Laurel Hightower
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
Horror loving mom. Author of that mothman book, BELOW. Also WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, and THE DAY OF THE DOOR
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The Day of the Door by @laurelhightower.bsky.social. A haunted house story that's scary without being mean-spirited, while still delving into some genuinely dark places (supernatural and otherwise).
If you see this, recommend a short book.
But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo
But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo
October 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Playing charades with Tiny and @frank212.bsky.social and somehow the category we all guessed right was Tiny's idea of "tissue boxes in this house."
October 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Playing charades with Tiny and @frank212.bsky.social and somehow the category we all guessed right was Tiny's idea of "tissue boxes in this house."
You're going to want this
Coming next year from @badhandbooks.bsky.social so you have plenty of time to prepare your heart. Thank you to @laurelhightower.bsky.social for the best blurb I've ever received!
October 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
You're going to want this
As soon as someone says "contemporary horror bores me" I immediately tune them out. If you're experiencing media from a place of disdain it doesn't make you the litmus test, it makes you an insufferable twat.
<bounces happily into a pile of leaves>
<bounces happily into a pile of leaves>
October 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
As soon as someone says "contemporary horror bores me" I immediately tune them out. If you're experiencing media from a place of disdain it doesn't make you the litmus test, it makes you an insufferable twat.
<bounces happily into a pile of leaves>
<bounces happily into a pile of leaves>
Sometimes I think about some douchey party my ex brought me too full of aging frat guys and one pulled out Mike's Hard Lemonade and I said oh i see the drink of sexual predators everywhere and no one said a damn thing while I hit my whiskey
September 29, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Sometimes I think about some douchey party my ex brought me too full of aging frat guys and one pulled out Mike's Hard Lemonade and I said oh i see the drink of sexual predators everywhere and no one said a damn thing while I hit my whiskey
LOLOLOL not Cornell coming on scene acting like the f**kin victim now. That university should shutdown for good. No admin involved in that revolting decision should be employable anywhere in academia.
September 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
LOLOLOL not Cornell coming on scene acting like the f**kin victim now. That university should shutdown for good. No admin involved in that revolting decision should be employable anywhere in academia.
Excellent new column from @frank212.bsky.social
Issue #14 of my column MOANS FROM THE CONDIMENT FRIDGE @mrbullbull.bsky.social , titled DOUBLE FEATURE
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
September 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Excellent new column from @frank212.bsky.social
Exactly this. If you wouldn't swim with sharks why should we?
Not all men. Jesus Christ, don't you think women *know* that? Use your heads instead of getting defensive. Most of you would be terrified of swimming among sharks, even though sharks are stastically far less dangerous to you than men are to women.
September 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Exactly this. If you wouldn't swim with sharks why should we?
I misheard a my little pony line and heard Raging Cheese Demon and started shrieking cheese names and this is why children lose patience with us isn't it
September 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I misheard a my little pony line and heard Raging Cheese Demon and started shrieking cheese names and this is why children lose patience with us isn't it
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Well…that was one heck of a ride! Through darkness and caves full of monsters. And answers. And…maybe a little bit of finding peace with the past and hope for a future.
And this is why I DON’T GO IN CAVES AND TINY LITTLE TUNNELS.
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social
And this is why I DON’T GO IN CAVES AND TINY LITTLE TUNNELS.
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Well…that was one heck of a ride! Through darkness and caves full of monsters. And answers. And…maybe a little bit of finding peace with the past and hope for a future.
And this is why I DON’T GO IN CAVES AND TINY LITTLE TUNNELS.
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social
And this is why I DON’T GO IN CAVES AND TINY LITTLE TUNNELS.
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE by @laurelhightower.bsky.social
Look we're all justifiably mad - here's a perfect rage outlet!
Preorder for the paperback version of BRAND NEW DARK is now live. The most awesome @laurelhightower.bsky.social
took a look at this particular book way back when. Here, now, she has been kind enough to let me show you again what she thought. #BookSky
www.amazon.com/dp/196678700...
took a look at this particular book way back when. Here, now, she has been kind enough to let me show you again what she thought. #BookSky
www.amazon.com/dp/196678700...
September 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Look we're all justifiably mad - here's a perfect rage outlet!
TLLW will be back in print in February!
Terrified of closed in dark places where monsters dwell? Yeah. Me too. Thanks @laurelhightower.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
TLLW will be back in print in February!
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If you like nasty things like this, you'll love my nasty book coming out this November, which reviewers have called grotesque, disgusting, mean, and nauseating.
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...
Lonesome and Festering paperback (PREORDER: out November 10th) | Cursed Morsels Press
A widower reaches his violent breaking point while giving a tour of a haunted coral reef. A student pays off his lunch debt by toiling in the endless, monster-infested caverns beneath his school. An o...
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September 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
If you like nasty things like this, you'll love my nasty book coming out this November, which reviewers have called grotesque, disgusting, mean, and nauseating.
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...
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Y'all, I've been reading BOUND IN FLESH from @ghoulish.bsky.social edited by @lormaggot.ca and it is so fucking good? Not a bad story in the batch. I slept on this way too long but I'm glad I finally delved in.
September 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Y'all, I've been reading BOUND IN FLESH from @ghoulish.bsky.social edited by @lormaggot.ca and it is so fucking good? Not a bad story in the batch. I slept on this way too long but I'm glad I finally delved in.
Hot honey and peppers
name your fav pizza toppings.
September 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Hot honey and peppers
I've Lost My BBQ Pringles a tale of grief by Laurel Hightower
September 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I've Lost My BBQ Pringles a tale of grief by Laurel Hightower
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Great chat with Jeff over at HorrorJoy podcast about video nasties, horror movies, The Instruction Manual to Being a Vampire, and women in horror including @laurelhightower.bsky.social @beverleylee.bsky.social. #podcast #horrorpodcast
Our latest episode is out! Jeff interviews @craigwallwork.bsky.social on Meet Your Maker! More here: redcircle.com/shows/979960...
#horrorfans #horrorpod #horrorsky
#horrorfans #horrorpod #horrorsky
Craig Wallwork on Meet Your Maker
Listen to Horror Joy on RedCircle
redcircle.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Great chat with Jeff over at HorrorJoy podcast about video nasties, horror movies, The Instruction Manual to Being a Vampire, and women in horror including @laurelhightower.bsky.social @beverleylee.bsky.social. #podcast #horrorpodcast
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Listen to Crossroads by @laurelhightower.bsky.social yesterday and come on guys! Please stop wreaking me with your words. I’m emotionally fragile right now. This was tragically beautiful and a punch in the gut. I think today I need to just listen to uplifting pop anthems to recover.
September 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Listen to Crossroads by @laurelhightower.bsky.social yesterday and come on guys! Please stop wreaking me with your words. I’m emotionally fragile right now. This was tragically beautiful and a punch in the gut. I think today I need to just listen to uplifting pop anthems to recover.
My good God. FALLING STARS on Tubi. Absolutely incredible. Please watch it. It's gorgeous.
September 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
My good God. FALLING STARS on Tubi. Absolutely incredible. Please watch it. It's gorgeous.
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📕 ¡Las recomendaciones veraniegas no paran!
En esta ocasión les toca a Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social y Eduardo Iriarte
Accede a LIBRISIMO en:
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#literatura #libros #ficción 📚
En esta ocasión les toca a Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social y Eduardo Iriarte
Accede a LIBRISIMO en:
YouTube youtube.com/@CJ-ro7wt/vi...
iVoox ivoox.com/en/podcast-l...
#literatura #libros #ficción 📚
September 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
📕 ¡Las recomendaciones veraniegas no paran!
En esta ocasión les toca a Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social y Eduardo Iriarte
Accede a LIBRISIMO en:
YouTube youtube.com/@CJ-ro7wt/vi...
iVoox ivoox.com/en/podcast-l...
#literatura #libros #ficción 📚
En esta ocasión les toca a Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social y Eduardo Iriarte
Accede a LIBRISIMO en:
YouTube youtube.com/@CJ-ro7wt/vi...
iVoox ivoox.com/en/podcast-l...
#literatura #libros #ficción 📚
Oh my god IN THE EARTH is utter trash. Folklore, pandemic, science- sounds great. Does not deliver. Ugh.
September 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Oh my god IN THE EARTH is utter trash. Folklore, pandemic, science- sounds great. Does not deliver. Ugh.
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More information and giveaway opportunities for what's set to be one of the most talked-about horror anthologies of the year.
You don't want to miss this.
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#IndieHorror #HorrorFiction #WeirdFiction #GothicHorror #DarkFantasy #HorrorWriters #ExtremeHorror #HorrorLit
You don't want to miss this.
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#IndieHorror #HorrorFiction #WeirdFiction #GothicHorror #DarkFantasy #HorrorWriters #ExtremeHorror #HorrorLit
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September 8, 2026 at 4:55 AM
More information and giveaway opportunities for what's set to be one of the most talked-about horror anthologies of the year.
You don't want to miss this.
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
#IndieHorror #HorrorFiction #WeirdFiction #GothicHorror #DarkFantasy #HorrorWriters #ExtremeHorror #HorrorLit
You don't want to miss this.
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
#IndieHorror #HorrorFiction #WeirdFiction #GothicHorror #DarkFantasy #HorrorWriters #ExtremeHorror #HorrorLit
I just read the upcoming novella from @lphernandez.bsky.social - WHAT DO WE TELL THE KIDS? And it's nothing short of incredible. So well executed, so horrifyingly heartfelt. I don't want to give anything away but this is going to be huge. Well done, my friend
August 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I just read the upcoming novella from @lphernandez.bsky.social - WHAT DO WE TELL THE KIDS? And it's nothing short of incredible. So well executed, so horrifyingly heartfelt. I don't want to give anything away but this is going to be huge. Well done, my friend
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Folklore and urban legends reflect the specific fears and desires of the communities out of which they arise; here are 7 modern tales of folklore-style monsters, ranging from the glamour of early Hollywood to the mountains of Appalachia!
Seven Modern Takes on Folkloric Monsters - Reactor
Supernatural entities haunting tight-knit communities, from early Hollywood to the Orkney Islands to Appalachia...
reactormag.com
August 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Folklore and urban legends reflect the specific fears and desires of the communities out of which they arise; here are 7 modern tales of folklore-style monsters, ranging from the glamour of early Hollywood to the mountains of Appalachia!
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New post daaaay!
Folklore and urban legends reflect the specific fears and desires of the communities out of which they arise; here are 7 modern tales of folklore-style monsters, ranging from the glamour of early Hollywood to the mountains of Appalachia!
Seven Modern Takes on Folkloric Monsters - Reactor
Supernatural entities haunting tight-knit communities, from early Hollywood to the Orkney Islands to Appalachia...
reactormag.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
New post daaaay!