Friday Fiction: BBQ Night
Last Friday Fiction, I said you’d get a “classic horror story” A classic horror story, in this case, means a truly gory cosmic horror tale with some gnarly (but mostly implied) body horror.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 17th, 2025
Last Friday Fiction, I said you’d get a “classic horror story” A classic horror story, in this case, means a truly gory cosmic horror tale with some gnarly (but mostly implied) body horror.
By Brandon Scott on Dec 30th, 2024
Crypt of the Moon Spider Abandons Its Plot In Its Own Wordbuilding Chaos I went into Crypt of the Moon Spider not knowing two important things about it. The first is that it’s not a monster story, not really. It’s a medical horror book tinged with cosmic horror elements. Perhaps in the sequel, it’ll swing…
By Brandon Scott on Dec 27th, 2024
It’s been a little while since our last horror tale, has it not? Something brutal, spooky, or nightmarish hasn’t graced our Friday Fiction section since (arguably) we found out what a “reverse werewolf” curse was.
Well, that changes with this short tale entitled “Chalk Drawings of Monsters.”
By Brandon Scott on Dec 16th, 2024
Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer (I’m shortening that to Lucky Girl) is a story that purports to be about Krampus. It’s not really. Its genre is horror—but it’s almost never scary. And the tagline about a person becoming a horror writer is a portal to so many other issues I’ll rant about later.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 22nd, 2024
Dear reader, oh, our dear readers, the following tale doesn’t fit into any single genre. It is a fantasy tale, in a medieval land, yes. And there’s a strange type of magic that anyone can spontaneously have, for certain. That is fantastical. No arguing about that.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 6th, 2024
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House is a stark contrast to the first book in the “I Found Horror” series. It’s technically the second book, but was published first. I’m unsure of why it’s set up that way, except perhaps to give a better starting impression.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 1st, 2024
What is the opposite of a standard werewolf curse? In the average story, you get bitten by a werewolf and turn into one every full moon. Care to take a guess what’s different about this one?
By Brandon Scott on Oct 31st, 2024
Happy Halloween, everyone! We hope that you’ve had a ton of fun this year—and enjoyed something spooky.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 25th, 2024
The conclusion. Secrets. A terrifying glance at disturbing art and an even smaller hint of its artist.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 18th, 2024
In the second part of this slow-build horror story, Tabitha is now at The Art Gallery. Now she might have a chance to look around and see if she can figure out what happened to those men.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 16th, 2024
Werewolf by Night is a fun, campy Marvel show that disappointed me because of its marketing and presentation. If you wanted to see a horror movie done in the Marvel universe with a Deadpool level of R-rated gore, then you’re in for an unpleasant surprise.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 11th, 2024
Hello, dear reader. The Halloween season has claimed our storytelling, it has infested our tales: and you shall have so many horrors to enjoy.
And, with that in mind, with the intention set, we have a beginning. A windup—before the gory conclusion.