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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Eryn, always fun

Here a link to me books and a review that is flattering to me

Now please excuse me, I'm off to watch Wonka after two years.

Paul King is a genius!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

Here we go, #HorrorWriterChat, the chance you've all been waiting for. Let's pimp our books.
And if you could share others, get them seen as well, that would be good.
Finally, I would love it if you could repost some of Matt's posts. He's having a rough time and could do with a boost.
Tanks.

there is no algorithm here, so visibility depends on engagement with others.
hit the questions, use the hashtag, share other writer’s stuff.
finally, have you got something to shout about? Now’s your chance.

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat

Oh yeah

Desperation erodes morals and values

The cause can seem supernatural tho

"Father, why hast thou forsaken me?"

That kinda thing

Probably not God mucking up your day though

More likely some git who has failed upwards in life through privilege

Still, ghosts fun!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 3h

I love Tom Waits' Renfield

"I've been naughty!"

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

Q4.
Do hang around for the outro, in around 10 minutes.

Which is the easier route? Or the more satisfying?

#HorrorWritersChat

Q4
In your stories: is desperation scarier than the supernatural?

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 3h

Oh why didn't I think of that?

I've had Oldman on the brain after watching Bram Stoker's Dracula earlier this week!

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 4h

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat

Everyone's fucked

But the rich go first

Since they're the ones leading us into oblivion

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

Q3
Do you write horror that scares the poor, the wealthy or everyone equally?

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 4h

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My characters are downtrodden, beaten and broken, bottom of the ladder

They live in ruins or soon to be ruins

Their struggle, is for survival

Their sanity

Their soul, in the face of systems designed to be dominate and discourage

And to get their leg over now and then 🧐

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

Q2
How does scarcity or deprivation shape the worlds you build in your stories?

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 4h

Hey everyone. I mostly write cosmic and eco-horror. As regards cash, I guess I'm middling by the standards of my country. Morally... well, I have a diverse investment portfolio. Take that as you will.
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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

Question One
Assemble, horror bods!
Tell me what kind of horror you write, and how poor are you - financially or morally? You choose....

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 4h

I write small-town horror where everyone’s either cursed, drunk, or both. Think cosmic dread meets Dollar General. Financially? Let’s just say my monsters have better healthcare.
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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

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A Local Cryptid @michelleheller.bsky.social · 4h

#HorrorWritersChat

Heya pals, it's Michelle Heller from The Swamp! I write mostly comedy horror but that's just by chance. I love all horror.
I am one bad day away from having nothing and it's wearing on me, friends. I feel guilty about feeling bad because so many have it worse. So I just carry on.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 4h

#HorrorWritersChat

Hi I'm HD Beird, condemned to live

Current research says HD stands for "Hoo Diss"

If I knew, I wouldn't be researching!

What I write I classify as horror because it fits the weird, but there's scifi, fantasy and smut too

I work payday to payday, so to then do my characters!

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 4h

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 9h

Is it Wednesday? It's Wednesday. #HorrorWritersChat

Horror Writers Chat

Happening today... at the usual time 7pm BST, 2pm EST

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Martin Shannon - Rare Book Author @martinshannon.bsky.social · 7d

This week's Martin finale goes out to @chaoticauthor.online. The man needs your help. He's bored, in a hospital, and low on the green. Send him messages and use this link to brighten his day. Without Matt, you'd never get to read my corny jokes. HORROR!

ko-fi.com/onechaoticau...

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Gree

I'll promote LOST WITNESS

Doesn't have ghosts in it but it is a Gothic Romance within a heightened sci-fi setting

And I really want people to check it out and tell me how amazing I am

Or tell me how shit it is, that'd be cool!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 7d

Concluding? Oh please! The Phantasmal Symposium’s work is eternal, as is the thirst for alive souls! We are simply twirling away elsewhere…

Now is your time to join us! What do you write? In what crypts can we peruse it? What more do you have to share?

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

The Orchestra Has Performed Their Final Piece!
The Symposium hopes you enjoyed our ghastly arrangement in this music hall! There is no algorithm here – visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others’ posts!

The orchestra shall resume its operations… next week.

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat

The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears

And then your pants fell down and the dead laughed hard enough to summon tears!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

Had to get the ectoplasm prop from somewhere

😑

Apologies

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 7d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat

Well keeping with Ghostbusters, the one who visited Ray in his dream was . . .

Nah nah, I like the ones tied to a mystery that reveals one of the lving as being a world class shit which leads to their comeuppence

The Devil's Backbone is a particular fave!

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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 7d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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