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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 35m

Not a hugely impressive line-up for our annual October horror marathon this year, but there were a few standouts:

- Mads
- The Ugly Stepsister
- Saiko! The Large Family
- The Substance

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 2h

#HorrorWritersChat

Coming soon to The Horror Zine - my interview with John A. Russo, co-writer with George Romeo for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I'm also interviewing punk rocker/writer/director Ani Kyd Wolf and actor Casper Van Dien. All three are working on SPAWN OF THE LIVING DEAD, coming soon.

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 2h

Normally I'd post my books (the link is in the bio) but what I really need right now is a helping hand with my sick kitty, Squeaky. We're on the road to recovery but the vet bills for her and my senior dog this month have wiped me out.

www.paypal.com/paypalme/Abi...

A tortoise shelled cat sitting next to a pile of books

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 2h

I forgot the tag #HorrorWritersChat

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 2h

I got pulled away to work but thank you, Eryn, for the scary and thoughtful questions this week.

Where The Soul Goes has been out for over a month. What would you do if you knew you were dying? What would Death herself make you do? Find out.

#horrorwriterschat

mybook.to/where-the-so...

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 2h

In keeping with today's theme, I have a story in this anthology about two desperate reporters trying to convince their wealthy publisher not to fire them while dining in a strange country club.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 2h

Please donate if you can

chuffed.org/project/1456...

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 2h

I feel kind of bad for introducing that idea back into the world, but I really did see that bumper sticker here in Pennsylvania a few years ago and could not get away from that truck fast enough.

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 2h

The former tends to feed into the latter, whether that means a struggling occult bookstore owner going on a wild quest for holy water or a pair of broke siblings choosing to live with a cursed statue.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 2h

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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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 2h

Rich people have never not been the monsters in my stories (literal or otherwise), so I am probably not writing for them.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

#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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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 3h

It's a vein that runs through all of them, typically expressed through housing precarity though. I'm Irish and our national psyche is very weird about home ownership. I emigrated because I couldn't afford to rent or buy back home. So housing comes up a lot in my work.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly, not as much as I want it to. I've been in precarious places before...laid off...utilities at the risk of being shut off, behind on my rent. But I struggle to make that seem compelling when I try writing about it.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 3h

Back for another #HorrorWritersChat Mark Guyer here. I write horror about identity. There are usually jokes involved. Financially, my nose is above water. But the stool I’m standing on could get undertowed away from me at any moment. Morally, I try to be nice. Unless you're a fucking Nazi.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 3h

Hello, #HorrorWritersChat! My name is Rami Ungar, I write horror and dark fantasy, and if I lost my job, I would probably also lose my car and condo within a few months. 😢

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 3h

I’m Clover, and I write horror that takes cute and mundane things and twists them into something horrific! 😈
I’m an indie author, so I’m quite poor financially 😅 Morally, I’d say I’m doing well. I have a strong sense of justice and desire for equity (bonus of being autistic).
#horrorwriterschat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 3h

I'm Katherine Silva, "Kat" for short and I write grief and existential horror, often in dystopian or weird settings. And today's question is kinda rough mentally! I'm always struggling financially. Haven't had a working dryer since August. 😭

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 3h

Tom Coombe here, writer of short horror stories. Rich people call themselves "comfortable." I'm what you might call "uncomfortable." I make enough money to pay my bills, but not enough to retire or save or do anything other than occasionally go out to eat.

#HorrorWritersChat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 3h

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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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 5h

Great poster, though it looks like it's for a movie Industrial Light and Magic would have been involved with.

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 5h

I loved Drew Struzan’s artwork so much. Especially loved how, for THE NAME OF THE ROSE poster, he drew Sean Connery in a, “nuh-UH girl” pose.

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🎃return of the Obra Deeny🎃(they/them) @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 5h

The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'HAMBURGER HELP US'...and I'll look down and whisper 'No.'

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. Even seeing the edited-for-TV version of this in the 80s, I remember thinking "This is like watching a movie about one of my dad's drinking buddies."

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 5h

Not really an opinion, but a misconception: When I was a kid they'd show old episodes on our local PBS station, and they were so cheap looking that I legitimately thought it had to be something produced in a northeastern Pennsylvania TV studio.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 5h

Accidentally signed up for the "No 'No More Kings'" rally, in protest of Pavement's contribution to the 1990s School House Rock tribute album.

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 6h

If this time of year has you in the mood for reading horror, let me steer you to my debut collection.

The Clown King and Other Stories of the Pre-apocalypse

Check out The Clown King and Other Stories of the Pre-apocalypse - Something's coming...A teenage horror fan searches for the origins of a too-real, homemade slasher film. Two sibling...

bookshop.org

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 7h

It's an ongoing WIP and it may never actually get done...but: saltwater and car exhaust.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 18h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Tom of the Dead @calmtomb.bsky.social · 8h

YES! Now that you mention it, I remember a lot of the Young Republican types at my school slapping "Rush is Right" bumper stickers on their cars.

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