Jonathan Fortin

It seems so odd to me that agents would think they "can't sell something like this" when it has similar vibes to one of the most popular shows of all time, even if it's also very different.

I really enjoyed the first half of STRANGER THINGS s5, but it also reminded me a lot of my unpublished Gothic Biopunk cosmic horror fantasy, with some extremely similar images. I still feel so sad that I couldn't find an agent for that book, because it's still my favorite thing I've ever written.

I did an unhinged SPOILER INTERVIEW with @emzbox.bsky.social! If you've finished reading LILITU: BLOODY CALEB, this interview might give some insight as to why I wrote it the way I did. If you haven't finished the book yet, may want to wait until you have:
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It was indeed

Photos from the amazing HWA Bay Area chapter's LitQuake reading at Silver Sprocket! I highly recommend checking this comic shop out next time you're in SF. With @morbidloren.bsky.social, @benmonroe.com, @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social, @writerofweird.bsky.social, & @fredwiehe.bsky.social!

Awards eligibility post! Voting members may contact me for a copy. #awardseligibility #horrorwriter #horrorlit

This is this Saturday!! Come see!

OMG WOAH. Since this is blowing up: bsky.app/profile/jona...

Thank you!! 😱

If you enjoy Gothic Horror like CRIMSON PEAK, check out my LILITU series about succubi, incubi, & vampires in Victorian England. Book 1 follows a woman who becomes a succubus to take down a demon monarchy. Book 2 follows a murdered man trying to escape from Hell to get revenge! geni.us/LilituSaga

OMG
My favorite director noticed me!

@realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN is a haunting Gothic masterpiece. I was lucky enough to attend a 35mm screening of the film at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater with @ruthiewrites91.bsky.social, & it was an exquisitely beautiful adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel.

Season finale and Halloween Special! 256 is live! Feat #birds #spooky #horror
@valentinewolfe.bsky.social @djpitsiladis.bsky.social @aiyume.bsky.social
@lionelraygreen.bsky.social
@jonathan-fortin.bsky.social
@courtneymroch.bsky.social

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TOMORROW!! Come hear me read at the Spooky Book Faire!

#unboxing LILITU: BLOODY CALEB! Got my copies last night. So excited to hold it in my hands!

TODAY! COME SAY HELLO TO @christaqua.bsky.social & me @heartleafbooks.bsky.social ! Let's celebrate all things Gothic and Ghostly! 🖤👻🖤

Thank you so much!!!

@jonathan-fortin.bsky.social is a frighteningly great author and his Lilitu series is top notch. Grab a copy of Lilitu: The Memories of a Succubus and Lilitu: Bloody Caleb now.

@jonathan-fortin.bsky.social is a frighteningly great author and his Lilitu series is top notch. Grab a copy of Lilitu: The Memories of a Succubus and Lilitu: Bloody Caleb now.

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

geni.us/LilituSaga OUT NOW: LILITU: BLOODY CALEB, a Gothic Dark Fantasy Saga about a murdered man who's trying to escape from Hell to get revenge on his killer, only to learn that to do so he must become a demon himself.

This is my 2nd published novel & I'm so curious what people will think of it.

Silent Hill f: the game where your friends keep ditching you

Heck yeah it is!

Litcrawl event: THIS AINT YOUR DADDY'S HORROR. Happening Saturday 10/25 8pm - 9pm at Silver Sprocket: 1018 Valencia ST, San Francisco, CA

Bay area horror fans! Join me, @writerofweird.bsky.social, @morbidloren.bsky.social, @benmonroe.com, @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social, and @fredwiehe.bsky.social for a spooky story hour at @silversprocket.net during #LITCRAWL on Sat October 25th, 8pm! Spookiness shall ensue!

The blurb reads: “Sara Tantlinger’s Cyanide Constellations: And Other Stories expertly explores the beauty and brutality of nature, the search for love and meaning, the blight of humanity, and our insistence on scorching a path to our own destruction. Gorgeous but bleak, Sara’s prose are a bittersweet and utterly captivating toxin.” —Angela Sylvaine, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls

3 weeks to go!! I’m continuing my reign of promotion terror with this gorgeous blurb from @angelasylvaine.bsky.social -- thank you so much for your kind words 💚✨ very happy to join Dark Matter INK alongside you and your wonderful work!

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SF Bay Area Horror fans! I’m going to be reading with other members of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social on October 25! www.litquake.org/litcrawl for more details!

Congratulations!!!

Leanna stares at the camera with severe intensity, a lit candelabra in her left hand bedecked by large rings, a hardcover copy of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION with it's golden gothic tracery and haunted house at the center, a book co-authored by herself and Andrea Janes, grasped in her left hand, a large pendant of Edgar Allan Poe is around her neck, the poster of Leanna's debut Gothic novel STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL is behind her, a Victorian mourning poster declaring Rest in Peace over her other shoulder. Leanna is wearing black wire-frame glasses and dressed in her signature black.

IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤
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3 DAYS. LILITU: BLOODY CALEB comes out Friday, October 3rd 2025. geni.us/LilituSaga

(Laugh reacts VERY welcome! I know vampires don't have a reflection but the original photo I took was too funny to not play with a bit. Plus, technically Caleb is more of an incubus with vampire qualities...)

LILITU: BLOODY CALEB comes out FRIDAY! Pre-orders are now up for both paperback and ebook!
It's DANTE'S INFERNO meets THE COUNT OF MONTY CRISTO in this newcomer friendly volume in a Gothic Dark Fantasy saga.

Thank you so much!