Story Embers | Horror Writers | Activity https://storyembers.org/groups/horror-writers/ Activity feed for the group, Horror Writers. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:21:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 9323e2a3779be5f3d5e3c7fe5d39fac4 Esther joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/103304/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:14:53 -0400 0 de21b77b8b6dc563031335337fd57321 Catholic Creed replied to the topic Introducing myself in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102355/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:22:56 -0400 Hi @kayla13892

I’m Hannah! *insert awkward wave* I had a bit of a learning curve on Story Embers myself.

I admit, I’m also not writing strictly horror right now. But those techniques will be used often enough in my current project – once I hit plot point 1 – that I’m not actually 100% sure about that.

So I am not particularly familiar with w…[Read more]

]]> 0 782038445f876093c7b28dea4b87455e Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98304/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:51:49 -0400 Oooh, it’s Sci-fi. I like it.

]]> 0 0a61939634da75e9508b3e73f54ff73d Brian Stansell replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98269/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:15:24 -0400 Hello again, Cainon @sir-leeds and Daeus @daeus-lamb

Here is a horrific idea that I had.  It is only a few lines from the perspective of a Hive-controlled villain.

“You were not born. You were downloaded. You are nothing but fractalated bits of carbon and a series of charges. A code of randomization, that requires debugging. You have no fa…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec758346b028c32ecaf3ef21885e2973 Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98217/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:56:17 -0400 🤔 Boy, I can’t remember which story I was talking about. Probably one that will involve a lot of traveling through a demon-haunted wood that examines how pure good and pure evil are so other to the human experience that we could not survive an encounter with either.

I also have a vague idea for a story set in an old, crazy mansion involving a…[Read more]

]]> 0 4185adf76ab2149d22042c79618ce405 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98205/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 01:30:41 -0400 Hi @daeus-lamb,

I would love to hear your idea.

]]> 0 a7cb6bd4e228fe112844b0c7ac0ebd41 Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/95745/ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:21:16 -0400 I have a vague idea for a story that might be horror, though it’s more likely suspense. Interested to see what others have to say. I never care to watch any horror, no thank you, but I might have some interest in books. I certainly like to broaden my reading.

]]> 0 c46fd7ccc3856033b118ac3b58fba441 Sir Leeds started the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/95733/ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 03:31:58 -0400 If you’ve got an idea or maybe even a rough draft for a horror story, let’s see it. Let’s get this thread going! And if you’re not actively working on anything, maybe you could share one of your favorite horror stories and why it’s one of your favorites.

 

I’ll break the ice with a few ideas I’ve had lately. Hopefully I’ll actually be able to…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ab1e2a53480afdbe16f31793513b182 Sir Leeds joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/95729/ Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:15:33 -0400 0 db3d2d9204c48d187c3b252db3b0f84c Avery_Diagham posted an update in the group Horror Writers: @Brian Stansill WOW your story is amazing!! https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94314/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:22:01 -0400 @Brian Stansill
WOW your story is amazing!!

]]> 0 d857f7df35f1bf2cdb9a59f18834b243 Avery_Diagham posted an update in the group Horror Writers: Hello fellow gouhlie lovers im Avery and im so excited to […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94313/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:11:01 -0400 Hello fellow gouhlie lovers im Avery and im so excited to join!
Do any of you guys know how to make my own colab page thx
-Avery

]]> 0 d2269d16c16c85266147502255000957 Avery_Diagham joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94312/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:07:52 -0400 0 bb58a9f99e35524156f09f4ba05d3cb7 Natalie Cone joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94195/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:36:02 -0400 0 2d58b45f64e5103e15d4393e3beb34d1 Carlos Carrasco joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/93659/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:58:51 -0400 0 f3b037d6a0ef679f8f30a40bca89c25e Brian Stansell posted an update in the group Horror Writers: @hannahrenner @this-is-not-an-alien Cathy and Hannah, Just […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/93342/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:35:06 -0400 @hannahrenner
@this-is-not-an-alien

Cathy and Hannah,
Just letting y’all know I posted my “scary stuff” here.

]]> 0 052c45eab172e0440147f56553f16cfa Brian Stansell posted an update in the group Horror Writers: So, since I have some spooky thriller stories, I thought I […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/93340/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:44:03 -0400 So, since I have some spooky thriller stories, I thought I might post one here.
It is unfinished by comes from a dream…nightmare…hard to describe. Doesn’t seem to fit in any of the 52 Challenges, but…here goes.
Written Jan. 28, 2011
“State of Panek”
A man stood in the middle of the dirt road, legs firmly planted, breath steadily chugging…[Read more]

]]> 5 e0611ef3e9c06bcf4557d594016b6167 Brian Stansell joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/93339/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:26:45 -0400 0 6eb63611c28126554e0fb0e4e9b46fe4 Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/92397/ Sun, 23 May 2021 18:54:25 -0400 On hands and knees, she crept between thorny bushes rotting fence: jacket still tied around her, puppy still wriggling at her belly.

“Quiet Kazoo.” Her lips barely moved.

Emily was a quiet girl, slight lisp due to her missing front tooth.  Freckles splattered her face, arms, and back.  Her red hair wisped around her round face.  Her cheeks we…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c0319841420895dece9655bc293225f Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/90619/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 19:04:29 -0400 It’s a black flip-phone.

That’s it.

I have a contact list.

I don’t answer unless a name appears.

(Don’t tell anyone but sometimes I don’t answer then.)

I’ve had it four years.

Yesterday I learned how to change the ringtone.

That’s right, yesterday.

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m low-tech.

 

It is… embarrassing that only yesterday I co…[Read more]

]]> 0 abfbdc1b464dd6cb1ac704843913a392 Emberynus The Dragonslayer joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89210/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:29:29 -0400 0 a70d11d5b880e0d86d63e58d12ef0088 Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89156/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:36:47 -0400 The rebel commander stormed across the parking-lot.  Her long-coat flew like batwings, dark as the sky above them.  Her hands swung loose at her side, seeming to point the driving wind and rain toward her enemies.  Her pace measured the distance between her and the foe and found it wanting.  Her bare, tattooed scalp reflected the searchlight, rai…[Read more]

]]> 0 b96b9f305497cb9e97a9e218f83ae0b0 Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88707/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:03:54 -0400 Look into the sky, little heart, and see the twinkling distant reaches.

This is the last night.

We all smelled it.  We all tasted it.  We all heard it.  We all felt it.  We all saw it.

This is the last night.

So little heart, reach your heart out: The stars are yours if you just reach.

Go beyond the implants tangled in your body.

Go bey…[Read more]

]]> 0 13ffd4d5d359ab5e1f29cbdc642947fa Cathy replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88706/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:43:10 -0400 You enter, but leave your body behind. You can walk away but you can never leave. Not truly. We can always find you, darling. You remain in our cyborverse. Once you enter you can never leave. No one can stop you here if you’re good enough. There is no justice, there are no rules, no system, no confines. You are alone. But we’re always here, dar…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd9f909280e432b1c1b1903eefee82e0 Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88611/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:20:28 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien , Thanks!

]]> 0 6c177e4b478f3839875d9e177048fed1 Cathy replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88609/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:18:08 -0400 @hannahrenner

Dang. That’s a punch story!

]]> 0 0ff01b8140ec983923adff1af4af2d9f Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88548/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:17:14 -0400 Its the little things in life, you know? Thunderclaps, lightning strikes, a cute little brother in your lap, a quirky kid’s show on the TV.  Little things.

It really puts life in perspective.

Especially when you realize you don’t have a little brother and you don’t know what day it is and this is not your house and that is not a thunderstorm.

]]> 0 7bfa1391b534a3bbf8b7635be55d85b0 Cathy replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88120/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 02:07:10 -0400 @hannahrenner
‘K sis. Challenge accepted…ish!
Here’s something like a short story I cooked up…idk how long ago… 😛

See You Over the Edge

If you can read this you’re all alone.
The guns are in the graffiti locker, the one with the red star. Trust me, you’ll need them. If you hear a bump don’t open the door. We won’t be there,…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0236121013485ff41f5aec6cab55d84 Cathy joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88096/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:54:17 -0400 0 32cf6ae37e186dc289ef8648abed9c85 Catholic Creed started the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88083/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:21:13 -0400 Ray Bradbury said “Write a new short story every week.  It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”  So technically this challenge starts with him.  I think.  Feel free to write a short story about that!

Anyway, THIS challenge is that only 52 short stories are completed, with a preference for the horror genre.  BUT any genre is a…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd8fe13d92382a5ff85217dfea98c05c Catholic Creed posted an update in the group Horror Writers: This place is a message... and part of a system of […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87156/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:31:13 -0400 This place is a message… and part of a system of messages… pay attention to it!
Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.
This place is not a place of honor… no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is…[Read more]

]]> 0 8e80c171d16ea510b03c78b847c6c792 Catholic Creed posted an update in the group Horror Writers: Pelicans shove their spines out of their mouths to cool down […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87142/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:26:34 -0400 Pelicans shove their spines out of their mouths to cool down when they’re overheating.

]]> 0 8da3226d238709323238f0725beea161 Catholic Creed posted an update in the group Horror Writers: Hi! https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87141/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:10:27 -0400 Hi!

]]> 0 166f85a4d7f31eb7c13635bd746923e7 Catholic Creed joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87140/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:10:12 -0400 0 c1bacf570cb01de710b3619b2902cd38 Loki posted an update in the group Horror Writers: Over the course of writing a few books that could be […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85732/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:25:00 -0400 Over the course of writing a few books that could be classified as Horror, I noticed that while I write books that are thrilling and unnerving, I always seem to add an element of learning and pacifying to them. After the the ghosts and demons get what they came for, they are peaceful.
It’s an interesting thing to notice patterns and theme in your…[Read more]

]]> 0 625a0764ae7804caef4a7f1c8b7bac95 Sam M replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85294/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:52:33 -0400 @law0413 Your grandfather sounds awesome!

Thanks! Who knows…maybe I’ll work up the nerve to post a section of it on the forum some time. 🙂

]]> 0 524999e2c37403ab18094b69d51c7741 Laurel replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85277/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:35:09 -0400 @sam-m that sounds incredible! My grandfather was an undercover cop for years so I love all things mystery and true crime. I’d love to read it sometime!

]]> 0 ac931e0c279e0eb023f0614745c499f1 Sam M replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85256/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:17:19 -0400 @law0413

Hi, Laurel. 🙂 Your story sounds super interesting! I’m especially intrigued by the psychological part. I love mysteries. Incidentally, I’m working on a mystery novel right now, where the protagonist is trying to solve his parents murder and take down the crime boss who killed them (and a lot of other people).

]]> 0 b1c4872529616b3edc4e4ebe464b4221 Laurel replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85248/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:24:18 -0400 Also, I’m seeing a ton about Dracula and I just finished it for class! Jonathan and Mina Harker are lowkey marriage goals

]]> 0 2e2077da935e7f6c78acd926c314cada Laurel replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85247/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:22:58 -0400 @sam-m Hi! It’s about three middle schoolers lost in the woods after a tornado, kind of playing around with the nerd, class clown, and school bully dynamic. One of the characters is separated from the other two and isn’t sure if he’s dead or alive, which is where the psychological bit comes in. For the other two, the story follows the…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2850c7b3336f9db856fab7a1834572a Sam M replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/84932/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 04:13:41 -0400 @law0413

Hi, Laurel. 🙂 Your story sounds interesting. What’s it’s about?

]]> 0 b85ba90222bbc29cb71d0c47391b6a98 Laurel replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/84483/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 05:50:41 -0400 Hey guys! I’ve never read any horror novel per se, but I kind of find the book I’m writing turning into some kind of psychological/supernatural-ish thriller. I can’t quite tell if it’s actually scary or not, but that’s probably because I’ve read it a bazillion times.

]]> 0 ea670678301e3bf0d6ddd910b2b6f0d1 Loki replied to the topic Greetings Other Humans (I think) in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/83883/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:43:18 -0400 I don’t write much horror other than some supernatural themed books which could freak someone out, but they’re more fantasy than horror. I love the It movies, and I can’t find anyone else in my bubble who does, so… yep.

]]> 0 51e42a5ca6e24dbfe897168c928b7a97 Laurel joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/83363/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:46:30 -0400 0 4f174140a33620be948dcee65b32db84 Loki posted an update in the group Horror Writers: I like to read mild horror for inspiration. Horror books are […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79403/ Thu, 21 May 2020 17:18:21 -0400 I like to read mild horror for inspiration. Horror books are interesting, and if you look closely you can see themes in them, they’re just like any other genre, you still have to be careful what you read, but keep in mind that your horror is up to you, you decide what horror is and how you can show people god’s hand through it.

]]> 0 a306f6acdaa4aba7c395546cf74bcf53 Loki joined the group Horror Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79401/ Thu, 21 May 2020 17:11:29 -0400 0 261f3aa170c33d9f94d24e512aec620e Vivian Grant replied to the topic Beta-readers enter here in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76520/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:53:36 -0400 @taylorclogston

I’m more amused than worried, but that is good to know.

]]> 0 8434bc22edd72d84d1323d5b56c3dd6d Vivian Grant replied to the topic Beta-readers enter here in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76519/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:51:08 -0400 @sam-m

Those are good points. Thank you for reading the story!

]]> 0 b373d66c90aae9861d96bb5cfc9bf0b2 Taylor Clogston replied to the topic Beta-readers enter here in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76517/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 22:23:10 -0400 @vivian-grant I really don’t think what seem like similarities to ET matter at all. You really only have a few surface level similarities. Even the “sharing wounds” is more like “when the alien gets sick, the main character gets sick” in the movie.

]]> 0 51303006a28f4f04e3b0f1a88e2babf0 Sam M replied to the topic Beta-readers enter here in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76494/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:35:00 -0400 @vivian-grant

First off, I enjoyed your story -thanks for letting me read it. 🙂

I do have a few suggestions:

#1 I feel like your story could benefit from more showing and less telling. For example, when Wendy is in the woods, instead of saying she’s scared, you could do something like: “Wendy’s breath became strained as they rushed further…[Read more]

]]> 0 d978453a0f9ee3ee4210e187ddb04f20 Vivian Grant replied to the topic Beta-readers enter here in the forum Horror writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76359/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:18:58 -0400 @phoenix

Thank you! You may tell me what I did right (what writer doesn’t want to hear that?), but please don’t hold back if you see something problematic.

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