Hello, I write literary horror and surrealist trash. You can find links to all of my publications on my website, and a page devoted to free stories & audio online. I'd be immensely grateful if you'd buy my books or request them through your library to support my writing. horrorsong.blog/books/

This Saturday at Lost Avenue books in Portland Oregon! The release and reading for my first book 'The Veldt Institute' with @lauracranehill.bsky.social and an exclusive new track inspired by the book from @pulseemitter.bsky.social! Be there or be square. Or be both. It is a book release after all.

Upcoming: I'll have a table at the Idaho Authors' Book Fair, Saturday, October 4. 10 am-2 pm, Boise Library! at Cole & Ustick

CANCEL a streaming service, SUBSCRIBE to a print zine. Doooooooo itttttttttttt.

Hello! I wrote up a full review for @thomasha.bsky.social 's brilliant, brilliant, unnerving, haunting, and deeply empathetic horror collection, Uncertain Sons itsajumble.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...

if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Hey Colorado peeps! Barnes and Noble Fort Collins is celebrating their 30th birthday with a book fair! I’ll be joining several local authors for a special book signing Saturday, September 20th from 11-2:30. Others will be signing at various times the 20th and 21st. Stop by and see us!

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During this sapphic September, how about adding a bit of toxic yuri to your diet? Enamoured: A Triptych is a historic, erotic, horror novella about love and makeup and capitalism. Come for the steamy scenes and… well… you know 😉

So I’m a NYTimes bestselling author… 12 is my new favorite number 😭😭😭

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS today! 13 coming-of-rage stories including the return to print of "Benny Rose the Cannibal King" about the monstrousness of adolescence and those who will do whatever it takes to get away, or get even. Out now from Titan Books! 😈 tinyurl.com/prhdemons

in the spirit of "WTF Lets Do This"... wtf lets do this ⚡ this Wed (17th) 7pm EST, join me for a virtual, one-time generative fiction workshop called WereReaders ... as in, "where are folks reading these days?" & "why does that matter?" & horror stuff :) if you wanna join, that's awesome! +

ICYMI. Nominated for the Locus Awards (along with 2 of the stories in it, 'Encore' by @wtalabi.bsky.social & 'Autumn's Red Bird' by @aliettedebodard.com) & the Ignyte Awards

Over the moon with these #blurbs for my new collection.Thank you for your support @sgj.bsky.social, @richardthomas.bsky.social and @christinogle.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity #horror #booksky

Ahhhh I forgot to post all the amazing books that came out today! Happy pub day! @manylittlewords.bsky.social @comptonwrites.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social #books

The International Latino Book Awards were just announced. I’m grateful that Forgotten Sisters received an honorable mention in Best Mystery — English. Congratulations to all of the winners!

48 hours to go: Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 by Andrew S. Fuller on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

She is done. No more last looks. No more polish. No more what if I added this or that. She is proofread, revised, edited and all shined up. I am euphoric. This is a high I have not experienced before. I wrote a fucking Trinidadian lesbian gothic banger. Dear publishers come get her. 😃 💥💥💥💥

We won’t get any funds if we don’t reach our goal in the next 4 days. For the love of speculative fiction, horror stories, weird fiction, dark fantasy, magical realism, fantastique, slipstream, science fiction, alltopias, everypunk—back us so we can bring you more stories in 2026! kck.st/4mIkEm1

I will be tweeting about this several times this weekend, so mute me now to escape the pitch! Just a dollar for an ebook - ebook for sale!!

We’re halfway to our goal, and only 5 days left! Please support us now for 2026 so we can read new stories by Eugen Bacon, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ai Jiang, Gwendolyn Kiste, John Langan, Premee Mohamed, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Nisi Shawl, Molly Tanzer, Wendy N. Wagner, and more. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Please share this far and wide! We need your support this week to continue publishing a pro paying magazine of horror fantasy dark science weird speculative fiction. With six days left, join our parade of 96 backers so far! kck.st/4mIkEm1

I'm very proud of this essay, which is about lawns, the Bing cherry, short-sighted developments, and the uncanny in the environment. I'm so thankful to the Elbein brothers for polishing it up and sharing it with the world!

@erikmchatton.bsky.social's his debut collection is out tomorrow and I think it's going to blow some serious minds. @authorplm.bsky.social is hosting a release party on Friday, join up for a reading, giveaway, and interview! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-echoes...

Happy book bday to Erik McHatton! Erik is a student of the Weird and frequent CHM collaborator. His debut collection STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID is out today and it's fantastic! Celebrate the release on Friday with a reading and prizes: https://bit.ly/480DUa9

I just backed Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'! Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

I should probably remind people that I had a novel called GIRL IN THE CREEK come out about a month and a half ago. It got a star in the Library Journal! And look at this awesome blurb from @keithrosson.bsky.social:

I read this story on an airplane, a delicious gaze into the heart of cosmic madness. Not being able to step out for a breath of fresh air afterwards gave it an immersive quality that haunts me still. Highly recommended.

A good time to check out one of my short fiction collections!

It’s here! My debut sci-fi/horror novel ABDUCTED is out from Dark Matter Ink & available wherever books are sold. Get your copy today before they’re all taken!

NEW BOOKS TODAY! @timlebbon.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @moniqueasher.bsky.social @emmaemurray.bsky.social and more!

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Kiko Capile.

Bodily autonomy includes trans rights. Etch this onto your souls. We are each born into a body and other people trying to legislate what you do with it is WRONG. If you can't control your own meat and bones, there is no freedom.

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing this one because it’s still new to those who haven’t read it! Horror, crime, friendship, magic, monsters, and vengeance… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

yeah I'll incorporate AI into my workflow. the workflow of my butt

drawing based on Black Flame from @scumbelievable.bsky.social 🫶

#DarkAcademia & #Schoolhorror - Day 4 @patricklacey.bsky.social @christinogle.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social ‬‪ @colinwinnette.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social @joshmalerman.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @quirkbooks.bsky.social

Grinning quite proudly (and joyfully!) at this CBC Books recent mention! A feature that thrilled my parents but not as much as meeee!

Shirley Jackson Award-Nominated author Nadia Bulkin’s sophomore collection ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY drenches the reader in a sensory overload of power, belief, and horrifying transformation. PRE-ORDERS INCLUDE A SIGNED STICKER FROM THE AUTHOR: ghoulish.rip/product/issu... @nadiabulkin.bsky.social

Hey! I'm doing a small Uncertain Sons event at North Fig Bookshop next month. Brian Evenson will be there, which is wild and very nice of him! I think there will be tacos. Maybe we'll talk about Wolfe and weird horror. If you live in LA stop by. Will be chill and mainly my cousins. 9/20, 7 pm.

First review of Nathan Ballingrud's Cathedral of the Drowned: tinyurl.com/yvk3mefz

We close tomorrow. We don’t recommend leaving it until the very last minute – the portal can be… snappy.

Sigh. I'm tired of finding myself named on "Obscure Authors You Should Be Reading" lists and I'm ready for my "Overrated Authors Who've Sold Too Many Novels" phase

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Tran Nguyen.