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Hi everyone,

I ordinarily don't shill my work on RVF, but I've created a new website a lot of you might be interested in: Terror House Magazine. It's a website focused on publishing outsider literature: short stories, poems, literary nonfiction, art, analysis, and more. You can visit it here:

https://terrorhousemag.com/

I'm looking to publish the kinds of works that both mainstream publishing and the cliquish, SJW "alt-lit" community won't touch. My ultimate goal is to expand Terror House into a publishing company. I've written a post explaining why I created Terror House here:

https://terrorhousemag.com/welcome-terro...-magazine/

If you're a writer, I'm interested in publishing your work. Check out our submission guidelines below, and you can also win a $10 cash prize from us if we judge your submission to be the best of the month:

https://terrorhousemag.com/submissions/
https://terrorhousemag.com/best-month-contest/

Finally, we're also on Twitter and YouTube:

https://twitter.com/terrorhousemag
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1qPn4...2DX5YmK5w/

I'm hoping to build the Terror House brand into a powerhouse in independent publishing. Let me know what you think of the site.

Post: #2

Kona is going to be thrilled by this announcement. He's a huge fan of both literature and Matt Forney.

Post: #3

Great website. I'm a diehard Forneycater.

Quote:Contributors to Terror House Magazine can win a $10 prize if their submissions are selected as the Best of the Month.

I'm currently penning my submission, so you guys be patient. $120 a year s coming my way.

Aloha!

Post: #4

I'm a bit of an internet shut-in, so please post a link to anything particularly interesting that gets published.

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(05-28-2018 01:58 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:  I'm a bit of an internet shut-in, so please post a link to anything particularly interesting that gets published.

>implying that everything we post isn't interesting

Your wish is my command. Our big gets for the past couple weeks include this hilarious short story about erectile dysfunction, "Standing Arrow Straight":

https://terrorhousemag.com/standing-arrow-straight/

Jay Dyer submitted a Southern Gothic short story he wrote years ago:

https://terrorhousemag.com/revival-sulphur-well/

Finally, Sean Kilpatrick, a big name in the lit scene (he's written for Vice etc.), sent us a hilarious review of The Pisces, an awful novel by feminist Melissa Broder. It's about a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a merman. I'm serious:

https://terrorhousemag.com/pisces-melissa-broder/

Traffic to the site is growing exponentially, as are the numbers of submissions we're getting: it's starting to cut into my work time. We may have to seek investment to expand the company much sooner than I thought we'd have to. If you like what we're doing, consider donating to help fund this expansion:

https://terrorhousemag.com/donate/

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(05-28-2018 04:54 AM)Matt Forney Wrote:  Traffic to the site is growing exponentially, as are the numbers of submissions we're getting: it's starting to cut into my work time. We may have to seek investment to expand the company much sooner than I thought we'd have to. If you like what we're doing, consider donating to help fund this expansion:

https://terrorhousemag.com/donate/

OK. I got some cash I could throw around. What kind of investment is necessary? What type of specs can I see?

Do I get voting rights if my investment is big enough?

This would be right up my alley.

Aloha!

Post: #7

I would rather invest in Kona's new online magazine: Taro House.

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Per Leonard's request, I'm going to try and post links to our best submissions every week.

Our top get in the past week was my analysis of Michel Houellebecq's Whatever, a novel that predicted the rise of "incels" as well as the anomie and social isolation that defines modern life:

https://terrorhousemag.com/whatever/

Pushing Rubber Downhill author Adam Piggott sent us a short story on mortality and death:

https://terrorhousemag.com/morning-tea/

"Body and Soul" is a short story by Vincent Barry about sex, guilt, and Catholicism:

https://terrorhousemag.com/body-soul/

In the newest installment of Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer talks about his physically impossible sexual desires:

https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...mpossible/

Finally, Leah Mueller sent us three poems on sexual desperation, animal abuse, and failure:

https://terrorhousemag.com/screaming-ice-cream/

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(06-04-2018 08:14 AM)Matt Forney Wrote:  Per Leonard's request, I'm going to try and post links to our best submissions every week.


"Body and Soul" is a short story by Vincent Barry about sex, guilt, and Catholicism:

https://terrorhousemag.com/body-soul/

Matt,

First, let me say that I hope this endeavor brings great success to all involved. Truly, I wish you the best of luck.

With that said, I am interested to know if this particular piece is a good example of the quality of writing that you're looking for?

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(06-04-2018 12:44 PM)Baphomet Wrote:  

(06-04-2018 08:14 AM)Matt Forney Wrote:  Per Leonard's request, I'm going to try and post links to our best submissions every week.


"Body and Soul" is a short story by Vincent Barry about sex, guilt, and Catholicism:

https://terrorhousemag.com/body-soul/

Matt,

First, let me say that I hope this endeavor brings great success to all involved. Truly, I wish you the best of luck.

With that said, I am interested to know if this particular piece is a good example of the quality of writing that you're looking for?

We accept a wide variety of writing styles. You can read our requirements here: https://terrorhousemag.com/submissions/

We have strict requirements---we only accept about half of what is submitted to us---but if your work isn't up to speed, we'll give you advice on how to improve it.

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Here's some of our best submissions from the past week.

For those of you who like Westerns, we have an off-beat story from Zachary Mulcahy about an ex-Confederate soldier who steals a war bride from an Indian tribe: https://terrorhousemag.com/taking-war-bride/

David Rae has a noir/horror/mystery tale called "If Ghosts Could Cry" focusing on a man's search for his brother-in-law: https://terrorhousemag.com/ghosts-cry/

"Panama Hat," by Jeff Nazzaro, is a comic tale about an alcoholic weirdo and his visit to the supermarket: https://terrorhousemag.com/panama-hat/

In the latest installment of Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer talks about how he coped with uncontrollable horniness in his teenage years: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...ert-youth/

Finally, we have some masculine, hard-edged poems from R.A. Allen: https://terrorhousemag.com/hell-thoughts/

Our rate of submissions has slowed down a bit, but traffic continues to climb: last week was our best week yet. If you want to contribute to Terror House, check out our submission guidelines here: https://terrorhousemag.com/submissions/

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If Ghosts Could Cry is definitely the best of that last batch.

Top stuff.

Post: #13

The drunk getting things at the store is good.

Aloha!

Post: #14

Here's some of the best submissions from the past week.

T.J. Martinell has a short story called "Seattle Nice" about a Seattle native gradually getting pushed out of his home by gentrification and taxes: https://terrorhousemag.com/seattle-nice/

"The Cabal" by Jenean McBrearty is a story about a murder plot gone awry by two members of a frat: https://terrorhousemag.com/cabal/

"Wisps" is a story by Story Maker on death and the afterlife: https://terrorhousemag.com/wisps/

In the latest installment from Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer discusses his paranoia about going to prison for his right-wing beliefs: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...rt-prison/

Arthur Powell pens four poems on sex, Tinder, and gay wedding cakes: https://terrorhousemag.com/strangers/

I'm beginning a more aggressive push to get submissions, manuscripts, and donations to expand the site. I'm also finalizing a business plan for investors. To find out more, read this post on my blog: https://mattforney.com/terror-house-magazine-help/

I'm really excited about the submissions this week. Among them we have the first part of a novella on sex, abuse, and submission, the first part of an essay on the horrors of teaching English in Saudi Arabia, and a lot more.

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Here's some of our best submissions from the past week:

John Grauerholz writes about a horrific experience he had in a Tijuana medical clinic: https://terrorhousemag.com/mushroom-infection/

The first part of Blood Knot, a novella by Jose Oseguera on sex, BDSM, and child abuse: https://terrorhousemag.com/blood-knot-part-1/

David Lohrey writes on his experiences teaching English in Saudi Arabia: https://terrorhousemag.com/deserted-abandoned-part-1/

Copper Rose writes about the life of a young woman in the 1950's who is forced into a shotgun marriage: https://terrorhousemag.com/bastard-1952/

David Lohrey has a short story about domestic violence and self-destructive behavior: https://terrorhousemag.com/frontier-justice/

Traffic continues to climb: yesterday was our best day so far, and the past week was our best week yet. We've got more great pieces coming up this week, including the second parts of Oseguera's and Lohrey's submissions.

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A new week means new submissions at Terror House, so here's our best work from the past seven days.

Matthew Brockmeyer's "Bubblegum Cigarettes" is a funny story about a teenage girl who escapes a horrible home situation: https://terrorhousemag.com/bubblegum-cigarettes/

"The Busker" is a short story from Adam Piggott on a man who is dominated by his girlfriend: https://terrorhousemag.com/busker/

Morgan Blalock's "Grounds" is a story about coffee and manufacturing meth: https://terrorhousemag.com/grounds/

David Lohrey completes his two-part memoir "Deserted But Not Abandoned" on his run-in with gay Saudis: https://terrorhousemag.com/deserted-abandoned-part-2/

Here's part two of Jose Oseguera's Blood Knot, on BDSM and sexual abuse: https://terrorhousemag.com/blood-knot-part-2/

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Liked the Piggott piece.

Hippies in my town have come up with a solution to the kind of street music no one wants to hear.

Combine it with the kind of street tits no one wants to see.

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A new week means new submissions at Terror House:

"Nagasaki Boy" is Brian Eckert's new short story about a Japanese fisherman's comic attempt to save a beached whale: https://terrorhousemag.com/nagasaki-boy/

We've published part three of Jose Oseguera's BDSM novella Blood Knot: https://terrorhousemag.com/blood-knot-part-3/

T.J. Martinell has a new short story about the dystopian world that HR departments are creating for all of us: https://terrorhousemag.com/speakeasy/

David Rae has a new short story about a man's attempt to cope with prescription drug addiction: https://terrorhousemag.com/little-pills-like-pearls/

Daniel Bretton has a Lovecraft-inspired short story about a tower constructed on cursed ground: https://terrorhousemag.com/unfinished-tower/

Additionally, Brian Eckert's short story "Standing Arrow Straight" has been selected as the winner of our Best of the Month Award for May/June 2018. You can read it here: https://terrorhousemag.com/standing-arrow-straight/

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Here's Terror House's best submissions from the past week:

"The Flesh" is a short story by the Faceberg about a VR sex experience that goes horribly wrong: https://terrorhousemag.com/flesh/

The epic conclusion to Jose Oseguera's four-part novella Blood Knot: https://terrorhousemag.com/blood-knot-part-4/

Zachary Mulcahy returns with "A Friend of the Church," a story about a private investigator hired by the Catholic Church to investigate a drug den: https://terrorhousemag.com/friend-church/

"Halcyon" is a comic short story by Benjamin Welton about a man's failed attempt to comfort his son: https://terrorhousemag.com/halcyon/

In the latest installment of Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer discusses our modern sexual dystopia and his predictions on how it will evolve: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...rt-future/

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Here are the best submissions from the past week:

T.J. Martinell has a dystopian short story on social media censorship, online spying, and free speech: https://terrorhousemag.com/natural-writes/

Gregory Yelnish has a disturbing short story about a drug-fueled escapade and an encounter with the machine elves: https://terrorhousemag.com/elves-witch/

We've published the first installment of Dummy's Dummies, a novella by Mike Sherer on a failed ventriloquist and his mental breakdown: https://terrorhousemag.com/dummys-dummies-part-1/

Glahn has a dark, comic short story about a black man and the white dwarf he owns as a slave: https://terrorhousemag.com/white-dwarf/

In the latest installment from Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer discusses how easily his ex-girlfriends adopted his perversions and kinks: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...rt-bottom/

Last week was our best week yet in terms of traffic, and I'm likely going to be able to make a major announcement about Terror House Press in the next two weeks. I have a business plan that I've been circulating around to investors: if you want to take a look, PM me with your email address and I'll send it to you.

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Congratulations, Matt. This sounds like a venture to be proud of.

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Here are the best Terror House contributions from the past week:

Edward Shaw has a short story about a man who falls in love with a woman with a dark secret: https://terrorhousemag.com/twenty-years/

David Rae has a short story focusing on a correspondence between a popular author and the man he cucked: https://terrorhousemag.com/allister-x/

We've posted part two of Mike Sherer's novella Dummy's Dummies: https://terrorhousemag.com/dummys-dummies-part-2/

We've posted an excerpt from James Nulick's upcoming novel in progress, about a fat, middle-aged woman who is obsessed with a young man: https://terrorhousemag.com/beautiful-question/

In the latest installment from Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer discusses his porn addiction and how he uses it to deal with his real life problems: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...vert-porn/

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Here are the best posts from Terror House Magazine in the past week:

Daniel Hammarberg has a new short story about one woman's desperate search for alcohol in the woods: https://terrorhousemag.com/alcohol-drought/

Jake Wiklacz has a strange story about a woman who is tasked with caring for a dying old lady: https://terrorhousemag.com/sun-will-shine/

Part three of Mike Sherer's comic/murder mystery novella Dummy's Dummies is up: https://terrorhousemag.com/dummys-dummies-part-3/

ROK contributor Larsen Halleck has a story up about a failed musician searching for inspiration in Eastern Europe: https://terrorhousemag.com/muse/

Musick has a short story about a stuntman and his botched attempt to visit a dying young fan of his: https://terrorhousemag.com/stuntman-steve/

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Here are the best posts from Terror House Magazine in the past week:

Benjamin Welton has a story about a man who confesses to murder as part of his last will and testament: https://terrorhousemag.com/philip-alan-dennison/

Marilee Goad has a story about a woman, her boyfriend, and his dark secret: https://terrorhousemag.com/oyster-clearing/

The final installment of Mike Sherer's novella Dummy's Dummies: https://terrorhousemag.com/dummys-dummies-part-4/

We have a short story from Kai Edward Warmoth about the apocalypse and the preservation of literature: https://terrorhousemag.com/middle-post/

In the latest installment of Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer attempts to start a diary and fails: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...-no-diary/

Additionally, we selected Gregory Yelnish's story "The Elves and the Witch" as the winner of our Best of the Month Award for July. You can read it here: https://terrorhousemag.com/elves-witch/

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Here are the best entries from Terror House Magazine in the past week:

Chad W. Lutz has a short story about social media, consumerism, lying, and death: https://terrorhousemag.com/raymond-raymond/

T.J. Martinell has another dystopian short story about a world in which beautiful women are forced to wear burqas due to feminist laws: https://terrorhousemag.com/damned-beautiful/

Kirk Forlatt has a tragic short story about a man, his dog, and a home invasion: https://terrorhousemag.com/resting/

In the latest installment of Letters from a Heartbroken Pervert, Nameless Writer discusses the sexual taboos surrounding breast milk: https://terrorhousemag.com/letters-heart...vert-milk/

Zachary Mulcahy has a short story about a "soy-obsessed" music manager and his run-in with the occult: https://terrorhousemag.com/hershels-nightmare/