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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thanks for another great #horrorwriterschat everyone. Today I'd like to promote Bruce Springsteen's new song Streets of Minneapolis. It chronicles some real life horror. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Hi. I’m Ian. I write bloody awful horror films. The part of me that’s the darkest is the part that writes scenes where people fornicate, defecate and elongate. #cringe

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Dr Sean Travers @seanjetravers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Me saying ‘new year new me’ at midnight

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It's clouds. Wispy and faint and somehow directed, sliding into her vision no matter how she turns her head. And every day they are nearer. #horrorwriterschat

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I don't have any specific examples, but I watched horror movies from a very young age, and honestly the music was probably what creeped me out more than anything else. I try to simulate that in my writing by coupling unsettling sounds with the character's physiological reactions. #HorrorWritersChat

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Have you heard the final boss music from the very first Silent Hill game? Not my favourite - that would be Silent Hill 4's fight with Walter in the big blood room music - but good God my nerves were rattled Imagine being an active dentist drill left on inside a garbage can

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#horrorwriterschat - “Somewhere over the rainbow.” Bloody lemon drops. Whimsy is horror.

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I use lots of music references. Music is cool. Also scratching. #horrorwriterschsmat

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hello #HorrorWritersChat! My name is Rami Ungar, I write horror and dark fantasy, and it really depends. Sometimes it's 80s music, sometimes it's musical soundtracks, occasionally it's ASMR videos on YouTube. The story will usually dictate what I'm listening to. Just as long as it's not silence!

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Rebecca Cantrell here. I write horror, mystery, thriller, comedy, whatever is shiny right this minute. When I was under contract, I was more restrained. I'm listening to Christmas music and writing Christmasy things. With blood. Otherwise I make playlists based on era and mood. #horrorwriterschat

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Kimberly Davis Basso @kdbwrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hello #horrorwriterschat - I’m Kimberly Davis Basso I write horror filled stories about ordinary things. I do not listen to music while physically writing, though I do sometimes listen to music to inspire writing, as part of the process, same way I look at art.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I'm Eryn, I write the horror. I rarely listen to music when writing: and if I do, it has to have no words in it. Mostly I listen to soundtracks, or slowed down ones, slowed down Interstellar is good. Or brown, green noise. Or nothing. I can throw down a lot of words in silence. #HorrorWritersChat

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hi. I’m Ian. I write bad horror films. I wasn’t around much last week, but Matt was a goddamn legend. Can’t be said enough. #horrorwriterschat

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Q2 This is one of Matt’s favourite questions to ask us: What does horror mean to you?

Question Two. What does horror mean to you? Quote post and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - Please like, share, and comment on other posts. No links or covers, save the self promo for the outro - Background image: a single lit candle. The image has a purple filter.

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I’m late for this. He was just generally the nicest fucking person. #horrorwriterschat

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Tom [ghostly voice] Coooooooooooombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It’s often a fear of failure, mostly economic failure. The same stuff that keeps most of us up at night, only with, say, demons. #HorrorWritersChat

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Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman @rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Bro culture is so absurd in real life that it’s easy to exaggerate and show in fiction how self-destructive it is. These “dudes” are their own worst enemies so that’s how I let their worldview bury them in the narrative.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

What scares my male characters the most is loss. Regardless of their alignment, fear of loss directs their actions: + Loss of face amongst male peers/the powerful means one holds on to power at any cost. + Fear of losing loved ones means another will go feral to protect them. #HorrorWritersChat

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Scribbler Johnny He/him @scribblerjohnny.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#HorrorWritersChat great question! I covered this in Q3. Zach is a trans man who begins his transition at college and his fears are built around loss of self. Andy fears violence, Carl fears rejection, and Will is afraid of his sexuality being used against him.

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#horrorwriterschat - Dracula. He has no nose. How does he smell?

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Say what you will about Trump, but given what he likely has it’s disgusting that people around him are allowing him to remain as President. Both the likely ailments worsen under stressful situations.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hi #HorrorWritersChat. Once again it is Oli Jacobs, crafter of cosmic horrors here, invading your feeds. And what brought fear upon young OJ? Bridges. Even now I fear they may collapse, but my dad stomping on one to reassure me was ill-conceived...

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I'm Amber, a horror and dark fiction writer from central Maine. I write all kinds of horror, most with cults or ghosts. I spent my first four years in a Pentecostal church, so my biggest fear growing up was hell. #HorrorWritersChat

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hi! I'm Rebecca! I write a mix of fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mystery and romance. (Or some mishmash thereof.) My childhood fears included spiders, cockroaches and The Ring (amongst other things). #HorrorWritersChat

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

#horrorwriterschat Hi I’m Ian. I’m actually writing a novel now - time travel horror. Oooh. My childhood fear is Batman throwing me off a cathedral.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

So, greetings, #HorrorwritersChat bods. I be Eryn, one of your co-hosts for this mighty event. I write psychological and supernatural horror, and I was always terrified of the dark as a kid. Or more importantly, what lurked out there in the dark.

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Emma Fraser @frazbelina.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Wrote about this week's episode of The Morning Show and its cautionary tale www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the...

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#HorrorWritersChat I really don't have a favorite character. I have a favorite type - angry men and women seeking revenge. The more outlandish and ridiculous the reward the better. I like karma stories. They're satisfying. I write other horrors but that's a popular theme of mine.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Magaliiiiiiiii! Why they are here? Because they know we're in need of some shit solving. And they're my favourite because they are cool as fuck. #HorrorWritersCHat

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#horrorwriterschat Johnny Thunder. He’s the kung fu man. He wants be to finish Kung Fu Island Two.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#HorrorWritersChat hmmmmm. Some of mine will not help you, I fear. Writing into Atticus, with open dyslexia font. Listening to brown noise. Lifting weights between scenes. They're certainly strange!

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So... using my latest book, Welcome to Ferrendale (cheap plug), as the subject, my inspirations were... Salt Marie Celeste - Nurse with Wound (music) Shadow over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft (book) The Wicker Man (film) The Thing (film) #HorrorWritersChat

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#HorrorWritersChat My three big tools for writing: 1. My music apps. I like ambient, New Age, trance, and techno when I write. Which genre depends upon what I'm writing. 2. A drink - flavored seltzer, iced tea, or champagne. 3. An interdimensional portal that drops great ideas into to my lap.

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Ooh! My current WIP is a gestalt creature made from many abandoned ideas now come together to creat something new But I'll give it a go BOOKS - Watchmen FILMS - Angel Heart MUSIC - Mezzanine by Massive Attack ART - Saturn Devouring His Son How's that slice of pie?

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Ian @deathyboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#horrorwriterschat Weapons. Pulp Fiction. Boogie Nights. That time I fell over in someone’s garden after a 21st birthday party.

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hello, #HorrorWritersChat! I'm Trish Wilson, Media Director for The Horror Zine. I write cozy horror and horror comedy. My dream writing room sits inside an old stone cottage with stained glass windows. My garden has steps leading down to a beach. Gentle rain and ghosts keep me company.

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