Badass Crime & Horror Writers Starter Pack
Cool writers of crime fiction, horror, and things that go bump in the dark (or hide in dark alleys and around the corner).
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@kmwriter01.bsky.social
@mysterytribune.bsky.social
Mystery Tribune is No. 1 mystery magazine on web by reader size. Reed Coleman and Lawrence Block call us “a cut above” and “the most elegant mystery magazine”.
@kirstynpetras.bsky.social
Writes dark stuff. Author of THE NEXT WITNESS, co-host of the Dark Waters podcast
@alexshaw.bsky.social
Bestselling Thriller Author of the JACK TATE, SOPHIE RACINE, AIDAN SNOW, and WOLF SIX Thrillers. Published by HarperCollins, Luzifer Verlag, and Boldwood Books. Represented by: Justin Nash of The Kate Nash Literary Agency Based in Dubai/Kyiv/West Sussex
@harlancoben.bsky.social
Next Netflix series: MISSING YOU Next novel: NOBODY’S FOOL HarlanCoben.com
@danrussell.bsky.social
Pushcart nominated author of Lies We Choose To Believe - Anxiety Press. Poor Birds - Cowboy Jamboree Press, Coming May 2025. Buy books here: https://tinyurl.com/2e5de79j
@libbycudmore.bsky.social
American Girl ANTIFA. Girl in gold boots. Fabulous detective novelist (NEGATIVE GIRL, THE BIG REWIND.) Co-Host, @ostparty.bsky.social & MISBEHAVIN' podcasts. www.libbycudmore.com
@christafaust.bsky.social
Writer. Pervert. Menopausal Troublemaker. Bisexual Assassin. She Adjacent.
@smccaffery.bsky.social
@dennistafoya.bsky.social
Crime writer. Author of DOPE THIEF, coming to Apple TV+ in 2025. www.dennistafoya.com
@charliekondek.bsky.social
Marketing professional and short story writer from metro Detroit. Kendo enthusiast. Autism dad. Child of God. CharlieKondekWrites.com
@erykpruitt.bsky.social
Author of SOMETHING BAD WRONG and BLOOD RED SUMMER. Co-owner of YONDER in Hillsborough, NC. Not responsible for that smell.
@witchingmetal66.bsky.social
Writer of scumbags, con artists, and all manner of morons | Creator of A WAR OF A MADMAN'S MAKING | PUT YOUR LIFE IN THE POT - Out now! | He/Him
@joelnedecky.bsky.social
Debut novel out September 1st, 2025. Sign up for my newsletter at https://jnedecky.com, if you love crime fiction, mystery, and noir.
@adamjwhitlatch.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Author 📚 | Editor ✍️ | Pit Bull Dad 🐕 | Blasphemer 😈 | Builder of Tiny Plastic Robots 🤖 | Dudeist Priest 😎 | Professional Slacker 😴 He/Him 🩷💛💙 https://linktr.ee/AdamJWhitlatch
@geonncannon.bsky.social
old-school village idiot. innocent bystander. writer. He/him https://linktr.ee/geonncannon
@snakelst.bsky.social
Austin, TX based writer of lists, anecdotes, short stories and soon novels.
@absolutelykate.bsky.social
SuspenseAuthor ~THE DAMP FEDORA ▪︎ IntriguePromoter ▪︎ Noir'torious. Has #moxie. World needs more moxie • Conjures #espionage by the sea in big-hearted little RI⚓️ ▪︎ Digs PrivateEyes 👁 #author #promoter #politikate #1940s #OSS #noir #spy #RI #Steelers
@thrillerzone.bsky.social
Dave Temple, podcast host & author, interviews the giants of thriller fiction, films & TV Shows. Listen & Watch for STORIES THAT THRILL.
@urbanpigspress.bsky.social
A new indie press and lit mag focusing on starting small and building a good foundation. Editors @jamesjenkins.bsky.social & @bambarrow.bsky.social https://urbanpigspress.co.uk/
@russellwjohnson.bsky.social
Attorney and author of the Mountaineer Mystery Series. #WVU fan
@smackjones.bsky.social
Novelist-AUGUST SNOW, LIVES LAID AWAY, DEAD OF WINTER, DEUS X (Soho Press) Detroit is where art comes to flourish. Stop by! We'll nosh if you're peckish!
@vanwinkle.bsky.social
founder & editor @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social; curator @npcountrycovers.bsky.social; curator @ArtArk.bsky.social; author Dylan Quick is a Dairy Queen Don Quixote & more; Minor Regional Novelist www.adamvanwinkle.com www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
@reganmacarthur.bsky.social
Writer of crime fiction under my own name. Published author (starting Sept. 8, 2023!) of morally-deficient pulp novels as Clint Reno.
@jcatwrites.bsky.social
Misfit. Former 80s slacker. Writer of words. Book hoarder. Mediocre knitter. Horror & Crime fiction enthusiast. Words in Punk Noir Magazine.
@russellthayer10.bsky.social
An old man writing old stories: @APCON_MAG @Tough_Crime @punk_magazine @OutcastPress @ExpatLitJ @NoirBristol @GuiltyCrimeMag @ShotgunHoney @pulpmodern @press_roi @CloseToTheBone3 @MysteryTribune
@dosomedamage.bsky.social
The social media account for the blog site for some of today's coolest crime fiction writers. DoSomeDamage.com
@offerkuban.bsky.social
RMT (day job) | #Author (words in Punk Noir Press, so far) Host: "The Speakeasy" Podcast 🎙 Love books, movies, & shows; good friends, food, & wine| Be kind, we are all connected. 🇨🇦✍️🪐🚀📚
@louberney.bsky.social
Accomplished liar. Responsible for Double Barrel Bluff, Dark Ride, November Road, and more.
@marythor.bsky.social
“Book of Ruth” in Best American Mystery & Suspense, 2024. Writer, creeper, human. She/her. Stories in LA Review, Rock and a Hard Place, Worcester Review, Milwaukee Noir, Tough, and others…rep’d by Lori Galvin at Aevitas Creative
@rhppress.bsky.social
A small-press independent publisher delivering crime, noir, and dark fiction chronicling bad decisions and desperate people.
@lauramchugh.bsky.social
Award-winning, internationally and USA TODAY bestselling thriller author (Safe and Sound, What’s Done in Darkness, The Weight of Blood & more). Tech writer by day. www.lauramchughbooks.com
@jahmalmayfield.bsky.social
Crime novelist & avid reader | Who got more style than son do? | Rep'd by Jackson Keeler of InkWorks2 | novel SMOKE KINGS | Melville House | Released February 6, 2024
@mikemchone.bsky.social
Derringer Award winning, Anthony nominated writer. Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock's MysteryMag, Playboy, elsewhere. Ranked on EQ's Readers List (2x), Cited in Best American Mystery & Suspense '24. www.mikemchone.com
@frank212.bsky.social
Short stories in Stand, Bull, Tough, Starlite Pulp, CJ, Enclave, a bunch of other places. Columns in Hobart & Bull. Five collections of poetry w/ Punk Hostage, Blue Horse, NeoPoiesis.
@frankvatel312.bsky.social
Reader, watcher, and scribbler of noir. Published @ Bristol Noir and Reckon Review.
@davidjoy.bsky.social
Half-assed author of novels. Full-assed wanderer of woods. Born looking lonesome, on’ry, and mean. Also, I fucking cuss a lot.
@ronearl.bsky.social
Publisher • Designer • Cat Wrangler https://shotgunhoney.com https://ronearlphillips.com https://badfido.com
@loriraderday.bsky.social
Writer. Muppet. Reserve grand champion ribbon winner in the 4-H category of Personality.
@cmattwrite.bsky.social
Old with wandering. Probably sore from it, too. Author of TWENTYMILE (“taut, page-turning”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Stories: Mystery Mag., Close to the Bone, Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir. www.cmattsmithwrites.com.
@mrbullbull.bsky.social
dedicated to rewriting modern masculinity since 2009 @thedrevlow.bsky.social EIC
@keithroysdon.bsky.social
Writer of true crime, fiction, pop culture. My 1984-set YA crime novel THAT OCTOBER pre-order now! My crime novel "Seven Angels" won 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Member MWA, SinC. Website: keithroysdon dot com
@darkmatterbks.bsky.social
Bookstore to be in St. Paul, MN. Our website: https://darkmatterbooks.co/
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
Author of Anthony Nominated collection HERE IN THE DARK, and award-winning novel SONGBIRDS & STRAY DOGS | BAMS Distinguished x 2 | EIC: Reckon Review |
@alexkenna.bsky.social
Writer, Shamus Award finalist, amateur painter, attorney, toddler wrangler rep'd by @lizaroyceagency Books: WHAT MEETS THE EYE, BURN THIS NIGHT .
@browneallover.bsky.social
Author of THEY ALL FALL THE SAME (1/7/25 @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social) & HILLBILLY HUSTLE (2020 WVU press) KY Attorney/Pizza Purveyor. Repped by Alice Speilburg. https://bsky.app/profile/alicespeilburg.bsky.social www.wesbrowneauthor.com
@meproctor.bsky.social
Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series: "Love You Till Tuesday". Short story collection: "Family and Other Ailments". Stories in Shotgun Honey, Mystery Tribune, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Punk Noir Magazine guest editor.
@victordeanda.bsky.social
Writer of crime fiction, horror, and weird stuff. Movie freak and music geek. Literary slutizen.
@zakariah.bsky.social
Writer. Walker. Banjo Player. Progeny of Cannibals. Author of MINK: SKINNING TIME IN WISCONSIN and EGG ON HER FACE: STORIES OF CRIME, HORROR, AND THE SPACE IN BETWEEN. https://substack.com/@pteratorn731655
@sjrozan.bsky.social
Writer, reader, New Yorker, basketball player, NY Liberty and NY Knicks fan. Author of 19 novels and 85 short stories. Former architect.
@bamawriter.bsky.social
Author: NEGATIVE TILT: STORIES (2024), MAGIC CITY BLUES (2023), LIVING THE GIMMICK (2022), Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024, Anthony Award nominee, Derringer Award winner. Unrelentingly weird.
@atticalocke.bsky.social
Writer, page and screen. #FromScratch #LittleFiresEverywhere #WhenTheySeeUs #Empire NY-Times bestselling author of six books. https://linktr.ee/atticalocke
@alisongaylin.bsky.social
Book writer, Edgar Award winner. She/her. WE ARE WATCHING is out NOW!
@leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social
Author of 14 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS. MILES IN TIME out May 6th. Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press. Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
@curtisippolito.bsky.social
Anthony, Macavity, and Derringer award finalist. Author of BURYING THE NEWSPAPER MAN: https://amzn.to/30Mfy0f. Member of Sisters in Crime, MWA, he/him https://curtisippolito.com
@djrunnels.bsky.social
Author of 5⭐️ ghost mysteries with dysfunctional characters and comedic literary satire. Chicago. 24 writing awards. Invented the hashtag #SkyWriters. Fiber artist/owner of Life’s an Expedition. Loves archaeology. https://www.Linktr.ee/LifesAnExpedition
@cwblackwell.bsky.social
Crime analyst and author: SONG OF THE RED SQUIRE ✷ HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY ✷ WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN (July 2025) ✷ 2X Derringer Award winner #crimefiction #noir #santacruz https://lnk.bio/cw_blackwell_writer
@garivers.bsky.social
Just another non-AI author of Thrillers and Crime Fiction making my way. Rep'd by Terrie Wolf at AKA Lit. Mgmt. Words in Punk Noir, BULL Magazine, Texas Wind antho by Cowboy Jamboree; Reckon Review coming in the new year. Peace!
@justinkarcher.bsky.social
Buffalo, NY. Man About Town. Poet. Playwright. New Play Development Director. Editor of Ghost City Review.
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
@beaujohnson44.bsky.social
Husband, father, writer, reader, booster, reviewer. Long live crime fiction! Long live the dark stuff! LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS drops 2/3/2025 https://www.bishopriderbooks.com/
@shotgunhoney.com
Fiction with a Kick • Publisher @ronearl.bsky.social https://shotgunhoney.com https://shotgunhoneybooks.com
@robdsmith.bsky.social
Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
@jamesdfhannah.bsky.social
Shamus-winning author of the Henry Malone novels. Appalachian to the bitterest of ends. Rep: @michellerichterbks.bsky.social Insta @jamesdfhannah. He/him jamesdfhannah.com
@vondoviak.bsky.social
Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated author of CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL and LOWDOWN ROAD.
@nkolakowski.bsky.social
Author of "Where the Bones Lie” (Datura, March 2025) and other grim delights. HWA, MWA. Cats, snark, crime, horror. https://linktr.ee/nickkolakowski
@wmboyle4.bsky.social
Writer. New novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, out now from Soho Crime. https://linktr.ee/wmboyle4
@coyhall.bsky.social
Author of horror, crime, & sci-fi. History professor. Great Pyrenees obsessed. Movie & book obsessed. He/Him. coyhall.com scythianwolf.com
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
NOLA. SFFH/crime/sometimes-journalist. BASFF & Locus notable stories ‘23. Frequent contributor to Antigravity Magazine Stories in: Buzzfeed News, Politico, Apex Mag, +more. ORDER MY DEBUT CRIME NOVEL, “The Pike Boys”, NOW books2read.com/thepikeboys
@hardcasecrime.bsky.social
Publishing the finest in pulp fiction for the past 20+ years. www.HardCaseCrime.com
@steveweddle.bsky.social
My book about a 1933 outlaw camp in Arkansas: www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine My book of connected short stories: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Country-Hardball/Steve-Weddle/9781440570803 Reading, Writing & Arsenal Cville & RVA steveweddle.com
@mysterywriters.bsky.social
MWA is the premier organization for writers and fans of the mystery/crime genre and we present the Edgar Awards every spring. https://bit.ly/m/Mystery-Writers-of-America
@leegoldberg.bsky.social
Novelist. Screenwriter. Publisher. Nice Jewish Boy. www.leegoldberg.com
@drewgum.bsky.social
Writer of The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. Lambda Award Finalist. Leicestershire Short Story Prize winner. Saltburn - Feb 2025. Indie Press supporter. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 MD ANT 📍Enderby,UK https://linktr.ee/drewgum
@robwhart.bsky.social
USA TODAY bestselling author of books like ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, THE PARADOX HOTEL, and THE WAREHOUSE. https://linktr.ee/robwhart
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
@jordanharper.bsky.social
Author of EVERYBODY KNOWS, SHE RIDES SHOTGUN and THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA
@pulpcurry.bsky.social
“It’s worse than death in the mines. you want them to sing opera as well?” Award winning author of fiction & non fiction, pulp scholar, bibliophile, noir aficionado. https://linktr.ee/andrewnette
@caseystegman.com
Writer of stuff. HWA member. He/Him. Opinions my own. Rep’d by Dr. Uwe Stender at Triada US: @uwestenderphd.bsky.social My stuff: caseystegman.com/fiction
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/
@angelluiscolon.com
he/him | Award Winning 🇵🇷 Writer of🪳INFESTED🪳and MINECRAFT: HOUSE OF HORRORS | Editor | Rep'd by JM Darga at Aevitas Creative | https://linktr.ee/angelluiscolon
@kellyekell.bsky.social
Sarcastic black chick writing award winning mysteries about sarcastic black chicks. Crime Writers of Color cofounder. Missing White Woman (Out now in US & UK) My site I don't update: KellyeGarrett.com
@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.
@keithrosson.bsky.social
Writer, arteest, blindish, kinda punk. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. FEVER HOUSE/THE DEVIL BY NAME duology out now via Random House. COFFIN MOON coming Fall ‘25. Repped by Chad Luibl, Janklow & Nesbit.
@swierczy.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of CALIFORNIA BEAR, SECRET DEAD MEN and the boozy short story collection LUSH. WGA. MWA. "The Pole WIth Soul." gleefulmayhem.com
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys. https://splitlipthemag.com/
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays. todgoldberg.com