J.S. Douglas
@jsdouglas.bsky.social
Horror writer, dog whisperer, mom, gardener, baker, reader of all genres. Find my latest work on horrificscribblings.com, Rotting Leaf Magazine, and https://jsdouglaswrites.com
Zombie or ICE Agent?
✔️Bashes down your front door.
✔️Yanks you out of your car.
✔️Makes it difficult to go outdoors.
✔️Rips apart families.
✔️Feels like the end of the world.
The only differences appear to be that zombies aren’t racist and won’t 🍇 you once you’re in their grasp.
✔️Bashes down your front door.
✔️Yanks you out of your car.
✔️Makes it difficult to go outdoors.
✔️Rips apart families.
✔️Feels like the end of the world.
The only differences appear to be that zombies aren’t racist and won’t 🍇 you once you’re in their grasp.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Zombie or ICE Agent?
✔️Bashes down your front door.
✔️Yanks you out of your car.
✔️Makes it difficult to go outdoors.
✔️Rips apart families.
✔️Feels like the end of the world.
The only differences appear to be that zombies aren’t racist and won’t 🍇 you once you’re in their grasp.
✔️Bashes down your front door.
✔️Yanks you out of your car.
✔️Makes it difficult to go outdoors.
✔️Rips apart families.
✔️Feels like the end of the world.
The only differences appear to be that zombies aren’t racist and won’t 🍇 you once you’re in their grasp.
The NewYear: at HORRIFIC SCRIBES, we think of The End. horrificscribblings.com
@lenemacleod.bsky.social
@grigorylukin.bsky.social
@poisonedsugar.bsky.social
@janandrewhenderson.bsky.social
@emmiechristie33.bsky.social
@jsdouglas.bsky.social
@awhcolumbus.bsky.social
@phoebebwrites.bsky.social
@lenemacleod.bsky.social
@grigorylukin.bsky.social
@poisonedsugar.bsky.social
@janandrewhenderson.bsky.social
@emmiechristie33.bsky.social
@jsdouglas.bsky.social
@awhcolumbus.bsky.social
@phoebebwrites.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Is horror your comfort genre? Do you enjoy short stories?
If you answered “Yes!” the you should check out “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In.” You can find it in @rottingleafmag.bsky.social.
#shortstory #horror #comforthorror #ecohorror #read #writer 📚
If you answered “Yes!” the you should check out “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In.” You can find it in @rottingleafmag.bsky.social.
#shortstory #horror #comforthorror #ecohorror #read #writer 📚
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Is horror your comfort genre? Do you enjoy short stories?
If you answered “Yes!” the you should check out “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In.” You can find it in @rottingleafmag.bsky.social.
#shortstory #horror #comforthorror #ecohorror #read #writer 📚
If you answered “Yes!” the you should check out “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In.” You can find it in @rottingleafmag.bsky.social.
#shortstory #horror #comforthorror #ecohorror #read #writer 📚
Reposted by J.S. Douglas
In case you missed it, our January piece of short ecofiction was “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In”, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social. And it’s a weird one (complimentary)
www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-g...
www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-g...
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In
By J.S. Douglas
www.briefecology.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
In case you missed it, our January piece of short ecofiction was “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In”, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social. And it’s a weird one (complimentary)
www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-g...
www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-g...
I wrote this essay about writing eco fiction. I hope it’s an interesting read! 📚
“When I write in the eco horror corner of the vast ecofiction genre, I try to strip the natural world of human motivation.”
@jsdouglas.bsky.social on Ecofiction
www.briefecology.com/p/js-douglas...
@jsdouglas.bsky.social on Ecofiction
www.briefecology.com/p/js-douglas...
J.S. Douglas On Ecofiction
The Rotting Leaf
www.briefecology.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I wrote this essay about writing eco fiction. I hope it’s an interesting read! 📚
Reposted by J.S. Douglas
In “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In” @jsdouglas.bsky.social takes us on a strange, beautiful, tumbling journey 👇
"Like so many others, this tumbleweed is released from its anchoring root, the wind flinging it into the air. It lands on a grasshopper mouse, trapping it and killing it with sharp thorns and percussive bouncing."
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In
By J.S. Douglas
www.briefecology.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In” @jsdouglas.bsky.social takes us on a strange, beautiful, tumbling journey 👇
It’s here!
Take a break from your human horrors and read my eco horror short story.
#horrorstory #shortstory 📚👀😱
Take a break from your human horrors and read my eco horror short story.
#horrorstory #shortstory 📚👀😱
"Like so many others, this tumbleweed is released from its anchoring root, the wind flinging it into the air. It lands on a grasshopper mouse, trapping it and killing it with sharp thorns and percussive bouncing."
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by @jsdouglas.bsky.social
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In
By J.S. Douglas
www.briefecology.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It’s here!
Take a break from your human horrors and read my eco horror short story.
#horrorstory #shortstory 📚👀😱
Take a break from your human horrors and read my eco horror short story.
#horrorstory #shortstory 📚👀😱
I’m so excited!
Our first rotten leaf drops tomorrow. Keep your eyes on this space for “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In” by @jsdouglas.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I’m so excited!
Popping in to share that my zombie short story just came out! Check out Zombzine’s inaugural issue for “Last Date” and several other fun zombie-flavored reads!
#zombie #horror
www.zombzine.com/about-1
#zombie #horror
www.zombzine.com/about-1
Read | Zombzine
www.zombzine.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Popping in to share that my zombie short story just came out! Check out Zombzine’s inaugural issue for “Last Date” and several other fun zombie-flavored reads!
#zombie #horror
www.zombzine.com/about-1
#zombie #horror
www.zombzine.com/about-1
How cool is it to get an interview with an indie press? Idk, but Kandisha Press interviewed me and I couldn’t be more excited! Check it out if you have a minute!
kandishapress.com/2025/04/11/i...
#author
kandishapress.com/2025/04/11/i...
#author
IN THE LIBRARY WITH J.S. DOUGLAS
GREETINGS, BOOKWORMS! I’m Aisha Kandisha, Head Librarian at Kandisha Press. Join me in the dusty stacks of the library I will never leave again as I chat with some of my favorite Women in Hor…
kandishapress.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How cool is it to get an interview with an indie press? Idk, but Kandisha Press interviewed me and I couldn’t be more excited! Check it out if you have a minute!
kandishapress.com/2025/04/11/i...
#author
kandishapress.com/2025/04/11/i...
#author
Is writing a poem easier or harder than writing a short story? I am obsessively editing and re-editing a poem to submit to an open call and I’m finding so many opportunities to second guess myself. I think sometimes having more words to work with makes things easier.
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Is writing a poem easier or harder than writing a short story? I am obsessively editing and re-editing a poem to submit to an open call and I’m finding so many opportunities to second guess myself. I think sometimes having more words to work with makes things easier.
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Reposted by J.S. Douglas
👻 Women In Horror 🦷
March is the perfect time to celebrate the incredible women shaping horror! Two years ago, my shelves seriously lacked women authors. Now, thanks to the book community, that’s changed.
See any favorites? #WomenInHorror #HorrorBooks
#BookSky #flatlay
March is the perfect time to celebrate the incredible women shaping horror! Two years ago, my shelves seriously lacked women authors. Now, thanks to the book community, that’s changed.
See any favorites? #WomenInHorror #HorrorBooks
#BookSky #flatlay
March 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
👻 Women In Horror 🦷
March is the perfect time to celebrate the incredible women shaping horror! Two years ago, my shelves seriously lacked women authors. Now, thanks to the book community, that’s changed.
See any favorites? #WomenInHorror #HorrorBooks
#BookSky #flatlay
March is the perfect time to celebrate the incredible women shaping horror! Two years ago, my shelves seriously lacked women authors. Now, thanks to the book community, that’s changed.
See any favorites? #WomenInHorror #HorrorBooks
#BookSky #flatlay
Also, my very rude dog tried to devour “Out There Screaming.” Fortunately, he just gnawed on the corner of the book so I can still read it. It’s soooo good so far!
#booksky📚
#booksky📚
March 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Also, my very rude dog tried to devour “Out There Screaming.” Fortunately, he just gnawed on the corner of the book so I can still read it. It’s soooo good so far!
#booksky📚
#booksky📚
Libby is literally the best. I cannot wait to read “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady Hendrix. He’s one of my favorite authors!
#booksky📚
#booksky📚
March 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Libby is literally the best. I cannot wait to read “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady Hendrix. He’s one of my favorite authors!
#booksky📚
#booksky📚
I spent all day yesterday working on my novel. I’ve only got 60 chapters to go! I’m dying to tell this story! #writer #amwriting
February 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I spent all day yesterday working on my novel. I’ve only got 60 chapters to go! I’m dying to tell this story! #writer #amwriting
I live next to a privately owned train track, so it’s always a fun surprise when the train comes. Could come at 8:30 AM on a Thursday, might be 10 AM on a Sunday. Might just be the guy who owns it transporting his jeep up and down the track for some reason.
February 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I live next to a privately owned train track, so it’s always a fun surprise when the train comes. Could come at 8:30 AM on a Thursday, might be 10 AM on a Sunday. Might just be the guy who owns it transporting his jeep up and down the track for some reason.
My ideal reader for my WIP is someone who loves a mix of fantastical and real life horror. And potentially the kind of person who is interested in reading about and dissecting cults.
#pretendpanel
#pretendpanel
Let's talk marketing for a bit.
So often we'd love our books to appeal to everyone, but they say it's better to write with a certain audience in mind.
Today on #pretendpanel, I'm asking...
January 23rd: Who do you see as your ideal reader?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
So often we'd love our books to appeal to everyone, but they say it's better to write with a certain audience in mind.
Today on #pretendpanel, I'm asking...
January 23rd: Who do you see as your ideal reader?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My ideal reader for my WIP is someone who loves a mix of fantastical and real life horror. And potentially the kind of person who is interested in reading about and dissecting cults.
#pretendpanel
#pretendpanel
Reposted by J.S. Douglas
THORNS
books2read.com/BHP-THORNS
Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon.
#HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile
books2read.com/BHP-THORNS
Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon.
#HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile
January 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
THORNS
books2read.com/BHP-THORNS
Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon.
#HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile
books2read.com/BHP-THORNS
Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon.
#HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile
My short story “Thorned” is now available! You can find it in the “Thorns” anthology published by @blackharepress.bsky.social. So excited for people to read it and all of the other excellent stories in this anthology!
#horror #horrorbook 💙📚👀📢📚😱
#horror #horrorbook 💙📚👀📢📚😱
January 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My short story “Thorned” is now available! You can find it in the “Thorns” anthology published by @blackharepress.bsky.social. So excited for people to read it and all of the other excellent stories in this anthology!
#horror #horrorbook 💙📚👀📢📚😱
#horror #horrorbook 💙📚👀📢📚😱
Someone who hasn’t spoken to me in 3 years just messaged me to ask “how do you splice a few things together?”
Is this the beginning of a horror movie or does she want to learn photoshop? I am only educated in one of those things. Stay tuned.
Is this the beginning of a horror movie or does she want to learn photoshop? I am only educated in one of those things. Stay tuned.
January 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Someone who hasn’t spoken to me in 3 years just messaged me to ask “how do you splice a few things together?”
Is this the beginning of a horror movie or does she want to learn photoshop? I am only educated in one of those things. Stay tuned.
Is this the beginning of a horror movie or does she want to learn photoshop? I am only educated in one of those things. Stay tuned.
There’s something so weird about being a writer. You are confident that your story must be told while fighting imposter syndrome. Also, nothing you write will ever be good enough so you keep doing it, spilling out story after story until one day, you look back and realize that you became an author.
January 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There’s something so weird about being a writer. You are confident that your story must be told while fighting imposter syndrome. Also, nothing you write will ever be good enough so you keep doing it, spilling out story after story until one day, you look back and realize that you became an author.
Post a pic you took with no description to bring some zen to the timeline.
January 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Post a pic you took with no description to bring some zen to the timeline.