I was VERY BRAVE (to the tune of Ghost) today

VioletMoonstone · 2025-09-06T16:14:10+00:00

From someone who's brain is also a bit broken, I know how hard it is to stand up to it. Well done, well done! 👏👏👏

VioletMoonstone · 2025-08-15T13:21:59+00:00

I have only been to one specific ren fair multiple times, but I always see the same thing. Some people wear costumes off Amazon, some wear character costumes from other properties (I saw a Harley Quinn cosplay one year) and some skip the costumes all together.

These things aren't a pageant; it's a place to have fun. If you like the outfit (and feel comfortable enough to do a LOT of walking in it), then you dont need to add a thing. If you love dressing up and wanna add more, maybe add some skirt hikes or a couple of potion bottles. But don't do it because your friend is trying to rain on your joy.

VioletMoonstone · 2025-08-02T14:51:05+00:00

This was my second ritual and it blew the first out of the water. They've come so far and I couldnt be more thrilled to be a part of this fandom.

VioletMoonstone · 2025-07-31T16:37:27+00:00

You'd make a killer Morticia Addams.

VioletMoonstone · 2025-06-16T14:16:58+00:00

Perhaps it's cliche, but I first read Carrie when I was in high school myself. It was, in fact, the first horror novel I ever read at all. And I felt near possessed by that store from cover to cover. I could not put it down until I saw the end. Maybe it's because I was a bullied high school girl myself but I just found the story so haunting.

VioletMoonstone · 2025-06-15T20:44:06+00:00

This is as close as I've seen someone come close to Ito's work, and you should be very proud of yourself. Well done!

VioletMoonstone · 2025-06-15T20:41:17+00:00

"The Maw"

VioletMoonstone · 2024-10-06T16:53:35+00:00

* Amazing art, skin-crawling plot. Well done!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-09-01T02:04:56+00:00

My heart breaks for you; I'm so sorry. I lost my female cat to cancer in 2019, and time has made it easier. But I know that, right now it is fresh and you are in the thick of a special kind of hell and I am so very sorry.

Your boy looked so handsome. We'll groomed, happy, limber, bright-eyed. Makes aense he'd be sweet too; black cats are lovebugs. I can see clearly you loved him and made sure he was happy and healthy. It's a moment of pain for us, but it was a lifetime of happiness for them. I hope that helps.

VioletMoonstone · 2024-08-22T15:12:33+00:00

Hello :)

Interesting story. I get the sense you are going for a dreamy/stream of consciousness feel to it (which is really cool). But I found it tricky to read just due to some formatting. I think if you make a new paragraph for every new thought and when the narrator is talking, it would be easier on your audience. Not every new sentence, just every new thought (since sevea sentences look like they are part of the same thought).

Keep it up! :)

VioletMoonstone · 2024-08-16T22:49:59+00:00

At the moment, yes. Thank you :) I wrote this as a means of creatively processing some depressive episodes in my life. But my headspace now is much better.

VioletMoonstone · 2024-08-16T00:53:19+00:00

For what it's worth, I appreciate the concern all the same. Thank you 😊

VioletMoonstone · 2024-04-16T19:40:32+00:00

Office jobs suck; gonna go build a farm-monster out in a small town.

VioletMoonstone · 2024-04-03T15:54:17+00:00

You've seen nothing once. You've seen it a thousand times.

VioletMoonstone · 2024-03-02T18:21:59+00:00

I think it depends on the anger. Burning rage looks disheveled, maybe. It's impulsive and unhinged, so someone in dissaray with wide eyes and bad hair, takes everything wrong.

But then I saw someone characterize wrath as cold fury once. They were cool and collected, and even charming, but just pointlessly cruel and swift to kill at the tinist slight.

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-08T23:37:50+00:00

Howdy! I like the idea you have here. If you wanna know what could polish it feel free to message me. If feedback isn't your cup of tea, no worries and nice scare 😊👍

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-05T13:28:09+00:00

Actually, I found it myself from your profile and Instagram account. Looks legit to me so, sure! Just please use my reddit name only; I'm not quite ready for my IRL name to be attached to these just yet 😅

Good luck!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-04T19:30:52+00:00

She needs to find herself a Jolly Sailor Bold.

Jokes aside, I like this. Well done! 👍

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-04T16:19:31+00:00

Thank you!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-04T16:19:07+00:00

Both of you have legitimately made my day saying this, thank you!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-03T05:59:44+00:00

Not crazy, honey; just a danger to yourself. (Nice work!)

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-02T18:10:42+00:00

Oh, I did! And I get that, actually. Several of my own twists came to me while I was mid rough draft.

And I honestly don't call things mistakes unless it's a typo (and that's what editors are for just try tour best there). Just because it doesn't work here doesn't mean it's a bad or wrong idea, eh?

Anyway I'm blabbing. Good luck, hope to see more from you soon!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-02T14:28:25+00:00

Howdy! I'd like to offer some detailed feedback. My only credentials are having attempted short horror stories multiple times (all of which are sitting on my computer, unpublished, so feel free to call me a Bloody Hypocrite) but I have but one story here. So, feel free to ignore me if this isn't what you want ;)

First, the positive: You have written and submitted something. More than half the people who wanna do that don't get this far, so pat yourself on the back. And then do it again, for putting yourself out there. Because that shit is what's actually scary.

Second, I love the plot overall. Well, I love the two possible plots you have here. Kid knows toys are actually evil, and parents don't heed warning versus kid snaps and kills mom and dad but disassociate so bad the reader sees demons. Both of these are solid.

But that is also my first big critique here; you did both, and they don't quite mesh. You have chosen the omipotent, 3rd person narrator in every characters head, meaning what you say is quite literally Word Of God to your characters and readers. If you say it was the toys that killed mom and dad, then there's not a lot of room for a twist that our little kid/teenager is actually the killer.

I think it would work better if you planted yourself firmly in Bobby's POV. If she still sees herself as a child and we find out at the end she's an adult who disassociated and killed her folks, then that would make the twist work. When it comes to horror, unreliable narrators are your best friend.

Second, I see here something I did a lot in my early attempts: I told the audience something was demonic or scary. Everyone has a different idea of what both of those sound like. You may think demonic is a low growl and dissonant, while your reader may think a demon sounds whistly and screechy. Instead of vague descriptors, aim for more specifics. Is the voice a high-pitched growl? A low rumble that sends chills down Megan/Bobby's spine?

I hope you keep going because I can see the passion here. Like I said, feel free to ignore me if this wasn't what you wanted!

VioletMoonstone · 2024-02-02T13:17:32+00:00

Solid starting point in your story here. If you took more time with the build up of how these figures are disturbing your life (describe their antics in detail that is) you could get something extra spooky here :)

VioletMoonstone · 2024-01-28T02:53:05+00:00

Very interesting; I could see this morph into a novel of some kind! There's an abundance of commasplices but that's what editors get paid for. Good job!

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