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Horrific Scribblings is the independent publishing imprint run by L. Andrew Cooper. We launched in November 2024 and as of this writing are finding our footing in social media, so expect us to ramp up activity... soon...
NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! Joseph Hirsch, who joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES with "Red in Tooth," has added a new, very different tale of deep #psychologicalhorror. Discard preconceptions about #haunteddoll stories and enjoy the disturbing layers: horrificscribblings.com.
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Douglas Kolacki has done the impossible: contributed a #zombie story to HORRIFIC SCRIBES! Well, it's a period piece about coming of age in the presence of fancy courtroom maneuvering... and a zombie. Travel back to 1924 to see what this is all about... horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Harley Carnell has joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES. His #horrorstory "Guilt" uses a tragic event for examining the horrors of the titular emotion, which devours people without regard for whether they bear any blame in the tragedy. Read it for free: horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Christopher Degni joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with his #horrorstory "Notes from the Dark Web," which feels like #foundfootage circling back on classic #epistolary horror as chats, emails, and other media relay a tale of a hacker who stirs up something sinister. horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! Scribe @matthollingsworth.com brings us a new #horrorstory, "A Witch's Envy," which is a #darkfairytale... kind of. Many severed heads. A lot of discarded technology. A riff on the Ship of Theseus. You kind of have to read it. Very worthwhile. horrificscribblings.com
17.07.2025 00:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
My new #extremehorror / #splatterpunk novella, FATHER IS PLEASED, is now available. Not as #queer as ALEX'S ESCAPE, but still pretty queer. ARC reviews are split--some have been pleasantly disturbed, and some have been unpleasantly disturbed. Prepare to be disturbed. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7VY9CYB
16.07.2025 17:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! @sjtownend.bsky.social joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES! Her story "QVC" adds to our #domestichorror, #quiethorror, and #psychologicalhorror, describing a parent who has high hopes for a new air fryer... hopes feeding on dreadful circumstances. Read at horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! E.W.H. Thornton and their #horrorstory "The Slide" have joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES. The story starts as a #macabre college lecture about #photographyanddeath and becomes far more terrifying. Of special note for those into #mediastudies. Read free at horrificscribblings.com
10.07.2025 00:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If you like limericks, then you need this book. It's coming out on the 22nd, but you can pre-order the print copy now & the Ebook will be available later. Here is the Amazon link, but you can also get it at B&N. a.co/d/137HMu0 Pleased to have quite a few pieces in this! #limericks #poetry #poets
06.07.2025 22:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Our sign-up is on the right side of the main page, horrificscribblings.com
09.07.2025 04:07 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy fortnight-a-versary to "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE," the feel-good blood and guts story of the season!
There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter.
Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com
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Goes well with the interview at landrewcooper.com/guestartists...
09.07.2025 03:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Tracy Fritz has joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES, bringing her #horrorstory "Mr. Ears Comes to Dinner." Its keywords include #domestichorror, #psychologicalhorror, and #cryptids. The psychological elements get me, but see what speaks to you most: horrificscribblings.com
08.07.2025 01:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW... SCRIBBLING ALERT! Fendy S. Tulodo is the first writer to have a second #horrorstory appear in HORRIFIC SCRIBES! He adds "Postmarked for My Grave." Readers know #nonlineartime is involved right away. The story goes much farther, and at 2300 words, it gets there fast. horrificscribblings.com
03.07.2025 02:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This week L. Andrew Cooper's Horrific Scribblings has an #authorinterview with introspective wordsmith @badwinterbooks.bsky.social, whose #horrornovel IT EATS YOUR HUNGER and #horrornovella DEAD RABBIT range from humanity's basest impulses to its most #cosmic struggles. landrewcooper.com/murnane/
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Luke Ramer is the latest to join HORRIFIC SCRIBES. He adds "Post Op," a #horrorstory, emphasis on #grotesque #bodyhorror, yet for anyone who has ever been or known a teenage boy, perhaps not too much of a stretch (if you'll pardon the pun). Read for free: horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Richard Dansky joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with his #horrorstory "Scheduling Issues," another dive into #officehorror that digs intimately into painful anxiety and, while toying with the absurd, always keeps the tragic nearby. Prepare for the fear. Free at horrificscribblings.com
26.06.2025 20:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#PRIDEMONTH #HORROR! FREE EXTREME, #QUEER #SPLATTERPUNK E-BOOK!
ALEX'S ESCAPE is free from Wed. 6/25 to Sun. 6/29!
βThe most twisted and disturbing book Iβve ever read, in the vein of Barkerβs best.β β @fletcherhorror.bsky.social
Warning: All the triggers. 18+ only.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNCT6ZQV
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Today's initiate into HORRIFIC SCRIBES is @samarlington.com, who, in his #horrorstory "Best Seats in the House," makes #baseball fun (even to non-fans) while building a #surreal atmosphere and inexplicable tension toward... well, see for yourself. Free at horrificscribblings.com
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The fourth and final volume of the #horror / #darkfantasy #epic THE MIDDLE REACHES has launched! And there was much rejoicing! Take the terrifying journey through monstrous realms all the way to the end...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW1LHHJH
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Thomas C. Mavroudis has joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES, bringing his dazzling #horrorstory "From a Trail Cam Pointed at Our House." It's an #uncanny tale and an odd reading experience that I hope you will enjoy. Read for free at horrificscribblings.com
18.06.2025 01:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! I welcome @tjohnstone.bsky.social to HORRIFIC SCRIBES. He brings his short #horrorstory "The Herman Condition," which has #darkcomedy but more #psychologicalhorror as a woman escaping domestic violence meets a scheming... sourdough starter. Read free: horrificscribblings.com
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NEW SCRIBE ALERT! I gladly welcome @marktowse.bsky.social to HORRIFIC SCRIBES. His short story "Ash-Ray Wednesday" offers a combination of cathartic violence with cathartic snickering... scary to think how stygian some office environments can be! horrificscribblings.com
10.06.2025 00:55 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
The second HORRIFIC SCRIBES exhibit is upon us! As I can't do anything properly, Exhibit Two is really two-in-one, Damaged Youth and Unexpected Visitations and Arrivals. Revel in the doubled darkness! Read for free at horrificscribblings.com #horrorstories #freefiction
06.06.2025 19:19 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This week's #authorinterview is with Ed Downes, whose novel FROZEN ECHOES falls in the tradition of #horrorstories in #Antarctica with AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by #Lovecraft and THE THING by #JohnCarpenter but also has new and terrifying territory to travel... landrewcooper.com/downes/
04.06.2025 19:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! I am delighted to welcome Devin James Leonard to HORRIFIC SCRIBES. His fast-moving, very short #horrorstory "King of Hearts" uses ambiguity and suggestion to create a world of details not actually on the page, a masterful and unnerving effect. Read free: horrificscribblings.com
04.06.2025 00:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! I am happy to welcome Lira Palmer into HORRIFIC SCRIBES. Her #horror story "Calypso" walks between #scienceandmysticism in a search for a rare #orchid, uncovering horrific beauty that might be inescapable. Read free: horrificscribblings.com
03.06.2025 18:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BOOK LAUNCH! Book 3 of 4 in THE MIDDLE REACHES series is now available! A recent reviewer reflected, "This was such an interesting series to read, and I donβt think Iβll ever read anything like it again." Begin your one-of-a-kind journey into #horror and #darkfantasy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW1LHHJH
28.05.2025 20:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! I happily welcome the multi-talented @matthollingsworth.com to HORRIFIC SCRIBES. His #horrorstory "Hush" piles nightmares upon nightmares, with an unusual perspective that comes across frighteningly well. Immerse yourself. Read for free: horrificscribblings.com/horrificscri...
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