r/WritersOfHorror↗
For writers who enjoy writing horror.
This subreddit is for writers who enjoy and write primarily in the horror genre. We accept any submissions of horror writings and any links having to do with writing horror.
20k subscribers276 posts / mo in Sep 2026190 authors / mosince 2012
r/WritersOfHorror has 20k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 276 posts a month from 190 people. Top topics: Free Horror Stories, Poetry Submissions and Lovecraftian Horror.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Free Horror Stories3.6%
- Poetry Submissions3.6%
- Lovecraftian Horror2.5%
- Writing and Horror Stories2.4%
- Writing Contests0.8%
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- Wattpad
- DriveThruRPG
- Substack
- Royal Road
- Medium
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