Horrific Scribes and Scribbles, September 2025
Abby Nicole Yee
Joined September 3, 2025
A Filipino neurodivergent writer. Totally not a hypochondriac.
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“Before I Grew Nettled Skin“
Don’t mess with a traumatized diva’s berries.
Read “Before I Grew Nettled Skin” (~300 words)
Author Keywords: horror, dark fantasy
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Sexual abuse, violence
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Steven Mathes
Joined September 5, 2025
Steven Mathes, well-meaning, confused that he’s considered antisocial.
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“Swimmer“
Two people at a college reunion are possessed by monsters that cause hunger and love.
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Author Keywords: Slipstream, possession, monsters [suggestions welcomed]
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [suggestions welcomed]
Silas says key elements include parasites, mind control, compulsive behavior, overeating, eating disorders, and body shaming/horror
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Jon McGoran
Joined September 8, 2025
Jon McGoran is the author of eleven novels, mostly about the future.
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“Christmas Angel“
A lonely old woman and a tiny young girl share a Christmas tradition and a terrible secret.
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Author Keywords: horror, Christmas, mother, child, baby
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Hard to say without giving it away…
Silas deleted one word because it was a spoiler. The story involves the death of someone very young or very old.
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John Davis
Joined September 10, 2025
John Davis is an early childhood educator and writer from Australia.
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“It Hungers“
Dean’s friend has something to show him.
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Author Keywords: Horror, Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, Sci-fi Horror, Creepy, Tense, Transgressive
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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David Corse
Joined September 12, 2025
David Corse writes characters with big emotions and bigger, preternatural problems.
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“All My Angry Selves“
Can there ever be too much rage?
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Author Keywords: Body horror, weird horror, dark fantasy
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Birth, graphic violence, mass violence, sexual content, depictions of blood, female oppression.
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K. Thompson
Joined September 15, 2025
K. Thompson’s brain produces nastiness to such an advanced degree the only logical thing to do is export it.
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“Worryeater“
You are not your thoughts…right?
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Author Keywords: OCD, clocks, eldritch beasts, dialectical behavioral therapy, religious trauma, poorly designed websites, vague monsterfuckery
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): mentions of violence against humans and animals
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Shawn Montgomery
Second Scribbling, Sept. 17, 2025
Shawn Montgomery has been writing himself out of haunted houses, suffocating tombs and labyrinths full of creeping ghouls for over forty years. He wouldn’t want to live any other way.
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“When I Come Back“
Two old acquaintances from childhood have a chance meeting, but only one of them knows that there is nothing coincidental about it. Another game has started… this time the stakes are eternal….
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Author Keywords: Childhood; Trauma; Revenge; Abuse; Bullying; Grief; Paranormal
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Childhood Sexual Abuse; Bullying; Grief; Trauma
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“Family of Four“
About a very bad dog.
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Author Keywords: Eerie, Creature Feature, Supernatural
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Joined September 22, 2025
One of Andrew’s favorite stories, “Sticky,” was included in the anthology Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
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“The Basement“
Daniel has seen electricity generated this way before but never tried it himself.
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Author Keywords: Basement, electricity, boyfriend, girlfriend, parents, domesticity
Instead of two words the author worried could be spoilers, Silas offers the vaguer “inhumane violence.”
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): Descriptions of violence.
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Leonardo J. Lamanna
Joined September 24, 2025
Speculative fiction author & archaeologist. Horror, bones, ghosts, and foggy woods.
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“The Flesh Factory“
Inside a sterile nightmare of scalpels and machines, one human specimen dreams of escape.
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Author Keywords: body horror; human experimentation; dehumanization; dystopian horror; clinical nightmare
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): [silence]
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Jon Clendaniel
Joined September 30, 2025
Speculative fiction author, purveyor of weirdness and wonder.
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“And Then There Were Ten Billion“
This alien really needs a hug.
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Author Keywords: aliens, spaceships, sci-fi/horror, humor, AI, cats
Author Trigger Warnings (if any): blood & gore
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