“Vera saw plumes of steam rise from the trees and whirl into the body of darkness that came quickly crawling on spindly legs, tentacles. It had no shape, no clear contours, it was a burning darkness with the ability to move.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/06/24/vera-saw-plumes-of-steam-rise-from-the-trees-and-whirl-into-the-body-of-darkness-that-came-quickly-crawling-on-spindly-legs-tentacles-it-had-no-shape-no-clear-contours-it-was-a-burning-darkness/

#ability #body #book #burningDarkness #cameQuickly #crawling #darkness #EbbaSegerberg #HorrorGeneral #HorrorShortStories #JohnAjvideLindqvist #move #noClearContours #noShape #plumes #quote #rise #saw #ShortStoriesSingleAuthor_ #spindlyLegs #steam #SwedishHorrorTalesTranslationsIntoEnglish #tentacles #TranslatedShortStories #trees #VampireHorror #Vera #whirl

“If a bomb fell on your house and obliterated it. If a few minutes later another bomb fell that rebuilt it. Then you would probably end up standing there for a minute, reflecting on the incomprehensible nature of existence.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/03/18/if-a-bomb-fell-on-your-house-and-obliterated-it-if-a-few-minutes-later-another-bomb-fell-that-rebuilt-it-then-you-would-probably-end-up-standing-there-for-a-minute-reflecting-on-the-incomprehensi/

#aFewMinutesLater #another #bomb #bombFell #book #EbbaSegerberg #endUp #existence #fell #forAMinute #HorrorGeneral #HorrorShortStories #house #incomprehensibleNature #JohnAjvideLindqvist #obliterated #probably #quote #rebuilt #reflecting #ShortStoriesSingleAuthor_ #standingThere #SwedishHorrorTalesTranslationsIntoEnglish #TranslatedShortStories #VampireHorror

“But this isn’t about doing the right thing or being good. This is about revenge and nothing else. And a little entertainment too. It’s not intended to be anything beautiful.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/02/25/but-this-isnt-about-doing-the-right-thing-or-being-good-this-is-about-revenge-and-nothing-else-and-a-little-entertainment-too-its-not-intended-to-be-anything-beautiful/

#aLittleEntertainment #about #anything #beautiful #beingGood #book #doing #EbbaSegerberg #HorrorGeneral #HorrorShortStories #isnTAbout #JohnAjvideLindqvist #notIntended #nothingElse #quote #revenge #ShortStoriesSingleAuthor_ #SwedishHorrorTalesTranslationsIntoEnglish #theRightThing #TranslatedShortStories #VampireHorror

Hier glüht das Cover der sehr guten Anthologie "Glutnacht – Dunkle Folklore", die am 31.10.2023 erscheint.

Ich bin mit der Kurzgeschichte "Ausgebrannt" vertreten. Am Freitag flatterte das Lektorat ins virtuelle Postfach, das ich in den nächsten Tagen durcharbeiten werde. Ich freue mich schon drauf.

#coverreveal #buchcover #halloween #coverflashmob #kurzgeschichten #fantasy #phantastik #glutnacht #feuer #feuerteufel #leseratte #horror #horrorautor #horrorbücher #horrorshortstories

Short read rec of the day!

I’m still reading a poem, short fiction piece and essay per day for my #Bradbury1000 challenge and sharing my fave finds.

Today’s is the first story in this month’s Nightmare mag. A fresh take on #zombies, renewal through relationships and living dead obligations. Written by 3 people - how even??

https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/break-the-skin-if-you-have-to/

#ShortFiction #ShortFictionRecs #shortstories #HorrorShortStories #horrorfiction

Short fiction read rec of the day!

One of my favourite horror reads this year. Ian Muneshwar’s “Dick Pig” is tense from the opening and only screws tighter as it goes. On the longer side, but reads very fast!

https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/dick-pig/

#Bradbury1000 #ShortFiction #ShortStories #ShortFictionRecs #HorrorFiction #HorrorShortStories #SFFShorts