Lynn Huggins-Cooper @hugginscooper.bsky.social Horror maven. Co-host of Northern Horror Hub. Thanatologist. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
Michael Scott Author @flamelauthor.bsky.social Author of the New York Times' bestselling series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel http://dillonscott.com 
Dr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.social Researcher in Literature, Film and Cultural Studies | The Gothic, Horror, Technology, Disability | Currently writing ‘Horror and Disability’ for the University of Wales Press Horror Studies series.
Proudly neurodivergent (ADHD)
Marc Olivier @dullboy237.bsky.social Professor (film and lit), series editor Icons of Horror (Indiana UP). Love and support the marginalized. 🏳️🌈 he/him #horrorsky
Matthew Thompson @drmatthewthompson.bsky.social Academic. PhD on historical reconstructions of the Whitechapel Murders. Writes about toxic masculinity, Neo-Victorianism and historical reconstruction. Currently researching the vampire in interactive media. He/Him
Brontë Schiltz @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 🖊: @bigissue.com @bigissuenorth.bsky.social 👻 PhD on the BBC’s Televisual Gothic @manmetuni.bsky.social 👩💼 Members Coordinator @igagoths.bsky.social
🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social Guru of the Horror Variety 😈
Horror Film Critic 📽
Horror Host 😂
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He/Him 🤷♂️
#MutantFam #Horrortube #Horror #Horrorfam #Filmsky #Horrorsky #HorrorCommunity
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social Be kind and stay weird.
Contributor to:
@sorrowscopes.bsky.social
@riversidecasino.bsky.social
Ruth Heholt @ruthheholt.bsky.social Prof of literature and culture. Gothic, crime, masculinity, ghosts. Lead of the Dark Economies Scholarly Association (dESA). Editor Rvenantjournal.com
HP Bookcraft @hpbookcraft.bsky.social 38. She/they. Folklore, horror, hauntology. Master's in Gothic literature. Keeper of wayward books, editor, and thing that goes bump in the night.
Eric Gary Anderson @ericgaryanderson.bsky.social Your home for Undead Studies. Literature professor & director of grad studies in English at George Mason, where I teach NAIS, southern lit, horror/gothic lit, etc. Cat dad to Thena, Coraline, and Jackson Gray. Drinker of coffee. He/him/👻
Adam Daniel @realtopekapeople.com Writer / Director / Producer. Lecturer in Communication/Film @ WSU. Horror scholar. ‘Affective Intensities and Evolving Horror Forms’ from EUP. He/Him.
Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social writer & educator & academic.
cthulhu(s)cene queen.
hwa; codex.
banff writer residency '25.
words in strange horizons, ergot., cosmic horror monthly, & more.
co-founder antilogos press.
pioneered a field of posthuman witchcraft.
Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com Pop culture scholar of peplum, Italian films, industrial music, horror studies, and other odd subjects. Tiki and cocktails, mid-century and pinups. Co-host of H.P. Lovecast Podcast. He/Him. nickdiak.com. Glendale, AZ.
Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social Genre Lecturer, Writer, Journo & Prod, EIC of @nighttidemag.bsky.social: Diverse Horror Perspectives, Host of From Inside the House Pod, Member of Nyx Horror, 13 Minutes of Horror for SHUDDER
NY-er in London
https://nighttidemag.com/
http://momoshaty.com
Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | UITDRIJVEN (2025) | PERFORMING MAGNETISM (2026)
Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social PhD in Victorian lit. Editor/researcher/lecturer. Women’s ghost stories & the supernatural. Lots of posts about books. And ghosts. And Margery Lawrence.
Violet Hunt’s The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy out now with The British Library.
Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Dr Janice Deitner @janiceflux.bsky.social Scholar of Shirley Jackson and periodical culture, funded by Research Ireland. Research interests include periodicals, Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, popular culture in general, zombie bites in narrative and popular discourse. Opinions my own.
Katy Soar @kjsoar.bsky.social PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social.
Writer for Hellebore. Editor 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press), 'Circles of Stone' & 'Return of the Ancients' (BL Tales of the Weird). She/her.
I have a dog.
Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social Horror Lex® (https://horrorlex.com) is the home of academic horror. Explore our huge research database of scholarly, thoughtful writings on horror films. #horror
Xanthe Pajarillo @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Film Director doing a PhD in Horror
🐁 The Feral Academic
🎬 In Post: Kids Make Horror
📍 Birmingham UK 🔁 LA
Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social I am the spooks🧛🏻♀️🍷
non-fiction, translation, dark lore, art, music & weird niche stuff
I run #dailyspooklore & #swampsunday (feel free to join me).
Also, I often post about vamps #vampiresweekly
Kate Egan @kte75.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.
Dave Jeffery @davebjeffery.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award and Bridport Prize finalist. Creator of 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE'. Anthologist at Flame Tree Press.
I do not use generative AI in my work; nor do I support its use in the arts.
https://www.davejefferyauthor.com/
C. Signy Maraine 🛹🐢 @csignymaraine.bsky.social Wordlarker 🛹🐢 Poetry, nature, photo art. Jesus follower. Grace and peace. Not religion. Fan of Julian of Norwich, Halloween, dogs, classic/punk rock, humor, and KINDNESS. Teen horror fiction writer. Author of DREAD THE BOARDS
my works©️
she/her 🌈🕊
B L I T Z / / B E R L I N @handle.invalid Three composers making music for film, tv, and video games. Blade Runner 2036, The Void, Psycho Goreman, Frankie Freako, Far Cry 6
blitzberlinmusic.com
George Adamczyk @funnysexycrazy.bsky.social Teller of bad jokes and writer of the "Lost Minds Wandering Souls" fantasy/horror book series. I have also been running the "Funnysexycrazy" and "Quotebacks" humor pages on FB for over ten years.
Godless @godlesshorrors.bsky.social Owner of Godless.com
Troy Escamilla @troyescamilla.bsky.social Horror Lover! Director of the films PARTY NIGHT, MRS. CLAUS, TEACHER SHORTAGE & HOLLOW LAKE.
Film Fest Director Houston Horror Film Fest
Co-host of Dark Night of the Podcast
📍Las Vegas
Nerd Horror @nerdhorror.com Where nerd meets nightmare 🧠🔪 From cursed puppets to cosmic horror, we're blending games, movies, fact, and fiction into transmedia nightmares. nerdhorror.com
DM Guay @dmguay.bsky.social Author of monster comedies, including the 24/7 Demon Mart series, Christmas Creeps from the Deep. Godzilla's No. 1 Fan. DMGUAY.COM. Member: SFWA, HWA.
Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA | Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | Poetry Editor Orion’s Belt | Words in Future Fire, UtopiaSF, Space&Time, Lovecraftiana | EIC @katabaticcircus.bsky.social co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social
🌙 Moonchild ✨ @moonchild137.bsky.social horror addict and book collector 📚, crochet maniac, loves dogs, 🖤the Moon and the Stars, Nana, Jedi, Liberal, Kitchen Witch and lover of dark stuff in general 🌙✨🐾
J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Horror Writer, Movie Addict, & Paranormal Investigator
Pansexual/Genderqueer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
*they/them*
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
Dr Ashley Lister @ashleylister.bsky.social Wanna buy a book? https://ashleylister.bigcartel.com/ 
Brianna Raine @briannaraine.bsky.social Horror Author, Artist and Reader.
The Woman In The Mirror.
The Girls of Old Eden School.
The Clown Hotel.
The Haunting of Anne-Marie.
Ryan C. Thomas @ryancthomas.bsky.social Author (The Summer I Died, Hissers and more), musician, sushi fanatic, avid reader, comics nerd, on a constant quest to figure out where I left my glasses.
Mats Strandberg @matsstrandberg.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, playwright. 🏳️🌈🇸🇪🇮🇨
Latest work: tv series FÄRJAN/BLOOD CRUISE, movie HEMMET/THE HOME, horror novel MUSAN/THE MUSE.
Serena @serenajenk.bsky.social She/Her.
Likes big books, knows too much myth.
Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social 🇨🇳🇨🇦 | she/her | Changle -> Toronto | Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner | Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee | Odyssey ‘23 | BA,MSc | rep: UTA & Mushens Entertainment | A RIVER FROM THE SKY (Titan Books ‘26)
https://aijiang.carrd.co/
Tony @anthonyhepp.bsky.social Doing my best.
Luna Nyx 🇨🇦 @lunanyx1313.bsky.social Artist, singer, witch, weirdo. Definitely not rabblerousing and for sure not three capybaras in a velvet dress. You saw nothing.
Alistair @stairie.bsky.social Software developer, board game creator, human cannonball 
Ex Mortis Rare & Preloved Books @exmortisbooks.bsky.social A rare and preloved haunted virtual bookshop filled with ghostly, weird and otherworldly books.
www.exmortisbooks.com
Derek Thomas - the horror dude @derekthomas-author.bsky.social I write horror stories for No Pants Publishing. I support women, animals and the Alphabet Mafia. I HATE pants.
Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
Brennan LaFaro @brennanlafaro.bsky.social Hopecore author. SLATTERY FALLS TRILOGY🏚️ BUZZARD’S EDGE SAGA🤠 THE DENIZENS 🧟♂️ ILLUSIONS OF ISOLATION 👻. He/Him.
Mary SanGiovanni @marysangiovanni.bsky.social Writer of cosmic horror, supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, and occasionally sf/horror and comics. Likes to craft. She/her
Rep: Elizabeth Copps/Confluence Literary Services
Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR
FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social First in Fright since 1979, FANGORIA is a collectible magazine, a podcast network, and an entertainment studio.
FANGORIA.com
The NoSleep Podcast @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social The NoSleep Podcast is an anthology of original short stories featuring immersive music and sound design. 
Ronald Malfi @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social Novelist and musician 
Brian Asman @thebrianasman.bsky.social Writer.
OUR BLACK HEARTS BEAT AS ONE coming 10.24.2024 (Mutated Media)
GOOD DOGS coming 10.1.2024 (Blackstone)
Rep: Dunham Literary, Inc
Www.brianasmanbooks.com 
Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social An award-winning weekly horror fiction podcast
⛔ CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS FOR NOW
🖤Stay tuned for when we'll reopen!
www.talestoterrify.com
#HorrorCommunity
PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org The oldest short-fiction horror podcast. We have always lived in the tower. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Kat Day & Alex Hofelich | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Asst Eds: Scott Campbell & Joshua Tuttle | Audio: Chelsea Davis & Graeme Dunlop 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
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
Bridgett Nelson @bridgettnelson.bsky.social Two-time Splatterpunk Award-winning horror author. Freelance editor. Lover of amaretto sours, tarantulas, and Jeff Strand. Mom of two incredible humans, a ball python, a Dumeril's boa, & four pooches...boss of none. She/her.
www.bridgettnelson.com
François Vaillancourt @francois-art.bsky.social Illustrator of spooky things, but nice guy nonetheless. 
Ronald Kelly @ronaldkelly.bsky.social Southern-Fried Horror Author. Zebra Books 1990-1996. Splatterpunk Award Winner. Author of Fear, Undertaker's Moon, Blood Kin, The Essential Sick Stuff, & Southern Fried & Horrified. Devoted husband, dad, and man of faith. He/Him
Wrath James White @wrathjw.bsky.social Horror Author, Poet, Muay Thai and boxing trainer, humanist, and all around badass motherfucker who enjoys doing badass things with other bad motherfuckers.
Daniel J Volpe @danieljvolpehorror.bsky.social Splatterpunk Award winning author of PLASTIC MONSTERS. Author of TALIA, LEFT TO YOU, and many others. Djvhorror.com 
Rooster Republic / Strangehouse Books @roosterreppress.bsky.social Independent Artists & Publishers of award-winning fiction.
We offer competitive design services thru our website!
Run by: Nicholas Day & Don Noble
https://roosterrepublicpress.com/design-services/
Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social Award-winning Author. Editor. Creator of UncomfortablyDark.com. Zero ai. Do not send it. Human created art only.
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.
Thunderstorm Books @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social Publisher of limited editions. www.thunderstormbooks.com
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
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
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
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
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
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.
Sally Feliz @sallyfeliz.bsky.social She/Her, Lesbian, Aquarius
Wise OWL (old, wise, lesbian) Reviews
Indie Horror Fan, Book Reviewer
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@theedmundstone.bsky.social @theedmundstone.bsky.social 
Ruth Anna Evans @ruthannaevans.bsky.social Horror writer, anthologist, and cover designer. See my work at https://sites.google.com/view/ruthannaevans. she/her. Happiest when I’m creating.
Leigh Kenny @leighkenny.bsky.social Irish horror author ☘️
Does it count as talking to yourself if yourself answers back?
Eric Butler Author @ericbutlerauthor.bsky.social I've written a number of Indie Horror Books including The Pope Lick Massacre, The Donn, TX series, The Rest Stop, and The Shadow Within. If you like huskies and horror, I'm the writer to follow.
https://linktr.ee/EricButlerAuthor
Kayla Frederick @kaylafrederick.bsky.social Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi Author
Lover of all things spooky
HWA member
C S Jones @csjonesauthor.bsky.social Welsh horror author, standard weirdo.
Winner of Bookstagram Debut Author of the Year & holder of the prestigious 10 meter swimming certificate.
Mick Collins @mickwrites.bsky.social Author Michael R Collins. I write horror, among other things.
Https://linktr.ee/mrcollins
Angelique Jordonna @angeliquejordonna.bsky.social Horrormance Thriller Author, book and music lover. Sometimes funny person. 
Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social A Writer of Horror, the Strange and the Mysterious.
RJ Roles @rjroles.bsky.social Author/Publisher
Books of Horror
From the Ashes
Kyle Rolinatis @kylerolinatis.bsky.social Horror author and aspiring cat lady - active member of the HWA
Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social Horror writer. Author of DEPRAVED, 68 KILL, etc. Story "Every Dog Has Its Day" in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: New Tales of Stephen King's THE STAND. New novel MONSTROUS coming from Flame Tree Press in Sept. 2026
https://www.bryansmithauthor.com/
Wesley Southard @wesleysouthard.bsky.social 3x Award-Winning author of CRUEL SUMMER, THEY MOSTLY COME AT NIGHT, TRY AGAIN & many more! THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH out now! 👉www.wesleysouthardhorror.com for signed books and tour dates!
Mike Ennenbach @mennenbach.bsky.social poet
Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social The world's leading horror in culture and entertainment publication. #printsnotdead!
We ship worldwide! ✈️🌎
Rue Morgue TV on YouTube! 📺
Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦
https://rue-morgue.com/
Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social (till 12/26, then edited by @johnjosephadams.com).
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