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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I SOLD MY BOOK!!! Ahhh!!!! THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY, my debut horror novel, is coming from @journalstone.bsky.social on 11/27/26 (Black Friday! Feels right). Meet Bea Collins: an actress who wants to be a star. Dionysus can help. All she has to do is LET HIM IN. #horrorlit #booksky #writesky

Mood board for my upcoming novel The Theatre of Cruelty.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is not something you say if you actually like education or children

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/09/2026

ATTENTION THE BEST THING ABOUT AUTUMN HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IT IS TIME FOR TINY DOGS IN TINY SWEATERS

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

yessssss I was waiting for this announcement! It's not Halloween season without fresh Dragula.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Listening to the Phantom of the Opera OBC recording and thinking back to how OBSESSED I was with this double cassette as a weird kid in the 90s.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You know, I've never been a time loop fan, but Rachel Harrison is making me reconsider my stance... I'm only about a third of the way through, but Kiss Slay Replay is a ton of fun so far!

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had a rough writing morning today, but this afternoon I learned I sold a story! When I can, I'll share more info. This one is a horror story about a desperate, full-of-drama emo band.

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy Texas Chain Saw Massacre day to all who celebrate! 💫

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If it's a haunted house story or found footage, I'm gonna read it no questions asked.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There’s an even more sinister angle to Johnny Depp’s ongoing “comeback” tour as the new Scrooge—it’s a Paramount production and part of a slate of Ellison-backed conservative cultural takeover attempts. It’s angled around MeToo rejection and the manosphere. spitfirenews.com/p/johnny-dep...

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Johnny Depp's 'comeback' is billionaire manosphere marketing

Plus, why smart glasses can't escape the 'pervert' label.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I can't seem to stop writing horror stories about lonely people. Even when I try not to do this, I still do. Anyone else have a character type that naturally pops up in their writing? #writesky #horrorfic

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Maybe this shouldn't shock me but I couldn't believe how much easier it is to write at home than in public.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thanks Gabino! I'd like to promote this horror anthology created by the #HorrorWritersChat to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. 20 unique stories that tackle the bogeymen that follow us into adulthood. Amazon: amzn.eu/d/099bY53N Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0

A promo image for The Shadows That We Carry featuring a lost of the authors involved, and a text explaining that the profits will be donated to Macmillan in the memory of author MG Mason

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

There are some really great horror/thriller reads out there that really hit those ☀️summer vibes☀️ (even if they aren't set in the summertime). IT, Whalefall, Small Town Horror, Diavola... Are there any you'd recommend I read before the season is out? #horrorfic

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Sol Evil Laugh

Alt: A cartoon sun with an evil smile

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 23/07/2026

It should have been $150,000 per title. It should have put Anthropic out of business and made me and other authors financially secure enough to keep writing and keep creating and keep fighting. We’re getting a token gesture. Anthropic won here. They pay a pittance (for them) and can do it again.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ti West????? Why? Isn't the entirety of "A Christmas Carol" essentially Scrooge's origin story? What could this movie possibly be about? I also can't stop reading the tagline because it is beautifully, wonderfully, dumb. And the pose/twinkly eyes is giving real whimsical energy which is confusing.

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"Hello, Amanda. I want to play a game." 🪚🪚🪚 @amandamblake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

pedipalps beckon over long writhing glistening tongue to thick for a throat rooted in a black hole borborygmic stomach a promise of satisfaction whose thirst is quenched? whose hunger satiated? who consumes whom? who is a what what subsumes a whom warm womb and an acid bath #HorrorWritersChat

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I try not to show too much, I want the reader to fill in the blanks. Plus, I love a cosmic entity that can't be captured in letters and words. They scare my characters just by being. ...and by permanently altering my main characters, usually for the worst. #horrorwriterschat

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is a fun one! Kind of a lame answer, but I figure out the story first (or at least the set up) and then the theme (or whatever I'm exploring) becomes more clear as I write. Basically, I let the monster take the wheel. #horrorwriterschat

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hi, everyone! I missed doing these! I write horror fiction, primarily cosmic horror. The Thing is a classic for a reason. I really like monsters that can't be contained, that are overwhelming in their very being. #horrorwriterschat

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Horror writers and readers: what's an everyday location you believe is criminally underused in #horrorlit ? Give me your most mundane horror! I'm convinced office bathrooms have potential, so I'm using that as a key setting in my current #WIP. #writesky #writingcommunity

Two adult men in a public bathroom. One is standing at the center, the other is leaning against a sink. The lighting is dim.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

For the past few months, I've been unable to come up with any story ideas, so I haven't really been writing. This morning, I gave myself an hour to sit and play around in a Word Doc. So excited to have a few ideas FINALLY. I've missed writing stories so much!

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Ok, it's been a while, but is it cool if I gush about getting to go to the Long Live The Black Parade tour in NJ? I cried, I lost my voice singing, I ascended.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

bookshop.org

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

My current WIP - I think I would fare just fine! Mae is a witch, sure, but I think we'd actually get along great. My novel I'm querying - Alas, I don't think I would survive a battle with Dionysus. #Katydeads #CampRevPit

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Hello, fellow #camprevpit #katdeads ! I'm Caitlin. I write adult horror, mainly cosmic. I'm currently writing a short weird western while in the query trenches w/my theatre possession novel. 🫖 Tea, always! Some horror favorites: 🎬The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 📚 Mauve Fly ✒️Rachel Harrison

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I'm already enjoying #camprevpit and it only just begun! Looking forward to giving and receiving some feedback and meeting more horror writers! ✨️🔪

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The replacement is art in all its forms. Movies, music, and books. Storytelling. The beauty of Nature. And being a part of a community that practices love & kindness. Hope this helps.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Let's 👏🏼go 👏🏼Knicks👏🏼!!!

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MJ Huntsgood @mjhuntsgood.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

YOU x MURDERBOTS ELSA's been mishandled by her technicians. Leslie's the first to show kindness. ELSA returns kindness with gratitude. Love. Obsession. ⭐good for her horror ⭐I can make her worse ⭐computer x human ⭐female rage ⭐small cast #posterpit #posterpita #h #sf

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I've disappeared on here, but I'm back! It's hard to post and write and query amidst *gestures widely* but I want to keep pushing. Anyhoo, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (especially my fellow writers in the query trenches). 🌞

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/04/2025

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything, Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT. ~ All of Us

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

If you love your library, listen up…

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...

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U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes

The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.

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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂 @caitduffy.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Is pirate horror a thing? I woke up today with a craving to read a pirate horror novel but can't seem to find anything. #booksky #horrorsky

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m 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

If you love someone, let them go. Avoid them for ten years until you're invited to the same wedding. Don't ruin everything again. Unless they do it first. She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky

An Agent’s Guide to None of This Was Real Adult Contemporary Romance
82,000 words

The pitch: When reunited with her ex after a fatal accident tore them apart ten years ago, Jasper must decide if she should just let go of teenage lust or let herself fall back in love with the one that got away, who maybe she shouldn't trust so easily.

every summer after, seven summers, normal people, happy place, how to hide in plain sight

Excerpt: “Oh, and you come to my house to just hang out?” he said.
“Yeah?” I said. “Where else am I going to go? Ask my mom if I can borrow the car so I can avoid the family overstimulating me?”
“I’m your only option?”
“No, there’s always your mom,” I said.
He rolled his eyes.
“I’m busy,” he said.
“Doing what?”
“I have shit to do for work,” he said. “And the cat sitter keeps calling me about things that are not an emergency. And you show up and you just want to hang out. I don’t have any new trauma to dump on you today.”
“So, you want me to leave?” I said.
“Please, Jasper, get out of my room before I do something without thinking it through,” he said. “We’ll both get hurt.”
“Oh, so you want to f*** me, don’t you?” I said.
“I don’t know if I can do this again,” he said. “I gave you everything and you threw me away.”

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Anaïs Garnett (Writer) @anais-garnett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

THE RAVEN BOYS x S.T.A.G.S A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural

Moodboard of a YA Dark Academia Supernatural Mystery

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A. Bastedo is Spoopin Around @abastedo-writing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

After some time off, hopping back into the pit game, recycling lame pictures and lamer prose. In Their Shadows returns, rocking that non-linear, gothic upmarket vibe about a half-human princess wading into a cursed and ancient forest to rescue her crappy dad’s corpse. F/H #Luckypit #PopUpPit 💙📚🪐

A gothic landscape, the sun shines down on a distant ruinous castle in a long, green valley. They lettering reads: This book smells like blood and fire, like mossy rocks and rusted steel. This book smells like wet dog fur and Frankincense. Smell it. This book reeks.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

just finished a big, overdue update to the 2025 horror new releases list - if you submitted something to be add it and don't see it here, let me know! (if you'd like to submit something in general, use the link in the third paragraph) readjumpscares.com/2025s-new-ho...

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2025’s New Horror Books

All the new horror books coming in 2025, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.

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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

ICYMI: celebrate Women in Horror month by checking out some excellent writers substack.com/home/post/p-...

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What is a woman's place in horror?

March is Women in Horror month

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