Douglas Hackle @douglashackle.bsky.social Author of Zoltergeist the Poltergeist, TERROR MANNEQUIN, The Ballad of TERROR TINY TIM, Clown Tear Junkies, and other bizarre books.
David, Robot Fighter 2026 A.D. @davidbusboom.bsky.social Spec-fic writer, robot fighter. Battling dependence on fascist AI in the year 2026 and beyond. Also: science editor; casual birder; author of EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING (JournalStone 2022). He/him.
https://davidbusboom.com/
Cover art: @flancortes
Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com Writing horror fiction, making music, building weird things. Oh, and baseball. And open source. Also, I've lived in a haunted house for 23 years, which is fun.
Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛♂️🏳️⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social
WARNING: May cause "discomfort & distress" 🏳️⚧️
Dr. Monster (PhD)
E-mail: stevehughwestenra@proton.me
Canadian author of questionable taste. Words in New Edge Sword & Sorcery. Book reviewer. Expert on monsters. HWA. He/him
linktr.ee/SteveWestenra
NO AI
Sasha Brown @sashabrown.bsky.social Sasha Brown is a Stoker-nominated writer whose stories have been called “Creative! But in a bad way.” He’s in lit mags like Passages North and Wigleaf, and in genre pubs like Bourbon Penn and Weird Horror. He’s online at sashabrownwriter.com.
Pablo Naruto @neverendingkory.bsky.social I was a musician once, might be again one day. Now I just go to every show I can and read as much horror as I can find on libby
Priyanka Nawathe @rumpledtalesspin.bsky.social Fantasy & Horror Author of 2 books
HOWL IN
WHERE DO THE DEAD END UP?
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/howl-in.
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ZwXuEQAAQBAJ.
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=SodEEQAAQBAJ
Casey @dragonquestxi.bsky.social 
Brian Psiropoulos 🌱🍉📎 @psionotic.bsky.social English PhD. Victorian Gothic fiction and its pop culture descendants. Also games, comics, and sometimes tennis.
on a darkling plain
Tanweer Dar @tanweerdar.com Indie author & artist (No AI). Teacher. Muslim. Loves cats, nature, walking, gardening, house plants, history, art, poetry, reading, gaming & film (esp. horror, fantasy & sci-fi).
Love for all, hatred for none.
🌐 tanweerdar.com
Birmingham, UK
Spooky Pickle 🧚♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social Author. Artist. Weirdo.
They/Them. Trans Rights or I bites. Anti-AI (Especially GenAI)
Find my writing under Machelle Berglund or S. P. Green.
Open to art trades!
Where all to find me: https://spookyxpickle.com/about/
Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT 9/18! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social The world's 207,450th best selling author. I make music under the name Hazel Bee and write books under the name Hazel E. Baumgartner, which is also my name.
30, she/they, 99% lesbian, USA 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Buy my book: https://linktr.ee/HazelEBaumgartner
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
A.C. Bauer @acbauer.bsky.social Horror writer and storyteller. Fan of books, comics and movies. Owner of @Cateyepress.bsky.social, an indie horror press. Halloween III stan account 🎃. He/him
austinbauerwrites.wixsite.com/acbauer
Reesa Guerra @reesaguerra.bsky.social 🌩️ Middle Grade Horror Fantasy writer 🌩️
Member of #SAGAFTRA
Celiac/Gluten-Free
I 👁️🗨️👻
Unless I'm familiar with you or you're really cool, please no DM's.
Quest 64 @quest64.bsky.social "I see it in my restless dreams. That game. Quest 64. It ruined my life." - Hideo Kojima
"Gotta quest. Gotta 64. Gotta Quest 64." -Nintendo Power, 1998
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
www.darkertimes.com
Frank Morelli @frankmorelli.bsky.social author • gardener • hockey goon
Author of middle grade and young adult literature - Breaking News (Fitzroy Books), No Sad Songs & On the Way to Birdland (FOW Books)
Jake Stein @jakeiswriting.bsky.social Stories in Lightspeed Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Daily Tomorrow, and other awesome places! Robert L. Fish nominated.
storiesbystein.substack.com
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social mentally robust
https://adamsnotes.substack.com/
Dan O’Mahony @danoauthor.bsky.social I was raised in a library by a pack wild fantasy novels who brought me up as if I was one of their own.
WriteStats @writestats.bsky.social Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.
https://writestats.com/
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
Yeri Martinez-Vallejo @yerivallejo.bsky.social Founder, Realms Media | Psychological thriller & horror filmmaker | Character-driven genre cinema | Bellgrave 2026
Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press.
Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter.
Educator since ‘08.
Trained ethicist.
#booksky #HWA #Horrorsky #WritingCommunity #IBPA #WhisperHousePress
https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr
Tony Dunnell @tonydunnell.bsky.social Writer of fact and fiction ( #scifi mainly, some horror). English but living in the high jungle of Peru. Short stories published in Escape Pod, Fusion Fragment, Fission, Sci Phi Journal and more. I also post about #movies. https://tonydunnell.com/
NightTide Magazine @nighttidemag.bsky.social Horror Magazine feat. fresh & diverse voices in genre journalism, covering film, TV, literature, podcasts, academia & events. EIC @momoshaty.bsky.social for Mourning Manor Media
https://nighttidemag.com/
Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.
Self-appointed leader of 'Guys named Al who hate AI.'
Jonny Ward @jonnywardhorror.bsky.social Horror Author of The Dummy
Host of The Nerdyverse of Madness Podcast (on hiatus)
Love storytelling in all its forms
Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy
Irish-Canadian
Website https://www.lorekeating.com/
Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/agonys-lodestone-print
Collection THE TRUEST SENSE https://a.co/d/090sQN3I
She/Her
Shane D. Keene @mothfrenzy.bsky.social Elgin and Dwarf Stars nominated poet, musician, rock and roll maniac, podcaster, filterless pisser-offer. Producer and host of the Ink Heist podcast with co-host Rich Duncan. Coauthor of THE BALLAD OF MASON GOREY with Stephanie Ellis.
#PUNX4EVER
S @mx-s-314.bsky.social S
Middle aged goth. Occasional artist and writer. Former creator of the webcomic Clockworks, DJ for Beggar's Carnivale, former Substack user, etc., Poe Fortnightly Book Club admin.
Nonbinary, uses any and all pronouns. In St. Louis, MO.
Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since.
She is, however, still frequently heard.
https://www.theaoryanfiles.co.uk/
💗💜💙
🖤🩶🤍💜
Cymru/Canada
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam @bonniejostuffle.bsky.social Nebula finalist w/90+ pubs. ND for mobile game. "Glorious Fiends" novella & "Where You Linger" short story collection. She/her.
I'm not really here--or anywhere! Email me instead bonnie.stufflebeam@gmail.com
CJ Leede @ceejthemoment.bsky.social Americana Psycho❤️🔥🏜️🐺🏔️🪐🖖🏻
USA Today bestselling author of MAEVE FLY, AMERICAN RAPTURE, & HEADLIGHTS
Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social Makes photos, videos, books, zines, and podcasts. A lesbian, she/her, etc. saracentury.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Vannah Taylor 🩸🦇 @sirendeathcult.bsky.social Writer & Dancer. MA in Sociology.
Associate Editor & Staff Writer: @MovieJawn.com
Contributor: Fangoria, Second Sight, Offscreen Central, JoBlo Horror Originals & more!
🤍 sirendeathcult.com 🤍
https://linktr.ee/sirendeathcult
Rissa Montañez @rissavoices.bsky.social Voiceover Artist/Actor - Chicago, IL
Showrunner #TheDead Anthology Podcast
Owner: Grave Moon Studios 🪦🌙🎧
I love my cafecito con demònios. ☕️🇵🇷
#Survivor #Horror #ConOrgulloyAmor
http://rissavoices.com
Dark Pages Unbound Podcast @darkpagesunbound.bsky.social Presenting creepy fiction, terrifying personal stories, haunting local legends and more horror stories in an anthology style. Murderers, mysterious experiments, goblins, ghosts, monsters and more every week.
Kit Sovereign @kitsovereign.bsky.social he/it | older than the N64 | sorry if you find this after knowing me from Mario stuff, but not that sorry
Galactic Suplex @galacticsuplex.bsky.social Hello Humans. I am intercosmic Wrestler & Writer, Galactic Suplex. I am The Intercosmic Wrestling Champion. My Cosmic Leg Drop is my strongest technique. I will write a book for Human consumption. End.🌌
S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social writer (she/her)
Danielle Svetcov, LGR Literary Agency
Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence @trishtoneylawrence.bsky.social She/her. Senior agent @ Aevitas Creative Management. Founded real/brilliant, inc. Writer/surface pattern designer. Reign/Sounders/Seahawks fan. I'm always reading. 
John Gholson @gholson.bsky.social Actor/writer/cartoonist.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2822657/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Jason Strutz - Returned Part Three on Kickstarter NOW! @strutzart.bsky.social Comic artist, writer, graphic designer, illustrator. Currently producing Returned, a undead horror family drama. Part Three on Kickstarter NOW!
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strutzart
Chad Michael Ward @chadmichaelward.bsky.social Writer-Director
FAIRY DUST, DESOLATION HEART, A STRANGE KIND OF CREATURE
Cinematographer, Photographer, Poster Designer
FAIRY DUST Kickstarter: tinyurl.com/FairyDustKS
imdb.com/name/nm2122898
instagram.com/chadmichaelward
patreon.com/chadmichaelward
Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social Devon, 35, they/them, non-binary, leftist, music enthusiast, cinephile, autistic, weirdness enjoyer, horror maniac who prefers to stay at home, minors DNF https://linktr.ee/chaotic_milk_hotel
E. D. Jones (he/him), author and weirdmaster of Write Sinister @sinister42.bsky.social Weird fiction, fantasy, and horror writer, and occasional dragon, living in interesting times. SFWA Associate member. https://writesinister.substack.com/
Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
Punk_Entomology @punkentomology.bsky.social Entomologist, Insect Ecologist, Forensic Entomologist and Palynologist, Grossologist, Educator, Science Consultant, Sideshow Performer, Variety Show Emcee, and more.
Seann, or: a Wretched Beast @seannb.bsky.social The Greatest Fantasist Who Ever Lived, as voted on and awarded by me, The Greatest Fantasist Who Ever Lived. Writer of fantasy and horror. Lover of dumb shit. 34. He/Him
Linktr.ee/seannwritesstuff
Andrea Lambert Fritz @andreaklambert.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Podcaster. Jet Set Desolate (Future Fiction London: 2009) A Wife in Death and Life (Rochak Publishing: 2025) Vocals in Starlight Ruin. CalArts MFA. Andreaklambert.com
Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social Crone Girls Press is an indie horror micropress. Come to the shadows, we have good books!
https://linktr.ee/cronegirlspress
The Sauúti Collective @sauutiverse.bsky.social The Sauúti Collective is an Afro-centric universe rooted in African mythologies, languages, & cultures.
💖💛💙SP00KZWAVE666💖🤍💜🖤💙 @sp00kwave.bsky.social Genderfluid 💖🤍💜🖤💙| Pan 💖💛💙| 25 y/o | Digital & Traditional Artist
My Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/Sir-AngelCake
Avishek ghosh @avishekcolours.bsky.social 
G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social Fantasy author. Internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed, so cool, so sexy etc.
https://www.gdpenman.com/
Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social Celebrating and sharing Indigenous perspectives on the cosmos. From constellations rooted in Indigenous traditions to astrophotography, we want to share the unique stories and beauty of space.
Website | www.nativestargazers.org
S. E. Perez (she/her) @okielele.bsky.social 
David @dchandler.bsky.social Currently teaching, reading, and writing, in that order. I enjoy looking at old boats.
The Failing Writers Podcast @failingwriters.bsky.social A podcast for anyone who’s ever dreamed of being a writer… then got distracted by a video of a cat being frightened by a cucumber.
https://podfollow.com/the-failing-writers-podcast
George Dunn @georgesreads.bsky.social Horror reader
Reviewer for fanfiaddict.com
Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
Stephan Philip Thorne @stephanpthorne.bsky.social Stephan Philip Thorne is an SF Bay Area-born SFF author who writes about the intersectionalities of ethnicity, race, history, gender and sexuality. His non-profit work focuses on creating equitable pathways for aid to communities in need.
Burial Books @burialbooks.bsky.social Burial Books is an indie horror publisher run by a human named Steve. We publish horror books and weird stories from time to time.
@indarkwerisepod.bsky.social @indarkwerisepod.bsky.social All Things Dark, History, And True Crime. No Nonsense. No Banter. Just Easily Digestible Stories To Consume On Your Break.
Music Here 👇🏻
https://robertchristopher.bandcamp.com/
Podcast Here👇🏻
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-darkness-we-rise--5918193
Dean @xanderdean.bsky.social 25, working on my master's degree in psych research
Sam Arlington @samarlington.com "writer" | SF noir 👽🌑 dark fantasy 🐉🪄 horror théâtral 😱🏕
🌐 https://samarlington.com for bio, pubs, DMs
🍂 I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar
Nadir Magazine @nadirmagazine.bsky.social New Weird Literature magazine.
Issue #1 releases Feb 27th!
NADIRMagazine.com
Editor @stevenealwrites.bsky.social
Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social Author/editor of dreampunk and weird SFFH fiction: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS (2027). Watty winner, Imadjinn finalist, linguist, artist, coder, neurodivergent, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. CliffJonesJr.com
B. K. Brahma @bkbrahma.bsky.social I'm a horror author and member of the HWA. You can find me active here, and occasionally on Slasher. Feel free to reach out with any questions 😁
Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social Editor @Mira Books (views are my own). Staff Writer @Night Tide. Notes & Queries Editor @JPRS. Rep'd by Danai Christopolou and Lane Heymont. Writing about romance in horror movies: Love Never Dies (Beacon Press): September 29, 2026. editrixemma.com
Ryan Marie Ketterer @ryanmarie47.bsky.social I write weird.
https://linktr.ee/ryanmarie47
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!
BunBun @dittymoko.bsky.social Animal Caretaker, reader, writer, weirdo.
Floriography 🌸🌼
She/Her 🩷💛💙
TT, SG: dittymoko
IG: subtleasneonlights
Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social Horror/Fantasy writer. Mom of two semi-feral girls and a pack of mutts.
Follow for books, short stories & random things I find interesting.
Work in LCRW, Uncharted, Abyss & Apex
Member of HWA, Codex, SFWA
Eugie Award Finalist
tammykomoff.com
#writer
Todd @tsokolove.bsky.social OG Casa Bonita kid, where my fate was sealed on a diet of Mexican food, weird amusement destinations, and completely absurd architecture.
🎬 https://boxd.it/2QVuP
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Drew Rhys @drewrhys.bsky.social writer of over one sci-fi mystery thriller, apologetic Brit posting about movies, games, food, and that.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1bx85
He/him 💙📚✍️
Screamin' Steven @screamsinthestatic.bsky.social A place for all things strange, creepy, and gross. Reviews, interviews, suggestions, and general chatter about horror.
screamsinthestatic.substack.com
Wytwavedarling (she/her) @wytwavedarling.bsky.social Writer. Book Coach. Editor of Horror & SFF & PNR & Suspense. Lover of Moose & Wolves & Snakes. VP of HOWL Society. Repped by Keir Alekseii of Azantian Literary.
Find my horror stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Marshlands Horror, & Howls from the Wreckage!
Rex Stephens @rexstephens.bsky.social Of cats and spooky stuff.
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)
SZ Estavillo @szestavilloauthor.com Crime Thriller Author | The Serpent Series |@OliverHeberBooks | MA: TV, Radio & Film | Multi-Genre Reader
The Serpent’s Bridge (📚1)
The Serpent Woman (📚2)
Twilight of the Serpent (📚3)
The Serpent’s Order (📚4)
amazon.com/dp/B0CW6KP433
weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social a preliminary sketch of a crone. Aspergerian mom of an autistic son. I wrote Experimental Film and literally 100+ short stories. Out now: Little Horn, a collection, from Shortwave Publishing. I sing, make jewelry and doodle pretty monsters.
Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social Future Bestselling Author of FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN ☀️🧡Out with Penguin Michael Joseph, Oct 23, 2025
www.justmarve.org
Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com Horror Facts (https://horrorfacts.com) #horrorsky #horror #horrorfamily
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
anthonyaddis.co.uk