Tag: horror

• WRITING AS CATHARSIS

  Hey! I publish horror shorts about fictional Valmar here on Threads because my lovely author fam is nice enough not to toss me out yet. My latest one Monday involved a teenage boy and a machine, and a search for the Unknown. It goes wrong, though. It’s horror. Sorry. it’s how the machine works. I…

  Will Mowass

  March 21, 2024

  Personal Experience

  horror, real life, writing fiction

• HORROR IN THE HUNDREDS: A SCENT OF MAGNETOPHON

  Howdy. It’s that time again. You’ve decided to leave the region you know well in search of a more exotic locale. But you also want something familiar, a singular taste of home situated in a neighborhood not your own. Unfortunately, you chose Valmar, ‘The Gothic Heart Of Delaware,’ as your destination. But while you’re here,…

  Will Mowass

  March 18, 2024

  Uncategorized

  cosmic horror, Delaware, fear, horror, Horror In The Hundreds, short story, story, Valmar

• PATRONYMIC

  Greetings. It’s Monday, and I have another dark thread to pull for y’all. This came to me on a bright Sunday morning, and I wrote it right away. Please partake, share your thoughts, and enjoy.           I inherited the land on a torrential Tuesday, a sparse acre of unattended, torpored grass and covert woodlands just outside…

  Will Mowass

  February 26, 2024

  cosmic horror, Stories

  cosmic horror, Cthulhu Mythos, horror, hp lovecraft, loecraftian, short story, story

• Mathematical Horror

  I have a degree in physics and physicists use mathematics as the language to describe the phenomena they examine. In fact, my degree was so steeped in math, that I seriously contemplated a math degree in addition to my physics degree. Many of my contemporaries at New Mexico Tech did just that. We use vector…

  David Lee Summers

  November 9, 2023

  cosmic horror, Diabolical Mastermind, horror of the mind, Stories, The Craft

  anthology, dimensions, horror, masterminds, mathematics, open submissions, physics, Polymath press, vampires

• (Blood) Letting Things Flow

  I started watching Scream again. You probably know the franchise, made famous by Wes Carpenter of Nightmare On Elm Street. The young woman alone at home gets the dread phone call asking, “What’s your favorite scary movie?” Yeah. It was a killer when it first hit, and spawned five sequels plus some spoofs. But I…

  Will Mowass

  April 27, 2023

  Philosophy of Horror

  blood, evil dead, fear, horror, horror movies, indie author, scream, short story, splatterpunk, writing, writing fiction