The Ol’ Switcharoo
I know, I know. Many, if not all, of you were expecting Meet the Maniac today. Alas, due to some unavoidable circumstances *ahem* Dr. Karasevdas got to
*ahem* we will be postponing the next Meet the Maniac until next week. Until then, we wish her safe travels through her own mind at Elysium.There are 10 days left to get your entry into the Wicked Writing Contest. Submissions will be accepted up until 12 pm MST on December 21st. Let’s end this year with the scariest stories you have to offer!
Welcome back to The Cemetery, a once monthly promotional event for all the macabre writers that you can find right here on Substack. This remains the best way to find the works of aspiring horror and dark fiction authors all in one place!
New here? Go check out the previous Cemetery posts! There are dozens of awful-ly amazing pieces of work to choose from that will remain in the graveyard for eternity.
This time, and for all future Cemetery posts, we will be featuring work from the winners of the prior contest. For everyone else, check out how to share your work below!
Writers: post (link) your work below in the comments, but please share no more than 2 pieces. If you don’t want feedback/critique make sure to post that in the comment. It does not need to be strictly horror in order to share, as long as it remains within the realm of speculative dark fiction feel free to share your work here!
Readers: visit the comment section to browse the work of many talented writers. The cemetery has a mind of its own, and probably won’t allow you to leave, so you may as well be entertained for your prolonged stay! Feel free to leave feedback, many writers are looking for some kind of critique, but please honor their wishes if they say they do not want feedback.
In an effort to keep it organized and easy to spot what you are looking for, follow the below guidelines to help everyone out!
🦇- If you are a reader, or a writer, and have a question for anyone, begin your comment with a bat and then follow it with your question.
💀- If you are sharing work(s) that are short stories, begin the comment with a skull and follow it with your favorite paragraph from the story.
🪦- If you are sharing work(s) that are serialized stories, begin the comment with a tombstone and follow it with a pitch of your stories plot, characters, etcetera.
🥀- If you are sharing work(s) of poetry, begin the comment with a wilted rose and follow it with your favorite line or two from your poem.
👻- If you are sharing work(s) that include essays, reviews or anything else that is not mentioned above, begin the comment with a ghost and follow it with a description of what you are promoting.
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shared her amazing post about the monster design in the horror game Little Nightmares. She goes into amazing depth about how video game designers go to great lengths to bring horrors to life. Have you ever played Little Nightmares?
That’s all I have for you this week! Check back in next Monday for the Meet the Maniac interview! (I promise, it’s coming!)
Don’t forget, December 21st at 12pm MST is the deadline for the Wicked Writing contest!
Join the discussion on notes here on the Substack platform every Monday!
Stay Spooky.
If you are looking for people to follow on notes for Macabre Monday, check out all the people participating (This is the trimmed, most up-to-date list!): haunting the staircase Jenovia Honeygloom John Coon reinancruz Koshmarov Michael S. Atkinson Author Michele Bardsley L.L. Ford A. B. Frank Patricia J.L. 👻🧶🖊️ Jessica Maison Jennifer Morrow Stirling S Newberry Nicolina Torres Lauren Salas Susan Earlam Jon T Daniel W. Davison Daniel O’Donnell Michael P. Marpaung Buck Weiss Leigh Parrish Macey Cole Noble Olivia St. Lewis EJ Trask Joshua T Calkins-Treworgy Skyla Anna C. Webster Carla Pettigrew V Kelly-Sibley Kathrine Elaine Renee George Alec Worley haunting the staircase ReddOscarWrites Slasher EJ Trask Josh Tatter
💀 dropped this short story Good Company, about friendship and adventure and rolling with it
“Got cornered by a Dust Bear the other week, and I'm still not a hundred percent. Getting the lumps from a roving swarm of third-rate stemtech is a twitch-inducing experience to say the least. “
https://open.substack.com/pub/jontoews/p/good-company?r=1asdvc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
🪦- Working on a Western-noir thriller where I'm trying to do my best to follow a strict plan. Deputy Luke Gatelin struggles against his past while tracking for missing woman in the Montana wilderness where someone has been preying on people for a very, very long time.
https://bmaya.substack.com/p/a-town-called-evening