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@jojofromjerz.bsky.social
Hey, it’s me… JoJoFromJerz! (My real name is Jo Carducci btw). I’m a mom, a podcaster, a writer, a lover of politics and puns and a true Jersey girl through and through. Check out my Substack (my baby) on my Linktree https://linktr.ee/jojofromjerz https://
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@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
@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
@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
@tacobellquarterly.org
Taco Bell Quarterly is a Literary Magazine more prestigious than the New Yorker and Paris Review. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
@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
@blankcheck.bsky.social
Sometimes those checks clear, and sometimes they bounce, baby! Your favorite movie podcast's favorite movie podcast, hosted by Griffin Newman and David Sims.
@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
@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
@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.
@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.
@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)
@apexmag.bsky.social
Apex Magazine is a lit zine focusing on strange, surreal, beautiful, and shocking scifi & horror. Also posts for Apex Book Company and Reach Your Apex. https://apex-magazine.com https://apexbookcompany.com https://reachyourapex.com
@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
@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
@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
@timwaggoner.bsky.social
Weird Fiction Meets Extreme Horror. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
@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
@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
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social
Co-Owner of Night Worms. Bram Stoker Award winner of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered. New book: 2025 https://linktr.ee/sadiehartmann
@bobpastorella.com
Co-host of the This Is Horror podcast. Author of MOJO RISING and THEY’RE WATCHING (with Michael David Wilson). My vampire novel, THE SMALL HOURS, releases in 2025. https://ghoulish.rip/product/the-small-hours/ patreon.com/BobPastorella
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
@kaleidotrope.bsky.social
Kaleidotrope is a quarterly e-zine of sci-fi, fantasy & horror edited by Fred Coppersmith since 2006. Read it at http://www.kaleidotrope.net Support it at http://patreon.com/kaleidotropezine Avatar and cover art by Cita A F
@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
@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/
@clashbooks.bsky.social
Big Indie Establishment Mom & Pop Press in Troy, NY Publishing Beach Reads from Hell. Skeets by Christoph Paul.
@lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social
Author, horror nerd, queer mom. She/her. ASK A QUEER CHICK (Plume, 2016), THE Z WORD (Quirk, 2024), THIS IS MY BODY (Quirk, 2025). https://www.lindsaykingmiller.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.
@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
@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.
@elrickane.bsky.social
Film Podcaster: Co-Host of Fangoria’s ‘Colors of the Dark’ & The New Beverly Cinema’s ‘Pure Cinema’ podcast. Filmmaker: ‘The Dead Thing’ at Festivals now & coming to SHUDDER Feb 14th
@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)
@thisishorror.bsky.social
This Is Horror: a horror fiction & writing podcast. http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/ Support us here http://bit.ly/tihpatreon Michael David Wilson: THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO, THEY'RE WATCHING, HOUSE OF BAD MEMORIES, DADDY’S BOY. http://michaeldavidwilson.co.uk
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
@aarondries.bsky.social
Author/screenwriter — Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadows, Ditmar award-nominated and Aurealis winner. DIRTY HEADS, CUT TO CARE, HOUSE OF SIGHS, A PLACE FOR SINNERS, THE FALLEN BOYS, and WHERE THE DEAD GO TO DIE. Repped by Annie Bomke.
@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
@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.
@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
@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/
@rossjefferyauthor.bsky.social
Bram Stoker & 3x Splatterpunk Nominated Author | #HWA Active Member | HARVESTING THE NIGHTMARE FIELDS | THE DEVIL’S POCKETBOOK | I DIED TOO, BUT THEY HAVEN’T BURIED ME YET | Film/TV @alec_frankel at IAG Website | https://writer
@rebelsam94.bsky.social
A spoOoky writer😱dog dad🐕Rep’d by Claire Harris, PS Literary🥂HWA NY🌻Hudson Valley critter🍁Stoker Nom’d🩸THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS out now!🩸GALL😶🌫️WAY’S GOSPEL 09/16/2525 🐷🦇
@angelasylvaine.bsky.social
Horror & thriller author & reader. HWA. Cheerful goth. Bi. She/her. No AI! Bram Stoker Award nominee Horror comedy FROST BITE Collection THE DEAD SPOT Mall slasher CHOPPING SPREE https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app