Landon McAlister
@ejoelwatts.bsky.social
#Author, traveler, USA born but living in #Ireland. Writing #literaryfiction and #gothichorror
#amquerying: The Red Thirst: A Gothic Tale of Ireland
#WIP: The Poet and the Hunger: A Red Thirst Tale
#amquerying: The Red Thirst: A Gothic Tale of Ireland
#WIP: The Poet and the Hunger: A Red Thirst Tale
Echoes
In a reflective exchange by a fire, an old man discusses the nature of echoes and memories, emphasizing the need for new beginnings rather than merely revisiting the past.
In a reflective exchange by a fire, an old man discusses the nature of echoes and memories, emphasizing the need for new beginnings rather than merely revisiting the past.
Echoes
In a reflective exchange by a fire, an old man discusses the nature of echoes and memories, emphasizing the need for new beginnings rather than merely revisiting the past.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Echoes
In a reflective exchange by a fire, an old man discusses the nature of echoes and memories, emphasizing the need for new beginnings rather than merely revisiting the past.
In a reflective exchange by a fire, an old man discusses the nature of echoes and memories, emphasizing the need for new beginnings rather than merely revisiting the past.
My Dearest M – Chapter 30 (Final Act)
The narrative revolves around a woman reflecting on love, loss, and self-discovery during her visit to Ireland, culminating in a transformative encounter with a writer at a bar.
The narrative revolves around a woman reflecting on love, loss, and self-discovery during her visit to Ireland, culminating in a transformative encounter with a writer at a bar.
My Dearest M – Chapter 30 (Final Act)
The narrative revolves around a woman reflecting on love, loss, and self-discovery during her visit to Ireland, culminating in a transformative encounter with a writer at a bar.
landonmcalister.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My Dearest M – Chapter 30 (Final Act)
The narrative revolves around a woman reflecting on love, loss, and self-discovery during her visit to Ireland, culminating in a transformative encounter with a writer at a bar.
The narrative revolves around a woman reflecting on love, loss, and self-discovery during her visit to Ireland, culminating in a transformative encounter with a writer at a bar.
Someone Yet Still
The speaker reflects on heartache, building a protective cave while battling inner turmoil. Despite efforts to shield themselves, the emotional tide remains relentless, prompting questions of resilience.
The speaker reflects on heartache, building a protective cave while battling inner turmoil. Despite efforts to shield themselves, the emotional tide remains relentless, prompting questions of resilience.
Someone Yet Still
The speaker reflects on heartache, building a protective cave while battling inner turmoil. Despite efforts to shield themselves, the emotional tide remains relentless, prompting questions of resilience.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Someone Yet Still
The speaker reflects on heartache, building a protective cave while battling inner turmoil. Despite efforts to shield themselves, the emotional tide remains relentless, prompting questions of resilience.
The speaker reflects on heartache, building a protective cave while battling inner turmoil. Despite efforts to shield themselves, the emotional tide remains relentless, prompting questions of resilience.
Instincts
The author reflects on the importance of trusting instincts, contrasting intuition with reliance on systems, and recognizes a gradual return to valuing instinct in life decisions.
The author reflects on the importance of trusting instincts, contrasting intuition with reliance on systems, and recognizes a gradual return to valuing instinct in life decisions.
Instincts
The author reflects on the importance of trusting instincts, contrasting intuition with reliance on systems, and recognizes a gradual return to valuing instinct in life decisions.
landonmcalister.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Instincts
The author reflects on the importance of trusting instincts, contrasting intuition with reliance on systems, and recognizes a gradual return to valuing instinct in life decisions.
The author reflects on the importance of trusting instincts, contrasting intuition with reliance on systems, and recognizes a gradual return to valuing instinct in life decisions.
To the End
An encounter at the edge of the world reveals deep connections forged through loss and discovery, as an old man's wisdom guides a traveler home.
An encounter at the edge of the world reveals deep connections forged through loss and discovery, as an old man's wisdom guides a traveler home.
To the End
An encounter at the edge of the world reveals deep connections forged through loss and discovery, as an old man's wisdom guides a traveler home.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
To the End
An encounter at the edge of the world reveals deep connections forged through loss and discovery, as an old man's wisdom guides a traveler home.
An encounter at the edge of the world reveals deep connections forged through loss and discovery, as an old man's wisdom guides a traveler home.
Two Faces of Humanity
The author reflects on encounters with Barack Obama and a manipulative cult leader, illustrating the complex interplay of empathy and moral ambiguity in human nature and storytelling.
The author reflects on encounters with Barack Obama and a manipulative cult leader, illustrating the complex interplay of empathy and moral ambiguity in human nature and storytelling.
Two Faces of Humanity
The author reflects on encounters with Barack Obama and a manipulative cult leader, illustrating the complex interplay of empathy and moral ambiguity in human nature and storytelling.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Two Faces of Humanity
The author reflects on encounters with Barack Obama and a manipulative cult leader, illustrating the complex interplay of empathy and moral ambiguity in human nature and storytelling.
The author reflects on encounters with Barack Obama and a manipulative cult leader, illustrating the complex interplay of empathy and moral ambiguity in human nature and storytelling.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence!
🫦🥀‼️ 🇮🇪 🍀
#amquerying, begging really, for #litagents or #Editor interest. #WritingCommunity
#gothic #horror #writesky
“The Red Thirst - A Gothic Tale of Ireland”
🫦🥀‼️ 🇮🇪 🍀
#amquerying, begging really, for #litagents or #Editor interest. #WritingCommunity
#gothic #horror #writesky
“The Red Thirst - A Gothic Tale of Ireland”
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence!
🫦🥀‼️ 🇮🇪 🍀
#amquerying, begging really, for #litagents or #Editor interest. #WritingCommunity
#gothic #horror #writesky
“The Red Thirst - A Gothic Tale of Ireland”
🫦🥀‼️ 🇮🇪 🍀
#amquerying, begging really, for #litagents or #Editor interest. #WritingCommunity
#gothic #horror #writesky
“The Red Thirst - A Gothic Tale of Ireland”
Reposted by Landon McAlister
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Time?
Time?
Do you need time? Do I need time? I think I’ve had too much of it, and never enough. Time has been both a healer and a thief—steady in its rhythm, merciless in its pace. It’s given me the space to grow, to mend, to write, but it’s also taken people, places, and versions of myself I can’t get back.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Time?
Discovery Day
The proposed holiday, Discovery Day, celebrates humanity's realization of shared consciousness, fostering unity and connection amidst the loss of individual solitude.
The proposed holiday, Discovery Day, celebrates humanity's realization of shared consciousness, fostering unity and connection amidst the loss of individual solitude.
Discovery Day
The proposed holiday, Discovery Day, celebrates humanity's realization of shared consciousness, fostering unity and connection amidst the loss of individual solitude.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Discovery Day
The proposed holiday, Discovery Day, celebrates humanity's realization of shared consciousness, fostering unity and connection amidst the loss of individual solitude.
The proposed holiday, Discovery Day, celebrates humanity's realization of shared consciousness, fostering unity and connection amidst the loss of individual solitude.
Starve Acre + Slewfoot
#TheRedThirst
On Ireland’s haunted coast, grief is a ritual—and blood is the offering. To save the spirit he’s bound to, he must face the monster who made her. #A #GhostPit #amquerying #IrishMyth #LiteraryHorror #GothicHorror
#TheRedThirst
On Ireland’s haunted coast, grief is a ritual—and blood is the offering. To save the spirit he’s bound to, he must face the monster who made her. #A #GhostPit #amquerying #IrishMyth #LiteraryHorror #GothicHorror
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Starve Acre + Slewfoot
#TheRedThirst
On Ireland’s haunted coast, grief is a ritual—and blood is the offering. To save the spirit he’s bound to, he must face the monster who made her. #A #GhostPit #amquerying #IrishMyth #LiteraryHorror #GothicHorror
#TheRedThirst
On Ireland’s haunted coast, grief is a ritual—and blood is the offering. To save the spirit he’s bound to, he must face the monster who made her. #A #GhostPit #amquerying #IrishMyth #LiteraryHorror #GothicHorror
The Lighthouse Witches + Mexican Gothic
#TheRedThirst
At Ireland’s edge, a man discovers a castle that bleeds. Beneath its stones lies a woman’s sorrow—and a hunger that calls him home. #GhostPit #A #amquerying
#DarkFantasy #GothicHorror
#TheRedThirst
At Ireland’s edge, a man discovers a castle that bleeds. Beneath its stones lies a woman’s sorrow—and a hunger that calls him home. #GhostPit #A #amquerying
#DarkFantasy #GothicHorror
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Lighthouse Witches + Mexican Gothic
#TheRedThirst
At Ireland’s edge, a man discovers a castle that bleeds. Beneath its stones lies a woman’s sorrow—and a hunger that calls him home. #GhostPit #A #amquerying
#DarkFantasy #GothicHorror
#TheRedThirst
At Ireland’s edge, a man discovers a castle that bleeds. Beneath its stones lies a woman’s sorrow—and a hunger that calls him home. #GhostPit #A #amquerying
#DarkFantasy #GothicHorror
Reposted by Landon McAlister
Here is my list for #GhostPit
1. Which Witch
2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame
3. Ghosts of Our Past
4. The Doll Murders
5. Rutello: The Dark Veil
6. Arterin Academy
Feedback/critiques are welcome.
1. Which Witch
2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame
3. Ghosts of Our Past
4. The Doll Murders
5. Rutello: The Dark Veil
6. Arterin Academy
Feedback/critiques are welcome.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Here is my list for #GhostPit
1. Which Witch
2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame
3. Ghosts of Our Past
4. The Doll Murders
5. Rutello: The Dark Veil
6. Arterin Academy
Feedback/critiques are welcome.
1. Which Witch
2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame
3. Ghosts of Our Past
4. The Doll Murders
5. Rutello: The Dark Veil
6. Arterin Academy
Feedback/critiques are welcome.
A House with Good Bones + Starve Acre
#TheRedThirst
He came to Ireland to die. Instead, the earth remembered his name just as it remembered hers... A modern #GH of grief, guilt, and the cursed soil that feeds on both. #amquerying #A #PH #PitDark
#TheRedThirst
He came to Ireland to die. Instead, the earth remembered his name just as it remembered hers... A modern #GH of grief, guilt, and the cursed soil that feeds on both. #amquerying #A #PH #PitDark
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A House with Good Bones + Starve Acre
#TheRedThirst
He came to Ireland to die. Instead, the earth remembered his name just as it remembered hers... A modern #GH of grief, guilt, and the cursed soil that feeds on both. #amquerying #A #PH #PitDark
#TheRedThirst
He came to Ireland to die. Instead, the earth remembered his name just as it remembered hers... A modern #GH of grief, guilt, and the cursed soil that feeds on both. #amquerying #A #PH #PitDark
Slewfoot + The Lighthouse Witches
#TheRedThirst
Ireland remembers. When an outsider disturbs a buried grave, the old gods stir, and a woman’s curse hungers again beneath the cliffs. Love, loss, and folklore entwine in a tale of ancient vengeance. #amquerying #A #GH #Pitdark
#TheRedThirst
Ireland remembers. When an outsider disturbs a buried grave, the old gods stir, and a woman’s curse hungers again beneath the cliffs. Love, loss, and folklore entwine in a tale of ancient vengeance. #amquerying #A #GH #Pitdark
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Slewfoot + The Lighthouse Witches
#TheRedThirst
Ireland remembers. When an outsider disturbs a buried grave, the old gods stir, and a woman’s curse hungers again beneath the cliffs. Love, loss, and folklore entwine in a tale of ancient vengeance. #amquerying #A #GH #Pitdark
#TheRedThirst
Ireland remembers. When an outsider disturbs a buried grave, the old gods stir, and a woman’s curse hungers again beneath the cliffs. Love, loss, and folklore entwine in a tale of ancient vengeance. #amquerying #A #GH #Pitdark
Mexican Gothic + Starve Acre
#TheRedThirst
When a grief-stricken man flees to Ireland’s rugged coast, he awakens the Dearg-Dú—a betrayed woman’s spirit thirsting not for blood, but for guilt. In freeing her, he may damn himself. #IrishMyth #amquerying
#GH #PitDark #A
#TheRedThirst
When a grief-stricken man flees to Ireland’s rugged coast, he awakens the Dearg-Dú—a betrayed woman’s spirit thirsting not for blood, but for guilt. In freeing her, he may damn himself. #IrishMyth #amquerying
#GH #PitDark #A
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mexican Gothic + Starve Acre
#TheRedThirst
When a grief-stricken man flees to Ireland’s rugged coast, he awakens the Dearg-Dú—a betrayed woman’s spirit thirsting not for blood, but for guilt. In freeing her, he may damn himself. #IrishMyth #amquerying
#GH #PitDark #A
#TheRedThirst
When a grief-stricken man flees to Ireland’s rugged coast, he awakens the Dearg-Dú—a betrayed woman’s spirit thirsting not for blood, but for guilt. In freeing her, he may damn himself. #IrishMyth #amquerying
#GH #PitDark #A
The Body Forfeit (Querying)
In a world where bodies can be traded, one man’s first transfer forces him to question what it means to be human—and what he’s willing to lose.
In a world where bodies can be traded, one man’s first transfer forces him to question what it means to be human—and what he’s willing to lose.
The Body Forfeit (Querying)
In a world where bodies can be traded, one man’s first transfer forces him to question what it means to be human—and what he’s willing to lose.
landonmcalister.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Body Forfeit (Querying)
In a world where bodies can be traded, one man’s first transfer forces him to question what it means to be human—and what he’s willing to lose.
In a world where bodies can be traded, one man’s first transfer forces him to question what it means to be human—and what he’s willing to lose.
To be a kid at heart
To be a kid at heart
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? People often say, “you’re such a kid at heart,” as if it’s something lighthearted or naïve. But I’ve come to believe it’s something much rarer, and much harder to hold onto. For me, being a kid at heart has nothing to do with immaturity—it’s about keeping the capacity to wonder, even after the world has tried its best to take it from you.
landonmcalister.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
To be a kid at heart
Hitchcock, Mimetic Violence, and the Death of American Innocence
Forgive me for retreating to a more academic mood. On Friday, I was watching the Ed Gein story, and as I did, these thoughts formed. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t invent horror; he revealed it. Beneath the shadows, the blood, and the…
Forgive me for retreating to a more academic mood. On Friday, I was watching the Ed Gein story, and as I did, these thoughts formed. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t invent horror; he revealed it. Beneath the shadows, the blood, and the…
Hitchcock, Mimetic Violence, and the Death of American Innocence
Forgive me for retreating to a more academic mood. On Friday, I was watching the Ed Gein story, and as I did, these thoughts formed. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t invent horror; he revealed it. Beneath the shadows, the blood, and the sudden screams, he exposed something far older—the mimetic violence that René Girard wrote of, that deep instinct to imitate both desire and destruction.
landonmcalister.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hitchcock, Mimetic Violence, and the Death of American Innocence
Forgive me for retreating to a more academic mood. On Friday, I was watching the Ed Gein story, and as I did, these thoughts formed. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t invent horror; he revealed it. Beneath the shadows, the blood, and the…
Forgive me for retreating to a more academic mood. On Friday, I was watching the Ed Gein story, and as I did, these thoughts formed. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t invent horror; he revealed it. Beneath the shadows, the blood, and the…
Lately…
Lately…
It’s been a stretch of long days and quieter nights here along the coast. The fishing has slowed a bit with the change in weather, but the rhythm of the work remains steady—checking parlors, mending pots, watching the sea shift moods faster than a man can name them. There’s peace in the routine, even when the wind cuts sharp and the hours run long.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lately…
Silence
Silence
What’s something most people don’t know about you? For most of my life, I mistook silence for loneliness. Growing up in the noise of south Louisiana and then in Appalachia and later in the hum of academic halls, I filled every pause with words—lectures, stories, advice, anything to keep the quiet at bay. Silence was a void, a mirror I didn’t want to face.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Silence
To neighbor well
To neighbor well
What is a neighbor?
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October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
To neighbor well