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#HorrorWritersChat

1,274
posts · 30d
137
users
42
posts / day
9.3
posts / user
-18% vs last week

#HorrorWritersChat is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 137 people shared 1,274 posts with it — around 42 a day. Activity is down 18% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 15 with 348 posts.

#HorrorWritersChat posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
about 5 hours ago
Zombies, vampires, and "coming back wrong" = resurrection horror. Have you read these stories recommended by #HorrorWritersChat attendees? If you write horror and love sharing your fave horrors, join us on Bluesky every Wednesday for four themed questions and a promo opportunity. #HorrorSky
#HorrorWritersChat favourite resurrection horror stories (info taken from posted answers to Q1 on 17 June 2026) - A bullet point list: Cabal - Clive Barker. The Monkey’s Paw - W. W. Jacobs. Second Chances - Stephen Graham Jones. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice. Pet Sematary - Stephen King. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Night of the Living Dead Chola - V Castro. Hodge - Elinor Mordaunt. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson. Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield. Dracula - Bram Stoker. Write horror and want to take part in the chat? Join us on Wednesdays at 7 pm BST (UK) - Background image of a skull on a pile of books with candles behind them.
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Ausiàs Tsel
@ausiastsel.com
5 months ago
Yours truly will be on Flash Fiction Magazine June 21, 2026. A liitle Mediterranean Gothic Vampire tale. #Horrorwriterschat
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days ago
Thanks for joining us for #HorrorWritersChat and sharing your histories. Once you’ve answered the questions and interacted, share your promo with #HorrorWritersChat IN THE COMMENTS on this post. This is now your past. Join us again in the future for fresh horror 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, and COMMENT on the other promos.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days 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.)
Question One. Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
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. 

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days 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.
Question Two. How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.

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. 

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days 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.
Question Three. 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.

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. 

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days 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
Question Four. Choose an existing horror IP or creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. Example: Predator plus 1719 Northern Great Plains became Prey (2022) 

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. 

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author
@chaoticauthor.online
10 months ago
PLEASE DON'T REPOST THIS I've stepped down permanently as the host of the #HorrorWritersChat. It's now Eryn's chat and any other permanent hosts that come on board. My pancreatic cancer is terminal. I have, at best, 6-12 months. I start chemo a week on Monday. I will take part in the chats as 1/2
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Nate Crowder
@natecrowder.bsky.social
3 days ago
I've been wanting to write a Frankenstein story set in 1930's Los Angeles, where the "monster" is a private detective. I think a pulp mysterty with Franklin Stein, PI, investigating a weird, old-Hollywood murder case with other horror elements would be a hoot. #HorrorWritersChat

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

Question Four. Choose an existing horror IP or creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. Example: Predator plus 1719 Northern Great Plains became Prey (2022) 

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. 

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
3 days ago
Greetings #HorrorWritersChat I’m Mary, writing cosmic, gothic, and weird horror from Greater Manchester (UK). Three fave historical horror stories are: THE HUNGER by @almakatsu.bsky.social THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @stephengrahamjones.com VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito #HorrorSky

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.)

Question One. Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
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. 

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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚
@vampireantihero.com
3 days ago
It's Wednesday again, #HorrorWritersChat ! I'm Artemis Quinn, I write dark fantasy and paranormal/supernatural horror, and... Some historical horror fiction I've enjoyed! - Frankenstein, if it counts. It was contemporary when it came out, but it's one of my faves. - Lost by Gregory Maguire. 1/2

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.)

Question One. Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
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: The outside of a small gothic mausoleum. The photo is taken from the corner, showing the arched entrance on the right and an arched window on the left side. Duotone filter: berry and black.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
@marywyrd.bsky.social
5 days ago
Write horror? Want to talk about it? Join the #HorrorWritersChat community on Wednesdays Next meeting: Wednesday 5th August at 2 pm (EDT - USA) / 7 pm (BST - UK) All horror writers from any time zone are welcome! Guess the theme from the image and get a virtual cookie. #AmWriting #HorrorSky
Write Horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity. Wednesday 5th August, 7 pm BST (UK) / 2 pm EDT (USA). Questions will be posted by Co-Host Mary Wyrd. Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat.

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