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David Allen Voyles

@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social

Horror writer, Halloween fanatic, and black bear advocate who's fine with being "liberal" and "woke"

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Sad Monster@dyre.bsky.social · last yr.

Spring's equinox brings delicate light, pouring around every curve to soothe her quaking bones. Heat, warm and sweet, should be bursting along rugged skin and teeming flesh. Yet she is starving, shaking, prickling. Her sigh puffs steam, boiling mountains, "blood will have to do." #HorrorWritersChat

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro): Write a horror story or poem using the word “equinox”. Keep the length to a single post. Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat The spell to move into a younger body was to be cast in "a time of perfect balance." The equinox. She held her breath as she watched the blood-red candle flicker and expire, but smiled hearing her granddaughter's gasp in the adjacent room.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro): Write a horror story or poem using the word “equinox”. Keep the length to a single post. Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling@gunsmile.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat Since I tend to write (and read) cosmic horror, I enjoy all the creative possibilities found in a genre not limited by a human understanding of reality. Plus, I think it's fun to dive into the human psyche and how it's affected by the unknowable.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 3: International Happiness Day was on the 20th March. How does horror make you happy? Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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Anna Orridge@anna-orridge.bsky.social · last yr.

I have a WIP in which the protagonist is in a subterranean cave, and she starts to hear tapping and bangs from above, but they're rhymical, like rudimentary music or a code. And imagining that did give me a chill, actually. #HorrorWritersChat

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat Oh, wow. I just wrote about this in an interview asking "why do we like horror?" From that answer: "... the thrill of horror is enough to drive me to create stories that I hope will spook someone else, tales for a kindred spirit..."

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 3: International Happiness Day was on the 20th March. How does horror make you happy? Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat An isolated town in a winter storm suffers from an unknown power that is killing the residents in ways that reference Christmas carols. The scene in which the deputy discovers his family has been killed was nearly too much. from "The 13th Day of Christmas"

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

Tell us about a time you scared yourself with your own writing project Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly@jezconolly.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat Jez. “Their voices, in these spaces. Gone. Winked out. Now, there was just the ricochet you only get from an emptied room, with fittings and furniture gone, accentuating the absence. The vacant moment after the pinking farewell of a lightbulb that has blown in that instant.”

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 1: Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and the scariest line from your current WIP Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat Having to cheat for the line to make sense. "I hate everything about that family group picture...How we pretended that we all liked each other and that we had not just buried Alton in the garden." From "Memento Mori", a short story collection I have yet to publish.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 1: Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and the scariest line from your current WIP Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat As a boring ol' planner, I have to have backstory, even if it's not revealed in the story. It helps me know the characters better. But in regard to the plot, I keep it mysterious. The reader can have questions at the end and that's ok. Preferred even.

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · last yr.

Question Three! I suspect this MIGHT align with the pantsers plotters but hey who knows. Maybe it won't. #HorrorWritersChat

Question Three Let's talk back story. Do you find creating a deep back story helps with the scares or do you prefer to leave it mysterious? #HorrorWritersChat Quote post and don't forget the tag
David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat Horror can absolutely exist for its own sake. Totally fine with that. But having said that, I do find morality comes into play in my stories. Bad things happen to good people, but its how those good people react that makes them interesting to me. Also, it's fun creating evil!

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · last yr.

Question TWO. Now I feel like one of those quiz folkies. I expect to get a range of answers to this, but hey who knows. It's not that much of a corker. I'm not super mean today. Mwahaha. #HorrorWritersChat

Question Two Do you think that horror needs a moral or thematic lesson? Can they simply exist to inspire fear? #HorrorWritersChat Quote post and don't forget the tag
David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

Hi, #HorrorWritersChat I write supernatural and cosmic horror. I've been in the writing doldrums for a year but FINALLY committing to the idea that my last novel will have two sequels. The three books will span Edgar Allan Poe's life with fictionalized, spooky ideas from his stories. First is done.

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · last yr.

Alright let's kick things off for another night. If you're not a horror writer, feel free to mute me for this evening, I will not be offended! #HorrorWritersChat people, assemble! I want to hear your thoughts.

Question One Introduce yourself, writers! Tell us what kind of horror you write, and how many WIPs do you have currently? #HorrorWritersChat Quote post and don't forget the tag
David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

My choice would be Elmira Royster (who really was Edgar Allan Poe's girlfriend at 15) because she is brave, resourceful, and much more likely to kick ass than Edgar's other friend, Robert. (I'll cheat and say Edgar, himself, too, 'cause, of course.)

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 3: You must spend the night in a haunted house. You can choose one of your characters to accompany you. Who? And why? Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat David Allen Voyles here, first time poster. I write supernatural and cosmic horror. Here's the first line from my novel EDGAR about 15-yr-old Edgar Allan Poe: "The eyes in the chiseled skull looking back at Edgar felt as empty as his heart."

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

#HorrorWritersChat question 2: What's your favourite horror trope to write? The one you rely on the most? Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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David Allen Voyles@davidallenvoyles.bsky.social · last yr.

David Allen Voyles here, first time poster in this group. I write supernatural and cosmic horror. Here's the opening sentence from my novel about 15-yr-old Edgar Allan Poe: "The eyes in the chiseled skull looking back at Edgar felt as empty as his heart."

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author@chaoticauthor.online · last yr.

And we're off! Here is #HorrorWritersChat question 1 for this evening: Introduce yourself! Tell us who you are, what you write, and give us a sentence you wrote recently Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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