Tim Waggoner
@timwaggoner.bsky.social
Weird Fiction - Horror - Dark Fantasy. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
My interview with Joe Mynhardt for Crystal Lake's House of Shadows and Ink podcast has just dropped! youtu.be/RKGvV80GadQ?...
Inside the Mind of Tim Waggoner: Horror, Tie-Ins & Creative Legacy
YouTube video by The House of Shadows & Ink
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My interview with Joe Mynhardt for Crystal Lake's House of Shadows and Ink podcast has just dropped! youtu.be/RKGvV80GadQ?...
Spent the day working on my next tie-in novel! Can't say what it is yet, but I'm having a blast!
December 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Spent the day working on my next tie-in novel! Can't say what it is yet, but I'm having a blast!
I can't wait for tomorrow's sales!
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I can't wait for tomorrow's sales!
Happy Horrordays!
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy Horrordays!
Did you know my new novel THE FACE OF PAIN has cool illustrations?
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Did you know my new novel THE FACE OF PAIN has cool illustrations?
This book is better and scarier than Goosebumps!” – The Horrorlander
New video review of my novel I Scream, You Scream:
youtu.be/zD2sJoVPKPs?...
New video review of my novel I Scream, You Scream:
youtu.be/zD2sJoVPKPs?...
This Book Is BETTER and SCARIER Than Goosebumps
YouTube video by The Horrorlander
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This book is better and scarier than Goosebumps!” – The Horrorlander
New video review of my novel I Scream, You Scream:
youtu.be/zD2sJoVPKPs?...
New video review of my novel I Scream, You Scream:
youtu.be/zD2sJoVPKPs?...
Bailey says, "NO PAPARAZZI!"
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bailey says, "NO PAPARAZZI!"
Author copies of my Conan novel finally came!
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Author copies of my Conan novel finally came!
My novel I Scream, You Scream, previously only available as a limited edition hardcover, is now out in trade paperback and Kindle!
Links in the first comment.
Links in the first comment.
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My novel I Scream, You Scream, previously only available as a limited edition hardcover, is now out in trade paperback and Kindle!
Links in the first comment.
Links in the first comment.
Author copies have arrived!
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Author copies have arrived!
Reposted by Tim Waggoner
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
My Scribe Award for the novelization of Terrifier 2 arrived today!
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My Scribe Award for the novelization of Terrifier 2 arrived today!
This is an abomination.
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is an abomination.
Copies of the Thunderstorm 20th Anniversary Edition of LIKE DEATH and the new sequel KILL THEM ALL arrived! Don't they look gorgeous? Cover art by Lynne Hansen!
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Copies of the Thunderstorm 20th Anniversary Edition of LIKE DEATH and the new sequel KILL THEM ALL arrived! Don't they look gorgeous? Cover art by Lynne Hansen!
Reposted by Tim Waggoner
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
Reposted by Tim Waggoner
In 'Spawn of the Serpent God' by @timwaggoner.bsky.social, Conan acts as a violent oasis of calm among the chaos of the Gods that surround him.
Out now
Read my SFBook.com review: sfbook.com/spawn-of-the...
Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
Out now
Read my SFBook.com review: sfbook.com/spawn-of-the...
Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In 'Spawn of the Serpent God' by @timwaggoner.bsky.social, Conan acts as a violent oasis of calm among the chaos of the Gods that surround him.
Out now
Read my SFBook.com review: sfbook.com/spawn-of-the...
Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
Out now
Read my SFBook.com review: sfbook.com/spawn-of-the...
Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social
You can read the first chapter of my new horror/dark fantasy novel THE FACE OF PAIN at my blog. Link in the first comment.
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You can read the first chapter of my new horror/dark fantasy novel THE FACE OF PAIN at my blog. Link in the first comment.
Live image of me desperately trying to hold onto what scraps of sanity I can in this world.
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Live image of me desperately trying to hold onto what scraps of sanity I can in this world.
A couple of horror movies on Tubi I enjoyed recently: DRIVE BACK is a cursed road movie with twists and turns I didn't expect. HUNTERS ON A WHITE FIELD is a Swedish film and a slow burn, but the tension builds to a great last act. Check 'em out!
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A couple of horror movies on Tubi I enjoyed recently: DRIVE BACK is a cursed road movie with twists and turns I didn't expect. HUNTERS ON A WHITE FIELD is a Swedish film and a slow burn, but the tension builds to a great last act. Check 'em out!
Never, ever change, Tubi!
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Never, ever change, Tubi!
Here's something I didn't expect to find -- Davey Deathray reads the first three chapters of Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization on YouTube (starting at 19:18). Check it out!
www.youtube.com/live/M9OYsvW...
www.youtube.com/live/M9OYsvW...
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here's something I didn't expect to find -- Davey Deathray reads the first three chapters of Terrifier 3: The Official Novelization on YouTube (starting at 19:18). Check it out!
www.youtube.com/live/M9OYsvW...
www.youtube.com/live/M9OYsvW...
Terrifier fans! Now that the novelization of Terrifier 3 has been released into the wild, you can learn the bizarre and blood-soaked secrets of how I wrote it here: tinyurl.com/27uda9f9
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Terrifier fans! Now that the novelization of Terrifier 3 has been released into the wild, you can learn the bizarre and blood-soaked secrets of how I wrote it here: tinyurl.com/27uda9f9
#1 New Release in Slasher Horrors!
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#1 New Release in Slasher Horrors!