Michael J. Riser's Horror Starter Pack
A bundle of horror authors, artists, critics, supporters, and feeds to get you started on Bluesky. A focus on those who more actively use the platform.
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@michaeljriser.bsky.social
@andrewpope.bsky.social
I just like movies. Especially horror movies. - whitlockandpope.com - boxd.it/eSY9 Member: Horror Critics Group | Film Critics Association
@chadgayle.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy author 🚀 NYC photographer 📷 Words in DreamForge, Zooscape, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Inner Worlds, etc. 🌞 Codexian https://chadgayle.com/ Banner: black and white photo of NYC skyline centered on the Chrysler Building (by me)
@nashotobi.bsky.social
Writer/artist from Ukraine creating Lovecraftian stories Welcome to Shipsgrave and Colton Crux / Commissions 50$ / digital copy of my book 7.5$ / my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nashotobi
@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.
@pooeater.bsky.social
(he/him) Writer | Designer | Dad | Horror Fanatic Freelance inquiries: wcennamo@gmail.com www.flowcode.com/page/willc
@robertkluver.bsky.social
Horror novelist & proofreader. Avid reader of fiction. Co-Chair HWA Sacramento. robertkluver.net
@alwaysnevers.bsky.social
He/him. I make games. I do art. Living my best life in sobriety. Pro democracy. Anti fascist. Anti AI. Check out my games at https://coffeeallnight.itch.io/ Check out my art at https://cara.app/alwaysnevers/portfolio Find me on Discord: @alwaysnevers
@neuronaraka.bsky.social
hardcore/skramz/metal, horror, meditation. Grumpy GenXer. he/his Cognitive science stuff at: https://bsky.app/profile/neuroyogacara.bsky.social
@selmerguy.bsky.social
Old movies, old guitars, old records, old books, old photos.
@cjwriteshorror.bsky.social
Writer of horror and weird fiction, voracious reader, and stay-at-home dad. I like books, whiskey, and good food. Member of the HWA. https://CJGoldberg.com
@horrordna.bsky.social
It's In Our Blood https://www.horrordna.com https://linktr.ee/horrordna
@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
@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
@3lobedmag.com
Magazine of speculative fiction; stories of horror, wonder, and the weird since 1999. https://3lobedmag.com
@lormaggot.bsky.social
(giz·luh·sn) 34 • they/he goop lord • 🇨🇦 wrote INSIDE OUT, edited BOUND IN FLESH THE FLESH OF THE SEA w/ Shelley Lavigne 1/3 member of GOOP TROOP SUNLIGHT MAGGOT PRINCE current hyperfixation re4r SOON - COSMIC DYKE PATROL
@mxdshipwreck.bsky.social
Horror writer, B-movie fan, enby. Trans and reproductive rights. Occasionally TTRPGS. But mostly movies, dumb jokes and my dog. Married to @gigglefits. they/he. fuck Nazis and TERFS (figuratively). Certified Stupid Account
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social
Publisher of short horror and Weird fiction. Anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cursedmorsels
@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
@claymcleod.bsky.social
Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press. “A Good Story Will Haunt You” 👻🖤📚 www.littleghostsbooks.com
@stringerseven.bsky.social
Senior Env. Architect II at Cliffhanger Games / Film nerd / Spooky Artist / Music Nerd/ 🚫AI, NFT, CRYPTO🚫/Opinions are mine
@timwaggoner.bsky.social
Weird Fiction Meets Extreme Horror. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
@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.
@horrorvisuals.com
@hurchv.bsky.social | Video game curator, horror enjoyer, artist, gymrat https://linktr.ee/horrorvisuals
@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
@nmamatas.bsky.social
Buy 120 MURDERS from my local bookstore now! https://www.ebbooksellers.com/item/qHl97caDRCpgW7y8fTG4Pw
@redheadfrommars.bsky.social
Horror movies & high strangeness. Columnist: Bloody Disgusting. Bylines: Elements of Madness, Daily Dead, Scream Horror Magazine & more. Member: SEFCA, NCFCA. 🍅-approved. Portfolio: https://authory.com/MichelleSwope
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, WFA finalist, Ignyte Co Founder "SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin suzanpalumbo.carrd.co
@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
@fangoria.com
First in Fright since 1979, FANGORIA is a collectible magazine, a podcast network, and an entertainment studio. FANGORIA.com
@superactionfunboy.bsky.social
Chets Dad. 🏳️⚧️ Art Director/Gamedev ( #halo4, #doom3, #quake3, #oculus #vrgamedev ) and #gamedev #solodev #indiegamedev || He/Him || Humans only plz || CW: Mostly Horror content || https://linktr.ee/superactionfunboy
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@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
@tamikathompson.bsky.social
Author of THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS (Erewhon/Kensington, 2026) & Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner, UNSHOD, CACKLING, and NAKED. she/her/hers http://mybook.to/unshod
@hacksawjenny.rip
Art, graphic design and marketing in Vancouver, BC. Retired streamer. Horror movies, games and books. 🔪 hacksawjenny@gmail.com
@craigwallwork.bsky.social
Author of the Tom Nolan horror thriller series, as well as Human Tenderloin, Quintessence of Dust, The Skin We Feel Most Comfortable In (2025), and The Sound of Loneliness. Horror lover and movie geek. #BookSky #FilmSky
@stevetoase.bsky.social
Writer based in Franconian Forest Fortean Times comics reviewer published at Tor.com Shimmer 3LBE, Lackington's, Lead writer on Haunt www.stevetoase.co.uk To Drown in Dark Water from Undertow Publications Dirt Upon My Skin from Black Shuck Books
@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
@therrien.bsky.social
Writer, Reader Making Horror and Dissociated Vibes in the Pacific Northwest (she/they) Therrienwrites.wordpress.com
@uteorgassa.bsky.social
Author, playwright, strange human being. https://www.uteorgassa.com/ Member of https://www.penandpier.com
@ranylt.bsky.social
Stories in PodCastle, Strange Horizons and many cool elsewheres. Founder of Lackington's Magazine (yup, still on hiatus). Dark fantasy, weird/horror, film, food, architecture, history, language. https://ranylt.wordpress.com
@anna-orridge.bsky.social
Climate crisis, books, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. Shabby w/o the chic. Eco-horror novella PHENGARIS out with @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social, May 2025 Author website: https://annaorridge.com/ (thanks to @sonorataylor.bsky.social)
@crobertcargill.bsky.social
Lvl 49 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
@beedelores.bsky.social
Horror @ Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Flood mag, and elsewhere • 🍅 • B-Sides & Badlands • they/them Subscribe to Horrorverse: http://thehorrorverse.net/newsletter Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/GXbn Support my writing: https://ko-fi.com/beedelores
@caseyadamsstark.bsky.social
Writer of horror. Fan of the supernatural (and Supernatural). Think twice before you DM me. If it’s phishy it’s block-worthy. HWA member. #ScriptSky #HorrorSky #IndieHorror #BookSky Find me through Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianemjohnsonauthor
@justinallec807.bsky.social
NWO based. Books, bikes, boulders, bloodbaths, bowls, blastbeats. Dad, husband, horror writer. He/him.
@pippinacious.bsky.social
Author of horror and wholesome. Voice actress. REAP, SOW, out now! BOTTLING HIS GHOSTS, coming July 15, 2025 from @rdspress.bsky.social I'm better in writing. HWA. Profile pic by MoonPendent13. Header by CarrionHouse.
@agawilmot.bsky.social
Author (lit, horror, surrealism), editor, painter, communications professional. Represented by K2 Literary. Ace, nonbinary trans woman—they/she. 🏳️⚧️ "Withered," ECW Press Spring 2024 http://agawilmot.ca https://k2literary.com/authors/aga-wilmot/
@mattneilhill.bsky.social
Dad/Husband/Writer/Tsundoku practitioner. He/him. Words in Stories of the Eye, The Mad Butterfly's Ball, Vastarien, Children of the New Flesh, and others (links in 📌). Trans rights are human rights. Fuck A.I.
@hereliescorri.bsky.social
writer/researcher for Wisecrack. obsessed with the horrors of human existence, but in like, a bubbly, upbeat way. hypermobile af. she/her www.jackofallgraves.com Letterboxd: @hereliescorri
@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
@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
@pronouncedlahra.bsky.social
Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer: Nightmare, The Future Fire, AaFS. Copy editor @thedeadlands.com. Cohost @storyhour.bsky.social. Website & newsletter signup at pronouncedlahra.com. HWA, SFWA. BLM. She/her. Photo: Jodi Foucher. Rep: Jake Lovell, SDLA.
@theharvestmaid.bsky.social
Writer/Editor. Horror obsessive. Loves to talk books, movies, music, and booze. Formerly in Seoul. She/her Check out my folk horror blog here: https://theharvestmaidsrevenge.com/
@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
@nightmare-magazine.com
Monthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy short fiction published both online and in ebook format. Edited by @wnwagner.bsky.social.
@seizethepress.bsky.social
Anticapitalist magazine of dark fantasy, bleak science fiction, and unsettling horror. Here for a bad time. Read past issues at seizethepress.com Subscribe and support our work at patreon.com/seizethepress
@thomasha.bsky.social
Writer || UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) Undertow || Nebula, Ignyte, Hugo, Locus, & Shirley Jackson Nominee || Best American SFF. Brave New Weird. Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror || Korean/Irish hapa. Father o' three. He/him. thomashawrites.com
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
Award-winning author of novels and short stories, including the official, Jirel of Joiry revival “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth”. S-rank manga adaptrix. AI-generated media disliker. Abolish ICE! (She/her) https://www.patreon.com/one_true_sentenc
@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
@talkwordy.bsky.social
kit kat enthusiast. former journalist, always editor. founder of Fireside Fiction Company. i delete my old skeets on the regular. he/him
@cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. "The Nightmare Box and Other Stories" out now from cursedmorselspress.com. Stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Tree & Stone. Rep: Lauren Bajek. http://linktr.ee/cynthiasaysboo
@ecatherine.com
writer/editor | she/her | SFWA | EIC @thedeadlands.com | senior editor @psychopomp.bsky.social | Folley & Mallory Adventures | Jackson's Unreal Circus & Mobile Marmalade | Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social DMLA | #BroncosCountry | ecatherine.com
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
@llewellynrose.bsky.social
medical illustrator, comic and horror artist. views are my own. meganllewellyn.com
@gnofhorror.com
15 years of reviewing and promoting horror. Multiple Award Nominated horror review website. Check out our website below. https://gnofhorror.com/
@thedeadlands.com
a journal of ends and beginnings https://thedeadlands.com published by @psychopomp.bsky.social
@mariahaskins.com
Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Editor at Ruadán Books. Part of Many Worlds. She/her. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, Deadlands & more. 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
@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
@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
@hauntedmeg.bsky.social
Lead critic and journalist for Bloody Disgusting. Horror Fanatic.
@pauljessup.com
Award winning writer of creepy stuff, disabled writer with MS. Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, & Daughter of the Wormwood Star out now. Suicide Music & Cancer Eats the Heart in 2025. Creator of the game Bad Writer website: https://pauljessup.com
@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
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Shirley Jackson Award-nominated, Cummie-Winning, Publisher of New Weird Horror + More. @AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief. @MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher. Hail the Tenebrous Cult🖤☠️ https://linktr.ee/TenebrousPress
@stinasdemons.com
I share the Horror & spread the Dread. She/Her/Weirdo/Horror Lover/AuDHD/TradArtist/Book Reviewer/Malcontent/Misanthrope 🤷🏳️🌈🤷♂️ 🚫 No AI No NFTs No Crypto 🚫 💙📚 #MSReview 🎨 https://stinasdemons.bigcartel.com 🎨 Art feed 😈🎨🦇
@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.
@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)
@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.
@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
@undertow.bsky.social
Indie press in Canada. World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award, HWA Specialty Press Award, and British Fantasy Award-winner. Endearingly weird. (Posts by Michael Kelly) https://undertowpublications.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
@mdbell79.bsky.social
Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
@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.
@slimyswampghost.bsky.social
he/him NO A/I GARBAGE 🪱 Artist / illustrator / writer obsessed with ghosts ‘n ghouls🪱Wrote SCAREWAVES🪱Junji Ito said he loved a monster i designed. "Disturbing fella, this Trevor!" - Guillermo Del Toro
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. he/him
@michaeljriser.bsky.social
Editor, horror/dark fiction author of religious trauma. Former editorial Screen Rant, Goomba Stomp, managing editor AOG. 怖い話の作者。（日本語ＯＫ）Read stuff at: https://bookruptcy.com (he/him) pfp: smiling man with beard and mustache banner: devil statue in a garden