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
Hey y'all! Doing a Rhysling (and other poetry) awards eligibility thread for my spec poems! For the ones not available to read online, feel free to contact me if you'd like to have a copy.
My personal favorite of 2025:
"Cryptid Sister" in @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
My personal favorite of 2025:
"Cryptid Sister" in @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
Cryptid Sister by H.V. Patterson, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Hey y'all! Doing a Rhysling (and other poetry) awards eligibility thread for my spec poems! For the ones not available to read online, feel free to contact me if you'd like to have a copy.
My personal favorite of 2025:
"Cryptid Sister" in @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
My personal favorite of 2025:
"Cryptid Sister" in @havenspec.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
We're meeting on Tuesday, February 10th, 7pm for Horror Book Club!
In February we'll be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Join us as we discuss grief, love, and monstrousness!
In February we'll be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Join us as we discuss grief, love, and monstrousness!
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
We're meeting on Tuesday, February 10th, 7pm for Horror Book Club!
In February we'll be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Join us as we discuss grief, love, and monstrousness!
In February we'll be reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Join us as we discuss grief, love, and monstrousness!
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oh shitttt!!!
We're so proud and happy to hear that @thomasha.bsky.social is a 2025 Philip K.Dick Award Nominee for UNCERTAIN SONS.
Congratulations, Thomas!
Congratulations, Thomas!
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
oh shitttt!!!
Congrats to everyone on the shortlist!!
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Congrats to everyone on the shortlist!!
100 Rejections and Other Resolutions
We’re over a week into 2026.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 AM
First Horror Book Club meeting of 2026 is next week!
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
First Horror Book Club meeting of 2026 is next week!
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
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Taking a break from the writing to work on an art project related to the story I have in this brand new anthology.
Expect pics once it's finished!😄
Pic 2 hints at the theme of my story, From Earthen Grave to Feathered Wing.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Expect pics once it's finished!😄
Pic 2 hints at the theme of my story, From Earthen Grave to Feathered Wing.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Taking a break from the writing to work on an art project related to the story I have in this brand new anthology.
Expect pics once it's finished!😄
Pic 2 hints at the theme of my story, From Earthen Grave to Feathered Wing.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Expect pics once it's finished!😄
Pic 2 hints at the theme of my story, From Earthen Grave to Feathered Wing.
@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
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Sign up for this! It’ll include my bonkers haunted house tale, “Passing Glance,” inspired by an actual museum in DC.
Alien Invasions.
Appalachian Weird.
Haunted Houses.
Post-Apoc-Eco-Horror.
Cyberpunk Noir.
Harrowing Psychodrama.
Cosmic Body Horror.
Supernatural barflies.
S(pl)atire🩸💀
What are YOU reading in 2026, and why isn't it all of this?
Join the Book Club. Print or eBook options!
store.tenebrouspress.com
Appalachian Weird.
Haunted Houses.
Post-Apoc-Eco-Horror.
Cyberpunk Noir.
Harrowing Psychodrama.
Cosmic Body Horror.
Supernatural barflies.
S(pl)atire🩸💀
What are YOU reading in 2026, and why isn't it all of this?
Join the Book Club. Print or eBook options!
store.tenebrouspress.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Sign up for this! It’ll include my bonkers haunted house tale, “Passing Glance,” inspired by an actual museum in DC.
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I know a lot of you like my fanfic so maybe you'd enjoy my original stuff. I have a sapphic story coming out in this anthology, set in the Hocking Hills of Ohio and Ohio does love its cryptids www.amazon.com/Myths-Reborn...
Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore
Amazon.com: Myths Reborn: Modern Tales of Cryptids & Dark Folklore eBook : Hearty, Kelly: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I know a lot of you like my fanfic so maybe you'd enjoy my original stuff. I have a sapphic story coming out in this anthology, set in the Hocking Hills of Ohio and Ohio does love its cryptids www.amazon.com/Myths-Reborn...
I have two poems in the latest issue of SpecPoVerse! Check out "Bird Beak Warning," "There is No Safe Haven from Human Desire," and more amazing poetry from around the world!
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I have two poems in the latest issue of SpecPoVerse! Check out "Bird Beak Warning," "There is No Safe Haven from Human Desire," and more amazing poetry from around the world!
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
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In @havenspec.bsky.social:
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
she brings me waves, she brings me wind by Angel Leal, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
In @havenspec.bsky.social:
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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I'm very excited that "It's Halloween: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" is part of this collection! Includes 19 dark stories of folklore and cryptids. You can preorder it now!
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I'm very excited that "It's Halloween: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" is part of this collection! Includes 19 dark stories of folklore and cryptids. You can preorder it now!
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Of course I loved THE SHAPES OF OUR SCREAMS. A band as family, fighting for each other, autonomy and survival—that’s a big hell yeah from me 🎶 Highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Sleep Alone 🎸
A gigantic thank you to @jawmccarthy.bsky.social for this spectacular blurb for THE SHAPES OF OUR SCREAMS. A punk band vs. sentient neofascist music, coming this month from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social
www.slashichorrorpress.com/product-page...
www.slashichorrorpress.com/product-page...
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Of course I loved THE SHAPES OF OUR SCREAMS. A band as family, fighting for each other, autonomy and survival—that’s a big hell yeah from me 🎶 Highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Sleep Alone 🎸
I'm very excited that "It's Halloween: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" is part of this collection! Includes 19 dark stories of folklore and cryptids. You can preorder it now!
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I'm very excited that "It's Halloween: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" is part of this collection! Includes 19 dark stories of folklore and cryptids. You can preorder it now!
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“Myths Reborn,” an anthology collection of 19 cryptid horror stories, is available for digital preorder now! I have a story called “The Last Sasquatch” that’ll be published in it alongside some very cool stories by others. Paperback and hardcover options will be happening too.
a.co/d/bUP0NdF
a.co/d/bUP0NdF
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Myths Reborn,” an anthology collection of 19 cryptid horror stories, is available for digital preorder now! I have a story called “The Last Sasquatch” that’ll be published in it alongside some very cool stories by others. Paperback and hardcover options will be happening too.
a.co/d/bUP0NdF
a.co/d/bUP0NdF
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INTO THE DARK is out NOW!
You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's gorgeous dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters.'
🌘 Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster. 🌒
💙📚🩸📚🤏
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's gorgeous dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters.'
🌘 Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster. 🌒
💙📚🩸📚🤏
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
INTO THE DARK is out NOW!
You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's gorgeous dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters.'
🌘 Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster. 🌒
💙📚🩸📚🤏
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
You don't want to miss @awwlitmag.bsky.social's gorgeous dark fantasy anthology featuring my story 'Imperfect Monsters.'
🌘 Two hundred years ago, you would’ve been called a monster. 🌒
💙📚🩸📚🤏
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
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INTO THE DARK IS OUT NOW!
my story is in this and i hope you guys will check it out ☺️
my story is in this and i hope you guys will check it out ☺️
Into the Dark is available now!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
INTO THE DARK IS OUT NOW!
my story is in this and i hope you guys will check it out ☺️
my story is in this and i hope you guys will check it out ☺️
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Happy to have a creepy little story ('What We Lose in the Weeds') stalking the pages of this anthology...
💙📚
💙📚
Into the Dark is available now!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Happy to have a creepy little story ('What We Lose in the Weeds') stalking the pages of this anthology...
💙📚
💙📚
Reposted by H.V. Patterson
Into the Dark is available now!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Into the Dark is available now!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
Enter an abyss of dark fantasy and fantastical horror with 34 stories by emerging and established authors.
Find out where you can claim a copy at: www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
We can't wait to finally delve Into the Dark with you!
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It's almost time for our magazine issues to leave their hiatus! An open call for issues 19 and 20(!) will open on December 21st, 2025. Any speculative short story that centers characters or themes could be a fit. Are you ready to share your story?
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Submissions – All Worlds Wayfarer
www.allworldswayfarer.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It's almost time for our magazine issues to leave their hiatus! An open call for issues 19 and 20(!) will open on December 21st, 2025. Any speculative short story that centers characters or themes could be a fit. Are you ready to share your story?
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
Guidelines: www.allworldswayfarer.com/submissions/
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We're very excited that Ellen Datlow included Bitter Become the Fields in the summation section of Best Horror of the Year 17!
Shoutouts to @jennifleck.bsky.social, @aghastlything.bsky.social, Alexandra Fitzpatrick, and Valerie Hunter!
Shoutouts to @jennifleck.bsky.social, @aghastlything.bsky.social, Alexandra Fitzpatrick, and Valerie Hunter!
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We're very excited that Ellen Datlow included Bitter Become the Fields in the summation section of Best Horror of the Year 17!
Shoutouts to @jennifleck.bsky.social, @aghastlything.bsky.social, Alexandra Fitzpatrick, and Valerie Hunter!
Shoutouts to @jennifleck.bsky.social, @aghastlything.bsky.social, Alexandra Fitzpatrick, and Valerie Hunter!
Out today!! Includes my story, "Phalanges and Flames."
The darkness approaches...
Into the Dark launches tomorrow, on the solstice!
Into the Dark launches tomorrow, on the solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Out today!! Includes my story, "Phalanges and Flames."
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My short story “Second Love” is officially out in the anthology Into the Dark on December 21st! This will be my second published story and my only piece published in 2025. Click the link in the quoted post for preorder options.
Get ready to delve Into the Dark with us later this month: 34 dark fantasy and fantastical horror stories are arriving soon!
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My short story “Second Love” is officially out in the anthology Into the Dark on December 21st! This will be my second published story and my only piece published in 2025. Click the link in the quoted post for preorder options.
Reposted by H.V. Patterson
I have a story in this one! "Imperfect Monsters" is a YA horror story that blends time, space, and fairytales. I'm so excited for it to be out in the world tomorrow!
The darkness approaches...
Into the Dark launches tomorrow, on the solstice!
Into the Dark launches tomorrow, on the solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I have a story in this one! "Imperfect Monsters" is a YA horror story that blends time, space, and fairytales. I'm so excited for it to be out in the world tomorrow!
Reposted by H.V. Patterson
Horror Book Club will return in 2026!
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Split Scream features two uncanny novelettes: "So Quiet, So White" by Patrick Barb and "Imago Expulsio" by J.A.W. McCarthy.
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Split Scream features two uncanny novelettes: "So Quiet, So White" by Patrick Barb and "Imago Expulsio" by J.A.W. McCarthy.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Horror Book Club will return in 2026!
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Split Scream features two uncanny novelettes: "So Quiet, So White" by Patrick Barb and "Imago Expulsio" by J.A.W. McCarthy.
Join us Tuesday, January 13th at 7pm! We'll meet at Heirloom Rustic Ales to discuss Split Scream Vol. 3 from Tenebrous Press.
Split Scream features two uncanny novelettes: "So Quiet, So White" by Patrick Barb and "Imago Expulsio" by J.A.W. McCarthy.