I’m going to be on a panel at the Long Island Convention of Horror (LICH) on February 27th (Cosmic Horror, at 5 PM) and be attending for the rest of the weekend; looking forward to seeing everyone there! lichlive.com #HorrorWritersChat

Wake, wash, dress, don't touch the door in the hallway. Work, home, dinner, shower, don't touch the door in the hallway. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, don't touch the door in the hall--it's open, why is it open. Is that light? Don't look at the door in the--is it...laughing? #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I wanted to avoid nothing. I wanted to live. I wanted to feel every experience I could. But I gave up last night. I looked at the nothing and it looked back. It rested its head on me. Now I'm in this hospital, because I feel nothing in my body at all. I wanted to live.

For years, I couldn’t open my closet to confront the monster I knew would eat me alive. It took a court order to get the closet opened, where they found my sister’s body. I try and explain what happened, but they don’t think there ever was a monster… #HorrorWritersChat

I have a WiP with scenes with some seriously try-the-SOB-at-the-Hague-activity being carried out; these keep getting pushed back because I want to get the rest of the work in shape before I bring myself somewhere truly disturbing that stops me cold… #HorrorWritersChat

For me, the times where visceral violence is often hard to write. Not just someone being killed, but assaulted in a dehumanizing manner, what would be considered crimes against humanity. #HorrorWritersChat

I’m James Ryan, whose horror writing ranges so far and wide that it might make more sense to ask why I write, full stop… #HorrorWritersChat

A library that's worth holding readings from scary books at, scary appearances, and a film with a scary reputation... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-t...

Black History Month is always important, but it is even more significant now given the concerted effort by Republicans to whitewash history and foster ignorance among the populace. We must push back and never let White Nationalists succeed in their dream of making Black History history.

Unsolicited endorsement: If you find yourself in Cork, Ireland, this is the place to stay. Fantastic service, wonderful accommodations, an amazing experience!

And now, a moment of calm…

What, on the first date...?

*Please* tell me we don't see this happening at Kickstarter... *Please* thedemlabs.substack.com/p/tim-cadoga...

The biggest signal an American human can ever receive that they are deeply and profoundly fucking up is finding themselves as the bad guy in a Bruce Springsteen song.

This weekend at #KinsaleBeatlesFestival: Ken Womack discusses Mal Evans and his book on him, LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYXR...

Starting tomorrow, the Kinsale Beatles Festival: #KinsaleBeatlesFestival www.kinsalebeatlesfest.com

My one addition: The Horrors, as noted below, looks to be the new normal, so expect to see them for some time...

My typos consist of leaving whole words out of sentences.

Some day we will be able to laugh about this. It was, what, 20 years between V-E Day and HOGAN’S HEROES…?

The Bechdel Marshmallow Test: If two women on film can discuss anything other than a man for fifteen minutes, the ending of the film will be twice as satisfying…

For Alex and Renee

Just in case, keep this in mind, whether it's Watlz or your governor... cmarmitage.substack.com/p/what-to-do...

ICE / DHS employees: I know there’s way more alarm internally than is public. Text me via signal at 202-510-1268. I’ll protect your anonymity

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

It’s time to abolish Trump. The ultimate un-indicted co-conspirator. That wasn’t held accountable by both Democrats and Republicans.

Cartoon by Drew Sheneman @tribuneagency.bsky.social.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov calls for the Govs of the United States to come together now: "I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response. We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states." 7/ bsky.app/profile/govp...

If any Democrat in the Senate votes to fund ICE, they are voting for the summary execution of American citizens. It’s really that simple.

This would mean a lot more than all of the other "exchanges" so far...

A few words before I step away, as táim ag dul ar an mbóthar... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-t...

My story "Turn the Page" will be in the anthology LIVING ADJACENT, once the Kickstarter has met its goals: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sms... #WeeknightWriters

And now, a good tool for tracking how he's doing: projects.gelliottmorris.com/trump-approv...

We experienced a truly incredible moment at the aquarium when this octopus decided to be a total jerk to its tankmate.

if your life was measured as only one day, would you want to know what time it is

Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" "A Hard Day's Night With Big Naturals"

IN THE DOLLHOUSE QE ALL WAIT comes out April 2026, a splatterpunk nightmare of sadism and torture by the most horrid grown-up little girl. If you don't play with Annie, she plays with you. #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks, Eryn & #HorrorWritersChat! More about my Gothic RAVENFIELD HALL & more new releases soon! Would still love support for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC wherever books are sold! Torch & Arrow, full of Goth/Steampunk/Vintage goodies, keeps our lights on during our slow season: torchandarrow.etsy.com 🖤

Thank you for a delightful time again, #HorrorWritersChat! Glad I didn't miss it entirely. Promo, yes, I can do that. I wrote a horror fantasy novel! It is out! It is really messed up and I don't know if anyone will actually read it. >.> You can get it here: books2read.com/b/WealdandWen

#HorrorWritersChat Hi chat, I’m Theodore Snapdragon! You can call me Theo. I’m an artist and writer who loves speculative fiction including speculative horror. I’m currently querying scifi horror novel “Unintended Designs” and I have some published horror short stories. My favorite is Pi Day!

#HorrorWritersChat Online now, my short story, When Darkness is Done, is included in the Halloween issue of Tales from the Moonlit Path. My thanks to the editors. talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/

#HorrorWritersChat Hola! I'm Satyr, and my preferred writing genres include dark fantasy, dark urban fantasy, surreal horror, psychological horror, Gothic horror/fantasy, folk horror, paranormal romance, and Pagan/occult horror. As for international days - why, World Goth Day (22 May), of course!

Gonna do a #HorrorWritersChat to procrastinate my Xmas horror WIP. I am a writer and artist, I love demons and historical gnarliness and embracing thinking about big ideas in visceral ways. Favourite international holiday? Xmas - human connection is everything.

I've been shouting about Frolic, my new small press, every Wednesday. I've probably shouted for the moment. You can find the information on my profile. This week, I'd rather shout about @charibdys.bsky.social , whose 'The Maidens of Midnight' is really quite extraordinary. #Horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat I'm Johnny, I write character-driven stories about people in insane situations just trying to have what we all want out of life. Y'know, like all of us are. My favorite international day is probably Donut Day. Because something something Red Cross.