Elford Alley
@elfordalley.bsky.social
Horror author and disgraced paranormal investigator. Author of Wildcat Thicket, Never Leaving, and Apartment 239, and the Haunted Holidays kids books!
Links: https://campsite.to/elfordalley
Links: https://campsite.to/elfordalley
I like that they let him be ripped.
September 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I like that they let him be ripped.
Reposted by Elford Alley
That’s queer, too.
September 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
That’s queer, too.
Everyone shut up, it’s Stella.
September 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Everyone shut up, it’s Stella.
Reposted by Elford Alley
Suppose it's not much to some of the more popular authors, but 6 reviews this early means the world to me! Thank you, energetic early readers! 💛
www.
www.
Dead Boys Don’t Cry
Shirley Jackson nominated author Joe Koch’s Dead Boys D…
www.goodreads.com
September 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Suppose it's not much to some of the more popular authors, but 6 reviews this early means the world to me! Thank you, energetic early readers! 💛
www.
www.
Reposted by Elford Alley
Guys is this anything
September 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Guys is this anything
Fantastic horror that takes directions you never expect!
Not even my French tour can stop #FridayReads! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. No witty stuff today. I’m in France for two weeks because of this book, which is only $2.99 right now!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
September 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Fantastic horror that takes directions you never expect!
Check out my article on eco-terror! Despair with me! Also, lots of good indie book recs in this:
“Eco-horror…where that mirror is focused on what happens when our actions harm nature, and nature responds in kind.”
Manor Vellum 306 | The Sixth Extinction: Eco-Horror Then and Now
By Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
Manor Vellum 306 | The Sixth Extinction: Eco-Horror Then and Now
By Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social
Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...
September 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Check out my article on eco-terror! Despair with me! Also, lots of good indie book recs in this:
My first comics were these two gems lol
September 25, 2026 at 12:50 PM
My first comics were these two gems lol
Fantastic horror collection, people!
WHY YOU SHOULD PRE-ORDER DEATH IN ITS MANY FORMS:
1. You like well written horror.
2. You like supporting indie authors.
3. Angry women are your jam.
4. Spooky season is coming.
5. I will appear at the foot of your bed and watch you sleep. Lovingly. #booksky
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
1. You like well written horror.
2. You like supporting indie authors.
3. Angry women are your jam.
4. Spooky season is coming.
5. I will appear at the foot of your bed and watch you sleep. Lovingly. #booksky
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
September 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Fantastic horror collection, people!
Reposted by Elford Alley
September 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Reposted by Elford Alley
New horror writers: Applications for my Cursed Classroom are open! This affordable, month-long class will meet each Tuesday in November. You'll learn how to write more effective horror and how to submit to short fiction markets.
Interested? See details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...
Interested? See details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...
Classes and Editorial Services
Cursed Classroom: Open for applicants through October 31st, 2026 What is Cursed Classroom? This month-long horror-writing bootcamp is aimed at writers on a budget. The ideal participant for this co…
ericraglin.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:51 AM
New horror writers: Applications for my Cursed Classroom are open! This affordable, month-long class will meet each Tuesday in November. You'll learn how to write more effective horror and how to submit to short fiction markets.
Interested? See details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...
Interested? See details here: ericraglin.com/classes-and-...
Might be a little excited about this…
September 24, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Might be a little excited about this…
Reposted by Elford Alley
Thank you to everyone who tuned in! We had a blast as always and continued the saga of Gary. If you missed it, come see us next Wednesday at 10am PST
Live now with the illustrious Bitter Karella, author of Moonflow! Come hang out and see us yap and get insight into our writing process. Our current WIP: a fake craft book by an extremely divorced wife guy and sword guy who becomes obsessed with horses. www.twitch.tv/eveharms
September 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Thank you to everyone who tuned in! We had a blast as always and continued the saga of Gary. If you missed it, come see us next Wednesday at 10am PST
Reposted by Elford Alley
Not sure if I'd get a table with one (1) book out, but here goes 😂
@elfordalley.bsky.social, because he never fails to make me laugh while going "What the fuck?!" at the same time.
@alankdell.bsky.social, because cosmic horror set in space where nobody gets a happy ending is like catnip to me 🤌
@elfordalley.bsky.social, because he never fails to make me laugh while going "What the fuck?!" at the same time.
@alankdell.bsky.social, because cosmic horror set in space where nobody gets a happy ending is like catnip to me 🤌
DAY THREE of the (fictional) Horror Writers Chat Conference.
It's time to set out your wares. Your books, your merch...but who is this sitting next to you?
Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - Which Horror Writer (living or dead) would you share an author table with?
Why?
It's time to set out your wares. Your books, your merch...but who is this sitting next to you?
Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - Which Horror Writer (living or dead) would you share an author table with?
Why?
September 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Not sure if I'd get a table with one (1) book out, but here goes 😂
@elfordalley.bsky.social, because he never fails to make me laugh while going "What the fuck?!" at the same time.
@alankdell.bsky.social, because cosmic horror set in space where nobody gets a happy ending is like catnip to me 🤌
@elfordalley.bsky.social, because he never fails to make me laugh while going "What the fuck?!" at the same time.
@alankdell.bsky.social, because cosmic horror set in space where nobody gets a happy ending is like catnip to me 🤌
I got an article all about eco-horror out Friday, with tons of movie and indie book recs! It’s fun and also the darkest thing I’ve ever written lol
“…true eco-horror is defined as nature combatting humanity as a direct result of our nonsense.”
New 🩸 on the membrane from Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social who makes his debut on the membrane!
Friday 9/25/26
6:00AMET
manorvellum.com
New 🩸 on the membrane from Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social who makes his debut on the membrane!
Friday 9/25/26
6:00AMET
manorvellum.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I got an article all about eco-horror out Friday, with tons of movie and indie book recs! It’s fun and also the darkest thing I’ve ever written lol
This month its $10 because CVS mishandled private information! Yay!
Every couple months it seems I get $20 to $40 as a lawsuit settlement from a company who sold my info or poisoned me with their product, etc. I’m realizing this is as close as I’m ever getting to social security lol
September 23, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This month its $10 because CVS mishandled private information! Yay!
Reposted by Elford Alley
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
September 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
To welcome my book Die Lonely to their One Shots imprint, @edgeandbusby.com sent me the coolest thing ever!
September 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
To welcome my book Die Lonely to their One Shots imprint, @edgeandbusby.com sent me the coolest thing ever!
Reposted by Elford Alley
a lot of dodge charger repossessions in the coming months
So ICE agents are getting fired before their probationary periods are up and are having to repay the $50,000 signing bonus.
I love this for them.
I love this for them.
September 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
a lot of dodge charger repossessions in the coming months
Reposted by Elford Alley
This week's episode transports the Gothic to Palestine, for a story of oppression, claustrophobia, fractured selves and haunted, homicidal houses.
It's Deena Helm and OUR CUT OF SALT
All podcast platforms
It's Deena Helm and OUR CUT OF SALT
All podcast platforms
September 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This week's episode transports the Gothic to Palestine, for a story of oppression, claustrophobia, fractured selves and haunted, homicidal houses.
It's Deena Helm and OUR CUT OF SALT
All podcast platforms
It's Deena Helm and OUR CUT OF SALT
All podcast platforms
Reposted by Elford Alley
Pick up THE COLD DARK FOREVER today if you like books with:
✅ Alleyway murders
✅ Femme fatales
✅ Ubiquitous fog
✅ Spree Killers
✅ Pawn shops
✅ Wartime California
✅ Narrow escapes
✅ Drunken brawls
✅ Shootouts
✅ Anti-fascist MCs
✅ Absinthe bars
✅ Burlesque shows
✅ Bleak noir
✅ Alleyway murders
✅ Femme fatales
✅ Ubiquitous fog
✅ Spree Killers
✅ Pawn shops
✅ Wartime California
✅ Narrow escapes
✅ Drunken brawls
✅ Shootouts
✅ Anti-fascist MCs
✅ Absinthe bars
✅ Burlesque shows
✅ Bleak noir
September 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Pick up THE COLD DARK FOREVER today if you like books with:
✅ Alleyway murders
✅ Femme fatales
✅ Ubiquitous fog
✅ Spree Killers
✅ Pawn shops
✅ Wartime California
✅ Narrow escapes
✅ Drunken brawls
✅ Shootouts
✅ Anti-fascist MCs
✅ Absinthe bars
✅ Burlesque shows
✅ Bleak noir
✅ Alleyway murders
✅ Femme fatales
✅ Ubiquitous fog
✅ Spree Killers
✅ Pawn shops
✅ Wartime California
✅ Narrow escapes
✅ Drunken brawls
✅ Shootouts
✅ Anti-fascist MCs
✅ Absinthe bars
✅ Burlesque shows
✅ Bleak noir
Con artists Serling and Price have found a strange device that allows them to create haunted houses. But now everyone they sold a house to is missing, the device is gone, and they have to find a way to close a door to a very, very bad place…
Just 99 cents: shorturl.at/fCEZ9
Just 99 cents: shorturl.at/fCEZ9
September 22, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Con artists Serling and Price have found a strange device that allows them to create haunted houses. But now everyone they sold a house to is missing, the device is gone, and they have to find a way to close a door to a very, very bad place…
Just 99 cents: shorturl.at/fCEZ9
Just 99 cents: shorturl.at/fCEZ9
Look, I don’t wanna toot my own horn here* but he’s right…
*as my only marketing department, I am required to toot my horn frequently on social media. Especially Tuesdays for some reason? Anyway, buy a book! Let not the self horn tooting be in vain!
*as my only marketing department, I am required to toot my horn frequently on social media. Especially Tuesdays for some reason? Anyway, buy a book! Let not the self horn tooting be in vain!
Great fkin read!
Check out this awesome review of Wildcat Thicket, which is out now from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social! Thank you, @monsterbookclub.bsky.social !
September 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Look, I don’t wanna toot my own horn here* but he’s right…
*as my only marketing department, I am required to toot my horn frequently on social media. Especially Tuesdays for some reason? Anyway, buy a book! Let not the self horn tooting be in vain!
*as my only marketing department, I am required to toot my horn frequently on social media. Especially Tuesdays for some reason? Anyway, buy a book! Let not the self horn tooting be in vain!
Reposted by Elford Alley
In 4 days, Bishop Rider returns!
The magnificent @blacktopkid.bsky.social and the equally magnificent @nkolakowski.bsky.social were kind enough to endorse this book. Come, see what they thought. See what so many others have already discovered #itsnotaboutsavingpeople
www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Da...
The magnificent @blacktopkid.bsky.social and the equally magnificent @nkolakowski.bsky.social were kind enough to endorse this book. Come, see what they thought. See what so many others have already discovered #itsnotaboutsavingpeople
www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Da...
September 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
In 4 days, Bishop Rider returns!
The magnificent @blacktopkid.bsky.social and the equally magnificent @nkolakowski.bsky.social were kind enough to endorse this book. Come, see what they thought. See what so many others have already discovered #itsnotaboutsavingpeople
www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Da...
The magnificent @blacktopkid.bsky.social and the equally magnificent @nkolakowski.bsky.social were kind enough to endorse this book. Come, see what they thought. See what so many others have already discovered #itsnotaboutsavingpeople
www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Da...
Check out this awesome review of Wildcat Thicket, which is out now from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social! Thank you, @monsterbookclub.bsky.social !
WILDCAT THICKET by Elford Alley (book review) monsterbookclub.com/2026/09/21/t... @elfordalley.bsky.social 🩸📚 #booksky #horrorbooks
The Wood Apes of Wildcat Thicket
Lagoe, Texas, was classified as a disappearing community; a ghost town in the making. Main Street was lined with buildings that had been empty for 40+ years. Like a lot of rural towns in the U.S., …
monsterbookclub.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Check out this awesome review of Wildcat Thicket, which is out now from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social! Thank you, @monsterbookclub.bsky.social !