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Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

I #amwriting #Horror Are you, #HorrorSky?

If you write horror, you can join us for #HorrorWritersChat only on Bluesky.

What is "us"?
Who are "we"?
Take a look 👀

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Horror Writers. Join fellow horror writers as we answer four questions, chat, and promote our work on Bluesky weekly on Wednesday 7 pm GMT (UK) / 2 pm ET (USA). Co-Hosts: Eryn - @erynmccee.bsky.social - Gree - @greethewriter.bsky.social - Mary - @marywyrd.bsky.social - Check out #HorrorWritersChat - Horror Writers Chat was created by author MG Mason - @chaoticauthor.online - to whom we are eternally grateful. Background: Manipulated photos with purple filters to create a corridor through an abandoned house with two ghostly hands pressing against either side of the frame. Image by Mary Wyrd.

November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Here’s my hardback copy of indie author @dhalerambo.bsky.social’s HARD BOUND, book two of The Planar Pages, a fantasy mystery series set in worlds based on historical periods.

Why book two? The mystery is set in the Court of Copper, home of the faekin, and includes witches 🧚🧙💖

#AMoRaR #BookSky

Photo by Mary Wyrd of the green hardcover of D. Hale Rambo’s HARD BOUND, book two of The Planar Pages. The cover background is an elaborate, elegant golden pattern with branches intertwined. At each corner is a circle with a symbol relevant to the story. The book rests on a paper decorated with various flowers in white, pink and burgundy.

November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

What are your writing routines?

My writing routine tends to involve:
+ coffee
+ writing
+ research
+ stretching (when I remember)
+ editing with the exact same expression as Lestat reading Claudia's diary to his husband and co-chaos parent, Louis
+ random chore
+ more writing

#amwriting

A double panel of Lestat, a white French vampire man with a messy bob and striped shirt with wastecoat (played by Sam Reid in AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire) is reading from a notebook. Panel one: He is reading and disgusted. Panel two: he looks into the distance with disgust and seems to ask “why write this like this??”

November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Alternative #MondayMotivation

A white plaque with a golden border says "Yes! Today, Cthulhu" as black and white tentacles writhe behind it. Illustration by Mary Wyrd.

November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Okay. I got you.

November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Writing for others vs writing for myself

#AmWriting

My virtual office - a faux polaroid picture of a tidy modern office space. A glass and gold metal desk has a pile of books, a laptop and a notepad on it. One cozy high-backed white chair is at the desk while its twin is further back next to a modern metal and wood bookshelf and wooden table. A large print of "El sueño de la razon produce monstruos" (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters) by Francisco Goya is on the far wall above an electric fireplace. The floor is carpeted and has a fushia and gold circle rug under the desk. The room was designed by Mary Wyrd in the game House Flipper.

A room in a castle with grey stone walls viewed from the side of a large fireplace. Across the room, a large window is decorated with heavy black curtains and dark green inner curtains. A large dark brown wood desk stands before it. Two crystal chandeliers hang from the burgundy ceiling, lighting the black Chesterfield sofa with green seats that stands before two coffee tables set with tea implements and brownies. The large black door in the opposite corner is guarded by a raven on one side and a copy of El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters) by Francisco Goya, on the other. Image designed by Mary Wyrd in the game House Flipper.

November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Leaving the cinema, our eyes acclimatise to the change in light.

Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love.

REMEMBER: You can self-promote ONLY if you’ve participated in the questions.

Thank you, Horror pals!

That’s all folks. There is no algorithm here, so visibility depends on engagement with others. Answer the questions, use the hashtag, share, and comment on the #HorrorWritersChat posts. FIN Have you got something to sell or shout about? This is your chance! Share those promos and links now. See you next time #HorrorWritersChat - All this text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen, but ut one person on the right has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Q4 - CREDITS

Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.

#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.

Stay around for the outro to share your work.

Question four - Credits - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do. Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, seemingly upside down, trying to get out. But one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Q3 - INTERMISSION

Time for a refreshment break.

We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.

#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?

Question Three - Intermission - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work? Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, seemingly upside down, trying to get out. But one person on the right has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Q2 - COMING SOON

It’s time for the trailers.

And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!

Which work is it?

And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!

Question Two - Trailers - One of your stories has been adapted into a film/movie. Which story is it? Which actor is playing your protagonist, antagonist, or fave character? Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, trying to get out. But one person on the right has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

#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.

Question one - Double Feature - Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write in. Then, share two films/movies that have inspired your horror writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - All this text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the figure pressing against the screen, trying to get out. But one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

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Taking on the admin, copy, and content for busy authors, creatives, and changemakers!

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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

It’s Wednesday! It must be #HorrorWritersChat

And this week we’re...going to the cinema!
(virtually)

This is your ticket #HorrorWriter #HorrorAuthor

Join us at 7 pm GMT / 2 pm ET for four themed questions about the horror you write.

Bonus: A promo opportunity for those who take part.

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#HorrorWritersChat presents Cinema Trip. Join us on BlueSky for four questions and chat with a promo opportunity at the end - Wednesday 12 November at 7 pm GMT / 2 pm ET. All this text is projected onto a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen, but one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.

November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Get someone else to do that task for you.

Get Mary Wyrd
Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant.

Supporting authors, creatives, and changemakers with admin, copy, and content.

Learn more at www.marywyrd.com

Freelancer.
No Gen-AI.
🏳️‍🌈 Ally.

Copywriter. Horror Writer. Book fiend.

October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Love horror?
Love supernatural mysteries?
Want to support an indie author?

If that's a yes, check out these books by MG Mason
aka @chaoticauthor.online

Pick up your chosen read from
> Ko-Fi
> Itchio
> Books2Read
> 'Zon

Links at:
mgmasoncreative.com/all-my-books/

#HorrorSky #BookSky #IndieReads

Author promo post - Five horror books and five Supernatural Crime/Mystery books by MG Mason, mixed genre fiction author. mgmasoncreative.com - On the left, five horror books include: three Ghost stories: The Residents of James Hotel; Angel's Mass; The Small Bronze Carriage on the Mantelpiece. For Gladiator Horror read Phobetor's Children. For a Zombie dystopia read Dead Lock. On the right are five Supernatural Crime/Mystery from the Salmonweird Universe: Cozy crime comedy - Salmonweird; A Salmonweird Sleighing; Studio Salmonweird. For more spooky tales read Spooky Salmonweird. For a spinoff, read Shadows of Cathedral Lane.

October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

#MondayMotivation

A white plaque with a golden border says "not today Cthulhu" as black and white tentacles writhe behind it. Illustration by Mary Wyrd.

October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Art vs Artist

Photo of book endpapers designed by Mary Wyrd for author D. Hale Rambo’s novel Between the Lines. The design has a repeating golden interconnected vine-like pattern with diamonds made from the white space. Within the diamonds are symbols from the book series The Planar Pages and the letter L. There is a book plate labelled “property of” with space for the owner to add their name.

Digital illustration of Mary Wyrd, a humanoid figure wearing a Victorian gown with huge sleeves. She holds a yellow letter in gloved hands but is looking off into the distance, endlessly smiling as her head is a crowned skull - designed by Mary Wyrd.

October 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Thank you for the tour #HorrorWritersChat - this was certainly…illuminating.

Before we leave each other's company, do share the horror books, stories, wares, scares and everything you want us to know about - by you or other horror friends.

Until next time…keep it scary 🖤

That’s it for this week! There is no algorithm here, so visibility depends on engagement with others. Answer the questions, use the hashtag, share other writer’s stuff and comment on their posts. FINALLY. Have you got something to sell or shout about? Share those promos and links now. See you next time #HorrorWritersChat - background composite image of a series of abandoned interior rooms. On either side of the opening to the next room, a pair of shadowy hands presses against the walls.

October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

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

Question four - From your work, who is your favourite character? Antagonist? Protagonist? Who are they? Why are they your favourite? And why are they visiting you? #HorrorWritersChat - background composite image of a series of abandoned interior rooms. On either side of the opening to the next room, a pair of shadowy hands presses against the walls.

October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

#HorrorWritersChat

Time to shine a light on my rarely mentioned Gothic Cosmic Horror Alt-History Mystery WIP inspiration:

> Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
> Ville Valo’s work & HIMself
> Regency Cthulhu
> Good Faeries/Bad Faeries by Brian Froud

Lots of research/prep before I can share much more

Book cover Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Specifically, the Portuguese 2018 design.

Photograph of Ville Valo, a thin white Finnish man, musician, solo artist and former lead singer/songwriter of the band HIM. He sits across the arms of a black upholstered chair, wearing a sleeveless top that reveals his full arm tattoo. His dark, wavy hair is currently chin-length, and he wears smudged eyeliner. He is not looking at the camera.

Book cover for Call of Cthulhu Regency Cthulhu: Dark Designs in Jane Austen’s England. Andrew Peregrine. Lynne Hardy and Friends. Chaosium Inc. An English Regency soldier with a rifle and a woman in a Regency dress with bonnet and holding a candelabra stand outside a stately Georgian house while tackling red, writhing tentacles.

Book cover of Good Faeries, Bad Faeries by Brian Froud. Edited by Terri Windling. Showing the back cover where Bad Faeries starts. Illustration of a goblin holding a painting of a blue woman faerie, staring at you through her very long fingers.

October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

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.

#HorrorWritersChat

Question three - Share four pieces of media that inspired your latest published horror work or your current horror WIP (work in progress) #HorrorWritersChat - background composite image of a series of abandoned interior rooms. On either side of the opening to the next room, a pair of shadowy hands presses against the walls.

October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

#HorrorWritersChat

I’m old school and a big fan of physically getting my ideas and drafts out of my head and into reality. Hence, all the shelves and the large desk in my dream study.

So my recommendations are:
> Notebooks
> Writing pens
> Record/Index cards (for plotting and characters)

A corner of a room in a castle with grey stone walls. A large window curtained in black and green looks out on the sea at night. The moon glows among the pink and black clouds. Inside the room, a large dark brown wooden desk fills the space before the window. On the desk are various notebooks, pens and yellow cards. Beside the desk is a large dark brown set of drawers with golden knobs. On top is a black dragon figurine wrapped around a purple orb. A black door is on the other wall with a black bat clock above it. A small copy of The Nightmare by John Fuseli is beside it. Image designed by Mary Wyrd in the game House Flipper.

October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

QUESTION TWO

We stand before your writing area #HorrorWritersChat

Which three tools (apps? Items? objects?) do you find useful when writing?

Are there any you’d recommend to other writers?

The stranger the better...

Question Two - Which three tools, apps or items do you find useful when writing? Which would you recommend to other writers? Quote Post your answers with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments #HorrorWritersChat - background composite image of a series of abandoned interior rooms. On either side of the opening to the next room, a pair of shadowy hands presses against the walls.

October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Greetings #HorrorWritersChat

I’m Mary from Greater Manchester (UK) and I write Gothic, Cosmic & Weird Horror.

Welcome to my dream writing room. Take a seat on the leather Chesterfield or one of the chairs. Feel free to peruse the shelves or art. Care for a beverage? A brownie?

Take a look…

A room in a castle with grey stone walls and a large, lit fireplace. On either side are marble plinths with black cats standing guard beneath images of witches and vampires. Two crystal chandeliers hang from the burgundy ceiling, lighting the black Chesterfield sofa with green seats in front of the coffee table set with tea implements and brownies. The side wall is black bookshelves filled with books and folders. The floor is carpeted with a large black rug with white flourishes and a lunar motif. Image designed by Mary Wyrd in the game House Flipper.

October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

QUESTION ONE - #HorrorWritersChat

Behind this door is your ideal writing room. 🚪

If money were no object and dreams were reality, this is where you’d write, relax, and conceive of your next great work.

Introduce yourself along with your horror niche, then open the door and describe your space.

Question one - Introduce yourself! Your name, your corner of the horror genre and describe your dream writing room. Quote Post your answers with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments #HorrorWritersChat - background composite image of a series of abandoned interior rooms. On either side of the opening to the next room, a pair of shadowy hands presses against the walls.

October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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