When you stare for too long into the abyss, the abyss will sass back.

I was 17 years old when this story ran. I am very aware that if I had been 27, there's a good chance I wouldn't be here to remind you of it. I try never to forget that as much as I chose my own path in life, I also got lucky.

Very true..... #BookSky

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The one who is lying to themselves And not only are they lying to themselves But they KNOW they are lying to themselves For it reveals they have an affliction we can all fall into Addiction Addiction to the bullshit that shuts up the voices for a bit #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I love convincing my characters that they are safe or, worse, that they are capable of handling a problem alone. They are all out of their depth.

#HorrorWritersChat: The Smiler. Bad things come from Wide Mouths. The Gothy Weirdo in the Back of Drama/Lit/Math Class. Usually a girl. If so, a final one. With a relatable headspace.

#HorrorWritersChat: Some of my characters are klutzy. They would fall into a gopher hole trying to decipher a cryptic text. Some of my characters are criminally oblivious. They lie to themselves and fall into solipsism, fascism, excessively bouffant chiffoniered wear.

#HorrorWritersChat: Hiya! I'm A.M. Castro. I write spec fic/horror with a Mesoamerican twist. My favorite lie: Despite serious harm inflicted during possession or exorcism, the human form will somehow just snap back into place once the demon retreats. Like, I threw my back out permanently for less.

The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.

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Is it that time again #HorrorwritersChat? It just might be...

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

Howling vibes.

In 2025, Askia detailed how his investigative work has led to repeated transfers, surveillance, and stints in solitary confinement. He describes this cycle as the cost of holding the system accountable and bringing the reality of prison life to the public.

"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA

every two words is an entire Dickens novel

Editing and Marketing team.

Lola. Happy and fat AF.

#Pride happenings around New Orleans.

I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants

holy shit????? ICE is getting rid of seven of the 11 would-be concentration camp warehouses they purchased and sec. mullin indicates new mass detention centers are not priority. huge!

Good morning by Pil Hwa

Appreciating this ditty.

Thanks, Mary. Revival is very much me atm! As the Wheel Turns - More Tales from the Weald is a collection of short stories set in my folk horror Five Turns universe. Updated it, new cover, hardcover too. www.amazon.co.uk/As-Wheel-Tur...

#HorrorWritersChat I write ecohorror, religious horror, and weird shit. There are so many great resurrection horror stories. Religion is full of them. Jesus's story is gnarly. He comes back to life & then gets his wound fisted by Thomas. Then he turns into a dove & flies away, as one does.

#HorrorWriter I have posted recently, check out my review of the #Backrooms. Thanks, and happy reading. (2/2) shadowboxarchives.com/2026/06/03/t...

OG Hammer films/Christopher Lee for the cheese. Ken Russell for the sacrilege. Derek Jarmon for the sets. Martin Amis & Joyce Carol Oates for the unexpected, yet concisely plotted social commentary fused with terror. We'd design an Escape Room. Or Waterpark.

#HorrorWritersChat I've got a short story coming out (soon?) about a writer whose unfinished villains come to life. But not to murder her. They stage an intervention to demand she sit the f**k down and write them out. Let's just say, the darling that dies isn't the darling you'd expect.

My attitude for most things I write and submit these days is YOLO.

We brought "phrasing" back, right?

The wait is almost over. Here’s your first look at the cover of Beacon, our digital magazine: Land of Bones: Who Will Find El Salvador’s Dead? Launching today at 2 p.m. CST 🗞🔦 #Beacon #ElFaroEnglish #ABrighterBeacon

As of this week, around 150 people are still being kept inside cages at Alligator Alcatraz, including people with serious medical conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure. From Adelanto to Delaney Hall — FREE THEM ALL.

Brave people inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ a concentration camp in the Florida Everglades, reported guards withholding food and water unless they sign documents in English that they don’t understand. They also said the water they do get is putrid, and medicine has been taken away or delivered late.

The number of dipshit writers thinking they are being clever or profound by interacting with AI and then writing about it is getting a bit much. Not a single one has been non-stupid. You sound pathetic. Just do not use it, full stop.

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

#HorrorWritersChat Derp. I was looking forward to this all week. But I got called into a meeting :( Most recent WIP is about a woman who is detained by law enforcement, thrown in a full-body restraint, and warehoused, over and over again.

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I've got a new #chapbook on Bottlecap Press! So stoked and proud to share this surreal send-up, inspired by the Beat Generation's trips and travails through Morocco, and our own adventures in the Maghreb.

Here’s some sketches exploring one of my ideas for the creature from “The Terror” by Dan Simmons, and how I imagined it could work as a supernatural element while still able to be mistaken for a polar bear at a glance or in the distance~

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

#screenwriting #writingcommunity #scriptsky

Same energy:

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