#HorrorCommunity Ep. 9 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: Lucy Westerna, Noctambulist @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social @hdwp.com substack.com/@greenwichvi...

Featuring poems in: Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social Haven Spec @havenspec.bsky.social Psychopomp @psychopomp.com Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social

#HorrorCommunity Romanian Folklore: The Iele — Shadows of Enchantment & Fear Doubters discover their mistake. Eventually. Written by the "Vampire Verses" poet! @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/romanian-f...

if you're reading for the @sfpoetry.bsky.social Elgin award, IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS is free in digital from @kithbooks.bsky.social for #TransRightsReadathon www.kithbooks.com/digital/p/ch... (and all other Kith titles!)

#HorrorCommunity Ep. 8 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: Dire Straits 🧛‍♂️ 🦇 Trouble in Transylvania! @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @hdwp.com @angrygablepress.bsky.social substack.com/@greenwichvi...

To Be the Change by Nico Martinez Nocito @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Thank you @tapintopoetry.bsky.social for such a beautiful spotlight for "Cancer Courts My Mother." Come take a look, folks! @sfpoetry.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social

#HorrorCommunity Lucy Westenra is sleepwalking again! Find out more in “Dracula Before Stoker: The Prequel.” Follow the serial on Substack @GreenwichVillagePoet! 🧛 @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social

My experimental vampire serial is a core of dark poetry layered with folklore spooned atop a generous graham crust of the undead. Now being served on Substack. Have a short stack for Sunday brunch. @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social

Please consider nominating poetry! I’m very excited to see poetry in the major awards right now!

🧛‍♂ 🦇 🖤 Finally, a vampire serial free of worn-out tropes, i.e., garlic or the crucifix! You ARE following "DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: The Prequel"…. yes? @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @charlesbastille.bsky.social @hdwp.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/ep-7-prequ...

Romanian Folklore: The Plant of Immortality Polovraga Exacts a Price for its Secrets written by the "Vampire Verses" poet @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/romanian-f...

Thanks for the review, Michael!! "Grave Goods" lives its unlife here in the Immortality issue of @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Eye to the Telescope, edited by the awesome @ccraynewrites.bsky.social 🦴💍💀

#HorrorCommunity Ep 7 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: A Visit from Aunt Emily 🧛‍♂️ 🦇 🖊️ by the "Vampire Verses" poet @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @alpbeck.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/ep-7-prequ...

IL FANTASMA DANZANTE DI MIA MADRE / MY MOTHER’S GHOST DANCING by LindaAnn LoSchiavo, translated by Irma Kurti A poem from "Cancer Courts My Mother." Read it here! @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @tapintopoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social

🧛 🦇 🖤 📕 Praise for "Vampire Verses: Poems" by Crystal Joyce, who gave my book a 5-star review. 🙏 Gratitude @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social

@biteycat.bsky.social Thanks, Nora Peevy, for including "VAMPIRE VERSES" in your recommended book list! Follow Nora on Substack! @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/women-in-h...

ICYMI: Thanks to Destinies on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem “Where All Things Coincide.” Poem at 12:23 captphilonline.com/Destinies/De... cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social #specpo

#HorrorCommunity Episode 6 — What Befell the Renwick Twins? @dmcwriter.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @angrygablepress.bsky.social @hwany.org @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social @joshuasiegal.bsky.social substack.com/@greenwichvi...

#HorrorCommunity Ep. 5 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: Distressed, Count Dracula knows, “Polovraga exacts a price for its secrets!” @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social substack.com/@greenwichvi...

Why does Count Dracula desperately need POLOVRAGA? 🧛 Find out in "Dracula Before Stoker: The Prequel" on Substack! @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org

#HorrorCommunity #ICYMI 🦇🧛‍♂️🩸 "Godmothers of Gore: A Secret History of the Women Who Influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula" by LindaAnn LoSchiavo, "Vampire Verses" poet @hwany.org @gnofhorror.com @dmcwriter.bsky.social @charlesbastille.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social dissections.co.uk/Dissections%...

🧛 "Vampire Verses: Poems" gets a 5-star GoodReads review by Crystal, a librarian. Rock the Stoker! @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social

My debut collection of found poetry, IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS, with foreword by @sgj.bsky.social from whence it was found, is eligible for the @sfpoetry.bsky.social Elgin award. Eligible voters can read it in the Rhysling packets on the members site.

#HorrorCommunity #ICYMI 🦇 🧛‍♂️ 🩸 "Dracula Before Stoker" Ep. 5 Count Dracula needs it — but he knows “Polovraga exacts a price for its secrets!” @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social 🖤 Follow substack.com/@greenwichvi...

Geofffrey Landis is a member of SFPA. Come read his work. @sfpoetry.bsky.social

Did you know the ancient Dacians cultivated an "immortality plant"? Are you following "Dracula Before Stoker: The Prequel"…? Written by the "Vampire Verses" poet & worth your time. @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social

The SFPA @sfpoetry.bsky.social is currently looking for a new contest chair. This was me last year. If anyone has any questions about undertaking the role, feel free to reach out

I sold some poems! "Cold War Submarines" to @zoeticpress.bsky.social's 4LPH4NUM3R1C and "The Heavens Themselves" to @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social plus forthcoming poetry in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social, @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Star*Line, and New Myths

Congratulations to @dacooperpoet.bsky.social! His poem "Hellhound" is on @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Rhysling longlist. Read it here: alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #speculative #sff #scifi #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #rhysling #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🪐📚

Congratulations to @mrpoemguy.bsky.social! His long poem "Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant" is on @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Rhysling longlist. Read it here: alliteration.net/poetry/knot-loosener/ #alliterative #speculative #scifi #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #rhysling 🪐📚

What are the odds . . .? 🐦‍⬛ 🐦 May good fortune & happy coincidences follow you today, dear BlueSky friends. @hwany.org @gnofhorror.com @hdwp.com @masatokanasashi.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @angrygablepress.bsky.social @alpbeck.com

#PoetryCommunity "Cancer Courts My Mother" - my interview with British poet has been reposted @kent-nj.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/03/08/n...

🐺 🖤 My prose-poem “Meeting” was nominated for a Rhysling Award! The werewolf became a metaphor in a horror drama about toxic masculinity & domestic violence. @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @joshuasiegal.bsky.social @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social @hdwp.com youtu.be/t56mxWgBVmw

The nominating period for the 2026 Rhysling Awards is officially closed, and nominations have been verified. Thank you to all the members who sent in nominations this year! a THREAD /1

🧛‍♂️ 🦇 Ep. 3 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: 🧛‍♂️ 🦇 As Jonathan Harker prepares for his trip, Count Dracula also prepares — in his own way 🔖 Bookmark 🔖 @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social

#HorrorCommunity 🧛 "Dracula Before Stoker" 🦇 my vampire serial began March 1. 🔖 Have you bookmarked it yet? Stop by to like & comment. @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @hdwp.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com

🧛‍♂️ 🦇 ⚰️ 🖤 ✍️ Sneak Preview: What do blue flames on St. George’s night signify? Find out in an upcoming article. Bookmark “DRACULA BEFORE STOKER” on Substack! @sfpoetry.bsky.social @hwany.org @gnofhorror.com @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social

#HorrorCommunity 🧛 🦇 🖤 Ep. 3 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: As Jonathan Harker prepares for his trip, Count Dracula also prepares—in his own way @hwany.org @dmcwriter.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @hdwp.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/ep-3-prequ...

I'll be at AWP working the combo @sfpoetry.bsky.social and @sfwa.org table at spot T346 We won't be there and live until Thursday so have fun today without us. But be seeing everyone Thur-Sat I'm making this year's theme be, "Yeah, sci-fi poetry does exist. And you should write it."

#PoetryCommunity My poem 👻 "My Mother's Ghost Dancing" (1st seen in "Apprenticed to the Night" + 🖤 rpt in "Cancer Courts My Mother") translated into Italian by Irma Kurti. Molto grazie! @sfpoetry.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social alessandria.today/2026/03/03/l...

🐈‍⬛ 🐾 🪦 🖤 In honor of John Keats (31 Oct 1795 – 23 Feb 1821), I wrote a cat poem 😺 "Keats and Cats in Testaccio, Rome’s Non-Catholic Cemetery" @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social www.orenaugmountainpoetry.net/2023/11/keat...

#PoetryCommunity Open to mss subs with a $10 fee from March 1 - April 17, Write Bloody Publishing intends to publish 2-6 full-length collections. Selected poets must conduct at least 20 readings during the 1st year of the book’s release. @sfpoetry.bsky.social www.pw.org/content/smal...

🧛‍♂️ 🦇 🩸 Ep. 1 — Prequel: DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: Thoughts from Transylvania @hwany.org @gnofhorror.com @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @bibliophile99.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social @alpbeck.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/ep-1-prequ...

JOYOUS CONGRATULATIONS to all the @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling nominees!!! to my astonishment, my long poem “One Hundred Thousand Legends and the Longing Underneath,” published by @cbdroege.bsky.social, is among them! ⚔️ i share this honor with gamers everywhere sfpoetry.org/wp/rhysling-...

Like @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social, congrats to @sfpoetry.bsky.social's 2026 Rhysling Award nominees! I am pleased to note that Forgotten Ground Regained has two poems on the list: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound" @mrpoemguy.bsky.social's "Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant"

The Find of the Century & the Serial it Inspired: 🧛‍♂️ 🦇 “Dracula Before Stoker” 🩸 by the author of "Vampire Verses" @hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @gnofhorror.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/the-find-o...

PISCES: Your Empathy Isn't a Flaw—It's Your Superpower. "Cancer Courts My Mother" meets the zodiac. @sfpoetry.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/pisces-you...

#PoetryCommunity Watch the VIDEO Exploring Ovid's Myth of Echo & Narcissus via the Hidden Genius of Echo Verse on Feb. 26, National Fairy Tale Day @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @prolificpulsepress.bsky.social @emteepoetry.bsky.social greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/reflection...

Congratulations to all the 2026 @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling Award nominees! 🎉 Very exciting to see twelve (!!!) poems from last year's Strange Horizons issues on the list! Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work and thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed them! ❤️