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for those wanting to read amazing fiction, czech it out:
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by the amazing @swordsjew.bsky.social
@swordsjew.bsky.social it's not quite a mar-a-lagian espionage caper, but it is a break from epstein! much needed
In my new short piece of weird fiction, a desert security guard logs shifting cacti, silent orders, and a partner who vanishes after meeting an astronaut walking away from the base.
Sometimes the desert looks back. 🌵👁️
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/security_i...
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Jeffrey Epstein had a fully equipped dental operatory on his private island lined with sculpted faces. His last girlfriend was a dentist. The word "dentist" appears 1,815 times in his emails.
New piece on the strange dentistry of Jeffrey Epstein 🦷
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The DOJ released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s townhouse after his 2019 arrest. I went through them room by room. The art, the surveillance setup, the massage room, the symbolism — it reads less like décor and more like a psychological blueprint.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/inside-jef...
New story is up! This one is about a subway encounter that leads to a mysterious rebbe, a rooftop BJ during the Super Bowl, and a prophecy that hits with actual lightning
Jewish mysticism meets NYC chaos
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/tell-your-...
Hungarian Jews haunt differently @swordsjew.bsky.social
I just published "Papa's Projection," a Jewish ghost story about mourning, sound, and resurrection.
When a beloved shofar blower dies before Rosh Hashanah, his granddaughter returns to his grave on the eighth night… to keep a promise.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/papas-proj...
If I keep writing this story I'll eventually get to her days as an editor at Newsweek when she employed "interns" over the years (including @swordsjew.bsky.social) to help with her holy work..
When my mom was 18, hiking in Israel, she slipped near a cliff, and a man appeared from nowhere to pull her back. He vanished, leaving behind a purple notebook listing her Hebrew name. She believes he was one of the 36 hidden righteous souls who keep the world from falling.
Screenshot from the "Hebrew Horror" substack, featuring a video interview between Elie Lichtschein and Ilana Masad. On the left, Elie is holding up a copy of the book Beings. On the right, Ilana is smiling widely. Below the video, it reads: Interview with Ilana Masad 👽🛸😱 Aliens, abductions, and writing all about it Elie Lichtschein and Ilana Masad Sep 19, 2025 Thanks to everyone who tuned in! You can pick up Ilana’s incredible book BEINGS here.
Wonderful, in-depth conversation between @hebrewhorror.bsky.social and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social about (among other things) writing, publishing, conspiracy theories, and Ilana's new novel, BEINGS (out 23 Sept.). I had a great time watching it!
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/interview-...
"The deepest and most reliable blessing in my life has been to wander the world sustained by literature, which made me notice things I never would have noticed otherwise. This is the spookiest and most delightful thing in the world." —Daniel Handler
(@swordsjew.bsky.social true words right there)
I interviewed Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) for my newsletter.
We spoke about his approach to writing, the difference between working on a novel and a screenplay, and his favorite Jewish monster.
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I wrote a story about a serial killer preying on young women in the Blue Ridge Mountains hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
@swordsjew.bsky.social this piece is definitely not a *love letter* in the style you recently wrote (the hunky doctor's gorgeous brown eyes!), but I employed a similar second-person perspective in writing this.
Ever wondered how to write a letter to Ghislaine Maxwell in prison? Or the kind of depraved narcissistic mind that might try to do so for personal gain/the art of manipulation?
Well, here's a step by step guide.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
@swordsjew.bsky.social Mazel tov on the new little guy!! I recommend reading this story to your new nibble, although his memories might be too fresh for bris milah-centric horror just yet 😂
I usually write purely original stories, but there was something incredibly inspiring in retelling an old story and setting it today.
May have to do it again very soon.
My story is inspired by a 300 year old folk tale first published in the Kav Hayashar, a Jewish German work of ethics, stories, and Torah interpretations. You can read the original story here: www.sefaria.org/Kav_HaYashar...
I wrote a horror story called The Circumcision. It's about a mohel hired to perform a bris for a mysterious gated community in the midwest. The people in the community are not people but shaydim, my favorite Jewish monster by a long shot
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-circum...
@swordsjew.bsky.social there's a part in this about Wexner nearly freezing to death outside his Vail home at age 40 and while not technically "arctic horror," I was definitely thinking of you while working on that!! 🧊❄️☃️
In 1985, billionaire Leslie Wexner told New York Magazine that he wakes up each day in the company of a dybbuk, a clinging spirit shaped like an angel.
Did this influence his decision to work with Epstein and introduce "angels" to his lingerie line?
I dive into the dybbuk and its mystical names.
I just finished writing a creepy tale inspired by the unsettling descriptions of biblical angels. It follows Bernard, an elderly man battling harsh storms and something far stranger than weather — otherworldly beings that visit him in his darkest moment.
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/literary-h...
New short Passover horror story
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/plague-of-...
@swordsjew.bsky.social see if you can spot the haggadah for you 😂
I never really come on here except to scream "new story!" which I know is a terrible engagement strategy HOWEVER this time it's totally different - new Passover story! print it out just in time for the Seder! Scar the kids, scare the wife! Make Elijah proud
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/the-night-...
I wrote a Purim horror story set in 1988 where a group of celebrating Jews hang mannequins of the ten worst antisemites to ever live. Even though it's anachronstic I included Kanye West in them (see the pic) BECAUSE FUCK NAZIS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
hebrewhorror.substack.com/p/purimfest-...