H.V. Patterson
@hvpatterson.bsky.social
Writes horror/speculative fiction, poetry, and plays. Loves folklore, spooky science, and baking/cooking. Cofounder Horns and Rattles Press she/her
Find me: linktr.ee/hvpatterson
Find me: linktr.ee/hvpatterson
So excited that "Our Lady of the Grain" is part of Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror, ed. by C.M. Muller and out now from Chthonic Matter. I can't wait to read the other spooky stories in this anthology!
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So excited that "Our Lady of the Grain" is part of Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror, ed. by C.M. Muller and out now from Chthonic Matter. I can't wait to read the other spooky stories in this anthology!
Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
Very excited to read the latest Star*Line! Includes my ecohorror poem, "Ancient Forest Dreams". How creepy and seasonally appropriate is the cover art by Joe Vaux?!
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Very excited to read the latest Star*Line! Includes my ecohorror poem, "Ancient Forest Dreams". How creepy and seasonally appropriate is the cover art by Joe Vaux?!
Thank you to contributor @dextermcleod.bsky.social for creating these eerie promotional images!
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thank you to contributor @dextermcleod.bsky.social for creating these eerie promotional images!
Don't miss Harvest the Night, an anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter and C.M. Muller, out at the end of the month! Preorders are open through Chthonic Matter's website (see my bio/linktree).
Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.
Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Don't miss Harvest the Night, an anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter and C.M. Muller, out at the end of the month! Preorders are open through Chthonic Matter's website (see my bio/linktree).
Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.
Includes my story, "Our Lady of the Grain", and thirteen other dread-inducing stories.
We had a great turnout for Horror Book Club in October!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
October 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We had a great turnout for Horror Book Club in October!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
So excited to have a short play in Hellerween! This week, from Thursday the 16th-Saturday the 18th! If you're in the Tulsa area, don't miss this spooky good time. More information and tickets linked below!
October 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So excited to have a short play in Hellerween! This week, from Thursday the 16th-Saturday the 18th! If you're in the Tulsa area, don't miss this spooky good time. More information and tickets linked below!
If you like dark fantasy, consider backing this anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social!
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you like dark fantasy, consider backing this anthology from @awwlitmag.bsky.social!
Blown away by this gorgeous contributor package from ROF Publishing! Love the gorgeous art by Steve Townsend. I'm very excited that "Wren's Day" is part of Season's Grievings: Tales of Travel Horror edited by Emily J. Weisenberger.
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Blown away by this gorgeous contributor package from ROF Publishing! Love the gorgeous art by Steve Townsend. I'm very excited that "Wren's Day" is part of Season's Grievings: Tales of Travel Horror edited by Emily J. Weisenberger.
Super excited to host horror book club! October 14th, 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa.
We'll be Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!
We'll be Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Super excited to host horror book club! October 14th, 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa.
We'll be Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!
We'll be Root Rot by Saskia Nislow!
Just in time for spooky month: check out Silent Screams ed. by @matgost.bsky.social! Includes my horror flash, "Unexplained", and tons of other quiet horror stories.
The cover by Eric Brenner is even more stunning in person!
The cover by Eric Brenner is even more stunning in person!
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just in time for spooky month: check out Silent Screams ed. by @matgost.bsky.social! Includes my horror flash, "Unexplained", and tons of other quiet horror stories.
The cover by Eric Brenner is even more stunning in person!
The cover by Eric Brenner is even more stunning in person!
Very excited that "Unexplained" (first pub. in Flash Fiction Online) is part of the Silent Screams anthology, edited by @matgost.bsky.social! I absolutely love the cover by Eric Brenner.
All proceeds go to Mind, a UK mental health charity. You can pre-order the eBook, now!
All proceeds go to Mind, a UK mental health charity. You can pre-order the eBook, now!
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Very excited that "Unexplained" (first pub. in Flash Fiction Online) is part of the Silent Screams anthology, edited by @matgost.bsky.social! I absolutely love the cover by Eric Brenner.
All proceeds go to Mind, a UK mental health charity. You can pre-order the eBook, now!
All proceeds go to Mind, a UK mental health charity. You can pre-order the eBook, now!
Tulsa horror people!
We're starting up horror book club again at Heirloom Rustic Ales on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! We're going to read Root Rot by Saskia Nislow. Pick up a copy from a local bookstore or directly from Creature Publishing and join us there!
We're starting up horror book club again at Heirloom Rustic Ales on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! We're going to read Root Rot by Saskia Nislow. Pick up a copy from a local bookstore or directly from Creature Publishing and join us there!
September 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tulsa horror people!
We're starting up horror book club again at Heirloom Rustic Ales on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! We're going to read Root Rot by Saskia Nislow. Pick up a copy from a local bookstore or directly from Creature Publishing and join us there!
We're starting up horror book club again at Heirloom Rustic Ales on Tuesday, October 14th at 7pm! We're going to read Root Rot by Saskia Nislow. Pick up a copy from a local bookstore or directly from Creature Publishing and join us there!
Out tomorrow! Darkness 102: Advanced Lessons Were Learned from Collective Tales Publishing. Includes two of my spooky shorts!
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Out tomorrow! Darkness 102: Advanced Lessons Were Learned from Collective Tales Publishing. Includes two of my spooky shorts!
If you're ever near Guthrie, Oklahoma, check out @anovelideabookshop.bsky.social! Fantastic store!
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you're ever near Guthrie, Oklahoma, check out @anovelideabookshop.bsky.social! Fantastic store!
Honored to have two poems in the Dwarf Stars 2025 anthology alongside such stellar speculative poets!
August 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Honored to have two poems in the Dwarf Stars 2025 anthology alongside such stellar speculative poets!
Out tomorrow, August 8th!!
I'll be at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa from 6-8pm.
I'm so excited to be part of What We Call Home! This anthology features several of my poems and a flash fiction piece about homemaker horror.
I'll be at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa from 6-8pm.
I'm so excited to be part of What We Call Home! This anthology features several of my poems and a flash fiction piece about homemaker horror.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Out tomorrow, August 8th!!
I'll be at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa from 6-8pm.
I'm so excited to be part of What We Call Home! This anthology features several of my poems and a flash fiction piece about homemaker horror.
I'll be at Heirloom Rustic Ales in Tulsa from 6-8pm.
I'm so excited to be part of What We Call Home! This anthology features several of my poems and a flash fiction piece about homemaker horror.
So excited to be part of What We Call Home!
Features stories and flash fiction centered around homemaking, including my horror-takes on the darker side of homemaking.
Here's the preorder link: forms.gle/SuQNYYMZfdA8...
Features stories and flash fiction centered around homemaking, including my horror-takes on the darker side of homemaking.
Here's the preorder link: forms.gle/SuQNYYMZfdA8...
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So excited to be part of What We Call Home!
Features stories and flash fiction centered around homemaking, including my horror-takes on the darker side of homemaking.
Here's the preorder link: forms.gle/SuQNYYMZfdA8...
Features stories and flash fiction centered around homemaking, including my horror-takes on the darker side of homemaking.
Here's the preorder link: forms.gle/SuQNYYMZfdA8...
Gaining Forbidden Knowledge from the library!
So delighted to have access to so many amazing resources, especially the nonfiction books and audiobooks.
So delighted to have access to so many amazing resources, especially the nonfiction books and audiobooks.
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Gaining Forbidden Knowledge from the library!
So delighted to have access to so many amazing resources, especially the nonfiction books and audiobooks.
So delighted to have access to so many amazing resources, especially the nonfiction books and audiobooks.
Hope everyone's been having an excellent #transrightsreadathon!
I absolutely loved Coup de Grace by Sofia Arjam! The ending complete unsettled me, in the best possible way.
I'm about halfway through Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, and so far it's delightful and deeply strange.
I absolutely loved Coup de Grace by Sofia Arjam! The ending complete unsettled me, in the best possible way.
I'm about halfway through Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, and so far it's delightful and deeply strange.
March 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hope everyone's been having an excellent #transrightsreadathon!
I absolutely loved Coup de Grace by Sofia Arjam! The ending complete unsettled me, in the best possible way.
I'm about halfway through Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, and so far it's delightful and deeply strange.
I absolutely loved Coup de Grace by Sofia Arjam! The ending complete unsettled me, in the best possible way.
I'm about halfway through Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, and so far it's delightful and deeply strange.
My poem "Life and Death on TerraX" is in the latest issue of Star*line! I love this cover art by Dante Luiz.
February 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My poem "Life and Death on TerraX" is in the latest issue of Star*line! I love this cover art by Dante Luiz.
Had a fantastic evening with Grady Hendrix and Magic City Books last week! I loved the presentation (complete with slideshow!) about witches and the history of witchcraft. Equal parts informative and entertaining.
January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Had a fantastic evening with Grady Hendrix and Magic City Books last week! I loved the presentation (complete with slideshow!) about witches and the history of witchcraft. Equal parts informative and entertaining.