#mortuarywriting

[morbid-critter]

Alright so I’ve wanted to say this for awhile and it is actually my primary reason for creating this account lol. Just to clarify first though, I love horror, and more importantly I love unrealistic horror so please take everything I say with a grain of salt and do not think I’m trying to tell anyone how to write as that is not the case, I simply am really interested in this kinda thing and believe in the sharing of knowledge.

Anyways,

Embalmed bodies don’t really rot.

Embalming is the preservation of the body by replacing the blood with embalming solution and some formaldehyde, it makes the body a unfavourable food or nutrient source for any kind of bug or microorganisms which would cause decomposition.

If someone in your story is dead and you want them to be a rotting corpse then most realistically they’d have had a direct burial since embalmed body’s arnt supposed to decompose and typically if there was an open casket an embalming would have had to have taken place.

Again this does not mean you have to change your story or how you write in anyway at all, just wanted to share the reality for anyone interested.

-<3

[pfhwrittes]

an exclusive look at @mortuarywriting scooping me up like a ferret

[dragonnarrative-writes]

💌 send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

i am overcome

[sentientcave]

mmmm

Charcoal, Lilac, and lets put raspberry on the list. as a treat

Morg I would be honoured to find and kill god with you

[dragonnarrative-writes]

Dragons!

Dragons were the first thing I ever tried to draw. I love their designs, Morg!

I think! Progress!

I wanted to draw and made some headway so hell yeah proggies

For a joke comment because I can't let anything be too serious: when u wanna get a group pic but theres something apparently offscreen to the left

[ceilidho]

Do you have any recommendations for cod dark fic writers?

hmm i wouldn't say these are all "dark fic" writers, but these are my personal favourite writers in no particular order:

@peachesofteal, @ohbo-ohno, @charliemwrites, @luminousbeings-crudematter, @kneelingshadowsalome, @moondirti, @moongreenlight, @vanderilnde, @pfhwrittes, @391780, @eilidh-eternal, @alwaysshallow, @yeyinde, @soapskneebrace, @ghouljams, @kaadaaan, @auspicioustidings, @imagine-shenanigans, @diejager, @sentientcave, @mortuarywriting, @luvit, @shotmrmiller

im probably missing some people, and some people that i follow haven't written in months so i won't tag them, but i also recommend checking out my ao3 bookmarks!! i'll be honest though, i haven't been able to find new writers in a hot minute because i've been so busy with work/personal life/writing/etc, so im sure there are lots of new writers that i simply just haven't come across yet :((

[ivymarquis]

WIP Wednesday

A bit of a character study/me skipping ahead/dynamic fun stuff etc?

This is so far down the line for the price x single!mom verse it's not even funny, but I wanted to write it out and see how I feel about it when we actually get to this point in the fic. John goes a wee bit off the fucking deep end :)

Y'all know the drill! No pressure, feel free to post a snippet of something you're working on.

“You won’t always be around, you know.” Michael has apparently decided he’s not partial to being above ground anymore.

The smoke from John’s cigar coils in him before he exhales slowly. Realistically he knows that Love is a sore spot for him and he’s willing to do anything for her, and yet he’s still caught off guard by the depth of the rage that washes over him in an all consuming fire.

“Would you like to clarify that for me?” Wouldn’t want to go flying off the handle after all if this is simply a misunderstanding.

“You talk a lot of shit for a guy who fucks off the second your phone rings. That clarify things for you? I don’t know what you or the blonde did to fuck with those results, but I know Sam is my fucking kid and I’ll be damned if you twats are going to get in my way.”

As Michael throws down his inane gauntlet, John exhales his now-final drag on the cigar, eyes flicking across his surroundings to gauge who is looking.

The man sure has a knack for picking the worst fucking spot to threaten the family of a man whose job is to work outside the constraints of red tape. They’re just secluded enough that Kate can see them if she looks but no one else can. And Kate certainly won’t give a fuck about what John’s about to do.

Without doubt, John knows that Michael expects to buffalo his way through this conversation and stalk off feeling he’s done something. Because the average citizen cannot do what John is about to- wouldn’t even consider it.

It’s the sheer confidence that John won’t put his hands on Michael that lets him snatch the other man up by his collar and shove him further out of sight from any prying eyes.

He opens his mouth to protest John’s grip on him, the perfect opportunity for him to shove the smoldering end of his cigar into the man’s mouth.

John has just enough impulse control to not extinguish the damn thing on the back of his throat, settling for the knowledge that the flurry of movement has knocked the ash loose into the other man’s throat.

“I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page before we have this little talk,” John snarls. “I can be on the other side of the world and it doesn’t fucking matter, am I clear? If I catch wind of you sniffing around when you think I’m distracted, you’re going to find out exactly what I am capable of for a guy who fucks off the second his phone rings.”

John pulls out the cigar and shoves the other man away from him. “If we have to have this conversation again, I’ll be shoving the barrel of my service weapon in your mouth next and painting the fucking walls, understood? There will be a point where I decide you’re more hassle alive than dead.”

He’s not mollified in the slightest by the way Michael’s legs shake and he suddenly can’t look John in the eye- all the bravado sucked out of him with the realization that John is not beholden to the same rules he is.

“You’re fucking insane,” he sputters, hunching over and trying to cough up the ash.

“If you’ve got any sense to you, you’ll stay off my shit list.” John advises before tossing the remains of the cigar in the bin.

“Now if you’ll excuse me- I’m taking the missus and the rugrat out for lunch.”

@direwombat @gaqalesqua @strangefable @glossysoap @kneelingshadowsalome @deadbranch @bunnyreaper @mortuarywriting @391780 @divine--serenity @la-grosse-patate @g0dspeeed @luminousbeings-crudematter @ceilidho

[ethereal-night-fairy]

How Pinterest Sees Me

Go onto Pinterest and select the first image the pops up when you search the following:

Breakfast, Weather, Drink, Jewellery, Quote, Hobby, Clothes, House, Car

Np Tags: @groguspicklejar @ghouljams @vampire-matcha @meadow-of-daisies-and-lavender @glossysoap @peachesofteal @fulltacs @all-purpose-dish-soap @tinypandacakes @yeyinde @yjhariani @s-coquette @lewistoferrari @a-b-riddle @mortuarywriting

[pfhwrittes]

tagged in a "last line" game by @391780 and because i'm mucking about with something for a prompt i offer you whatever the hell this is

the ride to the retail park is strangely fine. definitely awkward as shit but otherwise not any worse than sitting in a taxi with a total stranger. you learn that your saviour is called simon, that he’s recently retired from the armed forces (and fuck you very much past dating history for sending a little thrill of something up your spine when he tells you that particular piece of information), and that he can somehow steer and roll a cigarette at the same time (which for a whole plethora of reasons you know you shouldn’t find sexy as fuck).

no pressure tags for: @mortuarywriting ; @stigandr-the-cat ; @glossysoap and @secretsynthetic

[dragonnarrative-writes]

2 if you can!

2: Post a line from your WIP with no context.

Gaz chuckles and reaches out to touch his arm. He’s the most beautiful guy Simon’s ever seen in a crop top and peasant skirt. Definitely worth the hassle of leaving the house to come to a party. “A bit too high, babes?”

[sentientcave]

CHARLIE YOU GOTTA TELL ME ABOUT THE MONSTER ROMANCES AT SOME POINT I AM

OH HO HO When I'm asked about my novels I am ACTIVATED like a sleeper agent lmao Night of the Wolf is like, Romeo and Juliet plus werewolves with a time travel element and a civil war that's all about love and freedom and patience and our own choices corralling us into the inevitable. It is my baby. I'll send you pages from a previous draft (I'm in the middle of rewrites so I don't have anything super current to send) Larkspur is the story of a healing woman who goes to the matriarch of a local Orc clan after a near death experience at the hands of bandits, seeking out help protecting her little town that's at the edge of human territory. It's about community, healing from abusive relationships and learning to trust again and working to build something better together. And also about a huge hot orc woman. Heart of the Ocean: A princess flees her terrible husband on their wedding night and strikes out on her own, determined to find both purpose and several relics stolen from her late father. She runs into a handsome (orc) pirate captain who's strangely searching for the same items, and after robbing him and running away twice (lmao he gets so steamed about it) she joins his quest to find the Heart of the Ocean so that they can protect the Island kingdoms from the grasp of the Elven Empire. Heart of Clay: Ada is forced into an engagement to pay off a family loan, and is attacked by the demon that has haunted her nightmares for many years on the way to her wedding. When she wakes, she finds herself under the protection of a strange nobleman with golden eyes, who promises her protection if she marries him instead. But it soon becomes clear that he isn't being honest about who he is, and Ada has secrets of her own that threaten the fragile peace that they've found with each other. Angel of Avanti: A young nobleman finds a winged devil bleeding in his garden, who was being hunted by his uncle's soldiers. He helps her rather than turn her in, and finds himself the object of her unnerving affections. But why does she seem so guilty when he speaks of his late parents? And what does she know about his uncle's rise to power that she can't tell him? Also she's like seven feet tall. Can you tell I've got a thing about giant women?

ANYWAY I have like several chapters of most of these if you're interested I can share some snippets with you because these are my babies and I'm in love with these stories.

[dutiful-wildcraft]

get to know me game

Rules: Answer + tag people you want to get to know better/catch up with

Thank you for the tag 💜 @syoddeye

Favorite color: Purple!! All the shades but especially a dark plum

Last Song: Deconstruction - Witchcraft

Currently Reading: A foundations of substance abuse book for my grad classes. But i was also catching up on Monstrous Appetites by mildlimmerence on ao3 👀

Currently watching: Just started season 2 of Interview with the Vampire

Currently craving: A greek salad! (That I'm about to make)

Coffee or tea: Definitely coffee

I tag: @samuelroukin @losersimonriley @waiting-so-long @gemmahale @mortuarywriting @greatstormcat if you want of course!!

[scared-robot]

@mortuarywriting

Bothersome beast, comforting friend

[ethereal-night-fairy]

WIP GAME

Thanks for the tag @groguspicklejar

Rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how nondescript or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet and tell us about it!

I'm just slowly working away on my series if I'm honest. I have a few ideas for short fics but I haven't written anything down for those.

Forgotten Sorrows Ch 7 Redo- Fae!Soap x Female Reader ( I didn't like the first version i did of this chapter so I'm writing it again. But this time I'm focusing on developing Soap and readers relationship)

Silver Tongues like Bullets Ch 4 - Werewolf 141 x Female Reader (Reader isn't adjusting well after getting kidnapped. Names are being called and things are being thrown. They should have seen that coming though 🤷🏽‍♀️)

A Lick and a Promise Ch2 - Outlaw!Ghoap x Female Reader (this chapter focusing on the days leading up to readers kidnapping)

Broken Vows and Promises Ch 1 - Cheating Cbf!Soap which turns into Ghoap x Female Reader (this one's dark, Soap doesn't seem to want to lose you nor does he want to stop dating Simon. So that's his solution? Kidnapping you obviously! Keeping you hostage until you fall in love with Simon as much as he has...)

I might have a problem with the kidnapping trope...

Anyway here are my no pressure tags: @ghouljams @gogh-with-the-flow @the-californicationist @tinypandacakes @kastlequill @s-coquette @waves-against-a-cliff @mortuarywriting @3archangelsaints

[pfhwrittes]

Talk Shop Tuesday:

What piece(s) has (have) been most influenced by friendships you've formed here, and how is that reflected in your work?

hi gemma, i love you 💜

(and heads up, this is going to get long)

oh boy, so many of my fics have been inspired by my friends here!

it's absolutely mental to me that i started this blog because i wanted to yell at @391780 on tumblr instead of in her ao3 comments. so i think we can all say thank you to the lovely early for being my entry point into the cod fandom (her work The Arrangement was one of the first fics i read in the fandom - and one of the fics i've mostly recently re-read. i finished it up around 7.30 this morning).

in fact the entirety of the Retail Hell AU was inspired by this ask which came off the back of a post of hers talking about john price working in retail post-141 life.

in fact, a lot of my Masterlist is the result of me going "EARLY I'VE HAD ANOTHER IDEA!!!" in her DMs. she has my eternal love and gratitude for being such a fantastic writer and cheerleader for my writing.

next up, the lovely @kaadaaan is the sole reason i have so many john "soap" mactavish is a Certified Freak posts in my Here Be Kink Masterlist (heed the tags with that one, it's 18+ for a reason). most notably my most recent fics featuring slightly pathetic!johnny x pervy housemate!reader (part one and part two or on ao3 here).

vi is the WORST for letting me run my mouth on her posts or in her DMs. i have a whole document of notes on how i want to expand those fics into a truly depraved universe (rip to kyle, he's about to get put in the middle of the weirdest threesome of his life while simon slowly loses his mind over the fact that his stolen t-shirt is now a cum rag for the most disgusting couple he knows).

then there's @syoddeye. i found For the Record on ao3 and fell in love with the way they write the messy reality of living with addiction and being kind of stalled out in your life. it dragged emotions i hadn't felt for years out of me and i think as a result it's given me the courage to be vulnerable in my own writing in a way that i wasn't confident enough to do when i first started writing for the fandom.

it's really fucking scary to leave parts of yourself in your writing, intentionally or not, but the fact that they continue to pour love on my kyle x transmasc!reader fic from my Binders and Boyfriends series and have called it a comfort fic just means the absolute world to me.

and finally, there's you cariad! yes that's right, you of @gemmahale fame! you have been one of my biggest and brightest cheerleaders for anything involving our beloved kyle "gaz" garrick. it has been an absolute joy to yell in your DMs over The Contract (and some other stuff 😉). i would apologise for going "wait, what about if we did THIS...?" and accidentally turning our lovely self-contained demon au into an entire universe BUT that would be a lie. i am deeply in lesbians with your brain and ideas.

i can't pinpoint a specific fic (aside from some still unseen stuff) that you've had the most influence over but much like sy has, you've encouraged me to trust my instincts with my stories. oh and to never ever scrap a single piece of a wip, just to put it in the odds and ends section at the bottom 😉.

special shout outs go to @greatstormcat, @mortuarywriting, @dragonnarrative-writes, @eilidh-eternal, @ceilidho, @secretsynthetic, @sentientcave and so many other fantastic people that i've seen pop up in my notes just to cheer me on and grace us all with their fantastic writing. every single one of you that i've mentioned (and some people that i'm sure i've forgotten) have encouraged me to keep writing, or to be conscientious and considerate in regards to keeping this little corner of the fandom i inhabit a diverse and welcoming space to ALL readers. from the bottom of my very mushy heart, thank you 💜

Talk Shop Tuesday

[whatthefuckisatoaster]

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