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
Customer Care Skeleton @ccskeleton.bsky.social Customer Care Skeleton (J.R. Santos) Is a Portuguese author of strange stories.
Find his work:
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Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17295240.J_R_Santos
Crimson Cult Media @sinistersoc.bsky.social A bookstore and indie #horror publisher curating and cultivating all things creative and spooky. Want to know more about our original fiction or in-store writing workshops? Email us at: sinistersociety1@gmail.com
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Dark Moon Books @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social A publisher of unusual and invigorating dark fiction. Helmed by Eric J. Guignard @ericjguignard.bsky.social, the Dark Moon rises!
http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/
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
Jamie Flanagan @jamieflanagan.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
Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social Writer of the horrific and weird, recovering sociology PhD w/focus on war and genocide. Christian Druid. Creator of the GONE podcast. Author of YOUR SHADOW HALF REMAINS, out now from Tor Nightfire. They/them.
https://linktr.ee/dynamicsymmetry
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.
Sheri White @sheriwhite.bsky.social Horror Writer / Beatles Obsessed / Peace and Love
Horror Writers Association, New York Chapter @hwany.org We’re the horror and dark literature authors from the Tri-State area. Our chapter hosts meetings and local events. We are committed to the professional development and growth of our members. Find out more here:
https://horror.org/
https://hwany.org/
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
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- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
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
C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher | part of the great Twitter diaspora
NIGHTLIGHT Podcast @nightlightpod.bsky.social Black horror fiction podcast. IGNYTE Best Fiction Podcast 2021. World Fantasy 2022. Short Story submissions open Feb 1, 2025.
Support: http://nightlightpod.com/support
Listen: https://nightlightpod.com/listen?sid=bsprofile
Vincent Proce @vproceart.bsky.social Concept Artist/Illustrator/Animation Director. PreVis. Monster Designer. It Chapter Two. Shape of Water. Smile. Smile 2. Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark. Wotc. Developing personal projects.
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations
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
Kyra Whitton ❄️ @knwhitton.bsky.social Author of Speculative Fiction and Romance | GaTech Alum | Milspouse | Snow Witch in Alaska | www.kyrawhitton.com
Rep'd by: Colleen Oefelein. She/Her
Christina Bergling - horror author @chrstnabergling.bsky.social she/her
🖋 author Red Walls, Followers, The Rest Will Come, Savages, The Waning
🎃 HWA member
🔪 horror ❤
💃 metal fusion dancer "Divided"
🖤 goth
🧠 bipolar
🏳️🌈 bisexual
👩🦲 alopecian
🏞 Colorado
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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social 👻Writes the dark stuff
📣Online content ed @ British Fantasy Society
🤘Founder/mentor/coach/author promo, Society of Ink Slingers
🔮Events curator, Writing the Occult
🔪Former editor, TWF @ HorrorTree.com
👩💻Day job: Content & community
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🤓Curious/exhausted
🟣S.L. PrayersforPeace🙏🏼🌻 @stpolishook.bsky.social Writer, Puppeteer, Singer, 🌎 Traveler, Sword Fighter.Standing against hate in all forms! #BLM,🏳️🌈, Cis, She/Her, ✡️, Still 😷ing, Loves📚&🐶s, dog mom to a sweet rescue pup, ❤️/rt≠endorsement 🌊
Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social Fancy words, witty descriptions, and vintage illustrations to educate and entertain.
My Book!
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682687994
Calendars!
https://grandiloquent-word-of-the-day-2026-calendars.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Xochilt Avila @xavilawrites.bsky.social They/Them | Indie Author and Slusher @cateyepress.bsky.social
My debut novella Mariposa releases Feb 2027 with https://www.lmhpub.com/
Icon by (my husband) @harboretum.bsky.social
https://xochiltavilaauthor.com/
Sam Haysom @samhaysom.bsky.social Deputy UK Editor for Mashable | Writer | THE MOOR (Unbound), PURGATORY GAMES (Lyrical Media/Automatik) | Repped by Josh Dove + Verve
Becky LeJeune @beckylejeune.bsky.social Agent at Bond Literary Agency. Overall book junkie. Food nerd. Also, watches too much tv. All opinions my own :)
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 
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)
Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social It's In Our Blood
https://www.horrordna.com
https://linktr.ee/horrordna
Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social 🍅-approved critic/Assistant editor @DailyGrindhouse. Writer, reviewer, reader. Bylines at Daily Grindhouse, Dread Central, Killer Horror Critic, We Are Horror, and more. Horror enthusiast, disability representation ranter. Book witch.
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social “Jen-DEE-a”
Creative Instructor | Producer | STEM Communications | Artist | Author
GODFESTATION (Out Now) | THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT (Preorder)
CEO and Editor-in-Chief of @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
Also J. Dianne Dotson.
https://jendiagammon.com
📍LA
Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006.
Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net
Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine
Avatar and cover art by Brian Malachy Quinn
Matthew Lyons @cannibalghosts.bsky.social Horror novelist. Monster Mash enthusiast. 🏳️🌈
Ryan Whitley @frryanwhitley.bsky.social All things horror/fantasy/sci-fi. Whiskey and the Weird Podcast. The Bibliothecar at The Miskatonic Review for Lovecraftian and Horror Short Story Reviews (on hiatus). Episcopal Priest. He/Him. Same handle on Twit…X.
DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social Mom of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of uni, PhD. Lives at demistybellinger.com. All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere out now (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt). JVNLA (https://www.jvnla.com) represents me.
BrundleJames @brundlejames.bsky.social Lover of horror movies, novels and my cats. Halloween and weird thing enthusiast. I’m a runner going nowhere.
Kyle J. Kaczmarczyk @willtankforloot831.bsky.social Writer, Illustrator, Tabletop Games, Film, Music, Comics, Video Games, Other Nerd Shit, Coffee Addict, Cat Dad, Possible Werewolf
C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Artomancer. Baseball nerd.
Words in Small Wonders, Penumbric, The Deadlands
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
Bookman 📚 @bookman.bsky.social Been reviewing books for more than 40 years (Booklist, the Winnipeg Free Press, others). Former radio playwright. Bookseller. Amateur smart-ass, hoping to turn pro. Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social Predominant necromancer. Sad books.
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
Colleen Doran @colleendoran.bsky.social Official Account. Eisner, Bram Stoker Award, Ringo Award, Locus Award. Graphic novels, comics, illustration. Amazon Affiliate partner. Managed by able and worthy assistant, because deadlines are deadlines and social media is a time and energy sink.
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
Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Whisky drinker. Dog lover.
He/him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Fuck AI.
https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Writes SFF as Gareth L. Powell and horror and mystery as G.L. Powell. Occasional award winner. Repped by Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency.
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com Pulitzer Prize winner & NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Angel Down, Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 21 more, visit the site or just trust me.
DanielKraus.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
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/
Kristina • Truborn Press @nwreader.bsky.social 💀EIC at Truborn Press
💀Horror Enthusiast in the PNW
💀Book Lover/Reviewer
www.trubornpress.com
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
Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social he/him NO A/I GARBAGE
🪱 Artist / illustrator / writer obsessed with ghosts ‘n ghouls
🪱 Wrote Scarewaves / Scarewaves: Beyond The Grave
🪱 Creature concepts for Tarot (2024) + others
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/
Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social They/She.
Wrote some books.
Then didn't.
Love animals, horror, and weird stuff.
Run a cool jewelry store for queer artists.
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com
Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social NYT & USA Today-bestseller, Stoker Award Winner, writer of horror, fantasy, YA, MG, romance, and Star Wars. Cowriter of the Tales of Pell. Also comics. Olympic lifter. She/her. aka Lila Bowen & Isla Jewell.
Links: https://linktr.ee/delilahsdawson
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social Dakelh Author of Punk is Dead.
https://martinedjohn.ca
Poodle servant.
Living on the lands of lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly)
https://undertowpublications.com/
Robert P. Ottone @robertottone.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Bagel enthusiast.
Aaron Jack Arts 🌶️ @aaronjackarts.bsky.social Artist.Photogrqpher
Photos published in Forbes, NYT, Vice, Slate, TIME, CNN, NPR
Prints available at www.aaronjackarts.com
IG www.Instagram.com/AaronJackArts
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aaronjackarts
Berlin.NYC.Pittsburgh
molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social Award-winning author of novels and short stories. New novella AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER: out now! GenAI/LLM disliker. Abolish ICE. (she/her)
https://www.patreon.com/one_true_sentence
Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈 @Horrorwriters #SpookyMG Rep'd by @renarossner. GHOST GIRL, the Bram Stoker nominated THIS APPEARING HOUSE, THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS and Stephen King endorsed BROKEN DOLLS
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Parsec, Cthulhu Dreams, and Chthonic Matter Quarterly.
derekaustinjohnson.com
Josh Ruben @joshruben.bsky.social horror making noise boy
Charlene Elsby @charleneelsby.bsky.social Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books, Merigold Independent.
Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social Aussie rural, NYT bestseller - people die in my books 💀 Feb 2026: NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 Here's the fun stuff: https://t.co/ujW6HqmgSi
Orrin Grey @orringrey.com Orrin Grey uses hypnosis to turn his victims into those rubber monster finger puppets. He also writes spooky books.
orringrey.com
Séamus Bellamy @seamusb.bsky.social Folklorist. Author of two books (with more on the way).
- Journalist. Folklorist. Author.
- Former senior editor, USA Today
- Took filthy lucre from The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Pathos and The Globe & Mail.
Bev Vincent @bevvincent.bsky.social Author of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life & Influences, The Road to the Dark Tower. Co-editor of Flight or Fright. Stoker/Edgar nominee.
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
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
Armand Rosamilia @armandauthor.bsky.social Full-time crime thriller and horror author. Drinker of bourbon
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/
Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Reviewer for LOCUS. Editor @ Ruadán Books & Many Worlds. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, The Deadlands & more. she/her 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
Gina Ruiz @ginaruiz.bsky.social She/her/ella. Native Angeleno and Chicana writer who occasionally gets around to writing stories. Bibliophile, stationary fiend, dog person, baker, foodie, and scholar.
Eve Harms, Orph Understander @eveharms.com Exploitation/bizarro/horror authoress of books such as TRANSMUTED and CHASERS. Streaming with Bitter Karella at 10am PST every Weds.
https://eveharms.com/links/
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.
Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com Award-winning and bestselling author of THE LUMINOUS DEAD, THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, and others. She/her.
Encyclopocalypse Publications @encyclopub.bsky.social From original horror novels, movie novelizations, and resurrected horror paperbacks. We want to be on your bookshelf.
www.BuyHorrorBooks.com
www.encyclopocalypse.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 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.
David Sodergren @paperbacksandpugs.bsky.social Horror author. Movie watcher. Friend of pugs. He/Him.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
ArmadilloCon: Austin's convention for SFFH readers & writers! @armadillocon.bsky.social Austin's Annual SFF Community convention for readers & writers! More info here: www.armadillocon.org
Sponsored by a nonprofit fan group (http://fact.org).- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social Recovering lawyer. Author of STRANDED, COME TO DUST, & CLOSING COSTS. A new collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, out NOW from Bad Hand Books! Represented by Howard Morhaim at http://morhaimliterary.com He/Him
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
Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social Grief horror author. 🏳️🌈 The Deadlands 2024 | Where The Soul Goes w/ Truborn Press. DICHOTOMY, coming March 2027 | EIC @strangewildspress.bsky.social. she/her
https://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/links
Calvin Demmer @calvindemmer.bsky.social Author of THE SEA WAS A FAIR MASTER, DARK CELEBRATIONS, HER HEART BEATS FOR ANCIENT BEASTS, THROUGH THE RAVENOUS NIGHT WE RIDE, & more.
www.calvindemmer.com
Nora Flanagan @noraflanagan.bsky.social Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social Writer.
Stories in The Ghastling, Maudlin House, Seaside Gothic & elsewhere. Has written for BBC TV & Radio.
Runs Tales From Between, a small press.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/talesfrombetween
Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social Co-Owner of Night Worms. Bram Stoker Award winner of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. New book: 2025
https://linktr.ee/sadiehartmann
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