R.A. Busby
@rabusby.bsky.social
🩸📚Horror writer | Bram Stoker nominee & Shirley Jackson Award winner | I write stuff to make you squirm.
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R.A. Busby
@rabusby.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Not me, being SO THRILLED to get listed in @sadiehartmann.bsky.social ‘s new book Feral and Hysterical for You Will Speak for the Dead!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
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The winner in the horror category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)!
#SSBA #SSBA2025
#SSBA #SSBA2025
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The winner in the horror category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)!
#SSBA #SSBA2025
#SSBA #SSBA2025
Aaah!! Omg, I am so honored! Thank you so much, and thank you to @stelliform.press for all their support!!
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Aaah!! Omg, I am so honored! Thank you so much, and thank you to @stelliform.press for all their support!!
And OF COURSE those “croissants” look like they came out of a paper tube.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And OF COURSE those “croissants” look like they came out of a paper tube.
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¿Queréis una historia que os sacuda hasta la médula?
Pues no se hable más: id corriendo a leer «Diez mil niñas que se arrastran», de R. A. Busby. Estamos segures de que os dejará los pelos como escarpias 🕷️
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#terror #leoautorasoct @rabusby.bsky.social
Pues no se hable más: id corriendo a leer «Diez mil niñas que se arrastran», de R. A. Busby. Estamos segures de que os dejará los pelos como escarpias 🕷️
www.patreon.com/posts/diez-m...
#terror #leoautorasoct @rabusby.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
¿Queréis una historia que os sacuda hasta la médula?
Pues no se hable más: id corriendo a leer «Diez mil niñas que se arrastran», de R. A. Busby. Estamos segures de que os dejará los pelos como escarpias 🕷️
www.patreon.com/posts/diez-m...
#terror #leoautorasoct @rabusby.bsky.social
Pues no se hable más: id corriendo a leer «Diez mil niñas que se arrastran», de R. A. Busby. Estamos segures de que os dejará los pelos como escarpias 🕷️
www.patreon.com/posts/diez-m...
#terror #leoautorasoct @rabusby.bsky.social
To be fair, anything has to be better than the Branagh version.
Naked Jello wrestling with Robert DeNiro was definitely not on my movie wish list.
Naked Jello wrestling with Robert DeNiro was definitely not on my movie wish list.
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
To be fair, anything has to be better than the Branagh version.
Naked Jello wrestling with Robert DeNiro was definitely not on my movie wish list.
Naked Jello wrestling with Robert DeNiro was definitely not on my movie wish list.
EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. Six fuckin’ laps.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
“The logistics of staging a timed 1.5-mile run have been more difficult to coordinate, one official told me.”
A government agency with hundreds of millions of dollars cannot figure out how to rent a track?
A government agency with hundreds of millions of dollars cannot figure out how to rent a track?
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. Six fuckin’ laps.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
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Commit it to memory. This is the way ⬇️
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Commit it to memory. This is the way ⬇️
Every time I see one of those videos, I’m wondering what will happen when someone just says “Fk it,” and starts retaliating.
October 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Every time I see one of those videos, I’m wondering what will happen when someone just says “Fk it,” and starts retaliating.
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You Will Speak for the Dead by R.A. Busby is a fabulous #Horror novella that makes you question how your collective accumulation leaves a mark on the world. #SSBA2025 semifinals. #BookSky 💙📚
@stelliform.press @rabusby.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
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@stelliform.press @rabusby.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
You Will Speak for the Dead by R.A. Busby is a fabulous #Horror novella that makes you question how your collective accumulation leaves a mark on the world. #SSBA2025 semifinals. #BookSky 💙📚
@stelliform.press @rabusby.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@stelliform.press @rabusby.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (@stelliform.press) by @rabusby.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!
#SSBA #SSBA2025
#SSBA #SSBA2025
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (@stelliform.press) by @rabusby.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations!
#SSBA #SSBA2025
#SSBA #SSBA2025
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!
ICYMI: two Stelliform books advance to the next round at the Small Spec Awards! @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social's THE JAGUAR MASK is a semifinalist for Fantasy, and @rabusby.bsky.social's YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD is a semifinalist for Horror!
Check out the lists and love more indie spec fic!
Check out the lists and love more indie spec fic!
It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
September 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!
I’m so delighted! My best wishes to everyone nominated!
Semifinalists for HORROR (cont)
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
September 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m so delighted! My best wishes to everyone nominated!
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Semifinalists for HORROR (cont)
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Semifinalists for HORROR (cont)
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social
RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
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First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
Not me, being SO THRILLED to get listed in @sadiehartmann.bsky.social ‘s new book Feral and Hysterical for You Will Speak for the Dead!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
August 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not me, being SO THRILLED to get listed in @sadiehartmann.bsky.social ‘s new book Feral and Hysterical for You Will Speak for the Dead!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
omg omg omg! 😆
So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
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Let me repeat it! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽
August 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Let me repeat it! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽
I want to like Chapelwaite. I really do, but for fuck’s sake, DO YOUR RESEARCH. This show is set around 1850. Here’s what people didn’t do or say:
1. They didn’t go in costume for trick-or-treating (episode 2).
2. They didn’t use “pitch” to mean “sales pitch” until 1943 (episode 2).
3. They also…
1. They didn’t go in costume for trick-or-treating (episode 2).
2. They didn’t use “pitch” to mean “sales pitch” until 1943 (episode 2).
3. They also…
a man with a beard is standing in front of a window with the words @tvresidence above him
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July 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I want to like Chapelwaite. I really do, but for fuck’s sake, DO YOUR RESEARCH. This show is set around 1850. Here’s what people didn’t do or say:
1. They didn’t go in costume for trick-or-treating (episode 2).
2. They didn’t use “pitch” to mean “sales pitch” until 1943 (episode 2).
3. They also…
1. They didn’t go in costume for trick-or-treating (episode 2).
2. They didn’t use “pitch” to mean “sales pitch” until 1943 (episode 2).
3. They also…
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Congratulations to @lyndseycroal.bsky.social & M.Shaw; each are nominated for Best Novelette in the 2024 @sjacksonawards.bsky.social!
We're so proud of both of these Weird stories & their authors; hails to the judges, the awards board, & to the visionary author herself, who inspired us all🖤☠️
We're so proud of both of these Weird stories & their authors; hails to the judges, the awards board, & to the visionary author herself, who inspired us all🖤☠️
June 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congratulations to @lyndseycroal.bsky.social & M.Shaw; each are nominated for Best Novelette in the 2024 @sjacksonawards.bsky.social!
We're so proud of both of these Weird stories & their authors; hails to the judges, the awards board, & to the visionary author herself, who inspired us all🖤☠️
We're so proud of both of these Weird stories & their authors; hails to the judges, the awards board, & to the visionary author herself, who inspired us all🖤☠️
Wooooot!!! Huge congratulations to the winners of the Bram Stoker Awards—an incredibly talented group of writers!
a man applauds with the words way to go super proud of you behind him
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June 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wooooot!!! Huge congratulations to the winners of the Bram Stoker Awards—an incredibly talented group of writers!
Queer horror? Check!
Fun film discussion? Check!
True love for the Chucky franchise? Check!!
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Fun film discussion? Check!
True love for the Chucky franchise? Check!!
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Seed of Chucky
Podcast Episode · Whorror Icon · 06/13/2025 · 1h 19m
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June 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Queer horror? Check!
Fun film discussion? Check!
True love for the Chucky franchise? Check!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Fun film discussion? Check!
True love for the Chucky franchise? Check!!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
LOVE the Monster She Wrote Podcast!!
Thank you for having me on to talk about all things weirdly horrific. 😄
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Thank you for having me on to talk about all things weirdly horrific. 😄
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Interview with R. A. Busby (Part 2)
Podcast Episode · The Monster She Wrote Podcast · 06/10/2025 · 44m
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June 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
LOVE the Monster She Wrote Podcast!!
Thank you for having me on to talk about all things weirdly horrific. 😄
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Thank you for having me on to talk about all things weirdly horrific. 😄
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Imagine if it were two women behaving like this.
June 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Imagine if it were two women behaving like this.
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like COME ON
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk worked to steal your health insurance and give themselves huge tax cuts, and the only thing that came between them wasn't about what happened to you--they just fought about who should get a larger share."
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk worked to steal your health insurance and give themselves huge tax cuts, and the only thing that came between them wasn't about what happened to you--they just fought about who should get a larger share."
June 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
like COME ON
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk worked to steal your health insurance and give themselves huge tax cuts, and the only thing that came between them wasn't about what happened to you--they just fought about who should get a larger share."
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk worked to steal your health insurance and give themselves huge tax cuts, and the only thing that came between them wasn't about what happened to you--they just fought about who should get a larger share."
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June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM