👻 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.
"They gathered in their usual bar, and the bartender tried his best to ignore them. It wasn’t difficult; they didn’t make much noise. The hard part was trying to ignore him. He didn’t say anything, even to his three compatriots. He just sat there in his pale robes, a flicker of a lit smoke in an unseen hand. You could feel his eyes on you, though. It gave the bartender the creeps, though he didn’t dare say it out loud, not to him."
I couldn't be more proud and pleased with what this community is becoming. I really can't say this enough, so I'll probably say it next month, too! Keep it up. 💀 <3 💀
🪦 The Substackers are probably already getting sick with me promopting this one, but I have to do it, because I’m taking it off the platform after Feb 28. My dark fantasy novella “The Last Daughter of Wolves”.
The story with the dark soul of winter. A ruthless tale of a beast trapped inside a human’s body.
🪦The other one is something a bit lighter, Valentine’s leftovers, as I call it... a first part of a romantic short story with a dark twist. “A date to die for”.
What happens if your date’s family own a funeral house?!
💀"The tragedy that we’re stopping on this particular day has been going on for years. That awful “could-have-been,” has been. It played out over and over again, until we finally turned up."
Johnny works hard in a dead end job, trying to scrape together the money for a new life in a better place. At the weekend he blows off steam by running with a bad crowd, a bunch of racist thugs he tries to fit in with. One night a chance glimpse behind a strange door sparks new obsessions in his mind and the smell of rotting flowers begins to haunt him.
Parts 1 & 2 out now, part 3 coming this week. 4-5 parts planned.
💀 Candace did the math on her situation and it was bad. She was in the last car, stopped in a dark tunnel, with a strange man who for some reason was faking sleep. And she thought something was rattling the door from the outside. https://theageofaquarius.substack.com/p/the-last-car
The weekly digest highlights certain participants from last Monday's MM! So your contribution today will be considered for next week! Hope that clarifies things!
💀 "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
💀 I'll share two recent stories which have a similar theme.
https://indianamichael.substack.com/p/the-other-guys
https://indianamichael.substack.com/p/end-of-the-line
Intro paragraph for the first one:
"They gathered in their usual bar, and the bartender tried his best to ignore them. It wasn’t difficult; they didn’t make much noise. The hard part was trying to ignore him. He didn’t say anything, even to his three compatriots. He just sat there in his pale robes, a flicker of a lit smoke in an unseen hand. You could feel his eyes on you, though. It gave the bartender the creeps, though he didn’t dare say it out loud, not to him."
I couldn't be more proud and pleased with what this community is becoming. I really can't say this enough, so I'll probably say it next month, too! Keep it up. 💀 <3 💀
Thank you so much for including me!
🪦 The Substackers are probably already getting sick with me promopting this one, but I have to do it, because I’m taking it off the platform after Feb 28. My dark fantasy novella “The Last Daughter of Wolves”.
The story with the dark soul of winter. A ruthless tale of a beast trapped inside a human’s body.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/the-last-daughter-of-wolves-1?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
🪦The other one is something a bit lighter, Valentine’s leftovers, as I call it... a first part of a romantic short story with a dark twist. “A date to die for”.
What happens if your date’s family own a funeral house?!
https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/a-date-to-die-for?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
You all are genius, awesome and talented. Can't wait for the ending outcome.
💀"The tragedy that we’re stopping on this particular day has been going on for years. That awful “could-have-been,” has been. It played out over and over again, until we finally turned up."
Less that a minute long long read. FYI
https://open.substack.com/pub/hamishkavanagh/p/the-liberator-a-short-story?r=yo86p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
💀 “The mother I knew yesterday, mind stopped
With tangles, plaques, and chemo, woven lace
Inside her brain.”
Rhyming flash fiction: “Apparition”
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Johnny works hard in a dead end job, trying to scrape together the money for a new life in a better place. At the weekend he blows off steam by running with a bad crowd, a bunch of racist thugs he tries to fit in with. One night a chance glimpse behind a strange door sparks new obsessions in his mind and the smell of rotting flowers begins to haunt him.
Parts 1 & 2 out now, part 3 coming this week. 4-5 parts planned.
Triggers - racism, gore, swearing
https://forkbeardjon.substack.com/p/door-part-1
💀 Candace did the math on her situation and it was bad. She was in the last car, stopped in a dark tunnel, with a strange man who for some reason was faking sleep. And she thought something was rattling the door from the outside. https://theageofaquarius.substack.com/p/the-last-car
For the writing contest? Nope! That's March 18th.
The weekly digest highlights certain participants from last Monday's MM! So your contribution today will be considered for next week! Hope that clarifies things!
Thanks for participating, C.J.!! 🙏🏼