Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social Used, new, & out of print books in the heart of downtown Bloomington, IL. LGBTQ+ owned & operated.
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The Poisoned Pen Bookstore @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore. No matter where you live!
We're a Scottsdale, AZ indie bookstore, which specializes in signed 1st editions & book signings. We are the hub for autographed books by Diana Gabaldon, Clive Cussler, Jack Carr, Preston & Child, & more.
The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
CJ Leede @ceejthemoment.bsky.social Americana Psycho❤️🔥🏜️🐺🏔️🪐🖖🏻
USA Today bestselling author of MAEVE FLY, AMERICAN RAPTURE, & HEADLIGHTS
Scream Kings Podcast @screamkings.bsky.social Occult expert Max George, literature expert Nathaniel Darkish, & author and ER doctor N.J. Gallegos talk movies, books, folklore, occult, & interview horror pros. Check us out at screamkingspodcast.com or wherever you listen to podcasts!
elli ⏾ your spooky mom @yourspookymom.bsky.social 🕯️ living deliciously through literature
🪓 readin’ horror, folkloric, & queer lit
✨ co-owner of dead readers society
🪦 editor-in-chief of night terror mag
Rob Bedford 📚🍺 @robhb.bsky.social Fantasy/Horror Geek https://www.sffworld.com/author/rob-b/
Dog owner: https://www.instagram.com/dustythederp/
Craft Beer "Enthusiast" Untappd: RobHB / Instagram: Robhbed
Blog: robbedford.blogspot.com | Linktree: https://linktr.ee/RobHBed Enjoyer of Bourbon
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Liz Kerin @lizkerin.bsky.social Author, Screenwriter, mother of corgis | I wrote those sad vampire books NIGHT'S EDGE and FIRST LIGHT. 🩸🥀 | 🌴 by way of 🗽, 💙💜💗
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Terrified State @terrifiedstate.bsky.social Welcome to Terrified State
Where the Love of the #Horror genre is shown daily. Art work, reviews, views and terrifying experiences.
By Hugh
Engaged to a beautiful woman named Dawna
In Arizona
Letterboxd~ https://boxd.it/1Yeo7
Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social Muñeca, my queer gothic historical fiction novel, out now: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211/muneca-by-cynthia-gomez/
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. Rep @LaurenBajek.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
Horrifically Well Read @thehauntedlibrary.bsky.social A Horror-Focused podcast interviewing authors, reviewers, and others in the literary horror community.
Ed Crocker @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social 🧛♀️🐺🧙♂️ Spec fic author. LIGHTFALL (#1 of THE EVERLANDS) out now. MOONFALL June 2026 🖊 Freelance editor. 📚 SFF & horror reviewer for Grimdark Magazine & FanFiAddict. He/him
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edcrocker
Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social Michigander. Horror writer. Three novellas, CURSE CORVUS, MELON HEAD MAYHEM (Shortwave Publishing), and REANIMATED REX out now. he/him
alexebenstein.com
Matt’s Books and Drams @mattsbooksanddrams.bsky.social Horror reader and reviewer
Co-host of the SGJ Club
Host of The Paulbearers Club (Tremblay) on IG
IG: @matts_books.and.drams
Horror Book Cheerleader @sarahbartz.bsky.social Book reviewer. Constant reader. Dog lover.
Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Teacher.
He/Him. ANTI-AI.
emily vinci @evyann666.bsky.social Librarian. Writer. Tired.
HWA member. StokerCon Librarians Day presenter/wrangler.
Occasional reviewer. Habitual fiend.
Lover of all things horror and movies and books and VHS and cats and pizza and not taking anything too seriously.
She/they
Josh Korngut @joshkorngut.bsky.social Managing editor at @dreadcentral.bsky.social
Host of @developmenthell.bsky.social podcast
Writes at Exclaim, Paste, CBC Life, PRIDE
🍅-approved critic & GALECA member 🧚🏽
Development Hell 🎞️ 🔥 @developmenthell.bsky.social A dreadcentral.bsky.social podcast
Unearthing the best horror movies never made.
Hosted by @joshkorngut.bsky.social
“Ingenious" - @variety.com
dreadcentral.com/development-hell
Jason Jenkins @jinx1981.bsky.social Writer. Filmmaker. All-around nerd.
The Fandomentals @thefandomentals.bsky.social Exploring the fundamentals of fandom. Check out our articles at www.thefandomentals.com
Violet Prynne @violetprynne.bsky.social October is a state of mind. 🍁
Horror BookTuber 📚
https://youtube.com/@violetprynne?si=7Bm5JcVLmHr3TB6U
Sam Richard @sammytotep.bsky.social Widower | Owner Weirdpunk Books | Author | Wonderland & Lit Nasties Award-Winner | BNW & Splatterpunk Award-Nominee | Anarchist | Aging Punk | Bi | He/Him | 'Saddest Man in Indie Horror' | Void Collective | Zinester | MPLS
https://linktr.ee/weirdpunkbooks
Jack 🎃 @ghoulportal.bsky.social Freelance illustrator 🍁 he/him 🍁 Gore whore, scary monster enthusiast, friend to kaiju.
Buy prints - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ghoulportal/
BurkittsvilleMike @burkittsvillemike.bsky.social NOT the Mike in the movie.
Mayor, Burkittsville, MD (2022- present)
Vortex Books & Comics @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social Indie bookstore specializing in Horror, Science-Fiction, & Fantasy
https://www.vortexbooksandcomics.com/
Vaughn A. Jackson - Author @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social Creatures, Kaiju, and Cosmic Horror
Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths.
Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places.
Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
We Bleed Orange & Black @webobpodcast.bsky.social We Bleed Orange & Black - the podcast for Halloween & Horror lovers 🎃
https://linktr.ee/webobpodcast
George Dunn @georgesreads.bsky.social Horror reader
Reviewer for fanfiaddict.com
Nathaniel J.Darkish @njdarkish.bsky.social Horror writer and co-host of the Scream Kings podcast. English teacher. Reader, board gamer, nerd. HWA. Pre-order DARK ART now! https://nathanieldarkish.com/
Brian Evenson @brianevenson.bsky.social Short story writer, novelist, television writer. Married to the excellent Kristen Tracy.
Shannon & Swift @shannonandswift.bsky.social Screenwriters. Currently: Sam Raimi SEND HELP & MAGIC / THE LAST VAN HELSING / Disney’s GENIE / BERMUDA. Previously: BAYWATCH / FRIDAY the 13TH 2009 / FREDDY vs JASON / SHARK TALE.
All our best stuff hasn't been made so we keep tryin
N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social I like big cats. ER doc. Horror author. Artist. Cohost of The Scream Kings Podcast. Member of HWA. Pro-choice. BLM. I voted for her. Star Wars & BravoTV fanatic. She/her. 🌊🏳️🌈
Personal site: https://njgallegos.com
Podcast: https://www.screamkingspodcast.com
Justin P. Lange @jplange.bsky.social Film Director
The Dark ▪️The Seventh Day ▪️The Visitor
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 51 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social writer | editor | PhD, UNC Chapel Hill | 🏳️🌈
The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social A podcast from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social about horror writers and the stories that made them. New episodes every Wednesday!
🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social Horror scribbler. Writer and Director of The Possession of David O'Reilly. Author of Remains, Bones, and The Cockroach King. Co-editor of FOUND/2 📼 HWA member. Likes to give away books. He/him. Say NO to AI in art. Contact: https://linktr.ee/andrewcull
Colin Hinckley @colinrhinckley.bsky.social Writer | Actor | Bookseller | Author of 'The Black Lord' out now from Tenebrous Press |
https://linktr.ee/Colin.hinckley
Sobelo Books @sobelobooks.bsky.social Publishers of dark speculative fiction.
luna13darke (Danni) @luna13darke.bsky.social horror lover
books, art
fierce indie supporter
nyctophile
apanthropist
Lorin Elise @paperbackbish.bsky.social sgj’s favorite bish 🔪
don’t temp me with a good time (books & silence)
🏳️🌈🍉🇺🇦 // 🚫🧊👑
http://www.instagram.com/paperbackbish
The Lahaska Bookshop @lahaskabookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore located in Peddler's Village,PA. Sister-store to @DoylestownBookshop.Bsky.social
The Doylestown Bookshop @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social Bucks County‘s largest independent Bookshop. Supporting the community and it’s Authors for over 28 years.
L.C. Marino @lcmarino.bsky.social Author of thrills, suspense, and horror fiction. Cofounder and publisher at Sobelo Books. Bookseller at Spineless Reads. Host of The Suspense is Killing Me podcast. www.lucasmarinowrites.com
Poisoned Pen @poisonedpen.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore No Matter Where You Live.
www.poisonedpen.com
Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social Writer. Here for positivity. Movies. Comics, Games, Horror. Fangoria THR TIME Vulture. Book: We Make Monsters Here. https://www.amazon.com/Make-Monsters-Here-Richard-Newby/dp/B08WZH8Q35/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2X23U6JJN8LMJ&keywords=we+make+monsters+here&qid=1
Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com C&A 🪶
Writer. Editor. Anthologist. Girl Dad. San Diego-based. Repped by Rachel Letofsky (lit) at TLA and Joe Veltre (film/tv) at Gersh.
ShaneHawk.com
NativeHorrorIndex.com
NWAN2.com
Sean O’Connor of MACABREDAILY.COM @bgpcpodcast.bsky.social Featured writer for Macabre Daily. Interviews, articles, and reviews of everything happening in the world of horror.
@brianmatthews2407.bsky.social @brianmatthews2407.bsky.social 
C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author - The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls (Netflix), The Drift and The Gathering. Dog lover. Gin drinker. Tattoo enthusiast. Disturbingly cheery. Serenity Falls out Sept 10, 2026!
Katrina Monroe @authorkatm.bsky.social Author of 👻 things, recently: THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT DOOR. Whiskey drinker. Hates feet.
Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood horromance evangelist. Out now: THE HACIENDA & VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE & THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ. Up next: THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS (Dutton Fall ‘26). | Bram Stoker Award Nominee | UChicago PhD
https://www.isabelcanas.com/
Richard Chizmar @richardchizmar.bsky.social Author.
Danielle Trussoni @danielletrussoni.bsky.social NYT and internationally bestselling author #Angelology and #ThePuzzleMaster
#ThePuzzleBox
Andrew Pyper @andrewpyper.bsky.social Novelist. Author of The Residence, The Demonologist, Lost Girls. Also writes under pen name Mason Coile: WILLIAM (2024), EXILES (2025). 
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
Ronald Malfi @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social Novelist and musician 
Jamie Flanagan @jamieflanagan.com 🏳️⚧️
Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social Horror writer startled by most sounds. The Barre Incidents and Kill Radio (both genre-bendy Horror) available thru Malarkey Books.
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
Backgrd image quote: “Helloooo? My water dish is empty!”
Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social Stoker Award-nominated horror author.
rep: Oli Munson
she/they, bi, polyam, vegan, a bit witchy, very crafty
Trans rights are human rights
End the genocide in Gaza 🍉
Posting from Greenwich, London
www.allywilkes.com
Erin E. Adams @iameeadams.bsky.social Storyteller of all things dark. Author of JACKAL and ONE OF YOU.
Updates only
https://linktr.ee/iameeadams
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
Craig Engler @craigengler.bsky.social Dad. Founder of The Great Puzzle Co. and Shiver Studios. Former GM of Shudder. Creator of Z Nation. Ex-NBCU. Occasional movie writer. Was once a Nintendo Gameplay Counselor.
Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social Writer/Artist
🦋THE REDEMPTION OF MORGAN BRIGHT
🩸THE PHLEBOTOMIST
🛸STRINGERS
🎪SHITSHOW
🐦⬛DAYTIDE
🧹KILL ME WITH FIRE
🪓 Rep Sara Megibow 🪓 SFWA
🪓 HWA
Linktr.ee/chrispanatier
Tim McGregor @timmcgregor.bsky.social Author, occasional doofus, Wasps in the Ice Cream, Lure, Taboo in Four Colors, Hearts Strange and Dreadful, the Spookshow series.
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
Jeremy Robert Johnson @jrjisprobable.bsky.social THE LOOP, ENTROPY IN BLOOM, IN THE RIVER, SKULLCRACK CITY, ALL THE WRONG IDEAS
Repped by Mollie Glick (Literary) and Jon Cassir (Book-to-Film) at CAA.
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.
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.
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
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
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Catriona Ward @catrionaward.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND 🪞💀🪞, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
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
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 🖤
Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social Writer, arteest, blindish, kinda punk. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. FEVER HOUSE, THE DEVIL BY NAME, COFFIN MOON, more. CRONE coming 9/26. Repped by Chad Luibl, Janklow & Nesbit. CLOSED FOR BLURBS, SORRY.
Tim Lebbon @timlebbon.bsky.social SECRET LIVES OF THE DEAD out August '25. DEAD RED & RAZOR out September. NY Times bestselling writer. Father, husband, triathlete. Real ale. Cake. Music. The countryside. Love is the fing. Be kind. AMONG THE LIVING out now.
Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more 📚 Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
max booth will never die @interrobangbus.bsky.social "max booth is a fiend haunting the midwest" — jeff vandermeer
writer & editor
publisher @ ghoulish books
they/she
interrobangbus.com
Alex Woodroe @alexwoodroe.com Shirley Jackson Award-nominated EIC of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Dark specfic writer, Romanian folklore nerd, optimistic nihilist.
she/her
WHISPERWOOD out now
THE NIGHT SHIP out now
TATRATEA coming Oct 2026
https://linktr.ee/AlexWoodroe
Alison Rumfitt (preorder BRAINWYRMS thanks) @hangsawoman.bsky.social Confrontational and yet quite friendly author. Books: TELL ME I'M WORTHLESS (out now) and BRAINWYRMS (coming October 10th)
Laird Barron @lairdbarron.bsky.social A dog of the house
Mainly updates; occasional commentary
Catch me at my Patreon: Realms of Old Leech https://www.patreon.com/lairdbarron/about
Banner art: Chuck Killorin.
John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social Writer. All monsters, all the time. Filthy liberal.
Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist. New novel CARRY ME TO MY GRAVE out 7/21/26.
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
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
Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social SVP of Editorial, FANGORIA Publishing
Editor-in-Chief, FANGORIA Magazine
Exec Producer, HORROR NOIRE
Grieving Bond fan
Personal account; all opinions correct
Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social Queen of Lasers, Mother of Storms, & NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, & many more. Any/All
Art: http://patreon.com/catvalente
Politics: http://catvalente.substack.com
TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author