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Horror Author / Publisher / Cat Slave / Haunted House Survivor / They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark / Black Cat Chronicles / Black Cat Tales (6/13/2025) francescamaria.com black-cat-publishing.com
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Lookey lookey what I found! 👀 Our very own #BlackCatChronicles comics at Current Comics in Monterey, CA! It's always such a thrill to see your book in a bookstore. Never gets old. #horrorcomics #horror #horrorauthor #blackcatsrule #blackcatpublishing

I had pretty much the best night of my life. It was awwwesome 🤩🤩🤩

Black Cat Tales ARC is now available on Book Sirens! Looking for reviewers 🐈‍⬛ booksirens.com/book/RVFE93B... #horroranthology #horrorcollection #darkfantasy #darkfantasyanthology #blackcat #blackcats #blackcatsrule #advancecopy #arcreaders

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are officially accepting submissions for our anthology: ‘Unleash Your Monster’. Send up to 1,000 words prose or 30 lines poetry pertaining to anything you deem ‘monstrous’. Deadline: 03.03.2025 #writingcommmunity #writing #writers

I've avoided watching this for a year given the awful reviews. I'm a huge Batman fan and even bigger Joker fan. I loved the first Joker movie and I gotta say, I loved this one too. Maybe not as much as the first one, but this sequel had the same raw intensity as the first. I don't get the critics.

I just had a terrifying nightmare about a stalker serial killer thanks to @chucktingle.bsky.social's Bury Your Gays - my nighttime read. I woke up in a panic and snuggled in closer to hubby, convinced there was a dark stranger standing in the corner of our bedroom. #nightmarefodder #buryyourgays

In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social is delighted to announce the seventh annual @summerscares.bsky.social reading list! Find out more information about this year's selections and this amazing (and terrifying) program here: bit.ly/41jHyZi

only 4 BACKERS on the crowdfund to take us to 10 backers on the new crowdund to get the film to the finish line for JITTERS HORROR, THRILLER! WE ARE SO CLOSE!! Feeling extremely overwhelmed with the incredible support! If you can’t contribute please share! www.indiegogo.com/projects/com...

More cat 🖤 to brighten your day. Max is the tuxedo and Lois is our blind beauty. #kittylove #catlife #blackcatsrule

Finished Horrorstor, OMG I loved this book so, so much. As if I didn't need another reason to love @gradyhendrix.bsky.social. Listening to Witchcraft for Wayward Girls now 🖤. #horrorfan #retailhorror

My love letter to monsters: mybook.to/TheyHide #TheyHide #horrorcollection #horrorshortstories

The Whispering Gallery submission call is now listed on @duotrope.com There's still five weeks to send us your quiet horror stories. Link in my pinned post.

Watch This Week's Top Paying Markets for Speculative Fiction Writers From Open Calls we listed from January 27th - 31st 2025 youtu.be/MIhwmyZcbAg #AmWriting

Ongoing Submissions: Jupiter's Eye horrortree.com/ongoing-subm... Payment: Original Stories: $30.00, Reprint Stories: $15.00, Flash Fiction: 1 cent/word, Poems: $5.00, Articles and reviews: $10.00 Theme: Original science fiction stories about the exploration and settlement of other worlds #AmWriting

“I really enjoyed this story, especially the second half. It is clever and unique. It's a great intro into the horror genre for those that do not normally read it. And a good "cozy horror" for those readers who love the genre already.” Catherine Scales, NetGalley review 🔗⬇️

Found a knife tucked away under a potted plant across the street from a bank... there's a story here #horror #horrorinspiration #horrorstory #horrorauthor

We are super excited to announce the release date of our first anthology: Black Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black Cats. ARC Readers wanted! Shoot us an email @ info at black-cat-comics.com or DM us on bsky if interested. To learn more, visit www.black-cat-publishing.com #blackcatsrule #horror

Stuff of nightmares

Here it is, your moment of Zen

It was such a pleasure to appear on She Wore Black! We've been trying to make this happen for a while, and our schedules at last intersected in a lovely episode on Gothic Fantasy! www.sheworeblackpodcast.com/2025/01/e154...

We’re all angry and worried and maybe some don’t feel like creating or no longer feel like it matters, but keep writing, painting, dancing, making music, making art. Not doing the things that bring you joy—not making art—doesn’t help. Do what you love harder than ever.

Exciting news!!!! Now available in eBook and trade paperback -- WRIT IN BLOOD, book two of the The Chronicles of Jonathan Crowley, by James A. Moore. This is also the first book in the Serenity Falls trilogy!

Highlander x The Terminator Destroyer is a disgraced agent of Death. Riley is the grieving daughter of one of his victims. Robert T. Evermore is a billionaire using Riley's skills as bait. He longs for Destroyer's time travelling secrets but at what cost? Destroyer is here! #2025Pit #A #D #H

While stuck in rush hour traffic, an every day pencil pusher watches the apocalypse begin. Now in a world crawling with blood-hungry demons, he begins the long trek home—not to defeat the massacre, but to die in his own bed. A road trip from hell—think Alice in the Apocalypse. #2025pit #H #D

IT x THE BOYS Years ago, a gang of small-town kids fought a cosmic evil. Instead of killing it, they captured the creature, using its powers to keep their town how they like it for generations. Now THEIR kids uncover their parents’ corruption & come together to free their hometown. #A #H #2025pit

INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE x WE USED TO LIVE HERE A nice family. A nice home. Behind the drywall, something rots. In the shadows, something hides. #2025pit #H #A

THE MOURNERS Dual POV pink horror novella. After a man dies under suspicious circumstances, his lover and his wife spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin by a lake hoping to get some long-overdue answers. One of them is a murderer. One of them is possessed. #2025pit #A #H #E

'CROWSTONES' BLY MANOR X THE BEGUILED 👭Female led 👻Ghost story 🗡️Murder mystery 🏔️Remote location ❄️The hardest winter on record “Here lies a poor distressed maid. Just in her bloom she was snatched away, Her clothing made of the cold earthen clay.”’ #2025Pit #H #HF #A

Hard re-skeet on comps alone.

WILLOW CREEK X RAISING ARIZONA Things were bad enough when Ry and Erin had to move into a travel trailer in the woods, but now they’ve come face-to-face with a living legend, and may not survive the night! A horror comedy about survival. #2025Pit #H #T #HA

THE OTHERS x THE BABADOOK She only wanted to create a nice home for her family. The Shadow Man had other plans. #2025pit #H #A

Writers post your pitches! #2025pit 8am est - 8pm est Up to 3 times Recommended likes only from agents and editors If you want to support your colleagues repost their pitch to improve visibility Good luck! Have fun! Make friends today! I’m so proud of you!

MONDAY — It’s #2025Pit Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript? Are you in search of a literary agent? Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together. How does this work? Glad you asked!

I'm on a Grady Hendrix fix: finished Southern Book Club over the holidays, reading Horrorstor and listening to the audiobook of Wayward. He's so freaking good! Read How to Sell a Haunted House too and will never look the same at a puppet again. #horrorcrush #horrorwriter #horrorreads

So after trying all the social medias and ditching X, I'm trying to rebuild my #horrorwritercommunity. A little about me, I'm a #horrorwriter, #comicbookcreator and #publisher and co-chair of SF #HWA chapter, love supporting other horror writers. Drop me a line, let me know what you're working on

Last call for submissions! You have until Sunday at 18:00 GMT (London) to submit to us. Once we're closed, we're closed. Are you an unagented writer with a manuscript? Take a peek at what we're looking for.

Apparently there are reports of ICE in Minneapolis. Be careful out there today, y'all. Don't talk to them, don't snitch, and know your rights: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Congrats to @sumikoska.bsky.social and all the Horror Writers that made the Stoker long list!

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Lois and Max are digging their new Gothic cat house 🖤 #blackcatsrule

#fundraising @alafairburke.bsky.social @daphnesilver.bsky.social @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social @lisaunger.bsky.social @livconstantine.bsky.social @louberney.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social @saraparetsky.bsky.social + MORE >> givebutter.com/c/authors4la...

Found a knife slightly hidden under a potted plant in the middle of town.... right across the street from a bank 🤔. There's a story here....