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Ben Alderson | MM Author

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Hi, I write 🌈 books. Lots of them! https://linktr.ee/Benalderson

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Jan 9

hey Bluesky. I write gay books. Here is my new one about a haunted house, heart-break, dark secrets and… sad gay ghosts.
Tehe.

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!
It’s Guy-Uh 💙

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Happy release!!

Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Makes me so happy!

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 14d

Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine sitting with the cool kids (@rachelharrison.bsky.social! @daphnefama.bsky.social! @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social!) at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn.

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Sam Tyler @reelsamtyler.bsky.social · 24d

📢Blog Tour Klaxon📢

'The Haunting of William Thorn' by @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social has modern characters and relationships, but deep down is a classic feeling spooky tale.

Out now

My SFBook.com review: sfbook.com/the-haunting...

Thank you @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @caramalines.bsky.social

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you so much 💙💙

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JANX etc @janx.bsky.social · 27d

Just finished reading this! It’s a great read 100% I actually cried when it was over. Loved it so much.

Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Jan 9

hey Bluesky. I write gay books. Here is my new one about a haunted house, heart-break, dark secrets and… sad gay ghosts.
Tehe.

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C. M. Alongi @cmalongi.bsky.social · 29d

I talked to #queer #fantasywriter @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social about writing, dealing with homophbia, and why scifi is the hardest genre to write.

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CaFae Convos - Ben Alderson

YouTube video by C. M. Alongi

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🪱💀mindy💀🪱 [dirt ceremony era] @garbagesauce.bsky.social · 29d

the latest new & restocked horror available at b&n sioux falls!

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 17

CRYING! Do I have any Dutch readers here? I’m coming to Amsterdam to sign books and I AM SO EXCITED!

free RSPV here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afterno...

DREAM COME TRUE FRIENDS

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · Sep 10

We're only 10 days into September and we've already received all these fantastic brand new #SFF paperbacks!

Nice to see some good horror coming out in time for spooky season too #Halloween 💀🍁

Which would you choose?

Titles and authors in alt/below

💙📚🪐
#Horrorsky

A stack of books in a bookshop:
Roots of my Fears – anthology,

Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim,

The Great When - Alan Moore,

A Blood as Bright as the Moon by Andrea Morstabilini,

The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch,

The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson,

Bad Dolls by Rachel Harrison,

Red Sonja – Consumed, by Gail Simone,

Moonflow by Bitter Karella,

The Morrigan by Kim Curran,

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn,

Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi,

The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10

I was going to make a threads about a gross comment I just got about my new gay horror book. Instead, I’m going to say … LOOK, MY BOOK HAS AN ENTIRE TABLE DISPLAY IN A BOOKSHOP—

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Still Waiting for Thanatos 💀 @miyanoai.bsky.social · Sep 10

@faecrate.bsky.social @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social Okay Ben, absolute congrats on the HoWT release but I also just got this gorgeous edition of the Witch and His Crow which I will need to focus on first. 😅 (I am OBSESSED with the edge design and end pages 🥰)

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☾⊹ 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖓 ⊹☆ @moonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congrats @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social ! And happy release day!!

🍷♥️💀

“Happy release day” with the cover of The Haunting of William Thorn with a skull and tombstone

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☾⊹ 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖓 ⊹☆ @moonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy release day @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social !!!

Y’all need to go get this now! You can also request it at your library!

This book was so good! It’s the perfect fall read, it’s not tooo scary if horror isn’t your vibe.

If you’re like me you’ll binge it, ugly cry and thank Ben for it 😭

🌈📚🩸📚

☾⊹ 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖓 ⊹☆ @moonbooks.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Haunting of William Thorn by @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social

🖤🥀🗝️🌧️💀

🩸Out 9.9.2025🩸

Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC!

Angry Robot

Horror|Lgbtq|Romance

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

#bookrecsbyvibe 🩸📚 💙📚 🌈📚

A collage of various images including journal pages, a chairs keys, Ouija board, spilled wine, two men’s shadows being intimate but not kissing, a man running up stairs, and a manor

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you so much!

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Book Notification @booknotification.com · Sep 9

#TheHauntingofWilliamThorn by @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social

After his boyfriend’s sudden death, William Thorn inherits a decaying manor in the village of Stonewall, where hostile locals and a restless spirit make his new start anything but easy. (4/5)

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 9

I AM NOW A PUBLISHED AUTHOR OF A GAY GOTHIC HORROR BOOK—

thank you for all the likes, comments, shares, reviews and support during this journey. I poured my heart out in this book. And now, it belongs to you.
I hope it touches you, as it did me.

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 7

brb crashing out because in 2 days my gay haunted house horror book releases and what if no one cares——

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Sep 6

nothing beats a Red riding hood retelling

AND RIGHT NOW

you can read it to find out who Red is actually riding

…

Spoiler. The Big Bad Wolf.

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Raven Crime Reads @ravencrime.bsky.social · Sep 4

#NewBookDay Utterly engrossed in #TheHauntingOfWilliamThorn @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social Big thanks to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

#BookSky 💙📚

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☾⊹ 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖓 ⊹☆ @moonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

If anyone wants to pitch in for my @barnesandnoble.com cart lmk! There are so many good books coming out!

What are y’all preordering?
@benaldersonauthor.bsky.social and @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social ‘s both release on the 9th! Less than a week away! 😱

💙📚🌶️📚🌈📚

Text reads: queer Bools I want to preorder
during the 25% Off B&N sale
( Sept 3-5 ) on a rainbow background

September releases with the covers for you weren’t meant to be human, house of Rayna, the haunting of William thorn, hollow on a rainbow background

Covers of Hazelthorn, I’ll make a spectacle of you , savage blooms, you did nothing wrong on a rainbow background

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Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Haunting of William Thorn by @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social

"We’re all getting haunted by this book and on behalf of Ben, you’re welcome."

Read @justairythings.bsky.social full review here
grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/t...

The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson

Reviewed by Ariana Weldon ★★★★ I’m going to get comparisons out of the way first so I can just unhinged scream like those possum memes. Certain parts of The Haunting of William Thort (THoWT, …

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Ben Alderson | MM Author @benaldersonauthor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Did anyone ask for FOUR very gay retellings of popular fairytales and myths? Because I have them!

0.99 for a VERY short time on kindle. Yes, thats 0.99 for each book tehe!

mybook.to/TheDarkmourn...

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