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Weird/Horror Fiction Author & Editor Gevera Bert Piedmont (she/her)
Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch
Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor
Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA.
~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~
https://linktr.ee/bybertabird
Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch
Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor
Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA.
~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~
https://linktr.ee/bybertabird
Hey, my beloved Fat Monster won 2 awards. Give it a read?
Fat people are preyed on by society and by monsters: body horror, multi level marketing schemes, fungus creatures, pyramids...
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#horrorwriterschat
Fat people are preyed on by society and by monsters: body horror, multi level marketing schemes, fungus creatures, pyramids...
amzn.to/4j1TSn3
#horrorwriterschat
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hey, my beloved Fat Monster won 2 awards. Give it a read?
Fat people are preyed on by society and by monsters: body horror, multi level marketing schemes, fungus creatures, pyramids...
amzn.to/4j1TSn3
#horrorwriterschat
Fat people are preyed on by society and by monsters: body horror, multi level marketing schemes, fungus creatures, pyramids...
amzn.to/4j1TSn3
#horrorwriterschat
My characters are scared according to the plot more than their gender or lack of gender. #horrorwriterschat
Q4 is up. Ten minutes to outro and the promo: I am still working my way through. You're all wonderful busy bees today and I adore you!
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My characters are scared according to the plot more than their gender or lack of gender. #horrorwriterschat
Honestly I don't think that I even think about it this way. If you do, that's great. #horrorwriterschat
Q3. I'm doing what I can to answer everyone, and repost, so bear with me. So I don't keep you waiting, I'll throw out 3. Interpret this one how you like. I know many queer folks like me do not align masculinity with man shaped. And with horror, we love to subvert our tales.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Honestly I don't think that I even think about it this way. If you do, that's great. #horrorwriterschat
I don't look at archetypes as gendered. I love my #madscientist Dr. Lee but I also have a lady mad scientist Mo. And no she isn't named after my cat Mo or vice versa, my cat came from the shelter with that name after the books were published. Dr Lee is horrible; Mo is sweet. #horrorwriterschat
Well then, #HorrorWritersChat. What's an archetype anyway? I jest. We're all writers here... after alllllllll....
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I don't look at archetypes as gendered. I love my #madscientist Dr. Lee but I also have a lady mad scientist Mo. And no she isn't named after my cat Mo or vice versa, my cat came from the shelter with that name after the books were published. Dr Lee is horrible; Mo is sweet. #horrorwriterschat
I'm the Bert and I write a bunch of types of horror. I'm not sure I write all my men the same? I hope not. There is one guy I write all the time, Dr Bao Lee, a fun mad scientist. #horrorwriterschat
Here we go, #HorrorWritersChat!
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm the Bert and I write a bunch of types of horror. I'm not sure I write all my men the same? I hope not. There is one guy I write all the time, Dr Bao Lee, a fun mad scientist. #horrorwriterschat
45011 is my word count for Leet-Z on day 12 of Novel November. #novelnovember #nanowrimo #novnov #amwriting #horrorwriter #wordcount
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
45011 is my word count for Leet-Z on day 12 of Novel November. #novelnovember #nanowrimo #novnov #amwriting #horrorwriter #wordcount
I am Bert, as always, writing all sorts of #horror. #JurassicPark and #thething (1982) are both very inspiring to me, I fill my stories with genetically engineered #dinosaurs and #shoggoths. #horrorwriterschat
#HorrorWritersChat
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE
Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!
First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.
Now, what are we watching?
Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am Bert, as always, writing all sorts of #horror. #JurassicPark and #thething (1982) are both very inspiring to me, I fill my stories with genetically engineered #dinosaurs and #shoggoths. #horrorwriterschat
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November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hive mind, I need an #archeologist. Anyone? I know I fake it really well, but in actually, I am not one.
I'm at 32K for Leet-Z and my #archeology questions are piling up. #horrorwriting #horrorauthor #amwriting #nanowrimo #novnov #cthulhupunk #pandemic #mummy
I'm at 32K for Leet-Z and my #archeology questions are piling up. #horrorwriting #horrorauthor #amwriting #nanowrimo #novnov #cthulhupunk #pandemic #mummy
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hive mind, I need an #archeologist. Anyone? I know I fake it really well, but in actually, I am not one.
I'm at 32K for Leet-Z and my #archeology questions are piling up. #horrorwriting #horrorauthor #amwriting #nanowrimo #novnov #cthulhupunk #pandemic #mummy
I'm at 32K for Leet-Z and my #archeology questions are piling up. #horrorwriting #horrorauthor #amwriting #nanowrimo #novnov #cthulhupunk #pandemic #mummy
here's my #horrorhaiku
break open the seal |
under the moons at midnight |
prepare to wither |
#horrorwriterschat
break open the seal |
under the moons at midnight |
prepare to wither |
#horrorwriterschat
I knew you all were fine additions to our Collegiate. Here – an ancient scroll, on which a sentence has been carved, and you must finish it: “My chisel cracks the seal open. Only then, did I understand the folly of my curiosity.” Continue it as you see fit, my friends.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
here's my #horrorhaiku
break open the seal |
under the moons at midnight |
prepare to wither |
#horrorwriterschat
break open the seal |
under the moons at midnight |
prepare to wither |
#horrorwriterschat
Ah, whatever I don't want to know or see or acknowledge. Animals and people I love die. That lumpy thing could be cancer. The world is shit. Really, no one cares. Those truths just make everyone cry. Hide them inside old socks and Tupperware, for the love of Cthulhu. #horrorwriterschat
A moment; let me note this. The Primrose Collegiate appreciates your honesty and insight. Hm, an explosion? Yes, a seal is being pried open tonight. Now, listen carefully; what IS a Terrible Truth to you? What must be hidden from Humanity, lest it destroys us?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ah, whatever I don't want to know or see or acknowledge. Animals and people I love die. That lumpy thing could be cancer. The world is shit. Really, no one cares. Those truths just make everyone cry. Hide them inside old socks and Tupperware, for the love of Cthulhu. #horrorwriterschat
The seal does not look like a seal. It looks like anything else, not esoteric or mysterious. Like an old sock or a piece of Tupperware. Not scary at all. It is on the top shelf in a box with similar things, some of which are also Seals. #horrorwriterschat
Tonight’s attendance is most fortuitous, wouldn’t you agree? Mind the arcane energies coruscating in the laboratory; our work is, as always, dangerous. Now then, tell me; how would you describe an ideal seal containing a Terrible Truth? Where is it located?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The seal does not look like a seal. It looks like anything else, not esoteric or mysterious. Like an old sock or a piece of Tupperware. Not scary at all. It is on the top shelf in a box with similar things, some of which are also Seals. #horrorwriterschat
I'm late, I thought this started at 3. I write all sorts of horror. I have an esoteric horror seal containing a very small shoggoth. We should not open it. #horrorwriterschat
Ah, good evening, friend. Dr. Bedlam, at your service. Our esoteric laboratory has just opened. Come in, we are doing vital work on studying the cosmic unknown. Tell us, what do you write, and what seal do you own that contains a Terrible Truth hidden from Humanity?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I'm late, I thought this started at 3. I write all sorts of horror. I have an esoteric horror seal containing a very small shoggoth. We should not open it. #horrorwriterschat
My novel Leet-Z has a character called Rigoberto Ixtlilxochitl whose name came to me in a dream. I am very excited about him and you all need to be excited too.
Total WC 12285, day 3. #novnov #horrorwriter #nanowrimo #dailywordcount #cthulhupunk
Total WC 12285, day 3. #novnov #horrorwriter #nanowrimo #dailywordcount #cthulhupunk
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My novel Leet-Z has a character called Rigoberto Ixtlilxochitl whose name came to me in a dream. I am very excited about him and you all need to be excited too.
Total WC 12285, day 3. #novnov #horrorwriter #nanowrimo #dailywordcount #cthulhupunk
Total WC 12285, day 3. #novnov #horrorwriter #nanowrimo #dailywordcount #cthulhupunk
#novnov Day 2, Total Word Count 9128 Leet-Z #cthulhupunk #nanowrimo #horror #horrorwriter #horrorwriting
Not the real cover. Monsters & Metal book 0 #pandemic
Not the real cover. Monsters & Metal book 0 #pandemic
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#novnov Day 2, Total Word Count 9128 Leet-Z #cthulhupunk #nanowrimo #horror #horrorwriter #horrorwriting
Not the real cover. Monsters & Metal book 0 #pandemic
Not the real cover. Monsters & Metal book 0 #pandemic
My next novel mixes #Cyberpunk with a 500-year-old #mummycurse so I think we can look both ways at once. #horrorwriterschat
So what does it say about us, as the folklore evolves, and we fear new things, in the dark...
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My next novel mixes #Cyberpunk with a 500-year-old #mummycurse so I think we can look both ways at once. #horrorwriterschat
What happens is, I hear one & it resonates with me & a "what if" pops into my head. Like #zombies are caused by #brainworms so that's why you have to cut off their heads & destroy the heads utterly or the brain worm will find a new head--like yours. #horrorwriterschat 🧟♀️ྀིྀི
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What happens is, I hear one & it resonates with me & a "what if" pops into my head. Like #zombies are caused by #brainworms so that's why you have to cut off their heads & destroy the heads utterly or the brain worm will find a new head--like yours. #horrorwriterschat 🧟♀️ྀིྀི
I'm Bert & I write all kinds of dark stuff. I used to cry when my parents shut off a certain light because it was my friend & I thought they were killing it ( #autistic much?) so they thought I was scared of the dark. NO MY FRIEND IS DEAD. There was also a #skeleton under the bed. #horrorwriterschat
Hola, Horror Writers. I'm going to post and eat as I've pretty much just walked in. But, we're all about it today, so close to Halloween!
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm Bert & I write all kinds of dark stuff. I used to cry when my parents shut off a certain light because it was my friend & I thought they were killing it ( #autistic much?) so they thought I was scared of the dark. NO MY FRIEND IS DEAD. There was also a #skeleton under the bed. #horrorwriterschat
Fat Monster won 2 second place #Bookfest awards this weekend! Body Horror & Women's Horror. #horrorwriter
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fat Monster won 2 second place #Bookfest awards this weekend! Body Horror & Women's Horror. #horrorwriter
Oh, it has to be Dr Bao Lee, I keep putting him in everything. He's so deliciously unhinged and evil and unaware of his insanity. He's in Fat Monster and Metal and his cloned children are in my new Monsters & Metal Cthulhupunk series. #horrorwriterschat
QUESTION FOUR
There’s a knock at the door.
Before you can answer it, the door opens and reveals…your favourite character. They are your creation.
Who is visiting you?
Why are they your favourite?
And why are they here, now?
- - -
Linger a little longer for the outro & promo #HorrorWritersChat
There’s a knock at the door.
Before you can answer it, the door opens and reveals…your favourite character. They are your creation.
Who is visiting you?
Why are they your favourite?
And why are they here, now?
- - -
Linger a little longer for the outro & promo #HorrorWritersChat
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh, it has to be Dr Bao Lee, I keep putting him in everything. He's so deliciously unhinged and evil and unaware of his insanity. He's in Fat Monster and Metal and his cloned children are in my new Monsters & Metal Cthulhupunk series. #horrorwriterschat
Since I mentioned Fat Monster, please read it. It's really good. I suck at marketing & my webbed feet are 2 ugly to sell feet pics. amzn.to/4lUfELx body horror, obesity, shoggoths, mushroom shakes, multi-level-marketing scams, fungus monsters, weight loss horror, brainwashing #horrorwriterschat
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Since I mentioned Fat Monster, please read it. It's really good. I suck at marketing & my webbed feet are 2 ugly to sell feet pics. amzn.to/4lUfELx body horror, obesity, shoggoths, mushroom shakes, multi-level-marketing scams, fungus monsters, weight loss horror, brainwashing #horrorwriterschat
What inspired FAT MONSTER? The 3 biggest fictions would be: Masks of Nyarlathotep, At the Mountains of Madness, & r/antimlm, and the reality would be my 40+ years as a morbidly obese lady. #horrorwriterschat
QUESTION THREE
The room includes the media that inspires your writing.
Books. Films. Music. Art.
Share four that inspired your last published horror work or your latest horror WIP.
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The room includes the media that inspires your writing.
Books. Films. Music. Art.
Share four that inspired your last published horror work or your latest horror WIP.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What inspired FAT MONSTER? The 3 biggest fictions would be: Masks of Nyarlathotep, At the Mountains of Madness, & r/antimlm, and the reality would be my 40+ years as a morbidly obese lady. #horrorwriterschat
I'm Miss Bert, I'm SO LATE today, and I'm in my dream room, next to a koi pond and woods with my feets up on the couch and kitties around me. #horrorwriterschat
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm Miss Bert, I'm SO LATE today, and I'm in my dream room, next to a koi pond and woods with my feets up on the couch and kitties around me. #horrorwriterschat