A.C. Bauer
@acbauer.bsky.social
Horror writer and storyteller. Fan of books, comics and movies. Owner of @Cateyepress.bsky.social, an indie horror press. Halloween III stan account 🎃. He/him
acbauerwrites.com
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Sometimes I think “rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion will fix me.”
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Sometimes I think “rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion will fix me.”
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Thanks so much Gree.
Would just like to do a shout-out for my fab publisher @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social this week - and the novella in the link below which had an unfair knock from the evil place recently. Real heart or no, it's a brilliant read.
#horrorwriterschat
bsky.app/profile/nefa...
Would just like to do a shout-out for my fab publisher @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social this week - and the novella in the link below which had an unfair knock from the evil place recently. Real heart or no, it's a brilliant read.
#horrorwriterschat
bsky.app/profile/nefa...
Eyes sharper than an owl’s. Paws stronger than steel. Quicker than a darting hare.
You glide between the trees, until you reach their tipped crowns. Bark cracks under your grip.
You shriek at the Moon, and it mimics your visage.
A new path awaits you… next week.
#HorrorWritersChat
You glide between the trees, until you reach their tipped crowns. Bark cracks under your grip.
You shriek at the Moon, and it mimics your visage.
A new path awaits you… next week.
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Thanks so much Gree.
Would just like to do a shout-out for my fab publisher @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social this week - and the novella in the link below which had an unfair knock from the evil place recently. Real heart or no, it's a brilliant read.
#horrorwriterschat
bsky.app/profile/nefa...
Would just like to do a shout-out for my fab publisher @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social this week - and the novella in the link below which had an unfair knock from the evil place recently. Real heart or no, it's a brilliant read.
#horrorwriterschat
bsky.app/profile/nefa...
Thanks #HorrorWritersChat! It’s been fun and I loved hearing all your responses/ideas.
Only thing I can really think of promoting is my indie horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social. Give em a follow if you’re inclined. Thanks!
Only thing I can really think of promoting is my indie horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social. Give em a follow if you’re inclined. Thanks!
Eyes sharper than an owl’s. Paws stronger than steel. Quicker than a darting hare.
You glide between the trees, until you reach their tipped crowns. Bark cracks under your grip.
You shriek at the Moon, and it mimics your visage.
A new path awaits you… next week.
#HorrorWritersChat
You glide between the trees, until you reach their tipped crowns. Bark cracks under your grip.
You shriek at the Moon, and it mimics your visage.
A new path awaits you… next week.
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Thanks #HorrorWritersChat! It’s been fun and I loved hearing all your responses/ideas.
Only thing I can really think of promoting is my indie horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social. Give em a follow if you’re inclined. Thanks!
Only thing I can really think of promoting is my indie horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social. Give em a follow if you’re inclined. Thanks!
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Thank you! x
My collection is out now, filled with characters who change both for the good or the bad. A lot of themes await you, a lot of complicated humans and other creatures. Light horror, bold horror, weird situations. All inside....take a look, it's in a book....🌈
mybook.to/AllsWell
My collection is out now, filled with characters who change both for the good or the bad. A lot of themes await you, a lot of complicated humans and other creatures. Light horror, bold horror, weird situations. All inside....take a look, it's in a book....🌈
mybook.to/AllsWell
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Thank you! x
My collection is out now, filled with characters who change both for the good or the bad. A lot of themes await you, a lot of complicated humans and other creatures. Light horror, bold horror, weird situations. All inside....take a look, it's in a book....🌈
mybook.to/AllsWell
My collection is out now, filled with characters who change both for the good or the bad. A lot of themes await you, a lot of complicated humans and other creatures. Light horror, bold horror, weird situations. All inside....take a look, it's in a book....🌈
mybook.to/AllsWell
You spring out of your den, gliding between trees. You follow the winged figures. Your kin. Your home.
Your past has left its icy trails behind.
Becoming a new self also often includes a physical transformation. Do your characters change physically? In what way?
#HorrorWritersChat
Your past has left its icy trails behind.
Becoming a new self also often includes a physical transformation. Do your characters change physically? In what way?
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Sacrifices are tricky and sometimes cliche, but I do like using an ultimate sacrifice every now and again. I think back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sacrificing herself with the caveat that everyone “live… for me.” Very bittersweet.
Sacrifices are tricky and sometimes cliche, but I do like using an ultimate sacrifice every now and again. I think back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sacrificing herself with the caveat that everyone “live… for me.” Very bittersweet.
The susurrus sharpens into a voice. Your voice. A human rumble deepened by the forest’s savagery bursts from your maw.
A question blazes in your mind.
Becoming a new self is laden with sacrifices. What do your characters sacrifice? How painful/significant is it?
#HorrorWritersChat
A question blazes in your mind.
Becoming a new self is laden with sacrifices. What do your characters sacrifice? How painful/significant is it?
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Sacrifices are tricky and sometimes cliche, but I do like using an ultimate sacrifice every now and again. I think back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sacrificing herself with the caveat that everyone “live… for me.” Very bittersweet.
Sacrifices are tricky and sometimes cliche, but I do like using an ultimate sacrifice every now and again. I think back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sacrificing herself with the caveat that everyone “live… for me.” Very bittersweet.
#HorrorWritersChat who said surviving was an option? MWAHAHAHA!!
Nah, just kidding. Sometimes a little better than they were is enough.
Nah, just kidding. Sometimes a little better than they were is enough.
The figures bury you in frozen earth, in chains of pine needle and bone. Golden eyes fuse into a singular pair.
The soil trembles with a question.
For characters to survive the horrors, they must often become new selves. What kind of new selves do YOUR characters become?
#HorrorWritersChat
The soil trembles with a question.
For characters to survive the horrors, they must often become new selves. What kind of new selves do YOUR characters become?
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
#HorrorWritersChat who said surviving was an option? MWAHAHAHA!!
Nah, just kidding. Sometimes a little better than they were is enough.
Nah, just kidding. Sometimes a little better than they were is enough.
Hi, #HorrorWritersChat! I’m A.C, a horror writer who writes whatever is speaking to me at the time.
I would definitely be unwilling to give up my imagination. Think it makes me who I am in many respects.
I would definitely be unwilling to give up my imagination. Think it makes me who I am in many respects.
The figures encircle you in ursine and lupine furs. Jagged symbols mark their foreheads under antlered hoods.
The susurrus coalesces into a question.
Tell us who you are, what you write, and what part of your current self would you be scared to give up the most?
#HorrorWritersChat
The susurrus coalesces into a question.
Tell us who you are, what you write, and what part of your current self would you be scared to give up the most?
#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hi, #HorrorWritersChat! I’m A.C, a horror writer who writes whatever is speaking to me at the time.
I would definitely be unwilling to give up my imagination. Think it makes me who I am in many respects.
I would definitely be unwilling to give up my imagination. Think it makes me who I am in many respects.
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DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
Sometimes I think “rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion will fix me.”
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Sometimes I think “rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion will fix me.”
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Check this out! Our Modern Mummies horror anthology made the list!
Monster Book Club: Best of 2025 (year in review) monsterbookclub.com/2026/01/05/m... @theevilcookiepub.bsky.social @biteycat.bsky.social @cateyepress.bsky.social @acbauer.bsky.social @deadskypub.bsky.social
Monster Book Club: Best of 2025
Years ago, as an editor for a leading manga publisher in the U.S., I pushed to acquire the four out-of-print Godzilla novels by Marc Cerasini. The books probably didn’t sell well back in the 90s, b…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Check this out! Our Modern Mummies horror anthology made the list!
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7 miniature paintings w mini (most vintage) frames included. If you're interested in one (or more) reply here or DM me & I'll load it on my site. First to comment gets it/them.
$15/ea; $20/ea for the bigger silver & red frames + S&H
Unique and one-of-a-kind artwork by me; 100% human made 😈🎨🦇
$15/ea; $20/ea for the bigger silver & red frames + S&H
Unique and one-of-a-kind artwork by me; 100% human made 😈🎨🦇
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Sharing my cover again cause I changed the title font since the last time I posted it, and also it releases Feb 10th!
By @lormaggot.ca 🪱
Get it from @ghoulish.bsky.social 💁♂️✨
ghoulish.rip/product/cosm...
By @lormaggot.ca 🪱
Get it from @ghoulish.bsky.social 💁♂️✨
ghoulish.rip/product/cosm...
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sharing my cover again cause I changed the title font since the last time I posted it, and also it releases Feb 10th!
By @lormaggot.ca 🪱
Get it from @ghoulish.bsky.social 💁♂️✨
ghoulish.rip/product/cosm...
By @lormaggot.ca 🪱
Get it from @ghoulish.bsky.social 💁♂️✨
ghoulish.rip/product/cosm...
Loved I, Tonya. Very excited for the sequel.
January 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Loved I, Tonya. Very excited for the sequel.
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Ooh, I have the first book by this publisher (Cursed Cooking) but I like seeing the mascott remains the same. I love this art.
Thanks @erynmccee.bsky.social for hosting #HorrorWritersChat!
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
December 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ooh, I have the first book by this publisher (Cursed Cooking) but I like seeing the mascott remains the same. I love this art.
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Thanks, Eryn. Wishing you a happy new year!
By some miracle, the audiobook for VULPINE CURSE is out today! If you're a fan of transgressive, dystopian, & queer horror go grab it!
www.audible.com/pd/B0GD8LH17...
#horrorwriterschat
By some miracle, the audiobook for VULPINE CURSE is out today! If you're a fan of transgressive, dystopian, & queer horror go grab it!
www.audible.com/pd/B0GD8LH17...
#horrorwriterschat
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thanks, Eryn. Wishing you a happy new year!
By some miracle, the audiobook for VULPINE CURSE is out today! If you're a fan of transgressive, dystopian, & queer horror go grab it!
www.audible.com/pd/B0GD8LH17...
#horrorwriterschat
By some miracle, the audiobook for VULPINE CURSE is out today! If you're a fan of transgressive, dystopian, & queer horror go grab it!
www.audible.com/pd/B0GD8LH17...
#horrorwriterschat
Thanks @erynmccee.bsky.social for hosting #HorrorWritersChat!
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks @erynmccee.bsky.social for hosting #HorrorWritersChat!
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
I want to promote Modern Mummies, the horror anthology that I put together this year. It was a lot of fun and there’s a lot of talented authors involved. Check it out: www.cateyepress.com/modern-mummies
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@erynmccee.bsky.social thank you SO much for helping to carry on #horrorwriterschat!
My spooky middle grade series is available anywhere books are sold. I'm working on the 4th one now!
www.jldurona.com
My spooky middle grade series is available anywhere books are sold. I'm working on the 4th one now!
www.jldurona.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@erynmccee.bsky.social thank you SO much for helping to carry on #horrorwriterschat!
My spooky middle grade series is available anywhere books are sold. I'm working on the 4th one now!
www.jldurona.com
My spooky middle grade series is available anywhere books are sold. I'm working on the 4th one now!
www.jldurona.com
“What do you mean? What do you have against vampires?”
“Nothing. Dems the rules though. No vampires allowed through.”
“So, what? I’ll just go back to being human?”
A quick nod. “Mhm.”
“Fuck.”
“Nothing. Dems the rules though. No vampires allowed through.”
“So, what? I’ll just go back to being human?”
A quick nod. “Mhm.”
“Fuck.”
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“What do you mean? What do you have against vampires?”
“Nothing. Dems the rules though. No vampires allowed through.”
“So, what? I’ll just go back to being human?”
A quick nod. “Mhm.”
“Fuck.”
“Nothing. Dems the rules though. No vampires allowed through.”
“So, what? I’ll just go back to being human?”
A quick nod. “Mhm.”
“Fuck.”
#HorrorWritersChat
I’d be dragging a suitcase filled with chocolates. The good stuff. Maybe even some caramel-filled ones.
I’d be dragging a suitcase filled with chocolates. The good stuff. Maybe even some caramel-filled ones.
Q3, #HorrorWritersChat.
We're inundated with fireworks and a cat who is remarkably unbothered for a change. She's powered by spite today.
Anyway. Questions questions.
We're inundated with fireworks and a cat who is remarkably unbothered for a change. She's powered by spite today.
Anyway. Questions questions.
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I’d be dragging a suitcase filled with chocolates. The good stuff. Maybe even some caramel-filled ones.
I’d be dragging a suitcase filled with chocolates. The good stuff. Maybe even some caramel-filled ones.
#HorrorWritersChat
Maybe the future? I’m sure I did/will do something wrong during the impending alien invasion 👽🛸
Maybe the future? I’m sure I did/will do something wrong during the impending alien invasion 👽🛸
December 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Maybe the future? I’m sure I did/will do something wrong during the impending alien invasion 👽🛸
Maybe the future? I’m sure I did/will do something wrong during the impending alien invasion 👽🛸
Hi there #HorrorWritersChat!
I’m A.C. Bauer, a horror writer dabbling in anything dark and creepy.
If I had to haunt somewhere, I’d probably choose my favorite local pizza place. 1) it smells amazing and 2) maybe they’ll offer me free pizza to go away (which I wouldn’t). A ghoul has got to eat!
I’m A.C. Bauer, a horror writer dabbling in anything dark and creepy.
If I had to haunt somewhere, I’d probably choose my favorite local pizza place. 1) it smells amazing and 2) maybe they’ll offer me free pizza to go away (which I wouldn’t). A ghoul has got to eat!
Here we go, #HorrorWritersChat!
Q1.
New Year’s Eve is a threshold.
Horror understands thresholds better than hope does - because something always comes through.
Q1.
New Year’s Eve is a threshold.
Horror understands thresholds better than hope does - because something always comes through.
December 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hi there #HorrorWritersChat!
I’m A.C. Bauer, a horror writer dabbling in anything dark and creepy.
If I had to haunt somewhere, I’d probably choose my favorite local pizza place. 1) it smells amazing and 2) maybe they’ll offer me free pizza to go away (which I wouldn’t). A ghoul has got to eat!
I’m A.C. Bauer, a horror writer dabbling in anything dark and creepy.
If I had to haunt somewhere, I’d probably choose my favorite local pizza place. 1) it smells amazing and 2) maybe they’ll offer me free pizza to go away (which I wouldn’t). A ghoul has got to eat!
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In an end of the year twist, I’ve discovered I like banana peppers. Who would have guessed?
December 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In an end of the year twist, I’ve discovered I like banana peppers. Who would have guessed?
#HorrorWritersChat I don’t have anything to really report this week, but I know my horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social has some fun stuff planned for 2026. So give them a follow if you’re inclined and support indie horror!
Share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or horror creations you recommend.
Give the gift of a like, repost or quote post for other promos
REMEMBER: ONLY self-promote if you’ve participated in the questions.
Eryn @erynmccee.bsky.social is hosting #HorrorWritersChat on 31 December
Give the gift of a like, repost or quote post for other promos
REMEMBER: ONLY self-promote if you’ve participated in the questions.
Eryn @erynmccee.bsky.social is hosting #HorrorWritersChat on 31 December
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#HorrorWritersChat I don’t have anything to really report this week, but I know my horror press @cateyepress.bsky.social has some fun stuff planned for 2026. So give them a follow if you’re inclined and support indie horror!