The darkness is upon us. #WeirdHorror is a new daily prompt series brought to you in collaboration with @pgpayt.bsky.social (HorrorPrompt). Join us in the eerie crepuscule. Today’s prompt is: Eternal torment Write a terrifyingly weird tale inspired by the prompt and tag #WeirdHorror.

Descend with us into the weird. Write a tiny tale or poem. Whatever the void demands. Here are today’s prompts: Nocturnal rasp #WeirdMicro Textual decay #GrimScribe Twisted thoughts #PoisonPen Eternal torment #WeirdHorror The abyss is waiting.

O' treacherous day! What brings thee? #PoisonPen is a daily prompt series brought to you in collaboration with @jadeblack21.bsky.social. This month’s theme is “Betrayal.” Today’s prompt is: Twisted thoughts Write a tiny tale or poem of deceit and tag #PoisonPen

Descend with us into the weird. Write a tiny tale or poem. Whatever the void demands. Here are today’s prompts: Fungal contagion #WeirdMicro Bleak epiphany #GrimScribe Motivated malice #PoisonPen Umbral pageant #WeirdHorror The abyss is waiting.

We're interested in your input, feedback, and engagement! If you have ideas for future prompts, themes, or would like to collaborate on a series, DM me @ocdalvey.bsky.social Also, none of our prompts are permanently retired. If there is prompt you'd like to revisit, leave a comment.

O' treacherous day! What brings thee? #PoisonPen is a daily prompt series brought to you in collaboration with @jadeblack21.bsky.social , and this month’s theme is “Betrayal.” Today’s prompt is: Motivated malice Write a tiny tale or poem of deceit and tag with #PoisonPen

Descend with us into the weird. Write a tiny tale or poem. Whatever the void demands. Here are today’s prompts: Ceremonial cudgel #WeirdMicro Clandestine text #GrimScribe Damning evidence #PoisonPen The abyss is waiting.

#PoisonPen #June #WritingPrompts

Descend with us into the weird. Write a tiny tale or poem. Whatever the void demands. Here are today’s prompts: Diseased congregation #WeirdMicro Ebon scriptorium #GrimScribe Deathbed confession #PoisonPen The abyss is waiting.

An unholy alliance has been forged. This June, @WeirdMicro and @HorrorPrompt are joining forces for #WeirdHorror — a new daily prompt series where the monstrous meet the macabre. Tiny tales. Dark poems. Two communities conjoined in charnel communion. The darkness is gathering.

An unholy alliance has been forged. This June, @WeirdMicro and @HorrorPrompt are joining forces for #WeirdHorror — a new daily prompt series where the monstrous meet the macabre. Tiny tales. Dark poems. Two communities conjoined in charnel communion. The darkness is gathering.

An unholy alliance has been forged. This June, @WeirdMicro and @HorrorPrompt are joining forces for #WeirdHorror — a new daily prompt series where the monstrous meet the macabre. Tiny tales. Dark poems. Two communities conjoined in charnel communion. The darkness is gathering.

Democritus Sr: Walter de la Mare, (b. 25 April 1873), “The Owl”

Random 'shelfie'. Pick your poison!

Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu – Description in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚

In the Dust of this Planet by Eugene Thacker

"People often presume that the saying “hope for the best and expect the worst” is pessimistic, but it’s not. It’s simply optimism through the back door. The best you can hope for is the worst." - Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation

As I come closer to turning in a draft of my new novel, no harm in posting some of the books that have influenced it or been used for research.

“And she would not hold back his limbs when his heart was gone to the woods, for it is ever the way of witches with any two things to care for the more mysterious of the two.” ― Lord Dunsany

There isn't a comprehensive list, but if you like Lovecraft you should start out with: - Arthur Machen - William Hope Hodgson - Robert W. Chambers (The King in Yellow) - Algernon Blackwood - M. R. James - Lord Dunsany Most of their relevant works are on Project Gutenberg.

I’ve got this feeling that I’m on the verge of becoming a Lord Dunsany fan. #art #fantasy #writing #books #reading #dunsany #adhdwriters #writingcommunity

Happy birthdayversary (1865) to that Repairer of Reputations Robert W. Chambers.

Happy Birthday Robert W Chambers!

I almost forgot the birthday of Robert W. Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933).

Book 14: The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson (1912) Few people understandably finish this. The deliberately antiquated style did not make for an easy read at times, but perserverance rewarded me with a vivid tale of love & monstrous horror that is visually engrained into my mind's eye 🪐📚💙

Arthur Machen, The Hill of Dreams:

Vinyl catalogue project, entry 113: The White People (2022, Cadabra Records) by Arthur Machen, Laurence R. Harvey, Chris Bozzone. 2 LP set. Test press. 6/25.

"When the weird gets cute, it loses its teeth (and claws, and tentacles)." Rebekah Sheldon, Samuel Chirtel, Tess J. Given, Brianna Best on when weird literature goes cozy: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/new-weird-queer-cozy-science-speculative-fiction-manifesto/

“Something followed me home. I let it stay.” #lovecraftian #cosmichorror #darkart #penandinkart

New issue to read. #thedarksidemagazine #horrormagazine #horrorgenre #horrorcinema

The shadows are hungry. 🌑 Do you have a microhorror under 500 words that lingers long after the last word? Dark Descent is waiting. 👁️ Dare to submit? Link in bio 🖤 #booksky #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #indieauthors #horrorlit #darkfiction

☕️coffee with Dark Holme #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #supportindieauthors #indieauthors #horrorlit #darkfiction #creepyreads #indiehorror #booklovers #bookaddict #storytelling #writerslife #bookrecommendations #amreading #amwriting #booktok #fyp

We all wear masks, some just need them more than others #eyeswithoutaface #georgesfranju #pierrebrasseur #edithscob #billyidol #french #horrormovies #scarymovies #horror #halloween #scary #spooky

Today, made from a Collection of yesterdays, Bound for tomorrow. #ThingsToWriteAbout #today #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @thingstowriteabout.bsky.social

Rip out all my seeds carve like a lack-o-lantern let me rot away #haiku

#SenseWrds (Echoes Facing Skyward) She was always looking up, as if hearing the whispers of those who traveled the stars before her. Feeling destined to join them Allef Vinicius unsplash.com

#ComboPrompt #Pray #poetry @dragonslayerma.bsky.social

An unholy alliance has been forged. This June, @WeirdMicro and @HorrorPrompt are joining forces for #WeirdHorror — a new daily prompt series where the monstrous meet the macabre. Tiny tales. Dark poems. Two communities conjoined in charnel communion. The darkness is gathering.

Descend with us into the weird.

tribal sharp lines drift, black ink leaks fading grandeur, old king of the gym #WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts #fadinggrandeur #haiku #writing #micropoetry

Fading grandeur of Ancient architecture, to Be replaced with glass. #WeirdMicro #FadingGrandeur #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @weirdmicro.bsky.social

we are all dustborn- dogma indoctrinated while still in the cloud #dustborndogma #WeirdMicro #haiku #poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky

As I watch the #comet Soar above with bright light Almost bringing the forest below Back to its usual #verdure The #official story Tells of its trajectory As if it’s just an object Not a remnant of Fading grandeur Of a universe lost #vssmagic #vssfantasy #emoetry #weirdmicro #writesky

fading grandeur full a dose of the kneeling flesh souvenirs of sweat #WeirdMicro #3lines #Haiku