Ghost Story, Horror and Gothic Creatives
People who make, write or write about ghost stories, horror and Gothic. (Defo missed loads of people off this - be nice, I'm super new to this Bsky lark).
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@adamzed.bsky.social
@lucyrosecreates.bsky.social
• black cat owner and horror girlie • sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique • the lamb 🥩 @wnbooks @harperbooks • audhd / bi https://linktr.ee/lucyrosecreative She/they
@factionman.bsky.social
i'm r directur. BAFTA New Talent winner. EIFF Michael Powell Award nom. BIFA long-listed. Hostile Dimensions (2023) Death of a Vlogger (2019) (he/him)
@dyadproductions.bsky.social
Award-winning theatre Company touring work across the UK & internationally. Current shows: #ThatKnaveRaleigh #LadySusan #ARoomOfOnesOwn #AChristmasCarol #IElizabeth #ChristmasGothic #FemaleGothic #AustensWomen
@bafflegabble.bsky.social
"I've marvelled before about Bafflegab, their pin-sharp effects and all-embracing shroud of sound" The Times "Shonky low-budget amateurism" The Times
@scarredforlife.bsky.social
A trilogy of books and a podcast about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s. From public information films to nuclear war. Buy our books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife Listen to our podcast: pod.link/1706291698 Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
@helleborezine.bsky.social
Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.bsky.social. 🌍 Now shipping worldwide from www.helleborezine.com
@barbaracrampton.bsky.social
Actor/ Producer Re-Animator, From Beyond, You’re Next, Jakob’s Wife, Suitable Flesh, Hysteria!
@joanpassey.bsky.social
BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | English Lecturer | UCU Rep | Haunted Shores Network | Victorian environments, coasts & seascapes 🌊 | Queer ecologies 🍄 | Gothic 👻 | she/they 🏳️🌈 https://joanpassey.co.uk/
@ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social
The Ghost Story Book Club podcast. Join host Adam Z. Robinson @adamzed.bsky.social as he discusses classic ghost stories with special guests. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
@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
@kesslerboy.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Blumhouse/Hulu’s Into the Dark - The Body (2018) & Uncanny Annie (2019). Once played a Wookiee in Star Wars. Parapsychology nerd. https://linktr.ee/kesslerboy
@colleenmoz.bsky.social
Writer, PhD, O. Henry Prize-winner, rogue literary scholar. Writing in The Rumpus, Southern Review, Studies in the Novel, Chicago Reader & others. Prose editor for Cottonwood. Rep. Howland Literary. Available to rant about stories. linktr.ee/colleenmoz
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery. 👩🏻 mjpcuervo.com/portfolio-page 📖 helleborezine.com
@dannyrobins.bsky.social
“The UK’s go-to ghost guy.” Uncanny, Battersea Poltergeist, The Witch Farm, 2:22 - A Ghost Story. My book ‘Into The Uncanny’ is out now.
@sarahcoomer.bsky.social
Edinburgh-based artist/illustrator. Folio Society Book Illustration Award 2022 Shortlist. Heraldic artist for the Lyon Court. Rep’d by Lorna Hemingway at @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sarahcoomer
@nightmare-magazine.com
Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social.
@dominicbrunt.bsky.social
Paddy Kirk off of Emmerdale Farm. Film director. Screenplay writer. Land Rover faffer. “Space travel’s in my blood. There ain’t nothing I can do about it”.
@richardvhirst.bsky.social
Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
@louiseblain.bsky.social
Creative Lead @BlumhouseGames Fear the Spotlight from Cozy Game Pals is out now on PC and consoles!
@folklorepod.bsky.social
Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
@scarfolk.bsky.social
Scarfolk is a town called Scarfolk. For more information please re-read.
@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
@ajwestauthor.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling novelist: THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE #AlwaysTogether 🦚 📚 Broadcaster 🏳️🌈 Homosexual Linktr.ee/ajwest
@spookypurcell.bsky.social
Writer of Gothic fiction, mother of guinea pigs. The horrors persist but so do I.
@iameeadams.bsky.social
Storyteller of all things dark. Author of JACKAL and ONE OF YOU. Updates only https://linktr.ee/iameeadams
@folklorewales.com
Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk folklorewales.com
@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
@andymitton.bsky.social
Filmmaker, Composer. Movies: The Harbinger, The Witch in the Window, Yellowbrickroad, We Go On Musicals: Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall, The Gift of Nothing
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
Author of NIGHT BABIES (2026) @johnmurrays.bsky.social & DEAD RELATIVES (2021) and WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM (2019) @deadinkbooks.bsky.social She/her lmcknighthardy.com Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
@scribblerevans.bsky.social
Writer / #BAFTA & #BIFA winning #HisHouse #NetflixFilm / much dark & devilish in development / #BAFTA Connect / UK rep @kitsonpress.co.uk / US/Int rep Sarah Arnott #ZeroGravity
@jedshepherd.bsky.social
🇵🇭Filmmaker. South London. Writer/EP: HOST & DASHCAM (Blumhouse) Writer/Director: FLASHBACK (Netflix) & THE BLAIR WITCH DOCUMENTARY
@elizadearnley.bsky.social
Folklorist, writer, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University. Editor of DEADLY DOLLS and FEARSOME FAIRIES (British Library). Fairy tales / horror / interactive stories / weird and eerie 🦇 Rep’d https://www.philippasitters.co.uk. She/her
@joparsons.bsky.social
Researching #bonktastic #bonkbusters Senior Lecturer Falmouth Uni @EdinburghUP.bsky.social Series ed: #Gender and the #Body, and #19thC and #NeoVictorian Cultures Co-Ed #13CornishGhostStories #TalesoftheWeird #DoomedRomances #histsex
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Dark fantasy & Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
@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
@paultremblay.bsky.social
Writer person. Horror Movie, A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, The Pallbearers Club. Not actively planning the demise of John Langan. Eats too much cereal.
@amylemort.bsky.social
Goth loser. Horror lover. Dog cuddler. Undertaker. List writer. Cemetery wanderer. Gig goer. She/Her.
@tbodal.bsky.social
Bringing original and classic ghost stories to theatres since 2015. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tbodal Storyteller & Writer: https://bsky.app/profile/adamzed.bsky.social
@weepingbank.bsky.social
Tales after dark - researched & read by The Librarian (Est.2009) www.weepingbank.com FB & Instagram: @weepingbanklibrary
@bronteschiltz.bsky.social
Writer & journalist. PhD on Britain’s Televisual Gothic 👻 Big on The Divine Comedy and fun
@nunkie.bsky.social
performance storyteller and anthologizer www.nunkie.co.uk patreon.com/RobertLloydParry
@jamescswanton.bsky.social
Actor in Apartment 7A, Inside No. 9, Tarot, The First Omen, Lot No. 249, Stopmotion, DASHCAM, Host, Frankenstein's Creature. Much Dickens on stage. Spooky.
@alexdavis1981.bsky.social
Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
@bunnydarke.bsky.social
Freelance critic: film, horror, the 90s. beckydarke.com patreon.com/bunnydarke Empire | Arrow Video | Second Sight | GamesRadar+ | The Evolution of Horror | The Final Girls
@catherinespooner.bsky.social
Academic and creative writer | Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University | all things Gothic | fashion | folk horror | she/her
@accordingtojond.bsky.social
Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.
@summerray.bsky.social
Illustrator | Voiceover | Writer | Absolute joke Sarahsumerayonline.com
@mikemuncer.bsky.social
Producer, editor, journalist. Host & creator of The Evolution of Horror podcast. ✉️ mike@evolutionofhorror.com 🔗 mikemuncer.com
@zobowithashotgun.bsky.social
🩸Queen of extreme horror 🩸 💜 Ex-Founder & EIC: Ghouls Magazine ❤️🔥 Co-host: Tainted Love podcast ✍️ Words: Second Sight, 88 Films, Unearthed, Arrow, Error 444, Fractured Vis ✉️ zobowithashotgun@gmail.com zobowithashotgun.uk/
@johnnymains.co.uk
The UK's foremost horror anthologist. “Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age” – The Independent AuDHD. Got the morbs.
@ecfjournal.bsky.social
ECF is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly devoted to the critical and historical investigation of literature and culture of 1660-1832. Editor Eugenia Zuroski, McMaster University. Posts by ECF editors; contact: ecf@mcmaster.ca.
@slipperyjack.bsky.social
👁️ Occasional Graphic Designer for telly & film 🔥 I also make Spooky Lino Prints that you can buy if you want 💀 My second illustrated Folk Horror anthology Tales Accursed OUT NOW 📍Black Country (middle of the UK) https://linktr.ee/SlipperyJack
@blondekwaidan.bsky.social
🔪Amber T aka hornbloodfire🔪 🩸 News editor/staff writer: FANGORIA ✍️ Words: ARROW, 88 Films, Second Sight, Error 4444, Terror Vision 👻 Blonde kwaidan/professional weeb 🖤 FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE 🖤
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
@alexwest.bsky.social
Genre film critic and author. Co-host of the Faculty of Horror podcast. She/her.
@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
@adamzed.bsky.social
Writer and actor Theatre co: The Book of Darkness & Light (https://bsky.app/profile/tbodal.bsky.social). Host: @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social https://www.adamzrobinson.com https://linktr.ee/tbodal #horror #ghoststories