I'm so excited to share that my story "Gooseflesh" about a previously unknown cryptid in the Appalachians is now available to listen to on @creepypod.bsky.social! #Horror #HorrorPodcast #ScaryStories #Cryptid #Appalachia buff.ly/maqobsK

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to Summer Chills at Quail Ridge! I had a fabulous time listening to my fellow writers, and chatting and signing books after. A huge thanks to QRB for running a wonderful event in a beautiful space. Stay safe and hydrated this week! <3

TODAY!!! Join us!

I wrote this post a few words at a time until I made myself sit down and finish it. I've had a few folks ask me about how I can make myself keep writing 800 words a day (on average), so I wrote about how I motivate myself, how I seek out inspiration, and why inspiration isn't everything!

Anyway! The Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming fantaspionage novel WICKHILLS has four days left and fifty copies to be won! (USA only, sorry! There will be a US + Canada one later!) www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

I’m sure it’s not gonna last but for now

So excited for this! 10-12 minutes each, so I'm thinking part of "Margaret Lets Her Self Go" (cosmic horror), "The Real Miss McAdams" (monster horror), or maybe "The Girl in the Pool" (a daylight ghost story). Any thoughts? #writinghorror #horror #horrorwriters

COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK! I'm joining @pmraymond.bsky.social, @authorcreekmore.bsky.social, @samanthabwriter.bsky.social, Jesse Bullington, and Garrett Boatman at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social! RSVP online: quailridgebooks.com/event/summer...

Thanks so much to TGP! I had a great time with these questions.

I had such a great time last night! Thanks so much to the folks who came out, and to Michael and Natalia for such a great chat.

This is today! Come hang out! I’ll have some anthologies on sale.

This is today! Come hang out! I’ll have some anthologies on sale.

Best Horror of the Year, Volume 18 is now available for preorder! Even if you don't pick it up to read my story, "Cut-a-Skin, Outside-In," I'm joined by incredible writers such as Laird Barron, A. C. Wise, and Clay Mcleod Chapman (among many others). buff.ly/8Lu6ago

ICYMI, I'll be celebrating Pride this Thursday with @mcmanlypants.bsky.social and @natania.bsky.social at @arcanadurham.bsky.social!!! So excited to read and chat with these wonderful folks about the weird, the queer, and the fantastical. #Pride #QueerAuthors #WritingCommunity

COMING SOON! I’m so excited for this next week

I took the opportunity to put together a brief retrospective on my first StokerCon! Next year I should be better about taking notes (and pictures). #StokerCon2026

Hello, new followers! I started a writing craft blog in April! thescrawlertapes.com is not exclusively for horror authors, but tends toward genre. I wanted to write about processes and techniques that I struggled to learn earlier in my development as a writer and I thought might be helpful.

The cover for Best Horror of the Year 18 is HERE!!! It's so kick ass and I'm still flabbergasted that I'm included in its pages. Pre-order link coming as soon as it's available!

Pre-orders are up for my new novella, so be the change you want to see in the world and support queer books this Pride! [This story has a trans protagonist AND a trans love interest AND a cult AND a pink fairy armadillo so obvs it ticks all the best boxes] Are you parched or are you flooded?

Thank you, StokerCon!!!! Had a wonderful time, got to meet members of my writing group in person, got to say hello to writers I hugely admire, and get to spend multiple days with my community. TIL next year!

So amazing to meet the writing support team in person! ;) these folks are all amazing people and incredible writers. Next step, world domination!

ITS HAPPENING!!!

Introducing @darkertimes.bsky.social - a new worker-owned website for cultural criticism about all things horror! www.darkertimes.com

You can read my very trans poem “I STILL MISGENDER MYSELF WHEN CYNDI LAUPER PLAYS” in this collection!

HAPPY PRIDE, ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW FOR SUBSCRIBERS!!! Check your email! 🪐🗡️🌈 Issue 2 will be free online on June 15th—but if you'd like to support a queer magazine AND read Issue 2 without waiting, you can snag a copy now! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/3e872a158d Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/others... (1/2)

IT'S JUNE! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! There may be more Pride Month events coming, but for now here are a couple ways I'm celebrating. Love, peace, and safety to my queer and genderqueer sibs <3 #PrideMonth #QueerAuthor #CelebratePride

Hello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚

I do not need to commission an artist for a cover for a book that ISNT EVEN DONE YET

My debut full-length poetry collection, TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, has been nominated for the 2026 Elgin Awards!

Writers, it's the time of year when 'Best Of's' and award noms are announced. There is a lot of great work being done, a lot falling through the cracks and going unrecognized. It's inevitable. It's validation enough that you created something and put it out there. Ignore the din and keep writing.

I’ve been reading @datlow.bsky.social 's Best Horror of the Year anthologies for as long as I can remember. I’m so honored to finally make the (sharp, deadly) cut with my story “Fear of the Dark” (which first appeared in the Night & Day collection). Coming soon. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

I am so excited to announce that my story "Cut-a-Skin, Outside-In," has been included in the TOC of Ellen Datlow's BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, VOL 18! I'm in amazing company and I'm so excited to read the stories I haven't gotten to yet.

I'm incredibly proud of my story in this anthology, and the others are no slouches either.

NEXT WEEK I'll be at my first StokerCon! Come say hi!!!

Baby's first scam email!!! Woke up to what seemed to *me* like a blatant scam, but might not be obvious to everyone. So, I wrote a blog post about all the questions you should ask yourself when you receive an email like this one. #DontGetFooledAgain #Scams #WritingCommunity #Authors buff.ly/LkfaTNs

How to Identify an Email as a Scam I recently woke up to a minor milestone in my inbox: my first author scam email! Scammers have gotten pretty good at writing these emails, so even though I had heard about these scams through my networks and even heard from authors at my day job that they had…

What do we want? More superb short horror fiction! Very happy to report I’m now editing Sunday Scaries for @therumpus.net. A huge thank you to the great @roxanegay.bsky.social. Pro rates, no submission fee. Read more below and send us your best. Long live horror. therumpus.submittable.com/submit

tfw you made a specific reference to a lunar phase in the previous chapter and now you have to make it work in a new scene, as well.

I'll be at #StokerCon in June! Listen to me read and chat with some incredible authors! You can also find me on Sched. This will be my first StokerCon and I'm SO EXCITED! #StokerCon2026 #HorrorAuthors #HWA

I've updated dates and times for my upcoming events in June and July! If you're thinking of coming to Quail Ridge Books on July 1, please RSVP using the link. I'm so looking forward to reading, chatting, and meeting new people over the next couple of months! #HorrorCommunity #HWA buff.ly/MYHpPeC

I'll be at #StokerCon in June! Listen to me read and chat with some incredible authors! You can also find me on Sched. This will be my first StokerCon and I'm SO EXCITED! #StokerCon2026 #HorrorAuthors #HWA

The Horrors persist but StokerCon is next month and I’m so excited to be with my people

just opened my inbox to an INCREDIBLE update (watch this space), fingers crossed this is the beginning of a wave

Working on a novel chapter. Instead of saying "the horses didn't make it" perhaps we could say instead that they actually got washed down the river to safety and didn't have to encounter The Horrors, but lived good lives in peace and plenty

This book is superb and is such a quick read. No reason I can think of not to read it ;)

✨Hello #questpit 🌙 Weaver of the Nameless, an epic romantasy focusing on deep lore, unique world building, and lyrical prose. A veiled oracle and defecting cultist must trust each other to escape planed for them by an evil with in her temple. The Dark Crystal x The Knight & Moth #W #F #A #RF

#questpit #A #Q #F DAWN OF THE CICADA adult fantasy 105,000 words After a restless hibernation spent cursing the darkness, the darkness in others is now hers to wield. Enchanted x Pan's Labyrinth

ALL THE FOREST EATS: Allie is not sure if she believes that the forest is a vicious, carnivorous beast, but if she’s going to escape the grasp of her abusive father, she’ll have to learn how to survive it. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #Queer #Sapphic

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen, perpetual troublemaker and incurable dreamer, is thrilled about it. Two clueless lesbians. A forest full of spirits and giant mushrooms. A journey of love and ascension. #agentguide #querying #QuestPit #Q #F #NA #LGBT #ND

ALL THE FOREST EATS: Allie is not sure if she believes that the forest is a vicious, carnivorous beast, but if she’s going to escape the grasp of her abusive father, she’ll have to learn how to survive it. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #Queer #Sapphic