KATIE MARIE

Something Strange Is Growing (And It’s a Newsletter)

I’ve been sitting on this for a while, like a suspicious plant in the corner of the room that everyone politely pretends not to notice. But it’s time to admit it!

Ink & Eldritch is coming.

On 30th January, the very first edition will creep quietly into the world, and I wanted to tell you what it is before it starts whispering at you directly.

So… what is Ink & Eldritch?

Ink & Eldritch is a free quarterly newsletter about horror, writing, and the strange ethics of storytelling. It’s a place where I get to talk about craft, research, works-in-progress, and the odd narrative rabbit hole without having to pretend everything is neat, finished, or sensible.

It is not designed to replace this website or my blogs here; those will still happen, but this is going to supplement them!

Think of it as:

• Part horror craft notebook
• Part behind-the-scenes lab journal
• Part “why does this genre do that?”
• Part quiet natter over something warm while the uncanny hums gently nearby

There will be:

• Feature essays (craft, theory, or ideas I’m actively wrestling with)
• Creative spotlights (snippets from works-in-progress, in various states of polish)
• What I’m reading (fiction, theory, and the books currently propping up my desk)
• Writing tips that are genuinely useful and not shouted at you
• Project updates, minus the hustle-culture nonsense
• And a community section, because horror is better when it’s shared

What do you get out of it?

Good question. I would also like to know why anyone reads anything.

But genuinely, if you enjoy:

• Horror that thinks as well as it scares
• Writing advice that treats readers like adults
• Honest reflections on craft, failure, revision, and narrative ethics
• Conversations about disability, power, fear, and form
• Seeing how stories change shape before they behave themselves

…then Ink & Eldritch will very much be for you.

It’s deliberately slow (quarterly), thoughtful, and low-pressure. No spam, no productivity sermons, no “10 hacks to terrify your readers before breakfast.”

Just good, strange writing thoughts, sent with care.

When does it arrive?

The first edition lands on 30th January.

It’s the beginning of something I hope becomes a small, steady creative ecology, like here, I want it to be a place to think, experiment, and linger a bit longer than social media usually allows.

If that sounds like your sort of thing, I’d love for you to join me at the start.

No tentacles required. (But not actively discouraged.)