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Max D. Stanton
Max D. Stanton
@max-d-stanton.bsky.social
Horror writer • Morbid oddball • Pocket full of 20-sided dice • Bloodstream and brain full of toxoplasmosis parasites • Proud Philadelphian • Author of A SEASON OF LOATHSOME MIRACLES and FRANKENSTEIN ENTERPRISES www.frankenstein-enterprises.com
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"Pink Crime" by @valenabeety.bsky.social is a must read for my abolitionist friends! BD briandolinar.substack.com/p/what-im-re...
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But in a dark burrow at last I find what I didn't know what I was looking for...the mouse king, thousands of my brethren tangled together in a seething, writhing mass of fur and limbs and tails. I enter the king and now I will never again be small or alone. Soon we will go eat." #HorrorWritersChat
Every story has an ending, but horror doesn't always have happy ones. Q4: What sort of very short (mouse-sized?) story can you write which has a sting in the tale? #HorrorWritersChat
My human monsters tend to be either powerful, sociopathic bastards or sad and broken weirdos. My monster monsters tend towards eldritch alien things. #HorrorWritersChat
Right, you 'orrible little (James) Herberts. El Gato de Ulthar is hot on your furry little heels, and you're lunch if they get you. Are you a Mrs. Frisby, a Matthias or just plain taking the Mickey? Q3: What do you define as a monster in your horror, and how do you make it work? #HorrorWritersChat
Oh shit, new B.R. Yeager coming out. Good news for my mental pleasure, bad news for my mental health. NEGATIVE SPACE was absolutely brutal (complimentary).
TOAD PSALM by B.R. Yeager A clairvoyant woman falls backward and forward in time following the death of her husband. Cover art by DD Herschlein Coming in 2027!!
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There's a door in my basement that I've never opened, and I hope that it will remain shut forever.
Modern homes are too eager to explain themselves immediately. It dislikes that. A proper house should reveal itself in stages. First you notice the woodwork. Then the oddities. Then the curious alcove. Then six months later someone says, “Oh, that? That door goes to the map room.”
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Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. "Dr. Victor Frankenstein leads a meeting from his personal autopsy room, his breath steaming out from beneath his surgical mask in thin white clouds." www.frankenstein-enterprises.com
Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. … “Let me tell you a story.”
He can bow and scrape before Trump all he wants, but Trump will never appoint him to the Supreme Court because his face is too small for his head.
James Ho has spent almost a decade desperately trying to get Trump's attention for a Supreme Court seat, and it's all going to be for nothing. Couldn't have happened to a worse person. Eat shit, loser.
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🧜♀️ Curious creatures in zoology;. London: John C. Nimmo, 1890.. [Source]
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Ads. I'll do ads. If it means getting the word out, you better believe I'll do ads. So many fantastic books and fantastic writers get lost in the mix (or get discovered later). I just want people to read my stuff. And there's some pretty inexpensive but decent response sites (coughcoughBookbubcough)
The Weird Library has an audio version of my story 'Cold Reading' out! Check it out for some haunted carny action! www.youtube.com/watch?v=663I...
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Twin gynecologists descend into madness in this claustrophobic psychological horror story about love, jealousy, misogyny, and body horror. Episode 253 - Dead Ringers sites.libsyn.com/398906/episo...
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Hi all! I'm Max and these days I write mostly corporate horror - I also enjoy Lovecraftian pastiche and EC-style horror-comedy. My favorite depiction of war in horror is Judge Holden from Blood Meridian. #HorrorWritersChat
And there you are again. With a blink, flames scythe across the copse, now a deep trench. Explosions rattle your skull, blurring your vision. Your hand is heavy. With his head. Again. Tell us who you are, what do you write, and what is your favourite depiction of war in horror? #HorrorWritersChat
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We are pleased to announce that our legendary horror writing competition, Rusty Fears, is back. Check out this year's prompts, as well as the competition Ts&Cs at: https://rustyquill.com/news/2026-10-12-rusty-fears-8/
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“Yow Sum Gay made a gesture to the two men. They picked Buckner up bodily, each one taking an end of the pole. A third shoved a charcoal brazier toward the center of the room. Buckner noticed two ropes suspended from the ceiling. Each terminated in a loop. Two men each grasped a loop, packed...
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okay this deadline is in two days, and then we open for novella submissions 😅
Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...
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Everything that @gordonbwhite.bsky.social writes is worth reading, but this story in particular.
Quite enjoyed this story from @gordonbwhite.bsky.social. Meta, funny, with a creepy kick: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/gord...
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