David Allen Voyles
@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social
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Horror writer, Halloween fanatic, and black bear advocate who's fine with being "liberal" and "woke"
So who know there was a rock band that made an album based on Poe’s writing well before Alan Parson’s Project did it? Not me.
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Glass Prism Feature on GEM 99and100
YouTube video by Mike Moran
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Since all the cool kids are doing it, I've published my first Substack article, a humorous (I think so, anyway) piece on summer. You can find it here:
tinyurl.com/2z3y27xe
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David’s Substack | David Allen Voyles | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read David’s Substack, by David Allen Voyles, a Substack publication. Launched 23 minutes ago.
https://tinyurl.com/2z3y27xe
6 months ago
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@bsky.app
6 months ago
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"If our leadership is unable to get us off the path that Germany followed, then we must change our leadership." My dad, Don Voyles, WWII vet, speaking at the NO KINGS rally in Beaufort, NC
7 months ago
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The two new kitties, Sadie and Boo.
7 months ago
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I like my BlueSky presence.
7 months ago
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Reminder: The May issue of Dark Cycles, a free newsletter for lovers of
#horror
, comes to those who have subscribed tomorrow morning. Download the free story to get on the list.
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9 months ago
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Saturday I visited Gary Carden, renowned WNC storyteller and recorded another tale, this time a Jack tale, for his Blow the Tannery Whistle podcast.
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@bsky.app
Tuesday is April Fools, but it's no joke that Dark Cycles will be available for
#free
in your inbox if you've subscribed. Just cool, dark fun! Click the link to download the free story and get on the free subscription email list.
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10 months ago
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Can't wait to see our '72 Cadillac hearse back on the roads this fall. We don't own Lenore any more, but we'll be thrilled to see this beauty back in action, even if not for tours.
#darkridetours
#Halloween
10 months ago
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MY SOUL IS UP FOR SALE
10 months ago
Spring's equinox brings delicate light, pouring around every curve to soothe her quaking bones. Heat, warm and sweet, should be bursting along rugged skin and teeming flesh. Yet she is starving, shaking, prickling. Her sigh puffs steam, boiling mountains, "blood will have to do."
#HorrorWritersChat
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The spell to move into a younger body was to be cast in "a time of perfect balance." The equinox. She held her breath as she watched the blood-red candle flicker and expire, but smiled hearing her granddaughter's gasp in the adjacent room.
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10 months ago
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10 months ago
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Since I tend to write (and read) cosmic horror, I enjoy all the creative possibilities found in a genre not limited by a human understanding of reality. Plus, I think it's fun to dive into the human psyche and how it's affected by the unknowable.
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Rosé Black
10 months ago
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It's hard to come up with a specific, but when I really get into that mindset, it almost feels like something has its eye on me.
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10 months ago
I have a WIP in which the protagonist is in a subterranean cave, and she starts to hear tapping and bangs from above, but they're rhymical, like rudimentary music or a code. And imagining that did give me a chill, actually.
#HorrorWritersChat
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Oh, wow. I just wrote about this in an interview asking "why do we like horror?" From that answer: "... the thrill of horror is enough to drive me to create stories that I hope will spook someone else, tales for a kindred spirit..."
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An isolated town in a winter storm suffers from an unknown power that is killing the residents in ways that reference Christmas carols. The scene in which the deputy discovers his family has been killed was nearly too much. from "The 13th Day of Christmas"
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Jez Conolly
10 months ago
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Jez. “Their voices, in these spaces. Gone. Winked out. Now, there was just the ricochet you only get from an emptied room, with fittings and furniture gone, accentuating the absence. The vacant moment after the pinking farewell of a lightbulb that has blown in that instant.”
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Having to cheat for the line to make sense. "I hate everything about that family group picture...How we pretended that we all liked each other and that we had not just buried Alton in the garden." From "Memento Mori", a short story collection I have yet to publish.
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"Dream sequences are bad and cheesy." Dreams may be easily overdone or done poorly, but they can still be effective.
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10 months ago
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As a boring ol' planner, I have to have backstory, even if it's not revealed in the story. It helps me know the characters better. But in regard to the plot, I keep it mysterious. The reader can have questions at the end and that's ok. Preferred even.
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Horror can absolutely exist for its own sake. Totally fine with that. But having said that, I do find morality comes into play in my stories. Bad things happen to good people, but its how those good people react that makes them interesting to me. Also, it's fun creating evil!
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Hi,
#HorrorWritersChat
I write supernatural and cosmic horror. I've been in the writing doldrums for a year but FINALLY committing to the idea that my last novel will have two sequels. The three books will span Edgar Allan Poe's life with fictionalized, spooky ideas from his stories. First is done.
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10 months ago
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My choice would be Elmira Royster (who really was Edgar Allan Poe's girlfriend at 15) because she is brave, resourceful, and much more likely to kick ass than Edgar's other friend, Robert. (I'll cheat and say Edgar, himself, too, 'cause, of course.)
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Haunted houses. I absolutely love them.
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10 months ago
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David Allen Voyles here, first time poster. I write supernatural and cosmic horror. Here's the first line from my novel EDGAR about 15-yr-old Edgar Allan Poe: "The eyes in the chiseled skull looking back at Edgar felt as empty as his heart."
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10 months ago
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David Allen Voyles here, first time poster in this group. I write supernatural and cosmic horror. Here's the opening sentence from my novel about 15-yr-old Edgar Allan Poe: "The eyes in the chiseled skull looking back at Edgar felt as empty as his heart."
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10 months ago
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Gary Carden has dealt with hearing loss throughout much of his life, and he explores it in his typical light but thoughtful style in his story The Man Who Wouldn't Listen which you can listen to (ironic right?) here:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dav...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Listen by Blow the Tannery Whistle
This piece from Gary's collection of tales ("Mason Jars in the Flood and Other Stories") recorded in 2020 captures his trademark blend of humor and pathos as Roger, the main character, deals with hear...
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/david-allen-voyles0/episodes/The-Man-Who-Wouldnt-Listen-e2vt6t6
11 months ago
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11 months ago
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Would you shoot a short horror flick here? Yeah, us too. One day we’ll show it to ya.
11 months ago
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A very different monthly newsletter. Short horror movie, VERY short horror story, and…other stuff. Go to
davidallenvoyles.com
to download a free story and get on the list so it will be in your email box Wednesday.
11 months ago
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What if Edgar Allan Poe’s scariest stories were inspired by events that happened to him one summer when he was fifteen?
#Edgar
Available on Amazon
11 months ago
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Time for my annual rant before the day is over. Might make you chuckle.
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February 11: Why I Hate Valentine’s Day – Horror Author David Allen Voyles
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11 months ago
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Can't wait for her review!
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11 months ago
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A good day in Asheville, NC yesterday! Take the message to the streets, people. STOP TRUMP’s mass deportations, eradication of USAID, and destruction of our democracy. A Republican Congress won’t do it. It’s up to us.
#STOPTRUMP
11 months ago
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ATTN
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12 months ago
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Last of the Edgar and Morella series: Masque of the Red Death (like anyone's seeing these) Two more panels in the comments.
#Poe
#blackcat
#darkhumor
12 months ago
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Free horror story download; free subscription to Dark Cycles, a monthly emailing of fun dark stuff in your mailbox on the first of every month.
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Captain Buchanan's Return
When Beau's father is reluctant to go after their lost hound, Beau learns the horrifying history passed down from generation to generation of a ghostly cabin that mysteriously appears in the surroundi...
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12 months ago
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Edgar & Morella: Tell-Tale Heart, 3rd draft
#blackcat
#edgarallanpoe
12 months ago
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When one big "puppet" named Dead Ernest puts on a puppet show of you and your dark bride. I want to do another puppet theme for Halloween.
#Halloween
#darkpuppets
12 months ago
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Edgar & Morella: The Tell-Tale Heart, 2nd Draft (Curious about what inspired the comic? Check out my novel EDGAR about a much younger Edgar Allan Poe on Amazon. Totally different tone, but Morella is there.)
#blackcat
#sarcasm
#horror
12 months ago
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IT'S TODAY! Join me at Malaprop's at 6 for a discussion and reading to celebrate the belated book launch of EDGAR, my horror novel about a 15-yr-old Edgar Allan Poe. Register here:
www.malaprops.com/event/hybrid...
12 months ago
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The Black Cat: First Draft (My own comic strip spin-off inspired by my novel EDGAR, although Edgar is just fifteen years old in my book. And the book's not funny. But then, the comic may not be either.)
#blackcat
#Poe
#horrorwriting
#SkyHorror
#SkyWriters
#horror
12 months ago
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It's hard to be fun and act like everything's ok after yesterday's cold reality check as we watched an autocratic, Nazi-saluting oligarchy take office . Hopefully I'll be back to posting fun stuff tomorrow, but I will also be doing what I legally can to oppose this nightmare.
12 months ago
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My podcast Dark Corners started with a
#Halloween
party that featured a
#haunted
, self-guided tour where guests could pause at haunted sites and listen to original
#horror
stories recorded and accessible with their phones. You can hear it here:
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dav...
12 months ago
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Edgar & Morella: The Black Cat, second draft.
#horror
#edgarallanpoe
#poefans
#darkhumor
#horrorsky
#WriterSky
12 months ago
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Edgar & Morella, Black Cat (First Draft)
#edgarallanpoe
#horror
#horrorsky
#horrorwriters
#blackcat
about 1 year ago
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Still one of my favorite memes.
about 1 year ago
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E & M comic strip: Fall of the House of Usher: First Draft (icymi) Spinoff from my novel EDGAR which is a serious
#horror
story about
#EdgarAllanPoe
when he was fifteen.
#writers
#blackcat
about 1 year ago
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That time we made a huge Grim Reaper puppet for
#Halloween
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#horror
#horrorwriters
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about 1 year ago
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