Michael Wehunt
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social
Literary horror in the woods. Life assembled from found footage. Crawford & Shirley Jackson Award Nominee. Greener Pastures, The Inconsolables. Debut novel The October Film Haunt 9/30/25 from St. Martin's Press.
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Michael Wehunt
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Now available in bookstores and libraries everywhere! The October Film Haunt is my debut novel and a love letter to horror films and all of us who carry them in our hearts. And, if I may say so, pretty damned scary.
Sappier stuff after I visit a bookstore.
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Sappier stuff after I visit a bookstore.
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@michaelwehunt.bsky.social, just wrapped (ha?) October Film Haunt, and what a ride. Super engaging and I actually got weepy on Coleman’s last chapter. Definitely held me hard during the whole run.
No, I don’t think I want to belong, if you know what I mean. ❤️
No, I don’t think I want to belong, if you know what I mean. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@michaelwehunt.bsky.social, just wrapped (ha?) October Film Haunt, and what a ride. Super engaging and I actually got weepy on Coleman’s last chapter. Definitely held me hard during the whole run.
No, I don’t think I want to belong, if you know what I mean. ❤️
No, I don’t think I want to belong, if you know what I mean. ❤️
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Wait why are we preventing this
An important public service announcement this Halloween season
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wait why are we preventing this
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I #read the Charitable Chapbook "Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social. Go pick up everything by this #horror #author and read it immediately, because it is all worth it.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Samantha's review of Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here (Charitable Chapbooks Book 5)
5/5: Scouring the internet for anything by Michael Wehunt, I came across this Charitable Chapbook which I purchased for my Kindle. The purchase claims to have a portion of the proceeds going towards t...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I #read the Charitable Chapbook "Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social. Go pick up everything by this #horror #author and read it immediately, because it is all worth it.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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I #read "Greener Pastures" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social and it was a fantastic collection of uniquely eerie tales. Much like trees tend to haunt his stories, so too has Wehunt planted a sapling of terror in my heart.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Samantha's review of Greener Pastures
5/5: I read "The October Film Haunt" and felt the need to immediately jump into something else written by Michael Wehunt. When I found out that the precursor to the novel was a short story contained w...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I #read "Greener Pastures" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social and it was a fantastic collection of uniquely eerie tales. Much like trees tend to haunt his stories, so too has Wehunt planted a sapling of terror in my heart.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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I just finished reading The October Film Haunt this morning and really enjoyed it; one of the best horror novels I've ever read. I also liked that much of the book takes place in Hinesburg, VT (home of that great writer, Daniel Mills) and makes reference to the "Mills farmhouse." Nice!
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just finished reading The October Film Haunt this morning and really enjoyed it; one of the best horror novels I've ever read. I also liked that much of the book takes place in Hinesburg, VT (home of that great writer, Daniel Mills) and makes reference to the "Mills farmhouse." Nice!
Thanks to @robbiedorman.bsky.social for an excellent conversation about The October Film Haunt, the writing process, rhythm in prose, the struggles, the victories, and more. Available on the usual podcast platforms or on YouTube in the links below.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks to @robbiedorman.bsky.social for an excellent conversation about The October Film Haunt, the writing process, rhythm in prose, the struggles, the victories, and more. Available on the usual podcast platforms or on YouTube in the links below.
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If you love Weird but don't have this anthology by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on your shelf or keep a tattered copy in your back pocket or gift copies to all your Weird-fic friends then WHAT ARE YOU DOING
We're celebrating @michaelwehunt.bsky.social's new novel THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT with a limited time sale!
Read the celebrated anthology GREENER PASTURES, featuring the short story which inspired the novel, "October Film Haunt: Under the House" for just $10! Available only until November 30th!
Read the celebrated anthology GREENER PASTURES, featuring the short story which inspired the novel, "October Film Haunt: Under the House" for just $10! Available only until November 30th!
Greener Pastures | Apex Book Company
We celebrate Michael Wehunt's new novel The October Film Haunt (based on the Greener Pasture's story "October Film Haunt: Under the House" by offering his collection Greener Pastures for $10! Availabl...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you love Weird but don't have this anthology by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on your shelf or keep a tattered copy in your back pocket or gift copies to all your Weird-fic friends then WHAT ARE YOU DOING
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Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Cover reveal time! I KNOW A PLACE: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours is a new collection by @natcassidy.bsky.social featuring over a dozen stories, novelettes, and a novella!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
The cover was designed by @alandistro.bsky.social
I KNOW A PLACE is out everywhere on May 5, 2026!
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I #read "The October Film Haunt" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social throughout the course of October, and it was the best way to celebrate the spooky season! You'll want to hit this up before the leaves disappear. 🍂
Thanks for the #nightmares, Michael.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Thanks for the #nightmares, Michael.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Samantha's review of The October Film Haunt
5/5: I was able to get a signed and personalized copy of this book from Little Shop of Stories. A big thank you to Michael Wehunt for taking the time to sign these books for all of us fans! Firstly, ...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I #read "The October Film Haunt" by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social throughout the course of October, and it was the best way to celebrate the spooky season! You'll want to hit this up before the leaves disappear. 🍂
Thanks for the #nightmares, Michael.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Thanks for the #nightmares, Michael.
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
An incredible and D R E A Dful endorsement. Thank you so much, Justin.
D R E A D
It reaches in even as it strains outward - this is truly unsettling, a shadow come to life, a slasher/cult/paranoidiac/demonical genre remix in gorgeous, patient prose.
Absolutely shoving this book in people's faces and shouting from the rooftops, thank you @michaelwehunt.bsky.social!
It reaches in even as it strains outward - this is truly unsettling, a shadow come to life, a slasher/cult/paranoidiac/demonical genre remix in gorgeous, patient prose.
Absolutely shoving this book in people's faces and shouting from the rooftops, thank you @michaelwehunt.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
An incredible and D R E A Dful endorsement. Thank you so much, Justin.
This is really cool! My first collection, GREENER PASTURES, is on sale through its publisher. Featuring "October Film Haunt: Under the House," the spore that later mutated into my novel, THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT.
We're celebrating @michaelwehunt.bsky.social's new novel THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT with a limited time sale!
Read the celebrated anthology GREENER PASTURES, featuring the short story which inspired the novel, "October Film Haunt: Under the House" for just $10! Available only until November 30th!
Read the celebrated anthology GREENER PASTURES, featuring the short story which inspired the novel, "October Film Haunt: Under the House" for just $10! Available only until November 30th!
Greener Pastures | Apex Book Company
We celebrate Michael Wehunt's new novel The October Film Haunt (based on the Greener Pasture's story "October Film Haunt: Under the House" by offering his collection Greener Pastures for $10! Availabl...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is really cool! My first collection, GREENER PASTURES, is on sale through its publisher. Featuring "October Film Haunt: Under the House," the spore that later mutated into my novel, THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT.
Tiny Grim Reaper says this one deserves to skip ahead in the TBR line
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tiny Grim Reaper says this one deserves to skip ahead in the TBR line
Thank you, Mother Suspiria! "Multi-layered, merciless, and masterful" has such a ring to it.
📚💙🩸 Gripping, unsettling, and scary af, THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT is an eerie examination of the power of belief, fandom, and what words & actions can birth. Multi-layered, merciless, and masterful, @michaelwehunt.bsky.social's fantastic story will horrify AND haunt you. Read it and belong. #MSReview
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thank you, Mother Suspiria! "Multi-layered, merciless, and masterful" has such a ring to it.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🎵 364 more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 364 more days till Halloween, Silver Shamrock🎵
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🎵 364 more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 364 more days till Halloween, Silver Shamrock🎵
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¿Os gusta leer terror?
Último día de ##HalloweenPeB, y lo empezamos con @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, cuya simbiosis de lo insólito y el terror irrumpe en lo cotidiano, en 'Los inconsolables', de @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social .
Me gustó tanto, que empecé a seguirle la pista al autor de inmediato.
Último día de ##HalloweenPeB, y lo empezamos con @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, cuya simbiosis de lo insólito y el terror irrumpe en lo cotidiano, en 'Los inconsolables', de @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social .
Me gustó tanto, que empecé a seguirle la pista al autor de inmediato.
‘Los inconsolables’, de Michael Wehunt
Lo insólito se insinúa en lo mundano
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October 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM
¿Os gusta leer terror?
Último día de ##HalloweenPeB, y lo empezamos con @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, cuya simbiosis de lo insólito y el terror irrumpe en lo cotidiano, en 'Los inconsolables', de @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social .
Me gustó tanto, que empecé a seguirle la pista al autor de inmediato.
Último día de ##HalloweenPeB, y lo empezamos con @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, cuya simbiosis de lo insólito y el terror irrumpe en lo cotidiano, en 'Los inconsolables', de @dilatandomentesed.bsky.social .
Me gustó tanto, que empecé a seguirle la pista al autor de inmediato.
My second trade review, and it's another great one! Thanks to Shelf Awareness for featuring The October Film Haunt on Halloween!
“A twisted nightmare fit for the 21st century, The October Film Haunt will delight hardcore horror fans with its heavy dread, innovative prose, and delightful dialogue.”
“A twisted nightmare fit for the 21st century, The October Film Haunt will delight hardcore horror fans with its heavy dread, innovative prose, and delightful dialogue.”
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My second trade review, and it's another great one! Thanks to Shelf Awareness for featuring The October Film Haunt on Halloween!
“A twisted nightmare fit for the 21st century, The October Film Haunt will delight hardcore horror fans with its heavy dread, innovative prose, and delightful dialogue.”
“A twisted nightmare fit for the 21st century, The October Film Haunt will delight hardcore horror fans with its heavy dread, innovative prose, and delightful dialogue.”
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If you enjoyed @michaelwehunt.bsky.social's THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT, give his Shirley Jackson Award-nominated collection a try. With interior illustrations by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Inconsolable...
www.amazon.com/Inconsolable...
The Inconsolables
The Inconsolables [Wehunt, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Inconsolables
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October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you enjoyed @michaelwehunt.bsky.social's THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT, give his Shirley Jackson Award-nominated collection a try. With interior illustrations by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Inconsolable...
www.amazon.com/Inconsolable...
An important public service announcement this Halloween season
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An important public service announcement this Halloween season
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Excited about this new arrival in the Tiny Grim Reaper's collection. If the new @johnhornor.bsky.social novel is even close to as good as A Lush and Seething Hell, I'll be one happy reader.
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excited about this new arrival in the Tiny Grim Reaper's collection. If the new @johnhornor.bsky.social novel is even close to as good as A Lush and Seething Hell, I'll be one happy reader.
Great feature from GeekDad on The October Film Haunt, plus wonderful recs of the new @datlow.bsky.social and @raforall.bsky.social's Why I Love Horror!
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great feature from GeekDad on The October Film Haunt, plus wonderful recs of the new @datlow.bsky.social and @raforall.bsky.social's Why I Love Horror!
To have a modern master say this... *shudders in a good way*
My initial response: It's a stone new classic :)
It’s my birthday, and The October Film Haunt was just born. It’s inevitable that I drop an obvious shameless hint.
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"
October 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
To have a modern master say this... *shudders in a good way*
It’s my birthday, and The October Film Haunt was just born. It’s inevitable that I drop an obvious shameless hint.
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s my birthday, and The October Film Haunt was just born. It’s inevitable that I drop an obvious shameless hint.
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"
- Macabre Daily: “The best horror book of 2025”
- Vulture: One of the “16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)”
- Geek Rage: "A strong contender for *the* epic horror novel of the 2020s"