JL | Blackness/Horror/Writing
@jl-writes.bsky.social
Black history, horror & cats 🐈⬛
Queer as in F you 💕
Haunted brain & body 👻
Free Palestine, Free Sudan ✊🏽
New Orleans for life ⚜️
Queer as in F you 💕
Haunted brain & body 👻
Free Palestine, Free Sudan ✊🏽
New Orleans for life ⚜️
A short story I wrote got published today!!! I’d love for y’all to read it if you’re in the mood for something scary (tw, though, for anti-Black racism). And shouout to Harriet’s House Magazine for giving me a shot and being amazing to work with 🖤
#BlackWriters #BlackHorror #HorrorSky #HorrorWriters
#BlackWriters #BlackHorror #HorrorSky #HorrorWriters
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The House on Milton Road By Chidera Udochukwu-Nduka It was 9 p.m. Our parents were not back yet. Father had called around five to say his marketing presentation had taken more time than expected. Moth...
harrietshousemag.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 PM
A short story I wrote got published today!!! I’d love for y’all to read it if you’re in the mood for something scary (tw, though, for anti-Black racism). And shouout to Harriet’s House Magazine for giving me a shot and being amazing to work with 🖤
#BlackWriters #BlackHorror #HorrorSky #HorrorWriters
#BlackWriters #BlackHorror #HorrorSky #HorrorWriters
“The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.”
#MassIncarceration #PrisonAbolition
#MassIncarceration #PrisonAbolition
They Collaborated on an Oscar-Nominated Film — Then Got Thrown Into Solitary
The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.
theappeal.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
“The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.”
#MassIncarceration #PrisonAbolition
#MassIncarceration #PrisonAbolition
All my homies hate c0ps/🧊, AI & J K Rowling 💅🏽 #BlackWriters
a black cat holding a nail file in its paws
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media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
All my homies hate c0ps/🧊, AI & J K Rowling 💅🏽 #BlackWriters
Real horror lovers know that the genre is historically political and subversive. Real horror lovers protect their communities and neighbors. Real horror lovers hate fascism. #ICE #BlackHorror #HorrorSky
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media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Real horror lovers know that the genre is historically political and subversive. Real horror lovers protect their communities and neighbors. Real horror lovers hate fascism. #ICE #BlackHorror #HorrorSky
“Before this year, no movie had ever gotten more than 14 Oscar nominations. Three films — All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land — shared the top spot. This year, Ryan Coogler's brilliant vampire story Sinners bested that by two, landing 16 nominations.”
I LOVE US 🖤🖤🖤🖤
#Sinners #BlackHorror #Horror
I LOVE US 🖤🖤🖤🖤
#Sinners #BlackHorror #Horror
5 takeaways from the 2026 Oscar nominations, where 'Sinners' made history
Sinners landed a record number of nods, while Avatar: Fire and Ash and Wicked: For Good fell short of their franchise predecessors.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“Before this year, no movie had ever gotten more than 14 Oscar nominations. Three films — All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land — shared the top spot. This year, Ryan Coogler's brilliant vampire story Sinners bested that by two, landing 16 nominations.”
I LOVE US 🖤🖤🖤🖤
#Sinners #BlackHorror #Horror
I LOVE US 🖤🖤🖤🖤
#Sinners #BlackHorror #Horror
#NewOrleans - Below Sea Level Aid is preparing for the serious winter weather we’re facing this weekend! South Louisiana’s infrastructure and our people are NOT equipped for this kind of cold. Please donate here if possible and share wherever you can! 🖤💛
#MutualAid #Community
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#MutualAid #Community
givebutter.com/8j7j29
Freeze Relief Fund: Keeping Our Unhoused Neighbors Warm
By Below Sea Level Aid
givebutter.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
#NewOrleans - Below Sea Level Aid is preparing for the serious winter weather we’re facing this weekend! South Louisiana’s infrastructure and our people are NOT equipped for this kind of cold. Please donate here if possible and share wherever you can! 🖤💛
#MutualAid #Community
givebutter.com/8j7j29
#MutualAid #Community
givebutter.com/8j7j29
Taking my first stab at #CreativeNonfiction for a writing contest I found out about 3 days ago 😅 I usually write horror fiction 🔪
Wish me luck?
#WriterLife #BlackWriters
Wish me luck?
#WriterLife #BlackWriters
a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter
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media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Taking my first stab at #CreativeNonfiction for a writing contest I found out about 3 days ago 😅 I usually write horror fiction 🔪
Wish me luck?
#WriterLife #BlackWriters
Wish me luck?
#WriterLife #BlackWriters
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It’s fine if Sinners wasn’t your bag for reasons….but I’m not letting you chitterling eating bitches get away with saying “it’s filler”, “it’s just from Dusk Till Dawn” “it’s overhyped, yall are acting like it’s The Godfather”
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
It’s fine if Sinners wasn’t your bag for reasons….but I’m not letting you chitterling eating bitches get away with saying “it’s filler”, “it’s just from Dusk Till Dawn” “it’s overhyped, yall are acting like it’s The Godfather”
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you’re as disgusted as I am by that Charleston-yt-woman-doll foolishness, learning *real Black history* from Whitney Plantation in Louisiana might settle your stomach!
whitneyplantation.org
(Photo: tea_with_ladii on TT) #BlackHistory #Louisiana #TheMoreYouKnow
whitneyplantation.org
(Photo: tea_with_ladii on TT) #BlackHistory #Louisiana #TheMoreYouKnow
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you’re as disgusted as I am by that Charleston-yt-woman-doll foolishness, learning *real Black history* from Whitney Plantation in Louisiana might settle your stomach!
whitneyplantation.org
(Photo: tea_with_ladii on TT) #BlackHistory #Louisiana #TheMoreYouKnow
whitneyplantation.org
(Photo: tea_with_ladii on TT) #BlackHistory #Louisiana #TheMoreYouKnow
Check out this fantastic #zine! It gave me some great context & language for discussing how the genre has failed/harmed disabled people. There’s also a rubric/scorecard for assessing disability representation in horror media 🙌🏽 #HorrorMovies #DisabilityJustice
libcom.org/article/horr...
libcom.org/article/horr...
Horror & Disability
The horror genre has long grappled with its portrayal of disability, often reflecting the societal prejudices of its time. Emerging alongside early cinema, many early horror works were influenced by e...
libcom.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Check out this fantastic #zine! It gave me some great context & language for discussing how the genre has failed/harmed disabled people. There’s also a rubric/scorecard for assessing disability representation in horror media 🙌🏽 #HorrorMovies #DisabilityJustice
libcom.org/article/horr...
libcom.org/article/horr...
I’ve never seen a #Terrifier film BECAUSE people have been saying since 2018 that the violence against women in those films is gratuitous and unnecessary. And now I definitely never will. Watching “Sinners” for the 5th or 6th time instead 🧛🏽 #BlackHorror #HorrorMovies
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/i...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/i...
Inside the Terrifier allegations and lawsuit as lead star sues horror franchise
The hit horror franchise has broken records worldwide.
metro.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’ve never seen a #Terrifier film BECAUSE people have been saying since 2018 that the violence against women in those films is gratuitous and unnecessary. And now I definitely never will. Watching “Sinners” for the 5th or 6th time instead 🧛🏽 #BlackHorror #HorrorMovies
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/i...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/i...
I’m not ready to let Halloween go, so here’s a shoutout to the Black musicians in “Little Shop of Horrors”! Not a traditional Halloween movie, BUT a great horror-comedy with amazing Black talent: Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, AND Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops. #BlackHorror #Motown
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m not ready to let Halloween go, so here’s a shoutout to the Black musicians in “Little Shop of Horrors”! Not a traditional Halloween movie, BUT a great horror-comedy with amazing Black talent: Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, Tisha Campbell, AND Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops. #BlackHorror #Motown
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Whether you like his movies or not I don’t think you don’t need to go out of your way to mispronounce or misspell M. Night Shyamalan’s name
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Whether you like his movies or not I don’t think you don’t need to go out of your way to mispronounce or misspell M. Night Shyamalan’s name
This is the most Louisiana front page I’ve seen in a minute 🤦🏽♀️ #Louisiana #NewOrleans
August 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is the most Louisiana front page I’ve seen in a minute 🤦🏽♀️ #Louisiana #NewOrleans
Taking #hurricaneseason one day at a time with nothing but anxiety meds and a prayer 😮💨
#NewOrleans #MentallyThrill
#NewOrleans #MentallyThrill
July 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Taking #hurricaneseason one day at a time with nothing but anxiety meds and a prayer 😮💨
#NewOrleans #MentallyThrill
#NewOrleans #MentallyThrill
Using my free will to write Black, queer, southern horror stories and LOVING it 💅🏽 This is the first draft of my first attempt at a longer project - wish me luck? 👻 🔪 #HorrorSky #WriterSky #BlackWriters #QueerWriters
July 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Using my free will to write Black, queer, southern horror stories and LOVING it 💅🏽 This is the first draft of my first attempt at a longer project - wish me luck? 👻 🔪 #HorrorSky #WriterSky #BlackWriters #QueerWriters
This is how to kidnap me. If anybody was wondering. It’s HOT, y’all! #NewOrleans #ClimateChange
June 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is how to kidnap me. If anybody was wondering. It’s HOT, y’all! #NewOrleans #ClimateChange
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I haven’t forgotten about the use of the n word in Shaun of the Dead🌚
It’s why I don’t mention it.
Petty I know 🌚
It’s why I don’t mention it.
Petty I know 🌚
June 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I haven’t forgotten about the use of the n word in Shaun of the Dead🌚
It’s why I don’t mention it.
Petty I know 🌚
It’s why I don’t mention it.
Petty I know 🌚
Being #psychic and also having dyscalculia means I’ll get all the lotto numbers but they will be in the wrong order #BlackHorror #BlackSky #Spirituality
a woman says i 'm kind of psychic and i have a fifth sense
ALT: a woman says i 'm kind of psychic and i have a fifth sense
media.tenor.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Being #psychic and also having dyscalculia means I’ll get all the lotto numbers but they will be in the wrong order #BlackHorror #BlackSky #Spirituality
“I asked #chatGPT”
Okay well my dad’s ghost lives in this locket & he said you have a brain for a reason & you should use that instead. He never had a cell phone or learned to use a computer. He is AI’s final boss. Don’t make me let him out. #AI #BlackSky #WriterSky
Okay well my dad’s ghost lives in this locket & he said you have a brain for a reason & you should use that instead. He never had a cell phone or learned to use a computer. He is AI’s final boss. Don’t make me let him out. #AI #BlackSky #WriterSky
June 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“I asked #chatGPT”
Okay well my dad’s ghost lives in this locket & he said you have a brain for a reason & you should use that instead. He never had a cell phone or learned to use a computer. He is AI’s final boss. Don’t make me let him out. #AI #BlackSky #WriterSky
Okay well my dad’s ghost lives in this locket & he said you have a brain for a reason & you should use that instead. He never had a cell phone or learned to use a computer. He is AI’s final boss. Don’t make me let him out. #AI #BlackSky #WriterSky
Apparently, I now get thunderstorm-induced migraines 🫠 I HAVE LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS FOR LIKE 90% OF MY LIFE. WHY IS THIS STARTING NOW?!? This feels anti-Black. JFC 🤦🏽♀️ #ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #NewOrleans
June 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Apparently, I now get thunderstorm-induced migraines 🫠 I HAVE LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS FOR LIKE 90% OF MY LIFE. WHY IS THIS STARTING NOW?!? This feels anti-Black. JFC 🤦🏽♀️ #ChronicIllness #Fibromyalgia #NewOrleans
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My newest horror collection, Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment, releases in October with @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, but you can snag an ARC at the upcoming @stokercon_official next month! Happy to connect with ARC readers and those whose fancy is any of the topics discussed here. 💋
May 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My newest horror collection, Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment, releases in October with @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, but you can snag an ARC at the upcoming @stokercon_official next month! Happy to connect with ARC readers and those whose fancy is any of the topics discussed here. 💋