A.C. Bauer
@acbauer.bsky.social
Horror writer and storyteller. Fan of books, comics and movies. Owner of @Cateyepress.bsky.social, an indie horror press. Halloween III stan account 🎃. He/him
austinbauerwrites.wixsite.com/acbauer
austinbauerwrites.wixsite.com/acbauer
Pinned
A.C. Bauer
@acbauer.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Hare-Raising Summer (Paperback) — Cat Eye Press LLC
Shop the first installment in the Navigating Nightmares series!
www.cateyepress.com
So, I wrote this book, and I’m pretty proud of it. It’s an interactive horror story called Hare-Raising Summer. It’s a little creepy, a little scary, a little cheesy, and hopefully a lot of fun. I hope you’ll check it because I totally want to write more of them.
www.cateyepress.com/store/p/hare...
www.cateyepress.com/store/p/hare...
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
The time has come to crack open the vault and reveal an updated cover and author list for our latest horror anthology, Don't Go for the Vault!
For those of you who don't know, Don't Go for the Vault is a bank robbery horror anthology that we successfully Kickstarted earlier this year. A thread...
For those of you who don't know, Don't Go for the Vault is a bank robbery horror anthology that we successfully Kickstarted earlier this year. A thread...
September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The time has come to crack open the vault and reveal an updated cover and author list for our latest horror anthology, Don't Go for the Vault!
For those of you who don't know, Don't Go for the Vault is a bank robbery horror anthology that we successfully Kickstarted earlier this year. A thread...
For those of you who don't know, Don't Go for the Vault is a bank robbery horror anthology that we successfully Kickstarted earlier this year. A thread...
Are you ready to play BrainDrain?? The next book in my Navigating Nightmares series is out now and I can’t wait for you to try your luck at this twisted trivia show!
Well, after a brief brain break from social media, we're officially back to scream that BRAINDRAIN IS OUT NOW!! BrainDrain is the second installment in our interactive horror series, Navigating Nightmares, and boy, is it a fun one.
September 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Are you ready to play BrainDrain?? The next book in my Navigating Nightmares series is out now and I can’t wait for you to try your luck at this twisted trivia show!
Think I may have just cracked a short story that I’ve been working on. Fingers crossed it works out!
August 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Think I may have just cracked a short story that I’ve been working on. Fingers crossed it works out!
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Thanks for another fun one, Mary! As always I'd like to plug my #kidlit series, which I like to call "80's PG" for those of you who get that 😅
jldurona.com
jldurona.com
August 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Thanks for another fun one, Mary! As always I'd like to plug my #kidlit series, which I like to call "80's PG" for those of you who get that 😅
jldurona.com
jldurona.com
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Always fun to participate in these, thank you.
Lock the Last Door is pretty strictly historic cosmic horror. A tale of an abandoned house, a trans PI, and a mob boss that worships eldritch gods. In other words: Cthulhu Mythos noir, if you enjoy that.
vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las...
Lock the Last Door is pretty strictly historic cosmic horror. A tale of an abandoned house, a trans PI, and a mob boss that worships eldritch gods. In other words: Cthulhu Mythos noir, if you enjoy that.
vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las...
Lock the Last Door by Vincent Lore
vincentlore.itch.io
August 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Always fun to participate in these, thank you.
Lock the Last Door is pretty strictly historic cosmic horror. A tale of an abandoned house, a trans PI, and a mob boss that worships eldritch gods. In other words: Cthulhu Mythos noir, if you enjoy that.
vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las...
Lock the Last Door is pretty strictly historic cosmic horror. A tale of an abandoned house, a trans PI, and a mob boss that worships eldritch gods. In other words: Cthulhu Mythos noir, if you enjoy that.
vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las...
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
#horrorwriterschat
@allisfullofgore.bsky.social 4th zine coming at the end of the month! Presale soon, but if you fancy checking out the best queer horror writers to do the dang thing our 1st 3 issues here allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
Also, follow us for unhinged theories, hot takes, & good times
@allisfullofgore.bsky.social 4th zine coming at the end of the month! Presale soon, but if you fancy checking out the best queer horror writers to do the dang thing our 1st 3 issues here allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
Also, follow us for unhinged theories, hot takes, & good times
ALL IS FULL OF GORE
horror fiction, horror poetry, horror films, horror movies, horror zines, queer horror, queer, lgbtq, indie horror
allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
August 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
#horrorwriterschat
@allisfullofgore.bsky.social 4th zine coming at the end of the month! Presale soon, but if you fancy checking out the best queer horror writers to do the dang thing our 1st 3 issues here allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
Also, follow us for unhinged theories, hot takes, & good times
@allisfullofgore.bsky.social 4th zine coming at the end of the month! Presale soon, but if you fancy checking out the best queer horror writers to do the dang thing our 1st 3 issues here allisfullofgore.myshopify.com
Also, follow us for unhinged theories, hot takes, & good times
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Thanks Mary! #HorrorWritersChat if all this historical horror talk has you in the mood for some, try "The Pure World Comes." It's the story of a maid in Victorian England who goes to work for a mad scientist. And it oozes Victoriana!
www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...
#HorrorSky #BookSky
www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...
#HorrorSky #BookSky
The Pure World Comes
Amazon.com: The Pure World Comes: 9781393985549: Ungar, Rami: Books
www.amazon.com
August 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Thanks Mary! #HorrorWritersChat if all this historical horror talk has you in the mood for some, try "The Pure World Comes." It's the story of a maid in Victorian England who goes to work for a mad scientist. And it oozes Victoriana!
www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...
#HorrorSky #BookSky
www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...
#HorrorSky #BookSky
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
A great topic this week, #HorrorWritersChat!
As for promo - something I haven't mentioned on bluesky at all yet!
Uncanny+Uncouth anthology, releasing Oct 1, is looking for ARC readers! It's gothic themes overall, there is a mix of genres. (I have 2 stories in!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As for promo - something I haven't mentioned on bluesky at all yet!
Uncanny+Uncouth anthology, releasing Oct 1, is looking for ARC readers! It's gothic themes overall, there is a mix of genres. (I have 2 stories in!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Uncanny & Uncouth ARC Request
ARC Reader Application – The Uncanny & The Uncouth
Thank you for your interest in becoming an ARC (Advance Review Copy) reader for The Uncanny & The Uncouth.
This anthology features speculative fictio...
docs.google.com
August 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A great topic this week, #HorrorWritersChat!
As for promo - something I haven't mentioned on bluesky at all yet!
Uncanny+Uncouth anthology, releasing Oct 1, is looking for ARC readers! It's gothic themes overall, there is a mix of genres. (I have 2 stories in!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As for promo - something I haven't mentioned on bluesky at all yet!
Uncanny+Uncouth anthology, releasing Oct 1, is looking for ARC readers! It's gothic themes overall, there is a mix of genres. (I have 2 stories in!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Thank you, Mary! Wanna glimpse of my kinda horror? Well, you're in luck, #HorrorWritersChats! Step right up.
mybook.to/AllsWell
mybook.to/AllsWell
All's Well That Ends Well
Read it now
mybook.to
August 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Thank you, Mary! Wanna glimpse of my kinda horror? Well, you're in luck, #HorrorWritersChats! Step right up.
mybook.to/AllsWell
mybook.to/AllsWell
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
New formats of Little White Flowers and Hallowed Deadly Seeds coming soon! LWF is getting a large print release in September, while HDS is getting a hardcover release and a large print release. Pre-order links on my website:
www.amberhathaway.com
#HorrorWritersChat
www.amberhathaway.com
#HorrorWritersChat
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
New formats of Little White Flowers and Hallowed Deadly Seeds coming soon! LWF is getting a large print release in September, while HDS is getting a hardcover release and a large print release. Pre-order links on my website:
www.amberhathaway.com
#HorrorWritersChat
www.amberhathaway.com
#HorrorWritersChat
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Poltergeist with all the modern tech. Imagine being sucked into an Alexa and you hear that little girl's voice? Your Alexa just starts saying, "Mommy, I can't hear you, Mommy!" *shudders*
Or maybe Pazuzu as an influencer. Captain Howdy's make-up game is on point.
#HorrorWritersChats
Or maybe Pazuzu as an influencer. Captain Howdy's make-up game is on point.
#HorrorWritersChats
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Poltergeist with all the modern tech. Imagine being sucked into an Alexa and you hear that little girl's voice? Your Alexa just starts saying, "Mommy, I can't hear you, Mommy!" *shudders*
Or maybe Pazuzu as an influencer. Captain Howdy's make-up game is on point.
#HorrorWritersChats
Or maybe Pazuzu as an influencer. Captain Howdy's make-up game is on point.
#HorrorWritersChats
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Oh, this is a fun one! Hmmm...how about The Grudge in Meiji Restoration Japan? You would have a rapidly modernizing Japan, as well as numerous foreigners, coming across this curse and falling prey to it despite their "modern sensibilities" and whatnot.
Ooh, somebody make that!
#HorrorWritersChat.
Ooh, somebody make that!
#HorrorWritersChat.
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Oh, this is a fun one! Hmmm...how about The Grudge in Meiji Restoration Japan? You would have a rapidly modernizing Japan, as well as numerous foreigners, coming across this curse and falling prey to it despite their "modern sensibilities" and whatnot.
Ooh, somebody make that!
#HorrorWritersChat.
Ooh, somebody make that!
#HorrorWritersChat.
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
#HorrorWritersChat
How about Halloween set during the Gold Rush in the Yukon?
Or The Shining set during the Ming Dynasty?
Dog Soldiers set in Ancient Rome featuring centurions?
How about Halloween set during the Gold Rush in the Yukon?
Or The Shining set during the Ming Dynasty?
Dog Soldiers set in Ancient Rome featuring centurions?
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
How about Halloween set during the Gold Rush in the Yukon?
Or The Shining set during the Ming Dynasty?
Dog Soldiers set in Ancient Rome featuring centurions?
How about Halloween set during the Gold Rush in the Yukon?
Or The Shining set during the Ming Dynasty?
Dog Soldiers set in Ancient Rome featuring centurions?
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
#HorrorWritersChat
Scream in Victorian London... maybe written as a Sherlock Holmes type mystery, but with more gore as befitting a slasher. Add a gothic twist with a governess being the one menaced by the masked killer perhaps, in a grand old estate?
Scream in Victorian London... maybe written as a Sherlock Holmes type mystery, but with more gore as befitting a slasher. Add a gothic twist with a governess being the one menaced by the masked killer perhaps, in a grand old estate?
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Scream in Victorian London... maybe written as a Sherlock Holmes type mystery, but with more gore as befitting a slasher. Add a gothic twist with a governess being the one menaced by the masked killer perhaps, in a grand old estate?
Scream in Victorian London... maybe written as a Sherlock Holmes type mystery, but with more gore as befitting a slasher. Add a gothic twist with a governess being the one menaced by the masked killer perhaps, in a grand old estate?
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat
Oh this is DANGEROUS. Dracula in the Wild West. Frankenstein Wild West. SAW in the Wild West.
I think every horror IP would be well served placed in an Old West setting. You can't prove that it COULDN'T.
Also, I call dibs on all of these. Just, you know, in case.
Oh this is DANGEROUS. Dracula in the Wild West. Frankenstein Wild West. SAW in the Wild West.
I think every horror IP would be well served placed in an Old West setting. You can't prove that it COULDN'T.
Also, I call dibs on all of these. Just, you know, in case.
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat
Oh this is DANGEROUS. Dracula in the Wild West. Frankenstein Wild West. SAW in the Wild West.
I think every horror IP would be well served placed in an Old West setting. You can't prove that it COULDN'T.
Also, I call dibs on all of these. Just, you know, in case.
Oh this is DANGEROUS. Dracula in the Wild West. Frankenstein Wild West. SAW in the Wild West.
I think every horror IP would be well served placed in an Old West setting. You can't prove that it COULDN'T.
Also, I call dibs on all of these. Just, you know, in case.
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Interesting question. Hmm... What if Frankenstein were a Western? The Monster riding into towns searching for his creator. A chase across the desert. Frankenstein pinned down by a posse. Conversation in a jail cell. Sand instead of snow.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Interesting question. Hmm... What if Frankenstein were a Western? The Monster riding into towns searching for his creator. A chase across the desert. Frankenstein pinned down by a posse. Conversation in a jail cell. Sand instead of snow.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat off the top of my head, but it would be fun to see Chucky in a puritanical US setting. Probably be made of cloth and still have the possessed by a serial killer angle, but I think adding a layer of the time period’s “stop the lies, you’re demonic, child!” would be interesting.
Make horror history with a new setting.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin.
Share your idea.
----
Outro in 10 mins
August 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
#HorrorWritersChat off the top of my head, but it would be fun to see Chucky in a puritanical US setting. Probably be made of cloth and still have the possessed by a serial killer angle, but I think adding a layer of the time period’s “stop the lies, you’re demonic, child!” would be interesting.
#HorrorWritersChat over the course of writing a bunch of (mostly unfinished) short stories, I’ve explored some of things that have scared/haunted me over the years. Think car “stuff” is always a hard thing for me and becomes situations in my stories from time to time.
Making it personal.
Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing?
Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.
Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing?
Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.
August 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat over the course of writing a bunch of (mostly unfinished) short stories, I’ve explored some of things that have scared/haunted me over the years. Think car “stuff” is always a hard thing for me and becomes situations in my stories from time to time.
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
We are certianly in a golden age of horror fiction right now. Not exactly starved for great books to read!
August 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
We are certianly in a golden age of horror fiction right now. Not exactly starved for great books to read!
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Depends on the story. Sometimes much of their past doesn't matter, but sometimes their past is what defines them.
I have an unpublished story about an old detective who stumbled onto some cult stuff when he was younger. That experience ended up defining the rest of his life
#HorrorWritersChat
I have an unpublished story about an old detective who stumbled onto some cult stuff when he was younger. That experience ended up defining the rest of his life
#HorrorWritersChat
Even fictional characters have a past.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
August 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Depends on the story. Sometimes much of their past doesn't matter, but sometimes their past is what defines them.
I have an unpublished story about an old detective who stumbled onto some cult stuff when he was younger. That experience ended up defining the rest of his life
#HorrorWritersChat
I have an unpublished story about an old detective who stumbled onto some cult stuff when he was younger. That experience ended up defining the rest of his life
#HorrorWritersChat
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
For me, horror is ALL about the past. Things we've neglected and forgotten, hidden secrets, echoes of past regrets. While I do enjoy some "fear of what's coming" horror, as a historian, there's just so much to mine in history. We all live atop a graveyard of tragedy and horror. #HorrorWritersChat
Even fictional characters have a past.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
August 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
For me, horror is ALL about the past. Things we've neglected and forgotten, hidden secrets, echoes of past regrets. While I do enjoy some "fear of what's coming" horror, as a historian, there's just so much to mine in history. We all live atop a graveyard of tragedy and horror. #HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
It really depends. I don’t do extensive backstories for my characters or anything like that. Most of the time, I think I just try to provide enough context for their actions, if that makes sense.
It really depends. I don’t do extensive backstories for my characters or anything like that. Most of the time, I think I just try to provide enough context for their actions, if that makes sense.
Even fictional characters have a past.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters?
Share an example.
August 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
It really depends. I don’t do extensive backstories for my characters or anything like that. Most of the time, I think I just try to provide enough context for their actions, if that makes sense.
It really depends. I don’t do extensive backstories for my characters or anything like that. Most of the time, I think I just try to provide enough context for their actions, if that makes sense.
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
#HorrorWritersChat
I write fairytales, ecohorror, religious horror, Arctic horror, & weird shit.
Historical horror I love:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
I write fairytales, ecohorror, religious horror, Arctic horror, & weird shit.
Historical horror I love:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Welcome to Horror Writers Chat.
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
August 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I write fairytales, ecohorror, religious horror, Arctic horror, & weird shit.
Historical horror I love:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
I write fairytales, ecohorror, religious horror, Arctic horror, & weird shit.
Historical horror I love:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Hello, I'm Vivian and I write horror, various. Historical fiction is always good. For me The Exorcist, The Terror. I am sure I have read more but these came to mind rather quick. Coyote Songs is also a good one.
#HorrorWritersChats
#HorrorWritersChats
Welcome to Horror Writers Chat.
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
August 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hello, I'm Vivian and I write horror, various. Historical fiction is always good. For me The Exorcist, The Terror. I am sure I have read more but these came to mind rather quick. Coyote Songs is also a good one.
#HorrorWritersChats
#HorrorWritersChats
Reposted by A.C. Bauer
Hi. I'm Anna. I write mostly cosmic and eco-horror.
I adored Dark Matter by Michelle Paver and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. #HorrorWritersChat
I adored Dark Matter by Michelle Paver and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. #HorrorWritersChat
Welcome to Horror Writers Chat.
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
It’s time to explore the past.
Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
(Horror set in the past.)
August 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hi. I'm Anna. I write mostly cosmic and eco-horror.
I adored Dark Matter by Michelle Paver and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. #HorrorWritersChat
I adored Dark Matter by Michelle Paver and The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. #HorrorWritersChat