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A Solid Foundation of Scribes
The first of the Horrific Scribes have been cemented. Silas and I welcome them happily as the foundation of the archive, invite you to enjoy their work, and encourage you to seek their brilliance wherever it reaches. We have more to offer about these authors; here we collect tantalizing previews. The archive’s first Exhibit is
Calling All Horrific Scribes!
SUBMISSIONS TEMPORARILY CLOSE MARCH 31, 2025! Horrific Scribblings was initially idealistic about waiting to involve other writers until we could afford to pay pro rates but has crumbled before impatience and excitement to work with others and decided to offer $25 per accepted submission of an original dark fiction short story (1,500 – 5,000 words)
Alex’s Escape: Why I Wrote Such Horrific Filth
by L. Andrew Cooper With my novel Alex’s Escape, I set out to write a sick, twisted, deplorable, outrageous work of horror that would stand out among other sick, twisted, etc. works of horror. If the limited pre-release feedback I’ve received is any indication, I have succeeded. Read moreNo One Escapes… ALEX’S ESCAPE!ARC (advance reader
Who will fall for NOIR FALLING?
Daniel Lowe, a presence but not a student at the prestigious University, keeps finding himself in strange situations, not sure how he got there. Color whorls devour people and places, a beautiful woman in a null space called The Blank asks him to save her from her corporate magnate husband, and dozens of missing students
Have a Free Burst of Joy
Until the end of 2024, L. Andrew Cooper’s (my) short horror story “Burst” is FREE to download in the Horrific Scribblings store! I write a short story every Halloween, and this story was born Halloween 2024, which makes it my most recent short (about 7,000 words). I’m publishing it here on HorrificScribblings.com first, which makes
No One Escapes… ALEX’S ESCAPE!
Horrific Scribblings is proud to announce its first publication and reveal the awesome cover by Ruth Anna Evans! Get ready for my (L. Andrew Cooper’s) first full-length extreme/hardcore horror novel, Alex’s Escape. “A queer phantasmagoria of torturous horror, taboo sex, and supernatural cruelty. Alex’s Escape penetrates deep — in all manner of ways.” —Jonathan Butcher,
Cheap Thrills Make a Comeback!
The HorrificScribblings.com store offers exclusive, cheap downloads (as cheap as is reasonable considering the cost of selling online, so $0.99 each) of out-of-print (and eventually never-before-published) short stories! Like everything else in “phase one” (see the About page), at first the stories will all be by L. Andrew Cooper (that’s me), but in the future…
A Store Is Born!
That’s right, HorrificScribblings.com has a store. I (that’s me, L. Andrew Cooper) imagine that doesn’t sound like a big deal to you, but as of this writing, I’ve never sold anything through a website of my own, so it’s pretty exciting to me. In addition to the main store (or “Shop”), you’ll find a link
Meet Silas the Scribble Man!
When Ruth Anna Evans approached me (I’m L. Andrew Cooper, but you can call me Andrew) with this design for the Horrific Scribblings logo, my heart melted. Who wouldn’t fall in love with that great big smile, those wide eyes, and those long, luscious eyelashes? Stirred with my affections were senses of the provocative, scary,