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Women in Horror
In celebration of WiHM, I’ve put together a list of women horror authors to follow! This list will likely be expanded. This list is all-inclusive.
@cjsubko.bsky.social
Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Rep: Maria Brannan at Greyhound Literary Words in Small Wonders, Flame Tree, The Deadlands, RED LINE: From Beyond Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex www.cjsubko.com https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
@angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!? IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
@strangewildspress.bsky.social
Tiny Maine Horror Press. BOREAL - Feb. 25th | Vulpine Curse - Apr. 30th |EIC @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social. Website: www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/strange-wilds-press Order BOREAL: https://books2read.com/u/470Rq8
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press. www.brigidsgatepress.com
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
We're a small press publishing genre fiction. We offer a selection of original books, zines, and magazine articles. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member). Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
@sleyhousepresents.bsky.social
Sley House Presents is a podcast about literature, with in-depth reviews, author interviews, and occasional audio fiction. Account managed by Trevor W.
@badhandbooks.bsky.social
You can do a lot with a bad hand. We're bringing you the best horror, dark fantasy, & crime fiction. Owned & operated by Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winner Doug Murano.
@sifill.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
@crobertcargill.bsky.social
Lvl 49 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
@courtneymilan.com
She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com
@rdspress.bsky.social
Raw Dog Screaming Press publishes “fiction that foams at the mouth” specializing in dark and unclassifiable fiction and poetry.
@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
@natcassidy.bsky.social
TV actor. Musician. Horror writer (MARY: AN AWAKENING OF TERROR; NESTLINGS; REST STOP). Next up: WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, April 22, 2025, Tor Nightfire. (he/him)
@toddkeisling.com
Horror writer & designer. Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of DEVIL’S CREEK, SCANLINES, & more. Rep: Becky LeJeune | Bond Literary Agency. He/him. http://linktr.ee/tkeisling
@underthedesknews.bsky.social
The Nice Side of News 🤓 Explainers and a look at the days events Co-Host of American Fever Dream Pod
@elliottgish.bsky.social
TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
@frombeyondpress.bsky.social
New indie publishing company specializing in horror, sci-fi, zines, and reprints. frombeyondpress.com EIC: Mike Phillips @phikemillips.bsky.social
@writertomg.thomasgaffney.com
https://www.thomasgaffney.com/ Horror Writer. HWA Member. Emerson MFA PopFic Graduate. Short Stories in The Dread Machine and Bards & Sages. Working on my first novel. He/Him.
@fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social
Indigenous (Ojibwe) book content creator. Publishing @Boozhoo Books with Bindery Books https://linktr.ee/Fromthemixedupdesk
@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-Beth Marshea/Ladderbird vcastrostories.com
@manylittlewords.bsky.social
Bram Stoker & British Fantasy Award nominated author, illustrator and podcaster from Bristol, UK. Books: ROOTS OF MY FEARS, Titan 2025 ITCH! Hodder & Stoughton 2025 FIRST DATE, Datura Books 2026 HAPPY HOUR, Shortwave 2026 Also NoSleep Podcast.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
@ashleyrsmith.bsky.social
PhD in Screen Cultures from Northwestern | Writing on horror, culture & race | Academic Consultant at Cut-Throat Women Digital Humanities Database | True crime & media trash lover | Opinions are mine | Formerly @thehorrorfemme on Twitter
@middleagewitch.bsky.social
Lecturer in English @UCC // Horror scholar // Autor of Haunted States: An American Gothic Guide Book and Teen Witches: Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture
@douglasgwilym.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award nominated short-story author. Co-editor of The Midnight Zone: NOVUS MONSTRUM. My story "Year Six" was recommended by Ellen Datlow for Best Horror 14. Songwriter, bassist, & YouTuber of weird old tales.
@nightmare-magazine.com
Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social.
@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 Linktree: linktr.ee/cateyepress
@taylorlgrothe.bsky.social
Horror(omantasy) author 👻 HOLLOW (Peachtree Teen, Sept 30, 2025), THESE DREAMING SPIRES (Titan, Sept 2, 2025), OAAS (Peachtree Teen, Fall '26) | MFA ‘24 | BLM | 🍉 | Rep: Victoria Marini at High Line Literary Collective
@alyssaalessi.bsky.social
HWA•Spooktastic Book Fair•New England Izzy Hoffman Is Not A Witch 23’ 📚 Words in NoSleep Podcast & Cinnabar E-Zine https://linktr.ee/pagesinthegraveyard
@divazura.bsky.social
Author, Poet, Screenwriter, Blogger. 🌈 "No man alive has earned the right to save me."
@tiffmorris.bsky.social
Horror/Sff writer. L’nu’skw (Mi'kmaw). She/her. Bi cis anarchafeminist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Books: 🩸Carnalis (2025) 🌿 Green Fuse Burning 💀 Elegies of Rotting Stars 📧 Rep by Jo Ramsay at Transatlantic Agency
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
Horror bitch. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Vulture, Slate, Reactor, & more. She/her. 🍉 readjumpscares.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@arihellraiser.bsky.social
Horror fan from womb to tomb. Author of Millennial Nasties, regular contributor to The Pod and the Pendulum. Letterboxd: Ari_Hellraiser linktr.ee/Ari_Hellraiser
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
@erikatwurth.bsky.social
Writer. Prof. Ghost Kat. 📚WhiteHorse TheHauntingofRoom904. NYT editors & GMA buzz pick. IndieNext. Target & BOTM. Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee descent.
@ande.whatsleepsbeneath.com
Director of Content at www.whatsleepsbeneath.com (@whatsleepsbeneath.com) (he/him)
@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
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award & Int’l Latino Book Award winning author| VANISHING DAUGHTERS, Thomas & Mercer| GHOSTS OF WHERE WE ARE FROM, Atria/Primero Sueño| LOTERÍA & CHICAGO SAGA, Hachette| School of the Art Institute MFAW, PhD English candidate | Rep-Lane Heymont
@kdbwrites.bsky.social
writer she/her Humor: I’m a Little Brain Dead; Birth and Other Surprises; No Help at All: 2025 Horror: Next Door, Revolve Voter suppression is a sign of weakness & poor hygiene #strokesurvivor linktr.ee/kdbwrites
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
2x Bram Stoker & 2x Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Author of SLEEP ALONE and SOMETIMES WE’RE CRUEL. Stories: Best Horror of the Year Vol 13, PseudoPod, Vastarien, Split Scream 3, more. Cat & lipstick enthusiast. She/Jen. Rep: Lane Heymont. jawmccarthy.com
@whatsleepsbeneath.com
WSB is an online magazine that explores the horror genre as one of the most important cultural vehicles of our time.
@warren.senate.gov
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.