hi if you have a castle or a secret mansion or some other sort of set up and you've been dying to host a writing residency please hit me up, i will organize one for you bodies of water and/or turrets are key or wine cellars and cemeteries if you have the vibes, i will handle the bureacracy

J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

Starting the year off with the newest edition of @nightmare-magazine.com The Tailors by @kfawver.bsky.social is a wonderfully sad, folkloric horror tale #booksky

Just a reminder, y’all: If you love a book, especially an indie-published one, tell the world! They can always use the help. And the authors (and publishers) love hearing it🖤☠️

Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

HORROR SUBMISSIONS OPEN 🔥 An anthology to honour the creator of #HorrorWritersChat, Matt aka MG Mason, is in the works. Theme: CAMPFIRE HORROR FOR ADULTS Deadline: December 31st, 2025 See attached FAQ for details --- Please direct questions about this anthology to @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social

We are 1/4 of the way there! Thank you to those who have donated so far. Check the link out to get the details on one of my newest books! www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...

#HorrorWritersChat The same as everyone else: fear of being seen, not being accepted, making the wrong choices.

#HorrorWritersChat I tend to write my men as struggling with their lack of masculinity in the face of masculine expectations. Notably in A Knight Errant and my novella currently on sub

#HorrorWritersChat Not sure about archetypes, but I love putting an indecisive, unsure man through absolute hell for failing to be decisive.

#HorrorWritersChat Hello everyone. I'm Ryan, I write all kinds of dark fiction. I don't know if I can ascribe a single quality to the men I write, just like I couldn't for the women or non-cis characters. There's just too much variety in people to explore.

New release day! How to Survive Being Brought to Church by Your Grandparents is out now in podcast form from Midwest Weird. Check it out on Spotify or their website below! www.midwestweird.com/post/how-to-...

#HorrorWritersChat Too many to name but @annieneugebauer.bsky.social is one of those brilliant writers who I'm always excited to see in a collection. Clive Barker and David Cronenberg for making the viscerally horrific beautiful.

#HorrorWritersChat You're getting black coffee because it's all I write with. And for food, more coffee.

I'd definitely love for Little White Flowers to get a film adaptation. I don't have specific actors in mind for who I'd like to play the leads, but I would like to see neurodivergent actors at the helm since my main character Alice is autistic and her brother Andy is an ADHDer. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Hampton Heights is the best suited for screen. A noir detective solves a missing girl case involving a Hmong folk legend. A truly grizzled private eye. Give me Oscar Isaac

#HorrorWritersChat Hi all! I'm Ryan. I write all kinds of horror and dark fantasy. I would say Tales from the Crypt captures some of my vibes while The Fly (1986) captures the rest of them

New release day! How to Survive Being Brought to Church by Your Grandparents is out now in podcast form from Midwest Weird. Check it out on Spotify or their website below! www.midwestweird.com/post/how-to-...

🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.” That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now. Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

happy no novel november to all who celebrate in which we will continue to write new short stories instead of our novels

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 39/?? An American Werewolf in London (1981) Figured I'd continue the werewolf-oween with one of my all-time favorite movies. Great horror-comedy balance. Fun soundtrack. The transformation scene of course, but the subway was the scene that made me fall in love

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 38/?? Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) Continuing the universal monsters mostly because it was on the same disc as The Wolf Man. Pretty fun. Creepy opening in the crypt as well

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 37/?? The Wolf Man (1941) Lon Chaney, Jr. brings the anguish of the curse to exquisitely painful levels in the werewolf movie that started them all.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 36/?? Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost The most Halloween of the Scooby Doo movies: New England Autumn setting, Tim Curry being Tim Curry, and the Hex Girls.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 35/?? Scooby Doo on Zombie Island This era of Scooby-Doo movies really hits that cozy Halloween vibe.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 34/?? Halloween (1978) Saved the iconic movie to kick off the Halloween day marathon.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 33/?? Satan's Little Helper (2004) I genuinely can't tell if I like this movie or not. Feels like a hyper-evil Disney original.

#HorrorWritersChat In the spirit of fun, I think we need a new lake monster. I haven't heard of a new one in a long time. Someone find a lake and a forgotten dinosaur at the bottom please.

We still fear the dark. We still fear the unknown. Darkness? Turn on a light. ...but the light is flickering Alone and afraid? Call a friend on the phone. ...but the phone is answered by a stranger Our tech comforts still lead to new horrors. Old stories retold with tech work. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat I think they're all the same stories, just told in different ways. What we're afraid of is our helplessness and vulnerability in the face of these unknowns. All that changes is what kind of vulnerability is being exposed

#HorrorWritersChat Anything about something big in the woods that wants to eat me. It's easy to say I don't believe in superstition at home, in the city. It's a lot harder camping in the dark away from electricity or walls.

Hi y'all! I'm a queer TX based author that writes historical, specfic, & Southern Gothic horror all inspired by my Choctaw-Irish heritage. What scared me? Skin stealing monsters, aliens, My dad just growling "once upon a time." while we were camping and... Zeke the Plumber. #HorrorWritersChat

Greetings #HorrorWritersChat I'm Mary from Greater Manchester (UK), where I write cosmic, gothic and Weird horror. My childhood fears were pretty mundane, real-world stuff. And I'm not sharing those online. The ghost haunting my childhood home was friendly with me. Graveyards were comforting.

Hello all! I'm Ryan. I write all varieties of dark fiction but mostly horror and dark fantasy. I had a terrible fear of the void even as a young child to the point where I was afraid of falling asleep because I wasn't there for it. The existential dread crept in on me young... #HorrorWritersChat

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 32/?? Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) A made for TV movie that has no business being this good. One of my favorite watches for the Halloween season.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 31/31 Halloween 5 (1989) Meeting the yearly quota with what is...not a good movie.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 30/31 Halloween 4 (1988) Not the greatest movie, but it has the Halloween atmosphere

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 29/31 Fascination (1979) Strange and dreamlike. It took a while to get the gorgeous and interesting parts though

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 28/31 Frankenstein (2025) Had the chance to see it in theaters which was perfect because @realgdt.bsky.social paints beautiful compositions in his films. Oscar Isaac was fantastic as always. Gothic horror and romance, tormented fathers, all moving.

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Super duper fun fact of the day: alternatives to Amazon-owned Audible exist 🙃

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 27/31 The Beyond (1981) Watching Fulci really is just stepping into a violent nightmare

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 26/31 Near Dark (1987) For the most part a visually mesmerizing hillbilly vampire love story in a biker western. Still not sure how I feel about that ending.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 25/31 The Lost Boys (1987) The most 80s of 80s movies. I liked Michael's moody and dark story, but I found it unevenly balanced with the humor of Sam's portion. It was good, but could have been great if it leaned more one way or the other.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 24/31 Monster House (2007) It's one of the best Halloween films ever made. Simply must be watched in October with apple cider.

🎃 31 Horror Movies in 31 Days 🎃 23/31 Intruder (1989) One of those fun slashers that gets lost in the shuffle. The grocery store is a nice and different setting for everything and it's pretty funny at points.