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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I just posted a new story on Substack! It’s a short one, about a twisted, timeless love. Give it a read! #writing #horrorwriting #booksky #horrorfiction #horror #author open.substack.com/pub/thelimin...

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Love in Concrete

Some feelings never die.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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Love in Concrete

Some feelings never die.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I dropped my first story on my Substack this week! It’s a heavy one, about grief, guilt, love, and the monsters they can make of us… #horrorwriter #horror #booksky #author #horrofiction

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I just posted my first short story on my Substack! Any love my Bluesky people could show me there would be much appreciated. Also, if you have a Substack, drop it in the comments! #HorrorWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingandBooks open.substack.com/pub/thelimin...

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Flatline

“Why” must be the most-asked question in the English language.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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“Why” must be the most-asked question in the English language.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Hello Bsky! Long time no see, or read. I’ve been deep in the dungeon revising and querying my first novel as well as starting my second, but I’ve decided to start a Substack as a home for short form horror and fantasy. My first story will be landing there some time this week! #writingcommunity

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

To any wise published authors: is 100k words too many for a first-time authors horror novel? I’m seeing a lot of different opinions online and it’s starting to worry me as I put the finishing touches on. #HorrorWriting #Authors #HorrorAuthors

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I’ve just noticed a massive influx of followers here on Bluesky. I don’t know what brought you to my page, but after being on a long hiatus and contending with a bout of stagnation, I’ve come back to both writing and social media at the same time you all arrive. I’ll call that serendipity

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Well, after all is said and done I only got 46k words this #NaNoWriMo. But I’d say that’s not too bad for a first time, we’ll get em next year. On the bright side, it’s helped me really refine my work ethic toward writing!

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I would ask them how to really scare people. Like deeply. To their core. Horror that will stay with them when they’re done reading. And they would likely say: “Look around.” #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Oh man. This is a good one! They would look world-weary and sad and beautiful. And being around them would be uncomfortable and silent and force you to reflect on yourself. You would want to run from them, but you can’t bring yourself to do it. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I guess I’m mostly a pantser but I guess with some plantser in me. I have the major plot points in my head when I start writing so I know where I’m trying to get to. But I like to discover the best path to the end as I go. I find often that characters want to grow beyond my plan. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

In One For The Road, there are 3 main POV characters. It was challenging to get their paths to all converge in a way that felt natural but I think I accomplished that. Now, I’m trying to fill in a couple blanks before the next plot point, while ratcheting up the tension. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Hello again #HorrorWritersChat! I’m Chris Sotelo, I write mostly horror and a bit of sci-fi. My current WIP is, One For the Road: gothic vampire horror in Skid Row.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

I love to write horror because I love to read horror. But on a deeper level, I think that horror is a necessary expression of our fears as a society. It helps us understand and come to terms with the universal fears we all share. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

My biggest influence as an author is cliche but honestly, Stephen King. I don’t think anyone infuses characters and world with so much reality. The X-Files really influenced my love for the supernatural as science. Alfred Hitchcocks approach to suspense is one of my commandments #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

I think I’d like to them to walk away seeing that there’s plenty of real horror around us in the world, a lot of it preventable. In my current book, there’s vampires, but a lot of the horror also comes from the awful way people on the street live and are treated. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Ben Reyes, the protagonist of my current WIP. He’s been homeless most of his life and by the start of the story his mom has disappeared. He’s clever, determined, and kind but fighting for survival has left him with a hard streak. He’s very wary of the world and so far it’s worked. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Hi everyone! I’m Christopher Sotelo. I write horror and dark fantasy and a bit of poetry. My current project is about a homeless teenager on the streets of LA who becomes entangled with an old vampire hunter and a coven of vampires operating a sinister flophouse on Skid Row. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

catharsis to write is to express like an infected wound the soul needs to be bled dont wait for it to flow take up the scalpel make the incision watch how easily it comes #poetry

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

stasis its november in LA but youd never know it. the trees stand in defiance to the calendar. the only thing the breeze carries is trash. sun blasted sidewalks sprawl, eternal. but the birds hear an ageless song. and it sounds like winter. #poetry

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo days 7-10: 7200 words written sporadically throughout the week but ultimately I’m still on target and barreling through the end of Act 1. Now the real vampire shenanigans are about to begin.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

I often scare myself a bit when writing the villain’s POV. Most recently, writing for vampires that view people purely as livestock and getting into that headspace of dehumanization has been disturbing. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

I know he’s pretty big now but the book was self published: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. Oppressively grim but with just enough hope, it almost reminded me of the Road. Part of the reason I’m here is to discover and read more indie horror! #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Sofia, from one of my projects currently in the drawer, is a kind person at heart. She lives in a hyper capitalistic hellscape where it’s survival of the fittest. But when push comes to shove she puts her life on the line to save someone she doesn’t even know. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Hello everyone, I’m Chris Sotelo. I write a bit of poetry but mostly novels now. I like to genre bend a bit but most of what I write leans into horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy. My writing goal for the year is to have my current project revised and ready to query. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

metamorphosis the straw is like a proboscis but it sucks up poison. when did you shed your skin. when did you stop living. like a roach you scurry to hide when you think you’re seen find your crack and crawl inside so the world can go on around you. #poetry

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Was having this discussion with my brother earlier: Do you think horror is diminished when you're given the POV of the monster/killer in a story? 💀🛠️

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo Day 6: 3500 words almost make up for the lack of writing this weekend. 2k seems doable tomorrow. Getting into the end of Act 1 and loving where it's going so far.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Who will stop the podcasters? 5 years from now everyone you meet with nothing to say will have a podcast And no one will make art Just content

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

If you like the idea of the Horror Writer's Workshop feed, please repost to help others find it. 💀🛠️ bsky.app/profile/did:... #horrorwriting #horrorlit #writingcommunity

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo Day 5: Only 1k words today and none yesterday, had a damn busy weekend. Luckily I have a nice chunk of free time tomorrow so I’m hoping to crank out 5k and get back on track.

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Horror Writer's Workshop A feed for horror writers to talk craft, share WIP, and critique work. To have your post included the feed, tag it with these emojis: 💀🛠️ bsky.app/profile/did:... #horrorwriting #horrorlit #writingcommunity

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo Day 3: 2200 words in the bag. It feels really good to be slightly ahead of the goal although I do wish it were more. I’d like to finish my novel this month. I’m already fighting back my next idea. We’ll see how it goes.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Message to anyone who knows how to create Feeds: It would be cool to have a Horror Writer's Workshop where people can share WIP, critique each other's work, discuss process, etc. Yeah, someone should make that. Not it. #horrorwriting #writersky

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo Day 2: 2000 words today put a beautiful finish on a chapter that I’m extremely happy with. There are a lot of places this character wants to go. He seems to have other stories, but I originally intended for him to die in this one. His fate is thus far tbd😂 #horrorwriting

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

When you start to really love the character you created for a gut-wrenching death scene in Act 3. #HorrorWriting #writersky

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

#NaNoWriMo Day 1: Only got 1500 words down today as I wasn’t able to devote much time to it but I am happy with what I did get. I think they’re good words

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

It’s like Dracula if it were set in modern day LA and the vampire was a self important blood junky. Oh and Johnathan Harker was a lonely homeless teenager who desperately wants power and control over his life and Van Helsing was washed up and thought to be crazy. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Nice, a little super flash fiction. I love it. “The leaves rustled. He wasn’t alone”

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

November is completely hairless and terribly jaundiced. Their face is unknowable. Red and orange splotches mar their skin. They come with the end, your final visitor, and in their eyes you see all your life play out. Then the lights go out. #HorrorWritersChat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Hello #HorrorWritersChat! I’m Chris Sotelo. I write a bit of everything, usually tinged in horror. My current project is about a homeless teen who discovers a den of vampires operating a flophouse in Skid Row and his struggle between the draw of power and a potential family versus his morality.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Wish I had more hours in the day to write. This story is clawing to get out. How can someone with a day job squeeze more productive hours out of the day for writing? #authors #horrorwriterschat

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

The terrible things were scratching at the iron door again. A thousand tiny clawed fingers seeking purchase, begging for a way into this reality. He covered his ears to drown out the sound. Had he known of the door when he inherited the house, he would have burned it to the ground. #FlashFiction

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

The Fall of the House of Usher is really good so far. Mike Flanagan is definitely one of the best horror directors in the business right now. I can’t wait for his Dark Tower adaptation. Fingers crossed it actually happens.

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C.A. Sotelo @chrissotelowrites.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Working on a new novel and making good progress. After re-reading ‘Salem’s Lot recently I decided to take a crack at a subject that never really interested me before. Vampires. Might post the prologue. #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #Authors

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