On the radio this morning, the DJs were talking about something relevant to the story I'm working on. Specifically, it was whether you can wear red at a wedding (the answer is yes, by the way, so long as it doesn't go against cultural/religious norms, 1/2 #WritingCommunity

Well, I feel better now. And now, I think I will hit the proverbial hay. Good night and pleasant nightmares, everyone.

My little Christmas horror story is climbing up the bestseller list! I'm so happy people are enjoying it! Have you checked out "The Wild Hunt" yet? Amazon: tinyurl.com/4y33j7xr B&N: tinyurl.com/ymb8249b Kobo: tinyurl.com/2tuyy4vx Apple Books: tinyurl.com/yc3e2men #HorrorSky #BookSky

Well, I tried to be more positive, but it was a rough day! However, I can be positive about one thing: I'm positively going to pour a drink and have something sweet while watching Law & Order tonight!

Yesterday, I was in a bad mood. Today, I want to focus on positive things. So my friends, quote and tell me what's making you happy lately. For me, it's that I'm making good progress towards my goals, and it's Law & Order night.

Yesterday's writing work was outlining the new short story. Tonight, after I answer some emails, it'll be to start the new short story. And I hope to make a good start of it. #WritingCommunity

Been meaning to announce this all week: I will be an attending author at Book Bash 2026, hosted by Pretty Good Books, in Conneaut, Ohio this coming April. It will be a huge event, full of talented authors hoping to help you find your new favorite book. I hope to see you there this spring!

BREAKING: Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva is sworn into office, ending weeks of delay as the House reconvenes for a vote on funding deal.

Well, it was a rough day. But it was made easier knowing that my efforts as a writer were being rewarded. I even heard from one person that they'd bought one of my books today and would be finishing up another very soon! That seriously made my day. 1/2 #WritingCommunity #WritersLife

Thank you once again #HorrorWritersChat and @marywyrd.bsky.social for hosting! Generic shill this week for my work. Still looking for that first sale of November. Could it be YOU? Find your favourite here: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Oli-J... and enjoy this shelfie of my works (with added Lego)

Leaving the cinema, our eyes acclimatise to the change in light. Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love. REMEMBER: You can self-promote ONLY if you’ve participated in the questions. Thank you, Horror pals!

Love @mcmanlypants.bsky.social 's work, especially his Children of Solitude. @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social wrote a story in her Sisters of the Wild Sage collection that haunts me years later. And if you haven't read @lucybluewriter.bsky.social 's The Devil Makes Three yet, you should! #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Well right now I really love Robert Eggers' stuff The Lighthouse is as close to perfect a movie you can watch, and Nosferatu was a great time Love the works of Jordan Peele too, I'll never forget the first time I watched US But recently? 28 Years Later by Danny Boyle Love it

KA Silva, writing horror comedy & darker UF among others. 2 films I love for vibes: Cabin in the Woods -went for this level of gore & silliness in WENDIGOGO. The Haunting (1963) - just masterful. Great inspiration for all spooky scenes where the horror isn't visible yet. #HorrorWritersChat

Sure thing. Steve Raimi always makes me laugh, and Mr. Del Torro has unmatched vision. #horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat Hello, I'm Gabriel and I write gothic horror and my film inspirations are actually one series and one film, the Haunting of Hill House and Pan's Labyrinth, really anything by Mike Flanagan and Guillermo del Toro

Pizza for sure, because Rose Marie is a pizza delivery girl! 😋 #HorrorWritersChat Q3

Impossible. Dream cast for my horror comedy WENDIGOGO: Reluctant w*ndigo Morty: 30ish Bob Odenkirk Murderous mishipeshu Marie: Devery Jacobs Morty's bestie Kim: no idea; Korean, 25, English-speaking Darcy, Morty's gf: Erin Moriarty Garwood Quell, monster hunter: Walton Goggins #HorrorWritersChat

I don’t think my horror works are screen-adaptable, sadly. 😅 They’re all short stories or high-concept stuff that would make for a slow movie since most of the action happens in the character’s head. Psychological horror is fun to write and read, but it’s hard to put on film. #HorrorWritersChat

I've had people tell me "Advent of the Clown King," the title story from my collection, would make a good movie. I think someone like Adam Scott or Mark Ruffalo would be a good fit for the main character. #HorrorWritersChat

@chaoticauthor.online brought us all together, so he deserves a shout out @stephenking.bsky.social is the reason why I'm a horror author. And... all of you. Because it's fun discussing stories with you. #HorrorWritersChat

A folk horror needs cider, & The Five Turns of the Wheel has a pub based on my childhood home, The Cider House. I'd dish up a 'steakwich' alongside this. This was popular amongst the farmers we used to serve and I liked it too! #HorrorWritersChat

Well, if we're basing it off the movie, then there will be some custom cocktails. "The King in Yellow" would be a margarita with a yellow color, and "The Ballet Slipper" would be something sweet and pink. 🍹 #HorrorWritersChat

I am Bert, as always, writing all sorts of #horror. #JurassicPark and #thething (1982) are both very inspiring to me, I fill my stories with genetically engineered #dinosaurs and #shoggoths. #horrorwriterschat

#HorrorWritersChat Oh wow, what a way to find out! I guess it would be AMNION, since it's the most well known of my work (as in at least twenty people) Since it's a one man show . . . I'll have Paddy Considine as The Dweller Cause it's the only character and he's a fave actor And it'd be unique

For Hawthorne House, I'm not sure -- most of the characters are children, including the ones I'd pick to answer this, and I'm not familiar with child actors. For Rosebud, my current WIP; Isabelle Fuhrman as Agnes/the witch, my antagonist and fave character -- she'd be a good fit! #HorrorWritersChat

OUT OF CURIOSITY AND HUNGER would probably be renamed MONSTROUS or THE VERY HUNGRY for the screen. I always wrote Izzy with Daniel Levy in mind, so Willa should probably be Kristen Stewart. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat So, my story would be ‘Nuggets’. My dream casting would be (the very much deceased) Wilfred Brambell. It’d receive an NC-17 rating in the States, and would not be passed by the BBFC in the UK on account of the prolonged and graphic content.

From my current collection, I'll pick Wild, Wild West which is set in space. Huxley would 100% be Woody Harrelson, while Dragomir would have to be someone Russian. Or my story Soiled Doves, a horror western that's very Tarantinoesque. Def would need DiCaprio. Tarantino, call me!☎️😂 #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Q2: Oh, that's tough. I'll throw out a wild one, let's go with my WIP Funny Taste and I'm casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as the central antagonist/protagonist. On it's surface it's a killer clown story. I think a declining former bodybuilder with a natural menace is perfect.

"The Dedication of the High Priestess," which is like Black Swan and Hereditary had a cosmic horror baby together. As for actors, I don't know who would play MC Annie Hummel, but I'd love John Stamos as Mark Dragin, Tyra Banks as Monica Clinkscale, and Stana Katic as Mrs. Hummel. #HorrorWritersChat

Hi, I'm Anna :) I generally write cosmic, eco or body horror. Films. Hmm. The Blair Witch Project X 28 Years Later #HorrorWritersChat

Hi, Stephanie Ellis, writer of dark fiction esp, folk horror, gothic, post-apocalyptic/sci-fi. Films Obvs. The Wicker Man (1973) with its Golden Bough influences, these do feed into mine and also Errementari - wonderful film - is very much my vibe. #HorrorWritersChat

Amanda M. Blake, purveyor of dark tales, from quiet to extreme. The two horror movies that feel very much me are BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and THE DESCENT for days. #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Samantha Bryant and I'm multi-genre both in and out of horror. Two movies I vibe with: The Others, 2001 and The Shining, 1980. #HorrorWritersChat

Good day, #HorrorWritersChat! Senka here, and I write mostly historical folk horror. My novella is set in the Viking Rus' and The Northman is such a good comp for vibes The Interview with the Vampire show is also a great comp for the format, with the MC narrating a tale to dinner guests

Hi everyone. 🖤 Name is Tali Graves, author of psychological horror, dark fantasy and weird lit. I have been inspired by so many amazing horror flicks over the years, but based on my current works I’d narrow it down to Saint Maude and Ginger Snaps. 🌙 #HorrorWritersChat

Hi, I'm Hadassah! I write gothic horror, usually historical or supernatural and exploring my experiences with neurodiversity & gender. I have a strong interest in folklore & storytelling... Two films that inspire & describe my writing: Pan's Labyrinth and Let The Right One In #HorrorWritersChat

I’m Clover, and I don’t have a specific subgenre. I just like to say that I take the cute/mundane and make it horrific 💀 Two movies that have inspired me are: Labyrinth for the maze aspect and fantasy elements The Shining for the looming terror that slow-burns #HorrorWritersChat

Hi y'all! I'm a grief/literary/Gothic/historical horror author -often inspired by my Choctaw-Irish heritage. We're watching IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES & POLTERGEIST. Like most, I was introduced to these movies way too young & the storytelling & imagery stuck with me. #HorrorWritersChat

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#HorrorWritersChat Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy & exhausted Research says HD stands for How Disappointing 🤔 That might have come up before, but it's going around innit? I write horror stories with plenty of sci-fi, scares, smarts and smut! My two films? Event Horizon and Return of the Living Dead

Thanks, Mary! I'm E. D. Jones, and I mostly write weird and/or cosmic horror, although I'm not above a little bit of gore on occasion. I'm inspired by a cacophony of sources, but to pull two out of a hat: -Color Out of Space -Annihilation #horrorwriterschat

Heyo #HorrorWritersChat! It's been a hot second. It's me, Mitch; native to the subgenres of folk and sci-fi. As a passionate lover of horror films this week's chat is tailored to my interests specifically. 1. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) 2. Event Horizon (1997) Hands down.

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#HorrorWritersChat My name is Rosé Black. I write horror and horror comedy. If I had to pick, I would say that a lot of analog horror and found footage has inspired my work, including Mandela Catalogue, Local 58, Cloverfield, and The Blair Witch, just to name a few.

Hello #HorrorWritersChat, tis ol' Oli Jacobs here again. The man who makes cosmic horror that little bit more insidious... ...which ironically isn't a film that inspired me. That would be primarily The Thing, with Dawn of the Dead coming a close second. Don't get me started on a list, though...

Greetings #HorrorWritersChat I’m Mary from Greater Manchester (UK), where I write cosmic, gothic and weird horror. We’re watching films that inspired two of my WIPs: THE CRAFT (1996) = my Contemporary Cosmic Coven WIP (coven & rage) CRIMSON PEAK (2015) = my Cosmic Gothic WIP (secrets & vibes)

I'm Amber, a horror and dark fiction writer from central Maine. I write all kinds of horror, most with cults or ghosts. I've gotten the original The Wicker Man and "a more serious Hot Fuzz" as comps for Little White Flowers 😂 #HorrorWritersChat

Hello, #HorrorWritersChat! My name is Rami Ungar, I write horror and dark fantasy with a focus on supernatural horror, and I would say the movies that best capture my vibe are "Prince of Darkness" (1987) and "Overlord" (2018).