Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, June 2025
“Calypso“
“She took a deep breath. Intermixed with green scents, the ground carried the smell of death.”
Read “Calypso” (~2000 words)
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!
Read “King of Hearts” (~1600 words)
Author Keywords: Not sure
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!
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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)
Thomas C. Mavroudis
Joined June 17, 2025
His debut collection, Rabbit Face and Other Awful Encounters, was released in April 2025 from JournalStone.
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“From a Trail Cam Pointed at Our House“
We are surrounded by city, as this land used to be the airport until they built the new one way out in the middle of true nowhere plains. After all that asphalt and concrete was removed, it didn’t take long for the land to reclaim itself.
Read “From a Trail Cam Pointed at Our House” (~2000 words)
Author Keywords: Found footage, creepypasta, wildlife.
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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“Best Seats in the House“
There’s no crying in baseball, but there will be blood… and maybe killer glitter.
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Author Keywords: Supernatural horror, dark urban fantasy, girl power, surrealism
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Gore, gun violence, minors in peril
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Richard Dansky
Joined June 26, 2025
Writer, game designer and cad, Richard Dansky asks that you not tell him about your character.
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“Scheduling Issues“
There’s a cost to keeping silent at unnecessary meetings—but there might be a bigger one for speaking up.
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Author Keywords: corporate horror, psychological horror, office horror
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Workplace violence, some gore
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Luke Ramer
Joined June 30, 2025
Luke Ramer is an award-winning filmmaker and podcaster who writes dark fiction that dives deep into the darker recesses of the human experience.
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“Post Op“
After a surgery to reshape his ribcage, Henry ponders an erotic new ability…
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Author Keywords: body horror, body experimentation, surgery, self-experimentation
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
Silas Cautions: Explicit adolescent sexuality
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