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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Get down with the sickness! My sickness! Thank you! #HorrorWritersChat mybook.to/AllsWell

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All's Well That Ends Well

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Thank you James. Following the theme… I Co-host my local Shut Up & Write group, plus I post its Instagram, and have compiled this playlist on YouTube youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Shut Up & Write! Aberdeen City - YouTube

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks @jamesryan.bsky.social & #HorrorWritersChat! Soz couldnt be more engaged but multitasking… … coz I have a new book coming out! My haunted house horror Witten Hall is available to pre order on Kindle. Over 4 generations, all sort of terror occurs… Order now: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0HL...

Book cover for Witten Hall by Oli Jacobs. The cover is black save for a monochrome image or a manor behind some trees in the centre.

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Great chat today, super fun! I'm not promoting anything specific story wise but here's my latest newsletter in case you want to sign up buttondown.com/VincentLore/...

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Monday Catch Up

Hello world! Mood music I’m still trying to pin down the best day to send these. I want to send them once a week, but life hasn’t been very accommodating...

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For fans of Shirley Jackson's slow-burn New England horror and Stephen King's "Children of the Corn," I present my Little White Flowers trilogy. Pick up a copy of Book 1 today from your favorite book retailer or borrow it from your local library. books2read.com/LittleWhiteF... #HorrorWritersChat

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Little White Flowers by Amber Hathaway

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Encore: "We hope you have enjoyed the show..." That was fun. Tell us in the Comments on THIS post what you're promoting on the road right now, putting the answers into this post with the hashtag: #HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat I’m not too sure, but I suspect it would involve the repeated insertion of knitting needles in ears.

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm kind of using Evanescence's "Broken Pieces Shine" as my anthem for Book 3 in my LWF trilogy, but I feel like I could also build a story centered more directly around it. Probably involving a character battling a more physically monstrous manifestation of anxiety. #HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Funnily enough, Sabled Suns Signals albums have inspired my space horror idea. The old trope of being alone in space, but as a janitor on a terraforming ship where the crew have been taken over by an alien force and they take orders from the surviving security team.

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Gabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#horrorwriterschat I would love to write a full modern folk-horror adaptation based on music video for the Aldous Harding's The Barrel. Honestly, uplifted and unsettled is such a mood. "It's already dead/I'm not getting wet alone." www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyZe...

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Aldous Harding - The Barrel (Official Video)

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Clover S. Laurel 🍀 @tea-and-mushrooms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I would probably just expand on my horror poem, “Aqueous”, since it was already inspired by music. But I feel like that new Whalefall movie that’s coming out soon is doing that for me. 😂 #HorrorWritersChat

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat There's one fave of mine that's a horror story fresh out of the box needing very little work to convert it: "It Never Rains" by Dire Straits www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2RM...

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It Never Rains

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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚 undead & thriving 🦇👻😱 @vampireantihero.com · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat A ghost stuck in the in-between, unsure what's going on but trying to speak to a lover who can't see them anymore. Something you're missing made you who you were 'Cause I've kept my dsistance, it just made it worse But I've learned to live with the way that it hurts

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Bad Omens - Specter (Official Music Video)

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All My Best Friends Are Metalheads by Less Than Jake would be the perfect song for a cozy comic horror where neighbors who fear each other realize it's all a misunderstanding by the end. Like The Burbs without the twist: #HorrorWritersChat Q4 youtu.be/Z_63ZZRLylE?...

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All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

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Nate Crowder @natecrowder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've actually had a few like this published (noteably Rock 'N Roll Suicide). But I would love to write one based on "Carry Me, Ohio" by Sun Kil Moon, about a person trying to outrun the ghosts of past mistakes--and other demons--to save the soul of a lost loved one. #horrorwriterschat

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat If I had to pick, I think Paint It Black has a lot of potential. The plot would probably be about some shadow entity.

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Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com · 30/09/2026

Screenplay: A collection of three-minute scenarios of people suffering: from minor indignities like getting pooped on by a bird to more, um, substantial matters like giant spiders getting loose in an elevator trapped between floors. Between each scenario: Napalm Death - You Suffer #HorrorWritersChat

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anita@escrevendo gays 🌈 @anakidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Fall Out Boy songs are very inspiring to me, and I'd love to write a toxic yaoi/yuri inspired by Irresistible Coming in unannounced drag my nails on the tile I just follow your scent you can just follow my smile All of your flaws are aligned with this mood of mine

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"Hello, Amanda. I want to play a game." 🪚🪚🪚 @amandamblake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, I clearly imprinted on "Dangerous Game" from Jekyll & Hyde and the titular "Phantom of the Opera" at a formative time in my development. I've written so many things from that place in my psyche. I don't see myself stopping any time soon. #HorrorWritersChat

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat I have already done this with DREADFUL DISSONANCE. Blasphemous musical instruments pitch so high most people can't hear the music but they feel it in their solar plexus. The instruments feel warm to the touch and you have to put that flute in your mouth! Ew!

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat This song right here gave me an idea a while back, for an old school "ritual" creepypasta story. An entity can be summoned in movie theaters late at night. But bad stuff happens if you do. Why would you do that? I never got that far. 😅 youtu.be/SMYyBC9pPBo

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 30/09/2026

Q4: #HorrorWritersChat It’s not something I’ve written yet, but I would love to remake Carnival of Souls (1962) to the tune of (using the lyrics to inform the plot) of Hotel California by the Eagles.

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don't know. I'm so afraid of copyright infringement, I have never thought about it. But if I think of something, I should try to write it. #HorrorWritersChat

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Bradley Ramsey @imagine2create.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saw someone mention Kamelot earlier, so I'd do a horror story inspired by their track "The Haunting (Somewhere in time)" The concept would be an anthology about two souls who are reincarnated over and over again, only for their love to end in tragedy each time they meet. #HorrorWritersChat

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat One elephant came out to play. Then another. And another. AND ANOTHER! Sharon, Lois, & Bram must put a stop to it before the entire world is destroyed by a malevolent race of elephant gods.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm Hazel, I write weird gay cryptid horror, and as luck would have it I'm also a musician! I occasionally stream over on Twitch under the username Hazelbee95. I listen to (and play) a lot of pop punk, folk punk, punk in general, and folk/country standards. #HorrorWritersChat

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat I did once have an idea about Stevie Nicks actually being a witch, but after that episode of AHS she guested on, I have to go back to the drawing board...

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ooh, I might pitch The World/Inferno Friendship Society with a story like Fright Night or the Burbs. Something fun but creepy that explores the shadows of suburbia! #HorrorWritersChat Q3

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Maybe not a story idea exactly, but I did have this idea for an SCP known as the musician whose music is so powerful it affects the Scarlet King, who is basically the devil of that universe. The musician is supposed to be based on Johnny from The Devil Went Down to Georgia.

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Gabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#horrorwriterschat I would be very tempted have a revenge thriller with a supernatural bent about like...so many musicians who were egregiously wronged? So like, the Cask of Amontillado ft. Tina Turner or Candi Staton vs. their evil spouses and/or record label execs.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Gonna cheat here and hijack another writers collaborators… Current 93. They do a lot with Thomas Ligotti so feel I could do a grand piece of unsettling weirdness. Maybe a lost mantra hidden between the vinyl grooves…

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello #HorrorWritersChat! I’m Ell, I write ace horror & retellings of dark, weird, lesser-known fairytales. I love movie soundtracks and indie folk and pop. Currently have Rabbitology, The Crane Wives, Mollie Elizabeth, The Hound + the Fox, and Malinda on repeat. Need to check out Chasing Abbey.

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, immensely, #HorrorWritersChat! I have a couple playlists for spooky mood music. Those particular playlists also end up as my regular writing playlists often enough. They're soothing and let my imagination flow.

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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello lovely #HorrorWritersChat folks! I'm Nora Shear and I write horromance. My favorite music to listen to generally is shoegaze & ambient, but when I'm writing, I add goth metal, industrial, & a healthy dose of Heilung.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat All of my writings (horror and non) include Easter eggs to the Beatles, an early influence of mine. Someone who read my current WIP told me that after the scene I included, they can't look at the cover of ABBEY ROAD the same way again...

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat My first PSI story, from the beta version of the universe, was directly inspired by one of Nox Arcana's older albums. That's as far as it goes for now. Inspiration and background music both in and out of the story. I'm not much of a songwriter 😅

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat I can’t say that it has so far, no. Maybe one day it will. Also, I can’t write while listening to music. My appreciation of music is too intense to relegate it to just background noise. I know we all differ on that one.

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Whether it be me listening to it to dredge up emotion or perhaps the song itself is a feature. Sometimes the title of a song is what inspired the tale. Several of my stories feature music, sometimes inspired by Ghost, Hall&Oates, The Ramones, Pantera, or Slayer. #HorrorWritersChat

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Nate Crowder @natecrowder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My punk rock x folk horror novel starred an old punk musician, but his playlist was indie folk-girls and that built my writing playlist because it helped solidify the mood of the book. But I constantly reference songs and artists, and even wrote a song for that novel. #HorrorWriteresChat

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Gabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#horrorwriterschat Not in the actual writing, but I do catch myself using the music that a character is exposed to or chooses to listen to as shorthand to hint at (or aggressively point to) their state of mind.

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's mostly a background thing to give a sense of personality. Although I do have one character who I have cursed with my internal radio. If I can't hear the Lord's Prayer without Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" immediately playing in my head, neither will he 😈 #HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Because I’m super paranoid when it comes to using lyrics and other known stuff, I tend to not use music as a motif in my work. Feels like I should remedy that in future…

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It absolutely does. Mostly it's to get me in the mood of the scene I'm writing, e.g. I had Behemoth's version of A Forest on a loop for The Woodcutter, Wardruna's Kvervandi for a sacrifice scene in Reborn, etc. It totally makes you feel the emotion of the moment. #HorrorWritersChat

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Songs play a big part in all my books and I write them Well I write lyrics without music cause I have no musical talent I wrote a new song set today actually I have no idea if I'm good at it but I do so cause it's fun & it keeps the black dog from climbing on my back for a bit #HorrorWritersChat

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I haven't written a story yet where music plays an important plot point. Dance, yes, but not music. That being said, I do listen to music while writing. Usually 80s jams or musical soundtracks. It depends a lot on the story and my mood. #HorrorWritersChat

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Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com · 30/09/2026

I’ve got people singing to themselves as they wander dark alleys, humming to remember a tune while drinking at the pub. A bandstand where brass bands & string ensembles play, and plenty of mentions of operas, musicals... Character’s opinions on music help make them legible. #HorrorWritersChat

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Rose Marie & Sonia listen to music in their cars. Sonia in particular dresses in Rude Girl Style because of her genre. But so far, 🎶 is not part of the horror. Maybe eventually I'll have a terrifying animatronic with a little jingle. #HorrorWritersChat Q2

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