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Crone Girls Press is an indie horror micropress. Come to the shadows, we have good books! https://linktr.ee/cronegirlspress

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · May 8

Woman owned, Pro Human Rights, small publishing press.

Featuring work by established and debut authors … from the darker side of speculative fiction.

Here, the shadows keep their secrets and the moon hides from deeds cast in her glow.

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · 6d

"Heard you were talkin'..."

#horrormeme #ilovehorror #stevenking #iamnosey #darkhumor

A photo of IT from the film adaptation of Steven King's book "IT" where the clown monster is peering out from a sewer pipe.
Text over the photo reads: When you hear your name in someone's conversation

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · 13d

Which one are you choosing?

Camp Crystal Lake, Overlook Hotel, the Bates Mote, or the Amityville Horror House?

#HORROR #Horrorquiz #horrorquestion #horrormeme #ilovehorror #horrormovies #theshinning #Demons

White text on a black background reads: You have to stay in one overnight.
Followed by 4 photos: Camp Crystal Lake, Overlook Hotel, the Bates Mote, and the Amityville Horror House

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · 20d

It's always corn.

#corny #jokes #horror #ilovehorror #Ilaughedatthisfortoolong #childrenofthecorn

Image shows Isaac Chroner from the 1984 movie "Children of the Corn" text above the photo reads: Them: What dish can you bring?
Me: Corn.

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · 27d

Why is it still so hot!?

#darkhumor #ilovehorror #horror #horrormeme #climatecrisis #morbidhumor

Image shows a blackened, burnt skeleton mowing a lawn. Text reads "I mowed my yard today, got a little bit dehydrated..."

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is me right now going into Spirit, HomeGoods, TJMaxx, Michaels... so happy!

#halloween #horror #horrormeme #horrorpublisher #ilovehorror #ilovehalloween

Image shows a skeleton who looks overjoyed, standing in front of an aisle full of Halloween decor.

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Sep 4

@cybergodwrites.bsky.social is an incredible author! And we are thrilled to read their #ecohorror prose in our spore themed horror anthology Dark Spores.

Read their full interview here: cronegirlspress.com?p=2068

#sporror #mushroomhorror #sporehorror #ecoterror #planthorror #fungihorror

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'd leave. I know it always says I've arrived at my final destination, but... I've read this book.

#horror #horrormeme #horrorhumor #scaryjoke #darkhumor

Black text on yellow background. Text reads: "Felt uncomfortable driving into the cemetery. The GPS blurted out: you have reached your final destination."

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 28

We could not have asked for a better start to our anthology, and were truly honored by having a foreword written by author @claymcleod.bsky.social. It's a masterpiece woven out of dying roots and wonder.
Read an excerpt from his story here: cronegirlspress.com/.../meet-the...
#ecohorror #sporror

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 24

Totally safe, I say you should go.

#horrormeme #horrorjoke #horrorhumor #skinwalker #horror

Image is a text conversation from "Skinwalker" location "Cemetery"

Text reads:
"Come to the woods. I wanna show you sum"

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · Jul 24

Publication day! 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 is now available in ebook and paperback.

I appreciate any help spreading the word.🙏

#booklaunch #pubday #newrelease #fantasybooks #darkfantasy #theknaveofgraves

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 21

What would you do if you suddenly found your baby missing parts of their body? Shannon Scott's short horror "Foraging" gives one woman's haunting solution!

Read the full interview here cronegirlspress.com/2025/08/21/m...

#ecohorror #bodyhorror #shorthorror #horror #ecohorrorbook #mushroomhorror

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 15

Tender Flesh
Elizabeth Twist
“The trees don’t really sleep at night. They turn into something else.”
Read the behind the scenes for this incredible short horror here: cronegirlspress.com/2025/08/14/m...

#horror #horrorbook #authorinterview #Ilovescarystories #ireadhorror #horrorreader

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 9

@leemurraywriter.bsky.social is a USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner... she is incredible, as is her poem "Status Transcript" as featured in our anthology "A Woman Unbecoming" which is our charity anthology for #ReproductiveHealthcareRights

#horror #horrorbook #readers

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 8

Don't forget to join out newsletter!

Once a month we feature one of our authors and tell you what a couple of them are up to, what new releases they might have, and what's going on in general in the horror community!
We also tell you about sales, giveaways, swaps, and more!
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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 7

Author @jefrouner.bsky.social joins us and shares their thoughts about writing, mushrooms, and what inspired their short horror story "WOLD" which is featured in "Dark Spores"

Read the full interview here: cronegirlspress.com?p=2012
📢📚 🩸📚 #sporror #horror #scarybook #ilovehorror

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 7

Horror Book Trivia Time!

Image is of a row of houses. Text in front reads: HORROR BOOK TRIVIA
Tell us which one is the correct answer, in the comments below.
This 1864 classic gothic novel by Sheridan Le Fanu tells the story of an orphaned heiress, who is sent to love with a wealthy relative, and finds herself imprisoned in one of the mansion's many bedrooms under guard, whilst everyone believes she is in France.

A. Madame de la Rouglerre
B. The Habitation of Symbols
C. Uncle Silas
D. Lady Knolly's Estate

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 6

@scottymilderhorror.bsky.social is an author, a podcast host, film maker, educator... and his story "The Demon Core" has me researching the real events it was based on, and then fall into a research hole I barely climbed out of alive. Find his story in "Tangle & Fen" link in bio

#horror #demoncore

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 6

Comment your answer!

#questionoftheday #readers #ireadhorror #readersgonnaread #readersofbsky #booklover #fiction #books 💙📚

Question of The Day graphic. Text reads:
What one thing would you like a free lifetime supply of?
Free Gas? Free Groceries? Free Pizza? Free Alcohol? Free house-cleaning? Free Massages? Free books? Free Movie Tickets?

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 5

We were so excited to have @spencerkoelle.bsky.social submit a story for our anthology "Coppice & Brake" which is available now on Amazon. His story "Cold Dread and Hot Slices" is one that doesn't just whisper "intrusive thoughts" it screams it.

💙📚👀📢📚😱 #horror #horrorstory #horroranthology #scary

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 5

This quote by Clive Barker gets me every time! Chills just deep in my core.

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 4

@rachelunger.bsky.social honors us with her story "Red in Stile and Rail" which we proudly feature in our anthology "Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 3" which is available now, if you're craving a collection of short horror to keep you up at night.
💙📚👀📢📚😱 #horror #horrorstory #book #horrorlover

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 3

T. M. Starnes is an author, an RPG game maker, and we are certain you'll enjoy his story "Cell Phone Lights" in our anthology: "Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 2" available now! Link, of course, in our bio.

#booksky
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#horror
#scarybooks

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 3

Don't stop counting Dracula!

#horror #dracula #darkhumor

Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 2

Which are you?

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Crone Girls Press @cronegirlspress.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thea Brune's story "Gobbl'uns" is an epic dark fantasy horror!
The whisper was almost inside his ear now.
"You don't loooooove him? You don't care if he dieees?"

Just incredible! You can find it in our anthology "Stories We Tell After Midnight Volume 1"

#booksky
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#horror
#scarybooks

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