#teen horror fantasy

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Dead Boy Detectives Review - Gothic Horror Gets Gen Z Flair

Picture Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H Watson re-imagined as amateur teen detectives, infused with gothic horror elements and modern Gen-Z sensibilities - you get the 2024 Netflix series "Dead Boy Detectives". Sort of.

⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram) Picture Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H Watson re-imagined as amateur teen detectives, infused with gothic horror elements and modern Gen-Z sensibilities – you get the 2024 Netflix series “Dead Boy Detectives”. Sort of. Its leads Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have many things in common – they are both inquisitive teen boys, they are…

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Though it might be tempting, don’t venture into hedge mazes…no matter what

Be mindful of triggering the wrath of revenge ghosts lest you become a ghost yourself

Beware the dangers of underestimating “docile girls”—it could be a killer mistake

Summoning an ancient evil demon is NEVER a good idea. Seriously. 

Trying to steal someone’s home might cost you your soul. It’s never worth it. 

Understand that haunted houses have feelings too—the problem is sometimes they’re evil.

Tips provided by Terry J. Benton-Walker, editor and contributor of The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals, impossible slashers, and the dead who don’t stay dead....

A museum curator who despises “diasporic inaccuracies.” A sweet girl and her diary of happy thoughts. An old house that just wants friends forever....

These stories are filled with ancient terrors and modern villains, but go ahead, go into the basement, step onto the old plantation, and open the magician’s mystery box because this time, the white guy dies first.

Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker, including stories from bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming contributors: Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H. E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker.

A collection you’ll be dying to talk about…if you survive it.

[torteen]

“An intense horror-action game—like Jumanji but Japanese-inspired and really disturbing.” —Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Set in a nightmarish underworld, an estranged group of friends return to an evil game to try and save the boy they thought they killed in Kristen Simmons's masterful breakout horror novel, Find Him Where You Left Him Dead. Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors—Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax—have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they’ve been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So, they restart the deadly game they never finished—an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin, they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable, the survivors now can’t stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices—blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse. And once again, not everyone will make it out alive.

[ezlo-x]

While I dont have the mental strength atm to play Zelda II i at least know the story and premise hee hee

Disturbing as hell when in game Link dies and his blood is used to revive Ganon like that’s cool but that is also terrifying

[differentnighttale]

Writers Challege #3

Ciao bellas,bellos.

Its me again.

I'm back in my home coutry.

sighs sadly.

Whelp, anyways I made a challenge.

Rules: Describe your WIP(s) with their title as a dramatic logline for a show.

Tara: Wolf Chronicles is a swirl of Stranger Things show but in a modern day setting and with werewolves.

Tara: Wolf Chronicles is My Reason to Die but with fantasy and horror.

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[johannamation]

OH MY GHOST!

THE GHOSTKEEPER IS OUT TODAY!!

Happy pub day to my cozy spooky graphic novel, THE GHOSTKEEPER! 👻 🎉

Order here!!

[celestialcherubicangel]

lf you need me i will be in my coffin .

[tawneybel]

Note: Happy belated Pride! Some favorite LGBTQ horror characters. And a reminder I don’t tolerate homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, etc. on my blogs. As a cis woman with PCOS, I sure as hell do not support transmisogyny.

This blog might be primarily reader inserts, but sometimes I just like to discuss miscellaneous characters. Also, reporting hateful posts here and on Twitter is just depressing.

1. Amazon Eve from American Horror Story: Freak Show  

This and Coven are my favorite seasons, but it’s like Puella Magi where I can’t rewatch because Freak Show made me sad. I love Eve’s maternal attitude and zero tolerance for BS. 

2. the Chemist from American Horror Story: Red Tide 

I like psychedelic drug-themed horror (see Mandy and Brain Damage), but I haven’t watched much evil pharmacology so the first half of Double Feature was interesting.

3-4. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible from Coraline 

The fact they’re an item completely flew over tiny Tawney’s head when she read the book. My family watches British mysteries, so I grew up with quirky old ladies and love seeing them in horror/fantasy. 

5. Matthew Brown from Hannibal

Yeah, there’s Will and Hannibal’s dynamic, but what about the orderly’s crush on the former? 

6. Dani Moonstar from The New Mutants 

The movie did have its flaws. Dani and Rahne’s relationship wasn’t one of them. I recently started reading X-Men comics and it’s a shame they aren’t a couple on-page. 

7. Herbert West from Re-Animator

Another mad scientist! This time, one with a huge crush on his roomie! The only person he’s nice to! 

8. Robin Buckley from Stranger Things

I like that she and Steve remained friends. Even if her first stated crush was on a schoolmate who sings like a Muppet in labor. 

9. Danny Mahealani from Teen Wolf

There’s actually a fair amount of gay/bisexual guys on the show. Stiles is implied to be bi, Jackson comes out in season six, Ethan is there, Brett dances with girls and boys, Corey/Mason is my (canon M/M) OTP… Danny was there from the beginning, though. 

10. Raúl Cocolotl from Wendell & Wild

Good punk representation for a kids’ (PG-13) movie. He and Kat are both punks, yet their attitudes are different.

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On July 24, 1996, The Craft debuted in France.

[withoutalice]

i don't hate the andy and leyley game because i'm an anti - i hate it because when it hit max popularity when i was in school, people harassed me over it (I never had shown any interest in the game outwardly - i hadn't even heard of it at the time) and accused me of actually doing the deplorable shit depicted in the game because i "looked like her" (i'm goth)

even now i get so worked up when i see it because it makes me think i'll secretly hurt my family. being correlated with her made me want to die (even though i know she's fictional - i struggle with moral ocd really bad chat)

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“Changing the horror game one short story at a time.” —Cosmopolitan on The White Guy Dies First

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

The White Guy Dies First includes thirteen scary stories by all-star contributors and this time, the white guy dies first.

Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals, impossible slashers, and the dead who don’t stay dead....

A museum curator who despises “diasporic inaccuracies.” A sweet girl and her diary of happy thoughts. An old house that just wants friends forever....

These stories are filled with ancient terrors and modern villains, but go ahead, go into the basement, step onto the old plantation, and open the magician’s mystery box because this time, the white guy dies first.

Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker, including stories from bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming contributors: Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H. E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker.

A collection you’ll be dying to talk about…if you survive it.

[torteen]

“Heart-pounding, immersive, and chilling. I couldn’t put this book down, and can’t get it out of my head!” —Margaret Rogerson, New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Set in a nightmarish underworld, an estranged group of friends return to an evil game to try and save the boy they thought they killed in Kristen Simmons's masterful breakout horror novel, Find Him Where You Left Him Dead. Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors—Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax—have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they’ve been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So, they restart the deadly game they never finished—an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin, they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable, the survivors now can’t stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices—blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse. And once again, not everyone will make it out alive.

[thehorrormoviechick]

Idle Hands (1999)

[differentnighttale]

I Did A Dance With Death

I danced alone with death,

Every night ,

Alone in the moonlight.

In the middle of the cemetery,

Where the ghosts thrived.

Death held my waist and spun me around,

Our feet not touching the ground.

Only the howl of the wind the groan of the dead as our music.

His cold,bony hands strenched my arm and interwined my fingers.

His eyes hollow and deep

Like a deep hole.

His gaze dark and pericing.

Dark and unwanted,

Evil amd tortured.

As a sad ,ill child.

I avoided deaths calling.

A man in a black coat.

Watched me from the woods.

His gaut face beckoning me.

Towards him.

Death followed me everywhere.

It's haunting shadow everywhere.

It's chilling presence.

His touch paled my skin,made it bruise and made me sweat,

Arms round my waist,constricted my breathing and made me delirious.

Death diped me down ,the air drag of my lungs taking my breathe away.

He trailed kisses down my neck causing it peel of like an orange.

We danced in the stormy seas,

We danced in the flames,

We danced in the sky,

Death tried to call me.

But I dodge his call everytime

Was an ally,a friend or a lover.

I would never know.

Now as a woman about seventeen,

I let Death in with open arms

Worried about the consequences later

For now, we must dance

I cough over there,

Over here,

Crimson spilt on my hankerchief.

Face devoid of blood,

Body as heavy as a stick,

Clothes too heavy on a thin child,

As energetic as a koala.

Hair the colour  of old wheat.

I knew what was coming,

Yet I ignored.

Death wanted me,

As much as I wanted him.

Death tried to force the house to fall,

Death made flowers prick me,

Forced me into internal slumber,

Death tried to make me lost,

Bare foot among the thron bushes,

Death wrapped his fingers around my neck,

Filled my tired lungs with cotton balls.

But Death cared

About my frail health.

Death followed our ritual,

Led me into the open and left me there.

Life began to fade at last,

The winter chilled my skin.

My fingers too Crimson coloured,

At last ,Death took me alone.

To death with gloved hands.

Life drained my lips,

As I shut down.

Now I'll be with death.

I let my body go limp.

One last time,

Into deaths loving arms,

[johannamation]

🌙 10 days 🌙

(Thank you to Viktor Aleksander/nooska for the Dorian painting, and Aiden Thomas & Ethan Aldridge for the lovely blurbs!)

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