Happy 50th, Bruce the Shark! This week, we're joined by the incredibly cool & suave, Preston Jeter, to discuss the Spielberg classic, JAWS, and how what started as a production nightmare went on to make movie history. Thanks as always to @jimtandberg.bsky.social for the episode art!

Still 25+ copies of The Deadlands Omnibus available to order in my shop. These books are beautiful but they take a while to print. If you're considering a copy for the holiday season, order sooner rather than later to ensure delivery by Christmas! Order yours at www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop

If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free: 1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters. 2. Review on... (cont.)

Cast for The Bone Cutters Series: Dory, protagonist: Emma Stone (think Zombieland); Tommy, supporting character: Zahn McClarnon (think Mekko); Irie, supporting character: Latitia Wright; Clyde, villain: Adam Scott; Slug Man, villain: Richard Brake. #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks for the cool questions, Mary! I've got all your sad horror needs over at my website (paperbacks, special edition hardcovers, ebooks and more). Maybe you'll see something you like? www.katherinesilvaauthor.com/shop #horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat Too many to name but @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is one of those brilliant writers who I'm always excited to see in a collection. Clive Barker and David Cronenberg for making the viscerally horrific beautiful.

@chaoticauthor.online is the amazing person that brought us all together in #HorrorWritersChat and I’m also inspired by his blog The Grey Rainbow, and want his book BEING DEMI. @wiswell.bsky.social’s SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN is the cozy cannibalistic ace romance horror of my dreams. + ⬇️

#HorrorWritersChat I am constantly inspired by the horror community Just a few: @lormaggot.ca @bitterkarella.bsky.social @slimyswampghost.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @stevewestenra.bsky.social & not horror but amazing peeps @haloveir.bsky.social @magicariot.com @8bitem.bsky.social

Just a few of the fellow horror authors I admire for their work: @toddkeisling.com, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @scribeofhades.bsky.social. 1

It takes place during the 90's at a water park so it's all slushies, fried food, and carnival happiness mixed with some Portuguese homemade cooking for those flashbacks... #horrorwriterschat

Well, that would be my horror novella WIP, Land of Gold! Lucius would absolutely be played by someone like Pedro Pascal. The antagonist, the Maven of Gluttony, is genderless, BUT my male/female pics would be Jeremy Irons and Toni Collette. #HorrorWritersChat

Oooh. Cool. So, for Phengaris. The protagonist is Mark. 17yo dropout. A young MacKenzie Crook would do well for him. The antagonist Aurora needs to be sensuous and commanding. Someone like Nathalie Dormer, perhaps. #HorrorWritersChat

The Five Turns of the Wheel - a folk horror which I'd love to see adapted. The main characters are a mummers troupe: Tommy: the leader, Sean Bean Betty: Tom Hardy Fiddler: Ralph Fiennes oops, saw question was for one but I'll throw the others in as a bonus.They're never apart😅 #HorrorWritersChat

The trailer would hopefully be for my WIP, Drown Town. And the man himself, Pedro Pascale is my main character, Dimas. Supporting cast is Beau Bridges, Jemaine Clement, and Timothy Olyphant. #horrorwriterschat

Hi, Stephanie Ellis, writer of dark fiction esp, folk horror, gothic, post-apocalyptic/sci-fi. Films Obvs. The Wicker Man (1973) with its Golden Bough influences, these do feed into mine and also Errementari - wonderful film - is very much my vibe. #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Samantha Bryant and I'm multi-genre both in and out of horror. Two movies I vibe with: The Others, 2001 and The Shining, 1980. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi I’m Ell!! I write ace horror. I love paranormal, Gothic, and Tim Burton (German expressionism). I also love a good social commentary in the horrors so I really look up to Jordan Peele and Guillermo del Toro. HAHAHAHA oh we are watching FRANKENSTEIN (2025) and TOGETHER (2025). #HorrorWritersChat

Hi, I'm Anna :) I generally write cosmic, eco or body horror. Films. Hmm. The Blair Witch Project X 28 Years Later #HorrorWritersChat

I'm K Lucian Jones and I write queer supernatural horror. 1. They Live - management book parody alien invasion horror about a games studio taken over by aliens 2. Pitch Black - scifi pulp horror about a small ship crash landing on an ice planet controlled by human separatists #HorrorWritersChat

Late as ever. I'm Katherine Silva, Kat for short and I write grief and existential horror and spec fic. I LOVE getting inspiration from films and television. The latest WIP has whispers of Pan's Labyrinth and Bersarian Sound Studio mixed with Jaws. #horrrorwriterschat

Hey, friends. Bills are kicking my ass right now. If you happen to need any editing done on projects under 15000 words, let me know. I'd be happy to help out.

Happy Release Day to @beverleylee.bsky.social and her latest book, The Haunting of Wounded Birds! "Beverley Lee's work makes you feel like you're wrapped in light and smothered in shadow with every sentence. A truly beautiful read." Go grab your copy today: beverleylee.com/the-haunting...

I'm fucking OBSESSED youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...

LINK to story HERE: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

ICYMI, here is the official cover for Kathleen Palm's WITHIN THE BLACK, the anticipated second book in her spooky middle grade Nowhere trilogy and what you can expect to find in its pages. Pre-order here: undertakerbooks.com/products/wit... Cover artist: Alexis Macaluso @kathleenpalm.bsky.social

NEW PODCAST ALERT! The latest Critical Friends episode it out now! In Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully, Dan Hartland, Paul March-Russell, and Jacqueline Nyathi discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Hope in horror. Served up on a silver platter for your Thanksgiving TBR. Where The Soul Goes is a culinary road-trip 80's horror that will make you hungry for more. Available in ebook and paperback. mybook.to/where-the-so...

In continuing education for horror event organizers on how to diversify your Women in Horror panels, next up: THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A SNAKE & LATIN AMERICAN SHARED STORIES have an incredible selection of diverse, visceral & world-rich horror. Find wherever books are sold and find your new faves! 👻

As we look toward next year & make preparations for horror events, organizers, I IMPLORE you to diversify your Women in Horror panels! Perspectives are SO important in the genre, so let me help you. Starting off: 160 BLACK WOMEN IN HORROR. Find wherever books are sold! Find your new faves here. 👻

✨2025 Awards Eligiblity Post✨ if anyone needs a copy of anything for awards consideration, do reach out! 🙆🏻‍♀️🤍🙇🏻‍♀️

Talk about Horror Joy! Had a blast this weekend @christineharrold.bsky.social. The good people @horrorjoypod.bsky.social should interview her! She’s created one of the best horror gatherings around! @mwmercier.bsky.social Also, talking with @johnlangan.bsky.social makes me want to be smarter.

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Something I've employed a lot in my past work is to swap back and forth between past and present day. I'm actively trying to not do that with my current WIP and it's so hard. Do any of you have a type of literary device that you end up utilizing more than you realize?

Yet another ultra-wise card from my Sinister Affirmations deck. Colin bought it for me for my birthday and it really gives me a boost on those days when I have a hard time believing in myself. 🖤

ONE-SHOT author @jacymorris.bsky.social stops by and shares SIX WORKS OF #HORROR THAT WILL MAKE YOU CANCEL YOUR NEXT ROAD TRIP! www.horrordna.com/features/six...

In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah. gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...

Less than a week until Slay the Lake LGBTQ+ Book Fest in Tinley Park. I'll be there slangin books and hangin with some friends, old and new. It's free to attend and queer as fuck. Come say hi. Soundgrowler Brewing Co, 8201 183rd St. in Tinley Park November 15, 12-5pm

What if everyone around you was changing? You could see humanity, the things that make people different and who they are dying to make way for something else? Now imagine it's coming for you, too. 1/2

2-for-1 weekend sale on intersectional feminist rage! Buy the TRADWIFE ebook direct from the Nefarious Bat store - and get THE DEBT completely free, today and tomorrow! payhip.com/b/TDowG

I'm sad, but I'm trying. Happy Saturday! Hope you read/watch/make something spooky today.

TEN BEFORE THE END! I like to take my time getting into the worlds people have created, enjoy the language they've chosen, the imagery on the page. That being said, I'd like to read all ten of these before the end of 2025 if I can. Also, please, make room on your TBRs for some indie horror.

Holy fucking shit I've made it in life 😭

Thanks to the @thelineup_official for featuring Lesser Hungers by @riengray! And what a line up to be featured with!! See the full article here: the-line-up.com/indie-and-sm... Lesser Hungers releases November 15, 2025, and is available for preorder everywhere 😀

So you're telling me they have ALL THESE BONES and they are going to object to me heisting ANY OF THEM

Omg. I need it. www.lego.com/en-us/produc...

It's the 20th anniversary of Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth next year. I can't wait to finish this one so I can start shopping it around in 2026. Pan's Labyrinth meets Undertale on the Universal Studios Jaws ride. Faerie and funky here in DROWN TOWN.

🚨PAPER AIRPLANE, BROKEN BONES has been LONGLISTED for the 2025 DANTE ROSSETTI AWARD for Young Adult fiction!🚨 This award is part of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs) for independent book publishers. www.chantireviews.com/2025/11/03/t...

Thank you for tonight's admittance! Recent folk horror release Harrowfield is available to read on KU (but won't be forever!) & can be bought here mybook.to/Harrowfield Harrowfield has secrets & a Terrible Truth but whether it's what people want to hear is another thing. #HorrorWritersChat

Gree. This was too much fun. Even for an insane person like me. 🖤 I'm repping awards eligibility today, folks. If you love sad things and want to read them for awards consideration purposes, email me. You should buy and read all of @chaoticauthor.online's books right now, too. #horrorwriterschat