after a way too long writing drought i finished an essay yesterday and am writing another, yay the deadline made me do it

new story's up — an erotic horror age-appropriate retelling of the classic 90s urban legend "The Girl With the Green Ribbon," by way of Machado, by way of a college party in the early 2000s hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-girl-i...

new piece: a satirical inversion of Henry Ford's The International Jew, written in the voice of the original pamphlet but aimed at Ford himself hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-intern...

In August 2018, Jeffrey Epstein texted Steve Bannon about Goebbels's 1940 propaganda film "The Eternal Jew." His ex, he said, wanted to remake it as "The Eternal J E." I wrote about that text, and about a 2015 dinner invite where his name appears twice. hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-eterna...

In my new short piece of weird fiction, a desert security guard logs shifting cacti, silent orders, and a partner who vanishes after meeting an astronaut walking away from the base. Sometimes the desert looks back. 🌵👁️ hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/security_i...

Jeffrey Epstein had a fully equipped dental operatory on his private island lined with sculpted faces. His last girlfriend was a dentist. The word "dentist" appears 1,815 times in his emails. New piece on the strange dentistry of Jeffrey Epstein 🦷 hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-strang...

The DOJ released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s townhouse after his 2019 arrest. I went through them room by room. The art, the surveillance setup, the massage room, the symbolism — it reads less like décor and more like a psychological blueprint. hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/inside-jef...

New story is up! This one is about a subway encounter that leads to a mysterious rebbe, a rooftop BJ during the Super Bowl, and a prophecy that hits with actual lightning Jewish mysticism meets NYC chaos hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/tell-your-...

I just published "Papa's Projection," a Jewish ghost story about mourning, sound, and resurrection. When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise. hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...

When my mom was 18, hiking in Israel, she slipped near a cliff, and a man appeared from nowhere to pull her back. He vanished, leaving behind a purple notebook listing her Hebrew name. She believes he was one of the 36 hidden righteous souls who keep the world from falling.

Wonderful, in-depth conversation between @hebrewhorror.bsky.social and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social about (among other things) writing, publishing, conspiracy theories, and Ilana's new novel, BEINGS (out 23 Sept.). I had a great time watching it! hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...

I interviewed Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) for my newsletter. We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.

I wrote a story about a serial killer preying on young women in the Blue Ridge Mountains hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...

Ever wondered how to write a letter to Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? Or the kind of depraved narcissistic mind that might try to do so for personal gain/the art of manipulation? Well, here's a step by step guide. hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...

I wrote a horror story called The Circumcision. It's about a mohel hired to perform a bris for a mysterious gated community in the midwest. The people in the community are not people but shaydim, my favorite Jewish monster by a long shot hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-circum...

In 1985, billionaire Leslie Wexner told New York Magazine that he wakes up each day in the company of a dybbuk, a clinging spirit shaped like an angel. Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line? I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.

I just finished writing a creepy tale inspired by the unsettling descriptions of biblical angels. It follows Bernard, an elderly man battling harsh storms and something far stranger than weather — otherworldly beings that visit him in his darkest moment. hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...

New short Passover horror story hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/plague-of-...

I never really come on here except to scream "new story!" which I know is a terrible engagement strategy HOWEVER this time it's totally different - new Passover story! print it out just in time for the Seder! Scar the kids, scare the wife! Make Elijah proud hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-night-...

I wrote a Purim horror story set in 1988 where a group of celebrating Jews hang mannequins of the ten worst antisemites to ever live. Even though it's anachronstic I included Kanye West in them (see the pic) BECAUSE FUCK NAZIS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/purimfest-...

I imagined the 6 additional Dylan movies Chalamet stars in over the next forty years hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/chalamet-a... I was inspired by Timmy's interview with Narduar in December, where he mentioned he'd love to keep playing Bobby as he gets older

I wrote a (mostly) fake history of the Dakota, one of the spookiest buildings in New York City hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/dark-legen...

I wrote a horror story about a Jewish grandmother called SAVTA'S CLAWS hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/savtas-claws I'm not sure if it's disrespectful to Holocaust survivors like both of my grandmas because it lowkey posits you needed some kind of "Jewitchcraft" to survive No disrepect intended

My Dylan fanfic piece won a Top in Fiction writing award! Check out the nifty little TiF medallion This story was especially fun to write hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...

Is this Bob Dylan fanfiction? I wrote a story called "Series of Dreams" inspired by Dylan's late stage self-mythologizing / trolling where he claims to have made a deal with the devil & the time in 2009 NJ police detained him for looking like a hobo hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/series-of-...

I wrote a dark academia horror story about Biblical-era worship communities and the sects they've spawned up to this day Includes the fire pits of Ba'al Pe'or, the treehouses of Asheirah, the cult of the golden calf, & the anthropomancists of Amalek hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/studies-in...

Who are the biggest villains in Jewish history? I'm writing a Purim horror story where a community hosts elaborate recreations of scenes from the megillah, ending with a "mock" hanging of Haman and his ten sons. Only it's the ten worst people in Jewish history, the real super-villains.

Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate!! And for those who like their Judaism spooky, I wrote a story about four high school seniors who recreate the mystical ascent of the four who entered pardes (paradise) It's called "Four Boys in Orchard Eight" darkquarters.substack.com/p/four-boys-...

My short story won an award!! Sometimes writing can be lonely and it's so nice to get some recognition! I'm delighted that my horror story "Bern the Pedovore" was chosen as a featured story by TiF Here's the link to read it: darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p...

Bern the Pedovore - Child Eaters Anonymous The pitfalls of chasing online vigilante justice, "Bern the Pedovore" is a horror story about a predator becoming prey. TCAP-style, with monstrous tendencies darkquarters.substack.com/p/bern-the-p... #fiction #horror #booksky #horrorsky

TREECUTTER-TURNED-YOGI GAINS CULT FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL PARK Story in the form of a historical article about cults and mysticism. Details the transcendence, and dark Buddhist / Jewish practice of a Central Park guru in the mid 1970s darkquarters.substack.com/p/treecutter... #cults #booksky #horror

This is the notebook I’m writing in this morning. (Actually, I’m transcribing and expanding on something I wrote in it yesterday, but that still counts.) I love making these little notebooks, the kind that are designed to disappear into a coat pocket or bag and then magically appear when needed

We Were Out Hunting IV Billionaire - Class War Horror Story A 16-year-old girl discovers the secret behind the death of her ultra-wealthy uncle and a larger plot to "gut the gutters" darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-were-ou... #horror #elulfleer #llionhunting #llions #booksky #horrorsky

The Honey in the Locust Tree - arbor horror A haunted tale of vicarious living & paraphilia, "The Honey in the Locust Tree" tells the story of an abrupt consummation and an unnatural flowering darkquarters.substack.com/p/the-honey-... #bobdylan #mississippi #davidlynch #brooklyn

Salford Lonicker: 21st century American food inventor & recluse Horror story in the form of a Wikipedia article about a twisted genius who created a snack food by exploding peach pits into a popcorn-like snack darkquarters.substack.com/p/wikipedia-... #truecrime #faketruecrime #wikipedia

I love painting the surface of my writing notebooks - these are my 4 latest beauties

We Lived Among the People -- An admission from a killer never caught The following note was found in the basement of a NJ house belonging to James Magadoral Alpine, posthumously linked to 17 homicides in Essex County from 2002-2021 darkquarters.substack.com/p/we-lived-a... #horrorsky #booksky

Mother's in the Kitchen -- Creepy Guidance Counselor Horror Written in the style of notes from a high school guidance counselor, this horror story recounts one student's strange discovery over the course of a few weeks darkquarters.substack.com/p/mothers-in...

Curing Among the Cannibals: A Dark Academia Horror Story Dark academia story about a graduate student who disappears in the Canadian taiga while studying a group of cannibals. Spooky consumption, cannibalism, scholarship darkquarters.substack.com/p/curing-amo... @gabalut.bsky.social

Targeted Mystic -- a mystical horror story "Targeted Mystic" is a story about the perils of seeking hidden knowledge prematurely. It follows a student of the strange as he winds a dark path of scholarship to a tragic end darkquarters.substack.com/p/targeted-m...

Hi!! I'm new here. My name is Elie and I write horror stories often with atmospheric overtones. You can check out my stuff here: darkquarters.substack.com