#Spooktober 2022

[warizoh]

[escapismthroughfilm]

⋆˚｡⋆ ⋆˚｡Bones and All (2022) dir. Luca Guadagnino⋆˚｡⋆ ⋆˚｡

[misscromwellsmonocle]

(2022) by Aleksandra Waliszewska

[dreamkidddream]

Haunted Houses || Dazai

Please ignore that I’m still working on Spooktober stuff in the middle of summer 😭🫣 reader is gender neutral!

“You still have time to back out.”

You and Dazai both stood in front of the attraction, which looked far more intimidating than you expected. But everything sounded cheesy from what the others said back at the agency, so how bad can it really be?

But the more you moved up in line, the more you could feel your stomach turning. The only thing that was keeping you grounded was Dazai, who sent a teasing look your way at how tense you were. There was no way you were going to admit defeat, but you knew he would never let you live it down. You don’t even know why you’re so apprehensive about it anyway- you’ve faced literal life and death situations, so this should be nothing.

You scoffed at his words, trying to ignore how much you were starting to second guess coming here. Scary things weren’t exactly your cup of tea, but you didn’t want to risk Dazai holding this over your head for the rest of your life if you decided to change your mind last minute (and a small part of you still wanted to spend time with him).

You’ve finally reached the entrance and the point of no return.

“Last chance.” You could just feel Dazai’s smirk through his words. “You can even hold my hand if you want.” He teased, outstretching his hand and wriggling his fingers.

That was the final push you needed to steel your nerves.

You took a deep breath in and stepped past the guard, covered head to toe in a dark robe with a scythe similar to the Grim Reaper. The door creaked open just like how it would in a typical horror movie, and you already flinched at the looped thunderstorm soundtrack playing. You sent a weak glare to Dazai who started to chuckle at your reaction.

“Let’s just get this over with.”

It can’t be that bad…right?

—-

It was that bad.

You were barely ten minutes in before you found yourself latching on to Dazai, who casually strolled through the entire thing like it was nothing.

Now that you were both outside with the same greeter from before waving you goodbye with the horrifying mask, you were still latched to him. The inside was worse than you could ever imagine- granted, it was a job well done, but still. How were the others able to laugh something like that off so easy?! God, the faces, the sounds-

Another scream left the attraction that made you jump, your grasp on his arm tightening to the point that your fingers were becoming numb. If Dazai felt any discomfort he didn’t show it, only bringing his hand up to lay it on top of your trembling one.

You were embarrassed no doubt- your pride was shot, your heart felt like it was about to beat out of your chest, and you don’t know if you’ll be able to get any sleep tonight.

Something lightly wrapped around your shoulder and it took everything in you not to flinch at the sudden movement.

“My offer still stands, you know. That and more.” Dazai repeated, gently removing your fingers and lacing them with his own, lightly squeezing. The smile he had wasn’t as damning as before, and his touch made you release the breath you didn’t noticed that you were holding. Some of the tension was gone, but you still felt a bit unsettled.

You turned your gaze from him, but lightly squeezed his hand back.

“…this stays between us. Especially if you stay the night.”

Dazai chuckled, “Well of course.” He brought you in closer to his side, and you wanted to hate how much that comforted you alone.

“Anything for you.”

[the-dragon-with-thegirl-tattoo]

Is There A Ghost

Pairings : Elvis Presley x Austin Butler

Tags : Spooky, Halloween, Ghost sex

🎃👻❤️‍🔥

“Ouija: Mystifying Oracle,” Austin mumbled to himself with a chuckle that held far more annoyance than mirth, turning the box over in his hands, “two plus players.”

Well, if Austin had a ghost in his new house —Which he didn’t — he supposed there would be two players.

-or- Austin falls for the ghost haunting his house.

[invinciblerodent]

i feel like it may be a bit telling that so far, i've been watching at least one horror (or thriller, or horror comedy, or just somehow spooky) movie a day for the past two weeks, a good chunk of them legitimate genre classics, and so far I've only found one that was genuinely unsettling.

like I've enjoyed a good half of them as movies, one way or another, but Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) tonight was the first one this year that actually had me creeped out.

[heavenlycinema]

Pearl 2022

Dir. Ti West

“Why are you leaving me if I didn’t do anything wrong? I don’t understand. I thought you liked me!”

[ladywatereton]

🇧🇷 “O mundo inteiro vai conhecer o meu nome.” Feliz Aniversário, Mia Goth!💫🎂👏

A propósito, hoje também é o dia da Lady Watereton! Então, é um feliz ✨1° ano✨ e ela agradece a todos/as/es que a acompanharam até aqui🥳🦋💖

🇬🇧 “The whole world will know my name.” Happy Birthday, Mia Goth!💫🎂👏

By the way, today is Lady Watereton's day too! So, it's a happy ✨1st year✨ and she thanks everyone who accompanied her here🥳🦋💖

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[dawnjaco22]

God made the mistake of giving me money during October. This is when my will to save money is weakest. Everything is spooky, cozy, and just aesthetically pleasing. There's new spooky games and outfits then all the things you can do. I'm weak to the capitalization of Halloween. If I was a rich girl Halloween would hurt my net income.

I mean just think about it the most you have to give people is candy. Yes candy can get expensive but your not obligated. You could decorate your yard or not to just view other peoples yard. Plus as much as games shift for the seasons halloween games when they are made they are spooky year round. I have a whole list of video games to spoil myself with for this halloween/ my birthday. I am gonna save but I can't resist. From fae farm to wyde flowers the halloween games are a must. Even getting on vrchat is gonna be a blast.

I love October 🥰🖤

[shane-west]

👻SAMANTHA’S SPOOKTOBER 👻 ↳ Smile (2022) Dir. Parker Finn

[jensens-ackles]

👻 SARA'S SPOOKTOBER 🎃 ↳ SMILE (2022) Dir. Parker Finn

[oh-nostalgiaa]

Writing Prompt Masterlist, Part Four

Masterlist of Writing Prompt Masterlists

The Prompts

35 Types of Hugs Prompts

100 Dialogue Prompts to Make a Reader Swoon

200 Random Dialogue Prompts

Affectionate and Affirming Prompts

Amnesia Dialogue Prompts

Angst Prompts

Angsty Question Prompts

Angsty Question Prompts, Part Two

Angsty Question Prompts, Part Three

(More) Angsty Question Prompts

Angsty Sentence Starter Prompts

Apology Starter Prompts

Attorney-at-Love Prompts

Autumn Prompts

Awkward Post-Argument Scenario Prompts

Blanket Fort Prompts

Budding Romance Prompts

Comfortember 2022 Prompts

Comforting Dying S/O Prompts

Cuddle Up a Little Closer Prompts

Dirty Kind of Teasing Prompts

Enemies to Lovers Confession Prompts

Enemies to Lovers Later in Their Lives Prompts

Establishing a Relationship Prompts

Exes to Lovers Dialogue Prompts

Exes to Lovers Sentence Starter Prompts

Extensive Scar Related Prompts

Fall Writing Prompts

First Impression Sentence Starter Prompts

First Meeting Sentence Starter Prompts

Five Senses Prompts

Fluff Bingo Prompts

Forbidden Love Sentence Starter Prompts

Friends with Benefits to Lovers Prompts

General Sentence Starter Prompts

Gentleness Action Prompts

Giving Flowers to Your Lover Prompts

Grumpy + Sunshine Dialogue Prompts

High Pain Tolerance Starter Prompts

Human x Ghost Prompts

Human x Werewolf Prompts

Hurt / Comfort Dialogue Prompts

"I'm Paying Attention" Love Language Prompts

Injury Prompts

Instigation Starter Prompts

Intimate Prompts for Slow Burn Relationships

Jealous Confession Prompts

Kiss & Tell Prompts

Long Distance OTP Prompts

Love Languages Prompts

Love Languages - Receiving Gifts Prompts

Love Realization Prompts

Mermaid AU Prompts

Morbid Curiosity Prompts

More Angst Prompts

More Talking About It Starter Prompts

New Year's Dialogue Prompts

Nice Things to Say to People Prompts

Non-verbal RP Starter Prompts

November Prompts

October Prompts

(More) October Prompts

Oddly Obscure Friends to Lovers Prompts

OTP in Denial of Their Feelings Prompts

Prompts to Shake Things Up

Protective Starter Prompts

Random Question Prompts

Roguetober 2022 Prompts

Romantic Confession Dialogue Prompts

Rookie Couple Scenario Prompts

Royal x Groundskeeper OTP Prompts

Royal x Royal OTP Prompts

Scar / Injury Related Symbol Prompts

September Prompts

Setting Prompts

Show, Don't Tell Prompts

Situational Prompts

Sleepy Dialogue Prompts

Smut Prompt List

Smutty One-Liner Prompts, Part IV

Soft Gestures for Lovers Prompts

Soft Touches Prompts

Some Poorly Timed Confession Prompts

Some Simple Comfy & Sleepy Dialogue Prompts

Spooktober 2020 Prompts

Spooktober 2021 Prompts

Things Done While Sparring/Fighting Prompts

Things Done with Hair Prompts

Things You Said Prompts

Unrequited Love That's Actually Requited Prompts

Vampiric Starter Prompts

Ways to Respond When Someone Says "I'm Okay" Prompts

Wedding Dialogue Prompts

Welcome to the Holiday Season Prompts

Werewolf Starter Prompts

When in Doubt, Fake a Marriage Prompts

Whumpcember 2022 Prompts

Workplace Romance Prompts

Worried and Relieved Dialogue Starter Prompts

[dreamkidddream]

Fright Night || Vampire!Asmo

I will forever say that Asmo deserves more fics and love 😤💗 and that I was also very excited to write him as a vampire!! Also SORRY THIS IS SO LATE- FINALLY GOT OVER MY WRITERS BLOCK 😭 Reader is gender neutral!

CW: kinda suggestive, mentions of blood, modern AU

Dream’s Spooktober 2022 👻

You should have stayed inside.

You should have trusted your gut in not following him, but you were too stubborn- too determined to prove that you’re not insane.

Your neighbor is a vampire.

Asmo, no matter how charming or how sickly sweet his voice sounded in your ears, is a monster.

No matter how much he made your heart race with just a flick of his bright honey-brown eyes or how you got goosebumps along your skin each time he would “accidentally” graze you, you’re still convinced that Asmo isn’t human. He can’t be, right? There’s no way.

You did have your doubts- you were probably in denial at how at how much you felt…drawn to him. You thought of it as a middle school crush all over again, but something was…different about this.

Especially when the dreams began.

There should be no reason why you’re dreaming of his figure looming yours, fingers brushing over your form as his lips softly pressed against yours. There should be no reason why his kisses felt so good trailing down your neck, struggling to hold in your moans and gasps escaping from your lips the farther he went.

It scared you at how good it felt, how fast you lost yourself in the bliss that he gave you. It scared you at how you wanted more.

Then you would feel him smirk against his neck, and the nightmare would begin.

The growing pleasure would turn into excruciating pain as he bit down, your own blood spilling from your neck as you cried out- all while he clutched onto you and drunk away, laughing that same laughter that would ring in your ears.

You would wake in horror, chills throughout your body, grasping at your neck. It all felt too real- some days you swore that you felt sore when your fingers would graze your skin, the area too sensitive to just be imaginary.

Seeing him the next day would always leave you wary, and he still worry over you- not having the slightest clue that he was the reason why.

You tried to push down your suspicions, your fears- Asmo couldn’t hurt a fly, right? As much as he would fawn over you, there’s no way, right? Right?

But the nightmares were starting to get worse, and starting to involve other people. They all received the same fate- their struggling dying down as Asmo sucked them dry, eyes flickering to crimson as he never tore his gaze from you.

You don’t know how much longer you could deal with this, so you decided to get your mind off of things and keep your distance from him. Going out to the club with your friends did good as a temporary distraction, but the heat inside left you feeling dizzy.

The air felt cool against your burning skin, and you felt the tension leaving your body. It’s probably been weeks since you felt this relaxed-

And then you heard giggling that was far too familiar.

A shiver went down your spine and you whipped your head at the alleyway, where hushed whispers and more giggling bounced off of the walls.

Your body was already walking towards it, your breath hitching at the sight.

There was Asmodeus, pressing his lips against the stranger’s own as his hands wandered over their body. He trailed kisses down their neck, moans escaping them as their fingers were tangled into his locks.

The scene was downright sinful, and you starting to get flushed yourself just watching. You backed away embarrassed, shaking your head at how much your sanity has been impacted by your nonsense-

But don’t you want that to be you?

You gasped- that wasn’t your voice.

But you couldn’t focus on what- or who- that was.

He was staring directly at you, with a knowing look.

Asmo pulled away, ignoring the whines of his next meal as he smirked and winked, his orbs flashing to the horrific familiar crimson that you would see in your nightmares.

You didn’t have enough time to scream before he bit down on the stranger’s neck.

The poor victim in his arms didn’t have a chance as Asmo covered their mouth with his hand, keeping them pinned. They tried to struggle, but all Asmo did was tighten his hold, and you could do nothing as you watched their eyes roll back.

Time froze when they finally slumped over, and went limp.

Chills ran throughout your body and your chest felt constricted. It was getting harder to breathe-

Asmo looked up, blooding dripping from the corner of his lips. His eyes narrowed and his smile grew, his fangs glistening under the flickering street light.

What he mouthed to you made your heart stop.

“Run.”

You staggered back, never tearing your eyes away from his as you finally got the courage to turn around and sprint off into the night. His chuckles grew into full blown maniacal laughter, and it felt like he was right behind you, breathing down your neck waiting to taste his next victim.

You didn’t stop running until you were inside your apartment, slamming the door and trying to lock it with your shaky fingers, tears beginning to wet your cheeks.

Even in the safety of your home, you could still hear his cruel laughter ringing in your ears.

—

Asmo almost chased after you. Almost.

The thought crossed his mind briefly- it’s not like it would be a lot of work for him or that he’ll break a sweat. No, it would be too easy and wouldn’t take any effort at all. But he decided to let you go anyway, watching your trembling figure sink away into the night.

It’s more fun for him that way.

He was a bit annoyed after you interrupted his meal (very rude, mind you). But you were just too adorable! How long has it been since someone caught his attention like you did? At least a thousand years, if not more. It made him want more of you- your cute mannerisms, your terrified expression, the smell of your blood- it was all so addicting to him, and he wanted to savor it for as long as possible.

It was laughable, really. Asmodeus, a creature of the night that many longed to be with even if it mean their death, desired someone of all people. He wanted all of you, whether it was so that he could take his time devouring you or because he grew to admire you, or both. He couldn’t decide but either way it didn’t change that he craved you.

Just imagining you in his arms, your sweet blood gushing between his lips as your expression twisted into one of pain and pleasure- a shiver went down his spine and he had to suppress his groan.

The limp body fell carelessly from his hands and onto the ground below, but Asmo’s eyes still didn’t leave from where he last saw you. He giggled and licked away at the drop of blood spilling from the corner of his lips, eyes flashing once more.

He couldn’t wait to get a taste of you next.

[vndev]

Somehow our little spooky competition turned into a monster in its own right, something people have been making plans over for months.

You know who you are.

When we first started the Spooktober VN Jam 5 years ago, it was little more than a handful of entries I played by myself. The next year was too many entries for one person to read in a month. Last year in 2022, there were over 150 visual novels, with as many shortlisted submissions as we had total submissions in the first year, and over 20 of which had voice acting.

The scariest thing about Spooktober isn't even the freaking entries. It's the sheer volume of fanatics waiting to get started.

But!... I'm not judging this year and I enjoy torturing other people, so feel free to join the competition this year and help me bully Ari.

[pumpkin-spike18]

✨Weekly Progress #52✨ +Happy New Year 2025 ✨

So I survived another year...!

Some extra self-promotion here, but I'm running a raffle on bsky as thanks for 500+ followers!

The winner will receive a half body full illustration of whatever character they choose! To enter, follow me on bsky and repost the the raffle announcement!

Now... onto the weekly stuff! c:

Weekly Progress 2024 #52

Sketched Winter Jam full BG

Finished celebration art

Posted devlogs

Finished Winter Jam BG

Put together Winter Jam test animation

SWAK music writeup + discussion

Went through VA roster

Updated SWAK Jam schedule

Sent in Winter Jam files

Participated in Meet and Greet

Drafted End of Year Writeup

Drafted VA lines

Provided expressions list

Provided CG info writeup

Made base marketing schedule

Looking back at 2024 ⏳

It's been a year of ups and downs. Of trying new things, of failing, and getting back up again.

The Results of 2024 Goals

Finish SYVNH ✔

Finish BWOBK ❌

24 Illustrations ✔

Write a happy story ❌

Getting Bingo ❌

My biggest accomplishment this year is definitely completing Stuck in a Yandere Visual Novel...HELP!!

This was finished in May, but somehow it feels like a lifetime ago... The full story is 84k+ words, which is definitely the longest (finished) story I've written.

In this coming year, I hope I can get some merch completed for the game, and maybe redo some of the art since I think I've improved since I started development back in 2022.

I did "finish" 24 illustrations for 2024, but I might've cheated a bit based on my original intentions. In 2023, I said "24 illustrations not used in Visual Novels." This year, I didn't add the latter requirement, but I had intended to follow it.

However, come December, I was short 4 illustrations. Coincidentally, I completed 3 CGs for Spooktober and 1 animation for Winter Jam. Since I didn't have that criteria, I decided to add it into the count.

(The animation was too big and had to be uploaded as two files, thus pushing the last image to another row.)

...And now what I didn't succeed in :(

I accomplished 6 items, but they were not bingo. I only have myself to blame for making one of the requirements "10 VN BGs" 😂 Honestly some of these goals were so difficult, I'm surprised I managed to succeed in any of them.

I am quite sad that I couldn't finish much fanart for my favorite vtubers. I thought it'd be easy, but I often ended up spending time on commissions and projects.

I was pleasantly surprised that I completed more than 25 commissions as I counted them up! I really thought I didn't make it...;; Sadly, although I completed so many commissions... it still wasn't a salary I could live off of. If I didn't had savings, I would've been in big trouble 💦 This was definitely the biggest "down" I felt this year. The physical evidence that I could not make digital artist my career.

The team is still together for BWOBK! But we've all been busy with our own separate projects and various private matters. We still intend to work on it for 2025, though!

And, it'll definitely be one of my big goals for 2025.

...I don't even remember the happy story goal 😂 (I won't count my fanfics- they're also not that happy either, just slated for a happy ending.)

I wrote for two VNs this year. Sorry to say neither are happy.

Visual Novel Releases

Thank goodness I did not beat last year's record (9 projects) 😂 I would cry with pain...

This year, I submitted 3 "solo" projects.

*Disclaimers:

Most of the remaining work to release the full SYVNH game was mainly just me, but a number of people worked together to make it a reality.

A Sky of Falling Birds is still a demo.

But if I put all these in separate categories, it'd both look like I did very little + stretch the post even further 😅

I also participated in 2 jam projects as an artist!

I also participated in 3 other projects as an artist, but those games are currently not released. So... can it be said that I participated in 5 team projects this year...?

Does that mean I total to 8 projects this year...? Jesus, I didn't beat last year but I sure came close again 😭

A Year of Fan Projects

I participated in a lot of Ace Attorney fan events this year! You can see all of them in my art tag!

Last year, Arimia convinced me to join the DGM 20th Project Zine and although I cried at my own mistakes, I got through to the end! Paneling is hard... Drawing so much detail is even harder... There were definitely many tears during that zine.

See the post here!

Alongside that, I was working on two NaruMitsu Big Bang projects as an artist. I worked with some really great writers who wrote some amazing stories for our love of this pairing!

You can read more about both stories here and here!

Aaaand then after that, I fell in love with The Great Ace Attorney and spent a whole week speedily finishing as many chibi illustrations as I could for Ryuubowl Week, which celebrated the pair AsoRyuu.

You can find all the artwork I made for the week in this tag!

And then I also.. Wait, that's it?? Huh, I thought I did something for Golden Kamuy, too...

Well, I tried to, but ultimately I was so tired from everything else, I didn't get very far beyond one image per challenge/event. Ah, well... There's always next year.

Then... that's it for 2024. It's hard to summarize a whole year of my feelings in a single post (and keep it positive). It's easy to just show all my successes, but there were also many failures. Many attempts in projects that I won't talk about anymore and ideas that couldn't make it through the initial planning phase. There's much more than what I've shown here. But despite it all, I want to keep creating. I want to tell my stories and I want to see people enjoy them!

So I'm going to keep trying. It may not be the way I imagined it to be, I may have to try new methods, but I want to make it happen. And if you read everything and still want to stick around for this journey, thank you, and Happy New Year 2025~