#horrorwriterschat
I taped sheets over every mirror, shaved by touch, brushed my teeth blind. Tonight the power died. In the dark glass I finally looked. I was still there. Behind me, smiling, was the thing that had been avoiding me. It raised my hands as I screamed.
I taped sheets over every mirror, shaved by touch, brushed my teeth blind. Tonight the power died. In the dark glass I finally looked. I was still there. Behind me, smiling, was the thing that had been avoiding me. It raised my hands as I screamed.
Here we go, the moment you've all been waiting for. Promo me up.
Tell me what you're working on, what you've just released.
Repost others. Be generous with that button.
And if you've not yet done the chat, go back, answer the questions, then promo. It's the right thing to do.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me what you're working on, what you've just released.
Repost others. Be generous with that button.
And if you've not yet done the chat, go back, answer the questions, then promo. It's the right thing to do.
#HorrorWritersChat
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
#horrorwriterschat
I taped sheets over every mirror, shaved by touch, brushed my teeth blind. Tonight the power died. In the dark glass I finally looked. I was still there. Behind me, smiling, was the thing that had been avoiding me. It raised my hands as I screamed.
I taped sheets over every mirror, shaved by touch, brushed my teeth blind. Tonight the power died. In the dark glass I finally looked. I was still there. Behind me, smiling, was the thing that had been avoiding me. It raised my hands as I screamed.
#horrorwriterschat
The scenes I put off are the ones that viscerally turn my stomach. The darkest moments, the eclipse before the light returns.
The scenes I put off are the ones that viscerally turn my stomach. The darkest moments, the eclipse before the light returns.
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
#horrorwriterschat
The scenes I put off are the ones that viscerally turn my stomach. The darkest moments, the eclipse before the light returns.
The scenes I put off are the ones that viscerally turn my stomach. The darkest moments, the eclipse before the light returns.
#horrorwriterschat
I like moral and ethical quandries. I want to know whether or not you will take the easy path even though it may not be to morally correct one. I want to know which choices make you toss, turn, and lose sleep.
I like moral and ethical quandries. I want to know whether or not you will take the easy path even though it may not be to morally correct one. I want to know which choices make you toss, turn, and lose sleep.
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#horrorwriterschat
I like moral and ethical quandries. I want to know whether or not you will take the easy path even though it may not be to morally correct one. I want to know which choices make you toss, turn, and lose sleep.
I like moral and ethical quandries. I want to know whether or not you will take the easy path even though it may not be to morally correct one. I want to know which choices make you toss, turn, and lose sleep.
#horrorwriterschat
Hi! Im KD Martin and I write primarily political and societal horror. When I started writing in the genre I didnt expect that all my darkest ideas would become reality.
Hi! Im KD Martin and I write primarily political and societal horror. When I started writing in the genre I didnt expect that all my darkest ideas would become reality.
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
#horrorwriterschat
Hi! Im KD Martin and I write primarily political and societal horror. When I started writing in the genre I didnt expect that all my darkest ideas would become reality.
Hi! Im KD Martin and I write primarily political and societal horror. When I started writing in the genre I didnt expect that all my darkest ideas would become reality.
When in a writing session, I try to stop in the middle of a scene rather than at the end, otherwise I will put off writing the next scene. Because to sit down at my desk and be looking at a blank page is daunting no matter how much planning I might have done.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
When in a writing session, I try to stop in the middle of a scene rather than at the end, otherwise I will put off writing the next scene. Because to sit down at my desk and be looking at a blank page is daunting no matter how much planning I might have done.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
I publish all my writing in my Wordpress for free! It's semi-serialized horror! Haven't been able to update in a little bit, but I definitely will in the future!
(I also stream if you are into that!)
#HorrorWritersChat
whisperinginbloom.wordpress.com
(I also stream if you are into that!)
#HorrorWritersChat
whisperinginbloom.wordpress.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I publish all my writing in my Wordpress for free! It's semi-serialized horror! Haven't been able to update in a little bit, but I definitely will in the future!
(I also stream if you are into that!)
#HorrorWritersChat
whisperinginbloom.wordpress.com
(I also stream if you are into that!)
#HorrorWritersChat
whisperinginbloom.wordpress.com
"A quiet moment, deep at night, proved to be her undoing. That dark memory in the corner of her mind had not faded. No longer muffled by the loudness of her daily duties, the thing grew - strong, overwhelming. What was originally annoyance had come back to consume her."
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"A quiet moment, deep at night, proved to be her undoing. That dark memory in the corner of her mind had not faded. No longer muffled by the loudness of her daily duties, the thing grew - strong, overwhelming. What was originally annoyance had come back to consume her."
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
There are a lot of things I'd like to do with my writing that I worry I won't be able to execute properly on. Since I've only recently begun to share my writing, and I've mostly written for myself in the past, I wonder if things will play out on paper as they play out in my head.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
There are a lot of things I'd like to do with my writing that I worry I won't be able to execute properly on. Since I've only recently begun to share my writing, and I've mostly written for myself in the past, I wonder if things will play out on paper as they play out in my head.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
I write cosmic horror and body horror!
I think what draws me to the former the most is the sense of the sublime, while the latter is the sense of violation and the weight of it all.
(I also just kinda really like monsters)
#HorrorWritersChat
I think what draws me to the former the most is the sense of the sublime, while the latter is the sense of violation and the weight of it all.
(I also just kinda really like monsters)
#HorrorWritersChat
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I write cosmic horror and body horror!
I think what draws me to the former the most is the sense of the sublime, while the latter is the sense of violation and the weight of it all.
(I also just kinda really like monsters)
#HorrorWritersChat
I think what draws me to the former the most is the sense of the sublime, while the latter is the sense of violation and the weight of it all.
(I also just kinda really like monsters)
#HorrorWritersChat
Hi, #HorrorWritersChat! I'm JL, and I write spooky books for kids! Typically I like ghost stories and creature features, because it's way I grew up with and I want to pay it forward 🖤
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hi, #HorrorWritersChat! I'm JL, and I write spooky books for kids! Typically I like ghost stories and creature features, because it's way I grew up with and I want to pay it forward 🖤
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February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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She convinced herself everything was fine, if she didn't look at the pictures on the wall or the ring on her finger. Her wife was just away.
But she couldn't ignore the scratching and the crying coming from the front door at night. Eventually, she'd have to welcome her home.
She convinced herself everything was fine, if she didn't look at the pictures on the wall or the ring on her finger. Her wife was just away.
But she couldn't ignore the scratching and the crying coming from the front door at night. Eventually, she'd have to welcome her home.
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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She convinced herself everything was fine, if she didn't look at the pictures on the wall or the ring on her finger. Her wife was just away.
But she couldn't ignore the scratching and the crying coming from the front door at night. Eventually, she'd have to welcome her home.
She convinced herself everything was fine, if she didn't look at the pictures on the wall or the ring on her finger. Her wife was just away.
But she couldn't ignore the scratching and the crying coming from the front door at night. Eventually, she'd have to welcome her home.
#HorrorWritersChat
In one of my WIPs, a man tortures a woman to death. I've written the scenes before and a few after, but I haven't gotten around to writing that scene. I have been putting it off because I know such things happen in real life, and describing it in detail is going to be hard.
In one of my WIPs, a man tortures a woman to death. I've written the scenes before and a few after, but I haven't gotten around to writing that scene. I have been putting it off because I know such things happen in real life, and describing it in detail is going to be hard.
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
In one of my WIPs, a man tortures a woman to death. I've written the scenes before and a few after, but I haven't gotten around to writing that scene. I have been putting it off because I know such things happen in real life, and describing it in detail is going to be hard.
In one of my WIPs, a man tortures a woman to death. I've written the scenes before and a few after, but I haven't gotten around to writing that scene. I have been putting it off because I know such things happen in real life, and describing it in detail is going to be hard.
#HorrorWritersChat
Two things come to mind. Grief, and abuse. I've experienced a lot of both throughout my life, so writing about them is hard, but cathartic. I want someone to read my works and realize that they aren't alone in what they're feeling.
Two things come to mind. Grief, and abuse. I've experienced a lot of both throughout my life, so writing about them is hard, but cathartic. I want someone to read my works and realize that they aren't alone in what they're feeling.
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Two things come to mind. Grief, and abuse. I've experienced a lot of both throughout my life, so writing about them is hard, but cathartic. I want someone to read my works and realize that they aren't alone in what they're feeling.
Two things come to mind. Grief, and abuse. I've experienced a lot of both throughout my life, so writing about them is hard, but cathartic. I want someone to read my works and realize that they aren't alone in what they're feeling.
I lean primarily towards writing sci-fi and gothic horror. I'm more drawn to mystery and the unknown since both can be terrifying in their own right. They're also often atmospheric and induce a sense of wonder in a deeply disturbing way. #HorrorWritersChat
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I lean primarily towards writing sci-fi and gothic horror. I'm more drawn to mystery and the unknown since both can be terrifying in their own right. They're also often atmospheric and induce a sense of wonder in a deeply disturbing way. #HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
I'm Opal! I write horror because I've spent my life feeling like an outsider. The person that people avoid, because they don't understand.
Also, my grandmother is a medium, so ghosts have always been a part of my life, and my dad introduced me to horror movies at a young age.
I'm Opal! I write horror because I've spent my life feeling like an outsider. The person that people avoid, because they don't understand.
Also, my grandmother is a medium, so ghosts have always been a part of my life, and my dad introduced me to horror movies at a young age.
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I'm Opal! I write horror because I've spent my life feeling like an outsider. The person that people avoid, because they don't understand.
Also, my grandmother is a medium, so ghosts have always been a part of my life, and my dad introduced me to horror movies at a young age.
I'm Opal! I write horror because I've spent my life feeling like an outsider. The person that people avoid, because they don't understand.
Also, my grandmother is a medium, so ghosts have always been a part of my life, and my dad introduced me to horror movies at a young age.
#HorrorWritersChat
Although only about 15% of my stories are horror, and I write mainly for screen and audio, 2 are on #podcast:
pod.link/1765924681
Rachael’s Dream ( #Audiobook, #PsychologicalThriller, #Horror, #Sci-Fi)
The Statues
( #AudioDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi)
The Eclipse
(Horror, Sci-Fi)
Although only about 15% of my stories are horror, and I write mainly for screen and audio, 2 are on #podcast:
pod.link/1765924681
Rachael’s Dream ( #Audiobook, #PsychologicalThriller, #Horror, #Sci-Fi)
The Statues
( #AudioDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi)
The Eclipse
(Horror, Sci-Fi)
pod.link
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Although only about 15% of my stories are horror, and I write mainly for screen and audio, 2 are on #podcast:
pod.link/1765924681
Rachael’s Dream ( #Audiobook, #PsychologicalThriller, #Horror, #Sci-Fi)
The Statues
( #AudioDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi)
The Eclipse
(Horror, Sci-Fi)
Although only about 15% of my stories are horror, and I write mainly for screen and audio, 2 are on #podcast:
pod.link/1765924681
Rachael’s Dream ( #Audiobook, #PsychologicalThriller, #Horror, #Sci-Fi)
The Statues
( #AudioDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi)
The Eclipse
(Horror, Sci-Fi)
#HorrorWritersChat
There was one scene in my last book, Ruins, that I wrote that made me so uncomfortable I ended up deleting and rewriting the ending. It just went too dark so I buried it. The books better for it too. It was just shock for the sake of it.
There was one scene in my last book, Ruins, that I wrote that made me so uncomfortable I ended up deleting and rewriting the ending. It just went too dark so I buried it. The books better for it too. It was just shock for the sake of it.
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
There was one scene in my last book, Ruins, that I wrote that made me so uncomfortable I ended up deleting and rewriting the ending. It just went too dark so I buried it. The books better for it too. It was just shock for the sake of it.
There was one scene in my last book, Ruins, that I wrote that made me so uncomfortable I ended up deleting and rewriting the ending. It just went too dark so I buried it. The books better for it too. It was just shock for the sake of it.
Thanks, Eryn. Had some acceptances this week, but can't shout about them yet, drat.
So. Novella. Actually featuring a lot of characters who quite simply cannot talk about or acknowledge their trauma. Even to themselves.
#HorrorWritersChat
payhip.com/b/58paC
So. Novella. Actually featuring a lot of characters who quite simply cannot talk about or acknowledge their trauma. Even to themselves.
#HorrorWritersChat
payhip.com/b/58paC
Phengaris
There's something very wrong in Thurstrop Wood.Mark Warner never noticed it before. He's there to get away from his life, his ailing mother. Out of his head. Not to think about anything.Birds sing in ...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Thanks, Eryn. Had some acceptances this week, but can't shout about them yet, drat.
So. Novella. Actually featuring a lot of characters who quite simply cannot talk about or acknowledge their trauma. Even to themselves.
#HorrorWritersChat
payhip.com/b/58paC
So. Novella. Actually featuring a lot of characters who quite simply cannot talk about or acknowledge their trauma. Even to themselves.
#HorrorWritersChat
payhip.com/b/58paC
The box has gathered dust for years. Moved with me from house to house unopened. I've told myself that I'll deal with the box of dolls last.
There are no more boxes left for me to use as a shield.
Dust and clatter I expect.
But there are no dolls in the box.
Just bones.
#HorrorWritersChat
There are no more boxes left for me to use as a shield.
Dust and clatter I expect.
But there are no dolls in the box.
Just bones.
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The box has gathered dust for years. Moved with me from house to house unopened. I've told myself that I'll deal with the box of dolls last.
There are no more boxes left for me to use as a shield.
Dust and clatter I expect.
But there are no dolls in the box.
Just bones.
#HorrorWritersChat
There are no more boxes left for me to use as a shield.
Dust and clatter I expect.
But there are no dolls in the box.
Just bones.
#HorrorWritersChat
Fun and thought-provoking, thank you, Eryn!
Even if you’re not picking up from me, consider folks posting local bookstores, indie authors and presses (like me), and their links on Bookshop. You help local business and the fight against fascism!
#StandWithMN #HorrorWritersChat
Even if you’re not picking up from me, consider folks posting local bookstores, indie authors and presses (like me), and their links on Bookshop. You help local business and the fight against fascism!
#StandWithMN #HorrorWritersChat
In the House of In Between
Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Fun and thought-provoking, thank you, Eryn!
Even if you’re not picking up from me, consider folks posting local bookstores, indie authors and presses (like me), and their links on Bookshop. You help local business and the fight against fascism!
#StandWithMN #HorrorWritersChat
Even if you’re not picking up from me, consider folks posting local bookstores, indie authors and presses (like me), and their links on Bookshop. You help local business and the fight against fascism!
#StandWithMN #HorrorWritersChat
Oh god no way I can do a writing prompt today; I wore myself out so much I can't work. Sorry, #HorrorWritersChat. It's a good one, though.
If yous can forgive me, here's my link. 😔 I got vampires, werewolves, and, most recently, a ghost story. Lotsa lesbians in these, too. Thanks for a good time! 🖤
If yous can forgive me, here's my link. 😔 I got vampires, werewolves, and, most recently, a ghost story. Lotsa lesbians in these, too. Thanks for a good time! 🖤
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Oh god no way I can do a writing prompt today; I wore myself out so much I can't work. Sorry, #HorrorWritersChat. It's a good one, though.
If yous can forgive me, here's my link. 😔 I got vampires, werewolves, and, most recently, a ghost story. Lotsa lesbians in these, too. Thanks for a good time! 🖤
If yous can forgive me, here's my link. 😔 I got vampires, werewolves, and, most recently, a ghost story. Lotsa lesbians in these, too. Thanks for a good time! 🖤
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It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
It has been a year to the day. I haven't gone into the back yard. I haven't racked the leaves, mowed the lawn, watered the garden or filled the bird feeders.
The imprints of your little paws are still calcified and enmeshed in the mud.
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM