#horror tale: samantha

[crazyyapper]

YALL HORROR TALE 3 PRE-REGISTER IS OUT ON GOOGLE PLAY + WITCH REVEAL (her name is Wanda and shes ethan's sister)

+ some drawings by me

[crazyyapper]

Anytime I see Sam I reblog IMMEDIATELY

rainbow ish ig idk what aesthetic this is LOL

cw for eyestrain

WHO CARES ABOUT S Q U A R E S

[lostsomewhereinescapism]

to be honest, i didn't think i'd ever use these tags again.... hello, my dead, old hyperfixation ig.

[wondereads]

Sapphic Book Recs for Pride 2024

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Adult, high fantasy, 4.28 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Adult, sci-fantasy, 4.29 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Young Adult, high fantasy, 3.55 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Young Adult, thriller, 4.27 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Crier's War by Nina Varela

Young Adult, high fantasy, 4.11 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

New Adult, low fantasy, 4.18 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Seven Devils by L. R. Lam and Elizabeth May

Adult, space opera, 4.03 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Malice by Heather Walter

Adult, fantasy romance, 3.97 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Beguiled by Cyla Panin

Young Adult, high fantasy, 3.48 star average (my rating: 4 stars)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Adult, high fantasy, 4.21 star average (my rating: 3.5 stars)

Ash by Malinda Lo

Young Adult, fantasy romance, 3.57 star average (my rating: 3.5 stars)

We Ate the Dark by Mallory Pearson

New Adult, horror fantasy, 3.04 star average (my rating: 3 stars)

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Adult, historical fantasy, 3.66 star average

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Adult, historical fantasy, 4.13 star average

Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

Young Adult, contemporary romance, 3.64 star average

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Adult, high fantasy, 4.07 star average

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Adult, historical fantasy, 4 star average

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 4.17 star average

Tink and Wendy by Kelly Ann Jacobson

Young Adult, low fantasy, 3.4 star average

The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

Adult, high fantasy, 3.84 star average

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Adult, horror sci-fi, 4.04 star average

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Young Adult, high fantasy, 3.65 star average

The Goddess of Nothing at All by Cat Rector

Adult, high fantasy, 4.23 star average

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Young Adult, historical romance, 4.28 star average

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Young Adult, dystopian sci-fi, 3.92 star average

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim

Adult, high fantasy, 3.72 star average

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

Young Adult, contemporary fiction, 4.25 star average

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

Adult, gothic fantasy, 3.83 star average

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

Adult, gothic fantasy, 4.12 star average

Seven Faceless Saints by M. K. Lobb

Young Adult, high fantasy, 3.5 star average

Darker by Four by June CL Tan

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 4.11 star average

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

Young Adult, paranormal romance, 3.64 star average

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Lin

Adult, mystery thriller, 3.63 star average

Once & Future by Cory McCarthy and A. R. Capetta

Young Adult, sci-fantasy, 3.57 star average

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Adult, high fantasy, 4.1 star average

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Young Adult, sci-fi horror, 3.48 star average

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfled

Young Adult, contemporary fiction/low fantasy, 3.69 star average

[kaen-ace-of-diamonds]

Christmas Horror Kids Tournament

Because this isn't the Hunger Games, the kids are in competition but not in direct opposition to each other. Basically: there's some big monster/villain threatening their holiday, which of these main characters is not just surviving but is coming out on top the fastest?

Propaganda for each contender (and spoilers for all movies mentioned) under the cut:

Pietari: fears neither God nor death nor army of feral elves. good at keeping calm under pressure and making plans on the fly. carries a gun around the whole movie but never actually uses it, so not sure how well he could shoot. his actor was 11 when the movie came out but I think he's supposed to be a few years younger?

Luke: horrific demon child, zero moral limits so long as he gets what he wants, -5000/10 would not recommend babysitting. extremely good planner, but vulnerable to overlooking small details that ruin him. about 12: very smart but fairly immature for his age. has to be reminded not to kill his competition this time.

Thomas: literally just wanted to stay home and play trains with his grandpa, but now he's got to defend them both from a killer Santa. models himself after action movie heroes and is so good at Home Alone-ing his house that his director tried to sue for plagiarism. about 10-11 years old?

Anna: would be better with her friends to help her, but is pretty damn capable of making it in the zombie apocalypse on her own. not sure exactly how old she's supposed to be, since I'm not clear on how the New Zealand school system works, but she's an older teenager.

Billy: definitely has his wits closer about him than his dad does, that's for fucking sure. does get tricked into creating gremlins, but you know what, who would have expected them to have fucked with his clock? successfully takes on and kills an army of gremlins, albeit with help. probably the oldest competitor here since he's out of high school (?)

Max: definitely willing to go to bat for the Christmas spirit, and to put his own life on the line to protect his family, but is pretty severely lacking in strength or savvy. is good at dodging an army of killer toys, but might not do so well without a bunch of relatives around to also be targets. like Pietari, his actor was 12 but I think he's supposed to be a bit younger.

Trudy: ngl, might be a little weak in solo competition, since she's maybe 7-8 years old and so relies a lot on Santa the one-man army. but she's clever, has exactly zero fear of hardened criminals with machine guns, and is very good at turning Home Alone traps exactly as deadly as they should be.

Winnie: the most Final Girl (TM) out of all the competitors imho. learns very quickly how to improvise and use whatever's handy as a weapon, and while she's also best with a partner to distract an opponent, can handle herself very competently in a physical fight. about 17?

Samantha and Clara: actually, fuck Billy, does Clara even count as a kid at all, being an ancient demon in the form of a child? has telekinetic powers and is good at Breaking Speeches, but is bound by being sealed in the school and unable to kill her enemies herself. Samantha is a pretty normal middle schooler (?), but also has the guts to go face a cult of killers with an axe when she could have run away and saved herself, so don't count her out.

Kevin: is Home Alone a horror movie? no. could I possibly exclude the king, the champion, the future Jigsaw apprentice? also no. smart and absolutely cold-blooded when he needs to be, he's excellent at fending enemies off from a distance, but it's game over for him if he's actually caught.

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Isn't it interesting that celebrities don't use their reach and their fans will insist that we shouldn't expect them to talk about genocide?

I thought celebrity culture was long dead lol

Now that I have your attention:

[petalpetal]

For halloween here all the horror books I've read and loved

I want to say all of these greatly vary in degree of scariness because books range from middle school to adult audiences

first up is the one I am currently reading

Revelator by Daryl Gregory

Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

What Moves the Dead (book 1) What Feasts at Night (book 2) by T. Kingfisher

Woodworm by Layla Martínez

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by multiple authors (its YA horror anthology)

No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

The Twisted Ones by The Twisted Ones

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Troop by Nick Cutter (my number 1 favorite)

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

Slade House by David Mitchell

Perfect Blue by Yoshikazu Takeuchi

The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon

Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

The Bone Snatcher by Charlotte Salter

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

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SPOILER WARNING!!!! If you haven’t seen the new movie yet. 

Can I request a part 2 of MASTERMIND. With reader having to figure out who the new ghostface is to protect Tara and  succeeding. Just some fluff and little angst happy ending. Oh and when they go into the room with all the past ghostface stuff nothing of readers is in there cause she covered her tracks. The new ghostface didn’t know she worked with Richie and when their dying she would tell them maybe with no one else hearing what she said idk. Sorry if this makes No since. I just had to ask love your writing it’s just <3

I hope you like it <3

3rd Person POV

They were back...again. And in New York Fucking City of all places. This wasn't like the others you could tell. The way these deaths were displayed, the motive, it's not the same. The killings aren't to develop a new movie this is something deeper. You looked around the room at the shrine of Ghostface's past.

Starting with Billy Loomis all the way down to Richie and Amber. It was almost impressive that someone was able to collect all the evidence without it making the news.

Cop? FBI?

The second thought made you glance at Kirby. Someone with a badge and/or access to one would be the only one able to get evidence from previous cases undetected.

It started with Jason, you knew he was a horror film fanatic he'd discussed his obsessions with Mindy from time to time even critiquing the previous Ghostface killers. You knew he had the potential to be the next serial killer but he hadn't lived long enough to tell the tale.

Nothing here could implicate you though. No phone record, clothing, any physical evidence connecting you to Richie and Amber meaning the killer didn't know who you were either.

You thought back to when Mindy did her usual "Who's the next Ghostface?" Speech making everyone question who they could trust.

"I don't wanna die a virgin!" Ethan, the oh so innocent roommate of Chad spoke up. You felt your eyes narrow as you had the same thought as Mindy. His "innocent" persona feeling too forced and he was new to the group. You glanced to Tara's roommate Quinn as well both of their presence in the lives of the Woodsboro survivors feeling a little too convenient.

"And Anika.." kisses blown to her girlfriend before she frowned. "Never trust the love interest."

You almost laughed aloud at the thought. No you and Tara were still yet to be official but your undying love for her was what started this.

And will finish it.

Your original plan of creating a cult dedicated to ending the life of Samantha Loomis long gone as you found the girl to be useful in keeping Tara safe. Now you just wanted to admit your feelings for the younger Carpenter and hope she felt the same.

It was at a Halloween party that you'd thought you'd finally made some progress she'd been touchy all night and even glared at some of the girls who would try to flirt with you.

But then she'd tried to go up to her room with some random guy and Chad was her knight in shining armor. You shook your head at yourself.

So not important right now.

You were still at a loss as one of your top suspects, Quinn was dead the picture sitting calmly on your phone the same time they had murdered Anika. You knew it wasn't Danny as he'd been nothing but protective to Sam. Mindy was nowhere to be found as she'd gone to the subway with Ethan. Gale was currently in the hospital after just surviving another encounter with Ghostface.

You continued to look around to find Tara and Chad gone. You walked towards the next room to find them kissing. Your skin burned as you looked away clenching your jaw before you heard a phone ring, Sam looking to Kirby in suspicion at whatever she was being told on the other end.

You go to leave when you find the doors are locked running back to warn the others when you find the room empty, Kirby on the ground.

You kneel by her and check her pulse. She coughs.

"It's Detective Bailey." Your head tilts to the side. Quinn's dad who claimed to want to avenge his daughter. That's one suspicion officially confirmed. It was a cop meaning Ghostface has a gun you opened up Kirby's jacket ripping the bullet proof vest from her and putting it on yourself. The former agent looking to you in surprise.

"Nice thinking kid." You nod as she hands you her gun. "Go get that son of a bitch."

You hear Tara's blood curdling scream followed by whimpers. You go towards the noise seeing Chad bleeding with multiple stab wounds not even bothering to look for a pulse as you survey the scene. You follow the noise and find Sam and Tara.

"I'm going to avenge my dead son! Do you know what's it like to lose your firstborn? You're going to pay for what you did! Everyone's going to think Samantha Loomis just did exactly as her father would've wanted and I'm going to complete what my son started."

"Too bad your son was a little bitch who let his girlfriend do all the dirty work." Sam smirked before Detective Bailey smacked her, next to him were Quinn and Ethan donning their costumes. You pulled down the ammunition chamber only finding two bullets in the gun. Cursing softly you slowly crept towards the trio.

If I shoot too soon they'll hurt Tara.

A crash from below caught everyone's attention. Bailey pushed his youngest son.

"Go see what that is." The boy jumped down from the balcony looking around as Quinn went to stab Sam who pushed their father and made him drop his gun.

Perfect.

You shot Quinn just as she raised her arm and Sam pushed Bailey over the railing.

"Y/N!" He'd grabbed Tara and pulled her over the ledge with him. You and Sam each had one of her arms to keep the younger sister from falling. Ethan had wrapped his arms around his dads legs and once he'd released Tara the two fell into a heap on the hard floor as you both got the smaller girl to safety. A gun shot rang through your ears as a sharp sting came from your arm. You groaned realizing the son of a bitch got his gun back and almost shot Tara.

You went to run downstairs her and her sister's hands gripping your forearm to keep you from leaving .

"Wait where are you going?"

"To kill the son of a bitch who shot me." Tara stopped you again. "No!"

Sam went back to the shrine room undetected as Ethan and his father began to taunt you.

"Tara let go." You spoke through clenched teeth.

"No! I don't wanna lose you too." You looked into the smaller girls brown eyes unable to see anything but her kissing Chad.

"You already did." Her grip loosened in confusion as you ran to Bailey.

The older man laughed as he cocked his gun shooting at your chest twice before his gun clicked. His son acting as a shield as you charged at them. A knife sank into your abdomen as you tackled the small boy to the ground a harsh yell next to you as another Ghostface grabbed Bailey and began stabbing him. You pulled the knife out and followed suit with Ethan before leaning in closer to his ear.

"It wasn't your brothers vision dumb ass it was mine." Ethan's eyes widened as he stared at the ceiling. "You know what he did wrong? He hurt Tara, he hurt what's mine." You spoke through gritted teeth as you heard his breath stutter.

You got up looking to find Sam nodding at you after taking off her fathers mask.

In a different time she would've been the perfect Ghostface.

"How did you-" you cut off Sam's question by lifting your shirt to show the vest you'd taken off Kirby.

Tara had caught up to the both of you as she looked to the bodies glancing at her sister and her costume. Her back was turned as a sudden yell rang out Ethan charging towards the Younger Carpenter only to be stopped by Kirby smashing his head with the same TV that killed Stu Macher.

"So we should get the fuck out of here yeah?" Tara and her sister laugh as you all begin to leave. The paramedic beginning to patch everyone up. Your shoulder was being wrapped in a sling when Tara walked up almost in the same situation.

"Guess we're twins, huh?" She laughed softly as you stared. She looked down before glancing at you through her eyelashes. "What did you mean "I already lost you"?"

"We got one more over here!" You both look to see a gurney rolling Chads body to an ambulance near by. You nodded your head towards him.

"Go see your boyfriend." She frowned at you moving reluctantly. Sam next to her as she did so, she had heard some of the conversation between you two.

"Glad you're ok Chad." She smiled placing a comforting hand on his shoulder as he squeezed it. He turned hopeful eyes to Tara who did the same as her sister. Him thinking nothing of it as his sister ran in holding her abdomen.

"GUYS! It's Ethan and he-" she looked around disappointed.

"Are you fucking serious?! I missed everything even the evil villain monologue?" The sister nodded as she looked to her twin. "Oh shit you don't look good are you ok?" They both went into the ambulance.

"So..?" Sam looked to her sister in silence. Tara just stared back.

"So what?" The older sister sighed.

.

.

.

"So where's Y/N?" Mindy laughed at her brother. The ever clueless oaf had no idea that you and Tara had a thing that wasn't a thing but kind of a thing. While Chad and Tara weren't dating it wasn't fun to sit around and watch them act as if they were.

"Probably trying to get over a certain someone by getting under someone else." Sam and Tara both looked to the twin wide eyed.

"What?" She shrugged. Sam shook her head laughing a bit as white hot jealousy flashed through Tara. Was that why you hadn't been around? You were seeing someone?

Chads hand squeezed Tara's shoulder. "You ok?" She told Chad she wanted to move slow, not sure if he was truly over Liv and avoid trauma bonding. She gave him a soft smile nodding as she went to stand up.

"Just need some fresh air." She went out to the bodega near her apartment and found you holding some chips, currently filling a giant cup. She approached slowly unsure of how you'd react.

"Hey." She said softly you turned to her surprised eyes scanning over her to make sure she was ok.

"Hey." You turned back to the counter putting the lid on your cup before grabbing some candy and going to the register.

"How've you been?" You nodded to the smaller girl.

"Good. You?" Inside she was screaming you both hated small talk yet here you were acting as if you were strangers.

"Good." You but the inside of your cheek already regretting your next question,

"And how's Sam? Mindy? Chad?" She nodded as you moved forward placing your items on the counter. The check out behind the counter suddenly very friendly.

"That'll be $5.73." You pulled out six dollars.

"I'm not worried about any change." The curly hair girl behind the counter smiled.

"You're all set then." She handed you the receipt fingers grazing your hand.  As you both reached the door she yelled out.

"You forgot something!" Both you and Tara turned confused as she went up to you handing you another piece of paper. "My number."

Pink lips spread into a smile as she looked at you, you felt yourself flush a bit as you thanked the girl. Tara felt her jaw clench as you both left.

"Are you going to call her?" You looked at Tara as she glared down at the sidewalk, amused you chuckled.

"Maybe." She continued to glare at the sidewalk before her face softened when you offered her some candy. She didn't even noticed you'd picked up her favorite, jolly ranchers.

"I guess I'll see you around." You both stopped at the bus stop. She nodded tucking some hair behind her ear. She began her walk back home as you waited for the next bus to come.

Sam called her sister telling her she would be going out with Danny and Chad and Mindy planned on having some time to themselves.

Tara glanced back to Y/N as she hung up the phone. She ran up to the taller girl panting lightly and cursing herself when she realized she left her inhaler.

You looked at Tara unable to stop yourself from smiling as you dig into your pocket and pull out the spare inhaler you keep with you. She took a deep breath before looking at you in question.

"I always keep one on me …just in case. I have one in my pocket and one in my apartment." Big brown eyes stared into yours before grabbing the collar of your shirt and pulling you into a kiss. Your hands automatically finding her waist as hers went around your neck before they slid down and pulled you away from the bench.

Stunned you said nothing until you both passed the bodega again. The cashier from earlier looking with eyes narrowed as Tara dragged you with her.

"Where we going?" The small girl glanced at you smirking.

"My place."

Taglist: @alexkolax

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I thought it would be fun to highlight some books that came out earlier this summer! Have you read any of these yet? Did they make your TBR list?

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell Heartdrum

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider, taunted by her tight-knit classmates for growing up far away. So, when a local girl includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet giveaway to honor her missing sister, Mara thinks she’ll finally make some friends. Instead, a girl from the giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the members of the giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation: New-girl Mara, who hated Samantha for being particularly cruel. Grief-stricken Loren Arnoux, who was Samantha’s best friend until her sister’s disappearance drove a wedge between them. Class-clown Brody Clark, whose unreciprocated crush on Samantha is an open secret. And tough-guy Eli First Kill, who has his own complicated history with Samantha. Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer. In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a mystery that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word.

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adult thriller from the acclaimed author of Their Vicious Games, about a demonic force that acts according to horror movie rules in the spirit of the Scream movies. Devon is always being left behind by her genius twin sister, Drew. At this point, it’s a fact of life. But Devon has one last plan before Drew leaves for college a whole year early—The Best Summer Ever. After committing to the bit a little too much, the twins and their chaotic circle of friends learn why you don’t ever mess with a Ouija board if you want to actually survive the Best Summer Ever, and soon find themselves being hunted down by…a demon? But while there’s no mistaking the creeping, venomous figure is not from around here, their method doesn’t feel very demonic at all. In fact, it’s downright human—going after them in typical slasher movie kill order. And that means Devon, the blonde, is up first and her decade-long crush, Yaya, is the Final Girl who must kill or be killed to end the cycle. Devon has never liked playing by anyone else’s rules though, not even a demon’s, and the longer this goes on, the more she feels Drew and Yaya slipping away from her even as she tries to help them all survive. Can they use their horror movie knowledge to flip the script and become the hunters instead of the hunted? Or will their best summer ever be their last?

The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow Delacorte Press

Princess Ying Yue believed in love … once upon a time. Yet when she’s chosen to wed the crown prince, Ying’s dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he won’t explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial palace: whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared. Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world. This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in love—the kind of love she always dreamed of. But there is darkness in this new world, too. It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.

[crazyyapper]

Horror tale stuff :D

[crazyyapper]

This is so them

ok

colored

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Quite an old sketch, but I didn't post it, so

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Books that I’ve read recently and would recommend. 🖤 Part 2

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson. A reimagining of Dracula’s brides, written in letters to Dracula from his first wife, Constanta. I love anything vampire-related and can’t even describe how much I loved this book.

A God in the Shed by J. -F. Dubeau. A fantastic horror novel set in a messed up little town. A murder investigation, a serial killer, a god trapped in a shed (literally), the occult, ancient evils, blood and gore, and lots of twists and turns.

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang. A historical/grimdark fantasy novel heavily inspired by the Second Sino-Japanese war. Very violent and graphic, but an amazing read.

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. A fun 80s demon possession story set during the satanic panic. A teen girl drops acid, gets lost in the woods, and accidentally gets possessed by a demon — and it’s up to her friend to save her. Gorey and campy.

Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren. A pregnant woman, falsely accused of being a witch and brutally murdered, takes revenge on a Scottish town centuries later. Fun, fast-paced folk horror meets splatterpunk with an endless amount of gore.

The Island by Adrian McKinty. A tense, fast-paced thriller set in in an island off of the coast of Australia. This book genuinely stressed me out and made me want to bite my nails, but I couldn’t put it down. A bit of Wolf Creek vibes.

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury. A ghost story and psychological horror with dual timelines. Family drama, a haunted house, toxic parents, etc.

Never Lie by Freida McFadden. A psychological thriller with a great twist. When their realtor doesn’t show up, newlyweds take shelter from a blizzard in a manor that belongs to a missing psychiatrist.

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim. This book and the world within it makes my heart flutter. A dreamy, whimsical fairy tale blended with East Asian folklore.

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf. An atmospheric mystery/thriller. A writer travels to an isolated farmhouse where two unsolved murders and the disappearance of a girl took place decades earlier, and plans to finish her book while snowed in. Things go down hill after she finds a young child outside and decides to bring him in from the cold.

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati. A retelling of Greek mythology, and such a beautiful and heartbreaking book.

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. A a high fantasy novel and standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree. Amazing world building, amazing writing, amazing characters, and dragons.

Ring by Koji Suzuki. I’ve always loved the films, both Ringu and The Ring, but I’ve never read the book until now and I highly recommend it if you haven’t either.

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About Myself

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My name is Mackenzie/Samantha (she/her),

Edit: I finally found a name I like and still go by Mackenzie, but Samantha is a more personal name to me so if we just met go with Mackenzie or Kenzie please.

I am Trans [MTF] and 24 years old.

This is my attempt at a bio post cause honestly I suck at starting conversations and connecting with people but like talking to them. I am often skittish in new situations that I know nothing about, I do try to learn everything I can though and sometimes I am very forgetful all the time. :3

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Things that interest me and I like talking about are:

Games (In general, developing games, game theory and cool mechanics)

Pets (grew up with cats and a dog, love them to death)

Horror (Grappling with what makes us human or how i can define myself within that subset if i even fit is always a nice mental workout)

Cooking! (I enjoy trying new recipes and new foods, as it also helps relieve stress and give me the short feeling of joy for creating something)

Coding (spent 6 fuckin years of my life with this bs may as well use it)

Computers in general (I built my own, her name is Samantha, I am not quite sold on linux yet but windows 11 fucking sucks ass and shouldn't exist)

Music (I enjoy singing [to myself that is], Maidcore, Whatever tf the cod zombies easter egg music has going on and just cool and moving pieces that invoke a specific feeling in me.)

Cyberpunk esc things (Mechs, futuristic guns, AI* [not the current slop that exists now], cybernetics and body modifications [MGSV is a huge influence here ironically]

Plushies (there are so many send help or more)

Any specific Hyperfixation i have at the moment {usually something grabs my interest and I will be sucked into it for a week or so}

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Bot accounts, Chasers DNI

Minors, DNI as well, This is a NSFW ish account and I try to go by the ideology of if i cant share a drink with you, I shouldn't be interacting with you in a non-professional manner.

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Games that i play/played include:

Minecraft, Cyberpunk 2077, MGSV, Warframe, Destiny 2, Phasmophobia, ROR2, PD3/PD2, Terraria, Division 2, BTD6, Borderlands 2 and 3, XCOM 2, Titanfall 2, Black ops 1, Black ops 3, Black ops: Cold war zombies, Barotrauma, Barony, Elden ring, Dark souls 3, Crypt of the necrodancer, every main series Pokemon game starting from gen 3, Darkest dungeon, Death Stranding, Deep rock Galactic, Deus ex (HR & MD ) Tales of Berseria, Doom eternal and 2016, Skyrim, Fallout 4, The forest, FTL, Guilty Gear: strive.

(this list is like half of the games i can remember, not ordered in how much i liked them or remember them, but mostly the ones i've played more than 50 hours in)

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ok it’s time for elvira’s yearly reading wrap up! best and worst of 2023:

worst:

the cabin at the end of the world, paul tremblay - disappointing. could have been so good but, alas, was not.

the silent patient, alex michaelides - quite possibly my least favourite of the year. people were telling me how shocking it was and how it had a huge plottwist. this plottwist was predictable from PAGE ONE. please.

the grimoire of grave fates - i remember nothing except being bored.

hide, keirsten white - i hate when horror is bad <3

filth, irvine welsh - okok my second attempt at reading irvine welsh. i liked parts of this book but not enough to even slightly enjoy it as a whole.

finnegans wake, james joyce - i wasn’t sure whether this should go in best or worst honestly. such a huge phenomenon, purely because it’s “unreadable”. i still don’t know how to feel.

best:

12 bytes, jeanette winterson - miss winterson can do no wrong in my eyes. brilliant reflections on technology, written beautifully.

new animal, ella baxter - just SUCH a good time!! great novel on grief and sexuality.

the gilded wolves, roshani chokshi - i’m very picky about my fantasy books, but i fell in love with this trilogy so fast. the characters are incredible and diverse, and finding a canonically autistic character meant a lot to me.

tripping arcadia, kit mayquist - creepy, gorgeous, has not left my mind. i can’t even explain it, it is just an Experience. Go read it.

how to sell a haunted house, grady hendrix - FUN HORROR!! HAUNTED HOUSE!! EVIL PUPPET!!

when we lost our heads, heather o’neill - lesbian marie antoinette historical fiction? yes.

no longer human, osamu dazai - gorgeous tale of existence and misery. loved loved this one.

i who have never known men, jacqueline harpman - heartbreaking and real. one of those books i think everyone should read.

patricia wants to cuddle, samantha allen - lesbians and furry little monsters. weird as fuck and so funny.

penance, eliza clark - reflections on true crime and the rivalries between teenage girls. gruesome and fascinating.

not forever but for now, chuck palahniuk - MY MAN RETURNED!!!! and i am so goddamn grateful. nauseating but stunning. masterpiece as always.

house of hunger, alexis henderson - gothic vampire novel with a touch of haunted house story and eerie lesbians.

sign here, claudia lux - one of the funniest books i’ve read in a LONG time. selling your soul to the devil is basically the same as working for capitalist organizations.

the child thief, gerald brom - HORRIFYING version of peter pan. brom always makes me utterly nauseous and i am ovsessed with him in every way.

the girls, emma cline - 60’s cult vibes, true crime, just a solid piece of literature.

angels before man, rafael nicolas - basically gay bible. 10/10.

silver under nightfall, rin chupeco - poly queer vampires. gritty gore. amazing world building. cannot WAIT for the sequel.

none shall sleep, ellie marney - me? enjoying crime fiction from someone other than karin slaughter or tana french? it IS, apparently, possible.

house of leaves, mark z danielewski - IT IS ABOUT! THE! SYMBOLISM! I WANT TO YELL.

[swiftiephobe]

books read in 2024

royal assassin by robin hobb (02/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

assassin's quest by robin hobb (06/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

my sweet audrina by vc andrews (10/01, gothic horror) ★★★★★

this ragged grace by octavia bright (12/01, memoir) ★★½

nightbirds by kate j armstrong (14/01, historical fantasy) ★★★½

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon (21/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

a day of fallen night by samantha shannon (02/02, epic fantasy) ★★★★

nothing more to tell by karen m mcmanus (04/02, mystery thriller) ★★★

death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh (06/02, psychological fiction) ★★

a pale view of hills by kazuo ishiguro (07/02, psychological fiction) ★★★★★

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi (11/02, magical realism) ★★★★

tales from the cafe by toshikazu kawaguchi (20/02, magical realism) ★★★½

before your memory fades by toshikazu kawaguchi (12/03, magical realism) ★★★

before we say goodbye by toshikazu kawaguchi (14/03, magical realism) ★★★½

dune by frank herbert (30/03, planetary romance) ★★★★

one of us is lying by karen m mcmanus (01/04, mystery thriller) ★★★★

one of us is next by karen m mcmanus (03/04, mystery thriller) ★★★

one of us is back by karen m mcmanus (08/04, mystery thriller) ★★★★

leviathan wakes by james sa corey (14/04, space opera) ★★★★

the butcher of anderson station by james sa corey (15/04, space opera) ★★★★

caliban's war by james sa corey (04/05, space opera) ★★★

drive by james sa corey (04/05, space opera) ★★★

gods of risk by james sa corey (04/05, space opera ★★★★

abaddon's gate by james sa corey (18/05, space opera) ★★★★

the last murder at the end of the world by stuart turton (18/06, supernatural mystery) ★★

the churn by james sa corey (21/06, space opera) ★★★★

piranesi by susanna clarke (31/07, magical realism) ★★★★★

the hating game by sally thorne (24/08, contemporary romance) ★★

second first impressions by sally thorne (12/09, contemporary romance) ★

cibola burn by james sa corey (14/09, space opera) ★★★

holes by louis sachar (15/09, adventure) ★★★★★

the stolen throne by david gaider (04/10, epic fantasy) ★★★

prophet song by paul lynch (08/10, dystopian) ★

nocturnal animals by austin wright (18/10, psychological thriller) ★★★★★

blue sisters by coco mellors (02/11, contemporary family drama) ★★★★

la belle sauvage by philip pullman (26/11, high fantasy) ★★★

a language of limbs by dylin hardcastle (07/12, lgbtq+ historical) ★★★

nemesis games by james sa corey (16/12, space opera) ★★★½

down sand mountain by steve watkins (28/12, historical coming-of-age) ★★★½

murmur by will eaves (31/12, psychological fiction) ★★★★