TwistedRoadsJul 5, 2025

“The curve of a blade is just a straight line aching for your soul.”
Read the short horror
#ShortHorrorStory #MatthewTonks #HorrorFiction #IndieAuthor #FlashFiction #DarkFiction #PsychologicalHorror #RitualHorror #DeathLoop

http://mtonks.com/2025/07/05/a-curve-is-still-a-straight-line-a-short-horror-story-by-matthew-tonks/

A Curve Is Still a Straight Line – A Short Horror Story by Matthew Tonks

“The curve of a blade is just a straight line aching for your soul.” Obsession doesn’t end at death. It burrows in. This story cuts through love, ritual, and resurrection—and leaves no breath unblo…

Twisted Roads – Horror Stories by mtonks
Show threadLauren McMenemyJan 9, 2024

"...I also would encourage watching Season of the Witch and the Dark Secret of Harvest Home, the first a relatively undiscovered George Romero film and the latter a television miniseries featuring Bette Davis as a Feminist Pagan Matriarch."

Like the sound of that? Then join our ritual, won't you? Loads of writers, academics, folklorists and more will gather online on 27 Jan. Early bird tix (£35+bf) end on 15 Jan!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-ritual-tickets-778158181067

#faithhorror #folkhorror #ritualhorror #ritual #writing

Writing the Occult - Ritual

A day exploring the ritual in writing, with a series of talks, panels and workshops.

Eventbrite
Lauren McMenemyDec 29, 2023

The finale of Writing the Occult: Ritual sees some of the best writers in the folk & occult horror worlds gather to discuss the role ritual plays in their work—inspirations, creations, processes & more. We span the 4 corners (sort of), with Lee Murray (NZ), Robert P Ottone (US), Stephanie Ellis (UK), and Kev Harrison (Portugal), all ably chaired by essayist Lindsey Trout Hughes.

Tix available now via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-ritual-tickets-778158181067

#folkhorror #ritual #ritualhorror #writingtheoccult

Writing the Occult - Ritual

A day exploring the ritual in writing, with a series of talks, panels and workshops.

Eventbrite
Show threadLauren McMenemyDec 27, 2023

...Old wounds are re-opened and ties of blood and friendship are tested to the extreme when the Woodcutter is summoned and Grandma returns.
____

Grab your ticket to Writing the Occult: Ritual now for just £35 via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-ritual-tickets-778158181067

#folkhorror #occulthorror #ritualhorror #fantasy #writersofmastodon

Writing the Occult - Ritual

A day exploring the ritual in writing, with a series of talks, panels and workshops.

Eventbrite