Charlie Hughes
@charliehughes77.bsky.social
Horror writer. UK. Stories in Best Horror of the Year, Vols 15 & 16
Full list of published and new stories here 👇
charliehugheswriting.blogspot.com
Full list of published and new stories here 👇
charliehugheswriting.blogspot.com
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Window - The Dark Magazine
Two figures are on screen. The first is an older man, thick-set in a linen jacket and chinos, prominent chin beneath a sardonically angled mouth and thick grey hair combed horizontal across his scalp....
www.thedarkmagazine.com
Free to read online, my horror short story 'Window' appears in The Dark Magazine here www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Contract signed. My horror short story 'Albion' will be published in a forthcoming issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. In this tale, a battle for the soul of a nation plays out at a motorway service station.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Contract signed. My horror short story 'Albion' will be published in a forthcoming issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. In this tale, a battle for the soul of a nation plays out at a motorway service station.
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It's Tuesday! And despite being still a little off my game from travel, I do have a post.
This week we've got @charliehughes77.bsky.social and Kristi DeMeester bringing us some good, good horror stories that made me very pleased
howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...
This week we've got @charliehughes77.bsky.social and Kristi DeMeester bringing us some good, good horror stories that made me very pleased
howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...
Two Fic Tuesday
Welcome!
Don't mind today's letter being a little late. I didn't set this to post at the right time. Oops! But it's still Tuesday, and I still have stories for you.
This week I bring you a couple st...
howsweetthewords.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's Tuesday! And despite being still a little off my game from travel, I do have a post.
This week we've got @charliehughes77.bsky.social and Kristi DeMeester bringing us some good, good horror stories that made me very pleased
howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...
This week we've got @charliehughes77.bsky.social and Kristi DeMeester bringing us some good, good horror stories that made me very pleased
howsweetthewords.com/two-fic-tues...
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
Free to read online, my horror short story 'Window' appears in The Dark Magazine here www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Window - The Dark Magazine
Two figures are on screen. The first is an older man, thick-set in a linen jacket and chinos, prominent chin beneath a sardonically angled mouth and thick grey hair combed horizontal across his scalp....
www.thedarkmagazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Free to read online, my horror short story 'Window' appears in The Dark Magazine here www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
Free to read online, my horror short story 'Window' appears in The Dark Magazine here www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Window - The Dark Magazine
Two figures are on screen. The first is an older man, thick-set in a linen jacket and chinos, prominent chin beneath a sardonically angled mouth and thick grey hair combed horizontal across his scalp....
www.thedarkmagazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Free to read online, my horror short story 'Window' appears in The Dark Magazine here www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Great to hear my story 'Faces' performed on @NosleepPodcast. Brilliant job by @ashmillman.bsky.social and others. You can listen here (22 mins 10s) www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
NoSleep Podcast S23E05 - The NoSleep Podcast
It's Episode 05 of Season 23. Tune in to WNSP for tales about sinister senses. "The Last Time I Played Hide and Seek" written by Connor Isaac (Story starts around 00:05:45) Produced by: Claudius Moore...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great to hear my story 'Faces' performed on @NosleepPodcast. Brilliant job by @ashmillman.bsky.social and others. You can listen here (22 mins 10s) www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
My horror story 'Video Shop' is now available to listen to on the @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social
Subscribers…
WNSP is broadcasting E02 of S23.
Tonight’s topic?
Persistence. Decay. And the things that won’t stay buried.
This signal never sleeps.
Subscribe today at sleepless.thenosleeppodcast.com and don’t miss one terrifying tale.
#horrorpodcast #podcast #newepisode
WNSP is broadcasting E02 of S23.
Tonight’s topic?
Persistence. Decay. And the things that won’t stay buried.
This signal never sleeps.
Subscribe today at sleepless.thenosleeppodcast.com and don’t miss one terrifying tale.
#horrorpodcast #podcast #newepisode
July 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My horror story 'Video Shop' is now available to listen to on the @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social
SFRevu on my horror short story 'Window', out now in The Dark Magazine - "A filmed recording of a session between a psychiatrist and his female patient shows something unnerving... Chilling."
July 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
SFRevu on my horror short story 'Window', out now in The Dark Magazine - "A filmed recording of a session between a psychiatrist and his female patient shows something unnerving... Chilling."
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
My horror story 'Window' is available to read now at The Dark Magazine www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Window - The Dark Magazine
Two figures are on screen. The first is an older man, thick-set in a linen jacket and chinos, prominent chin beneath a sardonically angled mouth and thick grey hair combed horizontal across his scalp....
www.thedarkmagazine.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My horror story 'Window' is available to read now at The Dark Magazine www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
My horror story 'Window' is available to read now at The Dark Magazine www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Window - The Dark Magazine
Two figures are on screen. The first is an older man, thick-set in a linen jacket and chinos, prominent chin beneath a sardonically angled mouth and thick grey hair combed horizontal across his scalp....
www.thedarkmagazine.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My horror story 'Window' is available to read now at The Dark Magazine www.thedarkmagazine.com/window/
Very pleased to share that my horror short story 'Window' appears in issue 122 of The Dark Magazine.
June 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Very pleased to share that my horror short story 'Window' appears in issue 122 of The Dark Magazine.
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PORTRAITS OF DECAY is out NOW! I couldn’t be prouder of this book—the short story is such a fundamental part of the horror genre, it feels especially exciting to see my work collected.
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
THREAD/
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
THREAD/
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
PORTRAITS OF DECAY is out NOW! I couldn’t be prouder of this book—the short story is such a fundamental part of the horror genre, it feels especially exciting to see my work collected.
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
THREAD/
To kick off PORTRAITS’ birth, I wanted to talk about some of the works that served as its inspiration.
THREAD/
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Another great review today for my new fiction collection, A GRAVESIDE GALLERY!
“This collection is solid… damn good!”
Thank you, @luna13darke.bsky.social !
#reviewersrock #ericjguignard #AGravesideGallery
instagram.com/p/DJXMvNQvpz7/
“This collection is solid… damn good!”
Thank you, @luna13darke.bsky.social !
#reviewersrock #ericjguignard #AGravesideGallery
instagram.com/p/DJXMvNQvpz7/
May 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Another great review today for my new fiction collection, A GRAVESIDE GALLERY!
“This collection is solid… damn good!”
Thank you, @luna13darke.bsky.social !
#reviewersrock #ericjguignard #AGravesideGallery
instagram.com/p/DJXMvNQvpz7/
“This collection is solid… damn good!”
Thank you, @luna13darke.bsky.social !
#reviewersrock #ericjguignard #AGravesideGallery
instagram.com/p/DJXMvNQvpz7/
Nice review of @datlow.bsky.social 's Best Horror of the Year, Vol 16 here: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...
Review of The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen - The Gothic Library
Well, we’re nearly halfway through 2025, but I’ve just finished reading Ellen Datlow’s 2024 collection of the best horror short stories published in 2023, or in other words: The Best Horror of the Yea...
www.thegothiclibrary.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Nice review of @datlow.bsky.social 's Best Horror of the Year, Vol 16 here: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
Looking for Book Reviewers who would be interested in reviewing my upcoming horror fiction collection!
#Reviews #Reviewers #BookReviews #reviewersrock
A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS
by Eric J. Guignard
Published by Cemetery Dance
Coming April 22
Msg me! 🙂
#Reviews #Reviewers #BookReviews #reviewersrock
A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS
by Eric J. Guignard
Published by Cemetery Dance
Coming April 22
Msg me! 🙂
April 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looking for Book Reviewers who would be interested in reviewing my upcoming horror fiction collection!
#Reviews #Reviewers #BookReviews #reviewersrock
A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS
by Eric J. Guignard
Published by Cemetery Dance
Coming April 22
Msg me! 🙂
#Reviews #Reviewers #BookReviews #reviewersrock
A GRAVESIDE GALLERY: TALES OF GHOSTS AND DARK MATTERS
by Eric J. Guignard
Published by Cemetery Dance
Coming April 22
Msg me! 🙂
I just joined the British Fantasy and Horror Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I just joined the British Fantasy and Horror Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
'The Rule of Jenny Pen' is a very very good film. Weird, unsettling, brilliantly acted and stylised to enhance the plot (rather than distracting from it). Highly recommend.
March 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
'The Rule of Jenny Pen' is a very very good film. Weird, unsettling, brilliantly acted and stylised to enhance the plot (rather than distracting from it). Highly recommend.
Any horror short story writers out there looking to swap critiques/feedback on works in progress? I've got a new one I'd appreciate a view on and happy to return the favour.
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Any horror short story writers out there looking to swap critiques/feedback on works in progress? I've got a new one I'd appreciate a view on and happy to return the favour.
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I wrote this story because I find the introductions to many horror anthologies/collections slightly irritating. This was my revenge!
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Free short fiction on the CHM website!
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
January 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I wrote this story because I find the introductions to many horror anthologies/collections slightly irritating. This was my revenge!
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
Free short fiction on the CHM website!
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Free short fiction on the CHM website!
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
I wrote this story because I find the introductions to many horror anthologies/collections slightly irritating. This was my revenge!
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Free short fiction on the CHM website!
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
Check out "Introduction to the Collection by Anonymous" by Charlie Hughes here: bit.ly/4ax9cVA
January 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I wrote this story because I find the introductions to many horror anthologies/collections slightly irritating. This was my revenge!
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
Big thanks to Cosmic Horror Monthly for backing it.
Read for free here:
I'm going to buy this. In my opinion, Gemma Files is the best writer of modern horror short stories. Not one of the best. The best.
I've been reading - A Primer to Gemma Files by @gemmafiles.bsky.social edited @ericjguignard.bsky.social @darkmoonbooks.bsky.social - and its sooooo good. I love that these dark tales come with commentary and a superb intro, interview and bio of the author too. I'll post a review when I'm finished!
January 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm going to buy this. In my opinion, Gemma Files is the best writer of modern horror short stories. Not one of the best. The best.
A rave review of @datlow.bsky.social 's anthology.
This, from 'A Head Full of Horror' made my day: "The Motley, by Charlie Hughes... reminded me how rare it is to see an original creature in horror fiction that is profoundly scary."
This, from 'A Head Full of Horror' made my day: "The Motley, by Charlie Hughes... reminded me how rare it is to see an original creature in horror fiction that is profoundly scary."
A great review of Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year: aheadfullofhorror.com/the-best-hor...
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 16
What would the horror genre do without Ellen Datlow? Her wealth of experience as an editor and anthologist gives her unique access to a plethora of material. In addition to producing a multitude of th...
aheadfullofhorror.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:46 PM
A rave review of @datlow.bsky.social 's anthology.
This, from 'A Head Full of Horror' made my day: "The Motley, by Charlie Hughes... reminded me how rare it is to see an original creature in horror fiction that is profoundly scary."
This, from 'A Head Full of Horror' made my day: "The Motley, by Charlie Hughes... reminded me how rare it is to see an original creature in horror fiction that is profoundly scary."
Reposted by Charlie Hughes
A very nice review of The Best Horror of the Year volume Sixteen --Epeolatry Book Review: The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen, ed. Ellen Datlow - The Horror Tree - horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
Epeolatry Book Review: The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen, ed. Ellen Datlow - The Horror Tree
A book review of The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen, edited by Ellen Datlow released by Night Shade on November 26th, 2024
horrortree.com
December 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
A very nice review of The Best Horror of the Year volume Sixteen --Epeolatry Book Review: The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen, ed. Ellen Datlow - The Horror Tree - horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...