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Jessica Peter
@jessicapeter.bsky.social
Horror writer, Poetry Editor of Haven Spec, editor of Howls from the Scene of the Crime. Social worker, health researcher (under a slightly different name), health policy PhD student.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

http://www.jessicapeter.net
Oh awesome! Yep, that's us too. I heard he was a favourite to win MVP so it's exciting that he landed it - and that a hometown guy got it! I think his mural should be done by now but I haven't been down that way...
May 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Had a lovely time moderating a panel on horror at @gritlitfestival.bsky.social last night with Cheryl Isaacs, Pasha Malla, and AGA Wilmot! Thanks to everyone who made it out to our later night session. #HamiltonReads2025
April 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Tomorrow is the provincial election! I encourage you to vote - against Doug Ford. Show him he doesn't deserve a majority.

To find out who is the most strategic vote against Ford and his PCs in your riding, see votewell.ca or smartvoting.ca. #HamOnt
February 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I literally screeched when I opened my email and saw Howls from the Scene of the Crime is on the Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot. So thrilled to make it to this first step along with my co-editor in crime @timaeusbloom.bsky.social through @howlsociety.bsky.social !
January 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My annual tradition of producing my top 10 books in 2024! This year they leaned non-fic, though still plenty of fic. They were all amazing books I would absolutely recommend, though not if you're in a mood for something "feel good"

Photo below and in no particular order in the next messages.
January 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's a vibe!
January 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thrilled to see one of my poems on Ellen Datlow's recommendations list for building her Best Horror of the Year anthology. "Requiescat in Pace" is a little poem about famous women hauntings. It's in this issue of Star*Line: www.sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/st...
November 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Here is a selection I have up for award eligibility from this year! Two horror short stories that both happen to feature volcanoes, two selected poems - both speculative and apocalyptic, and one excellent anthology, if I do say so myself (as co-editor).
November 21, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Part 2: it’s (golden) raspberries in NOVEMBER!
November 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM
It is late November and I’m eating fresh tomatoes from my garden. In Canada! (Granted, I picked them a little while ago and they were ripening in a windowsill, but still recent enough to be fresh). While I enjoy the tomatoes, it also gives me a bit of existential dread about the climate.
November 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Gathering has begun at #HamOnt City Hall for the vigil for Erixon Kabera, who was killed by police this weekend. #justiceforerixon
November 14, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Bookmail! This pulpy cover of @silviamg.bsky.social’s Mexican Gothic just arrived from the UK. I ordered it after @haileypiperfights.bsky.social posted about it back in the bad place (I have no self control… and I love this book, didn’t own one yet, and the pulp style spoke to me!)
November 14, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Want to check out my anthology? Howls from the Scene of the Crime: A Crime Horror Anthology, co-edited by me and @timaeusbloom.bsky.social and published by @howlsociety.bsky.social came out in May! howlsociety.com/anthology/
November 11, 2024 at 12:39 AM
I’m moderating a panel on writing ghost stories on Sunday at Fan Expo in Toronto, with a great list of panelists. Come on out if you’re around!
August 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Hey have you heard about the antho I’m co-editing, HOWLS FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME? It’s crime, it’s horror, it’s 22 stories of gorgeous grit by amazing authors, and illustrated too!

We’re Kickstarting now so check it out or back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/how...
March 20, 2024 at 3:51 AM
My top 10 reads of 2023! In no particular order and certainly not all published in 2023, but my favourites: and all great.
December 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM
It’s release day for THE DARKNESS BEYOND THE STARS! Creepy space horror from an awesome TOC (including yours truly, with what I am calling a space gothic). Check out buying links here: www.saltheartpress.com/darkness-bey...
August 31, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Also at 2:30pm at Fan Expo Toronto, I'll be doing a reading with @aijiang.bsky.social and @sillysyntax.bsky.social - all the info here: https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpocanada/
August 20, 2023 at 4:51 PM
A week today I'm moderating a panel at Fan Expo in Toronto.

Catch: "It's Alive! The Ever Evolving World of Horror" with panellists @aijiang.bsky.social, @afsulli.bsky.social, @timmcgregor.bsky.social, & @sillysyntax.bsky.social at 11:30am next Sunday.

https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpocanada/
August 20, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Two bundles of fresh books! The first 4 are from my Little Free Library (I’ve been seeding it with good stuff and it other good stuff is coming!), and 3 from the library.

I’ve already read the NK Jemison books (but needed to own them… and read the third). I’ve just started reading Story Genius.
August 20, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
July 30, 2023 at 3:42 PM