H.V. Patterson
@hvpatterson.bsky.social
Writes horror/speculative fiction, poetry, and plays. Loves folklore, spooky science, and baking/cooking. Cofounder Horns and Rattles Press she/her
Find me: linktr.ee/hvpatterson
Find me: linktr.ee/hvpatterson
I'm thrilled to make my NoSleep Podcast debut! "Tickborne" is currently available for paid subscribers on S23E20.
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NoSleep Podcast S23E20 - The NoSleep Podcast
It's Episode 20 of Season 23. Tune in to WNSP for tales about trying tasks. "The Relic Eater" written by Daniel Ray (Story starts around 00:04:20) Produced by: Jeff Clement Cast: Dylan - Jeff Clement,...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm thrilled to make my NoSleep Podcast debut! "Tickborne" is currently available for paid subscribers on S23E20.
www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s23...
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I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
Really loved this book! Stayed up too late because I had to finish it. Check out DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social!
Astronaut hates space, ship, other crew members💀
Not too fond of his assigned penpal either (at first)💀
Shit goes bananas at the edge of the universe💀
Time gets crazy💀
People die💀
Cosmic Horror💀
...Meet Cute?❤️
DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social
OUT NOW: store.tenebrouspress.com
Not too fond of his assigned penpal either (at first)💀
Shit goes bananas at the edge of the universe💀
Time gets crazy💀
People die💀
Cosmic Horror💀
...Meet Cute?❤️
DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social
OUT NOW: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Really loved this book! Stayed up too late because I had to finish it. Check out DEAR STUPID PENPAL by @rascalhartley.bsky.social!
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A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A Very Tenebrous 2025.
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
The finest stories are being written in the cryptic, concealed corners that no one ever thinks to look into.
It's our mission to find them.
We can safely say we lived up to our promise this year:
NEW WEIRD HORROR + MORE🖤☠️
Read something Weird: store.tenebrouspress.com
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A reminder that you can find all my 2025 eligible work right here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-.... Thank you for keeping my stories in mind when nominating or voting for awards.
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A reminder that you can find all my 2025 eligible work right here: www.pacornell.com/2025-awards-.... Thank you for keeping my stories in mind when nominating or voting for awards.
So excited to be part of the second volume of Katabatic Circus from @angrygablepress.bsky.social! Check this out if you're a fan of speculative poetry.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
So excited to be part of the second volume of Katabatic Circus from @angrygablepress.bsky.social! Check this out if you're a fan of speculative poetry.
Recent Reads I've Loved:
-Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
-Good and Evil, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
-Linghun, Ai Jiang (a reread!)
-Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, Kim Shuck
-Thirst, Marina Yuszczuk, trans. Heather Cleary
-Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
-Good and Evil, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
-Linghun, Ai Jiang (a reread!)
-Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, Kim Shuck
-Thirst, Marina Yuszczuk, trans. Heather Cleary
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Recent Reads I've Loved:
-Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
-Good and Evil, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
-Linghun, Ai Jiang (a reread!)
-Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, Kim Shuck
-Thirst, Marina Yuszczuk, trans. Heather Cleary
-Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
-Good and Evil, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
-Linghun, Ai Jiang (a reread!)
-Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, Kim Shuck
-Thirst, Marina Yuszczuk, trans. Heather Cleary
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🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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This past year with has been wild! 8 weird, emotional & unhinged books released into the world. I’m so proud of each one and so grateful for everyone who’s read, shared, reviewed, or supported this little indie horror press.
Here’s to even more strange stories ahead.
🖤Embrace Your Strange.
Here’s to even more strange stories ahead.
🖤Embrace Your Strange.
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This past year with has been wild! 8 weird, emotional & unhinged books released into the world. I’m so proud of each one and so grateful for everyone who’s read, shared, reviewed, or supported this little indie horror press.
Here’s to even more strange stories ahead.
🖤Embrace Your Strange.
Here’s to even more strange stories ahead.
🖤Embrace Your Strange.
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The holiday seasons is approaching, and we're reading Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley for our next horror book club meeting! See y'all at Rustic ales Tuesday, December 9th.
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The holiday seasons is approaching, and we're reading Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley for our next horror book club meeting! See y'all at Rustic ales Tuesday, December 9th.
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This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.
You can preorder Into the Dark now! Includes my dark fantasy story, "Phalanges and Flames"!
The Into the Dark anthology is now available for pre-order in hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions ahead of it's 12/21/25 release date!
Find out where you can claim a copy, or new themed merch, at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to delve Into the Dark with you!
Find out where you can claim a copy, or new themed merch, at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to delve Into the Dark with you!
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
You can preorder Into the Dark now! Includes my dark fantasy story, "Phalanges and Flames"!
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Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
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Our Lady of the Grain is an amazing story within a truly fantastic anthology. Highly recommend.
So excited that "Our Lady of the Grain" is part of Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror, ed. by C.M. Muller and out now from Chthonic Matter. I can't wait to read the other spooky stories in this anthology!
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our Lady of the Grain is an amazing story within a truly fantastic anthology. Highly recommend.
So excited that "Our Lady of the Grain" is part of Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror, ed. by C.M. Muller and out now from Chthonic Matter. I can't wait to read the other spooky stories in this anthology!
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So excited that "Our Lady of the Grain" is part of Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror, ed. by C.M. Muller and out now from Chthonic Matter. I can't wait to read the other spooky stories in this anthology!
Very excited that Shane Hawk is coming to Tulsa! Check out this free event at 101 E. Archer at 7pm on November 13th.
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Our Bodies, Our Hauntings
Our Bodies, Our Hauntings brings Indigenous storytelling and body horror into conversation with questions of history, identity, and the right to selfhood. In recognition of Native American Heritage Mo...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Very excited that Shane Hawk is coming to Tulsa! Check out this free event at 101 E. Archer at 7pm on November 13th.
calendar.utulsa.edu/event/our-bo...
calendar.utulsa.edu/event/our-bo...
Next week! Come out for a spooky good time!
We had a great turnout for Horror Book Club in October!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
Our next meeting is November 11th at 7pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales. We'll be reading Linghun by Ai Jiang.
This is recurrent event, the first Tuesday of every month, so mark your calendars!
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Next week! Come out for a spooky good time!
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We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026.
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
sliceduppress.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We're not going to be able to offer out our annual LGBTQIA+ Writer's Grant this year as it stands, but we hope to offer it out again in 2026.
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
We will be opening up free short story editing for LGBTQIA+ writers again after Xmas though, details here:
sliceduppress.com/editing-serv...
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Extrasensory Overload and Katabatic Circus (Volume 1) are on sale for the holidays!
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November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Extrasensory Overload and Katabatic Circus (Volume 1) are on sale for the holidays!
angrygablepress.com/2025/11/03/h...
angrygablepress.com/2025/11/03/h...
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I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters.
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
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If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
H.V.’s Substack | H.V. Patterson | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read H.V.’s Substack, by H.V. Patterson, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters.
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters.
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
H.V.’s Substack | H.V. Patterson | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read H.V.’s Substack, by H.V. Patterson, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
hvpatterson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I've decided to start sending out a ~monthly newsletter about what I'm up. I'll include book/story recommendations, publications, etc. There may also be spooky facts and pictures of bugs/critters.
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
If you're interested, you can sign-up for free below!
hvpatterson.substack.com
Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
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🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎃 ThE hArVeSt BeGiNs! 🎃 It's release day for HARVEST THE NIGHT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR edited by C.M. Muller. My story "The Darkness Inside Her" features strange moss, a forest nap, and too many mouths. Check it out! chthonicmatter.wordpress.com