Hello. I wrote a story about bumper stickers, a demonic cassette tape, and sad clowns. Big thanks to @foofarawpress.bsky.social for giving it a home & Fright Club for the space (and idea) to write. foofaraw.press/squeeze-my-n...

I'm working on a project about dryads and would love recommendations for books about dryads, nature spirits, nymphs, or anything that seems somewhat relevant. #amwriting

“This digital doppelganger lives on, and I can’t kill her…Soon she might be more real than me.” @sydboll.bsky.social is in Estate of Fright, a black mirror shows horrifying reflections, and more in the latest Manor Post. 📩 Tomorrow! 8/1/25 @ 6:00AMET 🖱️ Free subscription www.manorhq.com/manorpost

[AI] is not your therapist it does not know or care about what is best for you it’s not your friend/partner it does not know you or wish to know you it has no will of its own and will only ever be a tool of capitalism its purpose is replacing jobs (yes, even yours) to make the rich richer

Finishing up revisions on Death Wish, vol. 2, so it will be ready for Charleston Zine Fest on July 9. So much new material for this one & I'm excited to share it -- and work on the design.

I got stung by a fire ant yesterday and one of the worst parts is I have to take Benadryl to combat the itchiness and burning sensation... but now I'm too sleepy to write! #amwriting

print zines are here! physical rewards will be filled starting this week. all proceeds from this zine go to a local arts charity 🌈🖍️ menshevixen.itch.io/fugitive-color

Ok, so I have a memoir project, a novel revision, and a novel first draft I'm working on. Any advice from the #writercommunity on how to manage multiple projects at once? Do you pick one and stick with it? Work on each based on some kind of regular schedule? Just vibe out? #amwriting #writing

I am working on a couple of book projects and finally decided to give Scrivener a try and, oh my god, this is so much easier than the messy Google Docs system I was trying to use. #amwriting

A few months ago, I wrote about the impact of THELMA & LOUISE on my life. If you wanted to give it a read, here you go: thehorrorchick.substack.com/p/90s-rewind... Any shares would be appreciated - cheers y'all! 🖤

My partner, who does endurance sports, has longer training sessions in the summer, which means I have longer writing sessions! In the fall/winter, I find myself "squeezing in" writing around life responsibilities and peak running training for autumn races. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi - I'm Sydney/Syd. I'm currently working on a memoir about running & mental health and a queer YA/NA crossover about ghosts and hauntings. I'm drawn to horror b/c it gives me the space to think about and process the dark things I experience with major depressive disorder. #HorrorWritersChat

This is so boring, but it would be vanilla ice cream with oreos, resee's cups, and cookie dough in it. #HorrorWritersChat

I watched my mother's gaze follow the solstice sunrise over the horizon. She grasped my fingers and the sharp scent of iron wafting to my nose in the early morning. "It is finished," she said, and I looked over the cliff at the man splayed out on the altar below. "We are free." #HorrorWritersChat

Home from #StokerCon, very tired (but inspired) and ready to dig into all my new horror books 👻

Happy Fathers Day to Tar

this was a thoughtful reflection on an experience getting medical help and bumping up against emotional challenges. it’s so easy to compare our journeys with health and wellness to other people, but ultimately we have to do what is right for US, regardless of how others interpret our choices.

For @slate.com I wrote about taking Lupron, a controversial drug that has put me in menopause. I'm not even 30. #endometriosis slate.com/technology/2...

For @slate.com I wrote about taking Lupron, a controversial drug that has put me in menopause. I'm not even 30. #endometriosis slate.com/technology/2...

New Running on Sentences! I interviewed Meg Smith about running a mile every day and completing her first marathon during chemo! open.substack.com/pub/runningo... #running #runner #marathon

Celebrate Friday the 13th with my essay on the franchise 👻👻

To celebrate today’s unlucky holiday read MANOR Resident @sydboll.bsky.social’s first experience watching the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise films, as documented on the membrane. Monstrosity and Immortality: The Life, Death, and Life Again of Jason Voorhees 🩸📜 manorvellum.medium.com/monstrosity-...

excellent first day of #StokerCon. Met some cool folks, got inspired, and maybe am ready to pull the eco-horror ttrpg I started working on a while back out of the drawer

another New Thing will drop tomorrow--but for now, add some PWYW #zines to your library!

This weekend at #StokerCon I'll some copies of two of my zines: Death Wish & Initiation. Come find me if you'd like one 👻 #horrorwriter #Stokercon2025

The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions (2025, Undertaker Books) 18 stories delve into grief, obsession, lust, guilt, and fear in this debut horror collection. With stories published in Vastarien, CHM, anthologies, and several new stories, be prepared for heartbreak and unease. Let yourself sink.

New interview is up! Thank you to Sydney for such a great conversation and getting to the heart of my collection 🖤 writeordiemag.com/author-inter...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Emma E. Murray for Write or Die Magazine! We chatted about her collection The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions and how her background in both education and psychology shapes her writing. writeordiemag.com/author-inter... #horror #horrorwriter

There was this notion, that as things get warmer, corals will expand to higher latitudes. But that seems not to be the case. Corals are too slow, and warming is too fast. Something also to remember when we look at past extinction events. 🧪🌊⚒️

Recently read "They Bloom at Night" by @nvtran.bsky.social. What a beautiful novel about being queer, the American South, and ecological devastation. One of my favorites of the year! #HorrorWritersChat

I think the characters themselves don't necessarily surprise, but what they reveal about myself does surprise me. In characters I get to explore facets of myself I otherwise wouldn't. I have all these selves ready to be born from my mind. #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Sydney (or Syd - I go by both). I write dark fiction and horror that often slips into fabulism, slipstream, and absurdism, with a touch of humor. Currently work on writing a draft of a novella. I'd like to have a rough draft/outline by the end of the month! #HorrorWritersChat

Getting lit for #StokerCon! Who else will be there??

having a lot of thoughts about final destination

yeah, I somehow skipped from reading a lot of ghost & weird stories as a kid to not reading horror as an adult until pretty recently. but so many of those 80s/90s proto-YA scary stories stayed with me!

Women’s sports are not so fragile, FFS. That’s a longstanding, historical idea rooted in misogyny.

Going to marathon all of the Final Destination movies this weekend as prep for a @manorhq.com article. I did this two years ago with Friday the 13th and I have to say there's nothing quite like binging horror franchises in the summer.

Yeah, there are sooooo many tasks involved in being a writer other than the writing, and it's so hard to find time for them all #WeeknightWriters

Currently have two novellas in the works - one is about 20-something ghost detective and the other about a lineage of women with an unusual connection to the land where they reside. Both told in stories. #WeeknightWriters

I started taking my Substack kind of seriously and I felt weird about it at first (approaching it like a publication & not just writing off the cuff and sending it out) but I keep looking at the work I've done & I've realized taking myself & my writing seriously is one of the best things I've done.

I definitely wanted to work on one of my novella projects, but spent a lot of time crafting some upcoming newsletters for my Substack instead. It's often hard to find time to fit everything in with a day job! Hoping to get some more writing in tomorrow. #WeeknightWriters

Choosing what to listen to on a run is the most important decision of your training session... Here's what I listen to! #running #runner open.substack.com/pub/runningo...

a parasite that lives within you, feeding on the immense loss only to make it more prominent. as it eats, you empty, withering away slowly until you exist as a shell of yourself and the parasite is full and happy and bursting, giddy that it made you hollow #HorrorWritersChat

s/o to the goodwill employee who charged me for 2 books instead of 5. He was like, "This is a Goodwill. People didn't want this stuff. I don't need to be charging you an arm and a leg for stuff no one wants."

where can i get paid to write about survivor? i have lits of thoughts about wed's episode and if i'm correct in who i believe will be at final tribal council AND who will win, i have even more thoughts #survivor #survivorcbs

in honor of #ShortStoryMonth next week's newsletter WILL have a never-before-seen story for subscribers! hit it n git it buttondown.com/florilegia

hey hey new running on sentences where i write about process vs outcome goals & my decision to run the amelia island half marathon on my 30th birthday! open.substack.com/pub/runningo... #running #runner #halfmarathon