The number of Gothic women running from castles and Ghost Brides at horror prom was delightful. #StokerCon

Pride looks gorgeous on you, Pittsburgh

I won big at the Diversity Grant Raffle! Breathtaking zombie by @greg Chapman and FUTILITY by Nuzo Onoh. Not pictured, hand blood splattered book@arks from UPitt students. #stokercon

One of the best ways to stalk your literary idols is to publish some books and land yourself on a panel about queer gothic horror at StokerCon. Follow me for more tips 👻 #imyournumberonefan #billymartin poppyzbrite #queerhorror #horrorwriter

So cool to meet @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social from @talestoterrify.bsky.social at #StokerCon! Their audio productions are gorgeous. And psst: they're currently open to submissions.

I have goblin trinkets to share, too! Choices include glow in the dark, practical anatomy, or unsettling invertebrate. #StokerCon

Thank you to all the HWA volunteers who have worked endlessly to bring about StokerCon 2026. After a night hugging, chatting, cheering, planning, and reveling in my badass horror friends, I'm so grateful for your efforts. #StokerCon

A few things about the AC Hotel Marriott Pittsburgh, #StokerCon: The street entrance is a foyer with elevators. The lobby is on the top floor. Your keycard will let you go to your room floor and get into the street entrance after 10:00 pm. The lobby bar serves food and is open in the evenings.

Pittsburgh, your buildings always take my breath away. #StokerCon

Pianist playing The Life of a Showgirl in the Pittsburgh Airport. I'll miss the Swifties this #StokerCon.

StokerCon curly folks: Have you packed all your survival goodies? Bonnets, squish-to-condish unguents, travel diffusers, clips, sticks, summoning chants, anointing balms, moon chart, offerings to the Fae in 3 oz. travel containers?

Celebrating the first day of #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 by subbing stories of queer body horror and bleak anti-capitalism to overtly inclusive publications.

Woot! New horror magazine launching!

Almost time for horror prom! Making sure my blacks match for #StokerCon. 🩸📚

T-shirt from @igreggreene.bsky.social arrived! Celebrates Why I Love Horror edited by @raforall.bsky.social ! Link to get your own in comments. @laneheymont.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

This year’s virtual #StokerCon has some of the best panels we’ve held, at a low cost of $75. Register at www.StokerCon.com/registration.

Mapping out my room snacks and cemeteries for #StokerCon.

Mystery House from Sierra, played on an Apple II. Forever in my heart.

When poison ivy is so pretty in the sunshine, you have to take her photo.

Walpurgis-ween Half-o-ween 'ween Worker's Day 'ween Mayween Tonight is another 'ween with @quaintrelle.bsky.social, when we continue a 40+ year tradition of seeing how many horror movies we can watch in 24 hours, with breaks for snacks. 🦇 🍿

Discovering an AI-generated interview of myself on a website I didn't interview with is a new one. Cat tax because I'm not linking to it.

Nope, autocorrect. I did mean "udders" in this poem.

It's the first day of #nationalpoetrymonth! At least one of us is up early writing.

Noooooooo! #TeamMustelid #HoneyBadgerPleaseCare #TastyMaggots

Springtime swamp bike ride today.

🚨 @sharai.bsky.social's 11-film list cuts through performative support and asks a simple question: are you actually watching women in horror? This is your watchlist. This is your follow-through. Save it. Watch it. Talk about it like it matters. 👻📽️🌏 nighttidemag.com/2026/03/18/s...

Celebrating #womeninhorrormonth at the SJR State library, where ITCH by @manylittlewords.bsky.social and DARK SISTERS by Kristi DeMeester just hit the shelves! The librarians at my college are fantastic, and they listened when I gushed about these dark, gutting, and deliciously satisfying novels.

Time has NOT run out, & each of us can make an impact on recovering our ecosystems & reducing our use- through our time, through our effort, through our political engagement, through our thoughtful conversations with loved ones. #2026MMM

And wars of greed, hate, & empire, cough, I mean current and expanding military conflicts, threaten people, wildlife, & landscapes in increasingly catastrophic ways. #2026MMM therevelator.org/war-harms-wi...

Even USAID that HAD BEEN the leading purchaser of food grown by American Farmers, helped support wildlife protection by investing in people, parks, & communities in the ecotourism sector. THESE ESSENTIAL USES OF THE PUBLIC ENDOWMENT HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING DISMANTLED #2026MMM

When my horror and insect loves collide. The wild card matchup of #2026MMM is brilliant!

FIRST & ONLY UP TONIGHT: Bone Collector Caterpillar (Hyposmocoma) vs. Assassin Bug (Acanthaspis petax) #2026MMM

Now, for the singing of the Animal Anthem, played annually for this Wild Card event since 2013... Three Dog Night with "Joy to the World" www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8K... #2026MMM

Got my #2026MMM bracket done! I love my invertebrates (and a plant!), but I always end up Team Mustelid. Check out March Mammal Madness to make your own bracket @mmmletsgo.bsky.social

What are y’all reading and watching this weekend?

Some fabulous #horror folks are part of Read for Pixels 2026, fighting violence against women worldwide. Check out the link for panels, readings, AMA's, and other goodies. 📚🩸

Today's DRACULA bibliomancy was hopeful.

Sunday morning on the porch with poetry and an audiobook, while the cats watch bird TV.

Baby brittle stars dislodged from their sponge home.

TONIGHT! The Creative Expression Club and the Library invite you to Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Night! Food and drinks will be served. Free parking is next to the Viking Center. February 23 5:30-7PM St. Johns River State College Viking Center (V Building) 2990 College Dr, St. Augustine, FL

Hanging by a spring, ogling wildlife, never gets old. A wonderful camping weekend with my sweetie.

If you are a self-published / indie SFFH writer or reviewer, I have exciting news. We’ve just soft launched our new site, BookMatch, a matchmaking site for reviewers and books. We’re currently recruiting reviewers to our community. Want to be part of it? Come sign up! bookmatch.co.uk

March Mammal Madness is nearly here! @mammalssuck.bsky.social (who had one of the best biology handles ever) has shared the #2026MMM teaser trailer below!

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

OUT TODAY @titanbooks.bsky.social ! So grateful to tell the stories those who came before me couldn’t or were not permitted to. I do believe we are here for ourselves and for our ancestors. Writing is more than a book for me. THANK YOU READERS! Grab a copy www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maria-the-...

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

That peaceful time of the morning in the writing chair, trying to ignore cat shenanigans.

Look at the lineup at @nighttidemag.bsky.social !

🚨Submissions are now open🚨 Between Feb 1–July 31, Slashic Horror Press will be accepting submissions for novels and novellas in any horror sub-genre. The only pre-requisite? It has to be QUEER. Slashic has always, and will always, only publish queer horror.

Lost in the beauty of diatoms and other plankton this morning.