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Bert Piedmont author and editor

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Weird/Horror Fiction Author & Editor Gevera Bert Piedmont (she/her) Neurodivergent Cyborg Swamp Witch Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Developmental Editor Member: HWA-NE. NEHW. CAPA. ~HORROR TEACHES US TO FIGHT MONSTERS~ https://linktr.ee/bybertabird

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Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · last wk.

Lovely bookmarks I made to give out at #necronomicon-providence in 2 weeks for my next novel LEET-Z. Yes, the cassowary is a character. #cocoliztli #scifihorror #mummy #mummycurse #aztechorror #archeology #cassowary #horrorwriterschat

Two-sided bookmark for the forthcoming book Leet-Z by Gevera Bert Piedmont, published by Spinebreaker Books. Showing mummy skulls in a cave and a scary cassowary with teeth.
Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚@vampireantihero.com · last wk.

Your breath stalls, replaced by drinking in the bright sunlight above. Your body stills, the flowers shivering as you integrate with their bed. The next person to come along hopefully will not touch. Thank you for sticking with me as your guest host, #HorrorWritersChat ! Comment promos below!

A purple and green graphic for the Horror Writers Chat. It says: That's it for this week! After you've answered the questions and interacted with other posts, it's PROMO TIME! Comment on this post with your self-promotion tag and use the hashtage #HorrorWritersChat To help increase visibility, please like, repost, quote post, and comment on the promos.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm Miss Bert, I've been gone for a while, sorry. I write weird horror. My favorite eco-horror has got to be Jeff Vandermeer's Area X. #horrorwriterschat

Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚@vampireantihero.com · last wk.

Howdy, #HorrorWritersChat ! The leaves whisper secrets at the edge of a forest that melts into a garden. Its quiet murmurs guide you. You take a step. Q1 - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and... share your favorite piece of horror media with plants, poisons, forest, or eco-horror.

A graphic with a green and purple background. It says: Question one Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share your favorite piece of horror media involving plants, poisons, forest, or eco-horror. Quote post your answer and include the hashtag HorrorWritersChat NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions) Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · last wk.

the roots dig so deep | foxglove leaves sprout through my skin | now I too am plant | #horrorhaiku #haiku #horrorwriterschat

Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚@vampireantihero.com · last wk.

The strange compulsion to reach out and touch one of the plants overtakes you. As your fingers touch the petals, they tingle. You freeze, watching tendrils reach out cautiously from the plant. "The roots dig deeper into my veins, foxgloves sprouting from my skin." Finish it. #HorrorWritersChat

A purple and green graphic that says - Question Three "The roots dig deeper into my veins, foxgloves sprouting from my skin." Finish it. Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · last wk.

Fat Monster is about sentient fungus, does that count as a plant? I know fungus is kinda liminal... #horrorwriterschat

Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚@vampireantihero.com · last wk.

The garden is bright and vibrant with a wash of flowers. Oleander. Monkshood. Hydrangea and Mountain Laurel bushes. Small placquards stand beside each one. You realize as you read them, they're symptoms. QUESTION 2 - Have you ever written anything centering plants or poisons? #HorrorWritersChat

Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · last mo.

I don't think I've ever written a fairy story but I did write one about a woman ripping out her own teeth. Maybe she was giving them to the tooth fairy? #horrorwriterchat As far as little things being scary... The Lone Star tick that makes you allergic to mammals is terrifying.

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · last mo.

Being a great horror writer is not always about talking about something scary. It's making something scary that people think is tiny, or harmless. How would you subvert your Tinkerbell? Actually she was probably scary too. #HorrorWritersChat

Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Atlas of Deep Ones, a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology amzn.to/48zM1dr Over fifty stories, poems, articles, and strange hybrids, span the Deep Ones’ history from the ancient Norse seas to the frozen moons of Jupiter, and everywhere in between. #horrorwriterschat

Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology

Atlas of Deep Ones is the first massive tome devoted entirely to the mysterious Deep Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos. Over fifty stories, poems, articles, and strange hybrids, collected by a duo of fearles...

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you so much for joining us for #HorrorWritersChat After you’ve answered the questions and chatted in the comments, it’s self-promo time! Share your promo with #HorrorWritersChat IN THE COMMENTS on this post. See you next week when we'll have a different chat host for our community chat 🖤 🩸📚

THAT’S IT FOR THIS WEEK. After you’ve answered the questions and interacted with other posts, it’s PROMO TIME! COMMENT on this post with your self-promotion and use the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - To help increase visibility, please like, repost, quote post, and comment on the other promos. — Background image: duotone in berry and black of a skull sitting on a pile of books next to some lit candles and cut roses.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oh, someone from the longago times, the paperback world. I read The Other by Thomas Tryon as a child, #evilTwin trope at its finest. Probably why I still write about twins to this day. #horrorwriterschat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A revival is due. It’s time for them to receive their flowers 🖤💐 Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Shine a light on an underrated horror creator from 1900-1999 (20th century) Who are they? What do you love about their work? --- Outro in 10 mins.

Question Four. Shine a light on an underrated horror creator from the 1900s. Who are they? What do you love about their work? Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts. — Background image: duotone in berry and black of a skull sitting on a pile of books next to some lit candles and cut roses.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wrote a lovely story about a vengeful sad ghost and a girl with autism that got rejected and I reused the ghost & setting in another story. Can one resurrect a ghost? 👻#horrorwriterschat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Kill your darlings...so you can necromance them back to life! 🖤 Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - What unpublished plots or characters have you “resurrected” to use in a new story? Why did you bring them back?

Question Two. What unpublished plots or characters have you “resurrected” to use in a new story? Why did you bring them back? Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts. — Background image: duotone in berry and black of a skull sitting on a pile of books next to some lit candles and cut roses.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm Miss Bert and I'm HERE this week! YAY. I write all kinds of horror and horror-adjacent stuff. I adore Kij Johnson's "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" and if you've read it, you know why I sob like a baby every time I read it. #liveforever 🐈‍⬛ #horrorwriterschat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello and welcome to Horror Writers Chat! Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and... Share a favourite horror story that has a theme of resurrection. Zombies, vampires, dead coming back "wrong"...share your faves.

Question One. Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share a favourite horror story that has a theme of resurrection. Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts. — Background image: duotone in berry and black of a skull sitting on a pile of books next to some lit candles and cut roses.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Atlas of Deep Ones is still out there waiting to enchant you all and teach you its dark, wet secrets. amzn.to/48zM1dr #horrorwriterschat

Amazon.com: Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology: 9781963760118: Piedmont, Gevera Bert, Davis, Elizabeth, Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

Amazon.com: Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology: 9781963760118: Piedmont, Gevera Bert, Davis, Elizabeth, Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

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Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"May she sate what you give back." She? Them? I turn to my family, but they're gone already - except Father. The darkness surrounds me. It bleeds into my vision. Below. Around my feet. Golden eyes slowly open. I sink. Our tradition will continue... next week. #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: "May she sate what you give back." She? Them? I turn to my family, but they're gone already - except Father. The darkness surrounds me. It bleeds into my vision. Below. Around my feet. Golden eyes slowly open. I sink. Have you answered the questions? Got something to share? Promote below & share each others' posts! Our tradition will continue... next week. #HorrorWritersChat Image description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I gotta be boring and go with King's "Children of the Corn"-- So f'king creepy. Add to that "In the Hills, the Cities" by Barker. #horrorwriterschat

Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Father looms ahead of me in black shadows. Our farmstead glimmers. It hurts to look at the wheat. It's swaying. Breathing. Swirling around a pitch black hole. What is your personal favourite depiction of tradition in horror? Are they authors, and on BlueSky? Shout them out! #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: Father looms ahead of me in black shadows. Our farmstead glimmers. It hurts to look at the wheat. It's swaying. Breathing. Swirling around a pitch black hole. What is your personal favourite depiction of tradition in horror? Are they authors, and on BlueSky? Shout them out! #HorrorWritersChat No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag! Image description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IRL I dislike religious traditions made to satisfy some stupid god who doesn't care or perhaps exist. In horror of course the gods exist and are hangry and have too many appendages. #horrorwriterschat

Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's hard to breathe. I can taste blood. My family guides me out to the ochre sky. It feels like a wedding. Is this a wedding? Tradition is often established for something - a season, a god, a family. Which, to you, is the most terrifying, and do you use it in your stories? #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: It's hard to breathe. I can taste blood. My family guides me out to the ochre sky. It feels like a wedding. Is this a wedding? Tradition is often established for something - a season, a god, a family. Which, to you, is the most terrifying, and do you use it in your stories? #HorrorWritersChat No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag! Image Description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm working on #cyberpunk #horror (which I'm told should not be done) so I think that's more #trope than #tradition. And I'm a big fan of subverting tropes. Is being a #cyborg a nightmare or a dream come true? (speaking as an actual cyborg) #horrorwriterschat

Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Father never spoke of them to me. The Gilded Ones. "You will thank them for our crops one day." That is all he ever said. Bramble is woven about my bare hands and neck. The barbs sink into my flesh. Are traditions important in your stories? How do you make them nightmarish? #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: Question 2: Father never spoke of them to me. The Gilded Ones. "You will thank them for our crops one day." That is all he ever said. Bramble is woven about my bare hands and neck. The barbs sink into my flesh. Are traditions important in your stories? How do you make them nightmarish? #HorrorWritersChat No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag! Image description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm Miss Bert and I write all sorts of horror. This might not be what you all meant but I love horror doll houses and miniatures. This was a bakery until I got my hands on it. Not everything has to be pink to be fun. #horrorwriterschat. #nopink

A miniature #remixed #miniverse and #minibrands scene with #skeletons, #potions, #plants,# cats, #spooky #stainedglass, an #eldritchsign #summoningcircle, #books, a #dragon, and more.A miniature #remixed #miniverse and #minibrands scene with #skeletons, #potions, #plants,# cats, #spooky #stainedglass, an #eldritchsign #summoningcircle, #books, a #dragon, and more.
Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My family was always quiet. We never spoke much. "Work before word." So says Father. So we do. My cousins braid my hair. My siblings weave a gilded gown about me. Tell us who you are, what do you write, and what traditions do you love see made nightmarish in media? #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: My family was always quiet. We never spoke much. "Work before word." So says Father. So we do. My cousins braid my hair. My siblings weave a gilded gown about me. Tell us who you are, what do you write, and what traditions do you love see made nightmarish in media? No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag! #HorrorWritersChat Image Description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ohlala I hope I get to write a haiku today. #horrorwriterschat in 7 minutes. I'm editing a #cosmichorror #mystery in the background. Sad about missing #stokercon.

Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lunch was finished without a word. I sat amidst my family, staring at the tablecloths of spun, dancing wheat. "Prepare the gown." Father's voice rumbled through the house. Effigies of crystal and bramble clinked about his shoulders as he exited. The sky's ochre and yellow today. #HorrorWritersChat

Image Text: Horror Writers Chat The farmstead is having its lunch... 7PM BST (UK) 2PM EDT (USA) #HorrorWritersChat: Image Description: Artwork of Andrej Rempel (link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZGwoa8) featuring a creepy, abandoned barn in some dilapidated woods. The scenery is lit with an evening's light, and a tiny campfire can be seen blazing in front of the barn's yawning entrance.
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I write so much about #dinosaurs and #lizards and #geneticallymodified things, it can't be a coincidence, can it? Although I have never again watched Sssssss... 🦖🦎🧪 #horrorwriterschat #horrorsky #writersky

Countess Sappho is Viking Posting 23/7@countess-sappho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Q2: Some of you suspected where this was going already... You've grown strong on foul nectar, and what do you have to show for it? How has the answer to Q1 left its imprint on your writing? #HorrorWritersChat

Question Two: We re what we eat, and the byproduct of what nourishes us... In what way, if any, is your own work influenced by the answer to #1? Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm MissBert and I write all kinds of horror. When I was way too small I watched Sssssss from behind the couch and seeing the person change into the snake was terrifying. I'm sure it was tacky as fuck but I was like 5. Yet I'm not afraid of snakes? 🐍 #horrorwriterschat #horrorsky #writersky

Countess Sappho is Viking Posting 23/7@countess-sappho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week we're digging deep, down to your gnarled roots... Introduce yourself, what you write, and something nostalgic that really moved you in some way from the horror genre! #HorrorWritersChat

Question One: Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share a horror book, movie, or video game that made an impression on you as a kid! (or whenever you first started dipping your toes in) Quote post your answer and include the hastag #HorrorWritersChat NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts
Bert Piedmont author and editor@bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My new Cthulhu Mythos Atlas of Deep Ones has clawed its way up to #4 in new Cosmic & Eldritch Horror and I didn't have to summon anything to get it there. It's that good. amzn.to/4tOhNer #horrorwriterschat

Amazon.com: Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology: 9781963760118: Piedmont, Gevera Bert, Davis, Elizabeth, Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

Amazon.com: Atlas of Deep Ones: a Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft anthology: 9781963760118: Piedmont, Gevera Bert, Davis, Elizabeth, Piedmont, Gevera Bert: Books

amzn.to

Eryn McCee@erynmccee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here we go, #HorrorWritersChat. Promo thyself. If you've not answered the questions, put the promo down, go and answer some questions, repost some others, then come back. I will know. I will remove your comment and quote. And thank you to all. You are incredible writers and I think you're great.