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Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fill your boots, #HorrorWritersChat bods. If you've not answered questions, go back, do the thing, then promo. Promo each other. Let's keep this community alive and kicking. And thundering. :D

My vampire WIP has an overcast feeling to it. Despite being set in May w/ brightening skies & lengthening days, the mood is dismal & desperate & Gem knows it. She's expecting the lightning but not the form it takes or where it'll strike, & she's still pretending it doesn't exist. #HorrorWritersChat

Q4. Promo is following in just a few. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

I use weather in my stories to help curate the atmosphere/tone, as well as to give indications as to the plot or character motivations. I try to stop it becoming decorative background by having my characters actually engage with it in a meaningful way. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

#HorrorwritersChat Q2. Our St Swithin's Day is a thundery affair. Ironic, as the story unfolding just now in real life is also a thundery affair. But we are talking about stories, ahem. As you were.

I'm not late, shh Hi, I'm Hadassah! I write historical gothic horror, primarily, often with a supernatural flavour. My protags tend to be non-human or children. As for weather... I love cloudy weather with a little bit of sun, just after rain, and my most hated is bright sunlight. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

Q1 #HorrorWritersChat. You know the drill. No links to your books till the promo at the end. Engage with each other, lets gets some horror talk flowing.

Most likely foreshadowing and worldbuilding! I like to include things that seem innocuous the first time around, which then gain a whole new light on a reread. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

REPLAY Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - A jump scare, a plot twist or a villain reveal will only surprise a reader once. What is it about your horror writing that would persuade a reader to reread it? Examples: - World-building - Genre Easter Eggs - Engaging journeys --- Outro in 10 mins

Question Four. Replay. A jump scare, a plot twist or a villain reveal will only surprise a reader once. What is it about your horror writing that would persuade a reader to reread it?
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It seems like a normal gallery; paintings, placards, sculpture. You don't remember how you got here, but that's fine. Maybe you went through a staff door? There's no one around... and once you see a rose in a vase, you know. 'You and the rose are linked. Know the weight of life.' #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

GLITCH - Writing Prompt Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - You’re trapped in a horror video game. Write the moment you realise which game you’re stuck in. Show what gave it away without naming the game.

Question Three. Writing Prompt. You’re trapped in a horror video game. Write the moment you realise which game you’re stuck in. Show what gave the game away without naming the game.
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Well, given that one of my goals is to make a horror game & I tend to visualise my stories as games... B! I'm writing two choose-your-own adventure text games. Hawthorne House could work as a game, w/ the player as a visitor; you'd explore, avoid/interact, play along... survive! #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

A NOVEL GAME Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose one and share the details. Would you: (a) Write a novel based on an existing horror video game OR (b) Transform one of your horror stories into a video game/computer game. > which story/game? > why? > what would you do?

Question Two. A Novel Game. Choose one and share the details. A) Write a novel based on an existing horror game OR B) Transform one of your horror stories into a video/computer game.
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Hi, I'm Hadassah! I write gothic historical horror, usually supernatural, often w/ child or non-human protags. I can't choose a favourite horror game... Ib, Little Nightmares, ReAnimal, The Witch's House, Fran Bow, Detention, Bramble: The Mountain King, Alice: Madness Returns... 🖤 #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

TITLE SCREEN Welcome to #HorrorWritersChat This week, the theme is horror Video Games / Computer Games. Q1: Who are you? What horror do you write? What is your favourite horror video game/computer game?

Question One. Title Screen. Who are you? What horror do you write? What is your favourite horror video game/computer game?
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Thanks for running this, Eryn! Marrow for Mallow; a short story about a fae, free: nightterrornovels.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/t... Hawthorne House; 1926 gothic horror novella, in which 9yr old Rosalyn tries to become 'Queen' in a play-pretend game: bookshop.org/p/books/what... 🖤 #HorrorWritersChat

The Theatre Phantasmagoria—Marrow for Mallow, by Hadassah Shiradski

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳…

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And here we go! Thank you again for diving in so wholeheartedly. I've enjoyed seeing the folk horror writers roll their sleeves up. Please, promo yourselves, promo each other. Repost. Like. Comment. And if you haven't answered questions yet, go do that then do this. I will know. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

I like using rules based around exact words, which applies to lots of common fairy 'rules'. My favourite is the idea of a name being representative of identity, & exploring the ways that can be used for horror. Of choosing a name that is then taken, or someone choosing one for you #HorrorWritersChat

Last qu, and thank you to everyone who's interacted so far. Your minds never cease to thrill me. Outro in 10. Promo awaits. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

The fairy returned the child exactly as promised. No tricks, no swaps, no loopholes. The child remained exactly as promised, but they remained partway in Fairyland; they could not forget. The fairy returned the child exactly as promised. They never answered to their name again. #HorrorWritersChat

I do love a good writing prompt. Thankfully, so do some of you. One more question after this, then the promo. Thank you to all but the one who did for not promo-ing already. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

I write fae regularly- Mallow is the only published one. Fairies are frightening in my work because they have an alien morality. Two clockwork pixies in one of my WIPs engage in torture because people are not truly people to them. The pixies know they are, but don't care; it's fun #HorrorWritersChat

Being a great horror writer is not always about talking about something scary. It's making something scary that people think is tiny, or harmless. How would you subvert your Tinkerbell? Actually she was probably scary too. #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski @dassawrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Hi, I'm Hadassah! I write gothic historical horror, usually with a fae or supernatural flavour, and I favour child and non-human protagonists. It depends on the tradition/mythos, but anything with such a fundamentally different scope of power and morality is frightening in ways. 🖤 #HorrorWritersChat