James Ryan

Just got the main page on the website for the novel set up, which is where info on how to buy the book when it comes out: raginggail.wordpress.com/statues-to-s...

Today's Five Fictions: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow": Hey, ho, let it go... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/here-today...

Aw crap... Don't forget, he was also a pretty decent writer, too

Five Fictions starts today with What Big Ears You Got: The woods were more dangerous after civilization fell thanks to all the people turning into monsters... jamesryanfiction.substack.com/p/what-big-e...

tarting tomorrow: Five days of fiction. Monday through Friday. Over at the Substack site: substack.com/@jamesryanfi...

Hey, don’t laugh; there actually is a market out there for a “Sexy Countess Orloff” costume…

You give the Ellisons the key to the WB cartoon IP, and this suddenly happens. I don’t usually get conspiracy theory minded, but this one’s hard to ignore…

Next week: Five Days Five Stories Over at the 'Stack... jamesryanfiction.substack.com

#HorrorWritersChat I was surprisingly unfazed by becoming a mouse. Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM6JYV2G My second short story collection released yesterday! Available on Amazon as an ebook and paperback 👁

Hello. Journalist by day, writer/editor by night. I also do development for an independent publisher. I dabble in all sorts of genres, but my current projects are a TTRPG and a fantasy novel. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Thank you! Creatures shoving pens into buttholes? Monsters both human and Non? Appliances that will gorge on you? Comedy, scares, grief, cosmic, dread, gross shit. You got it! Don't be a scared little mouse, read it! mybook.to/AllsWell

Since Halloween is almost here, I thought I would promote this anthology, featuring one of my many “urban legend is actually real” stories. #horrorwriterschat

I LIVE! Thank goodness. Oh, the mouse guts. My human form must have exploded that body. Oh…aw man this is how I find out another of my ace horror stories went defunct. 😣😭 Well…off to grieve Longleaf Review now I guess. In the meantime please enjoy this other fairytale! #HorrorWritersChat

#horrorwriterschat Thank you @alexanderhay.myatproto.social! I actually do have something to promote! My short story, Keepers of the Sacred Nuts, will be featured in Bushy Tailed Demons, releasing in Jan 2027. Also want to shout out Anna Orridge's Parch Marks www.amazon.co.uk/Parch-Marks-...

(The prompt asked for a tail with a sting at the end.)

Hello fellow horror authors! 🐀🧀 Prior to being a mouse, I was a cosmic horror writer with a vast interconnected horror mythos called the Synaptic Sprawl. I was also working on a cosmic horror novel set in that broader universe. 👀 #HorrorWritersChat #WriteSky #HorrorAuthor

As always, click through to the original post to peep the comments! There's amazing people in this community doing amazing things! #Promo

As always, if anyone wants to support me, you can do so by checking out my pinned post or my blog which is linked in my profile and contains a page with tipping links. Thanks, and happy reading.

You can find information about it in this post: bsky.app/profile/rose... ⬇️

#HorrorWritersChat was great this week, Alexander. I have two things to promote for The #ShadowBoxArchives. Both of which are about #Halloween #Writing One is my featured story for this month which will be going public soon, but if you want to read it now, become a paying member of our Patreon ⬇️

In my horror mythos, there are ancient eldritch horrors called Exiled Ones who find their way into our universe (and others). They take different forms, but often try to blend in by wearing our skin. Doppelgangers and the uncanny valley are where I live. #HorrorWritersChat #WriteSky

Please submit to my next anthology! #subcall #horror #LGBTQ #cosmichorror #cthulhu Queering Cthulhu obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html #horrorwriterschat

Phenomenal questions this week @alexanderhay.myatproto.social! I'd like to share the current directory for my ongoing horror writing challenge this month. If you're on Substack, come check it out! We're at over 100 entries and counting. 🎉 bradleyramsey.substack.com/p/a-feast-of...

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat! I shared Part 1 a couple weeks ago, so here's Part 2 of my "We Took the Long Way Home" series narrated for your listening pleasure. It's one of my favorite stories and holds a special place in my heart Stay spooky, everybody youtu.be/aXlxkIMCm2A?...

Thank you all. My meeting is about to start, so it is a good thing I am a human again. I recently published my mystery urban fantasy, Shadow Cursed. books2read.com/shadowcursed #HorrorWritersChat

Oh... reply? repost? I can't follow directions. Awww, to be a horrible human again. Now I can share the book unboxing video I made last week, which is anything but an actual unboxing. (Or is it?) Doing the props and costuming was a lot of fun, so, please, have a look. #WritersHorrorChat

Thanks for a great #HorrorWritersChat, Alexander! I'm on a committee putting on a Widow's Bay Weekend event in Rockport, MA in the spring. Watch my BlueSky page for updates and news. I'm working on TRAILER TRASH ZOMBIES, my horror comedy novel. Hope to finish it by summer if I get over my ennui.

Thank you for hosting and serenading. The main thing I want you all to do us behold this, superb pumpkin being carved by @motiblackart.bsky.social You can also check out the novel. www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... But mainly behold the pumpkin, to be honest. #HorrorWritersChat

Thank you, Alex! #HorrorWritersChat Rat-She: global populations are culled but some survive the bombs & mutate. Bodies meld with buildings, human & animal compress together. Those who can move seek the Surgeon, the only one who can cut out that which has invaded them. mybook.to/Rat-She #booksky

Thanks for the great chat, Alexander! 🐁🧀 I'm working on a lot of fun Halloween stuff over on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/arcdirective You should check out all the new short stories I have and the ominous tide I keep mentioning. Sure hope something bad isn't in the water. 😱 #HorrorWritersChat

Thanks Alexander Here me books Read 'em Review 'em Prop up faulty chairs with 'em NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W9KRT1... #HorrorWritersChat #BookSky #AuthorSky #writingcommunity

Please submit to my next anthology! #subcall #horror #LGBTQ #cosmichorror #cthulhu Queering Cthulhu obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html #horrorwriterschat

The second thing is my article about why maybe we need to keep a little Christmas in Halloween and vice versa. You can read my post about that below: bsky.app/profile/shad... ⬇️

#HorrirWritersChat October is the best time for Gothic horror. So why not go ahead and check out "The Pure World Comes?" It's the story of a maid in Victorian England who goes to work for a mad scientist. Think Frankenstein and Crimson Peak had a baby together. You'll love it. #HorrorSky #BookSky

Thanks Alex! #HorrorWritersChat need a terrifying book for the last 10 days of spooky season? "Symphony for Walpurgis" has you covered with tales of cryptids, giant bats, and even a Jewish exorcism, among other things. Go and grab your tickets to the Symphony today! #HorrorSky #BookSky

Thanks, #HorrorWritersChat! All of these go hand-in-hand together: - #BookBazaar26 launches Oct. 29th (www.the-book-bazaar.com) - Such Sweet Sorrow crowdfund is part of it - I write deep dive articles once a month, and this one talks about #S3. Check out TBB, read the article, follow! #AQPromo

Thank you Alexander! I am glad to be tall again, or taller at least. #HorrorWritersChat I have a mix of different stories on my Itch page, come and check them out. My latest is a Star Trek fan fic, not scary at all, but a very fun read anyway. anna-verner.itch.io

#HorrorWritersChat My collection of spooky shorts is a real mixed bag of spookery! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#HorrorWritersChat Fun theme this week, thank you! Promoting the bundles I'm in. Ten days left, $10 to spend to get some awesome queer horror. Come check it out: itch.io/b/3876/we-ha... And check this one out if you have more cash: itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Thank you, Alexander and #HorrorWritersChat, for another great evening. And now, a mouse-size story to read tonight before bed mybook.to/KickTheCan

Thanks, Alexander! I have a collection of falling into unusual situations, the unusual breaking in to the normal, and everything just out of the corner of your eye taking a step closer to being in sight… #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat This is it, the cat has you in its jaws, you gulp. All you can do is wait for the inevitable end. You close your eyes. Something scoops you up out of its mouth. A human child hits the cat on its nose. The cat scowls. You are saved! Oh no, wait, that's too tight. Stop squeezing.

I recently had the pleasure of joining some of my fellow Maine horror authors on the Acadia After Dark podcast to talk about writing, horror, and what makes the Maine so spooky. You can check it out here: youtu.be/QLTXKPeBbNQ?... #HorrorWritersChat

Follow this post and hashtag for your next favorite horror writers and books! #HorrorWritersChat

Awww, to be a horrible human again. Now I can share the book unboxing video I made last week, which is anything but an actual unboxing. (Or is it?) Doing the props and costuming was a lot of fun, so, please, have a look. #WritersHorrorChat