From Under the Covers

Spooky greetings from my coffin, and your weekly roundup

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Hello all you gore goblins, masters of horror, and lovers of darkness. Today I thought I’d do a little live video from my haunted home. (Ignore the messy hair please. I had just woken and hadn’t time to put on my face).

Do you recognize the intro? If you haven’t caught on, that my dear darlings, is not my house. No, it is the iconic intro to the television show Tales From the Crypt, a horror anthology series inspired by the comic books of the same name. Each week, a different set of stories would air, aiming to shock, scare, and squeeze a few laughs from an audience looking for something on the darker side of life.

And each Monday, we gather on Substack to do the same. Check out our weekly roundup from last week’s gathering below, and in the comments, do me a favor? Give me a favorite show or movie from your horror fandom origin story.

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The Weekly Digest

A selection of last week’s Macabre Monday Posts from our team.

Gather around our campfire as we highlight memorable stories and notes from last week’s Macabre Monday offerings:

• An incredible audio version of the short story “Caged”, by

  Sean Thomas McDonnell
  . If you love Sean’s stories, then you should know he has a new book, Beneath the Valley Oak, coming out today, August 5th! Read Sean’s introduction here, or if you’re feeling brave, go ahead and buy it!

• When good girls go bad — a beautiful, horrifying flash fiction story, “Midnight Petunia” by

  Kathrine Elaine
  .

Midnight Petunia

• Bill Hiatt
  published part three of his serial novella, “North of Midnight”.

Under Siege

• Looking for something to make you question your sanity? Read

  Jean Marie Bauhaus
  “The Hag,” a serial novella published every monday.

The Hag: Part Three

• And finally, a terrifying poem of warning, by

  Ika Wright
  .