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
Read the poem one person called “angry feminist poetry.” Share it with your friends and family. Make those family gatherings tense and awkward, as the Founding Fathers intended.
Quotidian Bagatelle@quotatelle.bsky.social · last mo.“🥖” Submit. Submit. Submit. https://qb.foofaraw.press/submit-submit-submit/
NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! J.S. Douglas adds another harrowing tale to the HORRIFIC SCRIBES archive, "Like and Subscribe," about children who rebel against their parents' online exploitation and abuse. horrificscribblings.com @jsdouglas.bsky.social #shorthorrorstories #christmashorror #domestichorror
Did you know that you could read a free ghost story in @rottingleafmag.bsky.social? www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-... #ecohorror #shortstory #ghoststory
🎉Hooray! My anti-fascist, near-future dystopian YA novel, WE WERE THE CUCKOO BEES, is in the world! 🎉 It's FREE on KU. Try a few sample chapters: amzn.to/4r54pBN Pick it up at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social site and @barnesandnoble.com. Will be at both Doylestown stores soon. Anti-fascists Rock!
We Were the Cuckoo Bees
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This essay was a lot of fun to write, I hope you enjoy it!
The Rotting Leaf@rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago“Our motives are as opaque to a tree as the tree’s motives are to us. And yet we are surrounded by them” - @jsdouglas.bsky.social on ecofiction Read the full essay 👇🍂 www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...
We've got a new rotten leaf dropping soon, but in the meantime, make sure you don't miss last month's "When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In" by @jsdouglas.bsky.social www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...
When the ghosts come tumbling in — Brief Ecology
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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.
I’m excited to be included in this upcoming anthology! #horror #reader #writer #scarystories 📚
Horrific Scribblings@horrificscribs.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe 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
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 📚
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...
When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In
By J.S. Douglas
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I wrote this essay about writing eco fiction. I hope it’s an interesting read! 📚
The Rotting Leaf@rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 7mo ago“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...
In “When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In” @jsdouglas.bsky.social takes us on a strange, beautiful, tumbling journey 👇
The Rotting Leaf@rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 7mo ago"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
It’s here! Take a break from your human horrors and read my eco horror short story. #horrorstory #shortstory 📚👀😱
The Rotting Leaf@rottingleafmag.bsky.social · 7mo ago"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
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
Read | Zombzine
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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
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…
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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
👻 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
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📚
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📚
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.
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
Kara Moon 🏴☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 2y agoLet'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
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
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 💙📚👀📢📚😱
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.
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.
