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Victoria Nations

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Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️‍🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her. https://linktr.ee/VictoriaNations

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 1d

I'm halfway through ITCH! by @manylittlewords.bsky.social. It's deliciously skin-crawling folk horror and narrated by Gemma Amor.

No spoilers, but the scene where Josie leaves her dad's place due to the unexpected guest? Thank you! I was so worried.

ITCH!
The darkly feminist horror novel crawling under your skin for Halloween 2025
by Gemma Amor
Narrated by Gemma Amor

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning to the person in Publix putting a wig on pumpkins to figure out which one to buy. I freakin' love Halloween season. 🎃

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 4d

The skellies are out, but all this rain is making them sleepy.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 4d

TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

#DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers:
Andrea Brown Lit
Ash Literary
Azantian Literary Agency
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Folio Literary Management
Gallt & Zacker Literary
Gelfman Schneider Literary
Hachette
Grand Central Publishing
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Harper Collins
Harlequin
Hanover Square
HG Literary
Inked in Gray Press
Jill Grinberg Literary
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Macmillan
Feiwel & Friends
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Roaring Brook Press
Saturday books
Wednesday books
Mad Woman Literary
Neighborhood Literary
New Leaf Literary & Media
Open Book Literary
Page Street Publishing
Park, Fine & Brower
Penguin Random House
Ballantine
Berkley
Delacorte
Labyrinth Road
Penguin Workshop
Viking
Root Literary
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
Atheneum
Atria
McElderry
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sourcebooks
Stonefruit Studio
Triada US
Writers House
Zando

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 6d

Alligators and crocodiles under a nearly full Harvest Moon at Croctoberfest. Breakfast tacos and binging TV with family. An incredible book haul. October birthday 2025 has been fabulous.

A bright moon in a cloudy sky with banana trees and palms

FANGS
SARAH ANDERSEN

THE WEIRD COMPENDIUM OF STRANGE AND DARK STORIES
Edited by Ann and Jeff Vander Meer
Stories by an All-star Cast of Literary Legends, Including Angela Carter, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Franz Kafka, Stephen King, Kelly Link, George R.R.
Martin, Haruki Murakami, and Mervyn Peake

SHIRLEY JACKSON
LET ME TELL YOU
NEW STORIES, ESSAYS, AND OTHER WRITINGS
Edited by LAURENCE JACKSON HYMAN and SARAH HYMAN DEWITT

LITTLE MYSTERIES
NINE MINIATURE PUZZLES TO CONFUSE, ENTHRALL, AND DELIGHT
SARA GRAN

CRYPTID CLUB
SARAH ANDERSEN

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 9d

It was a blast talking with student writers at Lauren Tivey's Publishing and Writing class. The speculative fiction and poetry from these @flaglercollege.bsky.social and SJR State students is going to blow us all away.

Group photo of college students and Victoria Nations standing around a screen with a slide saying Publishing your speculative work

Photograph of the archway to the Proctor library on the Flagler College campus

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 19d

My brain feels sparkly and settled after some afternoon art time, including playing with watercolors for the first time in a while.

Watercolor sketch of a woman's face with wild eyes and red mouth and long teeth

Hand drawing of a round face with two eyes nose and then open mouth, but overlaid is a deer with antlers stretching around to look like eyebrows and its tongue is dripping onto the tongue of the human figure

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 25d

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved!
horror.org/awards/curre...

HWA Bram Stoker Award Recommendations

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 21d

Y'all: HIM was incredible. It's visceral and surreal, with haunting visuals. It washes over you, smothers you. See it in the theater, if you can.

Tyriq Withers and the entire cast drew me in, but Marlon Wayans is uncomfortably compelling and terrifying.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 23d

@maryrajotte.bsky.social did an excellent job of summarizing the Stoker eligibility process and recommending rules: maryrajotte.com/blog/2021/09...

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · 29d

Today's the day! I'll be part of the Poet Showcase at Spinster Abbott's in St. Augustine.

Fill up your depleted heart with poetry, and join the community open mic afterwards.

Spinster Abbott's has a wide selection of adult and NA beverages, and the Hot Box food truck is delish.

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy birthday to the glorious @nytebird45.bsky.social. Linda's writing always moves me, whether it's shifting perspectives, squeezing my emotions, or wobbling the ground underneath me.

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Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social · Aug 26

The HWA Diversity Grants is open for applications until October 1 (midnight EST). Membership in the HWA is not a requirement for application. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Please share. horrorscholarships.com/diversity-gr...

Diversity Grants – Horror Scholarships

horrorscholarships.com

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Sep 6

A slow sunset in the woods as the world spins round. Perfect poetry.

Night time sky with a fading sunset, black silhouettes of trees in the foreground. Light trails make them look like everything is spinning.

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks so much!

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · Sep 4

I missed tonight's @storyhour.bsky.social
live webcast so I listened to an earlier one featuring

@victorianations.bsky.social & @premeemohamed.com, w/ guest host @rebelsam94.bsky.social

Two beautifully quiet but decidedly weird stories.

youtu.be/j3BBQLNw9Kk

May 28, 2025 Story Hour: Victoria Nations and Premee Mohamed (Guest Host: Sam Rebelein)

YouTube video by Story Hour

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Sep 4

August showers bring September tadpoles for the labs 🐸

Microscope view of tadpoles and pond vegetation

Microscope view of tadpole and pond vegetation

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 31

THE HONEYS by @ryanlasala.bsky.social is delicious and enthralling. I love Mars as a character, and this exchange was supremely satisfying.

I also love the "summer camp with secrets" vibe that pings my nostalgia for THE GROUNDING OF GROUP SIX by Julian F. Thompson.

Cover of The Honeys by Ryan La Sala, a floral design with bees

Text excerpt from the novel:
"I get that things haven't been easy for you," he says. "Before or even now. But are you sure about this? Maybe you got off to a bad start with the boys, but if they got to know you, I think they'd really like you.
Instead, you're trying to join up with Bria and her gang."
*Get to know me? What do you want me to do, set up a slide show about myself and present it to Hunter Village for Embers? The more they know, the less they like me, Wyatt."
Wyatt scratches at a bug bite on his neck.
"No, it's like..." He reaches up to the trees, as if he can pull down an answer. "I don't know, participate in their stuff. Sports and poker night.
Show them you're, like, chill."
"Wyatt, that's not being chill. That's performative heterosexuality."

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 30

The beach at night, breeze heavy with water and salt

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you!

Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you!

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 26

The 19th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1920, barring voting discrimination based on sex. But for women of color, the right to vote wasn’t fully realized until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

105 years later, we're still fighting for equal ballot access for all.

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 27

TONIGHT

Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · Aug 27

Story Hour welcomes back Kristy Park Kulski, and welcomes Kelsea Yu in her Story Hour debut! It’s going to be a night of gorgeous eerie fiction. Join us Wednesday, August 27 at 7:00 PDT! @garnetonwinter.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Sepia-toned closeup photo of author Kristy Park Kulski, a woman with straight, dark hair pulled back with a wisp falling to the side of her face. Half of her face is covered by a traditional Korean mask. She looks directly into the camera, serious and unsmiling.

Waist-up color photo of author Kelsea Yu, a woman with dark, wavy hair parted to the side and worn long. She wears a black shirt with patterns in gold and a black belted coat. She stands in front of a brick wall, looking directly into the camera and smiling a little. Photo by Katy Weaver.

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · Aug 12

🛸we’re open🛸 some things you might send:

strange ships, lush worlds, disrupted timelines, borders edges and no man lands, untraceable lights, wrong waters, problematic orbits, upsetting rocks, windowless palaces, threatening foods, unfamiliar implements

🛸pro pay
www.annareser.com/night-shades...

NIGHT SHADES

Night Shades Mag

www.annareser.com

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Victoria Nations @victorianations.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you!