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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Aug 10

So who know there was a rock band that made an album based on Poe’s writing well before Alan Parson’s Project did it? Not me. youtu.be/1OONaOuqvvI?...

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Since all the cool kids are doing it, I've published my first Substack article, a humorous (I think so, anyway) piece on summer. You can find it here: tinyurl.com/2z3y27xe

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My personal Substack. Click to read David’s Substack, by David Allen Voyles, a Substack publication. Launched 23 minutes ago.

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Jul 13

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Jun 17

"If our leadership is unable to get us off the path that Germany followed, then we must change our leadership." My dad, Don Voyles, WWII vet, speaking at the NO KINGS rally in Beaufort, NC

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Jun 15

The two new kitties, Sadie and Boo.

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Jun 11

I like my BlueSky presence.

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Apr 30

Reminder: The May issue of Dark Cycles, a free newsletter for lovers of #horror, comes to those who have subscribed tomorrow morning. Download the free story to get on the list. tinyurl.com/4cndb2mt

David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Apr 30

What if Edgar Allan Poe's scariest stories were inspired by actual events that happened to him one summer when he was fifteen? EDGAR, a novel by David Allen Voyles, available on Amazon.

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 30

Saturday I visited Gary Carden, renowned WNC storyteller and recorded another tale, this time a Jack tale, for his Blow the Tannery Whistle podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/6e3F...

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 29

This sounds really great. Just pre-ordered!

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 29

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Tuesday is April Fools, but it's no joke that Dark Cycles will be available for #free in your inbox if you've subscribed. Just cool, dark fun!
Click the link to download the free story and get on the free subscription email list. tinyurl.com/4cndb2mt

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 29

Can't wait to see our '72 Cadillac hearse back on the roads this fall. We don't own Lenore any more, but we'll be thrilled to see this beauty back in action, even if not for tours. #darkridetours #Halloween

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MY SOUL IS UP FOR SALE @dyre.bsky.social · Mar 26

Spring's equinox brings delicate light, pouring around every curve to soothe her quaking bones. Heat, warm and sweet, should be bursting along rugged skin and teeming flesh. Yet she is starving, shaking, prickling. Her sigh puffs steam, boiling mountains, "blood will have to do." #HorrorWritersChat

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):

Write a horror story or poem using the word “equinox”. Keep the length to a single post.

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

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The spell to move into a younger body was to be cast in "a time of perfect balance." The equinox. She held her breath as she watched the blood-red candle flicker and expire, but smiled hearing her granddaughter's gasp in the adjacent room.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):

Write a horror story or poem using the word “equinox”. Keep the length to a single post.

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

Making a note of it now...Thanks!

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat Since I tend to write (and read) cosmic horror, I enjoy all the creative possibilities found in a genre not limited by a human understanding of reality. Plus, I think it's fun to dive into the human psyche and how it's affected by the unknowable.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 3:

International Happiness Day was on the 20th March. How does horror make you happy?

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

No, I'll have to check that out! I actually freaked myself out with a cave scene in an episode that was about the The Bell Witch Cave. (Could have used one answer for 2 questions!)

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

Yeah...that feeling that maybe you actually conjure up some evil stuff when writing...?

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat It's hard to come up with a specific, but when I really get into that mindset, it almost feels like something has its eye on me.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project

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#HorrorWritersChat

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

Yep, stuff in a cave freaks me out!

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · Mar 26

I have a WIP in which the protagonist is in a subterranean cave, and she starts to hear tapping and bangs from above, but they're rhymical, like rudimentary music or a code. And imagining that did give me a chill, actually.
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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

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Oh, wow. I just wrote about this in an interview asking "why do we like horror?" From that answer: "... the thrill of horror is enough to drive me to create stories that I hope will spook someone else, tales for a kindred spirit..."

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 3:

International Happiness Day was on the 20th March. How does horror make you happy?

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat
An isolated town in a winter storm suffers from an unknown power that is killing the residents in ways that reference Christmas carols. The scene in which the deputy discovers his family has been killed was nearly too much. from "The 13th Day of Christmas"

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · Mar 26

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Jez.

“Their voices, in these spaces. Gone. Winked out. Now, there was just the ricochet you only get from an emptied room, with fittings and furniture gone, accentuating the absence. The vacant moment after the pinking farewell of a lightbulb that has blown in that instant.”

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 1:

Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and the scariest line from your current WIP

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David Allen Voyles @davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · Mar 26

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Having to cheat for the line to make sense. "I hate everything about that family group picture...How we pretended that we all liked each other and that we had not just buried Alton in the garden." From "Memento Mori", a short story collection I have yet to publish.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Mar 26

#HorrorWritersChat question 1:

Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and the scariest line from your current WIP

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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