Took myself on a date to a concert last night. The bartender was from Cork (De people's Republic of Caaaark, boi!!) When he said to me, "You won't be leaving here tonight tirstie", I knew that I would be leaving very tirstie indeed. 😩

#Mememay my MC, Saul, is a salty SOB and proud of it! 😤

Volunteered at a powwow tonight. Then I went to get Indian food. I missed out on frybread but I'm winning in naan.

I'll be at #stokercon this year but I will also be at Texas Horror Lit Fest. So you should come by my table and say hello! #horror #books

THE BALLAD OF A MUSCOGEE TRAPPER: An outlaw must desecrate his wife's grave to solve her murder. Trouble is, she's buried on the sheriff's family plot... And Sheriff Cole is the main suspect. #Mememay 2

#Mememay "I'm Abigail and I write about the same thing as a writer and doesn't know what to do." I meeeaaan. Yeah😅

Tomorrow, I was going to put the finishing touches on my splatterpunk novelette but! I just received a reminder that tomorrow I will be volunteering at a powwow. So I guess I'll be doing the touchups tonight! But you can preorder anytime! #horror #bookish

Went for coffee and a bagel for my break and Panera really gave my bagel and interesting cut....

Hope Madden over @gnofhorror.com HQ reviews Hokum. The new film by Caveat and Oddity director, Damian McCarthy today. gnofhorror.com/hokum-review...

I think when this whole thing becomes a movie, they should cast Gary Busey as RFK JR. It's perfect casting.

Do you think the American people would find it more convincing if at least one of them had a copy of Catcher in the Rye?

Welp. I was so close with Views from the Overlook anthology but they ultimately decided not to take my story that inverted the Indian Burial Ground trope. So it goes. Congratulations to whoever received that coveted spot!

Artists evolve over time, and writers are artists too. Tell me about a shift in your seasons, #pretendpanel April 24th: Do you think you've ever have a creative spring/resurgence/Renaissance/rebirth in your lifetime? If so, what was it? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

It certainly is a choice to tell someone having an existential crisis "it's not that serious" after they expressed a raw emotion on something they have sacrificed decades of their life to. Good news! Realizing that they've failed themselves & their hopes is just silly!

You know that scene in Office Space with the printer? I want to do that with social media. How am I meant to meet the market demands as an author if I keep getting shadow banned for saying things like "my illustrator made this"? And "bots stop spamming me"??? I fucking hate it here.

A lot of us when we think of Vietnam, we think of the late 60s but I just want to remind everybody that it kicked off right after the Korean War and it lasted nearly 20 years. So that's his answer. If he gets it his way, this shit is going to be 19 years and 5 months.

That feeling when your book outranks Stephen King. 💅🏼 #horror

I've been drinking boxed wine & my 16 year old Pomeranian's sundowners is kicking in. We about to get lit.

What my assigned NSA guy sees after I look up something red flag worthy for writing research

Thanks for another great week of questions! Pre-order my Splatterpunk western: THE BALLAD OF A MUSCOGEE TRAPPER. To uncover the truth of his wife's murder, he has to desecrate her grave. The problem is, she's buried on the sheriff's land... and the sheriff is the main suspect! a.co/d/03E7nJnX

#HorrorWritersChat If you want Lovecraft horror, get The Boddicker Letters If you want weird Western horror-ish, get Where Blood Runs Gold. If you want bite-sized horror, get The October Music. All here: www.amazon.com/stores/A.C.-... I also have a Patreon! www.patreon.com/cw/aaronccross

#HorrorWritersChat At the moment, the Substack blog is not only noting what's out there, but why, along with what else catches my fancy (and might make their way into a story...) jamesryanfiction.substack.com

#HorrorWritersChat, if you like Gothic horror, "The Pure World Comes" is turning four years old soon. Why not grab a copy and find out what strange occurrences are happening in the laboratory at the Hunting Lodge? www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C... #HorrorSky #BookSky

Thanks for another great chat! It's National Library Week, so now's a great time to read Little White Flowers in print or ebook at a library near you. Print locator link below. Don't see your library on the list? Suggest they pick up a copy! www.amberhathaway.com/post/lwf-pri... #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Mary Here my three books One pure horror One erotic thriller One dark comedy Neapolitan ice cream, Beird Style! NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH #HorrorWritersChat www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W9KRT1...

Thanks again Mary, always a pleasure! This week I'll promote Of Castaways and Castasides because the warming weather is making me want chilling tales of the high seas and the polar wastes #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks @marywyrd.bsky.social & #HorrorWritersChat for a delightful afternoon filling my TBR, TBW, and "check this out" lists. Edits are nearly done on my next horror release: "I Never Saw My Father" coming out this summer in Threads of Obsession. Other work: dangerouswhenbored.com/collections/...

Thank you for the fun villain questions! I'm going to again promote the latest anthology that accepted one of my stories, Skin Deep, published by Squirm Bookss. Inspired by The Substance, but YA, 22 horror authors featured within: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

I'm going to a bunch of events & have two releases planned in quarter 4. If you want to keep up with my news, peep my newsletter! If you sign up, you also get a free novelette - A Priest's Lament - in the Tales From The Night Garden world. ♥ www.conquerthyfear.com/newsletter-apl #HorrorWritersChat

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Great #HorrorWritersChat as always, Mary. I have been working on two things for The #ShadowBoxArchives. Both of which, I am working on the finales of. Speaking of The Shadow Box Archives, if anyone wants a place to post their work, be it short stories, #Art, or preview chapters of their #Horror(1/3)

Last year I took a six month break from writing. It was difficult because I wanted to & I had so many ideas. I was and still am dealing with burnout so I needed to give my brain that break. I read so deeply & widely. It was splendid. #HorrorWritersChat

Not getting form Rs on MSs requested by agents I was referred to. Im fine in small press spaces. Luck has a cold shoulder with me otherwise. I also wish I didnt have to market. If I wanted that job, I'd go to business school. I cope by bitching to my friends & then try to move on #HorrorWritersChat

For my most recent, MARYNEAL 1962, it's were-coyotes. I suppose the real monster is male puberty.😅 My upcoming THE BALLAD OF A MUSCOGEE TRAPPER, antagonist is the oh so typical dreaded white man 😱. In westerns the sheriff is a good guy but in mine he's not. So that's fun! #HorrorWritersChat

Hi all! I write grief/gothic/speculative horror, usually set in historical periods & often inspired by my Choctaw-Irish heritage. For my favorite villain? I'll have to go with my earliest childhood memory & say that it's Chernabog from "Night on Bald Mountain"! #HorrorWritersChat

We want bread & roses, too! It's not just about getting paid enough to survive. We in the working class deserve the dignity of knowing that our souls won't starve in favor of only feeding the body enough to get back to labor. We are more than the size of our work station.

This is a dance off. If you see this, repost with a dance or get eliminated.

Weekend writing retreat. Can I just live here, please?

I've been writing a lot of stories set from the 1860s-1960s. So, war is hovering in everyone's mind. One of my favorite shorts I'm trying to find a home for is about a Choctaw man who gets his draft letter while he's part of the Occupy Alcatraz movement. #pretendpanel

Another day, another plug for The Lost, my novel that comes out next week 👀 So, who is this book for? #Scriptsky #Booksky #WritingCommunity

omg amazing deal alert for one of my absolute fave books of 2025!!!!

I think the only thing I reference in The Ballad of a Muscogee Trapper is licorice candy. 😅 For Cold Blood City, there's Cheez Whiz, Cracker Jack, candy buttons, & Jiffy Pop! #BonApriltit

In my sapphic horror, MARYNEAL 1962, Delah has a deep connection with music. Several poignant events happen around certain songs. Since it is set in the early 60s, I had a lot of fun researching what would have been popular & available to her at the time. #writingprompt

I'm drawn to them or veteran MCs but I like it to be couched in something else like a blending of genres or an enriching character arc. I also like the ones that take a different approach. What's happening in a small church on the outskirts instead of the front lines? #pretendpanel

#WIPSnips from my upcoming novelette "Cold Blood City", an urban gothic folkhorror set during the Indian Relocation Act.

I want an espresso machine & a chandelier in my car like how they did with pimp my ride.

I like settings in a real place, be it gas station, school gyms, or woods. So far I have stories in: Luckenbach Maryneal Uncertain Dallas Alcatraz Tishomingo Palo Pinto I want to write a something set in the orphanage where my grandmother lived but the right story hasn't come yet.

Which orange cat yells at me in the shower? The answer may shock you!

Terse and taut and full of stark poetry. - M.R. Carey author of Girl With All the Gifts A trapper turned outlaw seeks revenge on the men who turned him wicked & murdered the woman he loved. THE BALLAD OF A MUSCOGEE TRAPPER is a classic bloody western with indigenous rep. a.co/d/0fcuvMj4

Surprise! Pre-orders are live for THE BALLAD OF A MUSCOGEE TRAPPER 🔗in bio Don't worry, the paperback will come soon! "Terse and taut and full of stark poetry." - M.R. Carey, The Girl With All the Gifts #horror #westerns