J.A. Sullivan
@jasullivan.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Horror Writer, Movie Addict, & Paranormal Investigator
Pansexual/Genderqueer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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J.A. Sullivan
@jasullivan.bsky.social
· Feb 14
{Valentine's Horror} Shackles: J.A. Sullivan
Shackles
By J.A. Sullivan
Joyce let her fingertips glide along the raised scar across her cheek, under her right eye. The skin was smooth, like a line of Barbie Doll plastic melted onto her face. If s...
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Valentine's Day isn't always the most romantic day of the year. Sometimes it turns deadly, like in my short story "Shackles"
(TW: Domestic violence)
Read it for free:
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(TW: Domestic violence)
Read it for free:
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Feeling close to scrapping my latest short story. It's weird but not weird enough to keep me interested. Perhaps it needs to fester in the folder where I keep my other garbage stories 😮💨
a man is sitting in a pile of garbage bags .
Alt: a man is sitting in a pile of garbage bags .
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February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Feeling close to scrapping my latest short story. It's weird but not weird enough to keep me interested. Perhaps it needs to fester in the folder where I keep my other garbage stories 😮💨
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Full review here:
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Book Review – InhuMANities by Andrew Robertson
Sometimes it feels as if depravity is mankind’s best friend. Some people revel in their own dark deeds, while others get off on the degradation of others, and you can find all that wickedness and m…
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January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Maintained my goal of reading a short story a day this week with 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill.
Hill is a great writer, but this collection was tonally a little too broad & varied for me.
My Rating: ☎️☎️☎️, that's 3 of 5 phone calls from the dead
23/365 Short stories read 📚
Hill is a great writer, but this collection was tonally a little too broad & varied for me.
My Rating: ☎️☎️☎️, that's 3 of 5 phone calls from the dead
23/365 Short stories read 📚
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Maintained my goal of reading a short story a day this week with 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill.
Hill is a great writer, but this collection was tonally a little too broad & varied for me.
My Rating: ☎️☎️☎️, that's 3 of 5 phone calls from the dead
23/365 Short stories read 📚
Hill is a great writer, but this collection was tonally a little too broad & varied for me.
My Rating: ☎️☎️☎️, that's 3 of 5 phone calls from the dead
23/365 Short stories read 📚
One of my goals this year is to start submitting stories to pro markets. Yesterday I saw an upcoming open call that's perfect for the only short story I wrote last year.
Now I just need to stare at my cover letter a few more days, do the add/remove comma ritual, & throw up after hitting send 😆
Now I just need to stare at my cover letter a few more days, do the add/remove comma ritual, & throw up after hitting send 😆
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
One of my goals this year is to start submitting stories to pro markets. Yesterday I saw an upcoming open call that's perfect for the only short story I wrote last year.
Now I just need to stare at my cover letter a few more days, do the add/remove comma ritual, & throw up after hitting send 😆
Now I just need to stare at my cover letter a few more days, do the add/remove comma ritual, & throw up after hitting send 😆
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1st read of '26: Not a Speck of Light - Laird Barron - @lairdbarron.bsky.social
- 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak.
#reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks
- 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak.
#reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks
January 7, 2026 at 3:48 AM
1st read of '26: Not a Speck of Light - Laird Barron - @lairdbarron.bsky.social
- 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak.
#reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks
- 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak.
#reading #bookblog #booksky #horrorbooks
First read of the year was a delightfully dark collection of human depravity! Inhumanities by Andrew Robertson is perfect for fans of body horror & looking to explore the worst humanity has to offer.
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stained porn mags with stuck together pages; bring soap 🧼
#queerhorror
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stained porn mags with stuck together pages; bring soap 🧼
#queerhorror
January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
First read of the year was a delightfully dark collection of human depravity! Inhumanities by Andrew Robertson is perfect for fans of body horror & looking to explore the worst humanity has to offer.
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stained porn mags with stuck together pages; bring soap 🧼
#queerhorror
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stained porn mags with stuck together pages; bring soap 🧼
#queerhorror
Guess who is now a member of the Brantford YMCA? 🫢
With hubby by my side, I got in the pool, in the "slow af" lane & managed to not drown for 1.1 km, that's 44 laps 🏊 🎉 I haven't swam much in my life, so let's see how this goes!
A thousand thanks to hubby for always encouraging me ❤️
With hubby by my side, I got in the pool, in the "slow af" lane & managed to not drown for 1.1 km, that's 44 laps 🏊 🎉 I haven't swam much in my life, so let's see how this goes!
A thousand thanks to hubby for always encouraging me ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Guess who is now a member of the Brantford YMCA? 🫢
With hubby by my side, I got in the pool, in the "slow af" lane & managed to not drown for 1.1 km, that's 44 laps 🏊 🎉 I haven't swam much in my life, so let's see how this goes!
A thousand thanks to hubby for always encouraging me ❤️
With hubby by my side, I got in the pool, in the "slow af" lane & managed to not drown for 1.1 km, that's 44 laps 🏊 🎉 I haven't swam much in my life, so let's see how this goes!
A thousand thanks to hubby for always encouraging me ❤️
If you hear screeching, like the rusty gates of hell trying to open, sorry about that. It's just me attempting to write a short story after much too long of a break.
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If you hear screeching, like the rusty gates of hell trying to open, sorry about that. It's just me attempting to write a short story after much too long of a break.
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Hey, I wrote a post about the bleak start to this new year, about one year of Keeping ScOR, and about some of the media response to the Venezuela invasion.
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New Year's Devolution: Keeping ScOR #19
As of this month it’s been one year of Keeping ScOR. I wasn’t sure what this newsletter would be when I birthed it at the start of 2025. I only knew I wanted...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Hey, I wrote a post about the bleak start to this new year, about one year of Keeping ScOR, and about some of the media response to the Venezuela invasion.
buttondown.com/KeepingScOR/...
buttondown.com/KeepingScOR/...
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Getting ready for the last round of holiday visits today. Was nice taking this week off after the busy season, but I'm itching to get back to writing projects next week.
Hopefully I can maintain my streak of reading 1 short story a day once real life kicks back in 📚
Hopefully I can maintain my streak of reading 1 short story a day once real life kicks back in 📚
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Getting ready for the last round of holiday visits today. Was nice taking this week off after the busy season, but I'm itching to get back to writing projects next week.
Hopefully I can maintain my streak of reading 1 short story a day once real life kicks back in 📚
Hopefully I can maintain my streak of reading 1 short story a day once real life kicks back in 📚
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Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the night is one new patron.
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the night is one new patron.
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.
www.patreon.com/jeremycreature
Hubby is out for the day and my schedule is clear, which means I can finally binge season 5 of Stranger Things 🎉
a red sign that says stranger things 3 on a black background
Alt: a red sign that says stranger things 5 on a black background
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January 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Hubby is out for the day and my schedule is clear, which means I can finally binge season 5 of Stranger Things 🎉
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"Wrathful gods, drowning cities, and an ancient, bloody mystery—Piper's novel had me from the jump. No Gods For Drowning is a superior offering." — @lairdbarron.bsky.social, author of Not A Speck of Light
COMING MARCH 3!
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COMING MARCH 3!
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No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper (Paperback With Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books
Set in an alternate reality which updates mythology to near-modern day, No Gods For Drowning is part dark fantasy, part noir detective story, and unlike anything you've read before, fr...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
"Wrathful gods, drowning cities, and an ancient, bloody mystery—Piper's novel had me from the jump. No Gods For Drowning is a superior offering." — @lairdbarron.bsky.social, author of Not A Speck of Light
COMING MARCH 3!
badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...
COMING MARCH 3!
badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...
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#MustRead horror kicks off 2026 like this:
The Lineup choose the best indie & small press books of 2025, @bloody-disgusting.com explain the horror references in the #StrangerThings finale (caution: spoilers!), @whatsleepsbeneath.com look back at the most terrifying scenes of 2000 film The Skulls
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The Lineup choose the best indie & small press books of 2025, @bloody-disgusting.com explain the horror references in the #StrangerThings finale (caution: spoilers!), @whatsleepsbeneath.com look back at the most terrifying scenes of 2000 film The Skulls
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New year, and the 5 must-read horror articles online, curated by @kevharrison.bsky.social, keep on keeping on. Only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 January 2026
Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: The Lineup select the best of the bunch in small press…
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January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
#MustRead horror kicks off 2026 like this:
The Lineup choose the best indie & small press books of 2025, @bloody-disgusting.com explain the horror references in the #StrangerThings finale (caution: spoilers!), @whatsleepsbeneath.com look back at the most terrifying scenes of 2000 film The Skulls
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The Lineup choose the best indie & small press books of 2025, @bloody-disgusting.com explain the horror references in the #StrangerThings finale (caution: spoilers!), @whatsleepsbeneath.com look back at the most terrifying scenes of 2000 film The Skulls
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LAST CHANCE for the Little Ghosts’ NO RETURNS sale! 10-65% deals automatically applied at www.littleghostsbooks.com until MIDNIGHT.
Chris will be in the shop packing your sale orders for pickup & shipping bright and early tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for supporting us through our annual hibernation!
Chris will be in the shop packing your sale orders for pickup & shipping bright and early tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for supporting us through our annual hibernation!
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
LAST CHANCE for the Little Ghosts’ NO RETURNS sale! 10-65% deals automatically applied at www.littleghostsbooks.com until MIDNIGHT.
Chris will be in the shop packing your sale orders for pickup & shipping bright and early tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for supporting us through our annual hibernation!
Chris will be in the shop packing your sale orders for pickup & shipping bright and early tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for supporting us through our annual hibernation!
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epicene and virile energy
such palpable enigmas
strike a balance
as unknown thresholds
mesh the friend and foe
never straying too far
twice born and raised
in a full blind fever
let the howling rise
a familiar sensation
like a worn sweater
#poet #poetry #writerslife
such palpable enigmas
strike a balance
as unknown thresholds
mesh the friend and foe
never straying too far
twice born and raised
in a full blind fever
let the howling rise
a familiar sensation
like a worn sweater
#poet #poetry #writerslife
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
epicene and virile energy
such palpable enigmas
strike a balance
as unknown thresholds
mesh the friend and foe
never straying too far
twice born and raised
in a full blind fever
let the howling rise
a familiar sensation
like a worn sweater
#poet #poetry #writerslife
such palpable enigmas
strike a balance
as unknown thresholds
mesh the friend and foe
never straying too far
twice born and raised
in a full blind fever
let the howling rise
a familiar sensation
like a worn sweater
#poet #poetry #writerslife
Last read of 2025: A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls by Fiona Dodwell.
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the true world of haunted dolls!
My Rating: 🪆🪆🪆🪆, that's 4 out of 5 spiritually infested nesting dolls
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Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the true world of haunted dolls!
My Rating: 🪆🪆🪆🪆, that's 4 out of 5 spiritually infested nesting dolls
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to…
Silent Stares and Malevolent Whispers from Possessed Do…
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January 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Last read of 2025: A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls by Fiona Dodwell.
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the true world of haunted dolls!
My Rating: 🪆🪆🪆🪆, that's 4 out of 5 spiritually infested nesting dolls
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about the true world of haunted dolls!
My Rating: 🪆🪆🪆🪆, that's 4 out of 5 spiritually infested nesting dolls
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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Werewolves!
‘There’s a lot of things in the universe I don’t know anything about. I saw a statue of a saint that wept orange blossom water once so…I’m not saying this guy is a werewolf, I’m just not saying he ain’t.’
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#writing
‘There’s a lot of things in the universe I don’t know anything about. I saw a statue of a saint that wept orange blossom water once so…I’m not saying this guy is a werewolf, I’m just not saying he ain’t.’
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#writing
Wolfsbane
Even before I get off the boat the gulls are pinwheeling, screaming their war cry over the water, warning me this is their place. I’m an irritating splinter of humanity pricking their skins as I ho…
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October 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Werewolves!
‘There’s a lot of things in the universe I don’t know anything about. I saw a statue of a saint that wept orange blossom water once so…I’m not saying this guy is a werewolf, I’m just not saying he ain’t.’
balladofjackracket.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
#writing
‘There’s a lot of things in the universe I don’t know anything about. I saw a statue of a saint that wept orange blossom water once so…I’m not saying this guy is a werewolf, I’m just not saying he ain’t.’
balladofjackracket.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
#writing
Maybe 2026 is the year I remember to be posting here regularly 🤔
At any rate, as I've been digesting the Disney themed cookies & cupcakes from my New Year's Eve party, I set some lofty writing & reading goals, & even have plans to train for a triathlon. Yes, let's do all the things 😆
At any rate, as I've been digesting the Disney themed cookies & cupcakes from my New Year's Eve party, I set some lofty writing & reading goals, & even have plans to train for a triathlon. Yes, let's do all the things 😆
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Maybe 2026 is the year I remember to be posting here regularly 🤔
At any rate, as I've been digesting the Disney themed cookies & cupcakes from my New Year's Eve party, I set some lofty writing & reading goals, & even have plans to train for a triathlon. Yes, let's do all the things 😆
At any rate, as I've been digesting the Disney themed cookies & cupcakes from my New Year's Eve party, I set some lofty writing & reading goals, & even have plans to train for a triathlon. Yes, let's do all the things 😆
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Thanks Mary. #HorrorWritersChat, I wrote this blog post in memory of Matt. I hope you'll take the time to look at it and maybe look at Matt's books as well.
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A Tribute to a Friend Who Passed Away
A yahrtzeit candle. In my faith, they’re used to memorialize those who have passed on. I lost a friend yesterday. I first met MG Mason, known to his friends at Matt, on Twitter. He was runnin…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thanks Mary. #HorrorWritersChat, I wrote this blog post in memory of Matt. I hope you'll take the time to look at it and maybe look at Matt's books as well.
ramiungarthewriter.com/2025/11/30/a...
ramiungarthewriter.com/2025/11/30/a...
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His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
Fundraiser in Memory of Matt Mason for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Louise Willingham raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
www.justgiving.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
#HorrorWritersChat
🕯Thank you, Matt, for bringing so much light and laughter to so many of us. You will be missed but never forgotten ❤🕯
🕯Thank you, Matt, for bringing so much light and laughter to so many of us. You will be missed but never forgotten ❤🕯
#HorrorWritersChat Q1
Thanks for attending our gathering today.
First, introduce yourself & share the horror subgenres you write.
Then, please share a happy memory you have of Matt OR a happy memory of being part of this community he started.
If the feelings are too raw right now, post a candle 🕯️
Thanks for attending our gathering today.
First, introduce yourself & share the horror subgenres you write.
Then, please share a happy memory you have of Matt OR a happy memory of being part of this community he started.
If the feelings are too raw right now, post a candle 🕯️
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
#HorrorWritersChat
🕯Thank you, Matt, for bringing so much light and laughter to so many of us. You will be missed but never forgotten ❤🕯
🕯Thank you, Matt, for bringing so much light and laughter to so many of us. You will be missed but never forgotten ❤🕯
Happy release day to @lisel.bsky.social 🥳🖤
Her new short story collection, From the Dark Observatory, is incredible! Atmospheric dread, creatures beyond belief, and bleak nightmares await you on every page.
My Rating 5/5 🖤
Her new short story collection, From the Dark Observatory, is incredible! Atmospheric dread, creatures beyond belief, and bleak nightmares await you on every page.
My Rating 5/5 🖤
It’s release day for my horror fiction collection, From the Dark Observatory!
Ebook, paperback & hardbacks are available on Amazon. All links here linktr.ee/LiselJones
With thanks to Eric Crawford for his amazing vocal talents in the making of this video linktr.ee/EricCrawford #horror #booksky
Ebook, paperback & hardbacks are available on Amazon. All links here linktr.ee/LiselJones
With thanks to Eric Crawford for his amazing vocal talents in the making of this video linktr.ee/EricCrawford #horror #booksky
August 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy release day to @lisel.bsky.social 🥳🖤
Her new short story collection, From the Dark Observatory, is incredible! Atmospheric dread, creatures beyond belief, and bleak nightmares await you on every page.
My Rating 5/5 🖤
Her new short story collection, From the Dark Observatory, is incredible! Atmospheric dread, creatures beyond belief, and bleak nightmares await you on every page.
My Rating 5/5 🖤
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I'm writing and drawing Returned, a medieval horror family drama graphic novel. Read free at ReturnedComic.com and the Part Two Kickstarter launches Sept 1st! Pre-launch page up at bit.ly/ReturnedPart2 #horrorwriterschat
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm writing and drawing Returned, a medieval horror family drama graphic novel. Read free at ReturnedComic.com and the Part Two Kickstarter launches Sept 1st! Pre-launch page up at bit.ly/ReturnedPart2 #horrorwriterschat