Bela Lugosi once said “It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.” The Ladies of Horror can agree with that. We’ve produced another line up of dark flash fiction and poetry on Nina D’Arcangela’s Spreading the Writer’s Word blog.
I’m sharing these a little different this month. I thought it would be interesting to compare how each image inspired different work. Rather than list the ladies in order of post, this time I’m grouping them with their image prompt.
Here’s what’s gone up so far in May:
Bitter Ash
by Naching T. Kassa
Monkey Man
by Elaine Pascale
The Coming and Going of It
by Kim Richards
The Gloves
by Terrie Leigh Relf
Abandoned Ritual
by Suzanne Madron
Murder on Rosehill Lane
by Ashley Davis
Sanatorium
by Ela Lourenco
Shinigami
by Tawny Kipphorn
Tell Our Story
by K.R. Morrison
Salty Air
by Sonora Taylor
Baby
by Scarlett R. Algee
Rain
by Rie Sheridan Rose
Sympathy for Monsters
by Angela Yuriko Smith
Voyeur
by Lydia Prime
The Sitting Room
by Lori R. Lopez
Elegy to a Medium
by A.F. Stewart
The Old Man in My Dreams
by Melissa R. Mendelson
Head Trauma
by Bailey Hunter
Tea for Two
by Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi
There will be more posts in early May… we still have:
04/30 – Elizabeth Smith
04/30 – Tiffany Mok
05/01 – Leah McNaughton Lederman
05/01 – Kathleen McClusky
05/02 – Sheri White
05/02 – Lisa Lane
05/03 – Heather Roulo
05/03 – Stacey Turner
05/04 – Asena Lourenco
The Ladies of Horror are a diverse group of women dedicated to writing darker things. Each month we write a story or poem based on a photo Nina sends us. We do it for practice, to share ideas… and because this is how we play.