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🐣 Migi ➡️ book announcements soon @tdcloud.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's a great day for some award winning erotic gothic horror, don't you? bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

🐣 Migi ➡️ book announcements soon @tdcloud.bsky.social · 29d

Your Next Gothic Read And Why It Should Be OSSUARY:

🩸 Survival Horror Made Horny
💀 QIA's Best Novella of 2023
🩸 As Above, So Below x The Descent
💀 Magic vs The Supernatural
🩸 Gothic with a capital "G"
💀 The sickest cover you've ever seen

🩸 tdcloudofficial.com/books

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Douglas Lumsden @douglaslumsden.bsky.social · 22h

Check out the complete Alexander Southerland, P.I. urban fantasy series.

"Imagine a world where detectives dodge troll punches, witches curse over whiskey, and demons lurk in Yerba City's neon glow" -- Mark Atley, author of the Tulsa Underworld series

amazon.com/dp/B08G59X63...

Alexander Southerland, P.I.

Visit Amazon's Alexander Southerland, P.I. Page and shop for all Alexander Southerland, P.I. books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Alexander Southerland, P.I.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 21h

Hey #FridayReads
Please check out the works of Rebecca Crunden aka @bookspotlight.bsky.social

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Thanks Gabino!!

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks Gabino!
A wildlife biologist does a psychedelic trip to touch the fabric of the universe but unknowingly brings a piece back with him. Can he find it in the wilds of Colorado, or will it find him first?
@bookpeople.bsky.social
a.co/d/je6u50P

A black-and-white photo of an elk, stirring directly ahead. The cover of Kurt Phillips’s debut novel, the hand of the archer.

A road sign with a Stick Figure person and a stick figure elk that reads caution, aggressive elk

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Gabino!

I'm now 10 days into my effort to write a new essay on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN every day in October. Everyone can check it out over on my newsletter!

matthewjacksonwrites.com/tag/tracing-...

Tracing The Shape - Matthew Jackson and The Scares That Shaped Us

matthewjacksonwrites.com

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!
My collection is up for pre-order! Out on Halloweenie!

mybook.to/AllsWell

All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

mybook.to

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Friday, Gabino and everyone!

I don't know about you, but by us the weather is finally getting that crisp autumn feel.

Whatever your weather, one of my novels will probably be the perfect pairing.
linktr.ee/authorlevai

My two novellas against a starry background: THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH: A VAMPIRE OPERA IN VERSE, and THE GLASS GARDEN. The first has batwings, fangs, and a book on the cover. The other has white letters on a kaleidoscope image.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks, Gabino. My quiet folk horror, Harrowfield came out recently. #FridayReads

The pagan v the occult compete for newcomer to Harrowfield, Derwenna Parry, in the isolated borderline between Wales and England.

mybook.to/Harrowfield

Full cover for Harrow field novel. Lower half a dark green, almost black, field, with a slushy green sky above. Front cover has a solitary tree sheltering two standing stones. Back cover shows a standing stones and two ravens flying above.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 1d

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 1d

is my debut selling well? I’m told it’s steady. obvious joke aside, I’m thrilled to see the ratings and review numbers this far on Goodreads. “..stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed…” -GRR / WTDCD is the spooky season book you didn’t know you needed. Thx @gabino.bsky.social

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Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Gabino ❤️
My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, is out in one month. If dark English forests, black birds, old rituals, and haunted boys make your autumn heart beat faster, preorder today!
mybook.to/woundedbirds

Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark misty background with red fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee.

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Amy "Gory" Grech @amygrech.bsky.social · 1d

www.amazon.com/Shadow-Your-...

A Shadow of Your Former Self

A Shadow of Your Former Self [Grech, Amy, Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Shadow of Your Former Self

www.amazon.com

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Josh Hanson @doomglossary.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Gabino.

I'd love everyone to consider preordering my novel, Caliope Street. I think this is the best work I've ever done, and I can't wait to get it into people's hands.
A hallucinatory ahunted house/portal fantasy freakout. www.moonstruck-books.com/shop/p/calli...

Calliope Street by Josh Hanson — Moonstruck Books

A new psychedelic horror novel by author Josh Hanson

www.moonstruck-books.com

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 1d

Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!

Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq

Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks, Gabino!!
My second novel, Pyres, dropped last Friday, and people are loving it so far. So, I'd be so happy for its brand of burning rage to find its way into more hands.
books2read.com/pyresnovel

It also got this crazily wonderful blurb from Lee Murray🔥🔥🔥

Ebook and paperback copies of Pyres with a blurb from award-winning author Lee Murray and a burning match in the background

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 1d

Thank you, Gabino!
In the House of In Between is NOW (finally!) available in ebook format as well as paperback wherever you like to buy books!
Except Amazon.
They suck. Bookshop.org supports local and indie bookstores, even with ebooks!

#FridayReads

In the House of In Between

Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...

bookshop.org

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #FridayReads time! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect read for Latine Heritage Month AND spooky season! Monsters from the deep, dark magic, revenge, friendship, a bloodthirsty spirit, and 45% off! Get some.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 23h

Getting things accurate is fun for me. I WANT my reader to wonder if this thing is real. Setting fiction solidly in some fact—I think—makes it more fun for both writer and reader. The writer gets to play with history while also (potentially) urging a reader down a fun rabbit hole alongside the text.

(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 1d

me spending 2-3 years essential getting a PhD in the transition between imperial and communist Russia for a dark fantasy fuck book and here people are giving 5 stars, BEST BOOK EVER, to things that cannot do basic due diligence

(V)Ladz The Impaler @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 3d

If you're writing historical fiction, I think you should be able to answer basic geography questions about the place where the story takes place

Things like "is this city landlocked" 💀

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♿️ Eva V Roslin (They/She) 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 2d

Hi everyone! I've been accepted to the once-in-a-lifetime writing workshop Under the Volcano, in January, in Mexico! I'm raising funds to help cover tuition, lodging, and airfare. If you are able to donate or boost the signal, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/53fw2-help...

Donate to Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!, organized by Eva Roslin

Hey everyone! I'm Eva Roslin (she/they), a queer, disabled horror and da… Eva Roslin needs your support for Help Eva get to a life-changing writing workshop!

www.gofundme.com

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 4d

Our anthology #BeyondandWithinFolkHorror is part of the Prime Big Deal promo - 30% off at the link below…

www.amazon.co.uk/Horror-Short...

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 4d

Weaveworld’s Magic: How Clive Barker’s Novel Fights Fascism and Celebrates Queer Identity: A My Life in Horror

I’m honoured to work with such great writers. This essay from @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social is immense and a must read.

gnofhorror.com/weaveworld-s...

Weaveworld's Magic: How Clive Barker's Novel Fights Fascism And Celebrates Queer Identity: A My Life In Horror - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

Clive Barker's Weaveworld is more than a fantasy novel, it's a sacred text of queer awakening and a radical critique of fascism. and why its celebration of magic and desire forever alters its readers.

gnofhorror.com

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 4d

... @bloody-disgusting.com select 6 of the best anthology episodes for spooky season, The Lineup talk up the return of 'The Horror Honker', and @gnofhorror.com sit down with @curtisjobling.bsky.social to talk #Wyrdwood and much more,

Happy reading, friends! 🎃💀

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 4d

I was away 3 weeks, but now I'm back in the #MustRead Horror hot seat - this week:
@pastemagazine.bsky.social choose their 20 favourite Lovecraftian movies, @whatsleepsbeneath.com study Crimson Peak for clues about @realgdt.bsky.social's forthcoming Frankenstein adaptation ...

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Bob Pastorella @bobpastorella.com · 5d

The 5 must-read horror articles online, once again curated by @kevharrison.bsky.social, are available for your reading pleasure, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.

5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 October 2025

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Paste Magazine choose their twenty favourite lovecraft…

www.thisishorror.co.uk

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much, my dear! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🖤🖤🔥🔥

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TC Parker Is Horrific Enough Already (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 5d

Buy PYRES immediately! I read this last year, and absolutely loved it, so am confident you will too 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, bought, shared, talked about and reviewed #Pyres on its first weekend. It's been a great start!

Have you stared into the flames yet?

#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel

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