Horror/Dark Fiction Book Community
Bloggers, Authors, Horror Book Readers & Reviewers. Editors & Publishers. Please note, this list is now full.
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@jheverington.bsky.social
Writer of creepy, uneasy, ambiguous fiction. “… an unsettling voice all of its own." The Guardian http://jameseverington.blogspot.com
@brennanlafaro.bsky.social
Author/writer/wordslinger. SLATTERY FALLS TRILOGY🏚️ BUZZARD’S EDGE SAGA🤠 LAST STAY 🪓 ILLUSIONS OF ISOLATION 👻. He/Him.
@barksbooks.bsky.social
Mother of beasts. Lover of books & scary movies. Reader of horror, romance & any combination of the two. Zero tolerance for dicks 🤷♀️💙
@bpgregory.bsky.social
Author and avid reader of eerie Australiana, scifi and horror. She/her. https://www.bpgregory.com/
@nicolecushing.bsky.social
Writer of weird, dark fiction. Bram Stoker Award winner, two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award. Working on sequel to THE PLASTIC PRIEST. Offering writing tips and other thoughts on Patreon.
@cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social
Publisher of horror fiction. Fans of urban legends and creepy locales.
@kevharrison.bsky.social
40-something British writer of horror and dark fiction, living in Lisbon, Portugal with his better half & three cat overlords. Love travel, food, rock & metal music, and running. This is Horror. He/Him Find out more at https://kevharrisonfiction.com
@jeffstrand.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award-winning author of gobs of books, mostly horror/comedy. WGA screenwriter. Bridgett Nelson’s scorching hot boyfriend. https://linktr.ee/jeffstrandauthor
@beverlybambury.com
Book publicist since 2012 (horror, SFF, mystery, crime, romance, and more) I also privately coach authors. 🇺🇲+🇨🇦 She/Her
@nicolemwolverton.bsky.social
Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers, including A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS (7.24) | HWA, SCBWI, Codex | avowed monkeywrench | horror academic | nicolewolverton.com
@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.
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
Horror writer (SHE SAID DESTROY, RED SKIES IN THE MORNING, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY forthcoming from Ghoulish). Co-editor of WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE. 📍 DC, raised in Jakarta/Nebraska, she/her ♠️💜 https://linktr.ee/nadiabulkin
@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
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More. @AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief. @MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher. SUPPORT INDIE. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️ https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
@jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of THE MERRY DREDGERS and BEDFELLOW and THE ATROCITIES. FAMILIAR out now! Fabric artist. Butler for cats. Geek. They/them https://jeremycreature.etsy.com jeremycshipp.com
@laurenbeukes.com
Novelist, TV writer, comics writer and recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV) Zoo City and multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE - out now
@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.
@stefandz11.bsky.social
Weird fiction aficionado, indefatigable pulp collector, incurable moviegoer, irascible critic, incorrigible Jersey guy.
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. Speaker of Gaelic; baker of cakes. Total eejit. www.kealanpatrickburke.com
@sheenalouisef.bsky.social
🇳🇴🇵🇭 Momster of Elsebub, Sindre & #SookieTheFarmCat living in the arse-end of Norway. -I mostly post about (horror)books and cats. Sometimes I review the odd read. -🚫DMs unless we know each other
@antoniarachelward.com
Author of dreamy and unsettling things. New novella ONDINE’S CURSE coming Feb 2025. EIC @ghostorchidpress.com https://antoniarachelward.com
@yolandasfetsos.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Horror freak. Bibliophile. Books: ONLY DARKNESS, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS, NUMB, & THROUGH THE BLUR. TV/Film Rep: Alec Frankel at IAG. NO AI!! She/her. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/yolandasfetsos
@taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social
Author of vampire, SFF / scifi & spy thrillers. Find me on Amazon amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com . Also, all around jokester on spare time. 🚫DM only if I know you.🚫Based in Toronto, Canada.
@jasullivan.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Horror Writer, Movie Addict, & Paranormal Investigator Pansexual/Genderqueer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ *they/them*
@mattwildasin.bsky.social
Author of spooky stories, cover artirst for Insomnia Designs, proud father, Godzilla lover, and podcast host for Grindcast.
@wesleysouthard.bsky.social
3x Award-Winning author of CRUEL SUMMER, THEY MOSTLY COME AT NIGHT, TRY AGAIN & many more! THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH out now! 👉www.wesleysouthardhorror.com for signed books and tour dates!
@codavidson.bsky.social
C. O. Davidson - Goth prof, writer, and Gen-X Jedi. Horror Writers Association ATL Chapter and @broadleafwriters.bsky.social https://tinyurl.com/3t5afdbp She/Her
@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
@texascthulhu.bsky.social
Award winning author of THE MAGPIE COFFIN. A purveyor of tales and wanted dead or alive.
@garzaslaughter.bsky.social
One half of the Sisters of Slaughter. Stoker nominated Horror writer.
@carsonwinter.bsky.social
Author, punker, raw nerve. The Psychographist and A Spectre is Haunting Greentree out now. Co-host of the Dead Languages Podcast. Social media at CHM.
@orringrey.com
Orrin Grey writes disjointed and irresponsible things about monsters, ghosts, and sometimes the ghosts of monsters. orringrey.com
@williammeikle.com
Wee sweary Scotsman, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
@comptonwrites.bsky.social
Horror author: The Spite House & Devils Kill Devils Podcaster: Healthy Fears. /. Behind Your Face There is a Place
@amygrech.bsky.social
Prolific crime/horror author/poet based in NYC. Active HWA Member. Alien Buddha Press published my poetry chapbook, A Shadow of Your Former Self. SEO is my bread and butter. 🔪🩸 ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/amygrech 💻 crimsonscreams.com
@paulkane.bsky.social
Award-winning, #1 bestselling author/editor of over 160 books, inc the sellout Hooded Man, Lunar, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Cursed and Her Last Secret, Her Husband’s Grave and The Family Lie as PL Kane. http://www.shadow-writer.co.uk
@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
@stephellis.bsky.social
Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader. Active Member HWA, member BFS https://stephanieellis.org/
@emmajgibbon.bsky.social
"Shirley Jackson meets Johnny Rotten" - NPR. Award-winning author of Dark Blood Comes from the Feet. Represented by Caitlin Mahony at WME. She/They.
@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)
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
@grimscribepress.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Thomas Ligotti Online and Grimscribe Press. Ligotti narrator for Penguin Random House Audio. Author of THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM. he/him.
@clashbooks.bsky.social
Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
@rdspress.bsky.social
Raw Dog Screaming Press publishes “fiction that foams at the mouth” specializing in dark and unclassifiable fiction and poetry.
@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.
@valancourtbooks.bsky.social
Indie/horror/LGBT/classics. 2021 HWA Specialty Press Award. 'Valancourt's publications may be just what you're looking for.' - Michael Dirda, Washington Post
@ghostorchidpress.com
Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward. ghostorchidpress.com
@bevvincent.bsky.social
Author of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life & Influences, The Road to the Dark Tower. Co-editor of Flight or Fright. Stoker/Edgar nominee.
@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
@armandauthor.bsky.social
Full-time crime thriller and horror author. Drinker of bourbon
@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
@johnhornor.bsky.social
Author of The Night That Finds Us All, A Lush and Seething Hell, Murder Ballads Shirley Jackson, Bram Stoker, World Fantasy Award Finalist I don't auto refollow but will if we interact website: http://www.johnhornor.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/
@marysangiovanni.bsky.social
Writer of cosmic horror, supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, and occasionally sf/horror and comics. Likes to craft. She/her
@inkwellmonster.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Bone Weaver's Orchard, Out of Water, Root Rot, The Atropine Tree. Librarian, stationery addict, and crafter. She/her. 🏳️🌈
@sofiaajram.bsky.social
Queer horror writer 🏳️⚧️ all pronouns Jewelry designer & metalsmith sofiazakia.com Editor of Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror Coup de Grâce 🚇 (Titan Books) out now! https://linktr.ee/sofiaajram
@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
@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/
@timwaggoner.bsky.social
Weird Fiction Meets Extreme Horror. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
@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
@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
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
@cgolden.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, Ararat, and many others. Writes a lot of comics with Mike Mignola. Co-wrote/co-directed Slayers: A Buffyverse Story with Amber Benson. Screenwriter. Anti-fascist.
@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.
@daviddemchuk.com
Fine writing for foul minds. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
@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.
@davidniallwilson.com
Author, Publisher, some awards, USA Today bestseller. Wrangler of 12 cats & chinchilla, ex-Prez HWA, trivia not fact checked. Way left. Husband & father, I'm Crossroad Press! #startrek #stargate #WoD https://www.davidniallwilson.com
@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.
@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
@wnwagner.bsky.social
Horror writer (GIRL IN THE CREEK due out 2025, Tor Nightfire); editor-in-chief of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE, senior editor, LIGHTSPEED. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈 Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
@torbooks.bsky.social
Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
@subpress.bsky.social
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing luxurious specialty, limited editions and groundbreaking original works in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Dispatches from the warehouse and other news. http://linktr.ee/subterraneanpress
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Britstralian. Whisky drinker. Dog lover. Metalhead. He/him. https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/ (Banner image by Dean Rankine)
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
@danielkraus.com
NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 20+ more, visit the site or just trust me. DanielKraus.com
@datlow.bsky.social
Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
@theauthorguy.bsky.social
Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and coming May 2025, Anima Rising.
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@isaacthorne.com
(he/him) Horror Author Member: HWA, IBPA, The Authors Guild isaacthorne.com isaacthorne.contactin.bio books2read.com/isaacthorne
@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
@horrordna.bsky.social
It's In Our Blood https://www.horrordna.com https://linktr.ee/horrordna
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Micro Indie Mom & Pop Press. www.brigidsgatepress.com
@rabusby.bsky.social
🩸📚Horror writer, Shirley Jackson award, can be fascinated with cheese. CORPORATE BODY out now from Cemetery Gates Media and WORDS MADE OF FLESH forthcoming. Creepy spider story in Nightmare Magazine! https://linktr.ee/RABusbyauthor
@catherinemccarthy.bsky.social
Welsh author of dark fiction. A Moonlit Path of Madness (Nosetouch Press) The Wolf and the Favour (Brigids Gate) Mosaic and The House at the End of Lacelean Street (Dark Matter Ink) Death of a Clown (May '25) https://www.catherine-mccarthy-author.com
@pfracassi.bsky.social
Author w/ Nightfire, Orbit, Clash, Lethe… • THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE • THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL • NO ONE IS SAFE! • BOYS IN THE VALLEY • GOTHIC • A CHILD ALONE WITH STRANGERS www.pfracassi.com/books (Header art by Chris Nurse)
@lucyasnyder.bsky.social
Author of SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER and other works of horror and science fiction. Keeper of many terrariums and aquariums and dwellers therein. Expect posts about my menagerie of herps, fish and cats and my books. Website: www.lucysnyder.com
@ericjguignard.bsky.social
Author. Editor. Anthologist. Swiss-American. Writing at Cemetery Dance, Sourcebooks, upcoming with HarperCollins. Publisher of @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social. Peace, love, and skulls. #ericjguignard http://www.ericjguignard.com
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social
Literary horror in the woods. Life assembled from found footage. Crawford & Shirley Jackson Award Nominee. Greener Pastures, The Inconsolables. Debut novel The October Film Haunt 9/30/25 from St. Martin's Press.
@gemmafiles.bsky.social
a preliminary sketch of a crone. Aspergerian mom of an autistic son. I wrote Experimental Film and literally 100+ short stories. coming soon: Little Horn, a collection, from Shortwave Publishing. I sing, make jewelry and doodle pretty monsters.
@calvindemmer.bsky.social
Author of THE SEA WAS A FAIR MASTER, DARK CELEBRATIONS, HER HEART BEATS FOR ANCIENT BEASTS, THROUGH THE RAVENOUS NIGHT WE RIDE, & more. www.calvindemmer.com
@emilymarie82.bsky.social
Reader. Wife. Mum. She/ Her. Democrat. Interested in music, films, horror and books (so many books) 🖤