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J.A.W. McCarthy

@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
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2x Bram Stoker & 2x Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Author of SLEEP ALONE and SOMETIMES WE’RE CRUEL. Stories: Best Horror of the Year Vol 13, PseudoPod, Vastarien, The Dark, more. Cat & lipstick enthusiast. She/Jen. Rep: Lane Heymont. jawmccarthy.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please share so others can join. I just met with the librarian and this is going to be really fun and different.
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 27/09/2026
Encouraging anyone interested in ambiguous erotic difficult queer fiction with lots of giallo guts to request & review. Think of it as unsolved mysteries with butt sex. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seattle area horror people! I’ll be signing books at Lost the Plot’s Bookish Bazaar inside Old Stove Gardens (Ballard) on Sun Oct 4 at 2pm. Stop by for a pint and some Halloween season book browsing, maybe even get a tattoo! Excited to meet some fellow local authors and pick up some new books 🎃
Bookish Bazaar October 4th 2pm - 7pm at Old Stove Gardens. Books, authors, bookish merch, jewelry, tattoos, and more!Bookish Bazaar featured author. My headshot (woman with dark wavy hair and dark lipstick wearing an anxiety ghost black sweatshirt) surrounded by covers of Sleep Alobe and Sometimes We’re Cruel.
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Eric Raglin @ericraglin1992.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lots of writing courses price out folks on a budget, but this one won't! Join my affordable Cursed Classroom this November where you'll learn how to write effective short horror fiction and submit your work to markets. Details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...
Now Accepting Applications for
CURSED CLASSROOM
What is it?
A month-long class taught by Eric Raglin this November.   It’s geared toward newish writers who want to improve their short horror fiction writing skills and learn how to submit work for publication.
How much does it cost?
Five of the slots cost $100, and the other five are completely FREE, thanks to anonymous donors.
I’m Interested! How do I join the course?
Check out the specific course details here:                             https://ericraglin.com/classes-and-editorial-services/

Then, email me at ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com. 
I’ll get back to you quickly!
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve learned from some very cool people that today is Bisexual Visibility Day. So today is a good day to remind you that like me, all of my main characters are bisexual and biracial. It’s not always explicit, but I hope they’re proudly visible today 💕
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D. Matthew Urban @breathinghead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exciting announcement!! I'm thrilled to be working with Cursed Morsels again to set a new collection of weird horrors loose in your neighborhood. Can't wait for everyone to see what's behind door number zero 🚪👀😱
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Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
First listen to the upcoming audiobook of my novella, Pieties, read by @raincorbyn.bsky.social from haruspex-audio.com! It rules, and I'm excited that this should be out in the world at Halloween! #audiobook #audiobooksky #queerhorror
Book cover of Pieties expanded editionby Marc Ruvolo. Green bamboo with a desecrated mother Mary statue.
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sleep Alone by JAW McCarthy. A beautiful queer succubus tale with a WOC MC. It did get a couple of award nominations but this is a novella I stayed up all night finishing because it got the literary queer tone/atmosphere perfectly. I love this little book. I wish it was a best seller.
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ditto this. SLEEP ALONE is gorgeous and unique, and it has this tone of somber loneliness and the ache of finding a cure for that loneliness in someone like yourself, even if you see yourself as monstrous. I love it and I wish more books could capture its rare atmosphere. Hell, I wish *I* could.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
SKIN THIEF is a gorgeous collection. It haunts me with its power, defiance, and beauty. I love the idea of Sleep Alone standing next to it.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just listened to this one and not only does @toddkeisling.com’s story of childhood shame and cruelty hit hard, but so do @alasdairstuart.com’s comments after. Listen to this one all the way through. Pseudopod is doing excellent work, as always.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She has arrived! Thank you @tmbwrites.bsky.social for this ferocious fanged hot pink leather beauty A TASTE OF REVOLUTION! This is such a fun, exciting, satisfying read full of cool bonuses like chapter art, playlist, and a drink recipe. Grab a copy of your own today or at Tiffany’s LA launch 10/3
Paperback cover featuring a sexy blue haired vampire in hot pink leather holding a syringe and baring her fangs. Title page signed by author Tiffany Michelle Brown: Jen, do crime, fall in love, fight for what you believe in!Back cover copy with graffiti hot pink fanged lips
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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY! Southern California friends, I'm hosting a launch party for A Taste of Revolution on Saturday, October 3rd, 7-9pm at Studious Coworking in Chinatown. Kick off spooky season by celebrating my new book, a vampire romance with big eat-the-rich, pop-punk vibes!
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT is out today! In 1994, three girls go to the movies to see an obscure film. Only one comes out. 30 years later, the survivor learns the movie isn't done with her yet. Now playing in a bookstore near you 😈📽️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827994...
Hailey Piper in a red dress holding a copy of her book This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, cover art by Julia Lloyd, showing a fedora over a suit, but there's no one inside except the light of a projector. Out of the book juts a ticket for Blood-Curse of the Toad Man.
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Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another cat out of the bag! Yours truly will be featured in Diane Morgan’s new CUNK ON CINEMA as the resident horror specialist! THE coolest experience of ever! Hope I don’t look like a jackass….love me anyway! 🖤🖤🖤
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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In case you missed it, my werewolves are lurking nearby... 🐺🖤🐺 I'm over at my blog today, talking all about my forthcoming novel, Everything Looks Better in Red! Queer feminist werewolves! Lots of rage! Available now for pre-order! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/cover-r...
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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think it’s condescending to assume readers of all class experiences and education can’t handle poetic prose. It may not be for everyone in terms of taste but I trust in my readers to handle it if they want to.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very happy to receive my contributor copy of EAT THE RICH from @atomiccarnival.bsky.social ! Check out the TOC. I have a feeling this one is going to be deliciously cathartic. Incl my story “Sip Slowly. Enjoy” about surviving a self styled benevolent guardian landlord and their dirty secret.
Paperback of EAT THE RICH on a wooden table. The cover features a big knife stabbed through a stack of red meat. TOC pageFirst page of my story “Sip Slowly. Enjoy”
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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Southern California friends! I'm excited to announce that I'll have a table at Spinal Dread: Horror Literature and Culture Festival hosted by the incredible Anaheim Library on Saturday, September 26, 10am - 4pm.
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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
local fruit thinks that you'll enjoy Gore Poetics (my collection published by @cursedmorsels.bsky.social); news at eleven
A photograph of me, a long-haired Latin trans masculine person with an opal bridge piercing and multiple ear and nose piercings, holding a copy of my collection, "Gore Poetics." I'm hiding behind the book.A photograph of me, a long-haired Latin trans masculine person with an opal bridge piercing and multiple ear and nose piercings, holding a copy of my collection, "Gore Poetics." I'm holding the book next to my face and smiling.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
TO BE DEVOURED is one of the finest examples of sapphic cannibalism I’ve read. It’s a feast of disturbing and complicated obsession and devotion. Absolutely love this book.
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sometimes I wish the general SFFH industry at large would admit, and when I say at large I include everyone writers, publishers, and other entities, that there has been a big turn against Black and brown writers and then also within that group queer, women, disabled people
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 01/09/2026
Highlighting that you can read & review via Netgalley however that works...I'm psyched to hear what readers think of this one; good, bad, mixed up...messed up...it's always fascinating to me! Grab an ARC & leave a review, please & thank you.
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Got a fresh shipment of Under a Malevolent Eye paperbacks! This anthology of surveillance horror and Weird fiction features some of the strangest and darkest stories we've published yet. It's both surreal and too real. Snag a copy: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/unde...
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Under a Malevolent Eye paperback | Cursed Morsels Press
A plague of eyes descends upon a fascist-occupied city. After a woman gets an illegal abortion, her period-tracking app threatens to turn her in. A government agent becomes dangerously obsessed with t...
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Alex Ebenstein @alexebenstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Release day! My next middle grade horror book, THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE, is out now! Always a bit surreal putting a book out into the world. No idea what happens next with it, but that's okay. Creating the book is the whole point for me, and anything that comes after is a bonus.
Front cover of THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE by A.J. Stein. Image also indicates A.J. Stein is a pen name of Alex Ebenstein. The book is middle grade horror, and it is out now.

THE LEGEND OF LOST LAKE

Jackson ’s favorite part of summer is going to the family cottage on Lost Lake. Even better is getting to stay for a whole week, spending as much time fishing as possible.

Who cares if they ’re in the middle of a heatwave with no rain. It ’s really no problem when he can just go swimming to cool off. Right?

What then, made that large splash over in the lily pads? And why is that odd, old man down the road warning about some mysterious legend, and telling Jackson, no matter what, to stay out of the water?
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Placing this here in case folks can send coins, or boost the signal, thank you for considering -- I know there are a lot of folks out there in bad situations: www.gofundme.com/f/help-eva-s...
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Donate to Help Eva Stay Safely Housed, organized by Eva Roslin
Hi everyone, I need help to keep paying the rent and not be forced to move back into an ab… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva Stay Safely Housed
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T.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey #Albuquerque peeps -- I'm joining @atomiccarnival.bsky.social at @booksonthebosque.bsky.social on Sunday, Sept 6 for the official Eat the Rich book launch. Come visit us to talk about our favorite ways a billionaire can get got.
A lockup of my headshot and the Eat the Rich book cover showing September 6 at 2 pm at books on the Bosque
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 27/08/2026
Such a thrill to have my story in this excellent issue of @translunartl.bsky.social !
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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some stories come along right when you need them. Sleep Alone is a story of loneliness, regret, and love. It's also a queer story of sex and rock 'n roll. I absolutely loved it. Can't recommend it enough. @jawmccarthy.bsky.social
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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
LAUNCH DAY!!! Do you like vampires? Enemies-to-lovers romance? Action-packed schemes to take down bullshit political regimes? Boy, do I have a novella for you! Available everywhere(ish)! (Amazon is being Amazon, so the ebook is available; paperback should be out tomorrow. Why? I don't know. 🤷)
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two more days until EAT THE RICH! I’m so excited to have my story “Sip Slowly. Enjoy” included. Check out this TOC—there’s gonna be some delicious vengeance served in this one 🔪 🥩 www.atomiccarnivalbooks.com/books/eat-th...
Eat the Rich August 27 Atomic Carnival Books. Cover shows a big knife skewering some juicy red meat.
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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In-flight entertainment ✈️📚💙 @jawmccarthy.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
i’m so tired of watching every good person i know suffer for doing the right thing and every bad person i know get rewarded for being bad. it just wears you down. i know life isn’t fair, but goddamn
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This story is based on my own experience with sleep paralysis and a recurring dream I’ve had for years. Thank you to @havenspec.bsky.social for letting me get this (demon) off my chest!
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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
this collection has the juice!!
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 18/08/2026
Would you believe 3 of my books are available to purchase and that buying or reviewing them helps me write more? Links here, plus a few you can't buy anymore to make you suffer envy. horrorsong.blog/books/
Sutter Cane fan asking Sam Neill, "Do you read Joe Koch?" Sam at Weirdpunk Books made this.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I missed this last week bc I’m a terrible book parent, but… My collection SOMETIMES WE’RE CRUEL is 5 yrs old! Thank you to everyone who’s read my short fiction. I didn’t know I could do it and then I did it and it turns out I love writing shorts. Delusions, doppelgängers, invasive ghosts & more!
Me, a woman with light skin and reddish brown hair wearing a black shirt and holding up a book with a magenta cover, 5 yrs ago when the book was released.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION is a strange and unforgettable maze, so grab a copy now
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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My story from this recent @chmmagazine.bsky.social issue is now on the site free to read:
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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My most recently completed painting, 24 by 24 inches, acrylic.
Mosaic-like painting, mostly abstract, with an oddly shaped moon at its center.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thank you to A.C. Wise for reviewing @khoreo.bsky.social Issue 5.4! You can read and listen to all the incredible stories for free, including my story “The Body is a Cage Opened Only By Fire” perfectly narrated by Rebecca Jensen Uesugi.
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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I've got a horror collection coming out in October! I'm a self-pubbed author, so shares, adding on Goodreads, and reading/reviewing ARCs helps SO MUCH! #booksky ARCS 👇 BookSirens: booksirens.com/book/SEXVNR7... (Mutuals can request directly from me!) Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
A graphic featuring the cover of Death in Its Many Forms, depicting a submerged, bound young woman staring out at the reader, surrounded by text with the release date of October 2nd, ten story titles, and ARCs available through BookSirens.
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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Another year older. Finishing my second novel while the first one is on sub. Hoping they both find a home in the coming year. Meanwhile, I’ve got cats and cake and that’s pretty awesome.
Me, a woman with dark wavy hair and light skin wearing all black standing in front of a wooden fence.
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Cheat code for creatives: if you let your personal sadness and genuine soul-deep horniness into your art, it's pretty much immune to being co-opted by modern fascists, who focus mainly on selling a wholesome heartland that they can use as an excuse for violence they'll label as glory.
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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And then these beauties showed up, and OMG, they look so good in print!!! 😍😍😍 Cover art by @scribeofhades.bsky.social Book design and additional art by @bmok.bsky.social Ebook pre-orders are live on Amazon! Full launch 9.21.26. Do crime. Fall in love. Fight for what you believe in. 🏍️🩸🦇💋
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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A few very pointed thoughts on "that" op-ed from the HWA newsletter: An organization with a published anti-AI statement should know better than to publish an inflammatory, antagonistic, racist, poorly researched, poorly argued, pro-AI op-ed in their newsletter. I have seen the statements that...
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Christi Nogle @christinogle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Cover reveal: THE DEVIL'S JUSTICE IN NEW ARONA, coming in October from @moanariafc.bsky.social and @demagoguepress and @paippolito.bsky.socia! I drew the illustration with a Rotring Isograph technical pen on Bristol paper, adding the text and white lines by hand using Artstudio Pro on an iPad.
Line drawing of a woman holding her hands over her face. In the background, skyscrapers fall in a chaotic spray of smoke and feathers. A ferry approaches from the east. Title, in red and white: THE DEVIL'S JUSTICE IN NEW ARONA
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Emily Ruth Verona @emilyrverona.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I apologize for the blatant self-promo, but I'm still looking for a job and so shares on this would be much appreciated! I have a couple copies of MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET and SHIVA left that can be signed and personalized. I also have three different poetry prints I wrote and designed myself.
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