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The October Diaries

The October Diaries, 2018
A month long celebration of all things horrific and darkly romantic. Where old vampires go to reminisce of their glory days and young banshees receive lessons on their telltale shrieking.
Novelettes:
The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Dark Fantasy & Horror
The Erato Inn | Modern Horror

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October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

1: Those Who Bleed Fire

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
1: Those Who Bleed Fire

A silhouette inches along a mountain summit, her hands encrusted in dried blood.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Those Who Bleed Fire, High Fantasy

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October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

2: The Tightrope Walker | Companion Piece

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
2: The Tightrope Walker | Companion Piece

Across leagues and seas, beneath stars and prophecies, birthed a tightrope walker of dreams and contradictories.
Art by Astrid Crow.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: The Tightrope Walker, YA Fantasy, Parable

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

3: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part I

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek
3: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part I

You understand how it is for us sweepers. These jobs come sparingly but we take what we can. Moss imps. Grave goblins. Gorgons. Not pretty work. But it’s humble. It’s honest.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

Tagged: Elliot Shriek, YA Fantasy

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

4: The Villain

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
4: The Villain

A poem.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Villain, Poetry

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

5: Spöke

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
5: Spöke

Summoned up like shadows from a candle are silhouettes rising in the confined paths of Memoriam Cemetery.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Fantasy, Ghosts

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

6: Sickness & Health

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
6: Sickness & Health

Another poem.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: poetry, risen

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

7: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part II

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek
7: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part II

Elliot is lured to a place where no dilettante caster such as himself should go.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

Tagged: horror, Elliot Shriek, Fantasy, Netherway

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

8: Be more, Be more.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
8: Be more, Be more.

A poem.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Poetry

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

9: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part III

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek
9: The Misadventures of Elliot Shriek | Part III

Elliot was familiar with treating creatures from Gehen with brutal spells, but never had his instincts of mercy and wrath fought so viciously for his conscience.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

Tagged: Elliot Shriek, Netherway, Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Horror

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

10: The Mother Who Never Sings

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
10: The Mother Who Never Sings

What they peddled were relics from nightmares. Souvenirs of death. Heirlooms of the damned.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Horror, Fantasy, Medieval

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

11: Eldflugor

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
11: Eldflugor

A brief poem.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Poetry

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

12: The Hauntings of Harlequin Grim

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
12: The Hauntings of Harlequin Grim

A personal post of a very particular variety. Hauntings. From the early age of six to my current year—here are just a few retellings of nonfictional encounters I have been graced with in my short life.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Horror, Ghost stories, Hauntings, Possession, Demon

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

13: The Innocence of Passion

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
13: The Innocence of Passion

On the taboo of pursuing passion and the naivety of suffering more than what is necessary as ‘adults’.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: Mental health, Stigma, Innocence, Maturity, Development

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

14: Writing & Dead Bedrooms

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries
14: Writing & Dead Bedrooms

On perceived blocks between writer and page, artist and canvas, how to revivify our passions when they seem nonexistent.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries

Tagged: writer's block, writing, writing advice

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

15: Elliot

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek
15: Elliot

Far stretching are these glances
far beyond Gehen, still further.

October 1, 2018
Harlequin Grim
The October Diaries, Elliot Shriek

Tagged: poetry

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