McKayla Higgins ✨is querying✨
@witchingheure.bsky.social
She/her 🏳️🌈 | Horror writer living in the Midwest with my spouse. Querying for the queer thriller novel AMERICAN GARBAGE about a hellish reality show where even a contestant's death doesn't stop the cameras from rolling.
https://mckaylahiggins.com
https://mckaylahiggins.com
My nonbinary spouse and I haven't even had our one year anniversary yet and now we get this news. I really wish leaving the US was more financially viable in 2025.
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My nonbinary spouse and I haven't even had our one year anniversary yet and now we get this news. I really wish leaving the US was more financially viable in 2025.
It's my spouse's uncle's retirement party and we look adorable. (I'm dressed like it's actually MY retirement party.)
August 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's my spouse's uncle's retirement party and we look adorable. (I'm dressed like it's actually MY retirement party.)
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this is a teeny, tiny, teeny-tiny ask. it is not "purity politics" or whatever nonsense you wanna throw at it. it's basic. if you can't commit to this you pose a present danger to marginalized people, which means you can't complain if you don't get somebody's vote.
Again, I am staking out my position more than 3 years in advance! My "demands" for getting my vote are simple:
1. Promise to undo the anti-trans actions taken by the Trump admin.
2. Promise not to roll back trans rights even further.
1. Promise to undo the anti-trans actions taken by the Trump admin.
2. Promise not to roll back trans rights even further.
July 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
this is a teeny, tiny, teeny-tiny ask. it is not "purity politics" or whatever nonsense you wanna throw at it. it's basic. if you can't commit to this you pose a present danger to marginalized people, which means you can't complain if you don't get somebody's vote.
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TOO MUCH (Dunham/Felber, 2025)
Nice to meet you! Oh, what’s that noise? It’s my awful small dog, it looks truly wretched, and it makes equally awful noises. Don’t worry though, it only makes it when it sees something it’s never seen before or dislikes, or if it gets excited. I bring it everywhere and I insist you say it’s cute
July 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TOO MUCH (Dunham/Felber, 2025)
Watching the finale of Too Much amidst a PMDD flare-up had me ugly crying soooo hard
July 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Watching the finale of Too Much amidst a PMDD flare-up had me ugly crying soooo hard
Happy International Nonbinary People's Day to my spouse, Andy Elianora!
💛🤍💜🖤
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July 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Happy International Nonbinary People's Day to my spouse, Andy Elianora!
💛🤍💜🖤
💛🤍💜🖤
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Listen to the marginalized people who warned all this would happen when we say what's coming next, not those who told you it could never happen here.
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Listen to the marginalized people who warned all this would happen when we say what's coming next, not those who told you it could never happen here.
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God, this fucking toilet of a country.
July 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
God, this fucking toilet of a country.
Nearly finished with AMERICAN RAPTURE by @ceejthemoment.bsky.social and it's so charming after two years of living in Wisconsin (for a gory zombie apocalypse book, I mean). The cheeky reference to Mars Cheese Castle and the scenes at House on the Rock are such a delight.
July 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Nearly finished with AMERICAN RAPTURE by @ceejthemoment.bsky.social and it's so charming after two years of living in Wisconsin (for a gory zombie apocalypse book, I mean). The cheeky reference to Mars Cheese Castle and the scenes at House on the Rock are such a delight.
Go get CUCKOO while it's on discount! It's moving, horrific, and tender. Gretchen Felker-Martin is a writer who depicts queer people as people, with all our flaws and ugliness and beauty.
For the rest of July, the CUCKOO ebook is available for only 2.99 as part of the Kindle Monthly Deal! Great chance to pick up my weird horror novel about a conversion therapy camp, a body snatching horror, and queer teenagers fighting for their lives.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9KWLVN...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9KWLVN...
Cuckoo
Amazon.com: Cuckoo eBook : Felker-Martin, Gretchen: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Go get CUCKOO while it's on discount! It's moving, horrific, and tender. Gretchen Felker-Martin is a writer who depicts queer people as people, with all our flaws and ugliness and beauty.
Finally watching Enter the Void. Didn't even make it through the title sequence before I had to pause it and recommend it to my partner.This is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtx...
Enter the Void - Intro Title Credit Sequence (1080p)
YouTube video by PhoenixWright
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June 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Finally watching Enter the Void. Didn't even make it through the title sequence before I had to pause it and recommend it to my partner.This is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtx...
#HorrorWritersChat
I work captioning phone calls for the deaf and hear a lot of upsetting content because of the nature of the job. My boss would become a wet, dripping megaphone made of flesh and bone that's endlessly shouting terrible things so loud that your ears ring.
I work captioning phone calls for the deaf and hear a lot of upsetting content because of the nature of the job. My boss would become a wet, dripping megaphone made of flesh and bone that's endlessly shouting terrible things so loud that your ears ring.
#HorrorWritersChat
A fun one at last. Hang around for the outro: those who have answered the questions can self promo. Yes, we do check, so don't pretend or just throw links on. We can see you. We will remove the quote.
Anyway. Go on then. What does your boss become?
A fun one at last. Hang around for the outro: those who have answered the questions can self promo. Yes, we do check, so don't pretend or just throw links on. We can see you. We will remove the quote.
Anyway. Go on then. What does your boss become?
June 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I work captioning phone calls for the deaf and hear a lot of upsetting content because of the nature of the job. My boss would become a wet, dripping megaphone made of flesh and bone that's endlessly shouting terrible things so loud that your ears ring.
I work captioning phone calls for the deaf and hear a lot of upsetting content because of the nature of the job. My boss would become a wet, dripping megaphone made of flesh and bone that's endlessly shouting terrible things so loud that your ears ring.
#HorrorWritersChat
To me, workplace horror is any job where you're disposable and expected to be an anonymous punching bag, whether that's because the work itself is so grueling or because you're being screamed at by customers just to make ends meet.
To me, workplace horror is any job where you're disposable and expected to be an anonymous punching bag, whether that's because the work itself is so grueling or because you're being screamed at by customers just to make ends meet.
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
To me, workplace horror is any job where you're disposable and expected to be an anonymous punching bag, whether that's because the work itself is so grueling or because you're being screamed at by customers just to make ends meet.
To me, workplace horror is any job where you're disposable and expected to be an anonymous punching bag, whether that's because the work itself is so grueling or because you're being screamed at by customers just to make ends meet.
#HorrorWritersChat
It varies! In my book American Garbage the characters join a reality show from all walks of life, but most are in poverty and stuck in the endless grind of working in food, retail, and customer service. Typically their jobs are sources of pain and obstacles to overcome.
It varies! In my book American Garbage the characters join a reality show from all walks of life, but most are in poverty and stuck in the endless grind of working in food, retail, and customer service. Typically their jobs are sources of pain and obstacles to overcome.
#HorrorWritersChat Q2.
Do you go with the whole, write what you know? Do you make it up as you go along?
Do your characters tell you their job? Does it come up? Is it even relevant to the story?
Do you go with the whole, write what you know? Do you make it up as you go along?
Do your characters tell you their job? Does it come up? Is it even relevant to the story?
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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It varies! In my book American Garbage the characters join a reality show from all walks of life, but most are in poverty and stuck in the endless grind of working in food, retail, and customer service. Typically their jobs are sources of pain and obstacles to overcome.
It varies! In my book American Garbage the characters join a reality show from all walks of life, but most are in poverty and stuck in the endless grind of working in food, retail, and customer service. Typically their jobs are sources of pain and obstacles to overcome.
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
I have muscular dysphonia. RFK is an evil fascist and he has it too. People mocking RFK's voice sends the message that they would also mock my voice if they had the opportunity. Making fun of someone's disability harms everyone with that disability. It's also just not funny. #disabled
June 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have muscular dysphonia. RFK is an evil fascist and he has it too. People mocking RFK's voice sends the message that they would also mock my voice if they had the opportunity. Making fun of someone's disability harms everyone with that disability. It's also just not funny. #disabled
#HorrorWritersChat
Hi everyone! My first book (querying) AMERICAN GARBAGE, is about a reality show that dissolves into chaos when the contestants competing for $10m discover even death doesn't stop the cameras from rolling. I work captioning phone calls for the deaf!
Hi everyone! My first book (querying) AMERICAN GARBAGE, is about a reality show that dissolves into chaos when the contestants competing for $10m discover even death doesn't stop the cameras from rolling. I work captioning phone calls for the deaf!
#HorrorWritersChat
Well hello hello and welcome to another Wednesday! I welcome you, horror writers, and all things dark.
I wanted to talk about what we sell our souls for today. When we don't write. Or maybe you earn your living writing. Tell me all!
Side hustles, raising hellions, it all counts.
Well hello hello and welcome to another Wednesday! I welcome you, horror writers, and all things dark.
I wanted to talk about what we sell our souls for today. When we don't write. Or maybe you earn your living writing. Tell me all!
Side hustles, raising hellions, it all counts.
June 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Hi everyone! My first book (querying) AMERICAN GARBAGE, is about a reality show that dissolves into chaos when the contestants competing for $10m discover even death doesn't stop the cameras from rolling. I work captioning phone calls for the deaf!
Hi everyone! My first book (querying) AMERICAN GARBAGE, is about a reality show that dissolves into chaos when the contestants competing for $10m discover even death doesn't stop the cameras from rolling. I work captioning phone calls for the deaf!
No, this opening scene I'm writing where a gay man on a train in Texas is attacked by a creature with a head like the sun in the medieval heliocentric model of the universe isn't a metaphor for ANYTHING! Why do you ask?
June 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No, this opening scene I'm writing where a gay man on a train in Texas is attacked by a creature with a head like the sun in the medieval heliocentric model of the universe isn't a metaphor for ANYTHING! Why do you ask?
This is the craziest time to be a horror writer because I'm like "okay, I'm going to stop thinking about all these real life fascist monsters and go think about the metaphor-for-fascism monsters that live in my head now."
June 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is the craziest time to be a horror writer because I'm like "okay, I'm going to stop thinking about all these real life fascist monsters and go think about the metaphor-for-fascism monsters that live in my head now."
Uh ohhhh she's writing a new horror novel about the gays!!! Book number two is underway!
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Uh ohhhh she's writing a new horror novel about the gays!!! Book number two is underway!
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The people standing up to those Nazi fucks in LA are heroes.
June 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The people standing up to those Nazi fucks in LA are heroes.
the state of the world + a whole bunch of stinkbugs somehow squeezing into my apartment was the perfect combo to bring me back to bluesky, apparently
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
the state of the world + a whole bunch of stinkbugs somehow squeezing into my apartment was the perfect combo to bring me back to bluesky, apparently
new professional photos 🌸🩷
March 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
new professional photos 🌸🩷
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I wrote about the importance of sad art and the current attempts to silence it. I also share some of my favorite sad stuff, like My Chemical Romance, Michael Haneke, and A Little Life. #writerwednesday #writing #booktok #mychemicalromance #ALittleLife
open.substack.com/pub/mckaylah...
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In Defense of Sorrow
The paradox of finding joy in misery.
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I wrote about the importance of sad art and the current attempts to silence it. I also share some of my favorite sad stuff, like My Chemical Romance, Michael Haneke, and A Little Life. #writerwednesday #writing #booktok #mychemicalromance #ALittleLife
open.substack.com/pub/mckaylah...
open.substack.com/pub/mckaylah...