Horrific Scribes
(an online archive of the provocative, scary, and strange)
L. Andrew Cooper, editor
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Shawn Montgomery
Joined May 1, 2025
Come find me amongst the pines, the tombstones… the river… come hear my songs, my secrets… my fears.
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“Burn the Witch“
In a soft but sure voice, my brother says, “Gabriel, we have to kill the witch… she’s gonna destroy us if we don’t do anything.”
But I grimly remind myself, she isn’t just a witch… she’s our mother!
Read “Burn the Witch” (~5000 words)
Author Keywords: childhood, family, brothers, drug abuse, childhood abuse, woods, witch, folk
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Themes of Child Abuse/Terror; Drug Abuse; Mental Illness; Witches
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Tim Brown
Joined May 8, 2025
When not writing, he can be found tending to his plants, kowtowing to his cats, and unsuccessfully attempting to clear his backlog of books and video games.
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“Calluses“
When a child is told they’re not enough, anything can be a beacon.
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Author Keywords: Fire, possession, body horror, social horror
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Self-mutilation, Character Death, Graphic Violence
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Sarina Dorie
Joined May 15, 2025
A few of her favorite things include gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk, fairies, Severus Snape, and Mr. Darcy.
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“The Virtues and Vices of Vegan Vampires“
“So you think the villains were right to eat people instead of animals?”
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Author Keywords: Vampires, vegans, vegetarians, vegan vampires, paranormal, dating, queer dating, LGBTQ, female protagonist
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): discussion of cannibalism
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Luminous Darkness:
Escape and Transgression
When it’s this dark, nothing is certain.
Read Luminous Darkness: Escape and Transgression (~1400 words)
Author Keywords: dystopia, light and dark, darkness, serial killers, fairytales, crows, bigotry, hope, journeys, isolation, discovery, perversion, vengeance, victims, survivors
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): none
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“To Play the Queen of Hearts“
For when even the guillotine just isn’t enough.
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Author Keywords: Head, revolution, France, aristocrat
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Antisemitic and utterly loathsome narrator
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“Hush“
Letting the monster in is never a good idea.
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Author Keywords: monster/s, noise, body horror, gore, cannibalism, coming of age
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): body horror, gore, cannibalism, and suicide.
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“Calypso“
“She took a deep breath. Intermixed with green scents, the ground carried the smell of death.”
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Author Keywords: plant, exorcism, haunting, orchid, nature, botany, ritual, ghost, ring, mysticism, science
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): depictions of sexual harassment, dead animals, blood
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Devin James Leonard
Joined June 3, 2025
Devin’s favorite snack is sunflower seeds. Devin believes in extraterrestrials. Devin has a sister named Samantha. Devin is Fox Mulder.
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“King of Hearts“
Don’t Pull the Card!
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Author Keywords: Not sure
Silas’s Suggestions: game, psychology, desperation, ambiguity
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Violence
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Mark Towse
Joined June 9, 2025
From the author of the Amazon bestselling novel The Sound of Suffering…
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“Ash-Ray Wednesday“
This story is for anyone who has encountered middle management from Hell. Karma is a bitch…
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Author Keywords: Workplace horror. Management. Revenge. Demons. Hell.
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Not really.
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Joseph Hirsch
Joined June 10, 2025
Pushcart-nominated, prediabetic author and magister in German Studies with an especial interest in the expressionist poetry of Great War veteran Georg Trakl.
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“Red in Tooth“
Estimates say that the average human tooth can contain upwards of ten-thousand nerve endings. That means that a man with a drill and nothing to lose has ten-thousand ways to extract a confession from another man hiding a secret.
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Author Keywords: Dentist; dental; drill; infidelity; secrets, revelations; torture; confession; vengeance; revenge.
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): This work contains graphic depictions of violence. Those with a strong case of odontophobia are advised to avoid it altogether.
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Tom Johnstone
Joined June 16, 2025
As a horror writer who also works as a Council gardener, Tom Johnstone knows only too well that all lawn mowers are possessed by demons.
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“The Herman Condition“
Beware of sentient sourdough starters—especially ones called Herman… You’ll die if you do get that new recipe!
Read “The Herman Condition” (~4200 words)
Author Keywords: domestic uncanny, trad wife horror, black comedy, psychological horror
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Domestic violence, coercive control, suicidal ideation
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(but mind the warnings)
