About Deathbed

Deathbed

is an independent web publication and digital newsletter of original, short horror stories by comedy writers launched in September 2025 by Ritch Duncan.

Deathbed writers include published authors, winners of prestigious awards including Emmys, Peabodys, and Grand Clios, and have writing credits that include The Daily Show, SNL, Bob's Burgers, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show, Billy On The Street, Sesame Workshop, and more.

Deathbed is not intended for children. Some of the stories are spooky and funny, some are scary and gross. Here is a description of our "Clown-o-Meter" the ultra-scientific tool we've employed to help readers manage their expectations.

To date, Deathbed stories have featured Poisoning, Immolation, Killer Plants, Possession, Insanity, Axe-Murder, Dismemberment by Pruning Saw, Dismemberment by Chainsaw, Nudity, Alcoholism, Suicide, Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, Animal Cruelty, Mountainous Cleavage, Gunplay, Clowns, Facebook, Netflix, and unwanted invitations to improv comedy shows.

We go hard.

The connection between comedy and horror is well documented. Our reasoning about why comedy writers are particularly well suited for writing horror is detailed in our first post, Deathbed, An Introduction. It's informative, entertaining, and includes a charming little aside where the actress Sydney Sweeney murders a guy.

Your free subscription to Deathbed gives you access to this website as well as a weekly email with the latest stories.

Deathbed is powered by Ghost, a platform we chose in part because it sounded spooky. Other perks include the fact that Ghost is an open-source, writer-friendly newsletter and publishing medium that allows us to grow slowly, retain our own audience, and do so without sharing a platform with Nazis.

We prefer to keep company with fictional horrors.

Ritch Duncan: Editor-in-Chief

Kevin Maher: Contributing Editor
Dan McCoy: Contributing Editor

Ben Zelevansky: Web Design

Munich Art Studio : Original Artwork, and "Skully" Logo Design

Jeffery Kaufman: Igor

Contact

Website: DeathbedWriting.com

Email: TheDeathbed@outlook.com
Instagram: @DeathbedWriting