What’s scarier to you???
A monster that appears out of nowhere…
Or one that was always being created?
Mine is definitely the one always being created. There is no way for you to over come the fear because it's always changing.
Tasarla Romaney
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Morning Coffee...
“You think they’re afraid of me because of what I am?” it asked.
I didn’t answer.
Its claws tapped lightly against the mug.
“They’re not,” it continued. “They’re afraid because they know why I’m here.”
Outside, the forest was quiet.
Too quiet.
“They made me,” it said, almost thoughtfully.
“And now they don’t want to remember how.”
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Your horror world takes its final breath today.
You’ve built the darkness — now it’s time to fill it with secrets.
Coming next:
20 Days to Writing Horror Sub-Plots
Because every haunted place hides something worse than its monsters…
The people who live there.
https://tasarlaromaney.wordpress.com/writing-series-setting/
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From @DarkHolmePublishing -
Dark Descents: Whispers from Beyond has opened its pages again…
In my story “Strings of Hunger,” a marionette learns to move without a master—and it’s hungry for more than applause.
Read it now, if you dare.
https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/product-page/w-ebzine-dark-descent-whispers-from-beyond-vol-17
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The old tree behind the house was cursed. Its bark split like veins, and thick black sap oozed from the cracks.
When it rained, the roots would hum, a low, wet sound that made the earth tremble. We cut it down last year. Burned it. Buried the ashes.
Tonight, something stands in its place.
What happens next?
For more writing prompts check out my 31 Horror Writing Prompts series.
Day 19 — The Warping of Time
In horror, time is never your ally.
It stretches, skips, loops — until your characters stop trusting reality itself.
Today’s challenge: write an hour that shouldn’t exist.
The thirteenth chime. The endless sunset. The morning that never arrives.
Full blog & exercises available now.
https://tasarlaromaney.wordpress.com/writing-series-setting/
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Long before children’s theaters and puppet shows, marionettes were used in ancient rituals—their strings believed to connect the living to the dead. Some whispered if the strings moved on their own, it meant a lost soul had found its way back.
Inspired by these eerie origins comes Strings of Hunger. A horror story where a collector discovers his new marionette doesn’t need a puppeteer it needs another soul.
Coming soon from @DarkHolmePublishing
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Day 18: Texture and Taste — Fear You Can Touch
The wall is slick.
The air tastes sweet — wrong sweet.
Horror doesn’t just show… it touches.
Today’s challenge: write a scene using only texture and taste. No sight. No sound. Let your reader feel what they shouldn’t.
https://tasarlaromaney.wordpress.com/writing-series-setting/
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