Hadassah Shiradski

@dassawrites

Queer ND goth. I write spooky stories! 'What Happened at Hawthorne House', my debut, is out now! Writing a second novella, a story in verse, and a collection of doll stories 🖤 Playing with poetry and interactive fiction 🖤 🚫No AI🚫

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Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Jun 2

The first draft of my novel-in-verse is now DONE! 🔪🫐🥩 Reaching 102 poems, 5 chapters and 10080 words, Rosebud took me just over a year to write. It's done!! I wrote it as an interactive fiction in Twine though expect to publish as a standard book. 🖤 #HorrorAuthor #Booksky 🩸📚💙 #Poetry #HorrorFiction

A screenshot of the Twinery engine for creating interactive fiction. There are 102 cells laid out in five lines, with frequent cells placed higher or lower than the main lines. They are colour-coded by chapter.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Feb 18

Momentarily taking a break from my horror poetry novella by getting started on a new game! Little Nightmares is one of my favourite game franchises, so I've been super excited about #ReAnimal I'm sure nothing bad will happen to the Brother and Sister! (They'll be lucky to die fast or make it out)🖤

The cover of the game 'ReAnimal'; a foggy blue scene over a stormy shore, with a mutated realistic sheep/ram emerging from the cloud.

The two main characters of ReAnimal - a young boy dressed in baggy clothes with a burlap sack over his head, standing next to a girl in a rabbit mask wearing a white dress and holding a lantern. They are standing with their backs to the viewer, half-turned to look back.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Feb 13

Take the time today to do something nice for yourself, with no caveats. None. 🖤 I've been rather busy, but things are calming down gradually -- I'll be a bit more present here anon! My poetry novella is very nearly done, and I can't wait to get back to my doll stories. I miss them! #HorrorAuthor 💙📚🩸

A cloudy sky with patches of blue and one short layer of dark cloud.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Nov 23

It's a lovely day to reread Alice in Wonderland, eat apple strudel, and then write some horror narrative poetry (before it gets dark) 🖤 Take the time today to be kind to yourself. Take a deep breath, slow down enough to notice something small, and continue. 💙📚🩸

A photo of the sky at the beginning of sunset. There are scattered clouds, and the tops of trees and a couple houses are visible.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Aug 13

It's my favourite time of day, and I'm getting back to poking at my current WIP after taking part in the #HorrorWritersChat! For some reason, I can't work on my novella in verse at night like how I usually write, so this is the best alternative. I want to see this story/project complete! 🖤 💙📚

A cloudy sunset sky in hues of orange, soft blue, and hints of pink.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Apr 16

It's a nice day, so guess who's ✨ back in the cemetery again✨ Now armed with raspberries and half of the novella under my belt, I'm working on chapter 3 of my witchy-gory-erotic horror novella-in-verse, standing at 41 poems so far🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity #horrorauthor #horrorfiction #gothichorror

A photo of a few graves in a sunny cemetery, overtaken by grass and in the shade

A photo of a large punnet of raspberries held in front of a grassy grave from the side.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Mar 24

I'm back in the cemetery again, writing more poems for my interactive story-in-verse! I'm composing them directly in Twine; it's strangely easier to make them there rather than in Word. No music today -- I'm listening to the birds instead🖤 #poetry #horrorpoet #writingcommunity #interactivefiction

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Mar 21

Spending #worldpoetryday sitting in a cemetery, starting work on a new project; a choose-your-own-adventure narrative done entirely in poems! Have a calm and enjoyable day, everyone. 🖤

A view of several worn graves in a cemetery. No names can be read on the headstones and the ground is tussocky grass that has been recently cut.

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Feb 12

I have basically nothing for this, given my usual subject matter, but have Gem from Bogtrodden (my vampire novella WIP) remembering her best friend/foster sister/maybe-crush: #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Nov 8

I just found this ask game on Tumblr about WIP characters, and I thought it might be fun for folks here! Probably best to do this via nested reply threads? Up to you! 🖤 #HorrorWritersChat

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Nov 2

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo (fuck AI), but I am going to use November as an excuse to do a writing challenge! Current word count: 1412/??? Current progress: Midway though chapter one 🖤 #booksky #writingcommunity #novellanovember #novellabynewyear #writingchallenge 💙📚

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Oct 22

Are you considering picking up a short, spooky read for Halloween? Perhaps one involving kids, make-believe, and clovers?🍀🕷️ Here's a couple of opinions on my debut novella, 'What Happened At Hawthorne House', available now as paperback and ebook: #WritingCommunity #Horror #gothic #halloween #booksky

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Oct 21

We're coming up to Halloween, so why not get in the mood with a short gothic horror novella? Not too scary, just the right amount of creepy -- join Rosalyn and the Clover Court in 'What Happened At Hawthorne House', available in paperback and ebook🍀🕷️ #WritingCommunity #horror #gothichorror #novella

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Oct 20

It's spooky season! Fancy a short, spooky read? 'What Happened At Hawthorne House' is available as an ebook and paperback now! Come join the Clover Court? 🍀 #horror #WritingCommunity #halloween #novella #ghoststory #horrornovella

Hadassah Shiradski@dassawrites· Oct 16

Huge thanks to everyone who's read Hawthorne House! I wasn't expecting to get so many ratings/reviews, so... Wow! Thank you for giving my little debut novella a shot! It's spooky month, so consider picking it up if you haven't yet? brigidsgatepress.com/product/what...