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Jude Deluca

@judedeluca.bsky.social

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Writer done with just about anything. 34 year old Christmas baby. Aegosexual. Pros: Dedicated, imaginative, supportive. Cons: Pushy, hard time reading the room, tends to friendbomb and miss social cues without realizing it, obsesses over guilt.

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · Feb 21

Big news! METALHEARTS - A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY OF TRENDHORROR is now open for submissions until March 21st

Me, Nadine Stewart, and River Gardner are curating a collection of 2000s nostalgia horror tales to help those afflicted by the Pacific Palisades wildfires.

Send to [email protected]

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 18h

According to this you’re already dead. Get out of here.

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Ripley 👽💖 @skullingway.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely one of my fave films tbh #art #horror

Illustration of the film Jacob’s ladder from 1990. The top is a panel of Jacob with his back to the fence and string spotlight on him. Second is the serene from the film on the train with the ghostly looking doctor looking out the back. The bottom is a pinkish red panel, dog tags with no name and string. The title of the film is in large bold letters.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t make me tap the sign.

Tap the sign meme saying “Using AI ironically is still using AI.”

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 18h

To my friends who are trans.

Did you ever feel physical pain when you realized your body… didn’t match who you are? Aches? Throbbing pulses. Cramps in your stomach?

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🐺 Cashew Lou 🏳️‍🌈 @cashewlou.bsky.social · 1d

Still in dire need of help for essentials like meds & groceries. Please, any amount would be of help.

ko-fi.com/cashewlou

Support Cashew Lou

ko-fi.com

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Elizabeth Le Fen @fenbeast.bsky.social · 20h

This is FUCKING AMAZING and it’s the kind of thing the science 🧪 feed brings me that gives me needed emotional boosts.

Holly Ober @sciwri.bsky.social · 1d

A blood stem cell gene therapy co-developed by UCLA’s Dr. Donald Kohn restored immune function in 59 of 62 children with ADA-SCID, a rare and fatal immune disorder, with no serious complications reported. Long-term follow-up shows 95% success rate in largest study to date. ucla.in/4ojUZke 🧪

A grid collage of 6 children who have healthy immune systems now thanks to a gene therapy developed at UCLA and UCL,

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 23h

she oversees her crop

a 12 foot skeleton standing in a sunflower grove

3 skulls are on sunflower stalks if you look carefully

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently bsky crashed because Twitter messed up again
If you finally left Twitter and moved over here can I interest you in my art?
Say hello and stay if you like it

Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 2d

Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia

[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa

Book cover for the YA book ICEBREAKER by A.L. Graziadei showing the two male main protagonist facing each other and holding onto each others collar.

Digital art of my original characters Aran and Tao as young adults out at night in their local nyc neighborhood kissing. Tao sits on a bicycle and Aran bends down slightly to kiss him.

Mock cover of Suzanne Samin and my upcoming graphic novel. The title still r wads Fear Of Falling but we changed it now to Wherever I’m With You.

The cover shows a brick house fall and Aran and Tao sitting on the rooftop, their legs dangling down the edge, and in big letters underneath them it reads “fear of falling”

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as young teenagers on a hot summer day walking down the streets in their local nyc neighborhood and playing around with a basketball.

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 1d

When the world is closing in and threatening to drag you back to the place where you can be a living corpse, yes desperation can be more terrifying than

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q4.
Do hang around for the outro, in around 10 minutes.

Which is the easier route? Or the more satisfying?

#HorrorWritersChat

Q4
In your stories: is desperation scarier than the supernatural?

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone equally, but i would like to focus more on terrifying people who abuse power dynamics and perpetuate systems where they don’t have to do anything to pay for their crimes

Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

Everyone should be scared, rich and poor alike. The aspects of dread and terror can not be bought off.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 1d

Chubby yes

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

As a rule, I do not write rich characters. But also as a rule, the poorer they are, the better their outcome is. If you see an ex-con as a character in a story *cough spoiler* then he's going to make it out. I'll fight tooth and nail to make sure he does.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

Q3
Do you write horror that scares the poor, the wealthy or everyone equally?

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DJW 🎨 🔞 @djwaglmuffin.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat lol I'm not sure how to answer this, to be honest.

My setting is post Civil War-era America, so scarcity is a way of life. However, if we're talking scarcity in things my characters need to stay on mission, they have that problem too.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

Q2
How does scarcity or deprivation shape the worlds you build in your stories?

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 1d

I write about characters who were deprived of the means to deal with trauma when it was still fresh and how it lingered in their minds until they were in a space where they could finally recognize “actually this was incredibly fucked up.”

Most often it will be rape.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat

Lack of sanity figures into some of my stories. It sometimes goes hand in hand with loneliness. Other examples involve Locked In Syndrome, where you are deprived the ability to move or speak; and Grylla, the Icelandic holiday hag, shows scarcity of empathy along with contempt.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

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Jude Deluca @judedeluca.bsky.social · 1d

I write superhero horror and 90s nostalgia horror. I try to make my characters asexual and when I’m feeling kinky I prefer weight gain and big beautiful men.

I’m so poor my house went into foreclosure twice and it took three years to sell it because of all the debts my mother left when she died.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

Question One
Assemble, horror bods!
Tell me what kind of horror you write, and how poor are you - financially or morally? You choose....

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Abigail F Taylor @abigailtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I write gothic, paranormal, & historical horror alls inspired by my Choctaw-Irish heritage.

How poor am I? I spent my last two paychecks on my sick cat, got my electric turned off, & then found $20 only to discover two front tires ripped to shreds. Payday is next week. 😂🫠
#HorrorWritersChat

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

unbelievably honored to speak at the illinois library association author breakfast & to see the poster & spot art i did printed so beautifully... & best of all THE HAND CROCHETED CORN PIG I WAS GIFTED!!! my heart is absolutely full

plant a seed read posted w veggie characters

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Bumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 1d

South Bend, IN

The Well's window was shattered this week.

The past 3 years their drag shows have been targeted by far right extremists (including Michiana Proud Boys) w/harassment, physical intimidation, and violence.

Community members held a craft night following the attack to show support.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Aftonbladet's report is harrowing and should make anyone who doubted it feel ashamed.

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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🌟 Viv 🌟 @ viv junior @vimeddiee.bsky.social · 14d

It's my birthday month! 🎂🎃

I'm not able to work right now but I have stuff!

My digital comic store with completed comics, fanart collections and art books 🌊

Enjoying them would be a great bday gift for me!

payhip.com/Vimeddiee

VIMEDDIEE.

I'm Viv and I make comics! Here's where I'm selling 'em. Some of my stories can be a little spicy. To support me directly, check out my Patreon! For more information on my work and links, here's my Ca...

payhip.com

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 1d

And you can read Marty's great story here: www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/nothing-good

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Zack Quaintance - Late pledges open for MACABRE VALLEY! @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 1d

The local news procedural + EC Comics-style pulp horror set in Texas that you’ve all been clamoring for has arrived.

And it’s only on Kickstarter for another 12 hours. (w) Me (a) Anna Readman (c) Brad Simpson (l) Becca Carey

Back it now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

Comic art by Anna Readman and Brad Simpson

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 1d

"a community’s unwitting complicity and cover-up lets something Lovecraftian in to feed": @peterhallhuman.bsky.social & @paulgandersman.bsky.social’s found footage MAN FINDS TAPE (2025) screens 9.45pm tonight at @sitgesfilmfestival.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2025/06/09/m...

Man Finds Tape (2025) - Projected Figures

In Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman’s found footage, a community’s unwitting complicity and cover-up lets something Lovecraftian in to feed

projectedfigures.com

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