Victoria Nations
@victorianations
Florida horror writer & biologist. Gothic horror & monsters with emotional baggage. 📚🩸📚🏳️🌈 💙@Mdnight_Society & #Netherworld 4ever. HWA/SFPA/SFWA. She/her.
Morning coffee and a poetry first for me: one of my poems on the radio. ♥️
Packing for my first Necronomicon Providence! Thank the eldritch and the unknowable for space bags. #necronomiconprovidence
Early voting day! Fabulous to see folks showing up, despite the thunderstorms.
Summer specimen sorting at the day job. I love it when I have time to play with the cool stuff in the back. 🦈 Portal alligator snapping turtle by @vsteiner.bsky.social.
Pages Against the Patriarchy is starting soon! Pages Against the Patriarchy is a live-streamed virtual event celebrating the bold, brilliant voices of women who use the written word as a tool for resistance and expression. YouTube livestream link: www.youtube.com/live/yAgZjQ9...
Happy Pride, St. Augustine! Snaps for House of Prism for putting on an incredible parade and Pride Fest and for making everyone feel safe, despite the bigots. #pride
I'm holding Pulse in my heart today, but I'm also holding all of the LGBTQ+ youth and other vulnerable folks navigating our current perilous landscape. #pulseremembranceday. Pride is protest. Pride is remembrance. Pride is a celebration and a fight.
That morning, my wife and I laid in bed, checking on folks who may have been there, checking SM for where to donate blood and who was in need of help. Such grief and fear, just a year after our marriage was legally recognized in the United States.
On June 12, 2016, a shooter killed 49 and injured 53 in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL. They were targeted because they were LGBTQ+ and Latinx. My hometown responded with love, grief, & a commitment to #honorthemwithaction.
I won big at the Diversity Grant Raffle! Breathtaking zombie by @greg Chapman and FUTILITY by Nuzo Onoh. Not pictured, hand blood splattered book@arks from UPitt students. #stokercon
I have goblin trinkets to share, too! Choices include glow in the dark, practical anatomy, or unsettling invertebrate. #StokerCon
Thank you to all the HWA volunteers who have worked endlessly to bring about StokerCon 2026. After a night hugging, chatting, cheering, planning, and reveling in my badass horror friends, I'm so grateful for your efforts. #StokerCon
Pittsburgh, your buildings always take my breath away. #StokerCon
Almost time for horror prom! Making sure my blacks match for #StokerCon. 🩸📚
Mystery House from Sierra, played on an Apple II. Forever in my heart.
When poison ivy is so pretty in the sunshine, you have to take her photo.
Discovering an AI-generated interview of myself on a website I didn't interview with is a new one. Cat tax because I'm not linking to it.
It's the first day of #nationalpoetrymonth! At least one of us is up early writing.
Celebrating #womeninhorrormonth at the SJR State library, where ITCH by @manylittlewords.bsky.social and DARK SISTERS by Kristi DeMeester just hit the shelves! The librarians at my college are fantastic, and they listened when I gushed about these dark, gutting, and deliciously satisfying novels.
When my horror and insect loves collide. The wild card matchup of #2026MMM is brilliant!
Got my #2026MMM bracket done! I love my invertebrates (and a plant!), but I always end up Team Mustelid. Check out March Mammal Madness to make your own bracket @mmmletsgo.bsky.social
Just finished EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU, a tradwife murder mystery, and watching How To Get To Heaven From Belfast. Both fun romps with insidious little secrets.
Sunday morning on the porch with poetry and an audiobook, while the cats watch bird TV.