R.A. Busby
@rabusby.bsky.social
🩸📚Horror writer | Bram Stoker nominee & Shirley Jackson Award winner | I write stuff to make you squirm.
https://linktr.ee/RABusbyauthor
https://linktr.ee/RABusbyauthor
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!!
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!!
I hope more people find out about that time musclebound fitness celeb Dean Karnazes ran the Badwater Ultra, a 135-mile race through Death Valley and ending up on Mount Whitney…only to come in around a half hour behind a Tucson housewife named Pam.
August 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I hope more people find out about that time musclebound fitness celeb Dean Karnazes ran the Badwater Ultra, a 135-mile race through Death Valley and ending up on Mount Whitney…only to come in around a half hour behind a Tucson housewife named Pam.
Every time I hear about intimacy coordinators, I think of Maria Schneider’s experience filming Last Tango in Paris.😞
March 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Every time I hear about intimacy coordinators, I think of Maria Schneider’s experience filming Last Tango in Paris.😞
Aaaand so are medically unnecessary jawline surgeries and hair implants for men.
Exhibit X:
Exhibit X:
February 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Aaaand so are medically unnecessary jawline surgeries and hair implants for men.
Exhibit X:
Exhibit X:
Omg!! My weird pregnancy story!! It’s on the ballot!!
Congratulations to all the authors here, and major thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social who took a chance on a story I want everyone to think about the next time they get a Pap smear. 😄 www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-...
Congratulations to all the authors here, and major thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social who took a chance on a story I want everyone to think about the next time they get a Pap smear. 😄 www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-...
February 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Omg!! My weird pregnancy story!! It’s on the ballot!!
Congratulations to all the authors here, and major thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social who took a chance on a story I want everyone to think about the next time they get a Pap smear. 😄 www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-...
Congratulations to all the authors here, and major thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social who took a chance on a story I want everyone to think about the next time they get a Pap smear. 😄 www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-...
No one rips off Mary’s vadge purse.
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
No one rips off Mary’s vadge purse.
Pitch your book based on why it would be banned.
In 1899, MC frequents club for queer horror fans. Long-term love btw queer characters, incl. an interracial union. Lizzie Borden shout-out. Plus, a horrifyingly specific depiction of tertiary syphilis.
In 1899, MC frequents club for queer horror fans. Long-term love btw queer characters, incl. an interracial union. Lizzie Borden shout-out. Plus, a horrifyingly specific depiction of tertiary syphilis.
January 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Pitch your book based on why it would be banned.
In 1899, MC frequents club for queer horror fans. Long-term love btw queer characters, incl. an interracial union. Lizzie Borden shout-out. Plus, a horrifyingly specific depiction of tertiary syphilis.
In 1899, MC frequents club for queer horror fans. Long-term love btw queer characters, incl. an interracial union. Lizzie Borden shout-out. Plus, a horrifyingly specific depiction of tertiary syphilis.
Just…no. Sick of this shit.
Auto-block anyone who doesn’t see women as people.
Auto-block anyone who doesn’t see women as people.
January 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just…no. Sick of this shit.
Auto-block anyone who doesn’t see women as people.
Auto-block anyone who doesn’t see women as people.
The CEOs responsible for this should spend eternity living the lives of the people they screwed. They should come back as this cancer patient. Among others.
December 21, 2024 at 8:18 PM
The CEOs responsible for this should spend eternity living the lives of the people they screwed. They should come back as this cancer patient. Among others.
Omg!! Major thanks to Ellen Datlow for including my two stories, “Catfish” and “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” on her recommendations list for Vol. 16 of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR! I’m absolutely thrilled and honored.
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November 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Omg!! Major thanks to Ellen Datlow for including my two stories, “Catfish” and “Only the Stones Will Hear You Scream” on her recommendations list for Vol. 16 of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR! I’m absolutely thrilled and honored.
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Hey! In case you need some dinnertime conversation-starters, this book will teach you…
✅ …That we share about 50% of our DNA with fungi
✅…That we are connected to all living things
✅…What to do about ball tentacles.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#horror #fungi #mushrooms #horrorbook #hoarding
✅ …That we share about 50% of our DNA with fungi
✅…That we are connected to all living things
✅…What to do about ball tentacles.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#horror #fungi #mushrooms #horrorbook #hoarding
November 28, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Hey! In case you need some dinnertime conversation-starters, this book will teach you…
✅ …That we share about 50% of our DNA with fungi
✅…That we are connected to all living things
✅…What to do about ball tentacles.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#horror #fungi #mushrooms #horrorbook #hoarding
✅ …That we share about 50% of our DNA with fungi
✅…That we are connected to all living things
✅…What to do about ball tentacles.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#horror #fungi #mushrooms #horrorbook #hoarding
Fangirling over here! 😀
November 27, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Fangirling over here! 😀
AAAH! When you get a shout-out from @datlow.bsky.social in vol. 16 of BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR!!
Many thanks to @douglasgwilym.bsky.social and @kenmacgregor.bsky.social for their Novus Monstrum anthology!
#horror #monster #horrorfiction
Many thanks to @douglasgwilym.bsky.social and @kenmacgregor.bsky.social for their Novus Monstrum anthology!
#horror #monster #horrorfiction
November 27, 2024 at 1:21 AM
AAAH! When you get a shout-out from @datlow.bsky.social in vol. 16 of BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR!!
Many thanks to @douglasgwilym.bsky.social and @kenmacgregor.bsky.social for their Novus Monstrum anthology!
#horror #monster #horrorfiction
Many thanks to @douglasgwilym.bsky.social and @kenmacgregor.bsky.social for their Novus Monstrum anthology!
#horror #monster #horrorfiction
Okay, this made my day and I am fangirling in a major way.😀
FACULTY OF HORROR, y’all.
www.facultyofhorror.com
FACULTY OF HORROR, y’all.
www.facultyofhorror.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Okay, this made my day and I am fangirling in a major way.😀
FACULTY OF HORROR, y’all.
www.facultyofhorror.com
FACULTY OF HORROR, y’all.
www.facultyofhorror.com
How about this good girl?
November 22, 2024 at 3:36 AM
How about this good girl?
I will literally drive hundreds of miles through desert that looks like this rather than go to an airport.
November 17, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I will literally drive hundreds of miles through desert that looks like this rather than go to an airport.
When even your Kindle seems worried
November 13, 2024 at 2:45 AM
When even your Kindle seems worried
You may not want to eat while you read this.
Available from Stelliform Press and Amazon
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #bodyhorror #fungus
Available from Stelliform Press and Amazon
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #bodyhorror #fungus
November 13, 2024 at 2:25 AM
You may not want to eat while you read this.
Available from Stelliform Press and Amazon
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #bodyhorror #fungus
Available from Stelliform Press and Amazon
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #bodyhorror #fungus
Fair warning:
The phrase “ball tentacles” may be present at some point.
Available from @stelliform.press and Amazon.
#horror #horrorfiction #hoarding #haunted #fungus #ecohorror #mushroom
The phrase “ball tentacles” may be present at some point.
Available from @stelliform.press and Amazon.
#horror #horrorfiction #hoarding #haunted #fungus #ecohorror #mushroom
November 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Fair warning:
The phrase “ball tentacles” may be present at some point.
Available from @stelliform.press and Amazon.
#horror #horrorfiction #hoarding #haunted #fungus #ecohorror #mushroom
The phrase “ball tentacles” may be present at some point.
Available from @stelliform.press and Amazon.
#horror #horrorfiction #hoarding #haunted #fungus #ecohorror #mushroom
Just want to say how freakin’ cool it is to have my weird fungus story out there in the world being gross and disturbing. 😆
You may never eat mushrooms again. Just sayin’.
(Am I wrong for hoping Paul Stamets reads this?)
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #horrorbooks #mushrooms #book #bodyhorror
You may never eat mushrooms again. Just sayin’.
(Am I wrong for hoping Paul Stamets reads this?)
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #horrorbooks #mushrooms #book #bodyhorror
October 13, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Just want to say how freakin’ cool it is to have my weird fungus story out there in the world being gross and disturbing. 😆
You may never eat mushrooms again. Just sayin’.
(Am I wrong for hoping Paul Stamets reads this?)
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #horrorbooks #mushrooms #book #bodyhorror
You may never eat mushrooms again. Just sayin’.
(Am I wrong for hoping Paul Stamets reads this?)
#horror #rabusby #ecohorror #horrorbooks #mushrooms #book #bodyhorror
Creepy body weirdness?✅
Eco-horror? ✅
The phrase “ballsack tentacles”?✅😁
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD
Coming out soon from @StelliformPress! #rabusby #horror #ecohorror #climatechange
Eco-horror? ✅
The phrase “ballsack tentacles”?✅😁
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD
Coming out soon from @StelliformPress! #rabusby #horror #ecohorror #climatechange
October 5, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Creepy body weirdness?✅
Eco-horror? ✅
The phrase “ballsack tentacles”?✅😁
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD
Coming out soon from @StelliformPress! #rabusby #horror #ecohorror #climatechange
Eco-horror? ✅
The phrase “ballsack tentacles”?✅😁
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD
Coming out soon from @StelliformPress! #rabusby #horror #ecohorror #climatechange
1800s Gothic? ✅
Private club for members only?✅
Old libraries lines with bookshelves? ✅
Poisonous father? ✅
A manuscript of terrible ancient power? ✅
Aaaanddd…two things you should always carry with you in case of apocalypse? ✅
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
Private club for members only?✅
Old libraries lines with bookshelves? ✅
Poisonous father? ✅
A manuscript of terrible ancient power? ✅
Aaaanddd…two things you should always carry with you in case of apocalypse? ✅
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
September 7, 2024 at 9:41 PM
1800s Gothic? ✅
Private club for members only?✅
Old libraries lines with bookshelves? ✅
Poisonous father? ✅
A manuscript of terrible ancient power? ✅
Aaaanddd…two things you should always carry with you in case of apocalypse? ✅
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
Private club for members only?✅
Old libraries lines with bookshelves? ✅
Poisonous father? ✅
A manuscript of terrible ancient power? ✅
Aaaanddd…two things you should always carry with you in case of apocalypse? ✅
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
As we head into spooky season, it’s nice to sit down with a good book.
Just make sure you come out alive.
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
Just make sure you come out alive.
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
September 2, 2024 at 4:54 PM
As we head into spooky season, it’s nice to sit down with a good book.
Just make sure you come out alive.
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm
Just make sure you come out alive.
WORDS MADE OF FLESH, available now through Amazon and @cemeterygatesm