Next week! Come out for a spooky good time!

We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026. We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here: sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...

Extrasensory Overload and Katabatic Circus (Volume 1) are on sale for the holidays! angrygablepress.com/2025/11/03/h...

I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters. If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below! hvpatterson.substack.com

I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters. If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below! hvpatterson.substack.com

Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below: chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...

🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com

Very excited to read the latest Star*Line! Includes my ecohorror poem, "Ancient Forest Dreams". How creepy and seasonally appropriate is the cover art by Joe Vaux?!

For the San Antonio Current, I recruited 13 local & local-ish writers to come up with 100-word flash fiction pieces. Enjoy! www.sacurrent.com/arts/literat...

So excited to share "Molting Love" with the world!

Me, writing short stories: First draft-7000 words. Way too much elaboration. Final draft-3500 words. No, I will not elaborate.

Wanna stock up on some great Weird Horror reading for the weekend? 3 volumes of BRAVE NEW WEIRD or 3 cornerstone Tenebrous anthologies; each bundle is less than ten bucks! (Also, if you buy eBooks direct from Tenebrous, you own them outright🖤☠️) store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...

Recent Reads I've Loved: -Play Nice by Rachel Harrison -Spread Me by Sarah Gailey (narrated by Xe Sands, one of my favorite narrators!) -The Whistler by Nick Medina -The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson -Root Rot by Saskia Nislow

It's been ONE WEEK since Season's Grievings released upon us. Aside from my work, you can find @hvpatterson.bsky.social's art within. Check it out! Here's a snippet and the mesmerizing accompanying art. It alos featurs work by @dmpelley.bsky.social @catvoleur.bsky.social ! Links below

Me, writing yet another story where a character loses one or more fingers: Nope! This isn't a fear of mine at all! Why do you ask?

Don't miss Harvest the Night, an anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter and C.M. Muller, out at the end of the month! Preorders are open through Chthonic Matter's website (see my bio/linktree). Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.

We had a great turnout for Horror Book Club in October! Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang. This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!

October is halfway over! Have you submitted anything for the BEST NEW WEIRD HORROR OF THE YEAR?

So excited to have a short play in Hellerween! This week, from Thursday the 16th-Saturday the 18th! If you're in the Tulsa area, don't miss this spooky good time. More information and tickets linked below!

So excited to have a short play in Hellerween! This week, from Thursday the 16th-Saturday the 18th! If you're in the Tulsa area, don't miss this spooky good time. More information and tickets linked below!

RELEASE DAY! Want to read a haunted Christmas tree story? My short story All is Bright in the TOC of Season's Grievings by ROF Publishing. You'll also find work by @catvoleur.bsky.social @hvpatterson.bsky.social and @dmpelley.bsky.social Links below the pretty pictures!

If you like dark fantasy, consider backing this anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social!

Horror Book Club!! This Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! Join us (H.V. and Victoria) at Heirloom Rustic Ales as we talk about Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!

On October 15th, ROF Publishing's first anthology Season's Grivings will release. It features work by @hvpatterson.bsky.social @catvoleur.bsky.social and other talented folks as well as my haunted sapling short story All is Bright and this beautiful art 😍: www.amazon.com/Seasons-Grie...

Just five days before the release of my haunted sapling short story All is Bright. It'll be published by ROF Publishing within their first anthology Seaon's Grievings. I mean, look at this BEAUTY! @catvoleur.bsky.social and @hvpatterson.bsky.social are also on the TOC!

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

We’re 46% funded with 5 days to go! 🌑 We're so close! Help us reach 55% ($2,750) by midnight — when we’ll reveal an exclusive sneak peek from Into the Dark! Every share and every dollar helps us push back the dark: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Blown away by this gorgeous contributor package from ROF Publishing! Love the gorgeous art by Steve Townsend. I'm very excited that "Wren's Day" is part of Season's Grievings: Tales of Travel Horror edited by Emily J. Weisenberger.

Super excited to host horror book club! October 14th, 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa. We'll be Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!

Also includes a story by me, about a woman with ice magic getting revenge!

Hey. Hey. On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀 buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon! please like + RT this to help spread the word psychopomp.com/the-deadland... behold!

Just over a week left to support Into the Dark from @awwlitmag.bsky.social! Loads of dark fantasy including my story, "Phalanges and Flames". There are a lot of cool goodies available to backers--check it out!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Silent Screams is out now. It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it. If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you. eBook and paperback: mybook.to/SilentScream... #Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity

Just a reminder that it’s still Latine heritage month. Have you read something by Latine authors lately? Maybe @pedroiniguez.bsky.social’s award-winning poetry? Or @renanbernardo.com’s latest appearance in Reactor? Or even possibly…something by yours truly? It’s not too late!

Horror Book Club returns! October 14th, 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa! We're reading Root Rot by Saskia Nislow. Now available as an audiobook narrated by Angela Scappatura! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Just in time for spooky month: check out Silent Screams ed. by @matgost.bsky.social! Includes my horror flash, "Unexplained", and tons of other quiet horror stories. The cover by Eric Brenner is even more stunning in person!

Funding the kickstarter means authors get paid more! (One of them is me!)

Among the stories included in this anthology is my own "The Jormungand Foundation", a tale about a dragon, an archaeological expedition, and the things we can’t leave behind. #writing #writingcommunity

The anthology is alive, but it needs more voices to grow stronger. 🌑 Can we reach 50% funded this week? Join us, and help unlock the darkness: 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Just 19 days to go! Support the latest anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Did you know next month will see the release of Season's Grievings by RoF Publishing and if you preorder it you'll get a signed poster of thid awesome cover? Within you'll find my short story All is Bright alongside work by @catvoleur.bsky.social and @hvpatterson.bsky.social !

Just 19 days to go! Support the latest anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Recent Reads I've Loved: -Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher -These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall -Embrace the Serpent by Sunya Mara -Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon -Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

yay I made another book (out October 14th)

It's release day for WHY I LOVE HORROR 🤩 I'm thrilled to be part of this beautiful collection of essays edited by the wonderful @raforall.bsky.social on why we love this genre and what it means to us. What's the foundation of my horror love and my essay "The Giant Footprint of Horror"? Hmmm 😆

Hey, you like spooky stories about revenge? You'll love A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus

Very excited that "Unexplained" (first pub. in Flash Fiction Online) is part of the Silent Screams anthology, edited by @matgost.bsky.social! I absolutely love the cover by Eric Brenner. All proceeds go to Mind, a UK mental health charity. You can pre-order the eBook, now!

Check it out now! "Cryptid Sister" and the rest of this amazing issue are free to read now!

One of my most devastating stories EVER is in this anthology! You're not going to want to miss 'Mother Nature', and much more from talented horror writers. Check out that amazing cover by Eric W. Brenner! Pre-orders open now: htthttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FRSJ488M?ref_=ast_author_dp