From the specimens of Alex C.F.:
Vampiric Anatomical Biological Research Case
(via slawteristhebestmedicine)
Source: ex0skeletal
Black Cat by Just Joe ( Again) on Flickr.
beautiful baby boy
Source: constant-shakes
The Wrong Black Cat by Jeffrey Hollar
Loved the twist or turn of events at the end of this story!
Source: plastic-sp00ns
R is for Reaper…(Joining Brodie) by Lisa McCourt Hollar
Fun horror shorts about black cat superstition.
Welcome Timothy C. Hobbs to Minor Insanity
Just a quick post, folks. We have a new blogger joining us. Timothy C. Hobbs is another Vamplit author like myself. I’m very excited to have him join R.J. and I. He’s been with Vamplit from the very beginning and has three books available, which are listed to the right. I just happen to be one of his biggest fans, LOVING his ability to weave amazing horror tales. Tim writes #fridayflash as well and will post along with me starting this week.
This Week’s #Horrorchat – Movie Monsters
Every Wednesday, Vamplit Publishing hosts #humpday #horrorchat, a way for us all to share our favorite things about horror while tweeting on Twitter. 
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC
Movie Monsters
Our horror chat is open to everyone whether you are a writer, publisher, film maker, artist, gamer, magazine or just someone who loves horror. Remember this is a fun and promotional chat. Feel free to invite your friends across Twitter to join our chats. HOW TO PARTICIPATE 1. Every Monday afternoon we’ll post the current (above) and following (below) week’s horror chat topic. **If you’d like to suggest a topic, post it here and it’ll get added to the list of future topics. 2. All day Wednesday on Twitter, starting 12:00 A.M. GMT and ending 11:59 P.M. Pacific time, tweet your answers, comments and replies to other participants on the topic. Make sure you include:
- #humpday #horrorchat in your responses so other chat participants can find the chat tweets (on longer tweets, include #horrorchat at a minimum)
- short links to websites, videos and other stuff related to the topic. Promotions for your works (literature, films, artwork, magazines, games, etc.) and friend’s work are welcome and expected
If you don’t use Twitter, you can also participate on our Facebook page.
3. Search for ‘horrorchat’ and/or ‘humpday’ to find other members chatting on the topic and comment on their responses using @ mentions. TIPS FOR TRACKING THE CHAT
- Try using TweetChat to view the combined conversation. Enter ‘horrorchat’ in the search criteria or go directly to http://tweetchat.com/room/horrorchat. You can join the conversation from TweetChat as well.
- On Twitter, search for horrorchat and save the search. This makes it easy to switch between @ mentions and your search. You can also expand the tweets to the right using the arrow button and see all the replies to a particular tweet much easier than provided in TweetChat. Need specific directions, click here.
If you have any questions, please post them to the comments here or direct them on Twitter to @by_wjhoward.
NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC
Tales by Stephen King
Spectacular Aurorae Erupt Over Norway
Over the weekend, the Earth’s magnetic field was struck by a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME — a vast bubble of solar plasma that had erupted from the sun on Jan. 19 — took longer than expected to travel through interplanetary space, but on Sunday it made contact.
(via suicidecreed)
Source: news.discovery.com
Minor Insanity's New Facebook Page
We finally have a facebook page.
W. J. Howard lives near Denver and writes horror, fantasy and sci-fi with a bit of comedy mixed in at times. Her award winning novel series, The Courier is scheduled for release by 
R.J. Robyn is an aspiring fantasy and mystery novelist. He spent some time in the theater as a young man, and has a minor in Creative Writing and Arthurian Literature. He's been writing since he was 10, but has spent most of his life programming computers.
Timothy C. Hobbs is a consummate horror writer and his stories are both horrific and beautifully crafted. The Pumkin Seed published by Vamplit Publishing in 2009 was Timothy Hobbs first published novel. He is now working with his editor at Vamplit Publishing on a collection of stories based on popular fairytales.
