it has not yet been written, but when I was 12 I dreamt that I was in a forest searching for bone keys with a baby on my back and every time the baby cried pale forms with spirals for faces would try to take him from me and I’ve always thought that would make a cool puzzle game #HorrorWritersChat

hello! I’m pun and I write somewhat bizarre horror inspired by dreams I’m not sure it’s entirely horror, but I adore slay the princess both because the story and art is fascinating and because I am terrible at video games and it doesn’t rely on skill to tell a beautiful story #HorrorWritersChat

liars are best when they don’t realize it, when they truly believe what they are saying when they have such conviction in the lie that you want to believe them even though something doesn’t quite sit right about it I love a liar who deceives themself most of all #HorrorWritersChat

in insula, lies lead my five teens into horrific acts of violence in sternum, the truth is taken for a lie, and all who believe in that lie are transformed in phalanx, the lie is a comfort (the body blooms, withers, rots, grows new limbs, rots again and again and again) #HorrorWritersChat

I don’t have to do much to deceive my characters, they deceive themselves the tragedy of being a horror writer who stumbled into it is that I’d rather write something gentle unfortunately, my characters choose their own nightmares, often through that same self-deception #HorrorWritersChat

salutations! I’m pun and I write dreamlike horror my favorite is a lie told by ourselves when met with horror media: that if the characters just made the right choice, they’d survive, that somehow one might save themselves by acting exactly right under horrific circumstances #HorrorWritersChat

all fae lore has horror potential, and most wouldn’t need twisting: being spirited away, unable to get home, losing sense of self but I think the concept of losing time is the most frightening: walking out of faerie after a week and finding a hundred years has passed outside #HorrorWritersChat

the fairy returned the child exactly as promised, and so the child remained as months passed and then years, never quite aging, even as those around them did but were their fingers always so crooked,? their eyes so lightless? their teeth so needle-sharp? #HorrorWritersChat

technically the forest lord from my work in progress sternum is inspired by the fae they are ancient and terrible and their primary method for seducing my main character anemone is terrorizing and transfiguring her friends in order to entice her to stay in the forest forever #HorrorWritersChat

I’m pun, I write dreamlike horror, and if we’re talking traditional fair folk there are innumerable reasons to fear them fairies are capricious, vindictive beings who exist outside of human morality and even their most benevolent actions are more trouble than their worth #HorrorWritersChat

“wait, his uncle’s just leaving him there? he’s like twelve years old” “maybe he’s older than he looks” “admittedly in the 20s twelve year olds were working factory jobs and rolling their own cigarettes”

“it’s fight o’clock somewhere”

I always differentiate dialog depending on how the character in question would speak I eavesdrop frequently when I’m out and about to pick up different vocal styles that I can integrate into my writing however, I never write out dialects because it feels disrespectful to me #WritingPrompts

last night my sister saw a few of my open tabs which were labeled with things like “horrifying” and “most terrifying” and her immediate response was “why are you looking this up? you’re scary enough. stop.”

as a person who has been struggling with health for quite a while now with no real explanations or relief, medical horror for me is all in the waiting not knowing what’s happening inside of you, things that once worked not working anymore, feeling like a burden to those you love #HorrorWritersChat

salutations! I’m pun and I tend toward the weird I’ve been struggling with some sort of something for over a decade now, so there’s not much I wouldn’t try if it might help however, I’d read very carefully to make sure I’m not supporting a trial that is harmful to others #HorrorWritersChat

there is a lot of context that lives in my head that I tend not to share in my writing, and it has apparently caused some confusion for readers I tend to have a very “figure it out” mentality that people don’t always like 😅 working on not assuming that everyone thinks like me #WritingPrompt

forget sharing the last picture you saved, I want to see the very first picture on your phone, scroll back until your fingers bleed june 2009, cropped since there were a bunch of other people in this photo not pictured: my truly dreadful aim

one of my arguably darkest novel ideas has been in development since I was twelve and the original kernel of story came from, of all places, jimmy neutron #HorrorWritersChat

hi all! I’m pun and I write surrealist horror that is often more real than it first appears most of my ideas come from dreams, so I often go out of my way to figure out how to give myself nightmares, which is both strange and…not recommended if you don’t like having nightmares 💀 #HorrorWritersChat

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my dreams are full of forests, deep and dark and encompassing, but the deserts and the plains make their appearances too, nature finding its way I like the reclamation, plants surrounding, animals moving through, wildlife filling the spaces and taking back what was once theirs #HorrorWritersChat

my dreams love abandonment: a forest clearing full of empty cages, a row of fading pastel houses along train tracks, a golden city that holds no people, only the shadows of them the secret is that these places should be empty, nothing good can grow in salted soil #HorrorWritersChat

hi all, I’m pun and I write surreal horror inspired by dreams I’m fascinated by all abandoned spaces: ancient civilizations gone to ruin, graffitied sanitariums, flooded, gutted shopping malls I love urban decay, I love that we are not meant to last, I love what comes after #HorrorWritersChat

we found the box in the garden, buried under a dogwood that hasn’t grown green since before we can remember, full of dirt and insect husks and stacks of paper all gone yellow with age, cut from the news or typed courier or handwritten on old napkins in cramped script, illegible #HorrorWritersChat

the thing about the ulna is you need it: to turn a doorknob or a key you’ve traded in one prison for another but it feels good to think that at least you’re doing something you have two ulnas, you make two keys you’re happy with your choice, arms hanging useless at your sides #HorrorWritersChat

I tend to like metaphorical imprisonment by way of the more literal, if that makes sense in one of my wips my main trio are stuck despite being on a roadtrip, symbolized by every town they drive through looking the same, eating in the same diner and staying in the same motel #HorrorWritersChat

salutations! I’m pun and I write dream horror there are many fun ways that we ensnare ourselves and I use most of them in my work, but the one that most unsettles me is the cycle moving in circles, going nowhere, never changing, stagnating and rotting in perpetual contentment #HorrorWritersChat

I’m a sound based writer so I either speak aloud as I go or read aloud once written to make sure that everything sounds smooth I also do a lot of eavesdropping on random conversations to get the rhythm and cadence of dialogue right or to capture the right voice #AwesomeCharacters #WritingPrompts

I think there is a case to be made for any animal to work in horror, it’s just a matter of perspective I use a lot of invasive species in my works because they can do an awful lot of harm to native species and habitats and I enjoy the symbolism #HorrorWritersChat

hi all, I’m pun and I write dreamlike horror nature is a common element in my horror and in many of my works the species I use tell a story all their own: invasive species to reinforce wrongness, indigenous species for reclamation, endangered or extinct species for futility… #HorrorWritersChat

I’m pretty open to adding just about anything if I think it’ll aid the story or enhance a particular characterization however, I’ve been a vegetarian for over two decades now so I often just…forget that people eat meat 😅 #WritingPrompt

salutations! I’m pun and I like to keep my work ambiguous…mostly every part of myself I’ve stumbled into, and I’m not much afraid of changing as I do it all the time, as we all must how much of yourself can you lose before you stop being you? or are you always you regardless? #HorrorWritersChat

walking into the new with every older version of myself dragging behind like cans on the back of a honeymooning car, making all sorts of ruckus I’ve let them go many times before, but bits and pieces of who I used to be keep finding their way back somehow #HorrorWritersChat

the future will judge us all eventually, but we have time enough to sow beforehand, regardless #HorrorWritersChat

I’m ba-ack~ hello, I’m pun, and I write surreal spookies I am often a ghost in my dreams, so it seems apt I’d haunt the dreams of others, perhaps offering guidance, perhaps…not #HorrorWritersChat

“all food on this plane immediately turns to dust” “my CHEESE!!”

dragon doodle 🌀

the restrained violence of a man in a polo and khaki shorts

“he has daddy issues despite having what seems to be a pretty decent dad”

lost my voice today #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

watching the first wicked film and they just got to the wizard’s chamber with the animatronic and my mom says “oh my god it looks like reagan“

perhaps I will actually finish writing this story at some point #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

cha cha real smooth #Novmemeber

hello all, I am pun and I write based on dreams, which is maybe telling I don’t have a single quality which defines men in my stories, I try to write people as varied as they are in life and I know many different types of guys most of my work leaves everyone some form of damned #HorrorWritersChat

our two cats don’t like each other much (our 20 year old has her own room that she stays in most of the time) and whenever the cats are in the same room our dog gets between them to mediate

I have also spent too long trying to find songs online with limited information #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

watching an infuriating episode of star trek voyager #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

love to put my boy in situations (grad student ennui) #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts

as a very quiet walker, the number of times I have scared people I was trying to comfort is many #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts