Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness)
@zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social
He/him. Did some stuff once.
Writingdarkness.ca for twisted fiction, poetry and artwork. Lost in a liminal nightmare.
thechildisscreaming.bandcamp.com for dark aleatoric music
Writingdarkness.ca for twisted fiction, poetry and artwork. Lost in a liminal nightmare.
thechildisscreaming.bandcamp.com for dark aleatoric music
Been learning about my people
October 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Been learning about my people
Recently went on a dive on horror books from my youth. My favorites were this series, my favorite was #3. My favorite was Shivers and especially Watch 'em Kill and The Awful Apple Orchard. They were brutal, the reveal of Apple is the kids fell in a thresher and have been ghosts the whole book.
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Recently went on a dive on horror books from my youth. My favorites were this series, my favorite was #3. My favorite was Shivers and especially Watch 'em Kill and The Awful Apple Orchard. They were brutal, the reveal of Apple is the kids fell in a thresher and have been ghosts the whole book.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Put together the next set of books I'm challenging myself to get through. This time around I'm allowing myself a couple vetos, as well as tackling a ton of series including...
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Put together the next set of books I'm challenging myself to get through. This time around I'm allowing myself a couple vetos, as well as tackling a ton of series including...
#42 Juliette by Marquis de Sade
This was shit. 1200 pages of violent, bloody orgies (very poorly written and described), intercut with philosophical arguments about why evil is best. I can't recommend this to anyone and it's why next challenge has a veto because fuck this.
This was shit. 1200 pages of violent, bloody orgies (very poorly written and described), intercut with philosophical arguments about why evil is best. I can't recommend this to anyone and it's why next challenge has a veto because fuck this.
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#42 Juliette by Marquis de Sade
This was shit. 1200 pages of violent, bloody orgies (very poorly written and described), intercut with philosophical arguments about why evil is best. I can't recommend this to anyone and it's why next challenge has a veto because fuck this.
This was shit. 1200 pages of violent, bloody orgies (very poorly written and described), intercut with philosophical arguments about why evil is best. I can't recommend this to anyone and it's why next challenge has a veto because fuck this.
September 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you like Enemy (2013), you should give the novel a try. It doesn't have all the spider-stuff, and the tone seems lighter throughout, but it gets just as dark and the ending, while not the same, is of the same ilk.
September 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If you like Enemy (2013), you should give the novel a try. It doesn't have all the spider-stuff, and the tone seems lighter throughout, but it gets just as dark and the ending, while not the same, is of the same ilk.
#41 The Double by José Saramago
I had a podcast co-host that ran me off from reading this sooner and I regret that. Saramago reads like a grandfatherly yarn that seems very surface level but hides astounding depth. It's a very singular style, and I'm not even talking the endless (lovely) commas.
I had a podcast co-host that ran me off from reading this sooner and I regret that. Saramago reads like a grandfatherly yarn that seems very surface level but hides astounding depth. It's a very singular style, and I'm not even talking the endless (lovely) commas.
September 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#41 The Double by José Saramago
I had a podcast co-host that ran me off from reading this sooner and I regret that. Saramago reads like a grandfatherly yarn that seems very surface level but hides astounding depth. It's a very singular style, and I'm not even talking the endless (lovely) commas.
I had a podcast co-host that ran me off from reading this sooner and I regret that. Saramago reads like a grandfatherly yarn that seems very surface level but hides astounding depth. It's a very singular style, and I'm not even talking the endless (lovely) commas.
Your regularly scheduled reminder that Jim Varney was a smokeshow
September 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Your regularly scheduled reminder that Jim Varney was a smokeshow
"Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow." - Vonnegut
September 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow." - Vonnegut
Gonna see if I can get my hands on this evil book
August 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Gonna see if I can get my hands on this evil book
The counsel will see you now
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The counsel will see you now
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 7: Skelly-Bois
Day 7: Skelly-Bois
August 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 7: Skelly-Bois
Day 7: Skelly-Bois
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 6: Christopher Walken
Day 6: Christopher Walken
August 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 6: Christopher Walken
Day 6: Christopher Walken
Got some goodies from the Mrs. And the father
August 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Got some goodies from the Mrs. And the father
Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 5: Fearsome Flush
Day 5: Fearsome Flush
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 5: Fearsome Flush
Day 5: Fearsome Flush
share one of your horror movie crushes 😍
Macarena Gómez
Macarena Gómez
August 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
share one of your horror movie crushes 😍
Macarena Gómez
Macarena Gómez
You sure about that? I've seen unarmed Ukrainian civilians take on sniper positions, seems a bit braver.
August 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You sure about that? I've seen unarmed Ukrainian civilians take on sniper positions, seems a bit braver.
Here's a little Hex for ya
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Here's a little Hex for ya
Finally, now this scene (and thereby 9/11) make sense
August 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Finally, now this scene (and thereby 9/11) make sense
#40 Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
One of the more complicated reads this year, not just in content but also in my responses. I loved parts, felt exhausted by much. Pynchon's tapestry at points seems insane, then research proves him out. Stylistically, I find Pynchon's prose unpleasant.
One of the more complicated reads this year, not just in content but also in my responses. I loved parts, felt exhausted by much. Pynchon's tapestry at points seems insane, then research proves him out. Stylistically, I find Pynchon's prose unpleasant.
August 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#40 Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
One of the more complicated reads this year, not just in content but also in my responses. I loved parts, felt exhausted by much. Pynchon's tapestry at points seems insane, then research proves him out. Stylistically, I find Pynchon's prose unpleasant.
One of the more complicated reads this year, not just in content but also in my responses. I loved parts, felt exhausted by much. Pynchon's tapestry at points seems insane, then research proves him out. Stylistically, I find Pynchon's prose unpleasant.
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 5: Tarman
Day 5: Tarman
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Choose 20 MONSTERS you have loved from childhood. One MONSTER per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just MONSTERS.
Day 5: Tarman
Day 5: Tarman