hellozombie @hellozombie.bsky.social 
💙 Rachel Bolton 👀 @raebolt.bsky.social Be the deranged vintage housewife they fear. Stoker Nom’d. Apex Magazine, WWAC, Scriptophobic, and more. rachelmbolton.wordpress.com
She/Her
Roger V @rwvenable.bsky.social Reader and writer when the day job allows.
Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Editor. Nerd. Managing Editor Interstellar Flight Press. Author of NUMINOUS STONES, THE SMALLEST OF BONES, GLIMMERGLASS GIRL. She/They
Website: www.Hlwalrath.com
Jeff C. Carter @carterwroteit.bsky.social Writing 🎃 #Horror, podcasting @webobpodcast and live story telling with Wicked Whispers.
📙WE BLEED ORANGE & BLACK: 31 Tales for Halloween available now
https://linktr.ee/jeffccarter
Leticia Urieta @leticiaasu.bsky.social (she/her) Tejana writer, teaching artist, editor and mentor. Author of Offerings to a Tumbled Temple with @purpleinkpress.bsky.social & The Remedy is the Disease, forthcoming in 2026 @undertakerbooks.bsky.social
Find my work at: http://linktr.ee/lurieta16
Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod @pseudopodalex.bsky.social Co-Editor of PseudoPod, Jury Coordinator and Co-Chair of the Bram Stoker Awards, former Co-Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of HWA
Casey Masterson @kaseejedimaster.bsky.social Hello! I'm an aspiring full-time horror author. I wrote Revelations of the Raven Master and have various short story publications. The novel is coming, I swear. On an alternative note, I'm also a librarian and I love animals.
BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social Purveyor of Dismissed Cinema | PanCan Survivor | Author | Fat Lesbian Wife | Fangoria & /Film | Co-Host of This Ends at Prom Podcast | Mouthy Midwest Broad in L.A.
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
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
Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social Horror Author. 4x Bram Stoker Award Winner. Lambda Literary Award Winner. Potato Chip Connoisseur.
Erin Al-Mehairi, Editor & Author @erinalmehairi.bsky.social Published author & poet / Professional Editor for Hire, Journalist, PR Pro / BA Degrees in English, Journalism, History / Book News&Views / she•her / 🇬🇧🇺🇸🧿
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy
Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.
Laura (she/they) 🏳️🌈 📚 🐈⬛ @auntieyorgareads.bsky.social Unapologetically Queer. Neurodivergent (ADHD) & Perimenopausal (⚠️). Diverse Reader. Bibliophile. Current Hyperfixation: House Plants and Propagation Games 🪴 🌱
2026 📚 = 18/52
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social Midnight Society founder. Genderfluid transvestite goblin 🏳️⚧️👺 He/She/They. Reppd by @literaryfey http://www.bitterkarella.com | Out now: Split Scream 5, Moonflow. Soon: Quaint Folk
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.
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
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Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social a feminist, queer-friendly micro press based in cincinnati. books bound by hand.
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Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers) @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social Professionally unsettling | Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers | MEAT SWEATS * MARCH 2027 | horror academic | scent-obsessed | nicolewolverton.com
@chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.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
Vidiots @vidiots.bsky.social L.A.’s landmark video store since 1985, maintaining human interaction around film + affordable access to art. Showing and talking movies at the Eagle Theatre 7 days a week!
Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Hugo, Nebula, Locus Winner | Philip K. Dick Special Citation, Finalist for other things | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird | Korean/Irish Dad o' 3. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte Finalist • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE is a Nebula finalist! • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • Codex • He/him • Brazilian/Latino author
More: https://linktr.ee/renanbernardo1
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
CYAN KATZ 🩵🛸🗡️🍉 @cyankatz.bsky.social They're a nebula in a gender galaxy 🌌
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Glows In the Dark💚
No TERFS or SWERFS
120 Murders antho
Weird Horror mag #11
https://linktr.ee/CyanX
HWA, Codex
Pseudopod Slush Harpy
Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social Bold. Brief. Beautiful.
We publish a new story at least once a week at flashfictiononline.com. Ebooks for our monthly issues are available on the 1st of the month.
Published & edited by @beckyhalsey.bsky.social
Horror Writers Association @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Official Account of the Horror Writers Association. The oldest literary organization serving writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.
thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social Author, horror nerd, queer mom. She/her. ASK A QUEER CHICK (Plume, 2016), THE Z WORD (Quirk, 2024), THIS IS MY BODY (Quirk, 2025). https://www.lindsaykingmiller.com/
Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social Bestselling author. 2-time Bram Stoker Award winner. Ray Bradbury's authorized biographer. Posting about writing, music, pop culture, books, and beyond. Latest book—DARK BLACK (Hat & Beard Press, 2020).
www.samweller.net
Zoje Stage @zojestage.bsky.social (ZOH-yuh, she/her) USA Today/internationally bestselling author. Late-diagnosed autistic. Obsessed w/ my cats & the wildlife in my backyard. https://linktr.ee/zojestage
Craig Lincoln @echoesofthemurk.bsky.social Working parent | SFF Writer | Codex | SFWA | 20% of @darklylem | Nightcrawler & Donatello stan
craiglincoln.net
Newsletter: blog.echoesofthemurk.com/
VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social VOIDCON is a dark covenant, a consortium of shadowy artists and creators across all media. Watch this space.
www.voidcon.wordpress.com
Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social 🇹🇹 Poet, SFF writer, TTRPG designer. Worldcon 2025 Poet Laureate.
@rascal.news columnist. Podcaster @speculate.bsky.social & @skiffyandfanty.com.
Author of CAN YOU SIGN MY TENTACLE? and other things.
Thank God for words.
https://www.brandonobrien.xyz/
HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
https://www.havehashad.com
JeffWritesWyrd - J.J.O. Cilione 👹 @jjocilione.bsky.social A queer writer exploring the realms of the wyrd, cosmic horror & splatterpunk. Words are published in Aphotic Realm and Cosmic Horror Monthly. Sober—class of '88. Grouchy, punk MFr. Bklyn➡️SF
Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social All Kinds of Weird 👽 literary magazine and book company publishing strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful sff & horror. 100% organic, no AI 🚫
🛸 https://www.apexbookcompany.com/
🍄 https://violetlichen.com/
Den “Is it Halloween yet?” Shewman @denshewman.bsky.social I should be writing
(the kittens disagree)
Former EICx3
HWA, MWA, SFWA
Stellan (they/he) @stelsadick.bsky.social 🚫NO AI/LLM, NO CRYPTO, NO NFT🚫
31.
Writer. Probably a vampire.
Multidisciplinary hobbyist.
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HELIOTROPE AND HELLFIRE coming eventually.
Moon Jawa @moonjawa.bsky.social 
Dana @thatdana.bsky.social Horror, sharks, horror sharks, and Earl Grey tea. Chosen by Pickles the dog 🐾
William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social Award-winning film critic for The Wrap. Co-host of The Critically Acclaimed Network. LAFCA. CCA. GALECA. Ace. He/Him. 🎃
ECHO ECHO @echoechoillu.bsky.social A boogie graveyard 🪦
https://echoecho.bigcartel.com/
https://www.instagram.com/echoechoillustrations/
(s)crawl literary magazine @scrawlmagazine.bsky.social » issue no. 02 coming 10.30.26
» horror focused lit mag amplifying voices marginalized within the genre
» we publish short fiction & poetry by LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, BIPOC, disabled, and gender-diverse writers
» subs currently closed
🔗 scrawlmag.com
@imtherealcatlady.bsky.social @imtherealcatlady.bsky.social 
MamaWells @mamawells.com Pro-Reproductive Health. Retired Ob/Gyn. Breast cancer survivor. Love EDM festivals (bonding with my adult children), travel, theater, respectful discourse. LGBTQIA+ ally. Pro-Democracy! Liberal white woman! Go Bucks!!!
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.
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
SLASH : A Horror Movie Podcast @slashhorror.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/slashhorror. A Horror Movie podcast having fun with all the slasher franchises we grew up loving. Hosted by @geekmentality.bsky.social.
https://fansnotexperts.com/slash/
Leanna Riley @leannafromsavannah.bsky.social Emerging author ✍🏼
Known for spinning twisted tales of hauntings, tragedy, and the unexplained. 🖤🥜
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Haley Newlin, Author @haleynewlin.bsky.social Horror Author of Take Your Turn, Teddy
Writer & Reviewer for Cemetery Dance 📕
Should be writing, probably watching Vincent Price movies 🍿
Mercedes M. Yardley @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award-Winning author, dark fantasist, family girl, artist, cupcake baker.
Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Wordslinger & Optimist! Hugo/Bram Stoker/BFA nominated author, editor, and media tie-in writer. Winner of multiple Scribe awards. Beloved of the Husband, collector of many antique occult books. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com
Michael Bailey @nettirw.bsky.social Writer / Editor / Publisher
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
Nathan Luna @queerandcozynathan.bsky.social TN | Visual Artist | Writer | Queer | Disabled | (he/him)
https://bio.site/NathanLuna
ShinyFluff @shinyfluffdnd.bsky.social Central Europe. I love to be in the forest, read cool fantasy books, play ttrpg. anti-racist. disabled LGBTQI2S+. Free Palestine. I make magical oak gall inks and herbals here in the Carpathians: NightForestBotanical.Etsy.com no ai
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!”
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.
Josh Winning 🌈 @joshwinning.bsky.social Author of BE STILL MY UNBEATING HEART 🌈, HEADS WILL ROLL 🪓, BURN THE NEGATIVE 🔥 and THE SHADOW GLASS 🦊.
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic.
PhD student in Creative Writing. Cinema Worms podcast co-host. She/they
Repped: @lzats.bsky.social (literary) Kim Yau at Echo Lake (film/TV)
Wife: @pegasusunder.bsky.social
www.lindzmcleod.co.uk
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
Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant - www.marywyrd.com
All about the books. No GenAi.
Horror writer.
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#HauteHorrorCover
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No DMs.
luna13darke (Danni) @luna13darke.bsky.social horror lover
books, art
fierce indie supporter
nyctophile
apanthropist
100-Foot Crow Magazine @100footcrow.bsky.social We're the home of speculative drabbles! A new 100-word sci-fi, fantasy, or horror story drops every Wednesday! https://100footcrow.com/ 
Michael Patrick Hicks | Horror Author and Book Reviewer @michaelpatrickhicks.com Author of IN THE END, NOTHING; FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE; MASS HYSTERIA. Book reviewer, movie hoarder. He/Him. Reviewer at FanFiAddict.com.
Fuck AI. Fuck Trump.
Website: http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
Books: books2read.com/michaelpatrickhicks
Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award winning editor & author ❀ CRACKS coming spring '27 ❀ SILK & SINEW ❀ feminist, historian, veteran, Korean-Polish-et-al hapa, HI born ❀ (she/her) ❀
Rep: @laneheymont.bsky.social @danaiwrites.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/garnetonwinter
Michael Boulerice @michaelboulerice.com Award-winning horror broski, salty New Englander, Archduke of Goofington Manor. INHALATION out now via Dead Sky Publishing. Hit the Linktree for more 👉 https://linktr.ee/michaelboulerice
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social Working-class press.
Horror/sci-fi/Weirdness 🐀🖤🐁
Linktr.ee/InfestedPub
Rae Wilde @raewilde.bsky.social Author of Merciless Waters, I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men, I Can Fix Her, & others
Rep Carleen Geisler
IG & TT
@_rae_wilde
Angie @strangersights.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/StrangerSights
Reader, reviewer, writer, punk/post-punk/goth fanatic, general weirdo. Horror addict.
🎵🎞️📚🎮🎨
TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social Neuroqueer Luddite. Angry intersectional feminist. Writer/EIC @ Nefarious Bat Press 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
PhD, media/politics. Work in social/cultural semiotics, CDA, storytelling
No DMs please, I'm British
Books at https://payhip.com/NefariousBatPress/collection/tc-parker
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
Books in the Freezer Podcast @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social Horror book recommendation podcast
Bookladyreads @bookladyreads.bsky.social 🎙️Cohost of TBR Lowdown podcast
📚Co-creator of #12Women12Countries reading challenge
🎥 Always down for a good show/movie
🧑🍳 I love to cook and eat
💸 Book thrifting is my super power
Rebecca J. Allred @ladyhazmat.bsky.social Bram Stoker Award Finalist. Pathologist. Painter of Plagues. Loves cats, beaches, and dreaming about quitting her day job.
Central Oregon.
Bi - she/her/they/them
https://diagnosisdiabolique.com/
https://www.bexxart.com/
C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com UK Horror & Dark SFF trad [Penguin Canelo] & indie author
HWA Affiliate Writer, BFS Member
ADHD. Welsh-Turkish 🏴🇹🇷. Queer/cis🏳️🌈. She/her.
Podcast: @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social
Website/Newsletter: cmrosens.com
Visit Pagham-on-Sea: visitpaghamonsea.co.uk
Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social I’m a queer, biracial, and neurodiverse enby. Diversity in Horror is my website where I review and promote fiction featuring and/or created by BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folk. You can check it out here: https://diversityhorror.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
Mary Rajotte @maryrajotte.bsky.social Ink-slinging ✒ insomniac w/a penchant for penning nightmarish tales of Gothic folk horror🦇 Frightmarish: a Gothic Litzine. Debut novel The Bone Key out now https://lnk.bio/maryrajotte 🇨🇦
Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward.
ghostorchidpress.com
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
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
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!
Jo Kaplan @joannapary.bsky.social Author of IT WILL JUST BE US (2020) and WHEN THE NIGHT BELLS RING (2022). AKA Joanna Parypinski. Co-chair of HWA LA chapter. https://jo-kaplan.com/
Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Robert Kluver @robertkluver.bsky.social Horror novelist & proofreader. Avid fiction reader.
robertkluver.net
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
Anthony Engebretson @anthonyengebretson.bsky.social He/Him Dark Fantasy and Horror author. Abolition. Autism/ADHD. Anti-capitalism. Cats. Raccoons.
Author of LUMBERJACK, HELL PIG, and more
https://linktr.ee/anthonyeng
https://anthonyengebretson.com/
Elizabeth Broadbent @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social Ink Vine & Ninety Eight Sabers (Undertaker Books), Blood Cypress. The Paranormal Xperience Podcast. Freelance Journalist: WaPo, Time, ADDitude etc
Https://linktr.ee/elizabethbroadbent
Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social “Writing is a marathon you’re allowed to get drunk during” - Kurosawa
Author of ambivalent realism and other variations of sadness. Wound of the West out now from Castaigne Publishing. https://castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/wound-of-the-west