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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 11h

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Titles by @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @jfdt.bsky.social @tomsnig.bsky.social and @jsuretteacheson.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social @lairdbarron.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social @michaelwehunt.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social & more.

Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Did you know? You can purchase our eBooks directly from us! We've updated our purchase page with our latest releases. Cut out Bezos, etc. and buy direct.

badhandbooks.com/ebooks

eBooks — Bad Hand Books

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 13h

We have the cover for the reissue of @cgolden.bsky.social's OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS. The book launches next year and has a fantastic new foreword by @ericlarocca.bsky.social. We'll reveal the cover soon...but you can pre-order now!

badhandbooks.com/preorders/of...

OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS by Christopher Golden: PAPERBACK WITH SIGNED BOOKPLATE — Bad Hand Books

The landmark urban fantasy series by NYT-bestselling author Christopher Golden returns with a new trade paperback edition at Bad Hand Books! WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ERIC LaROCCA A secret sect of ...

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Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social · 15h

Tech bros are trying to convince us that the AI they’re building will one day become Data from Star Trek. But right now we’re headed for AM from “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.”

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 15h

María Fernanda Ampuero is one of the most brilliant and audacious writers I’ve ever encountered. Her work is genuinely distressing and profoundly unpleasant. If you are looking for raw, uncompromising fiction, she needs to be at the top of your list.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 17h

Seen at the Blackstone booth at NYCC, @ericlarocca.bsky.social's AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME

A copy of AT DARK, I BECOME LOATHSOME on top of a stack of books

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 18h

entire media & publishing industry is just the hell dimension from event horizon now. i'm sure it's fine.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 20h

The most important art advice possible

DannyAraya @dannyaraya.bsky.social · 22h

Creators, be less tasteful and more indulgent.

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 20h

A very prominent reviewer I follow on YT recently read this novel and compared it to Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door and Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. I’m so happy and grateful!!

Holding a copy of WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD, coffin sprayed edges shown

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Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 22h

Born on this day in 1964, Happy Birthday, GUILLERMO DEL TORO! 🎉

A man wearing glasses and a red scarf is holding a book and standing next to a zombie mannequin.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 22h

Good morning
If you'd like to read the opening of my new book, THE FLESH KING, just follow the link below.
www.patreon.com/posts/flesh-...

The opening paragraphs of The Flesh King

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 1d

I wanna give a shout out to Neil McRobert whose debut GOOD BOY releases today. If you know Neil, you know he’s championed the hell out of every horror author working today, thanks to his podcast Talking Scared… so when I had the good fortune of reading his novella early, I jumped: bit.ly/4gYY72y

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𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔶 ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢 🌊 @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social · 1d

Ya gal has been shortlisted for her first ever book award!!!!!! Voting link in bio 😘

Tbh I’m totally over the moon and speechless because I never imagined the lamb would get published let alone be shortlisted for an award!! 🫶🫶🫶

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1d

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s the day @barnesandnoble.com recommends you read WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME. They are professionals; who are we to disagree with their assessment??

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Philip Fracassi @pfracassi.bsky.social · 1d

A quick interview I did with Writer's Digest about AUTUMN SPRINGS and working in the world of publishing.

www.writersdigest.com/philip-fraca...

Philip Fracassi: It’s Never Too Early To Start Promoting

In this interview, author Philip Fracassi discusses how a stay at an old hotel helped inspire his new horror novel, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.

www.writersdigest.com

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Thats so cool. I’m honored 🥹🖤

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Oli A. White @childdog.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone tell @ericlarocca.bsky.social that he makes a cameo appearance as a character in a NoSleep Podcast story last week?

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 1d

OMG! I do??? 😍

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 1d

This is the perfect novel for you if you thought SALO or A SERBIAN FILM were too lighthearted. Tell your friends ❤️

Eric holding a copy of WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

bookshop.org

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 1d

It's Lesbian Visibility Day, and I see that Bookshop is having FREE SHIPPING until the day's over, so it's clearly time for some lesbian horror 🌈😈

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Showing the following Hailey Piper book covers: A Game in Yellow, Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
Around a banner that says free shipping

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 1d

Finished reading this yesterday and loved it. A haunting, unpleasant fable with some serious ick factor. Reminded me a great deal of work by Priya Sharma and T. Kingfisher. Comes out next year from Titan.

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! 🙏❤️

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