Just up: Things to do in Houston if you're into bats, like most horror fans are... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-t...

#WIPSnips “He has a book, THE HEAVENLY LAITHE, that explained how the universe is an infinite number of miniscule changes, all of which happen until you accept one set of choices over another.”

If there's only one member left of Milli Vanilli wouldn't it be Millus Vanillus

This looks like fun, although I'm a bit late to the party, sorry! Hi, I'm That Burnt Writer; I mostly write sci-fi and/or bodyshock horror. Traditions? I love when there's everyday situations subverted by an extended creeping sense of unease/dread just before the reveal... #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I am Vee, I write Eldritch Horror, Folk? Horror, and Dark Fantasy, and I love seeing Christmas and other family oriented holidays turn horror. So wonderful :D

I'm Fen; I write folklore, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and an amalgam of all of it! I love to take folklore and fantasy and make it horror - not that it usually needs much work! Especially Fae/the Fair Folk from Irish folklore, and their endless rules that must always be obeyed. #HorrorWritersChat

Thank you for hosting! I post a chapter of my urban fantasy/folklore horror, Oathsworn, on my Patreon every Sunday. You can access everything I've ever written for as little as £1 a month, and the Prologue for Oathsworn is FREE! patreon.com/fenwintersta... #HorrorWritersChat

Awesome questions, Gree! #HorrorWritersChat It's pride month, and my nonbinary ace-spec vampire and werewolf are carrying out the long-respected tradition of taking down a fascistic government ;) Curious? Check out the BackerKit here! (Contemporary dark fantasy) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

Thanks, Gree! Find me at writesinister.substack.com And listen to Echoes of Elsewhere, a Call of Cthulhu/D&D crossover podcast that's weird and good and I'm in it. Find it on Youtube, in the podcast aisle of your local internet, or here: rss.com/podcasts/ech.... #horrorwriterschat #podcast

Like nightmarish traditions? Check out my LWF series. Book 1 is available lots of places, and Book 2 is less than a month away from release! Learn more about both books and find purchase/pre-order links on my website: www.amberhathaway.com/books #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat TYVM Gree! You can now listen to me talking about horror, and writing, and writing about horror, on Hannah’s Bookshelf which went out on the radio on Saturday. Here’s a listen link. www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Book...

Don't forget to check the comments on the original post to see what the awesome folks at the #HorrorWritersChat are cooking up!

Thanks Gree My second book deals with tradition "an erotic sci-fi thriller that’s also a melancholic tale of departed romance. It puts forward the burden of blame, and leaves you to ponder the obligation of responsibility." www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B... #HorrorWritersChat #Booksky #Authorsky

Once again I offer up my Cthulhu Mythos noir short story. I finished the rough outline for the next in the series today and plan to release the finished story later this month. Wish me luck and get to know Lazarus and his rival Harlan ahead of time in Lock the Last Door #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Gree_! For Pride my partner and I have made the first 40 issues of our illustrated fantasy/horror zine pay-what-you-feel. Below is the bundle containing The Belmont Family Picnic, the eldritch annual meal story I mentioned earlier. It's one of my favourites I've written. #HorrorWritersChat

In keeping with today's chat, how about my short story collection, YULETIDE THRILLS? Starts out light and gets dark. I usually tell people to start at the beginning and stop when it gets too dark. But for this group: start at the end and read it backwards. #horrorwriterschat tinyurl.com/5e3hbb24

Fun questions! I've got ideas now and that's always lovely. Thank you for the fun, #horrorwriterschat. My sleepy brain is delighted now. As for things to share, I have horror stories in my pinned post but am going to throw a link for my podcast today because why not: www.patreon.com/cw/AtFiD

Missed the hastag! #HorrorWritersChat While I'm here, let's take a moment to highlight the Horror Writers Chat anthology again: a.co/d/001Wn9Pv

Thanks for the chat this week, Gree! It really got the creativity flowing. As for promotion, here's one that fits the theme, my novella Autumnborn: a.co/d/0exhiddM It centers on a small-town harvest festival and a dark seasonal secret! 🎃

I’m currently writing a horror story as my first novel about a folksy gas station with a dark secret I used to be terrified of road trips, so I like how travel is used as the basis for creating folklore about Americana as it’s perceived in past and present #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat I mentioned the Kingdom of The New Flesh a couple of times, so come on over and meet the queen. If you like this one, I have plenty of other stories on my Ko-fi Stay Spooky, everybody ko-fi.com/post/Magdale...

Thank you, Gree! Loving the Wednesday tradition of #HorrorWritersChat For more ritual and subverted traditions, look no further than The Five Turns of the Wheel. Idyllic. Traditional. Deadly. Come join the Dance. brigidsgatepress.com/product/the-... #booksky #folkhorror

Thank you for the great #Horrorwriterschat! I loved the creepy story. If you would like to see what I do with Christmas traditions, I have two Christmas horror novellas. The Thing in Christmas Town and Hanging On. You can pick them both up in a bundle on my Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/s/bb9e5c2ad3

Thanks for the birthday #HorrorWritersChat, Gree, I have two things to share, both courtesy of The #ShadowBoxArchives The first is the finale of The Last Airing Of WSBN which as of now is paywalled, but will become public soon: www.patreon.com/posts/159696... (1/3)

Thanks so much, Gree. The novella I took a snippet from is available here: payhip.com/b/58paC Also, my story in #HorrorWritersChat anthology The Shadows We Carry is set in fictional town Blinthorpe, which is riddled with portals and has developed some terrifying traditions in response.

Plenty of weird traditions on display in my first collection. Nothing good can come of West Pennfield Township’s Halloween festivities. #HorrorWritersChat

Q4: #HorrorWritersChat I like a lot of folk and urban horror/wyrd. Give me esoteric cults, strange people or creatures following their own rules, and gods beyond the confines of the universe. It’s just one for here, but Fake Documentary Q covers it all, from over 30 minutes to under ten:

Thank you Gree! My horror novel, Palmetto Boy, came out in March. It’s got a monster, a cursed house, creepy family folklore, and bugs 🪳 www.timberghostpress.com/store/p81/Pa... #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for hosting, Gree! I have a collection of shorts concerning ephemeral horrors, those phantoms from the corner of your eye pressing further into reality, NOTHING BUT THE WILLOWS, full of horror, scifi, and weird. #HorrorWritersChat

Atlas of Deep Ones is still out there waiting to enchant you all and teach you its dark, wet secrets. amzn.to/48zM1dr #horrorwriterschat

The phrase, “This is my body,” now means something else to me…

I quite like the drawing of the cards from Yellowjackets, it's something simple yet dire. But The Cabin in the Woods really stands out. A group of college kids must be slaughtered by monsters every year or else the world ends. That's just fun. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks, Gree, for maintaining this tradition for- ohwaitaminute… I’m on the road right now, but when I have something to share, my Linktree is one of the better ways to get notices for that: linktr.ee/jdanryan

#HorrorWritersChat Given a chance to consider this, I find this piece of music meets the bill: youtube.com/watch?v=E7pg...

#HorrorWritersChat If I had to choose (again, not much experience), I’d go with coming of age rituals. Many of those have as an undercurrent the expectation that the celebrant is now expected to have sex and add to the group that way, which is FILLED with all kinds of baggage in and of itself…

Q1: #HorrorWritersChat I am AC Cross, I write anything from spy comedy to Lovecraftian horror and pretty much anything in between. I am a big fan of seeing deeply personal rituals or interactions becoming warped, twisted, and abused in such a way that they both lose and maintain their meanings.

Hello! I am Maliha. I write a mix of dark fantasy and absurd horror. I love blending dark humour with Creepy Pakistani folklore and squeeze wonder on top. My stories will make you laugh or scare you and, if not your cuppa tea, you might hate them. It's ok, atleast I tried. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello all. I'm Ryan, I write myriad forms of horror and sometimes dark fantasy. I love the idea of tradition in general being made nightmarish, the old guard being forced to reckon with the thoughtlessness with which they've lived and the new guard facing the consequences of it #horrorwriterschat

Hi. I'm Alice and I write horror film/tv screenplays, shorts, and novels through a GenX lived experience. My writing includes elements of grief, friendship, betrayal, love, music, body horror, dark comedy and psychological elements. #HorrorWritersChat

Q1: #HorrorWritersChat JD Buffington here, author of horror and scifi. I like how nightmarish our past was. I wonder how many monsters are actually megafauna and extinct hominids that we have kept “alive” through oral tradition across time. So when the past reminds us sometimes, it can be chilling.

I'm Marley, and whatever is wrong with me, I love regular workplace stuff with overtones of horror. I'm gearing up to get back to my anticapitalist werewolf novel, and I've just started playing around with a new magic-based idea about someone at an Evil corporation. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi #HorrorWritersChat ! I write horror/sci-fi horror. I love to see /read about weird or creepy folk traditions. I think family traditions like road trips and beach vacations have a lot of horror potential!

#HorrorWritersChat - I'm Trish Wilson, Media Director for The Horror Zine. I write horror comedy & quiet horror. I'd love to see that horrid tradition of the groom shoving the wedding cake into the bride's face in front of all during the reception turned into more of a nightmare than it already is.

#HorrirWritersChat Admittedly, I haven’t done that much with traditions, though reading through these*, I may give it a try now; thanks! *Forgive the delay, I was promised free video games and ice cream; I’m plotting how to get back at them for this…

This prompt intro is pretty hard to top, TBH. But I’m Diane. I come from a rural NY town w/strong King vibes, and I write accordingly. I’m loving Widow’s Bay right now, and those classic movie tropes with a meta touch are always nice to see. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I almost forgot you. Sleepy. Dunno how far we'll get but I is a sad monster what writes disturbing fictions and my favorite tradition to see made into nightmare is probably not one. I like to see routines turned into traumatic memories one can no longer perform out of panic.

Hello lovelies! I'm Nora Shear and I write horromance. I write it because love is terrifying and it makes people do terrifying things, and I love exploring the different ways in which that represents. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi, I'm Hazel, I write weird gay supernatural horror often involving cryptids. In my upcoming novel, #Heliruna, tradition is actually a pretty big theme, but it's two different traditions clashing. At the intersection of ancient old country pagan tradition and more recent Christian tradition is...

Tom Coombe here, writer of short stories, many of which mine my Catholic upbringing, which may be why I enjoy seeing religious traditions inverted/perverted in horror. #HorrorWritersChat

hello! im Lily (she/they) and im a fantasy horror writer and i would love to step into scifi horror. i think about the whispered memories of an empty home, the lost toy who wants to be loved still but angry, or if monsters can be our friends when we accept our collective darkness #HorrorWritersChat