Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️⚧️
Mum friend transitioning to mum. Recovering medievalist. Writer of gothic, fantasy and horror. Displaced northener. True foodie. Culinary Cenobite. Pigeon möther. Synth/BM gremlin. Writing at patreon.com/lhardingwrites and ko-fi.com/lawrenceharding
- Dilemma: a Dungeon Synth artist I really want to see is playing London soon, but the support act *really* annoyed me when I saw them last.
- The support act is, however, pretty ubiquitous in the London DS scene so I guess I have to learn to live with them.
- Cancer: We are not so different, you and I. You too drain your victims. You too thirst for more. Fr. Marcellus: But I am more than what I am. A vampire's bite can only take, as can you - but I am more than my bite. I can give, love, show mercy. And exorcise demons like you. #HorrorWritersChat
- 4 February is World Cancer Day. 1 in 5 people develops cancer. We lost HWC originator Matt to cancer in 2025 🤍🕯️ #HorrorWritersChat - The call is coming from inside the house. Q4: Write a one-post scene where your character meets the personification of cancer in their home. --- Outro in 10 mins
- The thing I'm not sure people understand is that when I say I'm writing a Vampire Catholic Priest I'm not doing it to be edgy, in doing it as a genuine theological thought experiment. Which I think says a lot about me.
- Powerwolf has a lot to answer for.
- Since I'm writing him, Fr Marcellus is tall and pale with overlong canines he hides with a drooping moustache. He wears a broad hat, as he doesn't get on with the sun It's hard being a priest when a vampire, especially when stress makes your body change into something monstrous #HorrorWritersChat
- #HorrorWritersChat Our bodies are the homes that house us. Sometimes they work to our advantage. Sometimes they can work against us. Q3: Describe the physical characteristics of one of your horror story characters. Is there anything about their body that helps or hinders them in their story?
- I seldom have living spaces in my horror. But when I do, it's often about property developers doing things to upset the former inhabitants. Some of them are half-based on real hauntings I've experienced. The haunting of love can also be terrible. #HorrorWritersChat
- #HorrorWritersChat In fiction, homes tell us something about their inhabitants. Q2: How do the living spaces in your horror reflect your characters?
- The one time I visited my partner's babcia's house before it was sold to be renovated, I had never been in a place that felt so *loved*. I ended up writing a story about what might happen to the developer who inevitably ruined it. It involved a cement mixer and some grumpy ghosts as I recall.
- I don't know if you've ever been followed around by the idea of someone offering you a plate of pink wafers, while being aware that the wafers *could be revoked at any moment*, but that's what that haunting felt like.
- Hi #HorrorWritersChat! I'm Lawrence (she/her) and I write folk/religious horror with a Victoriana bent My favourite horror movie set in a house is The Exorcism, a TV play from 1972 in which former socialists are haunted by the past inhabitants of the house they've renovated. All too relevant today
- Welcome to #HorrorWritersChat I hope you've grabbed a snack and a drink in a cosy spot. Let's begin. Q1: Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write. Then, share your favourite horror story/movie set inside a home.
- Hi #TBRuary! I'm Lawrence (she/her) and I like fantasy, horror and litfic - currently on a literary horror binge. I have 5 or 6 books in my TBR but it's sure to grow. As a writer, I would love it if more people read By The Blood, my horror novella about a vampire priest - available on Ko-Fi.
- Welcome to #TBRuary, everyone! Let us know who you are, what you like to read, and how many books are on your TBR! Readers: share one book that's extremely important to you! Writers: share a book you wrote that you want more people to read! #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity
- Happy new month! @liminalitea.bsky.social and I are excited to share our 62nd illustrated zine - now available to patrons This month, tales of entities watching over the mortal realm - for better or worse... Featuring an exclusive Keepers of Khriam story, The Saint of Sickness and Burning Cords
- A Gift for a Madonna When Tomasso hunts down the bandito who stole his beloveds brooch, he discovers that his treasure has been bestowed on another, who will not give up her prize easily, even from beyond the grave.
- The Hero of Sentysid A would-be philanthropist discovers that the ghetto of Sentysid doesn't need his help. Another entity is watching over it, and knows their needs far better than he ever could
- The Saint of Sickness and Burning Cords Terard has the perfect scam - holding miracles of healing bestowedto ransom. Thanks to Saint Donispyr it looks like he's about to hit it rich, but neither his victims nor the saint take kindly to him cashing in on their desperation
- Invite me to do an author reading, I promise I will look 100% this fabulous
- I have just been in a vintage clothes store on Holloway Road that we're 90% sure is a money laundering front for the Fae and I have bought the most EGREGIOUS jacket. People need to buy my books to give me an excuse for a new author photo.
- It has sequins and tails, need I say more?
