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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2h

I often see things advertised and get all excited and then it's oh, there's a great big ocean in the way 😆

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The Last Something @thelastsomething.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for a great #HorrorWritersChat, James This week, I'm inviting everybody to enjoy the best tunes of the 80s on a terrifying, endless drive down a road headed straight to your worst nightmares. Buckle up, it's going to get weird Stay spooky, y'all ko-fi.com/post/We-Took...

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We Took the Long Way Home [Part 1]

The Last Something published a post on Ko-fi

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2h

I can never get over seeing British place names in US posts, always throws me.

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat But wait! There's more! I'm doing a book reading Fri Oct 9 at 6 PM EST. Reading from 3 short stories at a witch shop in Gloucester, MA. Signing & selling my books. One story is based on the Lizzie Borden ax murders. Here's the dirt: trishwilsonauthor.blogspot.com/p/samhainhal...

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Samhain/Halloween Book Reading - Oct 9, 2026

Are you a true connoisseur of the macabre? Do you crave stories that make your skin crawl and keep you up past midnight? Join me October 9, ...

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Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 3h

Check out some of my published horror shorts linked on my website! There’s some podcast stories you can listen to for free! Here: theodoresnapdragon.com Support me on KoFi if you like what I do: ko-fi.com/transcendrag... Follow me on BlueSky for writing, art, and random tidbits! #HorrorWritersChat

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Support Theodore Snapdragon

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for hosting, James! And thanks, #HorrorWritersChat, for yet another killer Wednesday! My webnovel is still a ways off and will be free-to-read when the time comes. However. In exactly a month I'm crowdfunding to pay my editor to polish my upcoming novel about mad scientists in the 70s! ⬇️ ⬇️

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A Book About Queer Workplace Situationships and Other Strange Phenomena

From Mitch Miller - A Book About Queer Workplace Situationships and Other Strange Phenomena

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 3h

Submissions for Queering Cthulhu are OPEN a few hours early. Please spread the word to your #LGBTQ+ writing brethren. obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html #horrorwriterschat #cthulhu #subcall

rainbow colored sparkly octopus tentacles

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Bradley Ramsey @imagine2create.bsky.social · 3h

Tomorrow marks the start of The Second Indulgence: a sequel to last year's massive Substack horror writing challenge I hosted. Daily prompts, scoring brackets, and an exclusive podcast interview on the line! Here's all the info: bradleyramsey.substack.com/p/a-new-horr... #HorrorWritersChat

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A New Horror Writing Challenge is Coming…

Learn more about the next major writing challenge from The Writer’s Journey

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Queen Anna V 👑 🫜🫜 @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you James! Very cool and interesting questions today! #HorrorWritersChat You'll find everything you need on my Itch page. A fantasy horror with Zombies? A story with a Ouija board? A sci-fi horror in space? Or something fun and spicy perhaps? Got you covered! anna-verner.itch.io

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Anna Verner

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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 3h

Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat! This comes out tomorrow! You can pick it up on Amazon, Kobo, and some other places! I have two stories - one horror, one sci-fi horror - and I drew the cover. Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKKGBXCF/ All Other Retailers: books2read.com/u/bxKnlJ

Uncanny and Uncouth anthology project

7 authors
10 stories
Multiple genres
Gothic elements
Forward by Vanessa Perry

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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you, James, for a great series! I'm currently promoting the 2nd book in my series, No Sky Like Midnight, in which an immortal & a human flee an evil secret society... & sentient honey that eats people. Pre-orders are up on Amazon & Kobo! www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4FQ4X4H/ #HorrorWritersChat

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No Sky Like Midnight (The Descendants Book 2)

No Sky Like Midnight (The Descendants Book 2) - Kindle edition by Shear, Nora. Paranormal Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 3h

Also, just as I see some newer faces; one second promotion is for the #HorrorWritersChat anthology, featuring 19 fantastically talented authors from this chat (and 1 by me) with 100% of the profits going to Macmillan charity, in honour of the creator of this group, Matt Mason. amzn.eu/d/0gbq9DIm

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The Shadows That We Carry: A Horror Anthology eBook : Beck, William: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for the great questions, James. Would be churlish not to show off this visual by our very own @marywyrd.bsky.social PHENGARIS, with the electro fan MC, available here: payhip.com/b/58paC Parch Marks, my newly released novel, here: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... #HorrorWritersChat

Anna Orridge
Eco horror - Phengaris
Cli Fi - Parch Marks.

Phengaris has a cover image of a, butterfly made of rusted parts

Parch Marks features markings of ferns on dried earth.

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FenrirKin | ᚛ᚈᚆᚓᚔ ᚈᚆᚓᚋ᚜ @fenrirkin.bsky.social · 3h

Oathsworn: The Nameless is part 1 of an urban fantasy/folklore horror, where Fae are a distant memory. When all signs point to the Fae returning, can Ainsel and Rowan figure out why... and survive? In-progress, available for just £1 per month! www.patreon.com/collection/1... #HorrorWritersChat

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Oathsworn: The Nameless | Collection from Winters Tales | 28 posts | Patreon

The first book of my in-progress trilogy. NOTE: Oathsworn is a horror/urban fantasy work intended for adults, and as such will contain themes and scenes…

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vert ⚡️🪶 MELT: REFRAIN OUT NOW @subvertebra.bsky.social · 3h

thank you for hosting #HorrorWritersChat this week, fantastic topic! i released a horror novel this week about queer corporate vampires making each other worse at every turn. the disparate music vibes are somewhere around NIN, arctic monkeys, and… fiona apple? take a peek on itch and payhip!

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MELT: refrain by subvertebra

A T4T corporate vampire polycule reinventing what it means to be alive; to live.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat Nothing new, just the Substack for now, but some stuff is coming up there and elsewhere shortly. In the meantime, for everyone (anyone?) curious about the quotes, the songs they were sourced from are in this Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4mj...

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HWCQuotes

Songs quoted in the 9-30 #HorrorWritersChat

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Should add the music arrangement is by musician son Dylan Ellis. #HorrorWritersChat.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Love that! Just reminded me I used to listen to Postmodern Jukebox years ago and they did all sorts of brilliant covers.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat loved the questions \m/ Still waiting on pub date for Mother's Night so just want share previous books in this universe.

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 3h

#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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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Wah ah-ah ah-ah or however it goes 😅

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 3h

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

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All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat (Posting here too) Thank you for a great week of questions! Starting tomorrow, there's a free horror story every day in October here: www.aaronccross.com I also have a Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/aaronccross and two horror books here: www.amazon.com/stores/A.C.-...

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 3h

Check out #HorrorWritersChat every Wednesday for your next favorite books and authors! The titular story of my most recent collection includes karaoke leading to both death and forgiveness. Plus more tales of the strange and ephemeral. (Cool cover by the rad @stinasdemons.com!)

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Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There

Perception is reality. But how much can you trust with only two eyes? Cracks in the fabric of the universe reveal facets of a prism. Worlds where gods and monsters are real, houses are haunted, and ti...

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 3h

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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Amanda M. Blake @amandamblake.bsky.social · 3h

Can't comment on the post. Must be limited. I'll be starting on Quill & Crow's edits of MASQUE within the next few weeks, to be released in 2027, when you can finally enjoy my alt-Victorian gothic pandemic novel inspired by Phantom, Poe's Red Death, Jack the Ripper, and Scream. #HorrorWritersChat

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Phantom of the Opera: Gerard Butler in Red

ALT: Phantom of the Opera: Gerard Butler in Red

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 3h

#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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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 3h

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks for the heads up, Viva; the post is fixed now so anyone else can reply there. My bad.

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks James! #HorrorWritersChat speaking of music, have you checked out the Symphony yet? More importantly, have you checked out "Symphony for Walpurgis?" If not, the stories inside are perfect for spooky season, so go grab your tickets today! www.amazon.com/Symphony-Wal... #HorrorSky #BookSky

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anita@escrevendo gays 🌈 @anakidd.bsky.social · 3h

thanks for hosting #HorrorWritersChat ! I'll share my free horror short story that is spiritually inspired by Perfect Blue and Phantom of the Opera - naturally, one or two POTO lines slipped into the narrative 🤭 link: anakidd.itch.io/the-color-of...

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The Color of Illusion by anita

how far would you go for your perfect reality?

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

I'd only seen them in Reading in the rain years ago but got to see them properly in the round in Cardiff this year.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

I'm cheating, here's one I wrote (& sold!) ages ago: Playlist. It's basically a metal-loving zombie's death scene. His head is loose but not decapitated so his sister gets him headbanging until it falls off 😂. Music inc Bloodstock faves, e.g. Combined plus Avatar, Slipknot et al. #HorrorWritersChat

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Redirecting...

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

I'm spending more time on YouTube than here. I have been distracted 😅

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Hetfield is at the top of his game vocally on these albums!

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

This is one of the Heilung tracks that was on repeat when writing my folk horror m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbun...

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Nesso

YouTube video by Heilung - Topic

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, NIN 3 times now (most recent was in Manchester last year at co-op live, else's workplace). Heilung once about three years back at a festival in Somerset, can't remember name of it now.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Einar Selvik, perfect for a folk horror (Harvest Home) or slow build horror and his music can be so haunting it would also suit dystopian/postapocalyptic, e.g. the Road. #HorrorWritersChat

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

And I have seen hints that Heilung are working on a new album.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

Believe it or not our tribe is many - at least includes you, me and my eldest 😂

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3h

you're giving me a good excuse to start dropping favourite tracks into this week's thread 😅 m.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6A...

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Rammstein - Mein Teil (LIVE at Hurricane Festival 2013) | [Pro-Shot] HD 50fps

YouTube video by Rammstein Live Recordings

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 4h

I was listening to a it of T Rex not long ago. Is one of my preferred artists when editing (them, Skunk Anansie, Poets of the Fall and Kate Bush). Don't know why but they help me focus for that part of the work.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 4h

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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