Top 30 Dark Fiction Influencers in 2026

1. Sadie Hartmann

Bio Bram Stoker Awards® winning author | co-owner of @night_worms | Horror Fiction Enthusiast *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mother.horror Instagram Followers 139.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 375 Dark Fiction Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Stephen Graham Jones

Bio Author account run by Saga Press with SGJ’s approval!
Follow @sagapressbooks ! Profile pic curtesy of Billy J. Stratton *****@colorado.edu Instagram Handle @stephengrahamjones Instagram Followers 27.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Grady Hendrix

Bio Writes too many books, owns too many paperbacks. *****@gradyhendrix.com Instagram Handle @gradyhendrix Instagram Followers 64.1K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Josh Malerman

Bio BIRD BOX, INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE
🎨 PICTURES OF YOU 🎨 🖼️ coming Sept 8!
OTHER MOMMY movie coming Oct 9!
songs w @OwenMarkb @thehighstrung *****@nelsonagency.com Instagram Handle @joshmalerman Instagram Followers 19.3K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Cynthia Pelayo

Bio Bram Stoker Award–winning author
MFA & PhD(c) English | SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME @atriabooks @primerosuenopress 9/29
AuDHD | Disability rights | 🇵🇷 Instagram Handle @cynthiapelayoauthor Instagram Followers 17.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Eric LaRocca

Bio Bram Stoker Award® finalist, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @eric_larocca Instagram Followers 12.4K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Hailey Piper

Bio Make horror gay AF 🌈 Bram Stoker Award winner
OUT NOW: This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want (Titan)
Oct 27: She Isn't Herself Tonight (Saga) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @haileypiperfights Instagram Followers 7.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Clay McLeod Chapman

Bio Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade. Film & podcasts. Upcoming: MR. LONELYHEARTS (Tor Nightfire 3/23/27). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @claymcleod Instagram Followers 12.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Violet Castro

Bio 2x Bram Stoker Award nom author
Chicana
Rebel Moon
Aliens:Vasquez
Immortal Pleasures
The Haunting of A
Goddess of Filth
Rep @jessica__berg *****@vcastrostories.com Instagram Handle @vlatinalondon Instagram Followers 6.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Ronald Malfi

Bio Author and musician. *****@ronmalfi.com Instagram Handle @ronaldmalfi Instagram Followers 4.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Gabino Iglesias

Bio Writer/Escritor. Journalist. Avid reader. Reviewer. Photographer. Columnist. Editor. Traveler. Music junkie. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gabino_iglesias Instagram Followers 8.8K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Keri Lake

Bio Writer of all things dark and gothic 🖤💀 Daydreamer.
#authorsofinstagram: Books linked below 🖤
Repped by Kimberly Brower - Park, Fine & Brower *****@kerilake.com Instagram Handle @kerilake Instagram Followers 114.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Jonathan Janz

Bio Author of MARLA, VEIL, "Lenora" (END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND). Film & TV: Adam Kolbrenner. Lit: Lane Heymont *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jonathan.janz Instagram Followers 4.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. EV Knight

Bio Bram Stoker Award-winning author of empowering dark fiction such as The Fourth Whore & Three Days in the Pink Tower & many more. HWA Member. Instagram Handle @ev_knight_author Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Marie McWilliams

Bio Northern Irish Horror Author, book nerd, content creator& basic goth girl. *****@outlook.com Instagram Handle @bookishmarie Instagram Followers 21.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. K.L. Taylor-Lane

Bio International Best Selling Dark Romance Author.
Dark Poetic Depravity.
🚫Absolutely no AI used ever🚫
Content/Trigger Warnings in Highlights ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kltaylorlane_author Instagram Followers 6.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Beverley Lee

Bio Character-driven. Atmospheric creeping dread & broken boys a speciality
Breaking your heart with horror since 2016
Editing Strange Hungers
🏳️‍🌈
🚫 AI *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @theconstantvoice Instagram Followers 4.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Justin Boote

Bio Reader and fulltime author of horror and dark fiction. Author of extreme fiction under J. Boote. Instagram Handle @justinboote Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +22% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Tony Evans

Bio HWA Member
Horror Writer and Crafter of Dark Fiction
Author of “Better You Believe” and “Sour”, both available now on Amazon. Instagram Handle @tonyevanshorror Instagram Followers 2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Adara Wolf

Bio I'm an author of dark, toxic, and twisted M/M fiction. The darker, the better! 🤤 Check out the link for some goodies. Instagram Handle @adarawolf Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Brennan LaFaro

Bio Author of horror/dark fiction. Slattery Falls Trilogy, Buzzard’s Edge Saga, Illusions of Isolation.
(@)brennanlafaro on twitter. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @brennanlafaro Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Rebecca Rowland

Bio Bram Stoker & Shirley Jackson Award finalist, GenX 🏳️‍🌈, Active member of HWA/ITW, quiet badass. Rep'd by CW Literary. My cat @mia_zacata will bite. *****@rowlandbooks.com Instagram Handle @rebecca_rowland_books Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Ava Morgyn

Bio 🍄USA Today Bestselling author of ONLY SPELL DEEP, THE BANE WITCH, THE WITCHES OF BONE HILL
📕 MAGIC FOR CROSSWISE WITCHES coming 3-16 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @avamorgyn Instagram Followers 32.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Kenneth W. Cain

Bio Horror/dark fiction author/award-nominated freelance editor/Publisher & EIC Crystal Lake: Torrid Waters. HWA/SFWA. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kennethwcain Instagram Followers 1.4K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Ruthann Jagge

Bio Speculative, gothic, fantasy fiction author. The porches of my 100 year old Texas farmhouse are haint-blue. There are stories here. Instagram Handle @ruthannjaggeauthor Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Acacia Irving

Bio Dark fiction, Plus Size, Booktuber, Beauty advisor *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @chaotic_little_book_corner Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Ember Michaels

Instagram Handle @embermichaels Instagram Followers 1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact