Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

My story "The Monster" is in PS Publishing's NEW WRITINGS IN HORROR & THE SUPERNATURAL. Tons of amazing writers like Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Morton, David J. Schow, etc. In paperback and a slipcase version ltd to 100! If you want one, better grab it! Thanks! pspublishing.co.uk/new-writings...

🚨NERD ALERT!🚨 🌲NOW AVAILABLE 🏕: thatnerdchick.com From the mind of @bonniequinn.bsky.social and her story, How to Survive Camping comes 🏕The Goat Valley Campground Candle🌲 🔥Imagine a campfire and freshly warmed marshmallows while wondering if you should follow those lights or not? 👀

My first novel is out on sub and I celebrated as one does, by buying pastries and books.

I've always written this stuff from the heart - and the guts! - the best I can. It's been one of the great joys of my life. I owe everything to you readers. COFFIN MOON is available everywhere. Signed copies are still available at Broadway Books. THANK YOU. broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...

Writers united. Got to see my buddy @sgj.bsky.social while im in Denver for a library talk. #freespeech #countryboys #writerstellliestofindthetruth

the best, hanging with @blacktopkid.bsky.social. any of y'all looking for him tonight, he's here: centennial-art.org/event/author...

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From Delillo's Falling Man, 2007.

To be a writer, you only have to do one thing: write. Not break into a big magazine. Not publish a bestseller. Not get an extravagant book tour. Struggling with discouragement? Rejection? Bad reviews? These are normal. They don't disqualify us. If you put words to the page, then we are peers.

Joyce Carol Oates on a Mesmerizing New Story Collection www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...

"At the very least, horror movies gave viewers examples of characters who learned how to run away from or stand up to overwhelming terror." -- Tananarive Due #whyilovehorror Edited by @raforall.bsky.social and published by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, Why I Love Horror drops 9/23!

If you want to read more books, put your phone in another room.

Man, these are gonna be so cool:

Get one!

Like Stephen Graham Jones says, “Final girls show us how to insist on ourselves, in spite of everything.” Give us your best two-sentence thank you note to your favorite final girl in honor of the last (for now) SLASHER NATION column in the fall issue of Fango.

If you've never read @sgj.bsky.social's NYT bestseller THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, the price of admission drops to a mere $11 with the new mass market paperback, coming 9/30! (New edition type unlocked for SGJ!) Preorder at your local bookstore or @bookshop.org. From @sagapressbooks.bsky.social ⭐

Thought mass-market was an era I’d missed. Just sneaking in, though:

THREE MORE SLEEPS TIL COFFIN MOON! (Uh, it comes out Tuesday.) BUT it seems that some stores have put em out early, so if you wanna grab a copy, they might have it! *howls in vampire*

Vampires Everywhere, @keithrosson.bsky.social. And early, too.

I am thrilled with the cover for my book, which is out next April with Hogarth. It's based on the year I spent in Stephen King's personal archives, exploring drafts of his most iconic stories, and talking to him about his craft. @sgj.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social

Oh, buddy. It's go time. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

My humble show, Chthonica, has hosted some of the best & brightest in horror fiction, including @sgj.bsky.social, @lairdbarron.bsky.social, @johnlangan211.bsky.social & @kellylink.bsky.social. Coming soon: interviews with @almakatsu.bsky.social @pfracassi.bsky.social. Click over & subscribe now!

I heard two of the best words in writing and publishing today “delivery and acceptance.” Tons more to do and write 😩 but you’ll spot me writing soon at Cafe du Monde. This is your life. You’re meant to create. So make beautiful things. See you soon, NOLA ❤️

63 editors told me no one wanted my 1st book about black Southerners in a rural noir setting Now im a comp Ask @stephenking.bsky.social would say Life is a wheel ....😎

Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations. When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th. kenyonreview.org/submit/

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

It's after midnight in NY so Night and Day's pub date has arrived. It's available as a trade paperback, audio book, and ebook. If you enjoy it, please consider mentioning it on your social media and/or review it. Thanks everyone. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Night-...

Wow: @johnlangan.bsky.social’s “My Father, Dr. Frankenstein” from his collection Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions is so cool. Partway between Pale Fire and Stephen Bergs’s “Footnotes to An Unfinished Poem,” but, as always, pure horror, too. Much recommended. Hope it wins all the awards. Should

On this day in Horror History, Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN was released in 2007. 🎃

Coming September 2nd

From MFA To self-publish To indie publish To traditional publish LOTERÍA is back in bookstores Tuesday. Here’s an overview on that journey: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GkCroV/ Preorder: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cynth...

Showing up soon, I hear:

If you're a vampire fan, grab Keith's new novel, COFFIN MOON asap. we are already partying, here... Makeup by me on @kmykadeschain.bsky.social

Mini Ghostface got us.

Saunter into spooky season with tees celebrating horror greats @sgj.bsky.social (The Indian Lake Trilogy, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives) and @danielkraus.com (Whalefall, Angel Down) only at threadsofdread.com!

We never needed photorealistic video games. We never needed vfx to be cheap or fast. we do it because even our dreams are poisoned by capitalism.

Support Night Worms: -Indie artists: We employ 3 artists to design custom stickers, bookmarks and graphics -horror authors- we help authors earn out buy buying STOCK from the print run-not special editions -indie beverage vendors -small pubs -we're a woman-owned business nightworms.com

By the way, you can get a KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES tee, with awesome art by @hagcult.bsky.social, at my Etsy store, threadsofdread.com! Created in collaboration with @sgj.bsky.social!

New Agent Alert! Geffen Semach has been working in the publishing industry since 2018, and has recently joined Westwood Creative Artists. @westwoodcreative.bsky.social Discover the full #mswl and how to query on our blog: www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog #amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity

man, wow. who'd have ever guessed. vampires go everywhere, yeah? so do Blackfeet:

COFFIN MOON comes out in two weeks. Trying to keep my head on. To everyone that's preordered, THANK YOU. For those that haven't, this link will take you to Broadway Books, where you can order a signed/inscribed copy. And yes, they ship in the US! broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...

Hey guys, @thatnerdchick.bsky.social is the coolest. Check out these fun @sgj.bsky.social items🔪🖤

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Hey my spooky peeps, I've wrapped my feature 🎬 and have so many rad things down the pipeline this creepy season!🎃 🦇 Keep an eye out for some really batty loot coming to our website and, as always, new items for sale dedicated to supporting charities!📚 💀New drops, next week!👀 Thatnerdchick.com

My book comes out ✨TOMORROW!!!✨

You know what? Giveaway coming soon…

On this day in Horror/Action History, DARKMAN was released in 1990.