Hard agree.

Except you are kinder to rodents than Merlin

Happy birthday!

Me too! ART's all voice and menace.

Can't wait to get the new Murderbot! It's a comfort read for me too, which seems odd when you think about it.

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Thanks @marywyrd.bsky.social for hosting another delightful #horrorwriterschat! If we're going with historical horror, I'll promote The Blood Gospel and the Order of the Sanguines series. History, vampires, sacred and profane, many things explode. www.amazon.com/Blood-Gospel...

Totally an option #horrorwriterschat

The explosions! The snark!

Growing up in various small towns in the US felt very oppressive and othering. I was never burned as a witch but definitely didn't feel safe. #horrorwriterschat

Yeah, it's never safe everywhere and now feels more volatile than times in the past. Stay safe from all the stakes!

And "The Lamb" is on sale too. Downloaded... #horrorwriterschat

Books: T Kingfisher. Virginia Feitto. Chuck Tingle. Movies: Guillermo del Toro (everything). Ready or Not. Abigail. Megan. #horrorwriterschat

And I'm sure I stand wrong and look at people wrong and would display outsized horror at bear baiting and child abuse and unchecked diseases and smells. They would know... #horrorwriterschat

It does feel flattened to me too. The little unique, real moments are commoditized and zoomed past somehow. No time to sit and listen. Or maybe that's just me. #horrorwriterschat

Big swings

I feel like the language barrier would be a big deal if you went back very far. And I imagine I'd be burned as a witch or arrested in short order for standing wrong or saying the wrong thing or something. #horrorwriterschat

Sometimes places have vibes, even if they've been changed a lot. I love visiting places I'm writing about just to soak things up. Wind, light, the slope of the floor, smells. Glad the house is still there for you to see

Loved Murderbot! Read all the books, watched all the shows. Hoping for a sequel!

Fun time travel would be the best. I think I'd like to time travel just to eat and walk around looking at things that don't exist. Try to stay away from people, war, politics, disease. I'm assuming I'm mostly invisible and have good healthcare. #horrorwriterschat

It's expensive to make full color illustrated books like that. I imagine they're not gouging or anything.

As they say "they make great gifts"

Ummm...sure....

The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath While studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior, James Fallon found that his own brain fit the profile

Here's a write up in the Smithsonian. With his name you should be able to find more: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Pricey though. But intriguing...

That does seem like the sane way to look at it.

It's always hard to tear myself away, but worth it. Theoretically. #horrorwriterschat

It's a clever way to avoid research?

Did you ever read the articles by her descendant? He researched serial killing, found a genetic basis, determined he had it, then found out he was descended from Lizzie Borden's family? I read a very cool interview with him. #horrorwriterschat

Seems like there's an even split between the "I will research every detail of the period, including toenail length" and the "meh, I mostly wing it, whatever" groups. #horrorwriterschat

Ooooo...those look cool. Expensive books though.