Authors You Should Absolutely Check Out
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@austinesoteric.bsky.social
@scumbelievable.bsky.social
Beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness. Best-selling author of MANHUNT and CUCKOO, out now from Tor Nightfire, and BLACK FLAME, coming 2025
@wrathjw.bsky.social
Horror Author, Poet, Muay Thai and boxing trainer, humanist, and all around badass motherfucker who enjoys doing badass things with other bad motherfuckers.
@nicobellfiction.bsky.social
Horror and sci-fi author, editor, FOOD FRIGHT 🥐 BEYOND THE CREEK 🌊 OPEN HOUSE 🏠 STATIC SCREAMS 👻 linktr.ee/nicobellfiction
@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
@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
@ericraglin1992.bsky.social
Horror/Weird fiction writer of Nightmare Yearnings, Extinction Hymns, & Lonesome Pyres (currently out of print). Owner of Cursed Morsels Press. Anti-capitalist and anti-fascist. He/Him Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cursedmorsels
@charleneelsby.bsky.social
THE ORGANIZATION IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU March 15, 2025. Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books.
@zachrosewriter.bsky.social
Just another writer, author of Hungers as Old as this Land and The Long Shalom. Breaker of Lovecraft
@sonorataylor.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter. Award-winning author. Active member of the HWA. Board member: Scares That Care. She/her. Latest release: Errant Roots
@rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social
Award winning, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson awards nominated writer/professor/editor. She/Her. Literary representation: Natasha Mihell, at The Rights Factory
@shanehawk.com
History teacher. Horror writer/editor. Girl dad. San Diego. ANOKA. NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT series. THE LAND HAS SPOKEN. Rep: Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic. ShaneHawk.com
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
@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
@pauladashe.bsky.social
Award winning author of WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER. Developmental editor. Hellraiser obsessive. Queen of Martyrs. She/her. 🏳️🌈 ✊🏽. Opinions = mine alone. Rep: Lane Heymont https://linktr.ee/pauladashe
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social
Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner Aug 12: A GAME IN YELLOW Sept 16: TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS she/her; rep: Lane Heymont haileypiper.com
@alexwoodroe.com
Shirley Jackson Award-nominated EIC of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. Dark specfic writer, Romanian folklore nerd, way too into concept albums, food, botany, and creepy movies. Optimistic nihilist. Wrote🌲WHISPERWOOD https://linktr.ee/AlexWoodroe
@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 Profile picture by Jessica Hayworth
@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
@pedroiniguez.bsky.social
Bram Stoker & Elgin Award-nominated SF/H writer. Rhysling Finalist, Pushcart Nominee. FEVER DREAMS OF A PARASITE (Out Now!) ECHOES AND EMBERS (Stars and Sabers Publishing, 07/15/2025) THE FIB (Gloo Books, 10/07/25) Find me at: www.pedroiniguez.com
@horrorsong.blog
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Website: horrorsong.blog The Wingspan of Severed Hands Invaginies https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/joe-koch-invaginies-preorder The Couvade Convulsive The Shipwreck of the Cerberus
@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.
@eveharms.com
I’m Eve, a horror/bizarro/exploitation writer based in LA, author of TRANSMUTED. I also make zines, apps and whatever else I feel like 🤡. Follow for updates on my work, jokes, cool stuff, insights, shitposts (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🕎 🍉 🪬 https://eveharms.com/links/
@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.
@bitterkarella.bsky.social
Midnight Society founder. Genderfluid transvestite goblin 🏳️⚧️👺 He/Her, She/Him. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Reppd by @jjbker & @literaryfey http://www.bitterkarella.com | Out now: Split Scream 5 (Tenebrous Press), Soon: Moonflow (Orbit)
@margaret.bsky.social
host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and of Live Like the World is Dying. Latest book is The Sapling Cage. she/they
@gabino.bsky.social
Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD/New York Times horror columnist. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me! https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social
aka Indra Das, author of THE DEVOURERS and THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, Lambda, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award winner, Crawford Award finalist. he/they/she indradas.com
@bogiperson.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
@briankeene.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning writer of horror, fantasy, nonfiction, & comic books. Podcaster. Showrunner. Film Producer. Father. Husband. Veteran. Owns @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social. Board of Directors for @scaresthatcare.bsky.social.
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid. Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver, Big Machine & more. TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner) Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth
@ldlewiswrites.com
SFF writer/editor in Atlanta. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo Winner. Conrunner. Lego builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 2026)
@vajra.me
Writer. Revenant. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023 Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus first novel winner) & RAKESFALL (2024 Nebula finalist) http://vajra.me/books Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://vajra.me
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@premeemohamed.com
Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Hugo, BSFA, BFA, Locus, Crawford award finalist. 📚🪲 Rep: Michael Curry. www.premeemohamed.com
@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
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@austinesoteric.bsky.social
Author of WILD, DARK TIMES. Words at NoSleep, Lycan Valley Press, and other creepy locations. Former librarian. Semi-academic occult scholar. Creator of experimental sounds. He/him. ENM. Leftist. Probably in an altered state. Cover art: Leonora Carrington