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Thea O'Ryan Files

@theaoryanfiles.bsky.social
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Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since. She is, however, still frequently heard. www.theaoryanfiles.co.uk 💗💜💙 🖤🩶🤍💜 Cymru/Canada

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 2h
I can only include so much in a post. I do these as a way to let writers know about submission opportunities so that writers can get more details themselves. The publisher has more information on what they are actually looking for and on the Final Girl trope and how they want it challenged/tested.
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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 18h
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Anna Horroridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 13h
#SFFChat. Thanks so much for hosting - hope you enjoyed it. Here is the link to Parch Marks, a cli fi mystery featuring antiquities crime, the Bronze Age and some definite hints of folk horror. www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
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Parch Marks
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 4h
Calling horror writers, DARKSIDE: One Last Ride is open for submissions till Dec. 15, looking for horror stories themed around carnivals and fairs aimed at kids 8-12 (scares and content must be age-appropriate and fun). Pay $75 (USD?), 2000-3500 words. sparkwellpublishing.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Sparkwell Publishing | Books for kids
Turning hesitant readers into bookworms by publishing books kids actually like.
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 21h
buy this horror anthology featuring MANY bluesky authors and edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social! www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre...
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Of Dread, Decay, and Doom – Stars and Sabers
Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a horror-themed anthology edited by Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee, featuring masters of horror fiction.
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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We're less than two weeks away from the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards. Now that the ballots are counted, who got your write-in vote for Best Kill?
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Who Will Win Best Kill At The 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards?
We're less than two weeks away from the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards. Now that the ballots are counted, who got your write-in vote for Best Kill?
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Jeff C. Carter @carterwroteit.bsky.social · 18h
EPISODE 198 – Mummy Mayhem We’re putting our spooks all the way up for Halloween! Get wrapped up in two mummified episodes of ‘Eerie, Indiana’ (America’s Scariest Home Videos) vs ‘Amazing Stories’ (Mummy Daddy).
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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
OK. What can we do to support the #trans community? This amazing organisation offers housing, camping trips, voice training, and much more. They need volunteers/investments/donations. Pls give if you can. essehouse.co.uk @sheg7.bsky.social Know more great organisations? Drop them in the comments. 🙏
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Esse House UK
Esse House provides community support for trans individuals, offering emergency assistance, inclusive homes, and independent living options.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Someone get Pearl Jam, the Meat Puppets, Mudhoney, and Neutral Milk Hotel on the phone stat!
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Calling horror writers: Final Girl Power: A Horror Anthology is accepting submissions. Must contain some interpretation of a Final Girl, 2000-5000 words, no SA, erotica, or AI, closes Dec 15, pay $20 (USD?). Email screamingscopionpress@gmail.com for details.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Glinda is sus
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
sorry for the rant this just grinds my gears.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If racists didn't make everything about race, black people wouldn't have to talk about how crimes against them get less attention. If white people didn't decide that black existence should be dictated by politicians (making it political) then black people wouldn't have to talk about that either.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
You know who makes things "about race" - racists. Crimes against black people ARE less likely to be solved. That's a statistic that impacts real people's lives. They aren't deciding to solve their own crimes less, so the "making it about race" comes from racism, not from talking about it.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Don't penalize people sharing their experiences because you don't like that those experiences exist, don't ask to do an ARC if you already know the book is not for you, and don't make other people's existence out to be something over-the-top or political (its weird).
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Go for it! Though, its not a challenge because I actually have no skills 🤣
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
1. This sucks 2. Sounds to me like the police made race an issue in this equation...if we *really* want to do there #writercommunity #horrorauthor
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
if I had any skill as a poet I'd write a poem about metrophobia.
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RoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Good night ✨ 🖌️ Ota Janeček, 1961
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
its always the same shirt! #horrormovies #horrorfanatic
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Calling writers: Submissions are open for OPPORTUNITY WINDOW looking for stories of 2000-6000 words (including reprints) that feature time loops. Pay is $200USD ($25 for reprints), reading period is Oct 15-22, so if you want to submit, do so soon! mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
SFFH Author
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Calling writers: Submissions opening for Queering Cthulhu. Looking for Lovecraftian stories from LGBTQ+ points of view. Want LGBT+ spins on H.P. Lovecraft Mythos. $30 USD, closes Dec 31. obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html
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Submissions Call for Queering Cthulhu
Submissions Call for Queering Cthulhu
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Béla | comms OPEN @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
opening up commissions for a bit!
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
PSA!
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“So, one question remains: Why did God bind me to this city if it all was destined to disappear in such horror?” Bisan Nateel, a young writer in Gaza, on memory and loss along the road to Khan Yunis. Read now on The Key:
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Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time
A young writer describes the , three years into the genocide.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
hell yeah!
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Super Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Obviously Canadian thanksgiving
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness is taking submissions for work exploring radical themes from complex, under-represented perspectives. Looking for creative takes, 2k-5k words (or 10-30 pages if doing poetry). Pay is $240USD. See link for more www.tangledwilderness.org/submissions?...
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Submissions — Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Calling horror writers: Arcanopteryx Press is seeking literary horror for the 2027-28 Ogerog Annual. No theme, but want genre-bending, weird, and uncanny literary horror. Open till April 4. Pay $0.08 per word, 3000-4500 words horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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Taking Submissions: Ogerog Annual 2027-28 - The Horror Tree
Ogerog Annual seeks 3,000–4,500 word literary horror and weird fiction. Pays $0.08/word plus a print copy. Deadline April 4, 2027.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I am not the publisher, if you have questions about why meth and why ghouls please go to the publisher website. This is a bit of a case of "I don't make the news I just report it" because I have no idea what this anthology is going to be 😀
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Horror writers: submissions are open for Deathly Delusions. Wanting (in their words) "Crystal meth catalyzing the formation/appearance of literal monsters, cosmic entities, and most importantly, GHOULS". Up to 5000 words, deadline Jan 18, pay $50 (USD?) plus royalties docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Martin John @martinjohn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Its spooky season, so buy a scary book with an otherwordly presence atttemping to crossover to ours--and the only person stopping them is an pissed-off punk.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The reason the US became rich in the 21st century was that (aided by world wars) the US spent money and decades building, essentially, a global network of countries dependent on them so that other countries couldn't challenge them. Ukraine was part of that. Ukraine is also part of loosing that.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The US convinced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for protection if Russia invaded. Ukraine would not be in this war if the US had not made them dependent. The fact that the US f*cked them over singles clearly: never do things for the US. Its a diplomatic disaster for the US
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I do. I just like the feel of a paperback book
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
Introducing 33 indie authors from; New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Europe, Africa, Canada, the US, Central & South America. Including our: countries, genres (Fantasy, SciFi, Romance & more), marginalised rep, direct stores, library & audio availability. 🪐📚 elisecarlson.com/2026/10/06/b...
Books Direct from Around the world (central text.)

Authors and their book images around it: Aimee Cozza, Kaya Skovdatter, L’Poni Baldwin, 	
Marat Earendel, JD Rivers, Mason Hawthorne, Cheyenne Brammah, L. B. Shimaira, Jessica M Taylor, Karen Lykkebo, Kai Zeal, C. B. Lansdell, Claudie Arseneault, Janina Franck, O.H. Phukdischidt, Jesse Pohlman, Artemis Quinn, Russell Phillips, C. R. Collins, M. K. Nedjelkovic, KQ Watson, Christa Mandler, M.C. Burnell, H.S. Kallinger, Bianca Sommerland, A.M. Weald, Anna Verner, Joyce Ch'ng, BG Hilton, Kenneth Feller, Elise Carlson, Patrick Charlton-O'Shea.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don't think you need to keep saying that the UK is worse. I think that's been established. I think you assumed that I was coming from the perspective of saying Canada was perfect (which was not my intent) while where I'm coming from is more the shock of how advanced it really is in the UK
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
nice!
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I support Ukraine, but even I have to agree that, if the USA can claim it's not selling weapons to Ukraine, it's selling them to NATO (which the US is part of) Russia can argue they aren't selling weapons to Iran, they're selling them to the Russo-Iranian alliance. What a dumb argument by Trump.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I mean, I never thought I'd be taking Iran and Russia's side on anything, but Trump did say him giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia while warning Russia not to give weapons to Iran wasn't a double standard because the USA wasn't giving weapons to Ukraine, it was giving them to NATO...(1/2)
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My thing is that it seems especially intense to have other people's clerical errors (whether your cis, trans, etc) impact your life (which is what the article was to my understanding) because a country is gunning that hard on hatred. I'm sorry if that offends you, but that's what I was commenting on
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don't really know if it's good or bad that they would let a cis kid off the hook over clerical error (I guess good they aren't gunning for trans people *that* hard) Still seems like they're gunning hard. I'm sorry if Canada has gotten worse. I have not been in months and didn't live everywhere
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
there was a Cymru horror con today?????!!!!
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I Don't Sleep Well (Title)
I Don't Sleep Well. The title is rendered in biological looking script. The action takes place in the cross section of an apartment, where the characters are in front of a large window  with the angle such that we are looking down on to the street. Insect arms reach out to a woman, whose silhouette is replicated behind her. The moon shines down.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
well, guess I won't be buying anything Russell Stover now...
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Woman Draws Heart on Window
ALT: Woman Draws Heart on Window
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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Stew Peas has our attention, and this Jamaican psychological thriller is preparing to bring its unsettling story to more big screens across the Caribbean
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Jamaican Thriller ‘Stew Peas’ Is Taking Its Folklore and Suspense Across the Caribbean | Black Girl Nerds
Jamaican thriller ‘Stew Peas’ brings folklore to seven Caribbean territories on October 29, ahead of its January 2027 U.S. release.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
also, I'm saying this as a Canadian who is living in the UK, so when I'm saying its so much more, I'm saying I am experiencing it, personally, to be so much more. Just to clarify.
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I did not know that! I am not from Quebec. I do not think Canada is perfect, my confusion is actually just the lengths the UK is going. Have you heard of a child in Canada being legally banned from using washrooms over of a clerical error because people are that afraid of trans people?
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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yes!!!! Film too!
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