#aron beauregard

[rudosurebruh]

donnie doodle

[g0r3galaxy]

I just think about what they could've been sometimes

[ur-older-brother-official]

As a major Stephen King fan (I got nearly all his books if ya wanna borrow one)(he's unfortunately my special interest) it always urks me when I talk to other "horror readers" and they've only read King. Like yeah, he's a great writer, but there's a whole world out there of spooky authors. So in honor of October, here's a list of some of Ur Older Brothers fav non King horror books/authors:

Shirley Jackson (read the lottery in ninth grade and oh. My god)

Ania Ahlborn (I've only read Brother but I plan on checking out some more of her stuff, too. Not my favorite but still good)

Clive Barker (LGBT rep. Writer and movie director. My favs by him are Candy Man and Hellraiser)

Aron Beauregard (Gotta be real. I could not stomach Playground. Horrifically great and gory.)

Nat Cassidy (I regret putting off When The Wolf Comes Home for so long)

Toni Morrison's Beloved. (WOC. Beloved is a great book and Toni also wrote one of my favorite books: The Bluest Eye)

Stephen Graham Jones (Native American horror author. Gonna be real he ain't my favorite but I've only read two books by him. Doesn't mean he isn't a good writer though don't get me wrong. His longer stories are better than his short ones in my opinion.)

If you have any to add feel free to and if you've read any of these don't be shy to let me know.

[dreamsfromthepsyche]

Anti’s would hate the Splatterpunk book genre, me thinks. It was made during times of heavy censorship, so there’s graphic descriptions of very dark topics. We all know how booktok reacted to “Playground” after all.

The books give you a fucking warning before you read them. If you’re gonna read a Splatterpunk book, TAKE THE WARNINGS SERIOUSLY.

Ok now I disappear again.

[yaboykujo]

Controversial Take: Making Predators/Antags In Splatterpunk/Extreme Horror Overtly Gross In Form Isn't (Typically) The Way To Go

HEAR ME OUT.

So many authors will describe the antagonist as being ridiculously vile in the physical aspect for no other reason than gross-out.

Some examples: R.J. Powell's Dollhouse series villains (literally all of them), Tory Favro's villain Marju, from his book Piñata (it was really bad, but I kinda feel awful for saying that because, from what I've heard, Tory himself is a sweetie), everyone in R.J. Bennetti's Hamster's Ball (even though I am enjoying reading it).

Now, this can be done right, too. All you need is a reason/plot-oriented explanation for it. The Slob by Aron Beauregard, for example, has The Slob being absolutely vile to follow the story's central theme, which ALSO ties into Vera's trauma.

It can also be used for social commentary in a more exaggerated universe that centers around a message that the author intends to convey.

Unfortunately, most of the time, people don't utilize it as they should, and instead, it becomes a cheap way of garnering shock points.

Not the same thing, but kinda an inverse: When designing Wade Wilder, I intentionally made him conventionally attractive so I could touch on the topic of how the media treats serial killers with a good jawline. I mean, y'all know about all them Dahmer fangirls— hybristophiles would write that asshat love letters in bulk. Ted Bundy, too. His looks also served a different function for the overarching plot, but saying what that would absolutely spoil the book before release.

[Now, am I saying that I'm better? Is this post me licking my own nuts clean? Fuck no, my story could be dogshit, it's not even out yet ffs. So far, the people I just used for examples of "a bad trope" have gotten WAYYY farther than me. My criticism of them is purely as a casual reader, not even a fully fledged critic, and DEFINITELY not as another writer. I'm just saying that, either way you look at it, character design for an antagonist should have thought put into it. Protagonists too, but especially antagonists when it comes to this genre]

I've seen EH antagonist character designs that serve a purpose and do so clearly.

Good examples:

The aforementioned Slob in The Slob by Aron Beauregard, which was for the central theme as previously stated.

Blythe, the social media influencing splatter antag from

Ivy Tholen's Tastes Like Candy. (I love Blythe so much, even if I wasn't big on the overall story)

Killian from Sanity's The Man With The Scarred Neck, who was made to be conventionally attractive to accentuate the incubus aspect— something which is heavily related to the plot itself, as well as the character's background. (Might also be partially the author's type, but I can't prove it...)

SO, FOR ASPIRING SPLATTERPUNK AUTHORS, PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SETTING, THEMES, AND INTENDED MESSAGES WHEN WRITING YOUR VILLAINS! IT REALLY HELPS BRING YOUR WRITING TO LIFE 🧡

[For anyone who came from the reblog, swipe fucked me over by saying "eventuate" instead of "accentuate". Kill me]

[sokievisuvel]

Donnie Clarke

Donnie Deserves better.. 💔

I may or may not read Playground, two of the books, did you know that its my first splatterpunk book ever crazy i MEAN i only read playground digitally the child of divorce one is in my collection right now.

I'll draw it better tbh

[nottsangel]

so i finished reading playground

[sigmoidslurpee]

Day 7: splatterpunk 🪓🪚

Red rug from Aron Beauregard's the Slob.