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#SFFChat Horror and the monstrous are at time the fundamental way to express the fears of your community and society. They are a near perfect reflecting pools of the times they are written and sadly sometimes the years later.

I don’t have anything new out. I’m in a bit of a drought, but I’m really trying to push through and finally finish a first draft of my sci-fi noir while sort of keeping up with #firstdraftfall, so support in that would be amazing
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Also tell my spooky cat he’s cute
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#SFFChat Thank you so much for the questions! This was fun!

I have a novella coming out NEXT WEEK!

If you want a cozy horror MM fantasy romance, check out The Witch of the Wood!
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Good luck with the new position!

I’ve got my #BackerKit that I’m always trying to promote. If the 2nd stretch goal is met, every book buyer (digital or print) gets Carrhae Liquidators

More book with your book, if you will

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#SFFChat Askel from Raw is a dhampir. He doesn't know his vampiric sire. He also doesn't KNOW he's a dhampir. All he knows is that he's sickly when he doesn't drink blood, & he's only nourished by human flesh.
That lack of knowledge, the helpless dread, unable to stop it, I think is genuinely scary.

#SFFChat Outro: thanks for hosting Steve!
Moving to Friday will likely make my life easier 😄

As to something I’d like shared, the wonderful art i received from @drdfllb.bsky.social of my boys 🥰

(No I’m not done sharing this yet, I’m too happy with it)

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#SFFChat The actual scariest thing I've ever written no longer exists, but Echo Sight has a few really intense scenes in it that I think all vie for the surviving top vacancy. At least until Scent of Smoke comes out, lol.

Hello #SFFChat I'm Raven and when I can I try to write short stories on heroes fall from grace and I recently started learning to paint

My favorite monsters are werewolves, but I love any kind of similar shape shifter. My favorite horror film is Let the Right One In

#SFFChat A4: Clarke would dress up as something scary, like a vampire.
Tai would also dress up as something scary, like a cat.

#SFFChat Outro: Thanks so much for playing, everyone!Comment with something you’d like shared. (:

ALSO, Special Note: For the rest of 2026, SFFChat will move to friday evening at 6pm est to accommodate my job! Fingers crossed this doesn't inconvenience anyone!!

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzie McKee Charnas is a quiet novel about power dynamics told through five connected vignettes featuring the vampire Weyland. It's a fascinating, atmospheric read with very different POV characters in each. What little violence there is all serves a purpose. #SFFChat

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Ooh, tough call.
I think the scariest thing I ever wrote was about a guy being cooked alive. But runner up was definitely a retelling of The Cask of Amontillado from the perspective of the guy being trapped in the wall.

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There's a few moments in The Need for Dandelions and The Witch of the Wood that I think are well done!
Here's a creepy little snippet from The Witch of the Wood!
CW: dead animal

#SFFChat Horror is a safe way to engage with what makes you uncomfortable without having to experience it irl. Sometimes it's about catharsis while at other times it's speaking about the nature of people, or society, in a way that no other genre by itself can. There's a lot of inherent metaphor.

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I'm mainstream. I've always enjoyed Steven King. Well, his older works. I've heard some poor feedback on his newer stuff.

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Scariest thing I've written or come up with?

A Fair Folk Halloween version of Willy Wonka... With a bully getting their comeuppance fitting their vice. All set in a cursed mansion.

*And the Bullies are all named after the bullies in my school days

Oh, Sphere is a really good choice! (Hard same!) #sffchat