Christa Carmen🌘🦉🔮
@christaqua.bsky.social
Bram Stoker Award-winning & 2x Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author. She/her. Pre-Order How to Fake a Haunting: https://www.christacarmen.com/books-how-to-fake-a-haunting.aspx Substack: Horror Homesteading: https://christacarmen.substack.com/
Just a week to support the New England Horror Writers Wicked West anthology. It's full of talented horror authors doing their best (worst?) to the Old West. Featuring @kradec.bsky.social, @christaqua.bsky.social, and @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, and more! If you can't Please share! kck.st/3R9EVqw
Wicked Westerns
The Eleventh Anthology of the New England Horror Writers
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6 DAYS LEFT! Please consider supporting WICKED WESTERNS, with a new Calamity Jane/Wild Bill story by me, plus weird West tales by @christaqua.bsky.social @brennanlafaro.bsky.social & more! Ed. by Trisha J. Wooldridge & @denverauthor.bsky.social, illos by @artbyogmios.bsky.social. kck.st/3R9EVqw
Wicked Westerns
The Eleventh Anthology of the New England Horror Writers
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Big thanks to Keith for this nice shoutout, and you should definitely check out this Kickstarter!!!
Keith R.A. DeCandido@kradec.bsky.social · last mo.Are you a fan of @christaqua.bsky.social? Are you looking forward to her upcoming HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING? Then you should consider supporting WICKED WESTERNS, which has a new story by Christa as well as weird Western tales by a score of other authors, including me! Check it out: kck.st/3R9EVqw
“Contributing essayists include Bram Stoker Award winners @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social…, Christa Carmen…& @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social. Their presence matters. This is not a nostalgia project…It is a serious engagement with a major horror work, written by people who understand the genre...”🤡🎈🖤
Ginger Nuts of Horror@gnofhorror.com · 2mo agoCover Reveal: Still Floating: Pennywise at 40 and Why He Won’t Die Edited by @horrortom.bsky.social featuring @bevvincent.bsky.social @richardchizmar.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social gnofhorror.com/still-floati...
So excited to be a part of Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise. Check out the cover reveal and all about the book below!!! 🤡🎈🩸
Ginger Nuts of Horror@gnofhorror.com · 2mo agoCover Reveal: Still Floating: Pennywise at 40 and Why He Won’t Die Edited by @horrortom.bsky.social featuring @bevvincent.bsky.social @richardchizmar.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social gnofhorror.com/still-floati...
I'm also scheduled to present the award for Superior Achievement in a Novel at the Stokers banquet, and I'm on a fantastic virtual panel on Women & Werewolves, moderated by Stephanie M. Wytovich & featuring @srosewriter.bsky.social, @christaqua.bsky.social, Shannon Kearns, & Lindy Ryan! 🐺🖤🐺
Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald
ALT: Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald
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I wrote 6k words today. Far and away, a personal record. In other, possibly related news, my arms have fallen off at the elbows. Goodnight, everyone.
Trying to be normal at my daughter’s tennis lesson, since apparently my reputation as horror writer precedes me, but I open my laptop to get writing done, and The VVitch soundtrack immediately blares from YouTube, accompanied by photos of interconnected deer carcasses, so yah, I’m doing great.
Nell woke a few mins before the end of my 5-7 am writing session this morning, sat on my lap, & asked me to read her "the scariest part." I read her what I thought was an intensely creepy scene from the start of my new novel, to which she responded, "When does it get to the scary part?"
The Eldritch Winter online reading is now archived on YouTube! Come listen to me, @casskhaw.bsky.social, Jeffrey Thomas, @christaqua.bsky.social, and other amazing horror authors read chilling tales just for you! (I'm the second reader in the video.)
Fiction Impossible Presents: Eldritch Winter, an Afternoon of Horror
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@bookmonstergeorge.bsky.social, always immensely grateful for your kind words and support. 🙏🖤📖
When the snow stops and you’ve dug yourself out, why not treat yourself to a bookstore trip? Join myself and the uber-talented @christaqua.bsky.social at Barnes & Noble in North Smithfield, RI from 2-4 pm while we nerd out about horror and sign books.
twitch.tv/csecooney! Full bios of ELDRITCH WINTER readers HERE: csecooney.com/2026/02/22/t... @christaqua.bsky.social @sarahhans.bsky.social @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @spmiskowski.bsky.social @punktowner.bsky.social @mythicdelirium.bsky.social & Haralambi Markov!
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@csecooney won the World Fantasy Award for Bone Swans in 2016 & Saint Death’s Daughter in 2023. Other work includes Dark Breakers, Desdemona & the Deep, The Twice-Drowned Saint. With husband @writetea...
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Heads up, horror-lickers! Sun 2:30 EST: virtual reading w/ ELDRITCH GENIUSES: @mythicdelirium.bsky.social, @casskhaw.bsky.social, @sarahhans.bsky.social, @christaqua.bsky.social, @spmiskowski.bsky.social, @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social, Jeffrey Thomas & Haralambi Markov! Join us: twitch.tv/csecooney
SAVE THE DATE! This Sunday (2/22, 2:30pm EST) gather ‘round to watch/hear @csecooney.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @sarahhans.bsky.social @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @spmiskowski.bsky.social @punktowner.bsky.social plus Carlos & Harry & me on twitch.tv/csecooney!
#Kindle deals are here! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @christaqua.bsky.social, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social, @jeremycshipp.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @johndurginauthor.bsky.social, @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social, @tcparker.bsky.social, @timlebbon.bsky.social & more! #booksky #ad amzn.to/3Kj4Uoq
Less than three weeks until the denizens claw their way out of the woods. Just because they’re dead doesn’t mean they’re allowed to rest. 02.17.26 Thank you to the immensely talented @christaqua.bsky.social for these kind words.
Thank you so much for this amazing shoutout, @solarisbooks.bsky.social and Lindy!!! 🖤👻🖤👻🖤👻
Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe asked Lindy Ryan for her best books of 2025, a book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated reads of 2026. Read the full article https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @christaqua.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/BlessYHeart https://geni.us/anotherfine https://geni.us/dollf
Had an awesome time reading spooky stories at the haunted Loring Greenough House last night with @maeisafraid.bsky.social, @christaqua.bsky.social, and @alyssaalessi.bsky.social :)
So looking forward to being a part of this event tonight!!!
Thank you so very much to The Frumious Consortium for hosting me for this fun guest post about some of the RI lore that’s inspired my work! www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2025/10/23/h...
How To Fake A Haunting by Christa Carmen (Guest Post)
Hello, readers! We have a spooky season treat for you today, as Christa Carmen joins us to talk about her latest book, How To Fake A Haunting, and the Rhode Island legends that have inspired her wr…
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I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025! So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱 the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
Massive thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social and The Lineup for this list of 2025’s Best Horror Books, including How to Fake a Haunting! Honored to be featured among such stellar titles!
