Thea O'Ryan Files

'Blue Heron' wins best Canadian film at TFCA Awards, 'Endless Cookie' wins best doc A coming-of-age drama about a Canadian-Hungarian family’s turbulent time settling into their new home on Vancouver Island has been named best Canadian feature by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

'Blue Heron' wins best Canadian film at TFCA Awards, 'Endless Cookie' wins best doc www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

the value of human life, and the international rules that apply to you, should not be defined by what side of a human drawn line you live on. I do not support Iran's government, but human life is human life, and a clear double standard is a clear double standard.

The Mistress of the Crows surrounded by review quotes in front of flickering candles

Thanks Eryn! Great questions! And great to be back on the #HorrorWritersChat!

Given the animal theme of the week it only seems right to give a shout out to my short #horror collection; The Mistress of the Crows.

Check it out here: mybook.to/MOTC

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So horrible, and such a double standard. I do not support Iran's government, but it feels like when a Western-aligned country is attacked, it's an excuse to do anything, but when a non-aligned nation is attacked, they are told they had it coming, and any retaliation is unreasonable.

While on the topic, it feels important to acknowledge that Gyllenhaal’s smartest male character isn’t that of Frankenstein but of Peter Sarsgaard’s Detective Jake Wiles. Sarsgaard performs the character admirably, of course, but the cleverness of Wiles exists in his simplicity. Throughout The Bride, he repeatedly insists that things aren’t “up to him” while never even trying to affect change. Sure, it’s a pity all them broads are losing their tongues, but it ain’t up to him! Awful that the Commissioner dropped that important case, but it ain’t up to him! Pity that his partner (“secretary”) Myrna Mallow (Penelope Cruz) can’t have her name on their cases because she’s a lady. It. Ain’t. Up. To. Him.

ANYWAY

Of these 60 reviews, only 15 are women.

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WOMEN.

Flashing people your pubis and coccyx is a whole new level of depravity lol

In my experience (having worked in healthcare), whenever you know "too much" about death/bodies, people just assume you're a serial killer, even if they know you work in a hospital.

Maybe it's the body in the attic throwing them off (jk - just to be clear🤣)

#amwriting #horrorwriter

Wishing the best for Ash J. Williams/Bruce Campbell

#horrorsky #horrorfanatic

Good points have been made here

#reading #books

While I am not self-published (mostly because, so far, I've only done short stories and haven't published any books), I respect the hell out of anyone who is!

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I'm so sorry that you have been living through this. Unfortunately, I am not in the USA, so I can't help you much there, but I did find this hub of resources for supports in the USA. I don't know if that might be helpful?

translifeline.org/resource_cat...

Marie Vibbert’s MULTITUDE explores the concept that we aren't the only intelligent life in the world, an idea which has long fascinated humanity. But if, in fact, aliens exist: what would they be like?

We would like you to write a hypothetical meeting between humanity and a form of alien life. It can be from the human's perspective, the alien's perspective, whatever you want! Write a fantasy, sci-fi, or horror microfiction piece up to 300 words.

Email the piece to darian@apexbookcompany.com. The top three will be voted on among Apex staff, and the winners will be published on the Apex blog, as well as sent an ARC of MULTITUDE and a keychain! Contest closes on March 9th.

We're hosting another microfiction contest to celebrate the upcoming release of @reasie.bsky.social's cephalopod scifi MULTITUDE! ✍️🦑🪐 The theme is a hypothetical meeting between humanity and a form of alien life. It can be from the human's perspective, the alien's perspective, whatever you want!

Hailey Piper holding up the new edition of her book No Gods for Drowning, cover art by Anna Chiara Stagi

My baby is back in print today 🥰

A woman trying to save her city has to slit a few throats to do it in this noir-inspired dark fantasy world, a story I wanted to tell that was the reason I became a writer.

NO GODS FOR DROWNING, out now from Bad Hand Books 🔪🌊

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-gods-fo...

Happy release say to Emily and SHIVA! I highly recommend that you grab a copy of this twisty, vicious slice of family trauma.

The next two books from myself and Trevor Kennedy's MISLAID BOOKS imprint (Trevor does all the heavy lifting). These should both be out by the end of April.

#horrorwriters #horrorsky

A short story called Taste

#horrorsky #horrorfanatic

I do like to talk about horror movies a lot...

The "this is fine" dog meme comic, but he's saying "so I have a book coming out".

*sigh*

A Very Queer March! by Niranjan and 43 others A Very Queer March!: 63 items for $60.00

March marks the turning of seasons. What better time to celebrate diversity with this bundle of Queer books!

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#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

I see Kate Siegel and I automatically have to like it

you do and are enough!

Happy middle grade Monday! I’m back with the finalists for the MG category of the Stoker Awards! I’m planning on reading them all before the awards. Which ones have you read? Which ones are your favorites?
#MiddleGradeMonday
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WIHM 2026: Meet Jess Hagemann Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you contribute to the horror genre. I write transgressive and body horror short stories and novels, most of which comment on reproductive freedom or...

Let's kick off Women in Horror Month with an interview with Jess Hagemann, author of MOTHER EATING! See what she has to say about horror and how it helps her navigate the world.

www.timberghostpress.com/blog/wihm-20...

#WiHM #WiHM2026

This #WomenInHorrorMonth will introduce you to

WOMAN OF SORROW AND BLOOD

#WiHM #HorrorSky

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A graphic featuring all of S.H. Cooper's books broken down by horror subgenre.

It's Women in Horror Month! I am a woman and I do, in fact, write horror, usually about other women in haunted houses or dying worlds or beset by eldritch deities. If any of that sounds like your thing, perhaps one of my books will interest you! #booksky