Jessica Rose

Black background with five book covers and title in green box at top. Title reads: May 2025 Reading Prompts (Jessica’s Picks). Book covers (clockwise): We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror (by Howard David Ingham); Gods, Monsters, and Demons of India (by Rakesh Khanna and J. Furcifer Bhairav); Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic (edited by Daisy Butcher); Necessary Death: What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience (by Chris Grosso and Preston Fassel); Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (by Mary Roach).

Greyscale close-up of flowers (Photo by Daiga Dreimane on Unsplash) with five reading prompts in green boxes. Title reads: May 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): May Day! May Day!; South Asian Folklore; "April showers bring May flowers"; Dellamorte Dellamore; Ghost in the Machine.

TGIF, Grim Readers!! 🪱

We hope your weekend is one of relaxation and reading — and @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social has you covered with her monthly recs (swipe for a reminder of our May prompts)! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #aapiheritagemonth #folklore #readingchallenge #horrorcommunity

23.05.2025 18:27 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Black background with five book covers and title in blue box at top. Title reads: June 2025 Reading Prompts (Jessica's picks). Book covers (clockwise): Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia; The Fisherman by John Langan; The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson; Escaping Death: The Unauthorized Story Behind the Final Destination Movies by Padraic Maroney; Plant Horror: Approaches to the Monstrous Vegetal in Fiction and Film by Dawn Keetley and Angela Tenga.

Greyscale close-up of flowers (Photo by Daiga Dreimane on Unsplash) with five reading prompts in blue boxes. Title reads: June 2025 Reading Prompts. Prompts read (clockwise): Bodily autonomy; "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."; Summerween; Dreadful destinations; The savage garden.

In need of a book boost this Hump Day? 📚

Here's @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social's reading prompt picks for June (swipe to see this month's prompts)!

Happy Grim Reading! 🖤

#booksky #horrorsky #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #finaldestination #jaws #mybodymychoice #readingchallenge #printisundead

18.06.2025 18:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Spending this Earth Day with the plants… and all their rage 🪴

For House of Leaves’ April Reading Prompt I chose the topic “Mother Nature”, so I’m delving into Plant Horror: Approaches to the Monstrous Vegetal in Fiction and Film.

Fascinating work.

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Okay Fright Rags, I’m in love with these pocket notebooks!
I might need some more…

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Tearing through this brilliant analysis by @bavalamp.bsky.social Absolutely essential horror reading. Amen.

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🙋🏻‍♀️

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Horror IS political. Clown.

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Also, congratulations! I’m very proud of you 🖤

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Book cover for The Reformatory

The Good House

Joplin's Ghost

My Soul to Keep

My historical horror novels - or my horror novels with portions set in Black History.

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In this house we educate.

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Original score from the feature film, Bystanders. Revenge cuts deep. Music by dolorem.

You. Can. Choke.

Bystanders Original Score by me now available on Bandcamp.

3 track EP featuring themes made for the film, including a bonus unused track.

Tracklist:

1. The Choke
2. SAY HER FUCKING NAME
3. Clare & Gray (bonus)

doloremmedia.bandcamp.com/album/bystan...

@dolorem.bsky.social

22.01.2025 01:17 — 👍 26    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1

A Rich Space for Personal Expression – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on The Cinema Coven: Witches, Witchcraft and Women’s Filmmaking - FilmInt.nu By Jenny Paola Ortega Castillo. Hopefully the book will be part of a broader shift towards more focused, deeper critical dives into the nitty gritty of women’s horror filmmaking now that the field has...

🚨 Cuties take note! 🚨 Here's a brand new interview with me at Film International talking all about my new book THE CINEMA COVEN: WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT AND WOMEN'S FILMMAKING with the lovely Jenny Paola Ortega Castillo

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Happy belated Birthday, Molly 🎈

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Late to the party on here, but want to say thank you so much Sarah! You’re wonderful! I hope you enjoyed it all 🖤

09.01.2025 12:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Bookish goodies including tracker, pens, annotation tabs, notebook, bookmarks, book sleeve, tea, and cocoa

Got my @holpublishing.bsky.social Jólabókaflód package and their @jessicarosehorror.bsky.social collab! They still have both sets for sale!

PS- not at all sponsored, I paid for these, just really enjoy this publisher!

#BookSky #HorrorSky

12.12.2024 19:51 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1

a fox is standing on top of a bed sniffing something . Alt: a fox is standing on top of a bed sniffing something .

When that "OMG I feel seen" starter pack shows up in your feed and you know you need to pounce on it before it's gone to follow EVERYONE.

Share some of your faves below.

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Me to that annoying guy: Technically, “Frankenstein” is short for Frankenstein’s Monster.

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