Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hawkyeye, Tigra.
Daryl@maconfleetwood.bsky.social · yesterdayQuote with who you would select for your seven member team! Mine is Hercules, Black Knight, She-Hulk, Wonder Man, Wasp, Tigra, and Crystal. (Image from Avengers #385)
Of my series characters Detective Jennifer Grail has the most of my childhood. Summers I spent near the Georgia barrier islands and on the Gulf coast are very important in her backstory and she lives somewhere I once lived. PI Wade Griffin has the same background in martial arts as me.
Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 3h agoMaking it personal. Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing? Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.
The past, and how it intrudes upon the present is one of the primary components of the Gothic, so I spend a good bit of time on main character's pasts. The ill-fated lovers of my story 'The Terrors of the Grave' had a lot of backstory to be explained to give their present situation some weight.
Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 4h agoEven fictional characters have a past. Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.
I'm Charles R. Rutledge and I write Cosmic and Gothic horror and sword & sorcery. Three of my favorite classic horror stories are. The Room in the Tower by E.F.Benson The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon #HorrorWritersChat
Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 4h agoWelcome to Horror Writers Chat. It’s time to explore the past. Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed. (Horror set in the past.)
Once again Tarzan uses an enemy as a weapon against other enemies. When a guy starts throwing your friends at you, you should probably rethink your life choices. By my favorite Tarzan artist, Russ Manning.
Found the Road of Kings and The collab with David Drake. Trying to put all these KEW paperbacks in one place for once.
I knew I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque.
Raccoons Hourly@raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 2d ago
A little autobiographical history for those of you who came in late.It was an essay by Karl Edward Wagner in Midnight Sun that ignited my interest in 17th-early 18th century Gothic novels. He suggested the 'standard four' shown here.This is why my S&S tends to have Gothic backgrounds and trappings.
Not all I have but a bunch of KEW paperbacks. I used to have more duplicates, but I've given them away over the years. They've become hard to come by.
I had a night full of weird dreams. Now I'm reading an interview with Karl Edward Wagner by Stephen Jones and drinking coffee.
Here it is, friends. The gorgeous, glorious MARLA hardcover edition from Weird Tales and @blackstonepub.bsky.social, complete with foil cover, sprayed edges, killer interior art, and a brand-new exclusive prequel novelette called “Moonflowers.” Special thanks to artists @papercrisis and Jeff Wong.
"I don't like this story because it's not the kind of story I like" is not terribly useful criticism...
This is a Big Damn Book. Over 600 pages. Terrific writing by Tim Truman and some fantastically savage art by Tomas Giorello.
I seem to be reaching fewer and fewer people on social media thanks to AI slop and algorithms, so I did the one thing I dread more than a deadline: got on camera. My new book SLEUTH-HOUND is up for pre-order now. It would mean the world if you grabbed a copy👇 Preorder: linktr.ee/drlindseyfitzharris
In our 19th episode of The Nerd Count Podcast, we welcome the award-winning author, actress, playwright, tour guide and all around creative force Leanna Renee Hieber! Listen on your favorite pod app! @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social
"-life is full of resurrections, and for artists it has to be. If we are not re-creating ourselves then we are dying." Frank Miller-Push the Wall
Top 5 Heroic Fantasy series. REH's Conan. Leiber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser. Moorcock's Elric.. Gemmell's Druss. Wagner's Kane.
Sleep is for the weak. I haven't slept since 1987 and I didn't enjoy it then. Out of context comment.
I came here to do two things. Read Brian Keene's newsletter and chew bubblegum. I ain't outta bubblegum. I just tossed it so I can read the newsletter.
Brian Keene@briankeene.bsky.social · 3d agoThis week's newsletter is live. briankeene.substack.com/p/letters-fr...
This. Frank Miller shows again why I find him such an inspiration. Ray Bradbury also always said, 'Don't start the story too far from the end.'
It occurs to me that if I were a tabletop DM my players would have to like crossovers, because I would send their elves, dwarves,whatever to The Crusades, Victorian London, Collinsport, Barsoom, the Planet of the Apes, and Arkham, and they'd have to fight Xenomorphs,Dinosaurs, Vikings, and Klingons.
To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson, no I would not like for you to summarize a goddamn thing. I can read and comprehend like a motherBLEEP, you BLEEPing BLEEP.
