Tag: horror

• Speakable Horror

  

  Narrating Fear and Sharpening Instincts Living something—even if only in the mind’s eye—can leave a lasting imprint. That’s what I love about horror. It lingers. It teaches. It prepares. The horror genre has a remarkable way of keeping us alert. It activates our survival instincts, nudging us to imagine the worst and consider how we’d…

  supernaturallymy4a879b20e3

  August 28, 2025

  Audio Drama, audiobooks, ghosts, horror books, horror movies, Horror Narration, visceral horror

  fear, ghosts, horror, Narration

• A Jagged Domain

  AUGUST 10, 1970          New keys are a beautiful sight to behold, especially at the start of Summer, when the world is welcoming all to step out and embrace new promises.          “There you go, Mister Newfield,” Mike Parsons said, voice lethargic, eyes red. “The Block’s all yours. Rent’s due every first of the month.”           Walter Newfield,…

  Will Mowass

  August 14, 2025

  Stories

  fear, horror, short story

• Creating A Horror Book Cover Using Canva or With Photoshop

  

  In an earlier post, I demonstrated designing a book cover using Canva. I do most of my cover design work in Photoshop, but Canva is a great tool that I use regularly to design as well, so this time, I thought it would be fun to try designing the same cover in both Photoshop and…

  bryceraffle

  June 19, 2025

  The Art of Horror, The Craft

  book cover, canva, design, horror, photoshop, software, tutorial, walkthrough

• A Lasting Gift

  ‘He’s here, you know…’ ‘Grandma, who’s here? What do you mean?’ ‘It’s my sweet John, your granddad, he’s always here when I need him. He’s just over there, at the end of my bed. I know you can’t see him. But he’s smiling that smile I used to love so much’. Eloise looked up at…

  Peter

  May 8, 2025

  ghosts, Stories

  fear, ghosts, historical fiction, horror, romance, short story, VE Day, Victory in Europe

• The Lair of the Beast

  Silence, heavy and invasive, enveloped me. Resting against the coldness of a wall, I took what could be my last breath. And listened. The only sound came from the pounding of my heart. Nothing from within the lair of the beast. The beast was away. But not far, foraging for sustenance. This was my brief…

  Peter

  April 28, 2025

  short story, Stories

  fear, horror, short story

• Lucky Guy

  Walking through the debris, the twisted and burnt remnants of technology and humanity, I didn’t feel lucky. In a newly cratered field, littered with nothing but fragments no larger than a wallet, there could be no survivors. ‘Mr. Saunders, you look like you could do with this.’ An emergency first responder, covered in smoke and…

  Peter

  April 14, 2025

  Stories

  horror, short story

• THE DERANGEMENT REMAINS by William J. Jackson

            Had I known the content of the individual and possessed knowledge of the damnable settlement from which he hailed before our venture, I would have slain the man on the spot. You might find this statement unsettling, but please, bear with me. I am the last survivor of a peaceful endeavor, and what I pen…

  Will Mowass

  April 10, 2025

  cosmic horror, Stories

  cosmic horror, Fiction, horror, short story

• The Missing

  Those that kill, believe dead men tell no tales. But the dead can speak. They find a way. With my help, I take that message to the living. The call came late on a dreary afternoon, the grey skies and drizzle of another English winter, given up on its seasons. Inside a squad car, reduced…

  Peter

  April 7, 2025

  ghosts, short story, Stories

  crime, dead, Fiction, ghosts, horror, short story

• Testament – Part 2

  Before you start reading this post, I suggest you read “Testament” by Jack Tyler at this link [https://threadsthatbind.net/2025/01/30/testament/] first. Jack posted this story here on the blog and I loved it. However, the story ends on a huge cliffhanger—and immediately a continuation/conclusion came to my mind. I asked Jack if he would mind me writing…

  merchakandrea

  March 27, 2025

  ghosts, Stories

  ghosts, horror, short story

• Daddy’s Little Bird

  The exterior security gate slid shut behind me with its usual finality. I paused between the fences, noticing a hawk circling overhead, its presence serving as an unwanted and grim reminder. Deep within the high-security establishment, locked away, I imagined her head slightly tilted, watching, much like that predatory bird above me. The memory still…

  Peter

  March 10, 2025

  Stories

  horror, murder, psychological, psychological horror, short story, writing fiction