What I’m Writing This September: New Horror Projects in Progress

September always feels like a reset button. The air sharpens, the days shorten, and my brain slips into that sweet spot where horror feels extra alive. It’s the season where shadows seem thicker and you can almost hear the ghosts rehearsing for October. That makes it the perfect time to hunker down and make progress on my current projects.

This September, I’m juggling three major focuses: revamping my website, finishing up my collection of 222 Two-Sentence Horror Stories, and making real progress on rewriting Gorehound, the sequel to my novel Coaltown. It’s a lot, but horror thrives on pressure, and I’m leaning into it.

Plus, I have huge goals for next year. And this year! Should I do a blog post on all of my big dreams and even bigger goals? Let me know in a comment!

1. Revamping the Website: Full Moon Fiction 2.0

Let’s start with the big picture. Earlier this year, I turned Full Moon Fiction into my central hub—the place where readers, writers, and horror lovers can find me and my work. But like any haunted house worth its salt, it needs upkeep.

Even in the short amount of time this website has been active, I’ve learned a lot about what can be done design-wise, what should be done page-wise, and what information would be best to get going.

That’s why I’m getting ready to pull apart the bones of my website and giving it a proper revamp. The goal is to make it easier to navigate, more fun to explore, and more useful for the horror-writing community.

Some things I’m working on:

• Cleaner design: Less clutter, more interesting and cohesive designs, and more fun.

• Creating a resource hub: I want a blog full of free guides, prompts, and tips on writing horror. Something new and experienced writers can both use when they hit a wall.

• Better book pages: My published and upcoming projects deserve more spotlight. That means more than just blurbs. I want to include teasers, mood boards, and maybe even playlists to pull readers into the atmosphere before they crack open a page.

Basically, I want to use my website to help set the stage and create a better atmosphere that encourages people to keep coming back!

2. 222 Two-Sentence Horror Stories: The Final Push

(That’s a lot of two’s!)

If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I’ve been steadily building a massive collection of micro-horror: 222 two-sentence horror stories. Yes, that’s right. Two hundred and twenty-two tiny nightmares, each one self-contained, designed to hit fast and linger.

Two-sentence horror stories are one of my favorite forms of writing. They’re also a really great way to continue honing your writing skills. You don’t have room for fluff; you have to distill fear into the purest possible form. 

This September, I’m polishing them up, organizing the collection, and making sure every single one has teeth. Some are eerie. Some are gory. Some are heartbreaking in that specifically horror way. I want readers to flip through and feel like they’ve been dragged through every possible flavor of fear. This volume will also introduce the Archivist and a little bit of plot woven into the collection.

The plan is to finalize the collection this month and move it toward release. I can’t wait to share this book! It’s definitely a passion project of mine but...I hope everyone here ends up liking it!

3. Gorehound: Returning to Black Ichor

And then there’s the beast of September: Gorehound.

If you’ve read Coaltown, you already know the story doesn’t end neatly. My protagonist, Andrew, made it out of the Sweetwater Mines but not everyone did. The final pages promised a return, a rescue, and the horrifying possibility that the monsters beneath the earth aren’t finished yet.

That’s what Gorehound is all about picking up the threads of survival, friendship, and obsession, and diving even deeper into the nightmare.

Rewrites can be brutal, and Gorehound is no exception. I want to raise the stakes from Coaltown while staying true to the claustrophobic, gore-soaked heart of the story. Readers loved the gorehounds—the strange, corpse-twisted creatures born from black ichor in the mines—and this book will take them to new extremes. But at its core, Gorehound is still about Andrew and Austin, and how far you’ll go to save the people you can’t let go of.

It’s messy. It’s violent. It’s a love letter to creature feature horror with enough quiet character moments to make the carnage hit harder, and a cowardly protagonist that needs to learn to be brave.

This September, my goal is simple. Get some forward motion. Drafting new chapters, tightening old ones, and pushing through the difficult middle where every one of my rewrites threaten to unravel. I know where the story needs to go…I just need to drag it, kicking and screaming, onto the page.

Did you know that I hate rewrites?

Balancing the Work

Juggling three big projects at the same time can feel like running through a haunted maze with a flashlight that keeps flickering. Which way do you go? What do you prioritize when every corner could have teeth waiting? And, of course, how do you keep everything on track when balancing two full-time jobs, chronic health issues, and some much begrudged work traveling?

For me, the best way to keep my work from collapsing under its own weight is by matching tasks to the kind of energy I actually have, instead of forcing myself into burnout.

Here’s how I’m keeping balance this September:

• Two-Sentence Horror = Eclipse Work

  Short and nearly finished, this project doesn’t need a lot of focus and it doesn’t need a lot of energy. That means it’s perfect for those stretches of time when I don’t have much energy, am overly exhausted, and have just finished a long day at work.

• Website = Quarter Moon Work The site overhaul is detail-heavy, but it’s not creatively draining. I treat it like the quarter moon: steady, task-oriented, something I can chip away at in focused bursts. It’s less about inspiration and more about consistency. That means it’s great to handle when I have low mental energy but a high need for productivity.

• Gorehound Rewrite = Full Moon Work This one’s the beast. It requires deep focus, emotional stamina, and the willingness to wrestle with the parts of the story that feel like a complete disaster. I know I can’t touch it every day, so I treat it like full moon energy. That means it’s going to need to be handled during fleeting bursts of high energy, on days when the brain fog is incredibly low, and when I don’t have much else on the table to try and tackle.

They make September feel packed but purposeful, and hopefully it will also be productive!

What Comes Next

If September is about foundations, October will be about fireworks. With the website refresh rolling out, 222 Two-Sentence Horror Stories (hopefully) ready to go, and real progress made on Gorehound, I’ll be stepping into the height of spooky season with momentum on my side.

So for now, I’m keeping my head down, my hands on the keys, and my eyes on the dark corners of the page. Horror writing, after all, is about chasing what unsettles you—and then daring other people to look at it too.

So that’s what’s brewing in my cauldron this month: new designs, short frights, and a monster sequel waiting to be born.

What’s on your schedule this month?

(PS. What do you think about my full moon energy cycles?)