Talking Scared Horror Community
An evolving list of show guests, supporters and people I admire from the world of horror
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@talkscaredpod.bsky.social
@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.
@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
@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.
@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
@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.
@margueriteturl2.bsky.social
Nature photographer and horror book lover who moonlights as a bookseller at Lahaska Bookshop. Instagram @pegt Twitter MargueriteTurl2 https://linktr.ee/margueriteturley
@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
@sarahpinborough.bsky.social
Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
@emilyhughes.bsky.social
Horror bitch. HORROR FOR WEENIES on sale now. Reviews etc in the NYTBR, Vulture, Slate, Reactor, & more. She/her. 🍉 readjumpscares.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
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid. Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver, Big Machine & more. TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner) Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth
@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
@philnobilejr.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief, FANGORIA Exec Producer, HORROR NOIRE Grieving Bond fan Personal account; all opinions correct
@catvalente.bsky.social
Queen of Lasers and NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, The Past Is Red, and many more. Thee/Thou. Art: http://patreon.com/catvalente Politics: http://catvalente.substack.com TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.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
@sarahgailey.bsky.social
Author / Up to no good / theythem essays and recipes @ https://stone-soup.ghost.io/
@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
@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.
@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
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
@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
@scottderrickson.bsky.social
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Sinister Doctor Strange The Black Phone V/H/S/85 ________ Coming soon: The Gorge w/Miles Teller & Anya Taylor-Joy The Black Phone 2
@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