With American Horror Story: 1984 set to premiere this September, it now appears that one of the genre favourite’s mainstays won’t be returning for this ninth season of the show.

Courtesy of Variety, it’s being reported that Sarah Paulson will not be a part of AHS: 1984. Paulson, of course, is one of only two people to appear in every single season of American Horror Story to date. That other person? That’d be Evan Peters, who’s also not going to be involved in 1984.

The outlet does add that Paulson may possibly make a cameo appearance at some point in AHS: 1984, yet that is very much a maybe at this stage.

In terms of what we know about American Horror Story: 1984, the only real information on the new season is that Emma Roberts will star in it and that the latest AHS offering will be influenced by the slasher subgenre.

American Horror Story: 1984 will premiere on September 18th.