Thea O'Ryan Files
@theaoryanfiles.bsky.social
Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since.
She is, however, still frequently heard.
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Cymru/Canada
She is, however, still frequently heard.
💗💜💙
🖤🩶🤍💜
Cymru/Canada
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Well... this is fabulous news!
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Well... this is fabulous news!
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
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Hold on, friends! It's going to get spooky! To celebrate 10k followers, I'm answering your questions about Palestinian folklore here in this mega thread.
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hold on, friends! It's going to get spooky! To celebrate 10k followers, I'm answering your questions about Palestinian folklore here in this mega thread.
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There is a #yokai known as kosenjobi (translates as ancient battlefield fire) that are found in places where battles have been fought and many deaths have occurred. They appear as groups of flaming balls floating around forlornly over ancient battlefields.
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
#MythologyMonday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
#MythologyMonday
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There is a #yokai known as kosenjobi (translates as ancient battlefield fire) that are found in places where battles have been fought and many deaths have occurred. They appear as groups of flaming balls floating around forlornly over ancient battlefields.
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
#MythologyMonday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
#MythologyMonday
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
...what if no version of it is gold? Asking for a friend and definitely not myself...
#writer #writing #horrorwriting
#writer #writing #horrorwriting
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
...what if no version of it is gold? Asking for a friend and definitely not myself...
#writer #writing #horrorwriting
#writer #writing #horrorwriting
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I am SO excited, thrilled, over the moon (all the adjectives!!!) To announce that my debut novel WHEN THE FOREST WHISPERS will be published by Orbit UK & US in early 2027.
This still feels completely surreal.
#horrorbooks #publishingdeal #publishingnews #debutauthor #fictionbooks
This still feels completely surreal.
#horrorbooks #publishingdeal #publishingnews #debutauthor #fictionbooks
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am SO excited, thrilled, over the moon (all the adjectives!!!) To announce that my debut novel WHEN THE FOREST WHISPERS will be published by Orbit UK & US in early 2027.
This still feels completely surreal.
#horrorbooks #publishingdeal #publishingnews #debutauthor #fictionbooks
This still feels completely surreal.
#horrorbooks #publishingdeal #publishingnews #debutauthor #fictionbooks
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💙📚🩸 It's the 1st; time for me to share again:
Horror #publishers on Bluesky; mostly #indie & active (posting regularly or w/in past 6 mos)
***with confirmed NO AI policies (will not use or accept generated words/images)***
Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UwgWqLc
Feed list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Horror #publishers on Bluesky; mostly #indie & active (posting regularly or w/in past 6 mos)
***with confirmed NO AI policies (will not use or accept generated words/images)***
Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UwgWqLc
Feed list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
💙📚🩸 It's the 1st; time for me to share again:
Horror #publishers on Bluesky; mostly #indie & active (posting regularly or w/in past 6 mos)
***with confirmed NO AI policies (will not use or accept generated words/images)***
Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UwgWqLc
Feed list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Horror #publishers on Bluesky; mostly #indie & active (posting regularly or w/in past 6 mos)
***with confirmed NO AI policies (will not use or accept generated words/images)***
Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/UwgWqLc
Feed list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Like Indigenous horror?
Want to support indie publishers?
Want to celebrate Native American Heritage Month?
Pre-order our new horror/mystery expansion, Ahu Tiiko!
Coming soon! bit.ly/3L67Yrs
#NativeSky #CoyoteAndCrow #RPG #TTRPG #tabletop #games #FirstNations
Want to support indie publishers?
Want to celebrate Native American Heritage Month?
Pre-order our new horror/mystery expansion, Ahu Tiiko!
Coming soon! bit.ly/3L67Yrs
#NativeSky #CoyoteAndCrow #RPG #TTRPG #tabletop #games #FirstNations
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Like Indigenous horror?
Want to support indie publishers?
Want to celebrate Native American Heritage Month?
Pre-order our new horror/mystery expansion, Ahu Tiiko!
Coming soon! bit.ly/3L67Yrs
#NativeSky #CoyoteAndCrow #RPG #TTRPG #tabletop #games #FirstNations
Want to support indie publishers?
Want to celebrate Native American Heritage Month?
Pre-order our new horror/mystery expansion, Ahu Tiiko!
Coming soon! bit.ly/3L67Yrs
#NativeSky #CoyoteAndCrow #RPG #TTRPG #tabletop #games #FirstNations
A two-sentence horror story:
I never understood why my mother wouldn't let me play with the pretty glass doll locked away inside a glass cabinet.
At least not until I dropped it and watched in horror as my mother's head cracked into tiny pieces.
I never understood why my mother wouldn't let me play with the pretty glass doll locked away inside a glass cabinet.
At least not until I dropped it and watched in horror as my mother's head cracked into tiny pieces.
a close up of a doll with blonde hair and a white shirt .
ALT: a close up of a doll with blonde hair and a white shirt .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A two-sentence horror story:
I never understood why my mother wouldn't let me play with the pretty glass doll locked away inside a glass cabinet.
At least not until I dropped it and watched in horror as my mother's head cracked into tiny pieces.
I never understood why my mother wouldn't let me play with the pretty glass doll locked away inside a glass cabinet.
At least not until I dropped it and watched in horror as my mother's head cracked into tiny pieces.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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The Tricycle Man
rides a Tricycle Man.
He has no head.
Never had one.
And…
www.tumblr.com/the-most-hum...
#scrolltrap
#writing
#original #poem #writers #art #relationships #humor #blacksiteliterature #writing #lit #horror ##WritingCommunity ##booksky #poetry #poet #reading
rides a Tricycle Man.
He has no head.
Never had one.
And…
www.tumblr.com/the-most-hum...
#scrolltrap
#writing
#original #poem #writers #art #relationships #humor #blacksiteliterature #writing #lit #horror ##WritingCommunity ##booksky #poetry #poet #reading
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · 🛞 THE TRICYCLE MAN · (A cautionary bedtime spiral for people who think nightmares need logic.)
The Tricycle Man
rides a Tricycle Man.
He has no head.
Never had
He’s got four leg…
www.tumblr.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Tricycle Man
rides a Tricycle Man.
He has no head.
Never had one.
And…
www.tumblr.com/the-most-hum...
#scrolltrap
#writing
#original #poem #writers #art #relationships #humor #blacksiteliterature #writing #lit #horror ##WritingCommunity ##booksky #poetry #poet #reading
rides a Tricycle Man.
He has no head.
Never had one.
And…
www.tumblr.com/the-most-hum...
#scrolltrap
#writing
#original #poem #writers #art #relationships #humor #blacksiteliterature #writing #lit #horror ##WritingCommunity ##booksky #poetry #poet #reading
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New podcast that may be of interest to horror and paranormal lovers
#horror #paranormal #ghosts #spooky #horrorwriters
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
#horror #paranormal #ghosts #spooky #horrorwriters
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
An Everyday Haunting: The Enfield Poltergeist by A Fear Beyond Fear
The UK's best ever documented poltergeist which occurred between 1977 and 1979 still divides opinion. In this first of two part series, I'll delve into the controversy and talk about the various film ...
creators.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New podcast that may be of interest to horror and paranormal lovers
#horror #paranormal #ghosts #spooky #horrorwriters
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
#horror #paranormal #ghosts #spooky #horrorwriters
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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Thanks for a most enlightening and potentially cosmic lab at #HorrorWritersChat!
Here’s a reflection I wrote on my thesis/WIP “AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN.” My blog also contains semi-spiritual, aroace reflections on cult classics.
worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/w...
Here’s a reflection I wrote on my thesis/WIP “AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN.” My blog also contains semi-spiritual, aroace reflections on cult classics.
worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/w...
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thanks for a most enlightening and potentially cosmic lab at #HorrorWritersChat!
Here’s a reflection I wrote on my thesis/WIP “AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN.” My blog also contains semi-spiritual, aroace reflections on cult classics.
worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/w...
Here’s a reflection I wrote on my thesis/WIP “AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN.” My blog also contains semi-spiritual, aroace reflections on cult classics.
worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/w...
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Gree. This was too much fun. Even for an insane person like me. 🖤
I'm repping awards eligibility today, folks. If you love sad things and want to read them for awards consideration purposes, email me.
You should buy and read all of @chaoticauthor.online's books right now, too.
#horrorwriterschat
I'm repping awards eligibility today, folks. If you love sad things and want to read them for awards consideration purposes, email me.
You should buy and read all of @chaoticauthor.online's books right now, too.
#horrorwriterschat
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Gree. This was too much fun. Even for an insane person like me. 🖤
I'm repping awards eligibility today, folks. If you love sad things and want to read them for awards consideration purposes, email me.
You should buy and read all of @chaoticauthor.online's books right now, too.
#horrorwriterschat
I'm repping awards eligibility today, folks. If you love sad things and want to read them for awards consideration purposes, email me.
You should buy and read all of @chaoticauthor.online's books right now, too.
#horrorwriterschat
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“Suddenly, those gender roles could be reversed, where, instead of mothers being homemakers, they’re actually the breadwinners.…if you wrest power from someone else, what [does a] responsible wielding of that power [look like]? Do you do the same thing [as] the other people who abused you?”
"You’re a good girl if you follow the same path as your parents, if you have a career, get married, [and] have kids. But I was also contending with how that gets subverted when people immigrate."
Be sure to check out Nicole Zhao's interview with @cherrylousy.bsky.social! buff.ly/rwnH3Lq
Be sure to check out Nicole Zhao's interview with @cherrylousy.bsky.social! buff.ly/rwnH3Lq
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“Suddenly, those gender roles could be reversed, where, instead of mothers being homemakers, they’re actually the breadwinners.…if you wrest power from someone else, what [does a] responsible wielding of that power [look like]? Do you do the same thing [as] the other people who abused you?”
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November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Man real life will just not give us horror and satire writers a break these days!
I would read this subterranean horror novel
Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web
Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web alo...
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Man real life will just not give us horror and satire writers a break these days!
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
...and 20% of the time it works!
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
...and 20% of the time it works!
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And in the theater
I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on *everybody's* feet
I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on *everybody's* feet
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And in the theater
I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on *everybody's* feet
I want to change my seat
Just so I can step on *everybody's* feet
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On @elrickane.bsky.social's The Dead Thing: “The melancholy here is recognizable, the atmosphere of a stretch of life where we can find ourselves alienated from a world that doesn't quite feel solid. It’s a perfect mood for a ghost story.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
On @elrickane.bsky.social's The Dead Thing: “The melancholy here is recognizable, the atmosphere of a stretch of life where we can find ourselves alienated from a world that doesn't quite feel solid. It’s a perfect mood for a ghost story.”