Probably the crossroads demon because this archetype shows up a lot in the blues and in the folklore of West Africa and the American South. The Cenobites are a modern example. I also like trickster figures who cause havoc to no discernible objective. #HorrorWritersChat

Oh, all sorts of things. In one tale, it's a bizarre situation involving a stapler. That's the one I'm most proud of; I wrote a story in which the objects of horror are mundane office supplies. #HorrorWritersChat

When my characters are victims of deception, it tends to be self-deception. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello, I'm Travis and I write strange stories and I'm a bit late today! This is an interesting question. It's rather difficult for me to have a favorite lie! I don't care for lies, and I would indeed argue that horror is the most honest of genres. Sorry if this answer is evasive. #HorrorWritersChat

So @safieflato.bsky.social announced on the Signify Something podcast they have released a new album on @frolicpress.bsky.social ‘Journey Through The Death Of A Friend’ is dedicated to noise artists, Ahlzagailzehguh: frolicpressrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/journe...

I'll go with Mary Butts (1890-1937). Her work isn't well known because it's quite avant-garde, but she gave us "Speed the Plow" (1923), one of the most truly shocking stories ever written. She also wrote excellent pamphlets critiquing rationalism. #HorrorWritersChat

C. L. Moore just because she was so cool and one of my biggest influences. What would we create? Something really weird, of course. #HorrorWritersChat

I wouldn't say I've ever done this. I may revise a story or change a character until its something quite different, but they were never really dead. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello, I'm Travis and I write strange stories. My goodness, resurrection! So much to choose from. I guess I'll name Poe's "Ligeia" and Bob Clark's 1974 anti-war film 'Deathdream'. #HorrorWritersChat

Horror Writers of BlueSky. Come share your thoughts, your faves, and your work while chatting with fellow horror writers at #HorrorWritersChat The theme: Resurrection. Vampires. Revivals. Zombies. The Dearly Departed. Reboots. #AmWriting #HorrorSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor 🩸📚 💙📚

New Safie Flato! @safieflato.bsky.social frolicpressrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/journe... #microtonalguitar #modularsynth #signifyingsomething

Hello #HorrorWritersChat! This week, I'm hosting our weekly get-together. And because it's my birthday, the questions are birthday-themed! (In general. Not just mine.) Please join us on today at 2 PM EDT (USA)/7 PM BST (UK) for four spooktastic questions! #HorrorSky #WritingCommunity

WARNING: FLASHING IMAGERY. Promo vid for the upcoming @argrecnetlabel.bsky.social compilation. First time uploading video here, hope it works. Music by @johnlithium.bsky.social (remixed by datewithdeath / @frolicpress.bsky.social ). Video by @johnlithium.bsky.social .

New CD/EP on Frolic Press Recordings from Leslie Keffer, known for her work with Sonic Youth. Release party tonight. Remix EP soon w/ @fire-toolz.bsky.social, Bill Nace, Unicorn Hard-On, datewithdeath, Safie Flato. frolicpressrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/embody

I would love to be able to read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson for the first time again. That really unlocked something in me, and gave me a forever love of weird girls with dark histories. #HorrorWritersChat

Probably Poe's "Berenice" because it was the first thing that really shocked me. I was 10 or 12 when I read it. It made me realize that horror literature was a world without boundaries. #HorrorWritersChat

Oh, I'd rather not. There were two sequels already. The first of them is pretty good. I think that some of the spirit of the original is present in many of my stories, but I never consciously emulate anything. #HorrorWritersChat

Creature from the Black Lagoon I think is fundamentally about destructive hubris and how humanity brands violation as "discovery" and the unknown as monstrous. I return to this theme again and again. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello! I'm Travis and I write strange stories. The first horror film I saw was Creature from the Black Lagoon on my local TV station when I was 4. It was in 3D and the local hardware store had the glasses. I wrote my first story immediately after seeing it. (Actual photo, 1983.) #HorrorWritersChat

Two hours to go until #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorSky #amwriting

A very big thanks to Gert De Meester for including my collaboration with Autistici ( @audiobulb.bsky.social ) on this brilliantly curated playlist along with @seefeel.bsky.social @neurononeuro.bsky.social @theblackdog.bsky.social and so many other greats!

Gonna be posting this today. #HorrorWritersChat

I think that all of the horror stories I love are strange. Strangeness is what makes horror interesting to me. I'll name "The Same Dog" by Robert Aickman. Aickman's genius was evocation over description; the story is emotionally devastating, but it isn't immediately obvious why. #HorrorWritersChat

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A dude I knew once told me how one weekend he had a yard sale and people coming by kept telling him they were so sorry for his loss. Confused, he asked what they meant, and found out he spelled "Mourning Yard Sale" instead of Morning. It inspired a tale in my collection. :) #HorrorWritersChat

Hallo, lovelies of #HorrorWritersChat I'm Justine and I'm here to say...I write weird shit almost every day... Q1: I think it was Dalí who would nap in a chair holding an object and when it fell, it'd wake him up and he'd run and write down whatever vision came to him from his hypnagogic state...

My story "The Confession of Jackson M—" was inspired by prolonged staring at a stapler. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello! I'm Travis and I write strange stories. I have no idea if my tip would work for anybody but me, but I sleep with an audio recorder by my pillow so that I can pick up any weird nocturnal mumblings. I also sometimes fall asleep to audio of police interrogations. #HorrorWritersChat

Grab your snacks and find yourself a cosy spot. It's almost time for #HorrorWritersChat #AmWriting #HorrorSky 🩸📚

argalirecordsnetlabel.com/2026/04/11/1... Hello all. We are still accepting trax for this, deadline is MAY 30TH. We currently have trax from: @an-eel23.bsky.social , el_masmore, Jabe Ledoux, RDKPL, and...me! (in the form of a fantastic remix by datewithdeath [ @frolicpress.bsky.social ] ).

This electroacoustic composition is the sixth in a series of singles that will comprise the audio companion CD to The Frolic Press Anthology of New Strange Fiction #1. frolicpress.ink/The-Frolic-Press-Anthology-of-New-Strange-Fiction-1/

Big news! Frolic Press will be issuing audiobooks! Dr. Ergo Phizmiz will be narrating his own forthcoming novel, as well as Fritz Leiber's classic 'Conjure Wife'. @ergophizmiz.bsky.social frolicpressrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/conjur...

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i made a remix for @frolicpress.bsky.social to be part of a companion cd for an upcoming anthology of strange fiction. check it out! the original track is pure electric chaos from yapping portal (angel / @fire-toolz.bsky.social), carl kruger, & datewithdeath #musicsky #music #electronicmusic

I just backed Goblins & Galaxies Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/crt...

A new novel and soundtrack album by Aidan Baker ( @nadjaluv.bsky.social ) #weirdfiction #experimentalmusic #bookswithsoundtracks #aidanbaker #frolicpress

Honestly, I haven't felt lonely since I started sharing my work. The community has been wonderful. I was an extremely lonely youth, and the memory of that time informs what I write, but I find myself now surrounded by lovely people. I also have a big garden full of wildlife. #HorrorWritersChat

Repetition, both on the narrative and syntactic level. I didn't really notice until rereading, but of the eight tales in my new book, half deal with entrapment and isolation by routine. I took this to extremes in one story in which I deliberately pushed all the way into tedium. #HorrorWritersChat

Social/psychological/moral. An excellent example is Cormac McCarthy's work, particularly 'Child of God' and 'Outer Dark'. Another is Poe's "The Man of the Crowd". Merely physical isolation is something that I enjoy, though of course it leads to the other kinds if too prolonged. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello, folks! I'm Travis, founder/editor of Frolic Press, and I write strange stories. The first favorite work about isolation that comes to mind is the film adaptation of 'Rosemary's Baby'. Isolation so gradual and eventually so total, even in the midst of others. Terrifying. #HorrorWritersChat

Write horror and want to chat about it? Join #HorrorWritersChat a weekly meet-up with four horror questions/prompts, chat, and a promo opportunity. Next meetup on BlueSky: Wednesday 8 April at 2 pm (EDT - USA) / 7 pm (BST - UK) All time zones welcome! #AmWriting #HorrorSky

#horrorlit and #fantasylit lovers, do you have yours? frolicpress.ink/Conjure-Wife/

SURPRISE RELEASE! THE CORPSE PRIEST is out today! This is a strange beast of a novella, a bloody cocktail of sword & sorcery, Ligottian pessimism, and cosmic horror. I’m going to talk a little about how this release came to be, inspirations, and more—SO PREPARE FOR A THREAD!!!

Neuro… No Neuro :: Were we really there? EP (Self Released) igloomag.com/reviews/neur...

Thank you, Eryn! Once again, I will be promoting the work of @ivygrimes.bsky.social , who has a free book launch event in less than four hours. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cellar... Also, a new edition of Leiber's Conjure Wife is just become available from Frolic (links in bio). #HorrorWritersChat

No, still slowly working on the novel I started back in winter, which I'll probably be writing for a few years. But I'm editing several books that will be out this year, as well as writing and recording new music. #HorrorWritersChat

She understood, with the particular clarity that attends irreversible things, that answering would constitute a consent she could not afterward withdraw. She did not go out. The window, however, faced the garden. The garden, she gradually realized, was aware of this. #HorrorWritersChat

Very much fog, because it's beautiful and, here in Florida, only seen in spring. It's also horrible in a way here, because it portends the brutal, oppressive humidity that will arrive by May. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello! I'm Travis and I write strange stories that are often horrible. I suppose my brand is post-surrealism, or irrealism, or fabulism. Or call it dark fantasy, that's fine with me. What I like most about it is that I can write it. I couldn't write anything else. #HorrorWritersChat