Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, August 2025
Joseph Hirsch
Second Scribbling, Aug. 5, 2025
A horror writer and German translator, currently shopping his horror novel Church of the Last Lamb to publishers and agencies. He counts Michael McDowell, Clive Barker, and Joe R. Lansdale among his prime influences.
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“Mama Bear“
Some babies want milk; this one appears to have a taste for blood.
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Author Keywords: Family, Mother, Oedipal, Toys, Bear, Teddy Bear, Stuffed Animal, Possession, Gothic, Addiction, Funeral, Breastfeeding
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Some violence, reference to drug use and descriptions of drug paraphernalia.
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E.J. LeRoy
Joined August 11, 2025
She has a light body horror, science fiction, mpreg novella forthcoming at The Whumpy Printing Press.
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“Remy de Montfort of Dubcon Palace“
In 1686 Barbados, indentured servant Remy de Montfort attempts an escape, only to make a discovery that shatters his worldview.
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Author Keywords: historical fiction; speculative fiction; science fiction; artificial intelligence; slavery
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): off-page sexual assault of the adult male protagonist
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Emmie Christie
Second Scribbling, Aug. 13, 2025
Emmie Christie’s work includes practical subjects, like feminism and mental health, and speculative subjects, like unicorns and affordable healthcare.
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“Chrysalis“
Siran woke up, and part of her finger had stuck to her sheets.
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Author Keywords: [silence]
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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“The Rites of Harry Leitner“
What do the dead have to fear?
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Author Keywords: Exorcism, possession, supernatural horror, urban fantasy, occult
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Exorcism, possession, religious themes, references to body horror and death
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Steve Toase
Joined August 18, 2025
He is a British born horror writer living in the Franconian Forest, Germany, who has a love of old motorbikes and vintage cocktails.
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“Dental Hygiene“
Hidden hollows hold more than rusted razorblades.
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Author Keywords: Weird horror, unsettling houses, hidden rituals, artefacts
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Violence, cutting, murder, sex
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Dimitry Partsi
Joined August 22, 2025
An Australian writer exposing the absurdity of the modern world, one story at a time.
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“A Promising Void: The Memo-morphosis“
Your very last Job Interview.
Read “A Promising Void: The Memo-morphosis” (~1600 words)
Author Keywords: Absurdist Horror, Existential Horror, Corporate Horror, Kafkaesque, Theatre of the Absurd, Psychological Horror, Office, Bureaucracy, Dehumanization, Futility, Surrealism.
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): either none, or Existential Dread / Loss of Identity / Depersonalization
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John Leahy
Joined August 26, 2025
He has had three novels published–Harvest, CROGIAN, and Unity
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“Flowers“
The crew of The Black Zephyr pull a shipwrecked man from the water. But in saving the man’s life, they set in motion a future of unimaginable horror.
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Author Keywords: pirates, East India Company, sea horror, burnt, terror, maritime, storm, islands, beauty
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Men are dissolved to death by burning fluids in the story. This process is revealed in shocking detail.
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