Joshua Blackwood
@joshuablackwood.bsky.social
Horror novelist and curator of ghosts and other specters. 🌲PNW🌲🏳️🌈 Tell your dog I said hi.
Not me showing up in agent’s inboxes like Duolingo if they’ve had my full for over 8 months.
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Not me showing up in agent’s inboxes like Duolingo if they’ve had my full for over 8 months.
Agents be like “seeking horror!” Then you realize what they mean is dark supernatural romance with a love interest that’s like a ghost or a werewolf and I’m just in their inbox with my horror novel like, hiiiiiiiiii
September 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Agents be like “seeking horror!” Then you realize what they mean is dark supernatural romance with a love interest that’s like a ghost or a werewolf and I’m just in their inbox with my horror novel like, hiiiiiiiiii
Spent all day at Pride yesterday, tending to the bright futures of our Queer family. It was an honor to hold hands, share tears, and receive stories of all who came into my tent. May their Queerness always be a blessing and a source of strength.
June 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Spent all day at Pride yesterday, tending to the bright futures of our Queer family. It was an honor to hold hands, share tears, and receive stories of all who came into my tent. May their Queerness always be a blessing and a source of strength.
Throwback! A black lipstick and a brow pen were a girl’s best friend.
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Throwback! A black lipstick and a brow pen were a girl’s best friend.
This one has been on my mind again. It may be time for a revisit.
June 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This one has been on my mind again. It may be time for a revisit.
Post a problematic “would”: Horror edition.
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Post a problematic “would”: Horror edition.
Me reading HOUSE OF LEAVES
May 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Me reading HOUSE OF LEAVES
Random Girl: *points to Beetlejuice Poster* “She was in Grey’s anatomy.”
Me: “Oh yeah, I love Geena Davis. Have you seen A League of Their Own?”
RG: *looks at me* “I’m 22. I’m young.” *walks away*
Me:
Me: “Oh yeah, I love Geena Davis. Have you seen A League of Their Own?”
RG: *looks at me* “I’m 22. I’m young.” *walks away*
Me:
May 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Random Girl: *points to Beetlejuice Poster* “She was in Grey’s anatomy.”
Me: “Oh yeah, I love Geena Davis. Have you seen A League of Their Own?”
RG: *looks at me* “I’m 22. I’m young.” *walks away*
Me:
Me: “Oh yeah, I love Geena Davis. Have you seen A League of Their Own?”
RG: *looks at me* “I’m 22. I’m young.” *walks away*
Me:
Me, trying to convince Canadian immigration to let me stay without a work visa.
March 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Me, trying to convince Canadian immigration to let me stay without a work visa.
Easter is on 4/20 this year!
February 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Easter is on 4/20 this year!
My chihuahua went full Mike Tyson 😩
January 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My chihuahua went full Mike Tyson 😩
This traumatized me.
January 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This traumatized me.
My first time reading Clive Barker and I’m obsessed. THE FORBIDDEN is truly spectacular.
January 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My first time reading Clive Barker and I’m obsessed. THE FORBIDDEN is truly spectacular.
Once again asking for old timey psychiatry to make a comeback because the active listening and SSRIs just aren’t cutting it anymore. I need the zip zaps.
December 20, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Once again asking for old timey psychiatry to make a comeback because the active listening and SSRIs just aren’t cutting it anymore. I need the zip zaps.
I have an insatiable white girl inside of me and she’s decided I NEED to decorate my home with a wagon wheel theme.
December 2, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I have an insatiable white girl inside of me and she’s decided I NEED to decorate my home with a wagon wheel theme.
Show me the women who raised you.
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Show me the women who raised you.
I hadn’t realized how intensely X made me avoid interacting with other people’s post. Now that I’m trying again I’m just incredibly awkward like, here I come with my comment, hope you like it!
November 23, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I hadn’t realized how intensely X made me avoid interacting with other people’s post. Now that I’m trying again I’m just incredibly awkward like, here I come with my comment, hope you like it!