Fear at Every Size
Horror stories both big and small emerging on May 27th
Fear comes in all shapes and sizes.
On Tuesday, May 27th, you will get to see this firsthand on Substack. More than 20 rising horror and dark fantasy writers will share haunting new stories with lovers of scary stories.
Small and Scary will feature stories that take the tiny and make it terrifying. These tales will showcase smaller Stacks that pack a big punch. Big and Beastly will feature new terrifying stories from some of Substack’s horror and dark fantasy heavyweights.
Organized by
, this promises to be a Substack event you won’t want to miss. Drop by on Tuesday for these unforgettable tales. Find all the links to participating stories in the Top in Fiction post going live on the 27th at 9 am EDT.(The Macabre Monday crypt keepers welcome also sharing links to those same stories in our weekly chat thread after they go live on Tuesday.)
The Weekly Digest
A selection of last week’s memorable Macabre Monday offerings:
No bad date you’ve endured likely can’t top the world’s worst date in Dyad — a surreal collaborative tale from
and .
Max tries to turn the tables on the Crone, with unexpected results, in the finale of Ivy League Illusion,
’s 20-part serial.
What happens when a house isn’t built to match your preferred design? For Sylvester, it’s the beginning of an ethereal nightmare in The House on Hill Road —
’s latest horror tale.
Mummies are creepy enough by themselves. A haunted alien mummy? That increases the creepiness factor to out-of-this-world levels. Find out more in Maria — a sci-fi horror tale from
.
A submarine loses contact with the surface, and the reason is quite chilling, in Last Contact, an oceanic horror flash fiction tale from
.
Finally, in Part 3 of his essay on slasher movies,
explores how Alien — a classic sci-fi horror film — incorporates many slasher motifs into the narrative.
So cool to see the logo popping up everywhere!
Thanks for including my essay in this week's edition.