Lantern author

Dom Sabasti

Lantern After DarkOctober 2026 event author

How it was earned: Participated in Lantern’s October 2026 After Dark event.

I am a hermit-styled creature dwelling in Eldritch angst.

Eldritch eroticaErotic horrorExistential horror

27,081published words across 5 Lantern stories

Behind the byline

About the author

the words, so many words, endless words and they keep coming of their own accord at least that's what they tell me

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Author marginalia

The fun stuff.

The little things readers always want to know after the last page.

Forever shelf

Favorite books

Gideon the Ninth
anything by Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, maybe some Junji Ito, but for different reasons

In the headphones

Writing soundtrack

Arabic Techno, Gypsy Noir Jazz, the soundtrack from Katamari Damacy

Tiny author lore

Things to know

take a shit in the abyss, very satisfying

On Lantern

Stories by Dom Sabasti

Fairy tale retelling

Of Wood And Magic

This is my twisted take on a classic.

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Horror

Beggar at the Crossroads

Exiles from another story...

Read 1 →

Folk horror

A bumbulum is a concept for a medieval musical instrument that was designed to make fart noises. It also happens to be the name given to a particular panda that lived around an odd village on the outskirts of a remote bamboo forest. This particular naming of this particular panda is highly justified.

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Horror