Lane Heymont

Horror. Upmarket. Think Victor LaValle’s LONE WOMEN, Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, and Aly Wilkes’ ALL THE WHITE SPACES. Why? Here’s why. #MSWL 🧵

What am I looking for? Horror, horror, HORROR. Obviously. Also, thriller, suspense, and nonfiction by experts in their fields. So let’s dive in a little more a #MSWL 🧵

WHITE HORSE? Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis. Awful father disappears his own daughter and no bothers to investigate. Not even her friends or family. The monster? The crisis itself.

Okay, that’s it for horror. Hope it’s help.

Now onto nonfiction!

Sure, there were monsters but only monsters driven by humanity’s own misdeeds. There would be no horror in ALL THE WHITE SPACES without the sins and guilt those explorers brought with them. Even the fact they traveled there showed their dark desires.

Forget serial killers and the Albert Fishes. Show me SOFT AND QUIET. The horror everyday people do. Examples? WHITE HORSE, ALL THE WHITE SPACES, THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS.

What makes the best horror? The unknown. We don’t need monsters that go bump in the night because we are the monsters. Show me the evil darkness of humanity. What do I actually mean?

Transgender, LGBTQIA horror.

I’ve been feeling survival horror in the vein of ALL THE WHITE SPACES. Give me isolation, hauntings, nature vs humanity, cli-fi, upmarket. Think EVENT HORIZON without the sci-fi. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is another good one. Also, horror from marginalized voices: #mswl

What am I looking for? HORROR and NONFICTION ! My #mswl thread:

Looking for more LGBTQIA+ horror, including in the vein of Carpenter’s PRO-LIFE, so eff SCOTUS, the GOP, and TERFs. #mswl

Horror. All the horror. Grounded, psychological, cinematic. Also, nonfiction. Unique true crime. Pop science. Passing this to @Jacqui_Lipton ! #MSWL

My current #MSWL: character-driven horror (Lovecraftian, GET OUT, A God in the Shed), SFF w/ unique non-western European settings, mysteries, thrillers, women's and lit. fiction crossovers (romance or suspense), all romance (especially romantic suspense). #Querytips #FictionList

I'm feeling some #AHS-esque horror right now, considering I had a nightmare about pig-men chasing me. Scare the crap out of me. #MSWL

Weird horror in the vein of THEY LIVE! and THE THING. #MSWL

CORALINE, and THE WITCHES are super disturbing children's horror. Give me something in that vein. #MSWL

Horror a la SINISTER - a slow burner with a sharp twist. Exposes the darkest recesses of humanity. True horror. Think APT PUPIL. #MSWL

Gothic horror in the vein of MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH. Young adult or adult is fine. #MSWL

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