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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Submissions for Queering Cthulhu are OPEN a few hours early. Please spread the word to your #LGBTQ+ writing brethren. obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html #horrorwriterschat #cthulhu #subcall

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Leet-Z reflects "The Purge" from In This Moment: Maybe, maybe we're all fucked/Maybe we'll all burn...Maybe you were right/Maybe we're all just parasites. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's already happened. Nine Inch Nails quoted Clive Barker ("stale incense old sweat and lies" Barker's In the Hills The Cities//NiN's Sin) and AC/DC's soundtrack for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (Trucks). I guess a musican I love would have to do a soundtrack for me. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Often, my stories have a soundtrack. A song I listen to on repeat that shapes the flavor of the story. As in, for best results, listen to this while you read. Sometimes I hear a song and want to write about it (Nitzer Ebb "Getting Closer" for instance) #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm Miss Bert, I write horror and weird stuff. I like my music hard and loud. The soundtrack to my upcoming novel Leet-Z was In This Moment's song "The Purge." The soundtrack to my next novel (sequel to Leet-Z), Tick, is DeathByRomy's "HellHound." #horrorwriterschat #music

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Submissions for Queering Cthulhu are OPEN a few hours early. Please spread the word to your #LGBTQ+ writing brethren. #subcall #cthulhu #queerhorror obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can Fat Monster get some love this week? Award-winning FAT MONSTER, wherein fat people are preyed on by society and by monsters, featuring body horror, multi level marketing schemes, fungus/mushroom creatures, pyramids... amzn.to/4j1TSn3 #horrorwriterschat

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Fat Monster

Amazon.com: Fat Monster eBook : Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@rebecca-rowland.bsky.social has been a good friend as have many people in my local HWA group and in New England Horror Writers. I try to carry that forward. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

He's not quite horror, but @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Our birthdays are a day apart and I've been compared to him a little bit and I admire him greatly. I didn't get to meet him at #NecronomiconPVD and that was upsetting. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh, don't make me pick. I've been to so many good panels on crazy topics! I would love to know how to really catch the eye of a good agent. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm Miss Bert and I write all sorts of weirdness and horror. I'm working on a book tentatively titled TICK. "During a resurgence of global hemorrhagic fever, something tiny arises, controlled by an ancient intelligence." #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I bought a new pair of Levi's this weekend. They are 27" waist. I'm not humble bragging. My waist size used to be my height. Anyway, read Fat Monster. amzn.to/4j1TSn3

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Fat Monster

Amazon.com: Fat Monster eBook : Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've not gotten far enough in either of the two newest novels to say. In Leet-Z it was the milagro charms outside the funeral cave. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Beloved blankie | Oh, why are you engulfing | that rotting zombie? | #haiku #horrorhaiku #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A sense of family and being comfortable at home. Except that's where the murders are happening... #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm Miss Bert, I write all sorts of horror-adjacent stuff and I would hate for my security blanket to become evil. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm Miss Bert and once again I doubt I'll get through all 4 questions but I'll try. I write and edit horror and horror adjacent stories. The most horrible thing I've seen lately is the footage of the flooding from Nepal. It's unreal. That's cosmic horror. It doesn't care. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In Fat Monster, the monsters represented society preying on fat people. And the ultimate question was who did the title refer to, who was the fat monster? I think monsters are always a metaphor in horror. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm Miss Bert and I write horror-adjacent horror. When I was little, I was terrified of the skeleton under my bed that would turn any of my body parts that stuck out over the mattress into skeleton parts. ☠️ #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

LAUNCH PARTY for ATLAS OF DEEP ONES at #necronomiconpvd which is basically a lifetime writer's goal checked off. I'm the weirdo mermaid hugging John and Jackson. I hope to have Queering Cthulhu ready for launch there in 2028. If you want to sub for it, hit me up. #cthulhumythos #deepones

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had a lovely time at #necronomiconPVD running the vendor room. My toes haven't recovered from the blisters (but my purple tentacle shoes are SO COOL). See you all in 2028.

A middle-aged lady (Bert Piedmont) dressed as a mermaid, with a Cthulhu cross-body bag, her arms out, standing in a hotel foyer.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lovely bookmarks I made to give out at #necronomicon-providence in 2 weeks for my next novel LEET-Z. Yes, the cassowary is a character. #cocoliztli #scifihorror #mummy #mummycurse #aztechorror #archeology #cassowary #horrorwriterschat

Two-sided bookmark for the forthcoming book Leet-Z by Gevera Bert Piedmont, published by Spinebreaker Books. Showing mummy skulls in a cave and a scary cassowary with teeth.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Two sides of a bookmark for the novel Leet-Z coming Late 2026. Showing mummy skulls in a cave and a scary cassowary with teeth. Author Gevera Bert Piedmont, publisher Spinebreaker Books.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm Miss Bert, I've been gone for a while, sorry. I write weird horror. My favorite eco-horror has got to be Jeff Vandermeer's Area X. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh, something carnivous with teeth that eats people. Audrey for instance. #horrorwriterschat #plants

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

the roots dig so deep | foxglove leaves sprout through my skin | now I too am plant | #horrorhaiku #haiku #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fat Monster is about sentient fungus, does that count as a plant? I know fungus is kinda liminal... #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I don't think I've ever written a fairy story but I did write one about a woman ripping out her own teeth. Maybe she was giving them to the tooth fairy? #horrorwriterchat As far as little things being scary... The Lone Star tick that makes you allergic to mammals is terrifying.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm Bert and I write all sorts of horror adjacent stuff. Real fairies have teeth; it's spelled "faery" and they are not little or cute. You pay the tooth fairy in the bloody bones of children. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yesterday I brought up "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" and today my friend has to put down her THIRD pet in six months and I'm sitting her sobbing for her. #liveforever

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Atlas of Deep Ones, a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology amzn.to/48zM1dr Over fifty stories, poems, articles, and strange hybrids, span the Deep Ones’ history from the ancient Norse seas to the frozen moons of Jupiter, and everywhere in between. #horrorwriterschat

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Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology

Atlas of Deep Ones is the first massive tome devoted entirely to the mysterious Deep Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos. Over fifty stories, poems, articles, and strange hybrids, collected by a duo of fearles...

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Oh, someone from the longago times, the paperback world. I read The Other by Thomas Tryon as a child, #evilTwin trope at its finest. Probably why I still write about twins to this day. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm very frustrated that my #horrorwriterschat feed is broken. I'm not seeing anyone's posts from today no matter how I refresh, just posts of someone who is abusing the tag. It's been getting worse every week, and now it is functionally dead for me. Ideas? I want to participate more.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

How about if I can make Jules Verne and Mary Shelley collaborate, and I get to make suggestions and be there? (giggles in mad scientist) #horrorwriterschat #scifi

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I wrote a lovely story about a vengeful sad ghost and a girl with autism that got rejected and I reused the ghost & setting in another story. Can one resurrect a ghost? 👻#horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm Miss Bert and I'm HERE this week! YAY. I write all kinds of horror and horror-adjacent stuff. I adore Kij Johnson's "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" and if you've read it, you know why I sob like a baby every time I read it. #liveforever 🐈‍⬛ #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I missed the #horrorwriterschat today. But my new publisher Spinebreaker Books featured me! Details in alt text.

🌟📚 AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 📚🌟
This week, SpineBreaker Books is thrilled to shine a spotlight on Gevera Bert Piedmont!
A neurodivergent cyborg book witch living on the edge of a frog pond in Connecticut, Bert shares her home with her spouse, cats, and an impressive collection of rubber lizards. Her unique voice has captivated horror readers through award-winning works including Fat Monster, The Maw and Other Time-Traveling Lizard Tales, the Mickey Crow paranormal series, and numerous anthologies and editorial projects that have left their mark on the horror community.
With an MFA in Creative Writing, certification as a Fictionary StoryCoach developmental editor, and memberships in the Horror Writers Association, Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, and New England Horror Writers, Bert brings both talent and expertise to every story she tells.
🔥 COMING LATER THIS YEAR FROM SPINEBREAKER BOOKS 🔥
LEET-Z: THE AZTEC MUMMY'S CURSE
When disabled physical anthropologist Dr. Leigh Grable is given a second chance at mobility through a sinister corporate experiment, she accepts the price—until an archaeological dig in Mexico uncovers something that should have remained buried forever.
Deep inside a sealed cave packed with hundreds of ancient mummies lies evidence not of war, but of a forgotten nightmare: cocoliztli, the devastating hemorrhagic fever that once wiped out millions.
As researchers begin dying, towns vanish, and an unstoppable plague resurfaces, Leigh finds herself racing against time, corporate secrets, and her own failing body to prevent a catastrophe that could spread far beyond the excavation site.
🩸 Ancient disease.
🩸 Corporate horror.
🩸 Murder-turkeys.
🩸 Living nanotechnology.
🩸 Aztec mysteries.
🩸 The end of the world may already have begun.

If you love archaeological horror, scientific nightmares, eldritch biotechnology, and apocalyptic dread, Leet-Z: The Aztec Mummy's Curse belongs on your TBR.
Follow Bert's work here: https://linktr.ee/bybertabird
Show Bert some love in the comments and tell us: What's your favorite archaeological or ancient-curse horror story? 👇
#SpineBreakerBooks #AuthorSpotlight #GeveraBertPiedmont #LeetZ #HorrorBooks #ArchaeologicalHorror #CosmicHorror #BodyHorror #IndieHorror #HorrorCommunity #BookSpotlight #ComingSoon #HorrorReaders #DarkFiction #Bookstagram #BookTok #SupportIndieAuthors #MummyCurse #ApocalypticHorror #HorrorFans

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I gotta be boring and go with King's "Children of the Corn"-- So f'king creepy. Add to that "In the Hills, the Cities" by Barker. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

IRL I dislike religious traditions made to satisfy some stupid god who doesn't care or perhaps exist. In horror of course the gods exist and are hangry and have too many appendages. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm working on #cyberpunk #horror (which I'm told should not be done) so I think that's more #trope than #tradition. And I'm a big fan of subverting tropes. Is being a #cyborg a nightmare or a dream come true? (speaking as an actual cyborg) #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I am still working on the GRAND EMPORIUM OF THE WEIRD for NecronomiCon Providence! Never fear. It will be awesome. People should be hearing back from me starting this week. It's my first time, remember, be gentle.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm Miss Bert and I write all sorts of horror. This might not be what you all meant but I love horror doll houses and miniatures. This was a bakery until I got my hands on it. Not everything has to be pink to be fun. #horrorwriterschat. #nopink

A miniature #remixed #miniverse and #minibrands scene with #skeletons, #potions, #plants,# cats, #spooky #stainedglass, an #eldritchsign #summoningcircle, #books, a #dragon, and more.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ohlala I hope I get to write a haiku today. #horrorwriterschat in 7 minutes. I'm editing a #cosmichorror #mystery in the background. Sad about missing #stokercon.

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Knowing what I know now about the craft? Clive Barker's Books of Blood. #horrorwriterschat

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I write so much about #dinosaurs and #lizards and #geneticallymodified things, it can't be a coincidence, can it? Although I have never again watched Sssssss... 🦖🦎🧪 #horrorwriterschat #horrorsky #writersky

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I'm MissBert and I write all kinds of horror. When I was way too small I watched Sssssss from behind the couch and seeing the person change into the snake was terrifying. I'm sure it was tacky as fuck but I was like 5. Yet I'm not afraid of snakes? 🐍 #horrorwriterschat #horrorsky #writersky

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