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Erik McHatton

@erikmchatton.bsky.social
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Parent/Husband/Writer/Layabout. He/Him. Email: erikmchatton@gmail.com linktr.ee/erikmchatton

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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A lot has and will be said about @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN, but having just finished it this afternoon, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. First off, I loved it. THREAD
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I put together some of my favorite reads of the year so far. If you're looking for a horror or weird recommendation, this is the place! /thread
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Horror-Reads @horrorreads.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Here are three relentlessly terrifying horror books to give you sleepless nights! Featuring @cgolden.bsky.social Matt Clark and @pollyschattel.bsky.social youtu.be/5tug6TZw8Xw?...
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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My buddy @eerieyore.bsky.social has a story in @tenebrouspress.bsky.social's "Brave New Weird Vol. 4!" Really proud of TJ, and am so happy for him. Check it out. store.tenebrouspress.com/products/bra...
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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is an incredible deal. Two amazing books for 2 bucks! Snap this up quick.
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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Chiroptera Press, Ligotti's primary publisher these days, gave us all a gift for his birthday: the news that he's working on a new collection of stories, likely to be published next year, his first new book of fiction in over 10 years.
Facebook post from Chiroptera Press, who seem not to be on Bsky: "We’d like to wish a Happy Birthday to one of the greatest writers of horror fiction, Thomas Ligotti. For those who would be curious to know, Tom has been doing very well and over the past year has been putting his pen to work. Sometime next year we will see his first major collection since The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and we couldn’t be more excited about it. We can’t say much about the contents as of now, other than this will be his most personal work to date. Wishing peace and a relaxing day to a legend!"
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
FUCK IT. I’ll start posting it here. I’ll feed it to you in pieces.
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
WELCOME TO THE THIRTY-666 PITCH-A-THON! As we know, there’s only one thing authors really want on their birthdays, and it’s to be read. /THREAD
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If your publisher uses AI art, they're bad at their job. Full stop. When a publisher claims they can't afford to invest in your cover art, what they're really saying is that they can't sell your book. /THREAD O'CLOCK
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Horror-Reads @horrorreads.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Here are three absolutely mind blowing horror books that'll twist your brain into balloon animals! Featuring @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @authorjohnfranz.bsky.social and Jerry Barksdale. youtu.be/xZ98ja6jj6I?...
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Michael Wehunt @michaelwehunt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I'm pretty floored that I seem to have won a Bram Stoker Award for First Novel! 😱 Thank you to everyone who voted for The October Film Haunt, and congratulations to all the winners and nominees. What a ballot and what a horror community!
Photo of the novel The October Film Haunt with a Bram Stoker Award Winner badge
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If this doesn't make you want to check out THE PSYCHOGRAPHIST, I don't know what will.
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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Donate to Help Save the Bravest Boy, Leo Williams, organized by Richard Snowden-Leak
From the moment we set eyes on Leo, we knew he was going to be a goober. … Richard Snowden-Leak needs your support for Help Save the Bravest Boy, Leo Williams
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
THE CORPSE PRIEST is dark, horrific sword and sorcery. Flesh towers, revenants, philosophical pessimism, weird religion, and lots and lots of blood. Get it wherever you like to buy books.
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Best part of sending a novel off to betas, is starting a new novel. Inspirations for this one.
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Dead Languages Podcast @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Establish a self-care routine. Breathe into your toes. Because we're going to fuck you up with some inflammatory and reductive writing opinions! This week: Hot Takes. open.spotify.com/episode/2qKR...
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me @virusofminora.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🖤☠️MEET @calebbethea.bsky.social, BRAVE NEW WEIRD AWARD WINNER🖤☠️ In "Glitter in Your Eyes", a sleep paralysis demon slits its own throat & bleeds glitter into the eyes of a different patron each night. Y'know, that doesn't sound so bad, actually! Preorder BNW Vol. 4: store.tenebrouspress.com
Red and black graphic box featuring cover art by Matt Blairstone; a human form seated, one hand on a book emblazoned with the Tenebrous skull & laurel. Where the screen cuts from red to black, the flesh is stripped from the human, exposing its skeleton. It thrusts its harm into the air, transforming into a death's head moth. It looks pretty cool.
And then there's a picture of the author next to it, who looks even cooler.
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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It’s a self-promo kinda day. This week I’m on the @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social with @erikmchatton.bsky.social talking slashers w/ @carsonwinter.bsky.social & @authorplm.bsky.social for 2+ hours. And believe it or not we stay on topic for at least 50% of the time! 😅
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Comedy Podcast · Updated Weekly · Authors P.L. McMillan and Carson Winter have joined forces to have lively, irreverent, and hopefully helpful conversations on the craft of writing horror fiction. Exp...
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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Hey, come listen to me be real unreasonable about the slasher genre.
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
THE CORPSE PRIEST has been out for one month and I couldn't be happier with how many people picked it up. Sales are kind of a dirty word in the indie book sphere, but I thought it might be fun and informative to be a little transparent about where these sales came from and how. /THREAD
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Dead Languages Podcast @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Recording an episode on slashers with the passionate @erikmchatton.bsky.social and @patrickbarb.bsky.social
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
COVER REVEAL for issue 71! Cover art by Jakub Jagoda and featuring stories by Mary Magagna, Eliott Gish, Akis Linardos, Allison Mulder, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Matthew MacDonald, Nicole Duff, and Leonora Lewis!
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Dead Languages Podcast @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This week, Carson talks about everything that went into bringing THE CORPSE PRIEST to life from a publishing and marketing perspective! open.spotify.com/episode/22zq...
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RSLjnr @rsljnr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
my article is up about weird fiction in weird, horrifying times, and the community that forms around people trying to wrestle their fears together! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
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The H Word: Why Do We Like the Weird? - Nightmare Magazine
I, like many of us, am always scared. A friend of mine once asked me why. And the first thing that came to my head was to show him Junji Ito’s “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.”
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The reviews are trickling in. Thank you @erikmchatton.bsky.social 💀A death-obsessed hero on a philosophical quest ⚔️Sword and sorcery carnage 🐙Cosmic horror of reality-shattering proportions THE CORPSE PRIEST is out now wherever you buy books. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR5SCNZ6/
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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Corpse Priest releases today!Carson really outdid himself with this one. A perfect example of how to bring classic weird horror fantasies to a current audience, while innovating at the same time. Check it out.
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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One of the big inspirations for Rachael in Crawl Space was myself, or at least my career, but we'll get to that soon. First, I wanted to talk about archaeology. Archaeology is a big tent profession. There are lots of different disciplines that are part of archaeology 1/10
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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The closing story in Frost Zone Stories book 3 is "Going Last" by SJ Townend @sjtownend.bsky.social books2read.com/u/mvgvoJ www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...
cover of Frost Zone Stories book 3 on left: black cover FROST ZONE in white, below which is a green oval shape with type, S T O R I E S. Image is black and white antique etching of woods and stream into which a troll-like figure has been added in the shadows and a tall, thin man with slouchy top hat, pirate boots, long black coat, and skeleton face and hands. He is scattering stars to the ground atop a tiny hare. On the right: SJ Townend "Going Last" Forgive my rant--please, forgive my rant-- but I think I'm about to inhale a fresh ghost. ... And what's growing in my brain, the iniquitous curse that brought me to this hospice, is also running out of room ... As over-accommodated as I am, loneliness drapes over my sloped shoulders like an oversized coat. This, I suppose, is the burden of being the last to go.  Frost Zone Stories Book 3, Spring 2026
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Melody E. McIntyre @melodyemcintyre.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Back with another SSBA Finalist Spotlight! www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2026/01/cars... Today, it's Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social author of A Spectre is Haunting Greentree! @specawards.bsky.social
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Carson Winter - A Spectre is Haunting Greentree - SSBA Horror Finalist
Hello again! Slight schedule change on the SSBA posts. Last time, I promised 1 every Sunday, but instead I got sick and missed one. The curr...
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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Congrats to our nominees! @emmaemurray.bsky.social @erikmchatton.bsky.social @chazzaroo.bsky.social @robgrim.bsky.social @chloe-york.bsky.social @leonardolam.bsky.social
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Can any of you name the band who's song this story is named after? Start the week with some free fiction from frequent CHM collaborator Erik McHatton: bit.ly/49vrc2y
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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Alright, I did the Year in Review thing. Bad year? Or good year with bad expectations? You be the judge. mailchi.mp/b541c2a43694...
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Our next submission call is right around the corner. Check out our guidelines to learn more: bit.ly/3FZcgMA
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
A collection.
A drawing of shelves containing pieces of corpses, dead insects and strange taxidermy.
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
There’s no better artist than nature and these fuckers gotta bastardize it with the computer.
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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 12/12/2025
🦑 Episode 1007… “The first person to see the wave was a fisherman.” The Children of the Event, by Carson Winter Narrator: Matt Arnold Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Graeme Dunlop pseudopod.org/2025/12/12/p... This story was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’
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PseudoPod 1007: The Children of the Event
The first person to see the wave was a fisherman. Like most of his kind, he was strong, fond of water, and a heavy drinker; he wore rubber boots and a yellow coat slicked with salmon guts.
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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
There are now three ways you can subscribe to Grimdark Magazine! 👉 Print subscription through Grimdark Magazine 👉 Add a print copy to your @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social subscription 👉 e-zine subscription through our Patreon Find out more: grimdarkmagazine.com/subscriptions/
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
What's on your holiday wish list this year for cosmic horror and weird fiction themed stuff? I'm on the lookout for Joel Lane books and Keith Rosson's COFFIN MOON.
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I think guy might be my favorite thing I’ve drawn this year
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Nother cool commission today (For Astralscholar1811 on Tumblr)
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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#recentlywatched (recently is doing a heavy lift here but bear w/ me it’s been quite a month) The Burning (in 4K). Come see Jason Alexander as the most 30-something teenager. The raft scene remains an all-timer though.
The Burning 4K
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chmmagazine.bsky.social @chmmagazine.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
CHM will be open for submissions at the beginning of the new year! Read our guidelines here: bit.ly/3FZcgMA
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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
#buymybooks working on edits and author notes (yes this’ll have author notes) for what I hope’ll be my next collection, got me thinking about my debut collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING. People who’ve read it dig it. I only wish MORE people would read it…and dig it. (Also in PB, ebook, & audio)
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Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories
A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.   In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, t...
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🔥💀LA MANTIA!💀🔥 @lamantia.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Pierce King @pierceking.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Finally wrote my review for @erikmchatton.bsky.social 's Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void. A great weird fiction collection! pierceking.com/2025/11/11/s...
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Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void: Short Story Collection Review
The Author Erik McHatton’s passion for horror literature began in grade school and can be credited to an early fascination with the “Terrific Triples” horror collections of Helen Hoke. He began wri…
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Dead Languages Podcast @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Part 2 of our annual DnD episode is up! Featuring @ninamiller.bsky.social @kaidelmas.bsky.social and @erikmchatton.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/6gc6...
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Episode 134: The Annual Dead Languages DnD Extravaganza (Part 2)
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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
"Something I’ve learned is to be relentless about only writing things I want to write and not worrying about what someone else may or may not want to read. There’s no other way to write honestly." -interview with @benlockwood.bsky.social ivygrimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
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Interview with Ben Lockwood
eco-horrific, eco-surrealist, eco-weird
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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
What debut horror novels were your favorite this year? Also, if you're a debut horror writer, feel free to share your book below! I want to be sure I'm reading all the horror! 🖤🖤🖤
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a close up of a woman 's face with blood on it and the words `` are you scared ? ''
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with blood on it and the words `` are you scared ? ''
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