The prompt was spore print. I added a slice of determination and a soupçon of fate. And then I gave it back.

Finished listening to the audio book of this tonight by @stephellis.bsky.social This really got under my skin. Might require a second listen.

Oooh tough question. The seal would be under a pane of glass in a forgotten conservatory, pressed between the roots of a withered rosebush. It hums at dusk, when the light dies slow. Anyone who tries to read the inscription forgets their own name before they read the last word. #HorrorWritersChat

Greetings and helllooooooO! I be Eryn, I write psychological and supernatural horror. My seal contains just one terrible truth, a simple and haunting one. When you look for monsters, you're looking in the wrong places. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello! Matt from the hospital here where my first dose of chemo has just finished. I write as MG Mason, lots of ghost stories. The terrible truth? The manner by which humanity will destroy itself: petulant stupidity. But hope always accompanies, it can't be killed. #HorrorWritersChat

Fracture was the word. I added a slice of gaslighting and handed it back.

The prompt was mildewed. I actually wrote this into my book this morning. And then forgot I didn't post it. Because it was already with the air.

LOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

I was going to write something about rot and decay for the prompt miasmatic. But after the day I had, I wanted something quite different. Yet, the word requires its tithe. So I wrapped it in a plane wing of memory, a building near the stars, reverence, and breath. Then, I sent it back.

The prompt was carrion. I wrapped it in a Morrigan face, set it in a battlefield and then, I passed it back.

Mmmm-hmmmm. The prompt was spoor. A scentilicious word, no? I took the spoor, made it sickening, hung it out to dry, and then handed it back.

I just finished a ghost write. And I feel really, fucking sad about it. I will miss those characters. But the client is coming back in February so I'll cope till then. In the meantime, I've put down 3K on a domestic feminist noir novella about menopausal murderers. You lot are going to LOVE Mavis.

The prompt was mycelium.

I've got this ghost write to finish, and I have 15K left to do. So it's this weekend to get that finished and get it done with. Easy as, 3 days, no problem. Walk in the park. Right? Right? What could go wrong? Well...

Oh I AM SOOOOOOOOO DOING THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The prompt was Resurrect. I swathed it in lies, snarls and fingernails, clawing its way to the surface, unbreathing: and gave it back.

The prompt was deliquesce. I poured it into a crystal glass of self-erasure, and let it slide into silence. Then I handed it back.

I don’t have a book out - yet. Instead, please check out something I wrote that’s a little different and a very quick read #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat Always makes a Wednesday better. If you'd like to see more of the kind of horror I write, you can check out the "horror stories" section of my BRAND NEW WEBSITE! (It's been a long time coming) dangerouswhenbored.com/collections/...

As a kid who grew up surrounded by forest, and as a teenage insomniac who wandered around in them at night, I was - and remain - entranced by the primordial power of the Dark Woods. That element features prominently in my work.

Hey howdy hey, I’m Christian Akins, my book is horror/comedy/fantasy, and my childhood fear was of people in pig masks because of a really messed up dream I had about one casually following me while the world ended! #HorrorWritersChat #writingcommunity #halloween

#HorrorWritersChat have you read the scariest collection of 2025 yet? If not, there's still two days till Halloween. Why not grab a copy now? Amazon: tinyurl.com/5awn78h3 B&N: tinyurl.com/5e9vu3hr Kobo: tinyurl.com/bdhthesj Apple Books: tinyurl.com/5ev7cr8k #HorrorSky #BookSky

Finally, the last thing I want to share is my #HorrorFacts article talking about my earliest Halloween memory as well as explaining why I think the All Hallows Eve practice of trick-or-treating helps children develop important skills. horrorfacts.com/the-importan...

Always a pleasure #HorrorWritersChat. Must confess, depression hit hard during this weeks session but being part of this community is always a big help, so thank you. If interested, I'm running a sale until Friday. Several horror books for only 0.99. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Oli-J...

Thanks Eryn. Here are some excellent books for Halloween reading recs #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks as always for a delightful evening, Eryn 😊 Need to get your vampire fix? I've got ya covered. Got a whole series running, bloody, shocking & chock-full of heart www.amazon.com/Nocturnal/dp...

Thanks Eryn! It was fun! Since the theme was folkhorror, I want to shout out my debut THE NIGHT BEGINS! What GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS & LUCIFER author MR Carey calls "A delectable, compelling slice of folk horror, so raw it’s still bleeding." #HorrorWritersChat

Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! It was fun! If you like: - gothic horror + gaslamp fantasy - cosmic horror + detective noir - trans man MCs - homoeroticism - diverse casts - body horror - DREAD You might enjoy my short stories! payhip.com/ALittleBitof... books2read.com/ap/nzej7l/Vi...

I guess I'll share my first book, YA supernatural horror novel about a girl who dreams the whole world's nightmares—full of things that go bump in the night. www.amazon.com/Nocturne-Ama... #HorrorWritersChat

I would love love love for you all to get a free story from me, a little folk tale I’ve been spinning for a while. Going to share through my newsletter. 🖤🎃👻 Have a terrifying Halloween #HorrorWritersChat Linktr.ee/kdbwrites has my newsletter signup

#HorrorWritersChat If you aren't good something bad will happen to you, like you'll get gobbled up by one of the monsters in your wardrobe or turned into something nasty by one of the town witches.

This progression from fearing natural unknowns like wild animals to artificial unknowns like AI systems is pretty important to my niche genre of #dreampunk. It's about the progression of tech into magic and the blurring of those lines. These days, a lot of us fear that what we see isn't real.

#HorrorWritersChat I love how zombies have mutated across cultures as a way to discuss their own cultural fears but I'd love to see more horror with it's links to slavery (where the horror is not the white American fear of loosing individuality, but the fear of loosing autonomy) explored.

Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat ! All my stories and some urban legends and older tales too, are available on my YouTube! youtube.com/@scribblerjo...

Every week many of us look forward to these chats. Please, if you see this, click the original post and browse the works by so many horror writers. SO much talent flying under the radar that needs to be seen. xx

#HorrorWritersChat Fear and reverence of wildlife. People have gotten WAAAY too comfy with wildlife and keep trying to feed bears and pet moose Just... Please stop, people

#HorrorWritersChat. Want to go to a book release party at the infamous Lizzie Borden house in Massachusetts? Here's the dirt. I'll be reading from my story THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, in THE LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY. This will be a blast!

I'd kind of like monsters to be scary again. I adore YA but it does have a habit of turning supernatural creatures into romantic heroes. Which is fun, but I do still miss genuinely villainous vampires and werewolves #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat My story, "Ivy, Lichens, and Wallflowers" is in the collection TOIL AND TROUBLE, out now: books2read.com/b/bOYyEN

This week, I'm giving a shout-out to our #HorrorWritersChat originator, the OG Matt @chaoticauthor.online If you've not checked out his books yet, now is the time, now is the hour. Here's some of what you can get, where you can get it, and how:

Thanks for the fun questions, Eryn! I announced my latest book yesterday, the next novella series after The Deadlands featuring Janet and her backwoods witchery. Stay tuned for more info. In the meantime, read the Deadlands trilogy and get settled into the world. #horrorwriterschat

Thank you for another lovely week, Eryn! Made MASSIVE progress on Land of Gold's 3rd and final draft this month. The story is taking shape. Everything is connecting together. Here. Have a teaser. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Graverobbers. Not people sneaking around after dark, but something built into the systems we take for granted. Bad example but they say that Body Works, the plasticine body exhibit, is made up of Chinese political prisoners... And yes, eat the rich. Literally if needed.

Thanks! Seeking spooky sustenance? Satiate your horror-loving souls with the Dark Decades, a century of terrors! 😱📚🖤 Small bites: 6 stand-alone, quick-read anthologies tinyurl.com/InkyBonesDar... Whole enchilada: Order up the beefy omnibus of all 6 tinyurl.com/DarkDecadesO... (And on KU)

Thanks for running this, Eryn! I have a gothic horror novella set in 1926, in which 9-yr-old Rosalyn plays a make-believe game of a Royal Court with 4 other girls. All of them want to (need to) be Queen... Things escalate. Significantly.🍀🔨👑 brigidsgatepress.com/product/what... #HorrorWritersChat 💙📚🩸

Thanks, Eryn, for a great #HorrorWritersChat. My story THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR appears in the LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY. There will be a release party at the Borden house in Fall River, MA, on Nov 9 from 2 - 4 pm. It'll be fun! More in next post. www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Borde...

As always, thank you for a great #HorrorWritersChat Eryn! And thanks to the writers who participate and make it fun! To go along with today's theme, especially surrounding myths and folktales and fears, here is a story I'd love for you to check out! theumbralchapters.substack.com/p/smear-smea...

#HorrorWritersChat powerful entities lurking in the wild places. There's few enough of those left, and them what dwell there are very angry about this.

Thanks for a good one this week, Eryn! My autobiography reads like a grief horror, complete with old fears I outgrew and new fears that come with growing up, how I became the author I am, and a world with and without a bipolar mom. Maybe, there’s also silver linings in the world. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat This week I’m going to big up the film I mentioned earlier - Skinamarink. I saw it on my own, at 2am, in bed on my iPad while wearing headphones. It was like living inside an actual nightmare. Time passes strangely, things repeat. It’s odd. This is the final moment. See the film.