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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦
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I'm an indie author living on the west coast. I write horror and fantasy and paint miniatures while working on my projects.

Free Horror Stories: https://www.patreon.com/c/arcdirective
Website: https://linktr.ee/JacobMarsh
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Thanks for the chat this week Eryn! I'm already planning my next theme party!

My readers voted and decided that my short story The Ritual is getting a sequel. If anyone wants to prepare for the next leg of that story, you can read The Ritual here: www.patreon.com/posts/ritual...

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Hola! I'm Satyr, and my preferred writing genres include dark fantasy, dark urban fantasy, surreal horror, psychological horror, Gothic horror/fantasy, folk horror, paranormal romance, and Pagan/occult horror.

As for international days - why, World Goth Day (22 May), of course!
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Gonna do a #HorrorWritersChat to procrastinate my Xmas horror WIP.

I am a writer and artist, I love demons and historical gnarliness and embracing thinking about big ideas in visceral ways.

Favourite international holiday? Xmas - human connection is everything.
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat Hi chat, I’m Theodore Snapdragon! You can call me Theo. I’m an artist and writer who loves speculative fiction including speculative horror. I’m currently querying scifi horror novel “Unintended Designs” and I have some published horror short stories.

My favorite is Pi Day!
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Thank you for a delightful time again, #HorrorWritersChat! Glad I didn't miss it entirely.

Promo, yes, I can do that.
I wrote a horror fantasy novel! It is out! It is really messed up and I don't know if anyone will actually read it. >.>

You can get it here: books2read.com/b/WealdandWen
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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You know, when I woke up this morning, I never thought I'd be comparing a Shirley Jackson character and a member of the Trump administration, but since I am, I feel the need to point out that if I were an evil house, I would not want to trap JD Vance anywhere near me.
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Thanks, Eryn & #HorrorWritersChat! More about my Gothic RAVENFIELD HALL & more new releases soon!

Would still love support for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC wherever books are sold!

Torch & Arrow, full of Goth/Steampunk/Vintage goodies, keeps our lights on during our slow season:
torchandarrow.etsy.com
🖤
This one goes out to all those who contributed tonight. Please go forth and promo!

#Horrorwriterschat
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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"There’s big magic at the mountain's top, she hears. Big enough to coax the ferns from Papa's skin before they grow through his tongue, their wet leaves a dark clog in his throat."

THE FERNS AND THE FIDDLEHEADS
by @leahning.bsky.social

#ReadWeird @apexmag.bsky.social

#ReaderSky
The Ferns and the Fiddleheads
She is at the bottom of the trail, and she is going to save her father. The dirt beneath her soft summer shoes is more like dust...
www.apexbookcompany.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Thanks #HorrorWritersChat 😁
Tomorrow’s my birthday, so it’s the last day you can get me an easy present by picking up one of my works from your favorite ebook retailer! 💖
I’ll leave my favorite here, but really any choice you make will make my day a happy one! 🥳

books2read.com/u/b571jA
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Q4:

I can't afford another miss. It was hard enough last year, the sight makes everyone uncomfortable. No one comes near me for anything but pity.

I need them to let me hug them... there's nothing left to take. If they take the other arm too, how will I save myself?
#Horrorwriterschat

Promo coming in ten. First, let's stretch our brains.
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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I'm Trish Wilson, Media Director for The Horror Zine. I conduct author interviews. I write quiet horror & horror comedy.

My favorite International Day is Steak & BJ Day, since it falls on my birthday. How embarrassing. LOL I also like International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Yar!
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Q3:

I have too many WIPs... but plenty of my characters would despise international sweatpants day.

I have a lot of ridged overachievers in my character roster, and many of them view relaxing as failure. Letting go would be a sort of death.
I LOVE these days being subverted. You're all in sweatpant heaven. What about your WIP characters? your main characters? And what would they say?

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January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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At last, I know how to exorcise the yoga instructor's ghost: burn the granola bar she never finished before she died.

But as I enter the garden, my daughter smiles up at me and I see the squirrel eating from her hand. "Look, mum! I made a friend!"

#HorrorWritersChat
So we have four days today...or was it five? SUCH a busy day...

International Squirrel Appreciation Day
National Hugging Day
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
National Granola Bar Day

So which one will you choose to make horror? I know you can....

#Horrrorwriterschat
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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#HorrorWritersChat Must be International Sweatpants Day for me because I've become so associated with only wearing long black dresses/skirts that if I were to be seen in sweatpants at this point, it would cause immediate shock (maybe a wellness-check) among my friends, family, the general public...
So we have four days today...or was it five? SUCH a busy day...

International Squirrel Appreciation Day
National Hugging Day
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
National Granola Bar Day

So which one will you choose to make horror? I know you can....

#Horrrorwriterschat
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Q2:

I think I'd go with International Playdate Day.

Combine the horrors of parenthood with the inclusion of this new, unknown force. Is the new child a friend or foe? What are their parents planning to do? What even is it?

It's already writing itself.
January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Hi #HorrorWritersChat! I write award-winning Gothic fiction & Gaslamp Fantasy for adults & teens, plus acclaimed non-fiction about haunted history & ghost lore focusing on women's history! My fave international day is #WorldGothDay, May 22, the day of my people thanks to @worldgothday.bsky.social 🖤
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Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Yar, it's your favorite Martin here. I write stuff, often with things. And do be loving The Greatest of Days.. International Talk Like a Pirate Day! #horrorwriterschat
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Hi #HorrorWritersChat, I'm May and I write supernatural horror. About to end my ghostly story. Finally! TBH, I never thought about an international day before or picked a favorite. Mothers day? Since I'm a mom...
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Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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I'm Rebecca and I write horror/mysteries/thrillers/comedy/nonfiction/grocery lists. For horror, I write gothic stuff with vampires, amorphous beings and recently evil Mrs. Santa. My favorite day is Women's Day, because we need all the help we can get right now #horrorwriterschat
I'm Amber, a horror and dark fiction writer from central Maine. I write all kinds of horror, most with cults or ghosts. I'm here for International Squirrel Appreciation Day! My husband and I are always trying to befriend the local squirrels, with varying degrees of success.

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#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Hi! I’m Andrew, a human services worker and horror/weird fiction writer from New England trying to get back on the horse after our first baby. I usually write some crossover of gothic, cosmic, and body horror.

Big fan of international donut day because I get donuts. Shocking.
#horrorwriterschat
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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#HorrorWeitersChat

I'm Anna and I write cozy Fantasy, and dark sci-fi Horror.

I don't know much about International Days.
We have Sign Language week here, and that's important to me.
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Hallo! I have managed to scrape aside some mucus and find myself a spot at the spigot for #HorrorWritersChat...

I write weird stuff and not all of it horror, but all of it...weird. I like it weird.

My fave int'l hoilday:
UN's Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations. ...sigh...
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Hmm. *looks down* I had no idea I was celebrating international sweatpants day. Nicely done, last night Martin, nicely done. #horrorwriterschat
Is it Wednesday? Why yes, it is.

Did you know, it's also:

International Squirrel Appreciation Day
National Hugging Day
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
National Granola Bar Day

I bet you're glad to know that! Hmm. Laters, then. You know what to do.

#HorrorWritersChat
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Hiiiiiii horror writers, this is your host for the evening. I write as E.M McConnell and I mostly write supernatural and psychological horror.
And sometimes it goes weird. It happens.
My favourite international day is #InternationalSilenceDay because reasons : D

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#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Oh crap I'm late for #HorrorWritersChat!

I'm Vincent, I write gothic and Lovecraftian horror with a twist... twists other than my cast of trans man MCs, I mean.

If there's an International Coffee Day or International Housecat Day, those are my favorites. ☕🐈❤️
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1.
For me this is the most important. Who are we, really?
Let's spill the beans. Or the squirrels. Or even the granola.
We're all listening.
January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Hi I'm HD Beird, existentially anxious

HD stands for Hegemonic Downfall, and it's not referring to my pants falling

I write sci-fi themed horror that aims for weirdness, mysteriousness, sexiness, & humorousness

I choose Internation Women's Day, 'cause it'll piss off some chud
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM