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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

finished Eye of the Bedlam Bride (book 6 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series). Good like the rest, but really appreciated the Cattle Decapitation shout out in the book. That's right Dinniman, keep it metal #reading #bookblog #booksky #metal

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm joe and write sci-fi horror. I always liked the tree from Poltergeist. The escalation from tapping on the window to coming after their son is so good. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

They failed to put me down. These offspring will crawl up out the dirt, reaching for the sun. Nightmares will bloom. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The book I'm editing now features plants and toxins. Tried to manufacture a good time but got something far worse. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

wrapped up the 1st draft of my 5th book last night. now it's banished to the drawer while I do the final round of edits on my 3rd book. returning to a work after a break puts a lot of light on both the good and the bad #fiction #horror #writing #writingcommunity #horrorwriters #editing

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm Joe and I write sci-fi / horror mashups. Volunteering for a brain implant would require some serious circumstances. No interest in a situation where someone else's hand is on the steering wheel. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The unexpected outcomes, the loss of autonomy, misplaced trust and betrayal, pain, physical and mental failure. The relationship dynamic between the patient and the medical community invites terrifying and horrific situations. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The fine print at the bottom of the form burned against my retinas. Minor side effects. I wadded the form and wiped the blood off my face and looked at the ruined body on the floor. #HorrorWritersChat

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Cold War X Time Travel When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Nadine Flint @nadineflintbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MYTH, MUSE, MAGICIAN A Forbidden Alchemy x The Night Circus x Peaky Blinders 💫1920s-tinted grit & glamor 💫Stage Magicians 💫Slow-burn, star-crossed 💫Magical Bootlegging 💫Mental Health Rep 💫Only one trunk👀 #revpit ‘25 Winner #Q #F #RF #QuestPit #agentguide

In the background, a black and white sketch portrait of a man with short dark hair. The text reads: An Agent’s Guide to Myth, Muse, Magician by Nadine Flint 99,000 word Adult Romantic Fantasy

A black and white sketch portrait of a woman with short, dark, curly hair and a 1920s style headband. The text reads: The Pitch. Star-crossed lovers—an anxious illusionist and a claustrophobic escape artist—enter a stage magicians competition to win their freedom from their rival crime families.

In the background, a black and white sketch portrait of a man wearing a pinstriped suit. The text reads: For fans of… with book covers of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan, and Peaky Blinders.

A black and white sketch portrait of a woman wearing a flapper dress with layers of necklaces. In her hand, she holds a microphone.

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Adrienne Trinity Reina @adriennereina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New project: Those Who Carry My Bones. When the dead god's skeleton her country is built on begins to collapse, a woman must confront her past as part of the organization responsible and reverse the damage, all while falling for a man whose life she accidentally ruined. #questpit #a #f #rf #df #w

A mood board featuring pomegranates, bone fragments in dirt, rocky and foggy mountains, and a gothic cathedral. Over it, cursive text reads, "those who carry my bones."

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

'Hat' - 84K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature
moon stuff
Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. 13 Months Haunted

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

the bracket tournament was such a cool addition to RevPit! I got blown out in the 1st round, but it was great getting selected to participate! Congrats to the winner! #revpitwaiting #RevPit #RevPitBracket2026

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

latest read: Beyond the Mark - Kevin Gallant - @kevin-gallant.bsky.social - A redemption tale for a fallen, but not lost, hero. Flynn finds ways to make the right choices, even when they're harder, as he rediscovers himself. Ending leaves the possibility of a sequel. #reading #bookblog #booksky

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

latest read: Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes - A solid sci-fi and horror mashup. Evil corp? Check. Haunted ship? Check. Strong psychological elements mean a lot of the story happens the MC's head. If that's your flavor of horror, there's a lot to like here #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I feel like Annie Oakley is ready for some horrific time travel / survival problems

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Shriya is a modern MacGyver who can make anything out of anything, but she won't quit the gang she's in, despite the horrible things they do, because they took her in when no one else would

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Joe here and I write sci-fi horror, with a dash of the unexplainable. Lately, I've been enjoying the Sworn Soldier Series by Kingfisher. Good folk horror for cold nights #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

dual POV, 3rd person close. Keir Danjuma is a micro-bioligist fleeing the galaxy Benoit Adewale is a sadistic criminal tagging along on the same ship Zandrax, Matlalatzin, Wen, and Cannagh are the aliens/demons that are going to play a game with them #revpitwaiting

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A microbio engineer running from his past finds himself trapped on an interstellar transport and must find a way to survive with only convicts and demons for companions. #revpitwaiting #horror

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

latest read: Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman. I worry about books with a lot of hype, but the hype is deserved here. Delightful levels of absurdity but never forgets that it's a book about a human level extinction event told by somebody with some scores to settle #reading #bookblog #booksky

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

27 Million Parsecs to Hell Keir Danjuma is a bio-engineer who thinks he can escape his past by leaving the galaxy, but four aliens, or maybe they're demons, have decided he needs to play a game with them first 👺👹👽☣️🧬🌌🚀 #agentguide #A #H #SF

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

once again #revpit is upon us! A lot more interest in horror this year than some of the prior ones #WritingCommunity #RevPit2026 #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

latest read: Crypt of the Moon Spider - Nathan Ballingrud - beautiful and weird. It's on the shorter side, so you can lay down in the language and spend some quality time with it while it burrows into your brain #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

latest read: Into Neon - Matthew A. Goodwin - @thutoworld.bsky.social . Old fashioned cyberpunk. No surprises, but well done. More body augs than some other offerings and no punches pulled on the violence that requires new body parts. #reading #bookblog #booksky #cyberpunk

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

this is a great way to find more people in the horror community

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

two weeks of grinding out edits, but finally got last year's space horror into the hands of some beta readers. it's still rough but they're doing me a solid and putting eyes on it #fiction #horror #writing #writingcommunity #horrorwriters #editing

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

latest read: Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix. slow build and then the horror went from a 2 to a 9 in about a chapter. stayed pretty relentless for the rest of the book #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

latest read: All She Was Worth - Miyuki Miyabe - 3rd Miyabe book I've read. Just as quirky as the others. I really liked the ending, not expected. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

well, hello there Clockwork Orange, it's been a while. We're not quite to moloko vellocet yet, but it feels like 2026 is going to be the year we see caffeinated milk in schools

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

1st read of '26: Not a Speck of Light - Laird Barron - @lairdbarron.bsky.social - 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

finished the ugly 1st draft for the new WIP. faster, but messier than the one I finished back in March. guess we'll see how the edits go #fiction #horror #writing #writingcommunity #horrorwriters #editing

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

passed 30k on the new WIP over the weekend. 1st draft feels close #writingcommunity #HorrorAuthor #skywriters

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

watched Fatman this weekend and was blown away by Walter Coggins ("Skinny Man"). Every line, every action was malice and menace. Such an efficient depiction of villainy. it was amazing #villains #movies #writing #horrorwriting

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

latest read: no one will come back for us - premee mohammed - ‪@premeemohamed.com. A fun collection of (often cosmic) horror short stories. I really enjoyed that several touched the same shared world from a few different angles. The Evaluator was my fave #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

(next to) latest read: The Sleeping Dragon - Miyuki Miyabe. This was a weird mystery. What was an otherwise straightforward mystery included a couple of psychics. I don't run across a lot of speculative elements in mysteries. Fascinating. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

finished Nov. @ 22k on the new WIP. There's a solid chance I can finish the 1st draft by the end of the year #writingcommunity #HorrorAuthor #skywriters

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Ske-Lou-Ton 💀 @louwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I'm very sad to share the news that our lovely @chaoticauthor.online has passed away. His ending was peaceful and surrounded with love but came far too quickly after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. I've known Matt for years. He was a warm, gentle, generous, all-weather friend. I miss him.

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

settling in for an end of the month writing sprint with Blut Aus Nord - "Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses" #horrorwriting #amwriting #wip

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

finally broke 15k words on the new book. it still feels like a slog, but it's moving faster than the last one #writingcommunity #HorrorAuthor #skywriters

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

latest read: In a Lonely Place - Dorothy Hughes - A nice piece of noir. The time and place are familiar to fans of Raymond Chandler, but the author tells it from the POV of an emotionally unstable vet with no boundaries. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hopefully, it's an A24 production. Otherwise, it's awkward when I call out their awesomeness. Frank Miller's name might sneak in for Sin City's contribution to contemporary noir and adding monsters to the mix #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Bourbon, dim sum, and bloody red velvet cake. The booze and blood flow. And everyone likes dim sum #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Hugo Weaving is Weird Rey (antag). He radiates maniacal menace. The protag is tougher. I would need a young, charming meathead. #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I'm Joe and I write sci-fi horror. For the vibes, Blue Velvet and The Devil Conspiracy. One starts normal and takes it to an absurd extreme. The other is an absurd premise and gets told straightforward. That transition between normal and absurd is what I love and try to bring #HorrorWritersChat

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

my two favorite fake AI words of the day - volating and runctious. FWIW, I'm going to try and spend the rest of my day volating, possibly in a runctious manner #writing #horrorwriters #damnyouai

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

latest read: This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Eric LaRocca - @ericlarocca.bsky.social . Not my usual flavor of horror, but I enjoyed it. My fave - "All the Parts of You That Won't Easily Burn". A weird tale of obsession. #reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks

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joe @darknweird.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Visiting? Elisa. Not my absolute favorite, but easily the most fun. Some of those others ... not so fun. #HorrorWritersChat

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