The Cemetery V
Gather round the grave stones and share your best stories!
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.
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.
Your Weekly Horror Digest
reflects on how great it is to watch someone’s reaction when a story or film takes a dark turn. We are curious to know if you have had, and enjoy, a similar experience!And last but not least,
brought us a Valentine… with a very familiar face on the card…That’s all I have for you this week! Check back in next Monday for more macabre madness.
Don’t forget about the upcoming deadline for the Wicked Writing Contest - March 18th! Read more about it here for all of the grisly details.
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 (We periodically update this list. This is the latest, trimmed list!):
💀 "Nobody ever spends a night alone in the Mulberry House without losing something precious."
https://newworlds.substack.com/p/mulberry-house
👻 welcome to Victorian Vignettes where we'll be discussing Gaslamp Horror. You you like the Victorian era and horror stories set there then you're in the right place.
Below is a link to my recent article where I explained where to start with Gaslamp Horror in an effort to make the subgenre more accessible.
https://open.substack.com/pub/victorianvignettes/p/where-to-start-with-gaslamp-horror?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1g8q18