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Laura ‘Infested’ Cathcart @cutfingers.bsky.social · 16h

Last announcement, and it’s a bloody good one! 🪱

Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 16h

🐁 Author announcement 🐀
Author announcement
Worm Hill
Morgan Blades

Eerie and folkloric, this is an uncomfortable read designed to make the reader uneasy.
This folk horror/crime thriller mashsup completes our 2026 lineup and we couldn't be happier.
Thanks all for the support #Booksky #horror

Image is the view from out of cave looking over countryside.
Author announcement
Worm Hill
Morgan Blades

Morgan Blades is an author living in the North East of England. They enjoy writing folklore, horror, fantasy, and the future.
Worm Hill is a modern day retelling of the North East "Lambton Worm" legend; it is a story about impurity and institutions.
Eerie and folkloric, this is an uncomfortable read designed to make the reader uneasy.
This folk horror/crime thriller mashsup completes our 2026 lineup and we couldn't be happier.
Thanks all for the support

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 16h

🐁 Author announcement 🐀
Author announcement
Worm Hill
Morgan Blades

Eerie and folkloric, this is an uncomfortable read designed to make the reader uneasy.
This folk horror/crime thriller mashsup completes our 2026 lineup and we couldn't be happier.
Thanks all for the support #Booksky #horror

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Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 1d

I've provided my 3 Favorite Reads of the year to Shepherd. The range for this is Oct. '24 to Sept. '25, so the list is slightly different than if it had been from Jan. to now.

shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

#booksky 🪐📚💙🩸📚⚡️
@coyhall.bsky.social @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social @adamhulse.bsky.social

Want to know Michael Shotter's Top 3 Books of 2025?

Michael's top 3 reads of 2025 include Colossus with a Poison Tongue and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!

shepherd.com

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 1d

You NEED this 🐀🖤🐁

Laura ‘Infested’ Cathcart @cutfingers.bsky.social · 1d

Sins of My Sisters by @jvgachs.bsky.social is released on 27th October, but in the meantime, you can get a copy of this amazing collection AND some cool af merch (which won’t be available after release!) 🔗 below!!

All funds are put back into @infestedpublishing.bsky.social 🖤

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO GOOD BOY BY @talkscaredpod.bsky.social

Order from our bookshop or your favourite retailer.

After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance.

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

You assume we're American? Weird...

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

Have a day off.

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

Image by @cutfingers.bsky.social #writingcommunity

$Poster features a fractured skull and a chain link border. Micro publisher of weird fiction aiming to amplify working class voices in the face of corruption. www.infestedpublishing.com$

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah we do! 🐀🖤🐁
#Booksky

Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 3d

Looking for a Halloween read? @infestedpublishing.bsky.social and I got you covered!

Never Leaving is a haunted house story about a family fighting back. Enjoy a tale of love and chainsaws! On Amazon and bookshop:

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Never Leaving

Check out Never Leaving - <i>"Never Leaving evokes VHS classics like The Amityville Horror, House by the Cemetery, and The Boogens-all with Alley's easygoing humor and wicked penchant for driving like...

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 3d

Get your bundle here and be as cool as Patrick 🐀🖤🐁
www.infestedpublishing.com

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much for ordering 🐁🖤🐀

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Adam Hulse @adamhulse.bsky.social · 4d

Need an affordable Halloween read? I'd love you to check out my spooky collection #Spookyseason #Booksky
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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 7d

You can buy two of these as a direct download from our website 🐁🖤🐀

Adam Hulse @adamhulse.bsky.social · 7d

Weekend reads for all 🥸
linktr.ee/adamhulseaut...
#Booksky #horror #spooky

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Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 11d

You asked for it! 🙂 From my recent reads:

Colossus with a Poison Tongue @coyhall.bsky.social

The Forgotten War @adamhulse.bsky.social

Death of a Clown @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social

Those We Left Behind @bapplegate.bsky.social

The Wide, Carnivorous Sky... @johnlangan.bsky.social

#booksky 🩸📚💙

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 11d

Limited edition merch!! 🐁🖤🐀

Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 15d

Check the comments to see what you get in this limited edition bundle. This @jvgachs.bsky.social collection releases October the 27th but you have a chance to grab it NOW! 🐁🖤🐀
www.infestedpublishing.com/product-page...

Sins of My Sisters Pre-order Bundle | INFESTED PUBLISHING

Enter the confessional with J.V Gach's horror collection, Sins of My Sisters. Fourteen visceral tales of love, loss, hauntings, and antifascist revolution. Haunting and unflinching, this collection p...

www.infestedpublishing.com

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Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · 14d

Build your #horror TBR with these #spookyseason new releases!

@geoffjones.bsky.social
@jvgachs.bsky.social
@dannythechurch.bsky.social
@markzdanielewski.bsky.social
@alnl.bsky.social
@jylglenn.bsky.social @badwinterbooks.bsky.social
@paperfury.bsky.social
@nicholas-c-sparks.bsky.social

Build your #horror TBR with these #spookyseason new releases!

Sins Of My Sisters - JV Gachs

They Come When You Sleep - Jack Finn

Beasts of Prey - Geoff Jones

Hazelthorn - CG Drews

The Sound of the Dark - Daniel Church

Tom’s Crossing - Mark Z. Danielewski

In The Mouth of Madness Hardcover – Sutter Cane

Remain - Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan

Witchkiller Kindle Edition - Ashlee Latimer

The Gate - Christian Francis

10pm - Amy Cross

As It Unfolds - Matthew Salinas & Daniel Nobles

When Shadows Burn - Todd Brown

The Writing on the Wall: A Horror Tribute to Iron Maiden

- Jyl Glenn & Joseph Murnane

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 15d

*Description*
A copy of the book (of course), bookmarks, badge, stickers, postcard, and rosary beads
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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 15d

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 15d

Check the comments to see what you get in this limited edition bundle. This @jvgachs.bsky.social collection releases October the 27th but you have a chance to grab it NOW! 🐁🖤🐀
www.infestedpublishing.com/product-page...

Sins of My Sisters Pre-order Bundle | INFESTED PUBLISHING

Enter the confessional with J.V Gach's horror collection, Sins of My Sisters. Fourteen visceral tales of love, loss, hauntings, and antifascist revolution. Haunting and unflinching, this collection p...

www.infestedpublishing.com

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Stephen Howard @stejhoward.bsky.social · 16d

So excited to have found an amazing home for An Invincible Summer. Can’t wait to work with Infested on this one! 🐀

Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 16d

🐀AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🐁
Excited to be bringing you a sci-fi novel by @stejhoward.bsky.social in 2026.
Stephen made it into both of our published anthologies so he is certainly a writer we believe in
🐀🖤🐁
#Booksky #sci-fi

Tile shows a Mars planet backdrop with an impossible forest on the horizon. Announcement for An Invincible Summer by Stephen Howard.

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 16d

Another awesome review for Never Leaving, out now from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social!

Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 16d

My latest read: "Never Leaving" by Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social - Looking for a new haunted house to settle into for spooky season? Give this one a try!

Goodreads
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9539...

#horror #bookreview #bookrec #booksky 🩸📚💙

An excerpt from Michael Shotter's Goodreads review of Elford Alley's book "Never Leaving"

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 16d

🐀AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🐁
Excited to be bringing you a sci-fi novel by @stejhoward.bsky.social in 2026.
Stephen made it into both of our published anthologies so he is certainly a writer we believe in
🐀🖤🐁
#Booksky #sci-fi

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 16d

We’ve already received some killer blurbs for this one, you’re gonna love it!

Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · Jun 23

The collaboration and subsequent release of Never Leaving by
@elfordalley.bsky.social has been positive throughout. Professionalism matters and that's why we didn't hesitate in getting another novella in contract. There's a strange cryptid mystery developing over in Wildcat Thicket 🐀🐾🐁

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 18d

Once they're gone, they're gone
#supportindy #booksky
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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 25d

🐁Preorder bundle is live!🐀
Join us in the confessional with @jvgachs.bsky.social 🙏
Act fast because this deal is limited to 20 bundles priced at £20 each. Hit up our website for the finer details and order yours before you miss out 🖤

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 21d

Thrilled to be bringing you folk terror in 2026.
The Mummers is going to creep you out 🐁🖤🐀
#Booksky #folkhorror

Author photo of Magda O'Toole announcing her 2026 release of Folk horror book, The Mummers. Likened to The Wicker Man and Blood on Satan's Claw.

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