HeyJaredThe Madhouse Review
Writing Wellness. Dark Psychology. Occult Practices, & All Things Horror.
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Fall Mood Board (opens the original)
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Surgical Fantasies of the Past Ten Years (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedSurgical Fantasies of the Past Ten Years I tattoo incision lines on my stomach, dream about surgically removing my ugliness. At sixteen, the girls put laxatives in my peppermint tea, laughed at me in the mirror when I tried to scream away my calories. At 26, I cried in the shower when my skin didn’t fall off, vomited the memories of my ex telling me I was diseased. Inside, my lungs are a crawl space filled with candy wrapper
Author Interview: Grace R. Reynolds on Why Gods Always Eat Their Children (opens the original)
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Good Mourning, Friends and Fiends—Today in The Madhouse, I’m honored to readmit Grace R. Reynolds, a fellow poet, witchy woman, and overall magical human. For those new to Reynolds and her work, she is an American speculative fiction writer who grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University. Having lived in seven states, she currently calls Maryland ‘home,’ where she writes dark fiction and poetry. In addition to her short fiction, she has written <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/
When the Lights Go Out (opens the original)
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I’ve been without power since Thursday. It’s been, let’s just say, less than great. We had severe thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon—plus a flood warning—and then, to add to the stress of our electricity going out soon after, our dog Maya decided to hop up on our kitchen island and open/devour an entire tub of chocolate cookies. Needless to say, we were at the emergency vet until about 10 that night, and after lots of panicking and puking and tears, our girl was safe to come home and has been t
August ‘26 Madhouse Recap (opens the original)
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Hello Friends and Fiends–Oh, August. I knew this summer wasn’t going to let me go without a bang. So most of you know that after I came home from residency, I got in a pretty gnarly car accident on my way to pick Evie up from school. My car was totaled. I spun out. I don’t remember much, but scissors cutting through the airbag to get me out and a man holding my hand while the ambulance came. I was pretty banged up, lots of bruising and soreness, but how wasn’t worse? I have no idea. I spent abou
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