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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is going to be GREAT. If you live in our corner of North Carolina, I hope you'll come chat with us.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Coming this Wednesday... I will be hosting this week's #HorrorWritersChat Join us for 4 questions, a chat, and some self-promo at the end:

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'd thank my mother for all the unsupervised reading, and my uncles for the books and comics they left laying around :-) #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I once actually shared a table with Gabino Iglesias and that was a great conversation. Low foot traffic meant not-that-many sales for either of us, but I loved the chance to talk with him. Would also love the chance to learn from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, too. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'd LOVE the chance to talk with Shirley Jackson, T. Kingfisher, and Silvia Moreno Garcia about horror in ordinary settings…but we might need a conduit to the afterworld to get one of these. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi #HorrorWritersChat I'm Samantha, a multi-genre writer whose short horror runs the gamut from "a little spooky" to "OMG, Are you all right?" My WIP is a Gothic romance: The Architect & The Heir. "There are many kinds of ghosts. Most families are haunted in one way or another."

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Write horror? Join #HorrorWritersChat Wednesday 23 September 2 pm (EDT-USA) / 7 pm (BST-UK) All horror writers from any time zone are welcome! Check out the graphic and COMMENT your guess for this week's theme. The winner gets the joy of knowing they guessed correctly. #AmWriting #HorrorSky

Write horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity Wednesday 23 September 7 pm BST (UK) / 2 pm EDT (USA). Questions will be posted by Co-Host Mary Wyrd - Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat

Background photograph (in duotone of red and black) of a hotel corridor leading to a door. The corridor is almost completely symmetrical.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyone watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds? Sweetman and I have been enjoying it…even though it's getting mixed reviews from our social set. More episodic than last season and uneven, but some really great moments. Love this quote from Dendru on "Human Best Friend."

Dendru: I'm sorry that my plan didn't work. Because I do know how it feels to always be looking for something to be angry about. If you look hard enough, you'll always find some reason to be mad. You just need to decide if you're going to ignore it or let it ruin your day or perhaps, try to figure out what it is you're really angry about.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Holy smokes y'all. I've got 13 events between now and October 31. That seems…seasonal. And also perhaps…insane. Sending my apologies to future Samantha now.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New interview up. Feeling sorta famous :-) voyageatl.com/interview/co...

voyageatl.com

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you're looking for an online community for horror writers to chat about craft and creativity, check out #HorrorWritersChat Co-Hosts: @erynmccee.bsky.social @greethewriter.bsky.social @marywyrd.bsky.social Guest Hosts: There's a spreadsheet ☺️ #HorrorSky #AmWriting

Write Horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity. One hour every Wednesday 7 pm BST (UK) / 2 pm EDT (USA). Questions will be posted by a Co-Host or a Guest Host.
Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - Background: photo with duotone filter - a pile of books mounted by a skull before a lit candle holder.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Behold, my writing retreat, and envy me! It's going to be a great few days.

me on the dock, gorgeous reflective lake behind me

wider view of the lake, sky, and surroundings.

Close in on some trees and their reflections, with Spanish Moss

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ah, the flattery of robots…so…annoying. substack.com/home/post/p-...

promotional image for a substack article called my Favorite AI Flattery. Image is a white robot and screenshots of AI generated emails.

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

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks, Eryn, for allowing this to play out... I'm getting better with the weekly Substacking; this one includes links to two recent short stories of mine online... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/going-on-t...

jamesryanfiction.substack.com

Going On the Account: Prompt Attention

Why story prompts may be just what I need right now

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat You can find my horror at dangerouswhenbored.com/collections/... Stories from Shadow Hill is coming up on her one year release-a-versary and has more than one creepy childhood moment within her pages to go along with our theme.

dangerouswhenbored.com

Horror Stories | Dangerous When Bored

Horror Stories by Samantha Bryant

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The solarium room of delle Rosa was the heart of the house when the mistress of the house was still living: warm, bright, and inviting. Somehow it's shadowed even on a sunlit afternoon now: damp, cold, and musty. Setting is part of the fun in a Gothic! #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Hey, Mom? Why's my book in the window seat?" Receiving no answer, I crawl up. The book is pressed against the glass and resists when I try to pull it away. I almost fall when I wrest it free. There's something about the cover. Has Jack's expression changed? #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I LOVE this question. I'm writing a Gothic romance (working title: The Architect and the Heir), and Victor is returning to his childhood home twenty years after the tragedy that took his parents. The entire house and grounds are both safe AND full of dread for him. SO MUCH FUN! #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hi #HorrorWritersChat ! I'm Samantha, a multi-genre author who writes short horror for magazines and anthologies. My childhood talisman type of object was a volume of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, which was kind of horrifying already, but sure! give it a go!

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't know how much non-writer-folk have been following this, but the HWA (horror writers association) is going through some things. It's super annoying because my local chapter ROCKS, but I'm no longer sure I want to be associated with the national organization. (le sigh)

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Pepe Le Pew: Le Sigh, Le Boohoo

Alt: Pepe Le Pew: Le Sigh, Le Boohoo

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Zombies, vampires, and "coming back wrong" are all resurrection horror. Have you read these stories recommended by #HorrorWritersChat attendees? If you write horror and love sharing your faves, join us on Bluesky every Wednesday for four themed questions and a promo opportunity. #HorrorSky

#HorrorWritersChat favourite resurrection horror stories (info taken from posted answers to Q1 on 17 June 2026) - A bullet point list: Cabal - Clive Barker. The Monkey’s Paw - W. W. Jacobs. Second Chances - Stephen Graham Jones. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice. Pet Sematary - Stephen King. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Night of the Living Dead Chola - V Castro. Hodge - Elinor Mordaunt. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson. Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield. Dracula - Bram Stoker. Write horror and want to take part in the chat? Join us on Wednesdays at 7 pm BST (UK) - Background image of a skull on a pile of books with candles behind them.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When the first book in the Menopausal Superheroes series (Going Through the Change) made her way into the world back in 2015, I hired an artist (Charles Dowd) to draw my heroes for me. I'm still using that art for promotional things a decade later. Today, I ordered them as stickers!

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thanks, Mary! Since it's #SapphicSeptember, I'd love people to check out some of my sapphic horror books (You can grab them direct and DRM-free from us at the Nefarious Batcave: payhip.com/NefariousBat...)

Promo image of several of my horror books: Saltblood, Hummingbird, Salvation Spring, The Nine O'Clock Horses and A Press of Feathers

Text reads: Can I tempt you to some sapphic horror?

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Be sure to check out this whole thread to see what the spooky folks of Bluesky's #HorrorWritersChat have been up to!

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My go-to favorite is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. I re-read at least part of it every October. But another early delight for me was Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp. I still have a thing about gazing balls to this day. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don't know what others would consider my scariest words, but I chilled myself with "What I Know Now," the bloodiest thing I've yet written. The idea of needing to take down someone you love? And the ambivalence of whether that's true or only in my narrator's mind? (shudder) #HorrorWritersChat

Quote from "What I know now" in It Ends With Her: "As it was, by the time I admitted there was a problem--that you really were becoming something else entirely, and not just sick or suffering from delusions--there remained little enough to try.
I could kill you, or I could let you kill me."

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm not as young as I once was…still haven't found a cursed painting or vampire friend to help with that, so mostly I worry about getting everything I want done. More ideas than I'll likely have time to develop, you know? #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hi there #HorrorWritersChat I'm Samantha and I write short horror in a variety of subgenres. I see scary things all the time…I mean, I drive on the highway! The foolishness there scares me because it puts your mortality right there in side view mirror.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

August was not a very impressive month for word count, but there's still a lot to do in a writing life even when you can't create new work. samanthabwriter.substack.com/p/going-indi...

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Going Indie: Month Eight

August: Family in the front seat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today is my grandmother and great-grandmother's birthdays…and the death anniversary of my grandmother (like Shakespeare, she died on her birthday like the legend she was). Here we all are in ridiculous matching dresses my mother made for us all.

Photo of a photo on my mother's wall. Olan Mills style studio shot of four generations of women in matching grape-print dresses my mother made.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sorry I couldn’t come play #HorrorWritersChat today, but we can all still check out the outro to find out what everybody’s up to.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Got up early to take a walk with my daughter before she had to go to work. Besides the time with her, I was rewarded with mushrooms!

Grey mushrooms viewed from above so you can see their little umbrella like tops

Side view of a group of the little grey mushrooms

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'll be guest-hosting #Horrorwriterschat today at 7pm BST (UK) / 2PM EDT (USA)! Bring your creepies and your crawlies, your spooks and your scares! #HorrorSky #AmWriting #Horror #AuthorSky #Horrorbooks #Horrorwriters

Text: Write horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opposrtunity. Every Wednesday 7pm BST (UK) / 2 pm EDT (USA) Questions will be posted by a Co-Host or a Guest Host. Search for the hashtag #horrorwriterschat

Image features the bony, clawed foot of a dinosaur--or is it something still stranger?

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

More author life thinky thoughts over on Substack. samanthabwriter.substack.com/p/going-indi...

Promo image for a Substack article called going Indie: crunching numbers. Subtitle defining success and profitability by Samantha Bryant is dangerous when bored. Background image shows a table under a green umbrella displaying many books.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Somebody else was up early in my neighborhood today! Such a beauty!

A very bright red cardinal sitting on a light blue birdhouse

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Had to buy an umbrella because I vended at an event that didn't have room for the usual canopy tent. Look how well my new umbrella matches my banner! Guess it was meant to be. #writerlife

My author table at a recent event. Cute green umbrella matches the green in the table runner.

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Crepe myrtle buds in my yard. Feels like a reminder to slow down and give myself time to bloom.

pink and white crepe myrtle buds just starting to open.

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OutWorld Fleet Radio @outworldfleetradio.online · 16/08/2026

VOICEPRINT REGISTRY 🌟 Literary Voices 🌟 Samantha Bryant 🌟 @samanthabwriter.bsky.social ✨ Author of the Menopausal Superheroes series 📚 dangerouswhenbored.com 📡 /voiceprint-registry/the-stars-in-our-signal #SamanthaBryant #LiteraryVoice

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thanks #HorrorWritersChat for all the inspiration and creepy imaginings. You make me love Wednesday. You can check out my horror offerings here: dangerouswhenbored.com/collections/...

dangerouswhenbored.com

Horror Stories | Dangerous When Bored

Horror Stories by Samantha Bryant

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Did I miss the outro? Oh well, thank you all for another great and inspiring chat. Write all the things!

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Tom [ghostly voice] Coooooooooooombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The sun hung cartoon yellow, though its light never reached us. "Impossible," the astronomer told CNN. We later learned he parked in his garage with the car running, door closed. The nightbirds met the daybirds, sang, shreiked, mated. You wouldn't want to meet their children. #HorrorWritersChat

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Rosie screamed. Had someone cursed her, like she'd always feared, or was the darkness affecting everyone? She knocked on the door she was about to deliver 🍕 too. "Is it dark for you too?" The person nodded grimly. "Yes. Father Sun is gone. Mother is here." Their eyes, dark. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As a pantser, the whole process is discovery and surprise for me. I write to find out what the story is, then rewrite to make it something others can enjoy :-) #HorrorWritersChat

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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q3: The world lay quiet for a moment. Scientists had theories, politicians laid blame, but their voices failed to fill the void. Hush broke way to the chorus of riot. One last blood siege on the cold. Bodies bleeding, frozen in the endless night. Then silence reigned.

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Nate Crowder @natecrowder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There were ancient stories, fears, legends from people in other places and long forgotten times that believed that the stars were holes in the black velvet of night through which another world shone through. They were right. God help us, they were right. And it was horrible. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bette removed her glasses, squinting warily at the stubbornly dark sky. She turned the knob on the radio and the static grew louder. Tears slid down her cheeks as she rubbed her arms, calculating how long they still had. #HorrorWritersChat

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm currently writing a Gothic romance, all about secrets revealed. What fun would it be if I revealed them here before I even finish the book? But the hope is that my readers will make assumptions that I won't correct until the story moment is right to reveal the truth. #HorrorWritersChat

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Zombies, vampires, and "coming back wrong" = resurrection horror. Have you read these stories recommended by #HorrorWritersChat attendees? If you write horror and love sharing your fave horrors, join us on Bluesky every Wednesday for four themed questions and a promo opportunity. #HorrorSky

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Samantha Bryant | She/her @samanthabwriter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hi #HorrorWritersChat ! I'm Samantha, multigenre writer. I write short horror, mostly for themed anthologies, in a variety of subgenres. I'm not sure I'd actually be unsettled by either of these…more just fascinated. I'd find a roof or a mountain to watch from either way.

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