Shirley Jackson and I'd stay start with The Lottery. It's haunting and a short story so you'll know whether she resonates without a huge time investment. #morbidmarch

Just finished The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon and the ghost and emotions in that. Shudder. #morbidmarch

What's everyone reading? For me, it's Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan. Charming, beautiful, and comforting. #booksky #amreading #fridayreads

Oh, and I probably swear in it. It's a sweary podcast. But it rates Clean so maybe I didn't. Either way, you've been warned.

Forgot to mention when it came out, but I'm on the Badass of the Week podcast talking about Black Agnes (a supreme Scottish badass who defended her castle against the English) and IT WANTS US ALIVE (some book I wrote). #booksky #amwriting #amreading podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Feb. 2 is the last day to register to vote and to submit an address change for Texas' midterm primaries. Here's what you need to know about checking your registration, registering to vote and submitting a name or address change. 🧵

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

500,000 Pennsylvanians are about to see their healthcare premiums rise because of the Republican budget bill he supported. People across Pennsylvania did not put time, money, and energy into his campaign just to elect someone who votes against our interests. Let's defeat Fetterman together.

Are you up for this @schatz.bsky.social and @hirono.senate.gov ? As one of your voters, this is what I want.

DO YOU HAVE A VAMPIRE BOOK COMING OUT THIS SPRING? I'm seeking authors with vampire books coming out this March/April/May who want to band together for a fun cross-promotion in March & hopefully boost all of our preorder campaigns! If that's you, sign up below! #IndieAuthors especially welcome

For Liam.

Rest in peace Catherine O’Hara…may your star shine bright in the night sky forever…💔

@schatz.bsky.social @hirono.senate.gov Cut. Their. Funding. Plus all the other reforms you can think of. Don't make it either or.

2025 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot locusmag.com/2026/01...

Truly insane

@schatz.bsky.social @hirono.senate.gov Stand firm against denying funding to ICE and DHS. - A Hawaiian voter #brianschatz #maziehirono

Thanks for another great #horrorwriterschat everyone. Today I'd like to promote Bruce Springsteen's new song Streets of Minneapolis. It chronicles some real life horror. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

When Bathory does it in Innocent Blood, she becomes more powerful and frees herself from the strictures of society. Seems like it could be a good thing, but isn't for society. Sometimes it's better that have a f*ck or two to give. #horrorwriterschat

I like to think only the villains act on them. I'm simple that way. #horrorwriterschat

You lob the sack onto the slab. The human spills out of it – battered and broken, your dagger lodged in their skull still. Their face. You remember everything they’ve done. The eyes glimmer at your contempt. What are your characters’ darkest parts? Do they embrace them? #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Rebecca Cantrell. I write mysteries/thrillers/horror/comedy/grocery lists. The darkest part of me is what I explore when I write villains--those who cause suffering for their own private causes, but even they are redeemable and trying to do what they think is right. #horrorwriterschat

Thanks, Bruce. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

We shouldn't and if you'd held firm during the shutdown maybe I wouldn't have to be making those choices myself right now.

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.

@schatz.bsky.social Thanks for committing to voting no to funding ICE. Please stand by your principles.

Anyway, watch Andor

Seven democrats and every republican voted to fund this… YESTERDAY

@brianstelter.bsky.social @hirono.senate.gov Do something!

We also need to do away with the idea of a peaceful protest being declared "an unlawful assembly". Exercising our First Amendment right is never unlawful. A protest doesn't become unlawful simply because it becomes too big for police to manage or contain.

The park behind the building on the right was also just as full! Fascism cannot take Minnesota anymore than the darkness can cover the North Star. The darker it is, the brighter we’ll shine

“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.” @reuters.com

Congratulations to all the Edgar Award nominees. News release from Mystery Writers of America shared @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social's blog. #BookSky #AwardNominees #EdgarAwards #MysteryWritersofAmerica tinyurl.com/32dnfm4s

Jack Smith pursued the facts, followed the law and stuck to every rule of ethical and professional conduct. He had the audacity to do his job. Donald Trump simply can’t take that.

Best laugh I've had all week!

Have to go, but thanks for a great #horrorwriterschat @erynmccee.bsky.social !

Squirrels. Sweatpants. Squirrels in sweatpants. I got nothing. #horrorwriterschat

I'm Rebecca and I write horror/mysteries/thrillers/comedy/nonfiction/grocery lists. For horror, I write gothic stuff with vampires, amorphous beings and recently evil Mrs. Santa. My favorite day is Women's Day, because we need all the help we can get right now #horrorwriterschat

Take action against ICE by letting your elected officials now where you stand. Only takes a few minutes. #meltice #stopfundingice

@musicologyduck.bsky.social Have you thought of getting this made into a movie, like Zola? Feels like the bones are there. Glad everyone is safe and OK.

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK, 1968

Reading the third in MG Mason's series, STUDIO SALMONWEIRD. I like to think @chaoticauthor.online hanging out in Cornwall now with all his characters, eating cake, drinking tea, and aggravating film studios. #horror #amreading

It's always fun and thought-provoking!

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I have lots of books out there, but today I'm sharing my most well-known, THE BLOOD GOSPEL co-authored with James Rollins. It's got vampires who survive on sacrificial wine, cursed books, and the real reason Lazarus rose... #horrorwriterschat www.amazon.com/Blood-Gospel...

Currently it's Frau Perchta, a pagan goddess of winter warped by the Catholic church and a precursor to Krampus. She likes you to do your spinning and clean your house and if you don't, she cuts you open, rips out your intestines, and stuff you with rocks. Tidy. #horrorwriterschat

I work as hard as I can to build a deep world with information from all five senses, using language and metaphor if I can make it work, to put the reader RIGHT THERE. #horrorwriterschat

That another reality touches our sometimes. Maybe it's another dimension or magic, but it's there. #horrorwriterschat

I'm Rebecca Cantrell and I write horror/mysteries/thrillers. Influences on my current work are Frankenstein (the newest one), Cabin in the Woods, and the Snow Queen. #horrorwriterschat