Yesterday was a sad Macabre Monday.
The organiser of Macabre Monday,
announced he is stepping back from Macabre Monday, and from Substack.He explains it in the Macabre Monday post titled, Farewell.
Thank you, Jeff!
29/04/2024
I’m having a look at the Substack dashboard in preparation for the staggered release of my stories that’ll be in my collection.
I’m looking at turning on Paid for them but not to begin with, so everyone will be able to read for free for a time. I had a look and should add an image that is similar to the book cover. Perhaps I should get the cover designed.
I finished reading the excellent story by
linked below.
06/05/2024
My Macabre Monday post went live.
Death, Crime & Isolation in Gaslamp Horror
Gaslamp horror, named after the gas streetlights that illuminated the streets in 19th-century cities, captures the eerie ambience and the atmospheric settings of this historical period while blending elements of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural.
I also read part 1 of Daniel’s latest story, The Hoarder! We’re following a well-written character, supported by an intriguing story.
I acquired a throat issue overnight. Gravelly is how I would describe it. Stand by for updates.
13/05/24
My gravelly throat has maintained its gravelly level for 48 hours. I don’t know what it is but, mercifully, I am not unwell with it.
My collection, In Plain Sight, Unseen, will have at least one story published on Substack by the time you read this. IT IS HAPPENING.
Today, I posted a brief introduction before the horror begins. You can read it below:
The Imminent Arrival of my Gaslamp Horror Collection
Welcome, dear readers, to the eerie and mysterious world of gaslamp horror, where the shadows hold secrets and the past casts a long, chilling shadow. Several years ago, during the great plague of 2020 (COVID), I sat down and wrote a gaslamp horror story. It followed a young boy, an orphan and a chimneysweep, as he naviga…
On Tuesday, I posted the opening poem of In Plain Sight, Unseen which you can read below if you missed it, then I scheduled the first story of the collection!!!
In Plain Sight, Unseen
I am always there, yet never present, The inner voice that whispers fear, unrelenting. In darkest corners, I linger and loom, My words urging flight, foreboding doom. The inner eye glimpses motion in shadows' embrace, Planting images that time cannot erase.
It is Friday and I still have a dry, gravelly throat.
20/05/24
I’ve been reading The King In Yellow by Robert W Chambers, and you should too!
It is a collection of interconnected stories blending the every day with mystery and the supernatural. The King in Yellow is a mysterious play within the book - a book within a book in the same vein as the Necronomicon in HP Lovecraft’s writing.
The horror here is not about overt monstrosities but about the creeping dread of the unknown and the fragility of sanity.
Reading this prompted a rewatch of True Detective Series 1 which references The King In Yellow, Carcosa and other things mentioned in Chambers’ stories.
If you haven’t seen True Detective Series 1, you should do! It is such a creepy, unnerving mystery which incorporates the supernatural King In Yellow with the same subtlety as the collection of short stories that introduced him.
I still have a gravelly throat. I must banish it to Carcosa!
I posted the first story from In Plain Sight, Unseen titled Skull.
Skull: Part 1/2
November 15th 1899 Only those most familiar with the hills would be able to accurately, safely navigate their way across the moorland terrain in the dead of night. Grey fog could send the careless traveller wandering into a bog, down the side of the hills or into the clawing branches of the numerous wooded spots. One wrong t…
