Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, May 2025
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?”
Read “The Virtues and Vices of Vegan Vampires” (~2100 words)
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.
Read “Hush” (~3700 words)
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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