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Thea O'Ryan Files
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Thea O'Ryan is a Canadian writer with a love for all things horror. She went on a road trip to the Bruce Peninsula in 2014 and has not been seen since.

She is, however, still frequently heard.


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#writer
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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From artist Liberal Jane Illustrations
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
Thanks Gree! #HorrorWritersChat, do you need some Christmas horror in your life? Then you'll love "The Wild Hunt," about two sisters who run away from home on Christmas Eve.

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November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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My contemporary dark fantasy has been out for about a month now, I'm starting to slowly have reviews trickle in!

Where to get it: www.vampireantihero.com/the-night-ga...
First chapter to read for free: www.vampireantihero.com/short-storie...
the cover of Lemon Balm by Artemis Quinn and Auden Eris-Everent. It is silver on a purple background, a stylistic drawing of Lemon balm behind a sphere. Each corner is adorned with an ornate bat holding a moon. Lemon Balm Contemporary dark fantasy, werewolves, vampires, witches, hiding in plain sight, horror and romance elements LGBTQIA+ Rep with ace and nonbinary leads First of a series Soft magic system Two POV characters in 1st person POV Cypress Borne is 22 years old, a dashing young non-binary lad with a fairly easy life in New York City. That is-- fairly easy until their routine is interrupted by a vicious dog attack on the way home from the gym. Their life turns upside down after that one singular event-- blackouts, unexplained fits of rage and lost time plague him. Two years of medical tests, therapy, and a life that's spiraling down the toilet later, they navigate their way through the panic attacks and the hopelessness to an old, derelict, and a seemingly abandoned church in the woods, away from the noise and the people. Little do they know, the church isn't abandoned but rather occupied by a vampire hoping to die and rotting in a coffin. Acanthus Sylene believes that a fine wine should never have an age attached, and neither should a fine being. Nonbinary in such a way that gender is completely irrelevant, Acanthus has lived a very long life and is frankly exhausted by it. Embroiled deeply into the politics of the World of Shadows, they have abandoned their duties to The Night Garden, a refugee path that they forged. But, something changes when a lost, scared, ignorant werewolf shows up on their door step. Both of these preternatural beings are looking for answers. Somehow, instead of finding their place in the world, they find each other. However, in the process of finding and growing with each other, they may have put their entire lives-- and The Night Garden-- at risk.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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lhardingwrites.bsky.social
And if it isn't too greedy, I'll also link Fiends and Phantoms (cover art hand-drawn by my partner btw) because Memento Culpae explores a Victorian England that has worked out how to use souls as an industrial power source - very appropriate to this #HorrorWritersChat!
lhardingwrites.bsky.social Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3
Fiends & Phantoms

6 tales of horror for fans of M R James and E F Benson

Featuring:
- academics delving too deep into the dark
- folk horror slug gods in the Bavarian hills
- vengeful saints
- Judiciary Mediums with regrets
- ironic fates for bodysnatchers

#booksky 📚💙
Fiends and Phantoms - Lawrence Harding's Ko-fi Shop
Lawrence Harding presents six tales of the Victorian weird, including: An occultist paying his dues A dark entity among the bookstacks An ancient h...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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marywyrd.bsky.social
Sharing this message from @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social for any and all #HorrorWritersChat folks who would like to be involved with the anthology.

Theme: Campfire Horror For Adults
Deadline: 31st December 2025 / December 31st 2025

Profits will be donated to Macmillan 🖤
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 22h
Just incase I miss tonight, a reminder that there's a #HorrorWritersChat anthology in the works in honour of our creator MG Mason.
DM me for anyone wishing to take part or wanting to hear more!

Have a great night everyone!
Horror Writers Chat Anthology Theme: campfire horror for adults Submit your spooky shorts to thatwilliambeck@gmail.com Deadline 31st December. Profits donated to Macmillan charity
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Our next flash sale is 50% off

The #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, Vol. 1: Return to New York - IDW Exclusive Folio Edition: https://ow.ly/ZXSb50XyiOu

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#BlackFriday #FlashSale #Folios
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Seriously such an awesome title, cover, and summary. 🦌 👀
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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erynmccee.bsky.social
IT IS HOPELESS. MY SKIN IS FUSED TO THE COLD, METAL SLAB. INSTRUMENTS OF SILVER AND RED GLARE AT ME.

I know what they want. I know they will say I chose this. I did.
I open my eyes at the last and let them learn. Nothing that hunts me survives unscathed.

#HorrorWritersChat
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20h
[Cranium. Reconfigured. Brain tissue. Remodelled. Nerve system. Accelerated. Prepared for Dictum.]

[Inquiry. Required for completion: “IT IS HOPELESS. MY SKIN IS FUSED TO THE COLD, METAL SLAB. INSTRUMENTS OF SILVER AND RED GLARE AT ME.” FINISH IT.]

#HorrorWritersChat
Artwork by Alexandr Konev, which is a fan rendition of Logic, the final narrative boss of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. A rotund reactor, with a thousand blinking lights on its smooth carapace, and flanked by two, metal exhaust pipes on each side, supports an alabaster, humanoid figurine, cut into multiple geometric shapes with deep, black lines that make them look like shards of glass. Pearly white cables are draped over the figurine’s head like hair. Marble figures of exquisite detail surround the figurine. Blue butterflies dance in the foreground in rich, colourful blurs. Question Four [Cranium. Reconfigured. Brain tissue. Remodelled. Nerve system. Accelerated. Prepared for Dictum.] [Inquiry. Required for completion: “IT IS HOPELESS. MY SKIN IS FUSED TO THE COLD, METAL SLAB. INSTRUMENTS OF SILVER AND RED GLARE AT ME.” FINISH IT.] No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
Day 3 of our Buy Direct sale!

Today and all this week: grab @anna-orridge.bsky.social's cosmic eco-horror PHENGARIS from our ebook store... and get 50% off Black Mirror-with-cryptids novel SALTBLOOD!

Support small presses - we need you!
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Ooooo 👀 🖤 🦢 this would definitely catch my attention in the wild/at a bookstore
nickwiltshire.bsky.social Nick Wiltshire @nickwiltshire.bsky.social · 20h
Funny you should ask that, my fine Ai friend - I've just sent this little doozie to the printers....

#HorrorWritersChat
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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trishcwilson.bsky.social
I had a blast in #HorrorWritersChat as always!

Here's my web site:

trishwilsonauthor.blogspot.com

And The Horror Zine. New issue went up today. Check it out!

www.thehorrorzine.com

My story THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR appears in THE LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE ANTHOLOGY.

www.amazon.com/Lizzie-Borde...
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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anna-orridge.bsky.social
Just wanted to boost William's lovely idea for an anthology in Matt's honour too, in case he doesn't have a chance tonight.

#HorrorWritersChat

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thatwilliambeck.bsky.social William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 22h
Just incase I miss tonight, a reminder that there's a #HorrorWritersChat anthology in the works in honour of our creator MG Mason.
DM me for anyone wishing to take part or wanting to hear more!

Have a great night everyone!
Horror Writers Chat Anthology Theme: campfire horror for adults Submit your spooky shorts to thatwilliambeck@gmail.com Deadline 31st December. Profits donated to Macmillan charity
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Thanks for the chilling #HorrorWritersChat!

Speaking of ace horror (well, since I brought it up), check out this interview I did recently with @codydo.bsky.social on the intersection of horror, writing AROMANTIC FRANKENSTEIN, and reclaiming power.

acedadadvice.substack.com/p/horror-tel...
Horror, Telling Stories, and Aspec Power... with Ell Huang
In this One on One, I talk to my lovely friend and fellow horror fan Ell Huang about our shared love of horror, bringing an aspec lens to the genre, and reclaiming the power of our stories as aspec pe...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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leannareneehieber.bsky.social
THX for a great #HorrorWritersChat Gree!
AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is still a new release! Non-fic for ghost/horror lovers! On limited-time Nook/Kindle sale! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/americas-m...
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America's Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction|Hardcover
Instant USA Today Bestseller From the Bram Stoker nominated author team who penned A Haunted History of Invisible Women, the first book of its kind to investigate gothic tropes that define American lo...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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stephellis.bsky.social
Keeping with the theme, thought it would be fun to share this anthology from a while back. Threads of the Infinite has a story of mine, Transcending Nature, which I fully intend to turn into longer form one day. And yes, dehumanization occurs.

#HorrorWritersChat

www.amazon.co.uk/Industrial-H...
Industrial Horror Anthology: Tales of Industrial Horror (Snowbooks Anthologies)
Buy Industrial Horror Anthology: Tales of Industrial Horror (Snowbooks Anthologies) by Edited by Dean Drinkel (ISBN: 9781911390718) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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wishiwozacat.bsky.social
Well, that was quite disturbing. Thank you so much for these prompts, Gree, they really went places I always appreciate exploring. 🌙 Will be back with something exciting to share next week:)

Meantime, I’d like to post these booklets I make with my stories. 🖤

#HorrorWritersChat
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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spookyxpickle.bsky.social
#HorrorWritersChat, Dehumanization becomes complete when you give up the will to fight. Well, that's the more hopeful of the answers. And that's too simplified.

It never really is complete if they want to continue to find more ways to dehumanize you.
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h
[Moon entity. Observed. Depth distance. Calculated. Organic material: satisfactory.]

[Ablative carapace. Installed. Cortex. Pried.]

[Inquiry. Required for completion: WHEN IS DEHUMANISATION COMPLETE? LOSS OF BODY? OF WILL? AN ALIEN CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE’S MIND?]

#HorrorWritersChat
Artwork by Alexandr Konev, which is a fan rendition of Logic, the final narrative boss of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina. A rotund reactor, with a thousand blinking lights on its smooth carapace, and flanked by two, metal exhaust pipes on each side, supports an alabaster, humanoid figurine, cut into multiple geometric shapes with deep, black lines that make them look like shards of glass. Pearly white cables are draped over the figurine’s head like hair. Marble figures of exquisite detail surround the figurine. Blue butterflies dance in the foreground in rich, colourful blurs. Question 3: [Moon entity. Observed. Depth distance. Calculated. Organic material: satisfactory.] [Inquiry. Required for completion: WHEN IS DEHUMANISATION COMPLETE? LOSS OF BODY? OF WILL? AN ALIEN CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE’S MIND?] No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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anna-orridge.bsky.social
Thanks Gree. I loved the format of the questions this week :)

I'm very happy that my novella is part of this fantastic special offer from my publisher this week.

#HorrorWritersChat

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nefariousbatpress.bsky.social Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 2d
Day 3 of our Buy Direct sale!

Today and all this week: grab @anna-orridge.bsky.social's cosmic eco-horror PHENGARIS from our ebook store... and get 50% off Black Mirror-with-cryptids novel SALTBLOOD!

Support small presses - we need you!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
This is what was so striking to me about films like THE SUBSTANCE and THE UGLY STEPSISTER especially. We’ve been doing this across centuries, from tapeworms to surgeries. We lose our humanity so, so early in life, and fairytales usually paint the “aged out” woman as evil and jealous for it.
trishcwilson.bsky.social Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 21h
#HorrorWritersChat Q2

I'd show how people, esp women, can be dehumanized as they age. You don't need technology to do that, but it happens. People become invisible, looked down upon, stuck full of tubes & needles, finding difficulty in what used to be easy, being in pain, & given little empathy.
greethewriter.bsky.social Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h
[Grafting. In progress. Conveyor attachments. Plugged. Mining extraction. Tools. Inserted.]
[Spinal chord. Interwoven. Cranial examination. Reactivated.]
[Inquiry. Required for completion: INDUSTRIAL HORROR EXPLORES DEHUMANISATION. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLORE IT YOURSELF IN THE GENRE?]

#HorrorWritersChat
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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aimeecozza.com
$70 away from funding

7 ebooks
or 3 paperbacks

SO CLOSE
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
theaoryanfiles.bsky.social
#aroace #ace #aromantic #asexual #aro

I wonder if male characters in the military would be an exception to this, as many of the counterexamples to this that I thought of were men involved in some sort of battle/mission together.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
theaoryanfiles.bsky.social
From Tommy Devoid

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#horror #horrorsky #horroraddict
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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marywyrd.bsky.social
I #amwriting #Horror Are you, #HorrorSky?

If you write horror, you can join us for #HorrorWritersChat only on Bluesky.

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Horror Writers. Join fellow horror writers as we answer four questions, chat, and promote our work on Bluesky weekly on Wednesday 7 pm GMT (UK) / 2 pm ET (USA). Co-Hosts: Eryn - @erynmccee.bsky.social - Gree - @greethewriter.bsky.social - Mary - @marywyrd.bsky.social - Check out #HorrorWritersChat - Horror Writers Chat was created by author MG Mason - @chaoticauthor.online - to whom we are eternally grateful. Background: Manipulated photos with purple filters to create a corridor through an abandoned house with two ghostly hands pressing against either side of the frame. Image by Mary Wyrd.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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kmeyergriffith.bsky.social
📚💙A novella and a short story. Home to care for her ill mother, an ancient evil she'd faced and fled from 20 years ago is in the woods waiting for her, PLUS a Twilight zonish Bonus Ghost Tale IN THIS HOUSE...about love before & after death. books2read.com/u/m0Z5Mb tinyurl.com/gwv4lay
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM