Weirdly Wise Women of Horror
A starter pack listing women authors of dark fiction and horror who are of 50+years. The aim is to increase the visibility of this age group, to each other as well as to the wider society. Note this is a work in progress. In the context of this group, women is used in its all-inclusive sense.
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@stephellis.bsky.social
@juleigh.bsky.social
2025 Elgin Chair. SFPA. HWA. Noms: Best of the Net, Pushcart, Rhysling, Elgin. 6th book: Curses, Black Spells & Hexes from Alien Buddha. I live by the edge of the Pacific, dabble in prose, my 140 year old house is haunted & I follow back all creatives.
@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
@tiffaniangus.bsky.social
Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 coming 2026! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
@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.
@redillon.bsky.social
@kerryebblack.bsky.social
Teller of Tales Fanciful & True Short story collections: Herd of Nightmares, Carousel of Nightmares, Fairy Herds & Mythscapes, Nightmares on holiday; YA Paranormal Thrillers: Awakening at Equinox & Spring of Spirits.Wolves at Bay. Poetic Nightmares.
@marieoregan.bsky.social
Writer, editor of anthologies, managing editor of Absinthe Books, PS Publishing’s novella imprint. Married to @paulkane.bsky.social Fuelled by tea. Represented by @megdavis.bsky.social of https://ki-agency.co.uk/ marieoregan.net
@angelayurikosmith.bsky.social
Angela Yuriko Smith, HWA president and Space and Time publisher, is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner. As a Publishing Coach, she helps writers search less and submit more with her weekly calendar of author opportunities at authortunities.substack.com.
@tcgaynord.bsky.social
I'm an occult expert, international author, former teacher- Who's Who Among America's Teachers 1993 Award. My books are available for purchase in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Australia, Italy and US etc.
@jbgrumpstone.bsky.social
🖊Word creature. 🪶Birb person. Basically just an old fart-in-a-bottle left on a dusty shelf somewhere in Brooklyn, NY. website: www.grumpstonegazette.com linktree: https://linktr.ee/justine.gardner
@amloweecey.bsky.social
Writer, singer, musician, mom. Former nun. Come to the dark side. I bake really good cookies.
@ruthannjagge.bsky.social
Writes dark speculative and fantasy fiction with sass and class. Gothy-cowgirl, lives on a cattle ranch in Texas. HWA/BFA
@lmariewood.bsky.social
Award-winning horror author, screenwriter, educator & essayist | Ph.D., MFA | Founder, Speculative Fiction Academy | VP HWA | member, HWA, SFWA, SFPA, RWA, MWA | Rep: TheTobiasAgency
@tamarathorne.bsky.social
Scary story purveyor, lover of cats, ghosts, puns, spooky stuff, and Monty Python.
@halbertfiction.bsky.social
🕯️📖👀 Author of quiet horror (including my collection “Cold Comforts” and PseudoPod Ep. 776). From central Indiana. Behavioral health crisis intervention team program development. 💚 Empathy enthusiast. Wife/mom/grandma. Mom to a gray kitty named Theo. 🐈⬛
@kathleenpalm.bsky.social
MG horror writer. General weirdo. Find me running in the haunted cornfields. MG horror Nowhere Series coming from Undertaker Books 2025-2026. MG horror Nightmare Garden coming from Watertower Hill Publishing 2026. HWA Chicago. Creepy is fun.
@morgansylvia.bsky.social
Aquarius. Metalhead. Coffee Addict. Work in progress. I write horror, sff, poetry, and audio dramas. Occasionally dabble in metal journalism. Objects in mirror are not as they appear.
@nicolemwolverton.bsky.social
Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers, including A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS (7.24) | HWA, SFWA, Codex | avowed monkeywrench | horror academic | nicolewolverton.com
@donnalynch.bsky.social
Ego Likeness Stoker Award-nominated horror poet & author Supreme at GarbageWitch TM for Stoneburner Art rep for Steven Archer Traveler & travel photographer #FuckMaga egolikenessband.com
@jlincolnfenn.bsky.social
Author of THE NIGHTMARCHERS, POE, and DEAD SOULS which was called 'wickedly entertaining' by the NYT. Owned by the cutest chihuahua on planet Earth. #horror #HWA
@michellereneelane.bsky.social
Writer. Bram Stoker Award Finalist. Narrative junkie. Vampire enthusiast.
@pixieb.bsky.social
Horror Bibliophile and Bibliophage. Historian/Writer. Bad Poet. INFJ all my life, unfortunately. Introvert. Cancer Cervivor. Cat Person.
@lisamorton.bsky.social
Writer, bookseller, Halloween expert, paranormal historian, L.A. woman
@rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social
Horror author, EIC of Undertaker Books. IN MEMORY OF EXOSKELETONS, CREEP THIS WAY, SELF-MADE MONSTERS, DOWN IN THE DARK DEEP WHERE THE PUDDLERS DWELL, SIX O'CLOCK HOUSE & OTHER STRANGE TALES. rebeccacuthbert.com.
@suzie-sam2.bsky.social
Mom, author, poet, editor and multimedia artist. Associate Member of the HWA.
@aarmstrongauthor.bsky.social
Author of Revenance, Toxicosis, Dark Visitations, and Consorting with the Shadow: Phantasms and the Dark Side of Female Consciousness. My short stories and poems have been featured in several horror anthologies. HWA member.
@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
@victorianations.bsky.social
Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her. https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations
@lenemacleod.bsky.social
Quiet Horror/Dark Fiction author. +sometimes editor, artist, poet FRINGES of GREY now available https://books2read.com/u/4NVxA9 eic @frostzonestories.bsky.social 👻🎸🎵👽💀🎥🍁🇨🇦 https://linktr.ee/lenemacleod
@sarajaynetownsend.bsky.social
Horror and crime writer. Gamer and geek. Bass guitar player. Owned by cats. Lover of vintage frocks.
@erinalmehairi.bsky.social
Published author & poet / Professional Editor for Hire, Journalist, PR Pro / BA Degrees in English, Journalism, History / Book News&Views / she•her / 🇬🇧🇺🇸🧿 https://hookofabook.wordpress.com/editing/
@shanmonster.bsky.social
Author, artist, poet, & 2-spirit swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Work appears in The Deadlands, Augur Magazine, SolarPunk Magazine, Strange Horizons, On Spec, etc. Aurora finalist and total weirdo. shanmonster.dreamwidth.org
@randeedawn.com
Author, “Tune in Tomorrow” (Solaris Nova),“The Only Song Worth Singing" (Arc Manor) Upcoming:“Leave No Trace" (Arc Manor, 2025); "We Interrupt This Program" (Solaris Nova, 2025) Journalist: Variety, LA Times, Today, Gold Derby https://linktr.ee/RandeeDawn
@dianedooley.bsky.social
Aging guttersnipe. Brit living in Vermont. Published author of Science Fiction, Horror, Romance. Interests: books, history, politics, tennis, music, poetry, travel, gardens. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianedooley
@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
@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.
@maryrajotte.bsky.social
Ink-slinging ✒ insomniac w/a penchant for penning nightmarish tales of Gothic folk horror🦇 Frightmarish: a Gothic Litzine. Debut novel The Bone Key out now linktr.ee/maryrajotte 🇨🇦
@valwillwrite.bsky.social
Writer of Dark Fiction and Twisty Tales. Debut novel released October 2024. Owned by a Golden Retriever. Tea drinker. Politically left of center. https://linktr.ee/valeriebwilliams
@ledaniels.bsky.social
bram stoker/aurealis/shadows awards finalist editor/author/poet active hwa, ahwa, iped american in australia
@midnightmuser1.bsky.social
Author Horror ~ Science Fiction AHWA/HWA Australia https://paulineyates.com
@hugginscooper.bsky.social
Horror maven. Thanatologist. SCBWI regional organiser NE. ‘Writing Know-How’ Editor for SCBWI. Creative Writing lecturer at Falmouth. Author. She/her, ADHD. Views all mine...mine I say!
@carolgyzander.bsky.social
Stoker-nominated author, and editor of horror, weird fiction, science fiction - she/her
@beverleylee.bsky.social
♱ I write atmospheric horror/creeping dread/haunted broken boys - sometimes altogether! ♱ Lover of male vampires kissing and all the Feels. ♱ Ally 🏳️🌈 www.beverleylee.com beacons.ai/beverleylee
@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
@christinogle.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Winning first novel, BEULAH. Work in Apex, Strange Horizons, PseudoPod, 3LBE, etc. Three Collections from Flame Tree Press. Rep: Lane Heymont. Working on a new novel! https://linktr.ee/christinogle
@geneveflynn.bsky.social
Horror author, editor, and poet. Two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner. Shirley Jackson and Aurealis Award winner. Co-editor of Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women
@almakatsu.bsky.social
Novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist. My next horror novel, FIEND, comes out 9/16/25
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Writer of weird stuff, lover of Light! #BLM #blacksky She/Her - www.LindaAddisonWriter.com (author photo by Courtney Hartley)
@emzbox.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Editor, Podcast Horror Host for HorrorAddicts.net 👻 Romance under Emmy Z. Madrigal ❤️ Emzbox.com
@stephellis.bsky.social
Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader. Active Member HWA, member BFS https://stephanieellis.org/