Molly Looby - Author @mollylooby.bsky.social YA author of damaged, sarcastic (and often knife-wielding) girls
Querying my 98k YA paranormal fantasy/horror
THE CHAOS IN MY BLOOD 😈🩸🔪
www.mollylooby.com
David Boop @denverauthor.bsky.social Author / editor / tutor
Robert Kester @slowreader86.bsky.social movies▪️ books▪️ philosophy▪️space
T.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social Author of RIVER OF SOULS and NEVEREST as well as the Wattpad-exclusive THE HOUND. Can usually be found in the kitchen. Ask me about horror movies. Support me at https://www.patreon.com/tlbodine
Basile Lebret edits Cult of the Dog @evoripclaw.bsky.social Horror (screen)writer
Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com Writer of dark fiction inspired by dreams & nightmares 🌌 MH & PTSD 🌸 Autistic 🤘 Witch ⛥
🏳️🌈 Queer, polyam, aspec 💜🖤💚 (she/they)
👩🔬 Works in a lab, developing vaccines 🧫
📖 My Lord art by @hollybunn.bsky.social
📚 shimaira.com
🚫 no genAI
🏡 Dutch
🍉 & 🖕🧊
Mark N Drake @mark-n-drake.bsky.social Author - mostly horror. Before that: research physicist & university manager. Flits between rural Co. Durham & south of France. Check out www.markndrake.com for news/info. Free story for you at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/kn2xszai89. Please follow & say hi!
Diane M. Johnson @caseyadamsstark.bsky.social Writer of horror. Fan of the supernatural (and Supernatural). Think twice before you DM me. If it’s phishy it’s block-worthy.
🚫 AI Slop 🚫
#ScriptSky #HorrorSky #IndieHorror #BookSky
Find me through Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/dianemjohnsonauthor
Kevin de Chantal @kevindechantal.bsky.social Old #Gamer
Crazy #Welder
New #Writer
Mostly #horror #shortstories and #poems.
💀🌲💀🌲💀🌲💀
Check out my #Substack here: https://bit.ly/4am9C0E
To keep the darkness at bay, you have to give it snacks, that way it doesn't feed on your mind.
Bonne appétit
Opal @opalinkwell.bsky.social Writer of Many Things (mostly horror at the moment) • Aspiring Novelist • Trans Woman (she/her only) • Lesbian • Rabidly into TTRPGs and the Paranormal • Anti AI • Commissions open
Kelly Martin @readkellymartin.bsky.social Author. Occasionally talks to dead folks. Tell me what scares you.
Life Quote: "Was it raining, Louis?"- Daniel Molloy, Interview with the Vampire
https://linktr.ee/kellymartinauthor
Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social Books, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. PHENGARIS
@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social PARCH MARKS out with @GoldSF.bsky.social in Sept 26.
Author website: https://annaorridge.com/ (thanks to @sonorataylor.bsky.social)
she/her
Kate Kimbrell Author @katekimbrellauthor.bsky.social ❤️PhD student in Literature at IUP🩶📚🖋️
📖Yiddish learner💙
Author of
❤️🔥Moody, spicy romance❤️🔥
18+🔥🌶️
Katekimbrellauthor.com
Indie Horror Central @indiehorrorcentral.bsky.social Celebrating indie horror and more, blending hidden gems with mainstream classics. Your hub for all things spooky and spine-chilling!
Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social We're an indie press specialising in queer horror, crime & dark fiction, run by TC Parker & Shauna Mc Eleney
(Skeets by TC/N, occasionally SME)
We like intersectional feminism. A lot
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪
No GenAI. No DMs (we can't see them)
www.nefariousbatpress.com
Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes.bsky.social So-NEE-doh
he/they
Base form known as Sonora Reyes
bestselling and award-winning author
https://sonidoreyes.carrd.co/
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 | The Tower, The Moon, The Gun 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. 🌿🍁🍂🎃
Agnostic atheist. Nyctophile. AuDHD. Demi-Pan. They/them. | Contrary to internet lore, I am not lost, sorrowful, despairing, trapped, drowning, falling, or stuck in a maze. (You OK?)
Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
Joe Hill @joe-hill.bsky.social Author of The Fireman, Strange Weather, and King Sorrow (out in October). Co-creator of Locke & Key (along with maestro Gabriel Rodriguez). Let's do a better job lookin after the kids: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social Writer person. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Horror Movie, Another, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. F*ck AI
Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social Stoker nominated horror writer; editor of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈
Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them
https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️
https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Kate Siegel @katesiegel.bsky.social often actress, always dramatic. 
🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner
out now: NO GODS FOR DROWNING
Sept 15: THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT
she/her; rep: Lane Heymont
haileypiper.com
Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.com (He/They) Sunday Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Wretch
ericlarocca.com
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
https://pod.link/1530064310
You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com 
Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award nominated author, illustrator from Bristol, UK.
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, Titan 2025
ITCH! Hodder & Stoughton 2025
FIRST DATE, Datura Books 2026
HAPPY HOUR, Shortwave 2026
NoSleep Podcast.
Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social Bram Stoker Winning first novel, BEULAH. Work in Apex, Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, 3LBE, etc. Three Collections from Flame Tree Press.
https://linktr.ee/christinogle
Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars Award-winning Horror/SF writer. Rhysling finalist, Pushcart nominee.
THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP (Out Now!)
ECHOES AND EMBERS (Out Now!)
THE FIB (Out Now!)
Repped by Peter Steinberg, UTA
www.pedroiniguez.com
Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social https://ghoulish.rip
Award-winning small press specializing in transgressive horror fiction for perverts. Based in Minneapolis.
Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward.
ghostorchidpress.com
Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social NY Times bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, editor & comic book writer for IDW, Dark Horse,Marvel. Creator of V-Wars (Netflix). Editor of Weird Tales.
Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com Horror writer & designer. Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of DEVIL’S CREEK, SCANLINES, & more. Rep: Becky LeJeune | Confluence Literary Agency. He/him. atom.bio/tkeisling
Sofia Ajram @sofiaajram.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning writer. Metalsmith.
Books: Coup de Grâce (Titan Books), Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror (Ghoulish)
www.sofiaajram.com
https://sofiaajram.substack.com
Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award–winning author | MFA, PhD English(c) | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME, Sept 29 | Rep-Lane Heymont | cynthiapelayo.com
Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social Writer / Librarian
Work in Electric Literature, the Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, etc
Repped by Marie Lamba of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.
Novel: Living in Cemeteries
Collection: Haunted Ecologies
CoreyFarrenkopf.com
CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social Award-winning Author. Editor. Creator of UncomfortablyDark.com. Zero ai. Do not send it. Human created art only.
Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Philip Fracassi @pfracassi.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling writer of:
• SARAFINA
• THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE
• THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL
• NO ONE IS SAFE!
• BOYS IN THE VALLEY
• GOTHIC
• A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS
www.pfracassi.com/books
(Header art by Chris Nurse)
Raw Dog Screaming Press @rdspress.bsky.social Raw Dog Screaming Press publishes “fiction that foams at the mouth” specializing in dark and unclassifiable fiction and poetry.
Jonathan Janz @jonathanjanz.bsky.social Author of VEIL, MARLA, and CHILDREN OF THE DARK. Repped for Film & TV by Adam Kolbrenner. Lit Agent Lane Heymont.
elle nash @saderotica.bsky.social literary catgirl | author of Deliver Me, Gag Reflex, Nudes, & Animals Eat Each Other | phd candidate at university of glasgow | editor @thecreativeindependent.com 🌀
“i’m the bigger dog only for now.” —peter christopher
🐇linktr.ee/ellenash
Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press.
www.brigidsgatepress.com
Jenny Kiefer @jennykiefer.com Horror writer and owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Kentucky. Author of THIS WRETCHED VALLEY & CRAFTING FOR SINNERS (Oct 25). Bram Stoker Nominee.
Fuck fascists & AI
Jeff Strand @jeffstrand.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of gobs of books, mostly horror/comedy. FUN TIMES AT THE BLOODBATH - July 2026! WGA screenwriter. Bridgett Nelson’s scorching hot boyfriend. https://linktr.ee/jeffstrandauthor
Sara Tantlinger @saratantlinger.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil’s Dreamland. Collector of sea glass. Enthusiast of cats. 🐈⬛
saratantlinger.com
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Cemetery Gates Media @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social Publisher of horror fiction. Fans of urban legends and creepy locales.
Johnny Compton @comptonwrites.bsky.social Horror author:
The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, Dead First, Midnight Somewhere
Chimera Skin
Rachel Harrison @rachelharrison.bsky.social Friendly Ghost 👻
NYTimes bestselling author of The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth, Bad Dolls, Black Sheep, So Thirsty, Play Nice & KISS SLAY REPLAY 9/1 🖤
Tamika Thompson @tamikathompson.bsky.social Author | THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS (Erewhon/Kensington) & Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner, UNSHOD, CACKLING, and NAKED. she/her/hers
http:/mybook.to/hestergardens
Sley House Presents @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social Sley House Presents is a podcast about literature, with in-depth reviews, author interviews, and occasional audio fiction. Account managed by Trevor W.
Robert P. Ottone @robertottone.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Bagel enthusiast.
Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social Small press specializing in horror, sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, zines, poetry, and reprints. Voted best small press by our EIC's mom. We used to be From Beyond Press. agitapublishing.com
V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social 2x Bram Stoker Award nominated author
Chicana
Aliens:Vasquez
Rebel Moon (Netflix)
The Haunting of Alejandra
Immortal Pleasures
Goddess of Filth
The Queen of The Cicadas
Rep Jessica Berg
vcastrostories.com
Angela Sylvaine @angelasylvaine.bsky.social Horror & thriller author & reader. HWA. Cheerful goth. Bi. She/her. No AI!
Bram Stoker Award nominee
Horror comedy FROST BITE & COLD SNAP
Collection THE DEAD SPOT
Mall slasher CHOPPING SPREE
https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine
Taylor Grothe @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social Horror(omantasy) author 👻 HOLLOW (Peachtree Teen, Sept 30, 2025), THESE DREAMING SPIRES (Titan, Sept 2, 2025), LETHAL KISS (TOR Nightfire, Fall ‘26), MBT (Peachtree Teen, Spring '27) | MFA ‘24 | BLM | 🍉 | Rep: Victoria Marini
Erika T Wurth @erikatwurth.bsky.social Erika T. Wurth is the author of WHITE HORSE + THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904. NYT/GMA | WIU. Find her: Insta Goodreads Amazon TikTok Native Voices Medium. Trident.
Janine Pipe @janinepipe28.bsky.social Ex cop now writer, director, wife, mom
Event Horizon: The Making of the Classic Film from Titan Sept 2026
Owner of Delta Charlie Productions
Lover of action and Disney!
Agatha Andrews @agathaandrews.bsky.social Writer. Professional Gothic Swooner
Host of the She Wore Black Podcast
Rep: Jill Marr at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Active HWA member
Adam Cesare @adamcesare.bsky.social Horror Enthusiast. Bram Stoker Award-winning author. CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, VIDEO NIGHT, DEAD MALL, and more. Please buy a book. https://linktr.ee/adamcesare
Brian McAuley @brianmcwriter.bsky.social WGA Screenwriter. HWA Author.
🎞️⛓️ CURSE OF THE REAPER
🌲🔨 CANDY CAIN KILLS
🙏🪓 CANDY CAIN KILLS AGAIN
🧘🏻♀️🩸 BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT (9/2/25)
Books in the Freezer Podcast @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social Horror book recommendation podcast
Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social The science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction imprint of @SimonandSchuster 
Kealan Patrick Burke @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE out now.
linktr.ee/kealanpatrickburke
Kristina • Truborn Press @nwreader.bsky.social 💀EIC at Truborn Press
💀Horror Enthusiast in the PNW
💀Book Lover/Reviewer
www.trubornpress.com
Ross Jeffery @rossjefferyauthor.bsky.social Bram Stoker & 3x Splatterpunk Nominated Author | HARVESTING THE NIGHTMARE FIELDS | THE DEVIL’S POCKETBOOK | I DIED TOO, BUT THEY HAVEN’T BURIED ME YET | Film/TV @alec_frankel at IAG | Elizabeth Copps at Confluence Literary Agency
Website | https://writer
HellBound Books @hellboundbooks.bsky.social We are an independent publisher of horror, bizarro, erotic horror, dark erotica, poetry, and associated anthologies.
hellboundbookspublishing.com
HORROR PRESS @horrorpress.com Do me a solid and go read horrorpress.com
Ronald Malfi @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social Novelist and musician 
Kiera 💀 @thathorrorbish.bsky.social | 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓 | 𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗 • 𝕳𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 • 𝕰𝖝𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊 | ᴄᴀɴᴀᴅɪᴀɴ | 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 🤍
Book Slayer Press @bookslayerpress.bsky.social Micropress | Without passion, we're dead
Disabled queer owned | EIC Roxie Voorhees
#MakeHorrorQueerAF | 🚫 AI | THE LONGEST THIRST 9.26
https://linktr.ee/Bookslayerpress 
larry hinkle - 🎃 @thatscarylarry.bsky.social The least famous author you've never heard of. Freelance copywriter and HWA member. (Made the Stoker preliminary ballot in 2020/2022.)
An Hour Before Dark, out now.
The Space Between, out now.
The Eris Ridge Trail, out now.
thatscarylarry.com
Bleeding Edge Books @bleedingedgepub.bsky.social Fiction that cuts to the bone! A small press that specializes in Horror and Dark Fiction anthologies and novellas. More info: www.BleedingEdgePub.com
Richard Chizmar @richardchizmar.bsky.social Author.
Jamie Flanagan @jamieflanagan.com 🏳️⚧️
The Vampires Library @vampireslibrary.bsky.social get the door Meatwad it’s Dracula . // bookseller
Giving the right recommendations for you is my favorite thing in the world.
Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social A Writer of Horror, the Strange and the Mysterious.
C.S. Humble @cshumble.bsky.social Award-winning author of Amid the Vastness of All Else western saga and The Black Wells Series. Consulting Storyteller.
Cat Eye Press @cateyepress.bsky.social Welcome to a new home for horror! Cat Eye Press is an indie horror press, aiming to celebrate horror’s subgenres and diversity.
Website: cateyepress.com
Links: https://bio.site/cateyepress
Samantha Eaton @samanthaeaton.bsky.social Maine horror author and animal lover. Check out The Insatiable Hunger of Trees and The Roots In Your Bones. Don’t Feed The Wildlife coming soon!
Mark Matthews @markmatthews.bsky.social Author of Milk-Blood, All Smoke Rises
Editor of Orphans of Bliss, Lullabies for Suffering, Garden of Fiends.
Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
Recent Releases: Kali's Web & To Those Willing To Drown
linktr.ee/MarkMatthews
Strange Wilds Press - BOREAL is here! @strangewildspress.bsky.social Tiny Maine Horror Press. BOREAL - Feb. 25th | Vulpine Curse - Apr. 30th |EIC @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Website: www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/strange-wilds-press
Order BOREAL: https://books2read.com/u/470Rq8