C.J. Goldberg
@cjwriteshorror.bsky.social
Writer of horror and weird fiction, voracious reader, and stay-at-home dad. I like books, whiskey, and good food. Member of the HWA.
https://CJGoldberg.com
https://CJGoldberg.com
Making eggplant Parmesan. Very drunk. Life is goooood. 😁
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Making eggplant Parmesan. Very drunk. Life is goooood. 😁
My wife, who has described The Lost Boys as being too scary, has agreed to a Halloween horror movie.
What should we watch?
What should we watch?
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My wife, who has described The Lost Boys as being too scary, has agreed to a Halloween horror movie.
What should we watch?
What should we watch?
Happy Halloween! My story "Neighborhood Decorations" is out today in the Trembling with Fear Halloween Special. Check it out!
👻 The Trembling With Fear Halloween Special has arrived! 🎃
Sink your fangs into fresh dark tales and eerie delights from our annual celebration of the macabre.
🕯️ Read the full special → horrortree.com/a-trembling-...
#HorrorCommunity #HalloweenReads #AmReading
Sink your fangs into fresh dark tales and eerie delights from our annual celebration of the macabre.
🕯️ Read the full special → horrortree.com/a-trembling-...
#HorrorCommunity #HalloweenReads #AmReading
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Happy Halloween! My story "Neighborhood Decorations" is out today in the Trembling with Fear Halloween Special. Check it out!
Thinking about how small details illuminates character...
Almost every morning I have a Caffe Americano (Long Black) followed by a large cup of instant coffee with milk and sugar.
What the hell does that say about me as a character? Lol.
Almost every morning I have a Caffe Americano (Long Black) followed by a large cup of instant coffee with milk and sugar.
What the hell does that say about me as a character? Lol.
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thinking about how small details illuminates character...
Almost every morning I have a Caffe Americano (Long Black) followed by a large cup of instant coffee with milk and sugar.
What the hell does that say about me as a character? Lol.
Almost every morning I have a Caffe Americano (Long Black) followed by a large cup of instant coffee with milk and sugar.
What the hell does that say about me as a character? Lol.
@jrblanes.bsky.social's awesome debut novel is out today! Check it out! Please reskeet to share the news!
Happy #bookbirthday to Portraits of Decay by @jrblanes.bsky.social!
Dive into this Southern Gothic tale of toxic love, body horror, & revenge—buy wherever books are sold.
Order direct:
💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Free launch event tonight, 8 PM ET:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/PODLaunch
#BookSky #TBR
Dive into this Southern Gothic tale of toxic love, body horror, & revenge—buy wherever books are sold.
Order direct:
💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Free launch event tonight, 8 PM ET:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/PODLaunch
#BookSky #TBR
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@jrblanes.bsky.social's awesome debut novel is out today! Check it out! Please reskeet to share the news!
I worked at a poker dealer for 14 years. If anyone ever needs to make sure the poker game in their fiction rings true, feel free to reach out.
I also make sourdough and know how to distill alcohol...
What practical knowledge do you have that would help other writers?
I also make sourdough and know how to distill alcohol...
What practical knowledge do you have that would help other writers?
So handy knowing people with v practical expertise when writing fiction
Consulted lately:
* My brother, who knows rats
* My mom, a physio, who can guess at how swordfighting might leave a blacksmith sore
* My husband, ye olde HEMA and martial arts enthusiast, fight choreographer extraordinaire
Consulted lately:
* My brother, who knows rats
* My mom, a physio, who can guess at how swordfighting might leave a blacksmith sore
* My husband, ye olde HEMA and martial arts enthusiast, fight choreographer extraordinaire
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I worked at a poker dealer for 14 years. If anyone ever needs to make sure the poker game in their fiction rings true, feel free to reach out.
I also make sourdough and know how to distill alcohol...
What practical knowledge do you have that would help other writers?
I also make sourdough and know how to distill alcohol...
What practical knowledge do you have that would help other writers?
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Newsletter drop! @bryanpedersen.bsky.social's been telling me to get this done for ages. It still took a month. Herein we've got Hollow Knight, Silksong, Dark Souls, Yahweh, and America mashed up together in an unholy bundle of post-imperial #horror fantasy, plus a few choice words for fascists.
Hollow Knight, Dark Souls, and the Catharsis of Post-Empire Fantasy
Because when you inhabit a crumbling empire, I guess all you want to do is stomp around one that's already crumbled.
buttondown.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Newsletter drop! @bryanpedersen.bsky.social's been telling me to get this done for ages. It still took a month. Herein we've got Hollow Knight, Silksong, Dark Souls, Yahweh, and America mashed up together in an unholy bundle of post-imperial #horror fantasy, plus a few choice words for fascists.
I took some time off submitting short stories—had a rough go with life shit there for awhile and couldn't handle rejections on top of it. But now I'm back to the grind.
*Nails spike into wall*
I'm ready.
*Nails spike into wall*
I'm ready.
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I took some time off submitting short stories—had a rough go with life shit there for awhile and couldn't handle rejections on top of it. But now I'm back to the grind.
*Nails spike into wall*
I'm ready.
*Nails spike into wall*
I'm ready.
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At a bookstore in France that is featuring my books
If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money
But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙
If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money
But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At a bookstore in France that is featuring my books
If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money
But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙
If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money
But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙
Happy Halloween Month! Hope it's filled with the good kind of scary and not the current shitty kind. 🎃🦇👻💀
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Happy Halloween Month! Hope it's filled with the good kind of scary and not the current shitty kind. 🎃🦇👻💀
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Tonight on Fermented Fiction we debate one of the most 90s-ass trilogies of all time. You've got katanas, sexy vampires, one-man armies taking on corrupt corporate entities bent on ressurecting old gods... what else could you need?
How about an appearance from Brian McAuley?
Link in the commments
How about an appearance from Brian McAuley?
Link in the commments
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tonight on Fermented Fiction we debate one of the most 90s-ass trilogies of all time. You've got katanas, sexy vampires, one-man armies taking on corrupt corporate entities bent on ressurecting old gods... what else could you need?
How about an appearance from Brian McAuley?
Link in the commments
How about an appearance from Brian McAuley?
Link in the commments
I'm stupid excited for my friend JR's debut novel. We've been part of a small critique group for several years, and I've seen first hand the passion, talent, and hard work he put into making this book a reality. Portraits of Decay is awesome and deserves to be read! Please pre-order and share!
We're ONE MONTH out (10.21.25) from #PortraitsofDecay by debut horror novelist @jrblanes.bsky.social!
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong & the Southern Gothic, in obsession & thirst for control, Portraits of Decay asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
Now: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong & the Southern Gothic, in obsession & thirst for control, Portraits of Decay asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
Now: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I'm stupid excited for my friend JR's debut novel. We've been part of a small critique group for several years, and I've seen first hand the passion, talent, and hard work he put into making this book a reality. Portraits of Decay is awesome and deserves to be read! Please pre-order and share!
The ones that go in are lean and thin.
The ones that come out are fat and stout.
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out.
Your brains come tumbling down your snout.
They eat your eyes and they eat your nose.
They eat the jelly between your toes...
The ones that come out are fat and stout.
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out.
Your brains come tumbling down your snout.
They eat your eyes and they eat your nose.
They eat the jelly between your toes...
The rejections come in…The submissions go out…The rejections come in…The submissions go out…The rejections come in…The submissions go out…occasionally you get a really nice rejection that makes you smile…and The rejections come in…The submissions go out…The rejections come in…The submissions go out…
September 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The ones that go in are lean and thin.
The ones that come out are fat and stout.
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out.
Your brains come tumbling down your snout.
They eat your eyes and they eat your nose.
They eat the jelly between your toes...
The ones that come out are fat and stout.
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out.
Your brains come tumbling down your snout.
They eat your eyes and they eat your nose.
They eat the jelly between your toes...
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Uhhhh, just heard that Coffin Moon is already being reprinted. One day after pub. THANK YOU ALL, holy shit.
bookshop.org/p/books/coff...
bookshop.org/p/books/coff...
Coffin Moon: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Uhhhh, just heard that Coffin Moon is already being reprinted. One day after pub. THANK YOU ALL, holy shit.
bookshop.org/p/books/coff...
bookshop.org/p/books/coff...
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Happy birthday to our author @jrblanes.bsky.social!
Why not give him the gift of pre-ordering his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay?
links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong and the Southern Gothic, this book asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
#BookSky
Why not give him the gift of pre-ordering his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay?
links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong and the Southern Gothic, this book asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
#BookSky
September 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Happy birthday to our author @jrblanes.bsky.social!
Why not give him the gift of pre-ordering his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay?
links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong and the Southern Gothic, this book asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
#BookSky
Why not give him the gift of pre-ordering his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay?
links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
Painted in occult rituals gone wrong and the Southern Gothic, this book asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?
#BookSky
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I think y’all are gonna just LOVE Tommy the Leg. He ain’t no witch, but things might’ve turned out better for everyone if he had been…
The new issue should be arriving any day now! Check out the full table of contents below!
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I think y’all are gonna just LOVE Tommy the Leg. He ain’t no witch, but things might’ve turned out better for everyone if he had been…
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Unpacking... This box makes me happy.
August 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Unpacking... This box makes me happy.
Can't wait to see what you do with a novel. Loved Greener Pastures and The Inconsolables.
August 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Can't wait to see what you do with a novel. Loved Greener Pastures and The Inconsolables.
I'd love a "Warning: Trigger Warnings on next page" so I could skip them.
I understand why they exist, but I don't want to know if the dog dies because either way it kills the tension for me.
I understand why they exist, but I don't want to know if the dog dies because either way it kills the tension for me.
Musing question: Do dark-fiction fans still need/want trigger warnings?
Is this a case of "no, because 'dark' makes triggers a given" or "yes, because different people have different triggers"?
Guessing the latter, even though I love dark fiction and don't need/want them. Right?
Is this a case of "no, because 'dark' makes triggers a given" or "yes, because different people have different triggers"?
Guessing the latter, even though I love dark fiction and don't need/want them. Right?
August 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'd love a "Warning: Trigger Warnings on next page" so I could skip them.
I understand why they exist, but I don't want to know if the dog dies because either way it kills the tension for me.
I understand why they exist, but I don't want to know if the dog dies because either way it kills the tension for me.
Share some of the best eyes in movies
August 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Share some of the best eyes in movies
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LAIRD BARRON kidney: I just got off the phone with Jessica. If you are interested in donating a kidney to Laird and want to see if you qualify, the quest begins at this link: nkr.donorscreen.org/register/now
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
LAIRD BARRON kidney: I just got off the phone with Jessica. If you are interested in donating a kidney to Laird and want to see if you qualify, the quest begins at this link: nkr.donorscreen.org/register/now
New office space in my new house. Same old writing buddy 😁
August 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New office space in my new house. Same old writing buddy 😁
This move has been rough. Can't wait to be settled and back to writing.
August 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This move has been rough. Can't wait to be settled and back to writing.
All these posts in my feed today...
a woman is standing in front of a sign that says the paul restaurant
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a sign that says the paul restaurant
media.tenor.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
All these posts in my feed today...