person react to…” #writinghorror
June 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Everyone talks about writers googling weird ways to off people or hide bodies but nobody talks about when your socially awkward, introverted butt is at the keyboard searching like “how would a normal person react to…” #writinghorror
Listening to the waves rolling up the beach. The North Sea is calm now, but who knows what coils beneath that pewter surface.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Listening to the waves rolling up the beach. The North Sea is calm now, but who knows what coils beneath that pewter surface.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 25: What's your favorite piece of writing advice?
Don’t edit as I write. It’s why I write first drafts by hand; makes it difficult to edit until the second draft, which means the first actually gets written!
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 25: What's your favorite piece of writing advice?
Don’t edit as I write. It’s why I write first drafts by hand; makes it difficult to edit until the second draft, which means the first actually gets written!
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
July 25, 2024 at 7:06 PM
31 Days of a Writer: a peek behind the cover
Day 25: What's your favorite piece of writing advice?
Don’t edit as I write. It’s why I write first drafts by hand; makes it difficult to edit until the second draft, which means the first actually gets written!
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
Day 25: What's your favorite piece of writing advice?
Don’t edit as I write. It’s why I write first drafts by hand; makes it difficult to edit until the second draft, which means the first actually gets written!
#WritingCommunity #WritingHorror
I’m excited to see the cover of this - it contains my chapter ‘Fear and Loathing: Mental Illness and the Othering of the Zombie.’ Exciting times!
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
April 9, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I’m excited to see the cover of this - it contains my chapter ‘Fear and Loathing: Mental Illness and the Othering of the Zombie.’ Exciting times!
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
looking for recommendations for literary horror, uncanny delights, books that make you feel on edge but in an ambiguous and undefinable way
TIA! 🪄🪄🪄
#booksky #writinghorror
TIA! 🪄🪄🪄
#booksky #writinghorror
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
looking for recommendations for literary horror, uncanny delights, books that make you feel on edge but in an ambiguous and undefinable way
TIA! 🪄🪄🪄
#booksky #writinghorror
TIA! 🪄🪄🪄
#booksky #writinghorror
Good article. While it might appeal to thriller writers, I think it applies to #writinghorror too!
Some stories are “quieter.” So how do you keep tension strong without scenes of overt tension and suspense? Tiffany Yates Martin says, "Lean away."
Create Compelling Suspense and Tension No Matter What’s Happening in Your Story | Jane Friedman
Triumphs are most compelling when the hero has to fight for them, so even quiet stories need plenty of obstacles, challenges, and uncertainties.
janefriedman.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Good article. While it might appeal to thriller writers, I think it applies to #writinghorror too!
I just started writing my new horror spec & found this very helpful...
#scriptsky #Wrac25 #screenwriting #writinghorror
#scriptsky #Wrac25 #screenwriting #writinghorror
‘How to Write a Killer Opening to Your Screenplay: SCREAM’
Kevin Williamson's horror script is a master class in how to keep your readers turning the page (while also scaring the sh*t out of them).
Kevin Williamson's horror script is a master class in how to keep your readers turning the page (while also scaring the sh*t out of them).
How to Write a Killer Opening to Your Screenplay: 'Scream'
Kevin Williamson's horror script is a master class in how to keep your readers turning the page (while also scaring the sh*t out of them)
colehaddon.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I just started writing my new horror spec & found this very helpful...
#scriptsky #Wrac25 #screenwriting #writinghorror
#scriptsky #Wrac25 #screenwriting #writinghorror
The best way to terrify a reader isn't something overt. The best way is to hold the reader's hand, guide them gently up to the edge of the abyss, make them think it's solid ground just as they step off, and then let their hand go. #horror #HorrorCommunity #writinghorror
August 6, 2023 at 2:40 PM
The best way to terrify a reader isn't something overt. The best way is to hold the reader's hand, guide them gently up to the edge of the abyss, make them think it's solid ground just as they step off, and then let their hand go. #horror #HorrorCommunity #writinghorror
In less 'real life' horrors - check out this submission call for @hellboundbooks.bsky.social
#Submissions #WritingHorror #HorrorWriters
#Submissions #WritingHorror #HorrorWriters
Taking Submissions: HellBound Books' anthology of Campfire Stories via @hellboundbooks.bsky.social
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
Deadline: June 30th, 2025
Payment: $5
Theme: Terrifying Tales to be told around a campfire!
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
Deadline: June 30th, 2025
Payment: $5
Theme: Terrifying Tales to be told around a campfire!
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
March 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In less 'real life' horrors - check out this submission call for @hellboundbooks.bsky.social
#Submissions #WritingHorror #HorrorWriters
#Submissions #WritingHorror #HorrorWriters
The likelihood of any character taking the hints they should are equal in percentage to the chapter number they inhabit.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
February 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The likelihood of any character taking the hints they should are equal in percentage to the chapter number they inhabit.
#WritingHorror
#WritingHorror
I scared myself doing research for my novel.
Google Maps Street View.
Clicked down a rural ass bit of road in the middle of nowhere.
There's a sign for a trailhead. I took that turn-off once. Years ago.
There wasn't a grave marker, then.
Sure as shit is one there, now.
#writinghorror
Google Maps Street View.
Clicked down a rural ass bit of road in the middle of nowhere.
There's a sign for a trailhead. I took that turn-off once. Years ago.
There wasn't a grave marker, then.
Sure as shit is one there, now.
#writinghorror
April 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I scared myself doing research for my novel.
Google Maps Street View.
Clicked down a rural ass bit of road in the middle of nowhere.
There's a sign for a trailhead. I took that turn-off once. Years ago.
There wasn't a grave marker, then.
Sure as shit is one there, now.
#writinghorror
Google Maps Street View.
Clicked down a rural ass bit of road in the middle of nowhere.
There's a sign for a trailhead. I took that turn-off once. Years ago.
There wasn't a grave marker, then.
Sure as shit is one there, now.
#writinghorror