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Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, Feb. 2025
Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, Mar. 2025
Jason Frederick Myers
Joined April 1, 2025
He suffered from horrible nightmares as a child, so the irony of growing up to write dark fiction is not lost on him.
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“Of Gnarled Roots and Rot”
You screamed for help, and though the two of you were alone in the darkness, you couldn’t help but feel that something in those woods was watching…
Read “Of Gnarled Roots and Rot” (~2100 words)
Author Keywords: Gothic, rural, urban legend, shadows, revenge
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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Jen Mierisch
Joined April 1, 2025
Jen Mierisch’s body lives near Chicago, but her brain resides in The Twilight Zone…
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“Kitty’s Hobby”
For murder enthusiast Kitty Kester, retirement is anything but boring…
Read “Kitty’s Hobby” (~1500 words)
Author Keywords: murder, revenge, killing, misogyny, death
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): none
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Three Distorted Visions (A Selection of Three Poems)
Elvis, ghosts, and a pantomime horse.
Read Three Distorted Visions (~350 words)
Author Keywords: poetry, horror poetry, ghosts, revenants, vampires, death
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): none
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Amy Grech
Joined April 3, 2025
She has sold over 100 crime fiction and horror stories to various anthologies and magazines.
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“Snow Angel”
“Tell me where snow angels come from.” Suzy’s deep, blue eyes scanned the immense, blank expanse, seeking answers.
Read “Snow Angel” (~4000 words)
Author Keywords: angels, blanket of white, carbon monoxide poisoning, confinement, cerebral palsy, childhood, Christmas, December, snow, snow angel, wheelchair-bound, winter
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): death of a child
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(Silas warns: bloodless yet brutal)
Emmie Christie
Joined April 4, 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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“Every Nowhere Leads to Somewhere”
She was ten, and mushrooms had never deigned to talk to her before.
Read “Every Nowhere Leads to Somewhere” (~2000 words)
Author Keywords: dark fantasy, portal fantasy
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): suicide, neglect, animal death
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(but heed the warnings)
L.N. Hunter
Joined April 7, 2025
L.N. Hunter is a burbling accumulation of off-kilter ideas masquerading as a human being—or possibly a writer, which is more fun.
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“The Train”
Frank Tate, assassin and thug, gets a surprise when his latest hit is revealed to be a test for something much more sinister.
Read “The Train” (~3500 words)
Author Keywords: horror, supernatural, hitman, train
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Well, there is a lot of killing! (Though not a lot of gore.)
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Kasimma
Joined April 8, 2025
Kasimma is an author from Igboland–obodo ndi dike.
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“Funky D”
A visit from two hilarious demons, Zaddy and Dear, who teach potent lessons about the power of thoughts and prayers.
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Author Keywords: fiction, speculative, Nigerian, Kasimma
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): none
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C.M. Saunders
Joined April 9, 2025
C.M. Saunders is a writer and editor from New Tredegar, Wales.
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“The Screaming Man”
When you’re a child, you think that when you grow up, you’ll have all the answers. Sorry to break it to you, but it’s not true. You will always have questions.
Read “The Screaming Man” (~2500 words)
Author Keywords: sci-fi, horror, quiet horror, nostalgia
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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Trisha Ridinger McKee
Joined April 10, 2025
A mutli-genre author with a passion for love and nightmares.
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“The Inheritance”
Inheriting the memories of loved ones is a blessing… until it isn’t.
Read “The Inheritance” (~4900 words)
Author Keywords: memories, dark past, family
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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“Final Confession from the One-Woman Department of Mind Control”
When the world is crumbling, we’re all desperate for control.
Read “Final Confession from the One-Woman Department of Mind Control” (~4500 words)
Author Keywords: sci-fi, dystopia, climate change, war, death
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): suicidality, references to sexual assault
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(but mind the warnings)
Jennifer Peaslee
Joined April 29, 2025
A multi-genre author living outside Atlanta with her mischievous cat, Trouble.
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“Dinner and a Show”
Dan, a pervy dad, asks out his daughter’s college tour guide. Will he get more than he bargained for?
Read “Dinner and a Show” (~2600 words)
Author Keywords: extreme horror, college
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): excessive gore, mutilation, cannibalism
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“No Vacancy”
Nothing is what it seems.
Read “No Vacancy” (~3000 words)
Author Keywords: quiet horror, body horror, supernatural, dark fantasy, haunted house, ghosts, LGBTQIA+, queer, confinement, con artist, dark web
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): self-harm, transphobia, deadnaming/misgendering
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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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