David L Updike
Writer, editor, art publisher. My strange little stories have appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Philadelphia Stories, Hobart, Daily Science Fiction, 365 Tomorrows, and other places.
@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
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING MAGNETISM (2026)
@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. E. Nesbit's The House of Silence, Ghost Stories, 1887-1920 out now with Handheld Press.
@romgothsam.bsky.social
Gothic lit and theology. Gothic romance. Queer Gothic. Teaching Fellow in Romanticism. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'.
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Dark fantasy & Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
@g0blinegg.bsky.social
Amy - Part-time Goblin 🐸 Folklorist researching the Folklore and Ghostlore of Shropshire 👻 Teacher of Religious Studies Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇 - Currently working on a book about The Devil in Shropshire Folklore
@janiceflux.bsky.social
Scholar of Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, especially Shirley Jackson, zombies, general pop lit.
@joanpassey.bsky.social
BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | English Lecturer | UCU Rep | Haunted Shores Network | Victorian environments, coasts & seascapes 🌊 | Queer ecologies 🍄 | Gothic 👻 | she/they 🏳️🌈 linktr.ee/JoanPassey
@jasonhaslam.ca
McCulloch Professor, Dalhousie English and Gender & Women’s Studies, focussing on Science Fiction, the Gothic, & Prison Studies. I take pictures of birds for reasons that are beyond me. He/him
@kjsoar.bsky.social
PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology. Writer for Hellebore. Co-editor of 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press). Editor 'Circles of Stone' and 'Return of the Ancients' (British Library Tales of the Weird). She/her. I have a dog.
@helengrantsays.bsky.social
Lives in Scotland & writes books. Latest novel JUMP CUT published by Fledgling Press. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by Fraser Ross Associates.
@nsborwein.bsky.social
Horror scholar, poet, PhD, HWA, Co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social, EIC Katabatic Circus, Global Indigenous Horror (@upmississippi.bsky.social, 2025). Words in Utopia Science Fiction, Space & Time, Lovecraftiana, and more
@mutanttheorist.bsky.social
Lecturer of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland. Researcher of Mutant Theory and monstrous bodies.
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
Professor of Gothic literature mainly posting about books, cake, horses and my cat Dickens.
@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
@drstevejones.bsky.social
Lead of the Horror Studies Research Group, Northumbria University. Known for research on extreme horror, philosophy, pornography, and the slasher subgenre. drstevejones.co.uk
@brisblakhorrorclub.bsky.social
Exploring all things Horror through a Black/BIPOC Diasporic lens LGBTQ+ Friendly www.bristolblackhorrorclub.com
@dullboy237.bsky.social
Professor (film and lit), co-director of International Cinema at BYU, series editor Icons of Horror (Indiana UP). Love and support the marginalized. 🏳️🌈 he/him #horrorsky
@xanthepajarillo.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇵🇭 Filmmaker, PhD Student at University of Birmingham UK 🇬🇧 🖊 Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting 🎤 Kindergeist Podcast 🎓 USC, CalArts, USAF Veteran
@swoodard7326.bsky.social
Film Editor @DrunkMonkeysWeb | American West, Horror & Giallo Scholar | PhD Candidate @UTArlington | Writer | https://linktr.ee/swoodard7326
@kristamitchell.bsky.social
Musicology Ph.D. Candidate. Librarian. Horror Genre Lover.
@benspky.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
@vickybrewster.bsky.social
✏️Copy & developmental editor, & indexer 👻Gothic, horror & sci-fi academic 🧑🏫 Occasional lecturer & support at Swansea U 🏳️🌈Asexual-agender-panromantic
@johnjjohnston.bsky.social
Egyptology, Classics, reception, and cultural history. Chair - gentlefuries.bsky.social Ambassador - issegyptomania.bsky.social BSFA Award finalist 2013 Agents: Max Edwards - @AppleTreeLit Nigel Hetherington - @Pastpreservers London & Glasgow
@ffreibert.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ Film & Media Historian. Media Studies Assistant Professor. PhD in Visual Studies. Research Areas: Film Studies & Film History; Media Industries; Bisexual, Trans, Gay, & Queer History; Distribution & Exhibition; Archives; Horror Studies. She/Her.
@nataljastgermain.bsky.social
I am the spooks🧛🏻♀️🍷PhD candidate, horror writer, multilingual translator, senior lecturer, annoying folklorist. 🔎 Researching the ethics and legal regulations of AI #researchingAI&beyond #dailyspooklore #swampsunday #vampiresweekly #thesevenofwands
@stephaniecotela.bsky.social
Art Historian & Author writing spooky mysteries for children & crime thrillers for adults. 👻📚 @scbwi_british_isles @mslexia & @thesocietyofauthors https://linktr.ee/stephaniecotela
@jamesreich.bsky.social
Writer, Research Psychologist, Existentialist, Friend to Cats. Author of SKINSHIP, THE MOTH FOR THE STAR, WILHELM REICH VERSUS THE FLYING SAUCERS etc.
@genni.bsky.social
African Australian author, editor. Solstice Award. British Fantasy Award. Shirley Jackson, PK Dick, World Fantasy Award finalist. Twice Otherwise honoree for exciting work in speculative fiction. eugenbacon.com Rep: Bieke van Aggelen
@davebjeffery.bsky.social
Writer. HWA Mentor of the Year 2022. BFS registered mentor. Creator of 'a Quiet APOCALYPSE'. Anthology editor at Flame Tree Press. I do not use generative AI in my work; nor do I support its use in the arts. No DMs, please.
@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.
@mor1233.bsky.social
I am a writer. I have lived in 5 countries (including one that no longer exists), written 6 novels, and 160 stories (more, actually, but who’s counting?). And when I am not writing fantasy and horror, I am writing about fantasy and horror written by others
@erinwiegand.bsky.social
Film programmer, independent scholar, book editor. One half of @cinemaniapresents.bsky.social
@hugginscooper.bsky.social
Horror maven. Thanatologist. SCBWI regional organiser NE. ‘Writing Know-How’ Editor for SCBWI. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
@rinapalumbo.bsky.social
Ph.D. (JHU - history); Italian-Canadian expat. Writer, Editor, avid reader. Writing in Hopkins Review, Identity Theory, Ghost Parachute, et al. https://rinapalumbowriter.com/ EIC Third Street Review https://third-street-review.org/
@efdeal.bsky.social
Author, editor, video editing. Find me at efdeal.net #Steampunk lovers, meet the Twins of Bellesfées: One's a scientific genius, one's sometimes a wolf, but both make 1842 France a mad adventure with ghosts, vampires, mad scientists, and a bit of romance.
@nightmare-magazine.com
Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social.
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
(He/They) 3x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author | AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME OUT NOW | Lit Rep: Priya Doraswamy Official website: ericlarocca.com
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: [email protected]
@lawlessauthor.bsky.social
Lawyer and author of dark comedy SF novels with weird etymology joke footnotes and an obsession with direct democracy. Two-time Hugo Best Novel and Astounding Award-loser. SFWA InterCom Chair and Codexian. Rep by Rick Lewis. 🌈🏳️🌈 lawlessauthor.com
@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
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Writer / Librarian. HWA. Work in Electric Literature, the Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, etc… Repped by Marie Lamba of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Novel: Living in Cemeteries Collection: Haunted Ecologies CoreyFarrenkopf.com
@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.
@coolleen.bsky.social
Passionate advocate for disability rights, assistive technology, accessibility, inclusive education and community, and equitable opportunities. Co-chair of PennTASH, Pennsylvania’s state chapter of TASH.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press. www.brigidsgatepress.com
@smokelong.bsky.social
Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters.
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.