🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂
@caitduffy.bsky.social
#AmQuerying THE THEATRE OF CRUELTY
Horror Writer
Mom to 1 baby and 1 dog
Voracious Reader
Instructional Designer
English Literature PhD
Elder Emo
L14 Tiefling Wizard
HWA Member
(not necessarily in that order)
http://caitlinduffy.com
Horror Writer
Mom to 1 baby and 1 dog
Voracious Reader
Instructional Designer
English Literature PhD
Elder Emo
L14 Tiefling Wizard
HWA Member
(not necessarily in that order)
http://caitlinduffy.com
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🍂 Caitlin Duffy 🍂
@caitduffy.bsky.social
· Feb 26
For the past few months, I've been unable to come up with any story ideas, so I haven't really been writing.
This morning, I gave myself an hour to sit and play around in a Word Doc.
So excited to have a few ideas FINALLY. I've missed writing stories so much!
This morning, I gave myself an hour to sit and play around in a Word Doc.
So excited to have a few ideas FINALLY. I've missed writing stories so much!
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
For the past few months, I've been unable to come up with any story ideas, so I haven't really been writing.
This morning, I gave myself an hour to sit and play around in a Word Doc.
So excited to have a few ideas FINALLY. I've missed writing stories so much!
This morning, I gave myself an hour to sit and play around in a Word Doc.
So excited to have a few ideas FINALLY. I've missed writing stories so much!
Ok, it's been a while, but is it cool if I gush about getting to go to the Long Live The Black Parade tour in NJ? I cried, I lost my voice singing, I ascended.
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ok, it's been a while, but is it cool if I gush about getting to go to the Long Live The Black Parade tour in NJ? I cried, I lost my voice singing, I ascended.
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
My current WIP - I think I would fare just fine! Mae is a witch, sure, but I think we'd actually get along great.
My novel I'm querying - Alas, I don't think I would survive a battle with Dionysus.
#Katydeads #CampRevPit
My novel I'm querying - Alas, I don't think I would survive a battle with Dionysus.
#Katydeads #CampRevPit
Rise and shine, #Katydeads cabin members! Are all your bunk buddies accounted for? I hope so! Here's today's daily prompt, and later I plan to drop a very casual and (very fun) writing sprint game!
#CampRevPit
#CampRevPit
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My current WIP - I think I would fare just fine! Mae is a witch, sure, but I think we'd actually get along great.
My novel I'm querying - Alas, I don't think I would survive a battle with Dionysus.
#Katydeads #CampRevPit
My novel I'm querying - Alas, I don't think I would survive a battle with Dionysus.
#Katydeads #CampRevPit
Hello, fellow #camprevpit #katdeads !
I'm Caitlin. I write adult horror, mainly cosmic.
I'm currently writing a short weird western while in the query trenches w/my theatre possession novel.
🫖 Tea, always!
Some horror favorites:
🎬The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
📚 Mauve Fly
✒️Rachel Harrison
I'm Caitlin. I write adult horror, mainly cosmic.
I'm currently writing a short weird western while in the query trenches w/my theatre possession novel.
🫖 Tea, always!
Some horror favorites:
🎬The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
📚 Mauve Fly
✒️Rachel Harrison
Alright #CampRevPit #katydeads cabin! Here's our first cabin specific prompt for the day!
I'm Jen, currently focusing on getting my horrormance WIP ready for my writers conference in Sep!
I love matcha lattes and fell in love with horror by reading The Night Shift by Stephen King as a kid.
I'm Jen, currently focusing on getting my horrormance WIP ready for my writers conference in Sep!
I love matcha lattes and fell in love with horror by reading The Night Shift by Stephen King as a kid.
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hello, fellow #camprevpit #katdeads !
I'm Caitlin. I write adult horror, mainly cosmic.
I'm currently writing a short weird western while in the query trenches w/my theatre possession novel.
🫖 Tea, always!
Some horror favorites:
🎬The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
📚 Mauve Fly
✒️Rachel Harrison
I'm Caitlin. I write adult horror, mainly cosmic.
I'm currently writing a short weird western while in the query trenches w/my theatre possession novel.
🫖 Tea, always!
Some horror favorites:
🎬The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
📚 Mauve Fly
✒️Rachel Harrison
I'm already enjoying #camprevpit and it only just begun! Looking forward to giving and receiving some feedback and meeting more horror writers! ✨️🔪
April 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm already enjoying #camprevpit and it only just begun! Looking forward to giving and receiving some feedback and meeting more horror writers! ✨️🔪
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The replacement is art in all its forms. Movies, music, and books. Storytelling. The beauty of Nature. And being a part of a community that practices love & kindness. Hope this helps.
Americans simply haven’t found a satisfying alternative to religion, Lauren Jackson writes. “Religion can offer beliefs, belonging and behaviors all in one place; it can enchant life; most importantly, it tells people that their lives have a purpose.”
Americans Haven’t Found a Satisfying Alternative to Religion
Is it any wonder the country is revisiting faith?
nyti.ms
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The replacement is art in all its forms. Movies, music, and books. Storytelling. The beauty of Nature. And being a part of a community that practices love & kindness. Hope this helps.
Let's 👏🏼go 👏🏼Knicks👏🏼!!!
April 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Let's 👏🏼go 👏🏼Knicks👏🏼!!!
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YOU x MURDERBOTS
ELSA's been mishandled by her technicians. Leslie's the first to show kindness. ELSA returns kindness with gratitude. Love. Obsession.
⭐good for her horror
⭐I can make her worse
⭐computer x human
⭐female rage
⭐small cast
#posterpit #posterpita #h #sf
ELSA's been mishandled by her technicians. Leslie's the first to show kindness. ELSA returns kindness with gratitude. Love. Obsession.
⭐good for her horror
⭐I can make her worse
⭐computer x human
⭐female rage
⭐small cast
#posterpit #posterpita #h #sf
April 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
YOU x MURDERBOTS
ELSA's been mishandled by her technicians. Leslie's the first to show kindness. ELSA returns kindness with gratitude. Love. Obsession.
⭐good for her horror
⭐I can make her worse
⭐computer x human
⭐female rage
⭐small cast
#posterpit #posterpita #h #sf
ELSA's been mishandled by her technicians. Leslie's the first to show kindness. ELSA returns kindness with gratitude. Love. Obsession.
⭐good for her horror
⭐I can make her worse
⭐computer x human
⭐female rage
⭐small cast
#posterpit #posterpita #h #sf
I've disappeared on here, but I'm back! It's hard to post and write and query amidst *gestures widely* but I want to keep pushing.
Anyhoo, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (especially my fellow writers in the query trenches). 🌞
Anyhoo, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (especially my fellow writers in the query trenches). 🌞
April 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I've disappeared on here, but I'm back! It's hard to post and write and query amidst *gestures widely* but I want to keep pushing.
Anyhoo, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (especially my fellow writers in the query trenches). 🌞
Anyhoo, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (especially my fellow writers in the query trenches). 🌞
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Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.
~ All of Us
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Indie publishing is tough. But independent presses are vital. Here are a few that I hope you check out:
@psychopomp.com
@neonhemlock.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@dimshores.bsky.social
@lethepress.bsky.social
@bourbonpenn.bsky.social
@wordhorde.bsky.social
@psychopomp.com
@neonhemlock.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@dimshores.bsky.social
@lethepress.bsky.social
@bourbonpenn.bsky.social
@wordhorde.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Indie publishing is tough. But independent presses are vital. Here are a few that I hope you check out:
@psychopomp.com
@neonhemlock.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@dimshores.bsky.social
@lethepress.bsky.social
@bourbonpenn.bsky.social
@wordhorde.bsky.social
@psychopomp.com
@neonhemlock.bsky.social
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social
@dimshores.bsky.social
@lethepress.bsky.social
@bourbonpenn.bsky.social
@wordhorde.bsky.social
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you love your library, listen up…
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There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
Is pirate horror a thing?
I woke up today with a craving to read a pirate horror novel but can't seem to find anything.
#booksky #horrorsky
I woke up today with a craving to read a pirate horror novel but can't seem to find anything.
#booksky #horrorsky
March 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is pirate horror a thing?
I woke up today with a craving to read a pirate horror novel but can't seem to find anything.
#booksky #horrorsky
I woke up today with a craving to read a pirate horror novel but can't seem to find anything.
#booksky #horrorsky
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Squid Gamex1984
To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all: magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+the hunter but other desperate players who play by their own rules.
#popuppita #luckypit
To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all: magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+the hunter but other desperate players who play by their own rules.
#popuppita #luckypit
![[photo grid] 7 pictures: woman looking into a broken mirror, only the bottom portion of her face is visible; a camera pointing at a blurred man on a red couch; a note with red handwriting: STAYING ISN’T WORTH THE PRICE <3 XO; two off-white surveillance cameras; a man adjusting a navy suit; two young kids watching a parody news channel; a liminal, dilapidated hallways with red coloring](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c3zxq4yvtpqbyqsjomjivsb5/bafkreig4upbt6ccjh2eruqy35cterglzdo53ncqxtec3b74cja2lmfpt5m@jpeg)
March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Squid Gamex1984
To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all: magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+the hunter but other desperate players who play by their own rules.
#popuppita #luckypit
To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all: magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+the hunter but other desperate players who play by their own rules.
#popuppita #luckypit
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If you love someone, let them go. Avoid them for ten years until you're invited to the same wedding. Don't ruin everything again. Unless they do it first.
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you love someone, let them go. Avoid them for ten years until you're invited to the same wedding. Don't ruin everything again. Unless they do it first.
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
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THE RAVEN BOYS x S.T.A.G.S
A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs.
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural
A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs.
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
THE RAVEN BOYS x S.T.A.G.S
A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs.
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural
A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs.
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural
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After some time off, hopping back into the pit game, recycling lame pictures and lamer prose.
In Their Shadows returns, rocking that non-linear, gothic upmarket vibe about a half-human princess wading into a cursed and ancient forest to rescue her crappy dad’s corpse. F/H
#Luckypit #PopUpPit 💙📚🪐
In Their Shadows returns, rocking that non-linear, gothic upmarket vibe about a half-human princess wading into a cursed and ancient forest to rescue her crappy dad’s corpse. F/H
#Luckypit #PopUpPit 💙📚🪐
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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just finished a big, overdue update to the 2025 horror new releases list - if you submitted something to be add it and don't see it here, let me know! (if you'd like to submit something in general, use the link in the third paragraph) readjumpscares.com/2025s-new-ho...
2025’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2025, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.
readjumpscares.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
just finished a big, overdue update to the 2025 horror new releases list - if you submitted something to be add it and don't see it here, let me know! (if you'd like to submit something in general, use the link in the third paragraph) readjumpscares.com/2025s-new-ho...
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ICYMI: celebrate Women in Horror month by checking out some excellent writers substack.com/home/post/p-...
What is a woman's place in horror?
March is Women in Horror month
substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
ICYMI: celebrate Women in Horror month by checking out some excellent writers substack.com/home/post/p-...
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to