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J.A. Sullivan
@jasullivan.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 Horror Writer, Movie Addict, & Paranormal Investigator
Pansexual/Genderqueer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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J.A. Sullivan @jasullivan.bsky.social · Feb 14
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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{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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jasullivan.bsky.social
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 🖤
lisel.bsky.social Lisel Jones @lisel.bsky.social · Aug 22
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
August 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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strutzart.bsky.social
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
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tcparker.bsky.social
Thanks everyone! My last novel was Tradwife. But my newest releases are these, the first batch of Nefarious Bat Singles: 4 short, one-sitting horror reads modelled on the EPs and singles we used to love...
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Promo images, with the strapline: 4 Singles. Coming Soon Image shows 4 vinyl records against coloured paper backgrounds, each with the name TC Parker, the description "A Nefarious Bat Single" and the title of the story in question These are: Boarders Prison Cooking The Nine O'Clock Horses Flow Promo image for TRADWIFE by TC Parker, with: A. TRADWIFE book cover, showing a young white woman in 1950s-style housewife garb in a midcentury modern kitchen, holding a bleeding human heart on a plate... and looking pretty happy about it B. Blurb for TC Parker's Tradwife from MJ Mars, author of The Suffering Blurb reads: "In Cold Blood crossed with Stepford Wives [....], this is one you can’t afford to miss. Be afraid, and be angry. Very, very angry"
August 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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vivalavivian.bsky.social
Thank you, always! Fun, Fun!
My first collection is up for pre-order! Out on Halloween! Hope it haunts the masses, or at least a few of you. 🖤👀

www.amazon.com/Alls-Well-Th...
All's Well That Ends Well
Amazon.com: All's Well That Ends Well eBook : Kasley, Vivian, Nola, Candace: Books
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August 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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lhardingwrites.bsky.social
Thanks for the questions Eryn - these were fun!

I celebrated my birthday by self-publishing a collection of nautical and polar horror - hope people here enjoy!

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lhardingwrites.bsky.social Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20
Featuring:

Of Castaways & Castasides: Tales of Ships & Shipwreck

10 tales of nautical and polar horror, including:

- cursed sea shanties
- mutinous smugglers with poor timing
- sandbars with a taste for blood
- towns trapped by invisible waves
- over helpful merfolk

And more...

#booksky 📚💙
Of Castaways & Castasides: Tales of Ships & Shipwreck - Lawrence Harding's Ko-fi Shop
A sea-shanty carrying a curse A desperate bargain A town trapped by invisible waters Sands that hunger for the blood of mariners Mariners falling afou...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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yorkshiregabby.bsky.social
Brilliant as always, thank you for hosting, Eryn!
#horrorwriterschat

Still pushing my writing collective's latest Zine: allisfullofgore.myshopify.com

Hate the post office, but v. excited to be sending zines out as far as Finland and Georgia, USA!
ALL IS FULL OF GORE
horror fiction, horror poetry, horror films, horror movies, horror zines, queer horror, queer, lgbtq, indie horror
allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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jdbuffington.com
Thanks for a fun #HorrorWritersChat, Eryn! I’ve got a preorder coming up for my haunted house novel, praised by the likes of Clay McLeod Chapman and Gemma Amor! In the House of In Between will make you rethink who, or what, haunting are…
In the House of In Between
Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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michelleheller.bsky.social
Glad I could make it on time this week!

As always my debut novel is available through my pinned post, but I'm here this time to hype my upcoming super short novella. A man enjoying the homestead life winds up having to do battle with a *supremely* fucked up deer in SOUR DOE. Coming soonish. 🤣
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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jneiraauthor.bsky.social
Thank you for this. ❤️
I don't have anything at the moment, but my answer to question 2 is the premise of my upcoming story Blondie's Shed - which will be featured in the third volume of Suspended Magazine by @jaymone.bsky.social & you can read the first two here:

suspendedmagazine.org
Suspended Magazine
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August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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roseblack2222.bsky.social
article for #HorrorFacts where I give the definitive answer to what Creepypastas are, because I feel this is a question that needs to be settled. If you enjoy my work, check out the SBA #Patreon and my Reddit. You can find information on both in my profile.
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Creepypastas (And NoSleep Tales) Explained by Rosé
Okay, in fairness, there isn’t a heated debate amongst the internet horror community about this topic, but I have seen enough confusion for me to feel that the record needs to be set straight. Who ......
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August 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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roseblack2222.bsky.social
Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat, Eryn. I got two things to promote. The first is that my featured story for The #ShadowBoxArchives has gone public. It involves a fast food cult. Those who want to read it, check the link below. The second thing is an

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The Star Of Hardee's ✨Featured Story✨ | Shadow Box Archives
Get more from Shadow Box Archives on Patreon
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August 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
Thanks Eryn! #HorrorWritersChat, we're just a month away from the re-release of "Hannah and Other Stories!" If ghosts, budding serial killers, & carnivorous horses are up your alley, then go & preorder a copy today!

Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk
B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe
Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6
August 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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thebeird.bsky.social
#HorrorWritersChat

Thank you Eryn, lots of brain teasers

I'm gonna spot light my erotic horror story LOST WITNESS this week

A blend of Sci-fi and smut that would make Paul Verhoeven go "oh yeah, I can see what you were going for, now piss off!"

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
August 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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chaoticauthor.online
Thanks Eryn! Some really thoughtful questions here.

Get your autumn reading in this Bank Holiday weekend!

Shadows of Cathedral Lane will be in the Narratess Sale between 23rd and 25th, and I will also have Salmonweird and Spooky Salmonweird on sale over the same period.

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chaoticauthor.online Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Aug 16
One week to go until the big Narratess sale!

Hundreds of books for 99p/99c

Shadows of Cathedral Lane is in this sale

- Salmonweird spinoff (you don't need to read the main series)
- Demisexual, bi, and lesbian rep
- Salmonweird style humour
- One woman's love affair with sticky toffee pudding
A banner with various scifi, fantasy, and horror illustrations. Text: Indie book sale. Fantasy, scifi, and horror. 23rd-25th August A smaller version of the same banner from image one is at the bottom. In the top left corner is the cover for Shadows of Cathedral Lane by MG Mason. Image shows the silhouette of a woman inside a silhouette of a woman's head. Text reads: in one night, Nikki Sandford is dumped, has a dead man begging her to find out how he died, and finishes it off with an evil entity demanding she "send him back"
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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greethewriter.bsky.social
Thank you for hosting another lovely week, Eryn!!

As I've stated before, I've begun the work on Land of Gold's third and final draft! Going back to the Conceptualisation phase to shake things up a little bit.

Here... have a teaser 😈

#HorrorWritersChat
- Blink Sigil: Lucius can phase between spots to confuse, befuddle, and ambush enemies. - Sight-Split Sigil: Lucius splits his iris in eight ways, enhancing his peripheral vision and information intake in combat with multiple enemies. - Body Molt Sigil: each time Lucius’ bone is broken or muscle ruptured, he immediately heals that injury without the enemy noticing (hopefully). Works only once per body part/bone/muscle. - Moongash Sigil: when Lucius hits the target, their wounds burn with moonlight, heightening his accuracy. - Shadesilk Sigil: household sigil of the Shadesilk Denomination. Lucius perpetually emits a sonic signal that makes others instinctively less aware of him, especially when he’s in shadowed spaces. This signal also impairs their memory, worsening their recollection of his overall features. - Faces are a critical part of their design; they are slightly misshapen and discoloured. That is because a literal part of their face and head has been replaced with the Maven’s own design. Lucius will notice that it seems as if their heads is made of two skins, two eyebrows, two cheeks. One of their eyes has a different, darker colour and shape; each time a Demon tries to speak as themselves, the eye looks at their own, real eye, immediately rewiring their thought process. When activated to fight Lucius, the false parts of their faces grow even darker and pulsate with energy. - Their walk is oddly unnatural; everyone walks the same, with the same pace and gait to it. Essentially, every person’s individuality has been violently cut out. - Their hands and wrists are permanently angled and indented with fieldwork tools, like flails, pitchforks, etc. This would also give them a permanent threatening/about-to-attack poses.
August 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting @erynmccee.bsky.social!

Another awesome set of questions!

#HorrorWritersChat FREE BOOK ALERT!!!

Hurry though, cos you’ve only got until midnight to grab my spine-chilling supernatural mystery, Bleak Waters for FREE on #kindle

Get your copy here: mybook.to/BleakWaters
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August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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hannadelaney.bsky.social
Thanks for this week's chat! Some real thunks tonight.
My latest Gothic Horror mystery, The Ring, is on KU as I've entered it into the Kindle Storyteller Contest! Learn more about the novel here:
books2read.com/theringhanna...
#horrorwriterschat
The Ring is a Gothic horror novel set in 19th century Liverpool. It follows Daniel Muldoon as he investigates a string of disappearance, including that of the main detective, James Lacey. This image shows the books cover as well as the blurb. The book is available to buy via the link provided. You can also read it on Kindle Unlimited.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Windows, as a boundary we fear--a pane shattering in the next room, for instance--but also empowers us by letting us keep tabs on our surroundings. As a kid I was horrified/fascinated by the idea those inside can be seen from without at night, and those outside from within by day

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erynmccee.bsky.social Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · Aug 20
Well then #HorrorWritersChat, what of this? I am absolutely not going near mirrors. But what about you...?
Q3 The eyes of the house Windows or mirrors which do you choose for horror, and why? One shows you what’s outside, the other what’s inside. Both can lie.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
#HorrorWritersChat, in need of a spooky collection? Grab your tickets to the Symphony today, and be treated to a show full of cryptids, malevolent spirits, and even a Jewish exorcism!

Amazon: tinyurl.com/5awn78h3
B&N: tinyurl.com/5e9vu3hr
Kobo: tinyurl.com/bdhthesj
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/5ev7cr8k
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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beverleylee.bsky.social
Thank you so much for hosting, Eryn. Great questions!
My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, with dark forests, black birds, old rituals and haunted boys releases on 11/11/25. Would love to get a few more preorders!
#HorrorWritersChat
mybook.to/woundedbirds
Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark background with red fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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erynmccee.bsky.social
And that's all for this week, #HorrorWritersChat! Please share your promos, your links, your new releases, your ARC calls, and everything else.
And do share others too, we're all in this together.
If you've not taken part in the chat, don't do a drive by. We know. We will zap it.
That's all for this week! there is no algorithm here, so visibility depends on engagement with others. hit the questions, use the hashtag, share other writer’s stuff. finally, have you got something to shout about? Now’s your chance.
August 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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amweald.com
Nothing because everyone knows basements are portals to hell and I know better than to fuck with that. I'll do my laundry when the demons are finished with whatever they need to do.

#HorrorWritersChat
erynmccee.bsky.social Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · Aug 20
Q4. Go on. Get in the basement and tell me what you can see. You know you want to!

#HorrorWritersChat
Q4 The door opened to the basement. But the stairs were gone. Instead you saw... what?
August 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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lhardingwrites.bsky.social
A perfectly ordinary basement.

It's what you can't see that's the problem.

You know it's there.

It knows you know.

And yet.

#HorrorWritersChat
erynmccee.bsky.social Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · Aug 20
Q4. Go on. Get in the basement and tell me what you can see. You know you want to!

#HorrorWritersChat
Q4 The door opened to the basement. But the stairs were gone. Instead you saw... what?
August 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
Something Lovecraftian and indescribable. Something beyond humanity's grasp for understanding. Something beyond the concepts of good and evil.
Either that, or a maid cafe like what they have in Japan. I hear those are tons of fun and very relaxing, too.

#HorrorWritersChat
erynmccee.bsky.social Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · Aug 20
Q4. Go on. Get in the basement and tell me what you can see. You know you want to!

#HorrorWritersChat
Q4 The door opened to the basement. But the stairs were gone. Instead you saw... what?
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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roseblack2222.bsky.social
#HorrorWritersChat "What happened to the stairs?! There's just a slide going into an endless void! On one hand this could lead to my certain doom. On the other..."
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM