The prompt was resign. I like this character here. I should get back to finishing some of these WIPs, clearly.

slow wilting lilac fading into memory bright purple hues #haiku #bloomscrolling #poetry

The prompt was shell. I went for brass shells, the shell of a person, and the sea. Because I'm awkward like that.

Review for Mork, by KP DeLaney www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Splendiferous demands Alice, and Wonderland vibes. But sweet for me is dark, with a sting in the tail. It demands an off-key note, a whisper of danger, and grief, mixed always, with love.

The prompt was cup. I do like a good coffee cup. I never drink enough coffee to warrant a collection of them though.

I am Max Marioni, I write relatable stories of dark, imaginative fiction that dig deep into the mind, with a hint of contemporary Gothic and the Weird, set in scarred neighbourhoods, forgotten borderlands, and haunted cities. I would forcibly resist being tested for AI neurological biointegration.

A4: I've seen a lot of good horror stories about brain implants, focused on the implant going wrong. But brains are astonishingly plastic, so I'm going to write a horror story about what happens when the brain starts to work *around* the implant. #HorrorWritersChat

Thinking about the consent, autonomy, and personhood that have come up today, here's a set-up: Signing up for the trial is the last autonomous decision you get to make. #HorrorWritersChat

#horrorwriterschat "How is tooth loss a 'minor' side effect?" I laugh as I flip over the consent form. The receptionist slaps his meaty palm over the text with a dull thud, leaving only the signature box uncovered. "Do yourself a favor lady," he says, his breath like acid. "Don't read the rest."

#HorrorWritersChat The eyes. I'm a visual writer. I write with my eyes & the connection is direct to my fingers. I can't dictate cuz my mouth is clearly not connected to my brain.🙄 Anesthesia once silenced the connection for 6 weeks. It terrified me. The fog was deep and unyielding and slow to part.

#HorrorWritersChat -I’d write a story similar to The Substance or Clayface from DC comics. An individual yearning for beauty, only for the trial to give them a fate worse then death. #WritingCommunity

#horrorwriterschat I think the answer to this lies in how marginalized people are treated by the medical system. Doctors can remove your autonomy and dismiss your concerns for various reasons. "Doctor, I think something is writhing inside of me." "You're just fat/menopausal/looking for pills."

My new Cthulhu Mythos Atlas of Deep Ones has clawed its way up to #4 in new Cosmic & Eldritch Horror and I didn't have to summon anything to get it there. It's that good. amzn.to/4tOhNer

Hi, I'm Reema. I'm a huge lover of dark, weird stories of all kinds. I prefer human-centric horror (psychological horror), where the human condition itself is the source of the scares. I also enjoy gothic, deeply disturbing thrillers/mysteries. I only enjoy gore and body horror in written fiction.

My new Cthulhu Mythos Atlas of Deep Ones has clawed its way up to #4 in new Cosmic & Eldritch Horror and I didn't have to summon anything to get it there. It's that good. amzn.to/4tOhNer #horrorwriterschat

A3: Peony-scented air flowed from the vents as she tried to focus on the consent form. "Minor side effects" was all she could see. Peonies flooded her mind as her eyes blurred. Someone took her hand, scratching her name on the form. "It's okay now," he sighed. "We've got you." #HorrorWritersChat

The words “minor side effects” on the consent form blurred, shifted into a million random dots that morphed into analog clock faces. When she looked up, everyone in the waiting room had become a Picasso-like pixelated clock. Too late, her signature appeared to sign itself. #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for hosting! #HorrorWritersChat In the spirit of the chat theme, I share my horror story about a pirate surgeon master of medical malpractice 🔪 it's a free bite anakidd.itch.io/physician-to...

Thank you, Eryn! Some great questions. My postapocalyptic body horror novella, Rat-She, is currently on offer til 22nd, 0.99 UK/US only mybook.to/Rat-She #booksky #HorrorWritersChat #postapocalyptic

'You promised no needles!' 'Apologies. We ran out of the tablet form. But I'm sure you'll cope. Look, I've marked an x on your chest to aim for. Think of it like darts but close up.' 'That's it?' 'That's it. Easy peasy.' 'Thaaaa ...' 'Oops. Wrong side.' #HorrorWritersChat

By invoking an atmosphere. Relying on people's emotional affect -- whether theough sickness or death we've all acrued negative experiences within the medical system, that does the heavy lifting. #horrorwriterschat

#horrorwriterschat My name's Cordy! I write speculative, erotic, and weird horror. And by that I mean I don't really know. My answer is: I wouldn't volunteer for any, but I *have* signed up for clinical trials... for money... I would do a lot for 20 dollars. Except get a chip in my brain.

Ooh interesting! Surgery would be a big one for me, so to turn that into horror would be simple; the anesthetic partially wearing off during - being trapped between sleep and the real world. Unable to move or communicate, but being able to feel everything. #HorrorWritersChat

I mostly write dark to v. dark fantasy. I was recently part of a stage 2 clinical trial for an immunotherapy and knowing what I know now, I might not have. It c/have saved my life (booted due to serious side effects). I would NOT volunteer for a trial involving my eyes. Ever. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello everyone! A1: I'm Nora Shear and I write horromance. I would absolutely not volunteer for any clinical trial around brain implants. We still don't know enough about how the brain works, and I don't trust the people who build these things. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi! I'm Zack Long & I'm a horror writer from eastern Canada. I write dark horror fiction. Things that teeter on the edge of too far, leaving you feeling bruised to your soul. I love characters that sign up to annihilate their bodies, but I am not one of them. #horrorwriterschat

I’m an old, grumpy geek, who writes cosmic and psychological horror – with a smattering of folk horror, recently. I’d never volunteer for clinical trials dealing with the mind/perception/memory/etc. #HorrorWritersChat

Okay I got a little carried away yet again... #HorrorWritersChat

The clinic promised to remove grief. ‘Any side effects?’ I finally asked. The receptionist flashed a gummy smile. ‘Regret isn't one of them.’ In the waiting room, a woman clutched a picture of a child. ‘I don’t remember why I love him,’ she whispered. I closed my eyes and signed the consent form.

#HorrorWritersChat I sing the body electric. Eternal life. Death to everyone I touch. Forever: alone.

For me I think that's easy; living with medical issues means I have plenty of anxiety and lived experience to trap my reader in those hospital walls with me as we brace for what comes next... #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Working on the sequel to this so uh Lock the Last Door is Cthulhu Mythos noir: trans man PI Lazarus Core gets trapped in an abandoned house by his mob boss rival, unable to leave until he's solved the eldritch mystery inside... vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las...

#HorrorWritersChat Too tired to engage this evening, but just remembered that I did take part of a "medical" experiment once. It was a study on pain and brain activity so got a first degree burns on my calves and they poked it with needles while I was in an MR 😅 Got a bit of cash and got promised

Four words: Talk. To. Disabled. People. If you don't know firsthand what it's like to face down an indifferent medical institution, to weigh brutal side-effects against the risks of an illness untreated, to have your autonomy denied... you need to ask. Because many of us can, in fact, tell you.

Alissa stared at the consent form for five solid minutes, barely making sense of the words before signing it. "Minor side effects" be damned. The important was having the fetus out of her within 90 minutes. #HorrorWritersChat

“It’s just one pill, what’s the worst that could happen?” You think to yourself as you place it on your tongue. You’ve never even heard of rubidium, it can’t be that dangerous. The scientists all stand behind a screen of bulletproof glass, ready and waiting for the explosion. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat You make the perpetrator human. Friendly even. Almost nice. Oh what a lovely nurse she was, the one who smothered you with your own pillow…

Perhaps the autism “cure” would cause some sort of chemical imbalance in the brain that made the person taking the trial start seeing and hearing things that aren’t there. Horrific things. Or maybe it would leave them a shell of a person because their personality was stripped away #HorrorWritersChat

Make it one of those reverse psych trials. What do you fear most and why? And that's what they do. Like that Clive Barker story with the vegan and the meat. #horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat I answered question one wrong, but I would avoid any clinical trial involving my digestive health. Turning it into horror, imagining a weight-loss drug trial planting horrid tapeworm-esque parasites meant to be fattened up on humans and eaten as a bizarre delicacy later.

I would make a horror commentary on medical racism and how poc women are specially disposible and our pain dismissed. One of the main reasons im so "sensible" y'know 😊 #HorrorWritersChat

Q2. #HorrorWritersChat I like putting things where they don’t belong. Or take something that absolutely belongs and remove or twist it up. Familiarity breeds complacency and the unknown erupting from the commonplace is nerve racking irl—but add some mold or weird humming?

#HorrorWritersChat Cece wasn't so sure about this, but her mother insisted. "It's a clinical trial, dear. They've done great work so far, but they need more data. And you're perfect for it!" She meant "You're fat and I hate it and I'll make you try anything" Onto the Thin Chip trials, I guess.

If you're in the mood for some folk horror this summer, why not check out my little White Flowers series? Book 1 is currently available, Book 2 is coming on June 30th, and the final book is slated for release in of June 2027. books2read.com/LittleWhiteF... #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks @erynmccee.bsky.social and all of #HorrorWritersChat! A real cure for wellness tonight. Keeping with the short stories, if you’d like to read more of mine you can either… Get the collections so far: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0753FNB2N Or Read on my site: olijbooks.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/

The quasi-medical story I did write can be found here in my debut collection, along with stories of vampire priests, cursed movies, water-born viruses (OK, so another medical story) and evil statues. Thank you, #HorrorWritersChat folks.

So about a year ago I wrote a thriller horror about Wisps from another dimension and pain and horror and also falcons and Hellstalkers and harps. As one does. #horrorwriterschat www.amazon.com/Wants-Us-Ali...

Our very first #HorrorWritersChat anthology is out! THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY Our very first review was ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🩸📚 #TheShadowsThatWeCarry

Thank you so much, Eryn! Really got me thinking today. I wrote a book about, basically, getting trapped in a Fear Street novel. Jonathan Maberry liked it! Cameron Chaney liked it! S.C. Fisher liked it! And D.J. MaChale said it sounded fun. So… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CJ...