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Charles Barouch @hdwp.com · 05/08/2026

Performances by @drforge.bsky.social, Debra Every, Lily Chambers Story by Charles Barouch www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVna...

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Quick Bites s2e12 Table read of The Other Thing They're Good At

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I’m ecstatic to share that I placed first in the inaugural year of NYC Midnight’s Scary Story Challenge! Having a 2nd win of a major writing contest is a milestone like nothing else I’ve experienced. I’m humbled, honored, and grateful for this opportunity to showcase my love of #horror storytelling.

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Happy post-Halloween #caturday from Hannabelle the Cannibal!

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#tbr tower got so tall it spawned a cute gremlin

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

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Horror Losers @horrorlosers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

September 30th October 1st

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Happy #caturday from Hanna Belle the Cannonball, her capybara, and the paw scrapes she left on the window from trying to commune with the crows in the yard!

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iA @ia.net · 11/09/2025

Congratulations to D.R. Forge and the top finishers in this year's @nycmidnight.bsky.social Short Story Challenge! 🥳 It's been our pleasure to be a title sponsor and we'd like to thank the 5,800+ writers who participated.

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

So 2025 is set to be one of the best years of my life. I’m utterly blown away to have my story chosen for first place. Amazed and humbled to be among the top writers in this contest. Thank you @nycmidnight.bsky.social and congratulations to everyone! #nycmidnight #shortstory

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Paula @totallypaula.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it. ~ David Sedaris #booksky #quote

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Lara Frater, Author @larafraterauthor.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

For those who missed me on Galactic Terrors Live, here you go! I'm reading from Stuck in the Middle and please listening to the other two amazing authors Leanna and Kate! www.youtube.com/live/GZ7x3nW... #Girlpower

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Galactic Terrors August 2025

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Awesome discussion about #mentalhealth and #horror and absolutely stellar readings! Well done @jonfrater.bsky.social, @hdwp.com and @chwallisuk.bsky.social

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

As of this weekend, I can finally do a pull-up! So that’s pretty much my whole personality now. Also, CABIN is still at the top of new releases in #horror anthologies on Amazon, which is pretttttty rad

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Happy #Caturday from my little wingless batcat!

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Top 50 in American Horror on the zon! So unreal as an indie author. Thank you to everyone in the horror community who's supported us so far, it's so freaking cool and deeply appreciated. <3

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I was on Reddit today, going through the book recommendations. It's quite fun. I don't recommend my own. I recommend other authors instead. And I know for a fact that one Bluesky author just maybe got a sale. Or got new eyes on their work anyway. I'm happy.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hey hey! I'm Michael, I write queer cosmic and supernatural horror. Just one??? It's a tough call, but I think my answer is Nadja from What We Do in the Shadows. Sure, it's comedy, but she is also absolutely happy to kill. I like vamps to have a monster and a human side. #HorrorWritersChat

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Great job hosting #HorrorWritersChat, Mary. A few days ago, I posted a story for the #ShadowBoxArchives involving an eldritch horror and an old lady driving. It's paywalled now, but it becomes free on Sunday, link below. If anyone wants to read it before then, you have to become at least a 5$ tier.

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Thank you Mary for hosting! Loved the questions. 🧛‍♀️ The next Graveside Press anthology releases next month. Theme: cryptids! #HorrorWritersChat gsp-shop.fourthwall.com/products/wha...

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What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology

THIS IS A PREORDER. You will receive a link with your ebook from BookFunnel on August 29th, 2025.

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☥ 𝔗𝔞𝔩𝔦 𝔊𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔰 ☥ @wishiwozacat.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Sometimes when I feel stuck with a piece it can help to get into a discussion about it with friends—I truly love my friends’ brains—. When that’s not an option just sitting down with a book, a videogame or whatever it is that caters to my weekly obsessions will do the trick:)

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Thanks for running the chat this week, @marywyrd.bsky.social! My latest dystopian culinary grief novel, WHERE THE SOUL GOES, is having its cover reveal and pre-order announcement at 6 PM EST/3PM PST. Influenced by Anthony Bourdain, Simon Stalenhag, and Hunter S. Thompson! #horrorwriterschat

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Engaging with any and all art forms, really. Movies, music, games, books, visual art, people watching at IRL work, eavesdropping in public convos (shhh lmao). I struggle a lot with taking breaks to replenish, despite knowing it's a must to prevent burnout and lack of "flow". #HorrorWritersChat

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Raven Marie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Splatterpunk Author. @macabretavern.substack.com · 16/07/2025

Hello #HorrorWritersChat It's me! Yanni! I am all over the spectrum when it comes to writing horror, but I do adore splatterpunk. My favorite vampire? Eric Northman.

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#horrorwriterschat I had to skip out for a day job call, but closing in with the outro: spending time outside, ideally in the woods. Walking, running, hiking. Always have great ideas there. One of the best being to just go full cottagecore, build myself a little cabin and never leave (so tempting!)

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Rebecca Cantrell @rebeccacantrell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I'm Rebecca Cantrell and I write thriller horror, including some with vampires in it. I co-wrote THE BLOOD GOSPEL with James Rollins and I like the animal vampires we created there, particularly the bats who could send images to their creator who was trapped in a cave for decades #horrorwriterschat

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Tom Coombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hello everyone. I'm Tom Coombe, a writer of short horror/weird stories based in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, USA. It's very hard to pick a favorite vampire, so let's go with Kurt Barlow in Salem's Lot (the novel) and Gary Oldman's take on Dracula. #HorrorWritersChat

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Bitey bitey! Ooh what a question! Hi all, I am Eryn, I'm a horror writer, mostly psychological and Gothic. My favourite vampire... probably Carmilla. Although I'm quite fond of one I'm ghost writing just now! #HorrorWritersChat

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Tashi Saheb-Ettaba @tashise.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hello, #HorrorWritersChat! I’m Tashi and I love adding my own spin on yokai tales for MG and YA. Well, I have to blame my mom for getting me hooked on the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice. But I also miss the silly vampires from What We Do in the Shadows.

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I'm Abigail. I write slow burn, gothic, & grief horror often historical settings. Usually I say I don't like vampires but somehow I keep reading books & watching shows featuring them. (I'm looking at you Sinners!) Atl from "Certain Dark Things" is one of the best vamps! #HorrorWritersChat

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Nick Badot @nickbadot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hey #HorrorWritersChat I'm Nick, and I love to write historical horror or horror that blends with fantasy/sf. As for my vanpires... I like 'em monstrous and ancient. Think House of Ashes (Dark Pictures game) or Midnight Mass (show) Or the ones in Blindsight by Peter Watts

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 16/07/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Hi, I'm Blair. I'm a comic creator who recently found himself working on and writing a lot of horror comics. And I'm torn with the Universal Lugosi Dracula, and the more extreme Nosferatu designs.

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I would so adopt a vampire bat.

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Scribbler Johnny He/him @scribblerjohnny.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#HorrorWritersChat I'm Scribbler Johnny, purveyor of romantasy and spookery. My favorite vampire is the Volpertinger, because nobody suspects a bunny.

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DJW 🎨 🔞 @djwaglmuffin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I'm DJW and I am in the cosmic horror game! Oh yes, it's a game. And you KNOW asking me a vampire question is dangerous. I love vampires. I love my own vampires BUT, second to that, I like the vampires in Cronos. I thought @realgdt.bsky.social's parasite angle is interesting. #HorrorWritersChat

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Alexander Hay @alexanderhay.myatproto.social · 16/07/2025

I remain, as ever, myself, and I write across the horror spectrum. As for vampires, I have recently been thinking a lot about the psi-energy eating, zombie-creating blighters featured in the very first Wh40k rulebook. I'm old school like that. #HorrorWritersChat

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hi. I'm Anna. I mostly do cosmic and eco-horror. I very much liked the Sinners vampires. I also liked the TMA take on vampires - not sexy immortals but sort of human-shaped alien mosquitos. #HorrorWritersChat

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Ryan Van Ells @ryanvanellswrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#HorrorWritersChat Hi, I'm Ryan. I write horror and dark fantasy. I try to write broadly, but like character-focused, high concept stories the most. As for favorite vampire, there's too many to choose from! But if I have to...

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#HorrorWritersChat (@marywyrd.bsky.social included the hashtag as promised! :) ) D.R. Forge #horromance And this last one is a tough call. Absolute favorite vampire-like creature are irl vampire bats. Fictionally, it's so hard. Maybe Only Lovers Left Alive (if you held a stake to my heart)

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

long shot Tuesday! RT with yours. @realgdt.bsky.social I really think you’d enjoy my debut paranormal thriller WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO. DM and I’ll send you a copy! ps: no idea what sorcery @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social used for the cover but when the sun hits it it actually glows like this 🖤🙌🖤

cover for Peter Rosch’s debut novel What The Dead Can Do

back of novel with some banger blurbs from some insanely talented authors.

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A young child’s fate is at stake in a deadly battle between his deceased parents in this gripping and profoundly original psychological thriller, perfect for fans of What Have You Done and Middle of the Night.

When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish—with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who’s entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his late parents’ wishes.

From the afterlife, Ethan’s parents, Tag and Amanda, watch helplessly as Nicole’s secret addictions, the family’s financial struggles, and the public’s fascination with their story ignite events that threaten their son’s welfare.

Soon, Amanda’s grief turns into an insidious obsession: Ethan belongs with her and no one else, and she sets out to reunite with her son by any means possible—including killing Ethan herself.

After Amanda learns how to possess the living, only Tag stands in her way. He must protect his child, even if the consequences of his actions mean he may never see his wife or son again.

What the Dead Can Do is a dark, psychological, speculative thriller tinged with horror, destined to keep readers’ minds spinning long after the final page.

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I have no idea if #horrorbookreview is an actual thread but I’m excited to shout-out @ahawaiianshirt.bsky.social and @chwallisuk.bsky.social and my upcoming reviews of their #horror anthologies (I know that one works).

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Hype for the #cabinanthology - still at #1 New Release in fiction anthologies (2 weeks after release!). Support from the #horror community has been absolutely incredible so far, but a special shout-out to @jonathanreddoch.bsky.social and @elizabethsuggs.bsky.social 🖤

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The cool kids let me write a story in their #horror anthology and now we’re all the number 1 new release on Amazon this holiday weekend (talk about fireworks 🧨) @cryptidmuse.bsky.social

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Got to hang out with some of the most talented authors I’ve ever met, thank you for making #StokerCon such a blast ♥️

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D.R. Forge @drforge.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This was a blast to collaborate on! 17 authors, one very messed-up cabin.

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