Interesting question. Hmm... What if Frankenstein were a Western? The Monster riding into towns searching for his creator. A chase across the desert. Frankenstein pinned down by a posse. Conversation in a jail cell. Sand instead of snow. #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 9h ago

Make horror history with a new setting. Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. ---- Outro in 10 mins

There's no way it couldn't. My past shaped me and my obsessions and those are both on the page. Wounded children, avenging mothers, fighting back. Plus my current obsessions: polarization, rejection of the other, being a woman on the internet, AI #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 9h ago

Making it personal. Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing? Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.

I give them as much past as they tell me to. In IT WANTS US ALIVE, the main character has a backstory about being infected by demons as a child to protect her sister, a multi generational history, a fallen partner, PTSD from torture and loss, so much more. #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 9h ago

Even fictional characters have a past. Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.

Rebecca Cantrell, writer of books that are often historical, including in horror. I loved Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito, and Coffin Moon by Keith Moon. All horror, all set in the past, all scary as hell. #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 9h ago

Welcome to Horror Writers Chat. It’s time to explore the past. Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed. (Horror set in the past.)

@carlosmaza.bsky.social @schatz.bsky.social Can we start doing some of these for Hawaii too?

Governor JB Pritzker@govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d ago

We’re easing financial burdens so families can get ahead of rising prices. We've eliminated medical debt and the grocery tax, lowered premiums on auto and homeowners insurance, and banned junk fees. And our work continues today by providing a back-to-school sales tax holiday.

Fingers crossed! And ballot sent.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d ago

Later this week, we can replace one of Trump’s favorite Democrats with a real Democratic fighter: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

@martinshannon.bsky.social Recommended this wonderful piece about human vs AI writing. Powerful stuff. I wanna join that second group. sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-co... #booksky

I've got a new piece in the latest issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com: Destination: Saturn! It's the latest in my series that looks at how we discovered the solar system and how science fiction authors imagined it: clarkesworldmagazine.com/liptak_08_26

Just finished Ride or Die and I want a second season ASAP! #season2 #rideordie #pleeeeeeaasssse

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

LAcon has a robust virtual program, and what that means is that we need a robust number of robust virtual volunteers! There are a number of ways you can help out. Right now, we're looking for AV Clippers, Zoom Hosts, and Voice of Virtual volunteers. www.lacon.org/volunteer

Read THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY for twenty terrifying tales from #HorrorWritersChat authors #TheShadowsThatWeCarry 💙📚 🩸📚

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

THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY A charity horror anthology featuring 20 stories from Horror Writers Chat members. ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback: ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0 All profits go to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of author Matt "MG" Mason. #TheShadowsThatWeCarry 💙📚 🩸📚

I forgot to recommend The House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher as a botanical horror. But it is. And very cool too. #horrorwriterchat

Thanks @vampireantihero.com for hosting a botanical good time! #horrorwriterschat

Potatoes and tomatoes are my favorite nightshades. Eat them almost every day. #horrorwriterschat

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

The sun feels warmer, your skin buzzing with new life. Do you have a favorite poisonous plant, #HorrorWritersChat ? Why? What draws you to it?

Time slows to the botanical. Poison pumps through my veins, spills from my eyes. Wind caresses my skin. Rain drops onto my leaves, each one a quicksilver moment of joy. I burst with energy from the sun, weep when it hides behind a cloud. #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

I used a botanical poison in THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH. It heightens your fear response, makes you terrified of light. Created by a serial killer. #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

Rebecca Cantrell. I write supernatural horror, plus mysteries/thrillers/skeets. I liked Scott Simon's The Ruins. Atmospheric. Well-written. Hungry plants. #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.

IFC doesn't have a ton of money for advertising, so I'll help out a little: Motor City is a great revenge thriller. The 1977 production design, the music, the cast, the energy, and a few clever ideas I don't want to spoil. In theaters now. Highly recommended.

Adam Douglas Thompson instagram.com/adamdthompson

Things Have Been So Crazy Since Trump Took Office That We're Barely Talking About The Fact He Traded A Saudi Nuclear Deal For A Real Estate Partnership

😕 says it all, really (From @justinjpearson.bsky.social )

Had a @chucktingle.bsky.social Fabulous Bodies moment in the wild. Loved the book, a little afraid of the car now.

MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully. SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what- MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here? MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY

What's your favorite fantasy genre? #booksky #fantasy #writing

Just finished it. Adorable! Go, Fluffy!

Kristine Kathryn Rusch@kristinerusch.bsky.social · 2w ago

This week's Free Fiction Monday story is science fiction. Even though it's from a cat's point of view, this is not a sweet little charming tale. It's a horror story...and one of the most popular stories I ever wrote. Take a look. kriswrites.com/2026/07/20/f...

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you decide to spend the entire day reading a good book and eating cinnamon rolls.

Feels like a Mortal Kombat reference.

Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3w ago

the wonderful comparative smallness of his brain proper is more than compensated by the wonderful comparative magnitude of his spinal cord