Mo Moshaty is a writer, editor, producer, and lecturer working at the intersection of horror, culture, and trauma-informed analysis. As the founder and Editor-in-Chief of NightTide Magazine, Mo leads one of the most critically engaged, woman-of-colour–led horror publications working today.

Her work treats horror not as a trend, but as a cultural language; one shaped by history, power, identity, and lived experience. Across fiction, criticism, and scholarship, Mo’s focus remains on what horror reveals once the adrenaline fades: inheritance, grief, memory, embodiment, and the long afterlife of fear.

Selected Work & Milestones

In recent years, Mo’s work has appeared across major horror and academic spaces. Her debut novella, Love the Sinner (Brigid’s Gate Press), was awarded the Independent Press Award for Distinguished Favorite. Her fiction collection Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment was released with Tenebrous Press and continues to find a growing readership. She is also the author of The Annex of the Obscure: The Afterlife, the first volume in a five‑part nonfiction horror series forthcoming in 2026.

Mo has published essays and scholarship in outlets including FANGORIA, Dread Central, The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie, Darkest Margins, Toxic Nostalgia On Screen, Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty‑First Century, Latin American Short Stories, and many more. Her work spans film criticism, cultural analysis, and literary scholarship, with a particular focus on women’s trauma, intergenerational memory, and marginalised voices within horror.

Her creative work also includes poetry, audio commentary, and festival programming. She has recorded film commentaries for Vinegar Syndrome and written critical essays for Second Sight rereleases, introduced screenings at the British Film Institute, hosted patron events, lectured internationally, and served as faculty for StokerCon’s Horror University. In 2025, she was named one of the Top 3 Curators for Pitch to Park Circus x Cinema Rediscovered.

NightTide Magazine

Founded in 2022, NightTide Magazine has grown into a sophisticated horror journal with an academic undertone, publishing long‑form criticism, cultural writing, and research‑informed essays. Under Mo’s editorship, NightTide has hosted symposia, expanded recurring sections such as Ghosts of Yuletide, and supported over sixty-five contributors annually with intentional care toward representation.

The magazine’s work has been widely shared, taught, and cited, with multiple contributors included in industry‑recognized Recommended Reading lists. Beginning in 2026, NightTide will expand its commitment to its contributors by expanding its team.

Editorial Philosophy

Mo’s editorial approach is grounded in care, clarity, and boundaries. NightTide is not a personal platform or a space for moment‑driven commentary; it is a publication committed to sustained, thoughtful engagement with horror as a discipline. Emerging writers are welcome, but the work must meet the level of depth and intention the magazine is known for.

Across all of her projects, writing, editing, teaching, and programming, Mo is invested in the long view: building infrastructure for horror scholarship, supporting writers working at the margins, and creating space for rigorous, accessible engagement with the genre.

Small steps. Real labour. Long vision.

For more information about Mo’s books, lectures, and ongoing projects, visit momoshaty.com.

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