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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 5d

Watching the Ed Gein story.
I've read The Silence Of The Lambs and Psycho, but I was not prepared for this. 👀
#horror

Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 9d

This was day 5 of #Spooktober 📌 pin.it/5VMSGwLqX

Red Ned is a microfiction about sleep paralysis... Or is it?

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 9d

I've been sharing my #Spooktober microfiction on Instagram and Pinterest.
📌 pin.it/3PrzXbSY5

Speed bumps. After their successful speed dating session, the woman realises the man she's just been talking to is a ghost.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 11d

It's also $0.99 in the US for a limited time, too!
www.amazon.com/Spider-chill...

The Spider : A chilling Gothic thriller from the author of The Ring. (Muldoon Mysteries Book 1)

Amazon.com: The Spider : A chilling Gothic thriller from the author of The Ring. (Muldoon Mysteries Book 1) eBook : Delaney, Hanna: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Aug 1

Sseeing as you all desperately want it to be autumn right now, I suppose it's acceptable to start promoting these 😂

🌈📚💙📚👀📢📚😱🩸📚💙📚🪐♠️🌈📚

Angel's Mass: books2read.com/angelsmass
Bronze Carriage: books2read.com/bronzecarriage
James Hotel: mybook.to/jameshotel
Spooky S'weird: books2read.com/salmonweirder

Icy cracked background. Cover shows a sketch of a medieval church. Text: Angel's Mass: A Medieval Ghost Story. At Tintern Abbey in Wales, brother Edmund is an ordinary onk haunted by a man only he can see and hear. And Edmund will uncover a mystery that has consequences for everyone.

Creepy forest background image. Book cover shows a simple sketch of a horse and carriage. Text reads: The Small Bronze Carriage on the Mantelpiece: A Gothic Ghost Story. Two men who had not seen each other in decades. An 80-year-old tales of newlyweds travelling across the country to see family. Both encounters linked by one curious and mysterious artefact.

A rainy tarmac background. Book cover shows a simple sketch of a smal manor house. Text reads: The Residents of James Hotel: A 1970s Ghost Story. Stranded at the side of the road one stormy November night, Vince is offered a complimentary room by a local hotelier.

Creepy cemetery background. Book cover shows the same. Spooky Salmonweird: Tales from the village. From the Iron Age to WWII, thirteen spine tingling tales from the periods in which these supporting characters lived.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 11d

No. Should I? 🤔 Suppose I could.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 11d

The Spider is on a limited time deal for 99p on Kindle! Also available on KU and in paperback. Kick off Spooky season with the Muldoon Mystery series of supernatural stories set in late-Victorian Liverpool!
Smart.bio/hdelaneywrites
#horror #gothichorror #horrorsky #booksky📚

The Spider is a supernatural mystery series featuring a detective who solves supernatural mysteries. It is a blend of crime thriller and gothic horror. The image shows a cover of The Spider and gives the blurb of the book. It is available to read on Kindle.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 11d

If you're an author, I'm happy to do a 📌 for 📌. Just comment when you've done yours and I'll get a repost done for you!
#horrorAuthor #authors

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 11d

I've been an uncanny fan for a while, but I've only just discovered the Halloween Countdown 👻
New episodes coming on Halloween, but for now, each day is a tiny tale of terror.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Uncanny - Halloween Countdown 2025 - Case 1: Mrs Murphy Says Hello - BBC Sounds

A brand-new daily tale of terror for the Halloween season

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

It's a broad church and I'm one of the flowers in the baskets at the end of the pews 😂.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

Book 1 of the Muldoon Mysteries: The Spider, is £1.99 on Kindle or available in other formats AND Kindle Unlimited.
It's your 19th century gothic horror, murder mystery, supernatural suspense and it's set right here in Liverpool. Keep the lights on.
Smart.bio/hdelaneywrites
#horrorwriterschat

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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction) @markguyer.bsky.social · 20d

Such a fun time. Thanks, Gree! I got a book on sale (free for KU folks) with more on the way! Great work, all!

www.amazon.com/Phantom-Deli...

Phantom Delivery (Nostalgiamares Book 1)

Amazon.com: Phantom Delivery (Nostalgiamares Book 1) eBook : Guyer, Mark: Books

www.amazon.com

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Villimey Mist @villimeymist.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for the accursed questions (no? Too soon?)

I'd like to take this chance to promote the horror podcast Staring Into The Abyss I'm co-hosting along with @brandenburgdm.bsky.social and Richard Gerlach.

We discuss horror stories, talk to authors & have a good time.

Check us out on Spotify

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Rosé Black @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 20d

Great job hosting #HorrorWritersChat, Gree. As for me, I am over 3.8k words into my latest WIP for The #ShadowBoxArchives. We have a Tumblr community under the same name where you can post your work. I will link it below. Also, check out my pinned post to support us.

www.tumblr.com/communities/...

The Shadow Box Archives • Community on Tumblr

A community for people who want to post and share work related to The Shadow Box Archives, a Patreon for horror writers and artists. It's also a place you can post your own original work such as our v...

www.tumblr.com

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A Local Cryptid @michelleheller.bsky.social · 20d

Super cool topic today!

Do you like rowdy farm animals? Identify with people that just want some damn peace? Check out SOUR DOE and come along with poor Frank as he deals with some unusual homestead problems. Coming soon!

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 20d

Find me in libraries and your favorite bookstores! IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN is a haunted house tale told over a century from post WWI spiritualism to futuristic attempts to find the genesis of ghosts—but what, or who, haunts a house where no one has ever died?
Thanks for a fun #HorrorWritersChat!

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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Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20d

All I have on my end is that my work on Land of Gold continues! Still aiming to finish the 3rd & final draft before 1st November!

bsky.app/profile/gree...

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21d

Working on Land of Gold has made me realise that I really, really, really like sketching. It's been such a useful tool in conceptualising places and how I want them to look like in textual forms.

My work on Land of Gold continues apace. 😈

#WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity

Picture of my 1st sketch, featuring my upcoming work's protagonist's journey into an epicentre of horror. It features many things, from people to navigation routes to landmarks. This sketch focuses on the journey specifically, and how long it's going to take Lucius.

Picture of my 2nd sketch, in which I delved into how the village of Fallowark is going to be presented in my upcoming work, Land of Gold. It features a circular village spiralling around its square, in which the villain is located. The sketch includes buildings, flora, characters, the main character, and other information that was also drawn in the first sketch.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

Book 1 of the Muldoon Mysteries: The Spider, is £1.99 on Kindle or available in other formats AND Kindle Unlimited.
It's your 19th century gothic horror, murder mystery, supernatural suspense and it's set right here in Liverpool. Keep the lights on.
Smart.bio/hdelaneywrites
#horrorwriterschat

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for hosting (and forcing me to search the depths of an apparent blackened soul)
#horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20d

The chants quieten, the baleful red of our chapel cools into a pitch black.

Now, ‘tis your time to promote – show us your works. What do you scribble? Where can we peruse them? Use the hashtag’s feed to peruse the questions.

(bsky.app/profile/chao...)

#HorrorWritersChat

Artwork by Heesuk Kim, featuring an ominous cathedral under a pearly white moon and darkened skies. It’s windows are stained blood red.

The Sermon Has Been Concluded This Week!

The Cabal is pleased with your attendance. There is no algorithm here - visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others' posts!

The Sermon shall be resumed... next week.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

I am just not cut out for these questions this week 🤣
I felt the most evil I could go was the itching.
My characters could do worse. Maybe I should ask them.
#horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20d

Our moonlit communion is soon coming to a close, but an outro shall be sung in a few moments.

But now, behold! “You rip out the tooth, its blood gleaming with opportunity.” Continue the sermon, through word or rhyme. Show us the darkness roiling in your soul.

#HorrorWritersChat

Artwork by Heesuk Kim, featuring an ominous cathedral under a pearly white moon and darkened skies. It’s windows are stained blood red.

Question Four

The Cabal offers you a passage: "You rip out the tooth, its blood gleaming with opportunity." Continue the sermon, with story, or rhyme. Depends on you.

No links, covers, or self promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

LOL. Maybe it's warranted. I'm still quite new.

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 20d

It's a very dark horror writers chat this week 😄

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 21d

Same 😭 it feels too mean #horrorwriterschat

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 21d

They would have to acknowledge the harm they caused and genuinely become a better person. No faking it to get out of suffering.

#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21d

There is great power in subduing a wretch with a curse and a hex… but there is even greater power in the delusion of freeing yourself from them. Tell the Cabal what would the victim have to… remove… cut out… shear, if you will… from themselves to be free?

#HorrorWritersChat

Artwork by Heesuk Kim, featuring an ominous cathedral under a pearly white moon and darkened skies. It’s windows are stained blood red.

The Cabal inquires the depths of your cruelty... what would the victim have to sacrifice to free themselves of a curse/hex? How much would you demand of them? How painful would the sacrifice be?

No links, covers, or self promo! Leave that for the end. Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 21d

I don't like this 😭😭😭
But they'd have to choose between never knowing the cool side of the pillow again, or having an itchy back forever.
Bear in mind they would have done something terrible to deserve it, so there's no 'relief' as such, just the lesser of two evils.
#horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21d

There is great power in subduing a wretch with a curse and a hex… but there is even greater power in the delusion of freeing yourself from them. Tell the Cabal what would the victim have to… remove… cut out… shear, if you will… from themselves to be free?

#HorrorWritersChat

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