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#WritersCoffeeClub Ok I have one, I got mixed up with two names that to me are the same - Marigold and Magnolia. So I kept alternating between them, believing it was the same name each time. No. No it's not.
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mastodon 4.7.3UK Horror & Dark SFF hybrid author
Horror Writers Association Affiliate Writer, British Fantasy Society Member
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Rewatching BEING HUMAN - does anyone remember that show? I loved it when it first came out!
#BeingHuman #Fantasy #Horror #TVShows
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr. 03 — Have you studied writing? Did it prepare you, or did you learn more by doing?
I studied it at school, and then the rest has been self-taught. I definitely think school gave me the basics - I was already writing stories by age 10/11 - and my English teacher sent a piece of mine off to a Uni lecturer mate of his to mark it as a Uni piece. It got a 2:1 iirc. So I think that pushed me to learn more by myself & work out WHAT works, WHY it works, etc. Def a lot of Doing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr. 24 — Share your current biggest creative frustration.
I think my biggest current frustration is that I am spending so much time trying to market my existing work, design Bookbub ads and try to come up with reels and TikTok videos and YouTube shorts, that I'm not creating as much as I want to.
I genuinely would hire a PA or content creator to do all that for me. I have 2 trad pubbed titles, and my publisher does behind-the-scenes stuff, but not social media.
#WritersCoffeeClub 4th of April: Do you switch between past and present tense? How do you make it work?
ooh I honestly don't remember if I have tried this or not; I think in some experiments, but nothing that worked for me enough to use it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 30. What got in the way of your writing this month?
Oh gosh. Not "in the way of" but writing definitely took a backseat while we cared for a close relative, whom we lost last week. I haven't really felt like writing much, honestly. (Not a pity me post, but that's what's happened this month).
My ADHD gets in the way A LOT, but I have found ideas to settle on, a couple of them fairly recently, so we'll see where they go (if anywhere).
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/04/08/author-spotlight-paranormal-ecohorror-author-s-m-mack/
New author interview is up! Spotlighting S.M. Mack, author of DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS, a novella from Neon Hemlock Press. #writingcommunity #HorrorBooks #paranormalbooks #ecohorror
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/04/22/author-spotlight-gothic-weird-fiction-author-nikoline-kaiser/
Interview with Nikoline Kaiser spotlighting her Gothic Weird novella THE DREAMING OF MAN, out now with Neon Hemlock.
#HorrorBooks #gothichorror #gothicfiction #WeirdWednesday #weirdfiction
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HOWEVER – if you DO want to get updates in a monthly newsletter format from me, where you get to know about sales and bundles and freebies in advance, you can grab The Sound of Darkness for free (an 8K word short story published in F is for Fear anthology by Red Cape Publishing) and verify your email to keep in touch.
Scan the QR code to go to the GiveawayIf you just want to buy it instead of getting it free, you can here.
Listen to it read aloud by me, on Eldritch Girl.
Listen to it on Mick Dark’s YouTube Channel below:
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Subscribe to my newsletter to stay updated! I send newsletters around once a month. You can also subscribe to my site so you don't miss a post, but I also do a post round-up in my monthly newsletters, along with what I've been working on, what I've been reading, and what I've been watching. I will often update newsletter subscribers first with news, so stay ahead of the game with my announcements and discount codes, etc!
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Sci Fi Horror where it's not about the AI getting sentient, it's about humans starting to think only in AI patterns, from writing to speech to an 'ethical' system, and nobody knows if they're interacting online with real people or not bc nobody can tell the difference anymore
I'm now snowed under with author spotlight requests so closing early - no longer open to **new** requests.
If people don't get back to me I don't usually chase them, so I will just move stuff around and get others in their slots then reopen for first come first served to fill the gaps.
Idk though I have such overwhelming dread about what might happen tomorrow or the next day with everything that it seems so bizarre to be planning things like this in advance. Still. On we go.
For any #writers with books out (old, new, trad, hybrid, indie, doesn't matter!) I have 1 slot left in May for an Author Spotlight interview, and then lots free from June-Dec (some slots spoken for in advance around launch dates etc).
I don't charge for Spotlights.
No AI please, I think I've spotted some AI covers creeping in & want to nip that in the bud...
Fiction & Poetry only at this time.
Contact me here: https://cmrosens.com/contact/
#WritersCoffeeClub 28/03. Do you ever sacrifice blunt clarity for prose that flows well?
(Catching up)
Hmm. I would say that if your prose doesn't flow well, and also it's unclear, then there's work to be done on that prose.
I think you can be clear about what's happening, what someone is doing/thinking/feeling, but if it's blunt & doesn't flow well then it also needs work.
Short sentences can flow well. Spare prose can flow well. I think it's about skill & balance.
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/05/25/media-highlights-the-best-of-the-best/
All my favourites from the last 6 months (from Nov)! Books, Podcasts, Shows, Films. #Horror #HorrorBooks #Film #FilmMastodon #TV
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@Mepurfield@autistics.life I watched that tonight, I appreciated it even more the second time around. Definitely one of his best.
Popping in to say my books are on offer this month & I have sales coming in June as well. I'm just a human-passing creature in an A-line dress writing unhinged Gothic Horror, weird-girl genre mashups, asexuals in terrible situations, and the occasional contemporary queer romance as a treat. Links and stuff: https://cmrosens-fiction.carrd.co/ #Horror #HorrorBooks #BookMastodon #Romance #Romance
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/05/18/limited-time-offer-1-99-ebooks-available/
Popping in to say my books are on offer this month & I have sales coming in June as well. #Horror #HorrorBooks #BookMastodon #Romance #RomanceReaders
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/05/06/author-spotlight-gothic-horror-author-julie-lew/
I posted this one on Wednesday, Lew's novel is out now (brand new this week, I think!) and here they tell us all about it. #HorrorBooks #horror #gothicHorror #writers #authorInterviews
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/05/01/april-2026-writing-round-up/
I've posted my writing round-up for April if anyone's interested!
#writing #writer #horror #fantasy #writers #indieAuthor
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Don’t Miss Out! Occult & Supernatural Horror Giveaway On Now!
Scan the QR code to go to the Giveaway
A newsletter magnet event for you to get free shorts and sign up to hear updates from the participating authors. (If you don’t want the updates, you don’t need to verify your email! You should be able to get your download anyway!)
It runs up to 02 May 2026.
HOWEVER – if you DO want to get updates in a monthly newsletter format from me, where you get to know about sales and bundles and freebies in advance, you can grab The Sound of Darkness for free (an 8K word short story published in F is for Fear anthology by Red Cape Publishing) and verify your email to keep in touch.
Scan the QR code to go to the GiveawayIf you just want to buy it instead of getting it free, you can here.
Listen to it read aloud by me, on Eldritch Girl.
Listen to it on Mick Dark’s YouTube Channel below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFe3HljT4ik
Subscribe to my newsletter to stay updated! I send newsletters around once a month. You can also subscribe to my site so you don't miss a post, but I also do a post round-up in my monthly newsletters, along with what I've been working on, what I've been reading, and what I've been watching. I will often update newsletter subscribers first with news, so stay ahead of the game with my announcements and discount codes, etc!
#giveawayFirst name
Last name
Email
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Not edited yet, but I like the imagery here. It may get cut completely but we'll see.
Art of my character Katy is by Visceral Revolt @visceralrevolt@mastodon.art and available for sale in his shop.
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/04/24/author-spotlight-british-horror-crime-thriller-author-wm-parslow/
WM Parslow writes a combination of crime thriller & folk horror, with the fictional prison HMP Page as the setting for his novel THE STANDING DEAD. #HorrorBooks #Horror #Read #Reading #AuthorInterviews
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@Esoteria I only saw Big Trouble recently, and I get why people really love that one.
I liked the subversion of the white saviour trope.
I really like the Hong Kong 80s fantasy I've seen though so I was comparing to that, and so BTILC didn't quite do it for me personally!
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@Wintergr33n I really enjoyed Ghosts of Mars, but I didn't realise when I watched it that it was a Carpenter film!
I've been watching a lot of John Carpenter films lately. Wondering which are people's favourites?
I really love In the Mouth of Madness and Dark Star, also Prince of Darkness and The Thing, and They Live. Those would be my top 5 I think.
#horrorMastodon #HorrorMovies #FilmMastodon #JohnCarpenterRanked
If anyone wants cheap books, Haunt Publishing is closing its doors and has 66% off them all with the code HAUNT66 at checkout.
I love this press - they have loads of Gothic goodies, and also carry one of my fave poem collections, WHERE DECAY SLEEPS by Anna Cheung, and one of my fave novels, BENOTHINGED by Alvar Theo.
Really sad it's going.
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@art_of_goulwenr see, that's horrifying to me, what an amazingly disturbing psychological horror concept
Occult & Supernatural Giveaway!
I've got a free short story in this (The Sound of Darkness), which you can also listen to on Mick Dark's YouTube channel or on my podcast as a bonus episode.
The Sound of Darkness was originally published with the anthology F is for Fear by Red Cape Publishing as part of their A-Z of Horror anthologies. The theme of the anthology was common fears and phobias, so I picked nictophobia for my spooky tale.
https://books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_supernatural_giveaway/lfb79c3w91
#Horror #HorrorBooks #FreeEbook
RE: https://social.horrorhub.club/@CMRosens/116353029097595187
They said yes!! And so did Gay's the Word (the oldest queer bookshop in the UK, based in London). They can only get 1-2 copies though it looks like. I'm wondering if I've nearly gone through 1 print run?
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@art_of_goulwenr no I do!! I'm closed for new requests only, so carry on, I've got you on my list
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@crcollins not just me...
I am trying to remain positive that somewhere some sanity might win the day, but being in the UK it's more a case of helplessly watching.
I think I now know how they used to feel when they thought the Golden Horde were coming, or the Visigoths were seen over the next valley, or the Vikings were sighted and it was raiding season... or indeed, there were whispers of plague in France and a ship just docked at the port
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@art_of_goulwenr hahahaaaa yeah.... I think he is done now... I can put the kettle on xD
It's bank holiday so husband's doing DIY
The big saw is out on the workbench (not a euphemism)
Listening for the hierarchy of swearing:
'soapy tit wank' & other choice phrases = something has not quite gone according to plan, this is annoying but not life threatening
'shitshitshit' = investigate, ensure First Aid kit is accessible
'incoherent screaming' = dial 999 immediately
dead silence = suspicious
QueerLit.co.uk is the biggest LGBTQ bookshop in Europe, so as I still haven't got around to querying agents but I do have trad pubbed books (!) I've contacted them myself to see if they'll host my titles.
I really need more people to know that THE CROWS is ace rep, with a touch-starved ace monsterboi who loves touch but is sex averse.
There are unconvential relationships, a sentient house with a genderfluid avatar and plural vibes, & it's contemporary British Gothic. #Asexual #Horror #BookToot
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@art_of_goulwenr@mastodon.art They are! I've had web serials spotlit before as well
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@Firlefanz@writing.exchange :( loneliness is tough. It can feel so disheartening and despondent. I hope that you are able to find something that brings you a spark of joy.
Mar 30 - Do birds ever feature in your work? Give an example.
Birds... yes, I wrote a novel called THE CROWS, but this is the name of a house, so-called because there are a lot of crows nesting in the grounds.
The birds themselves are more symbols than characters. They are responsible for various omens and foreshadowing, but they don't play a major role. The house (called The Crows) does, and is a character in the book.
Curious, as it's #IndieApril, has anyone picked up indie horror books this month, if so what have you picked up/read?
#HorrorBooks #WhatToRead #IndiePub #Indie #BookMastodon #Booktoot
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ఈశా/Eesha (2025) dir. Srinivas Manne -I was disappointed here, this one wasn't a good start to the month but not so bad I DNF'd.
Dark Parasite (2023) dirs. Luca Boni, Marco Ristori. A low budget Italian Sci-Fi Horror, not the worst I've ever seen, definitely not the best.
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/04/15/author-spotlight-meet-a-poet-pixiewithpens/
New Spotlight up for Pixie, a poet based in Sweden but writing in English. Their new collection, Poetry F☆cks, is out now.
You can either read the post on Mastodon, or head to cmrosens.com to read the original.
Follow the quoted account & subscribe to notifications to get posts and spotlights weekly, although pixie is the only poetry spotlight for this year.
Check out cmrosens.com/author-spotlight-series for more poets!
Me: watching the end credits of literally any film
TV: let's watch The Hound of the Baskervilles now
Me: has seen multiple versions many times: not today, thank you
TV: :(((((
Me today: finishes another John Carpenter film, gets distracted with end credits music in the background
TV: AND NOW - SIR IAN RICHARDSON IS ....... SHERLOCK HOLMES
@jimrion.com@bsky.brid.gy Which books have you read like this??
And what subgenres do you like in horror - I can think of a few that match your preference like The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel, but not sure if that would be your type of book