John F Leonard
@johnfleonard.bsky.social
Freelance writer and #author of #darkfiction & #apocalypse stories - basically, I mess with words and like scary stuff : )
Books available on #KindleUnlimited #Audible - linktr.ee/johnfleonard
Books available on #KindleUnlimited #Audible - linktr.ee/johnfleonard
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Wyrdlings! Last week we had the anniversary of Citoyen Louis Capet meeting the National Razor, this week, Charles I’s end – what comes next?
We’ll find out, since
“Off With Their Heads”
metaphorically & literally, is our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come, sit, tell, you wyrd Kings & Queens of Hearts!
We’ll find out, since
“Off With Their Heads”
metaphorically & literally, is our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come, sit, tell, you wyrd Kings & Queens of Hearts!
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Wyrdlings! Last week we had the anniversary of Citoyen Louis Capet meeting the National Razor, this week, Charles I’s end – what comes next?
We’ll find out, since
“Off With Their Heads”
metaphorically & literally, is our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come, sit, tell, you wyrd Kings & Queens of Hearts!
We’ll find out, since
“Off With Their Heads”
metaphorically & literally, is our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come, sit, tell, you wyrd Kings & Queens of Hearts!
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Scratch Moss by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social is a terrifying first class folk horror novel that you will not want to miss! Highly recommend you pre-order today.
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Scratch Moss by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social is a terrifying first class folk horror novel that you will not want to miss! Highly recommend you pre-order today.
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Love this, I was inspired:
MacReady's our man
flew above arctic wastes, but
was it him or Childs?
#scififri #froze #thething #haiku
MacReady's our man
flew above arctic wastes, but
was it him or Childs?
#scififri #froze #thething #haiku
a man with a beard and a hat is saying maybe we 'll just warm things
ALT: a man with a beard and a hat is saying maybe we 'll just warm things
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January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
been a while since I did a little #SciFiFri cat story : )
somewhere, at some ice cold polar station, a feline Kurt Russell thinks there might be some Thing rather worrying in those frozen wastes
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #Cats
somewhere, at some ice cold polar station, a feline Kurt Russell thinks there might be some Thing rather worrying in those frozen wastes
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #Cats
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
been a while since I did a little #SciFiFri cat story : )
somewhere, at some ice cold polar station, a feline Kurt Russell thinks there might be some Thing rather worrying in those frozen wastes
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #Cats
somewhere, at some ice cold polar station, a feline Kurt Russell thinks there might be some Thing rather worrying in those frozen wastes
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #Cats
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 AM
28 Years Later (2025) is my pick for this week's #PostApocFriday Flame Review.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #PostApocalyptic stars in my opinion - an interesting and enjoyable progression from 28 Weeks.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
#Apocalypse #PostApocalypse
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #PostApocalyptic stars in my opinion - an interesting and enjoyable progression from 28 Weeks.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
#Apocalypse #PostApocalypse
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM
28 Years Later (2025) is my pick for this week's #PostApocFriday Flame Review.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #PostApocalyptic stars in my opinion - an interesting and enjoyable progression from 28 Weeks.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
#Apocalypse #PostApocalypse
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #PostApocalyptic stars in my opinion - an interesting and enjoyable progression from 28 Weeks.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
#Apocalypse #PostApocalypse
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Stred Reviews: 'Split Scream 8: Cursed Places' by @sonorataylor.bsky.social & Matthew Pritt features two novellas that were a ton of fun! On one hand, we get a maddening mansion. On the other, a world tettering on the edge of balance. Both were fantastic!
stevestredauthor.ca/2026/01/21/s...
stevestredauthor.ca/2026/01/21/s...
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Stred Reviews: 'Split Scream 8: Cursed Places' by @sonorataylor.bsky.social & Matthew Pritt features two novellas that were a ton of fun! On one hand, we get a maddening mansion. On the other, a world tettering on the edge of balance. Both were fantastic!
stevestredauthor.ca/2026/01/21/s...
stevestredauthor.ca/2026/01/21/s...
Hope everyone is weirdly wonderful #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Hope everyone is weirdly wonderful #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
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Delighted to drop this #podcast episode of @povertyunpacked.bsky.social with Dutch MP @esmahlahlah.bsky.social 🇳🇱 about how to change #welfare towards #trust #dignity and #solidarity
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👉 poverty-unpacked.org/2026/01/18/e...
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👉 poverty-unpacked.org/2026/01/18/e...
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Delighted to drop this #podcast episode of @povertyunpacked.bsky.social with Dutch MP @esmahlahlah.bsky.social 🇳🇱 about how to change #welfare towards #trust #dignity and #solidarity
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👉 poverty-unpacked.org/2026/01/18/e...
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👉 poverty-unpacked.org/2026/01/18/e...
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• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
• #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶
• @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴🏴🏴
On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
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GLORIOUS NEWS this #FolkloreThursday!
TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t...
To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae...
🏴🏴🏴🐉📚
TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t...
To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae...
🏴🏴🏴🐉📚
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
GLORIOUS NEWS this #FolkloreThursday!
TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t...
To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae...
🏴🏴🏴🐉📚
TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t...
To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae...
🏴🏴🏴🐉📚
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Hello #Booksky! My very first self-published novel, “Cracks: Book One in the Saga of the Spheres” is now available for purchase and through Kindle Unlimited!
Follow Travis Black, a human being from our world, and Marrow, a non-physical entity that binds themselves to him in order to save his (1/4)
Follow Travis Black, a human being from our world, and Marrow, a non-physical entity that binds themselves to him in order to save his (1/4)
June 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hello #Booksky! My very first self-published novel, “Cracks: Book One in the Saga of the Spheres” is now available for purchase and through Kindle Unlimited!
Follow Travis Black, a human being from our world, and Marrow, a non-physical entity that binds themselves to him in order to save his (1/4)
Follow Travis Black, a human being from our world, and Marrow, a non-physical entity that binds themselves to him in order to save his (1/4)
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Out now from Iron Faerie Publishing, including my "Unholy Island", in which two Edwardian British aristocrats find themselves bedeviled by faeries when they blunder around an island in Ireland. #BookSky #WritersLift #fantasyfiction #indiefantasy #indiefantasyauthor #faeriefiction payhip.com/b/eV4j7
The Faerie Cat, Issue #2
The Faerie Cat magazine weaves together the mystical threads of Celtic mythology, faeries, and witchcraft. Each issue features captivating stories and poetry with a Celtic flair, alongside writing adv...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Out now from Iron Faerie Publishing, including my "Unholy Island", in which two Edwardian British aristocrats find themselves bedeviled by faeries when they blunder around an island in Ireland. #BookSky #WritersLift #fantasyfiction #indiefantasy #indiefantasyauthor #faeriefiction payhip.com/b/eV4j7
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I know it's hard for people who never heard The Hum to understand what we Pylon People were about. Transmission towers were our temporary temples. The wires charted the electric ley of the land. We marched under them and heard wonders. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I know it's hard for people who never heard The Hum to understand what we Pylon People were about. Transmission towers were our temporary temples. The wires charted the electric ley of the land. We marched under them and heard wonders. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
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Start the award-winning Stage 3 series with a FREE BOOK!
"This is an edge of the seat read from its dramatic opening, through its cityscape of horrors, and on to its compelling ending."
STAGE 3
shorturl.at/paLcT
Also on #audiobook
#Free #horror #zombies #zombie #audible
📚💙
"This is an edge of the seat read from its dramatic opening, through its cityscape of horrors, and on to its compelling ending."
STAGE 3
shorturl.at/paLcT
Also on #audiobook
#Free #horror #zombies #zombie #audible
📚💙
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Start the award-winning Stage 3 series with a FREE BOOK!
"This is an edge of the seat read from its dramatic opening, through its cityscape of horrors, and on to its compelling ending."
STAGE 3
shorturl.at/paLcT
Also on #audiobook
#Free #horror #zombies #zombie #audible
📚💙
"This is an edge of the seat read from its dramatic opening, through its cityscape of horrors, and on to its compelling ending."
STAGE 3
shorturl.at/paLcT
Also on #audiobook
#Free #horror #zombies #zombie #audible
📚💙
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Twice the horror.
Twice the terror.
Both stand-alone novels are available in paperback, and for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
THE HANGING GIRL: mybook.to/erfjAJq
RED AGENDA: mybook.to/VGgsjSI
#HangingGirl #RedAgenda #Horror #Horrorsky #serialkillers #Vampires #DarkFiction #HorrorBooks
Twice the terror.
Both stand-alone novels are available in paperback, and for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
THE HANGING GIRL: mybook.to/erfjAJq
RED AGENDA: mybook.to/VGgsjSI
#HangingGirl #RedAgenda #Horror #Horrorsky #serialkillers #Vampires #DarkFiction #HorrorBooks
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Twice the horror.
Twice the terror.
Both stand-alone novels are available in paperback, and for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
THE HANGING GIRL: mybook.to/erfjAJq
RED AGENDA: mybook.to/VGgsjSI
#HangingGirl #RedAgenda #Horror #Horrorsky #serialkillers #Vampires #DarkFiction #HorrorBooks
Twice the terror.
Both stand-alone novels are available in paperback, and for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
THE HANGING GIRL: mybook.to/erfjAJq
RED AGENDA: mybook.to/VGgsjSI
#HangingGirl #RedAgenda #Horror #Horrorsky #serialkillers #Vampires #DarkFiction #HorrorBooks
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Disaster movies in a book. If post-apocalyptic, dystopian or scifi are your thing, here you go ...
Rat-She mybook.to/Rat-She. Out Feb 21st.
The Barricade - Lycan Valley Press payhip.com/b/bPFHc
Paused - brigidsgatepress.com/product/paused
#booksky #post-apocalyptic #horror #scifi
Rat-She mybook.to/Rat-She. Out Feb 21st.
The Barricade - Lycan Valley Press payhip.com/b/bPFHc
Paused - brigidsgatepress.com/product/paused
#booksky #post-apocalyptic #horror #scifi
January 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Disaster movies in a book. If post-apocalyptic, dystopian or scifi are your thing, here you go ...
Rat-She mybook.to/Rat-She. Out Feb 21st.
The Barricade - Lycan Valley Press payhip.com/b/bPFHc
Paused - brigidsgatepress.com/product/paused
#booksky #post-apocalyptic #horror #scifi
Rat-She mybook.to/Rat-She. Out Feb 21st.
The Barricade - Lycan Valley Press payhip.com/b/bPFHc
Paused - brigidsgatepress.com/product/paused
#booksky #post-apocalyptic #horror #scifi
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New post-apocalyptic novella coming Feb, 21st.
A blasted landscape
Mutating humans
Plague
Rats
and horror
Rat-She - available to pre-order here
mybook.to/Rat-She
#booksky #scifi #postapocalyptic #horror
A blasted landscape
Mutating humans
Plague
Rats
and horror
Rat-She - available to pre-order here
mybook.to/Rat-She
#booksky #scifi #postapocalyptic #horror
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
New post-apocalyptic novella coming Feb, 21st.
A blasted landscape
Mutating humans
Plague
Rats
and horror
Rat-She - available to pre-order here
mybook.to/Rat-She
#booksky #scifi #postapocalyptic #horror
A blasted landscape
Mutating humans
Plague
Rats
and horror
Rat-She - available to pre-order here
mybook.to/Rat-She
#booksky #scifi #postapocalyptic #horror
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I knew nothing about the history of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. I became so fascinated by Pinkerton Detective Abigail MacKay. The author knew what she was writing about. She has her own background in law enforcement, which gives her writing more weight
amazon.com/dp/1919444432
amazon.com/dp/1919444432
January 21, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I knew nothing about the history of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. I became so fascinated by Pinkerton Detective Abigail MacKay. The author knew what she was writing about. She has her own background in law enforcement, which gives her writing more weight
amazon.com/dp/1919444432
amazon.com/dp/1919444432
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Meet my "Notes" Notebook.
I'm in post-first draft outlining on my latest WIP, prepping for rewrites. It takes place in my Hollow County locale, but not directly in the town of Lost Hollow.
Different from my previous work. I love the story. It's not going to appeal to everyone, but I don't care.
I'm in post-first draft outlining on my latest WIP, prepping for rewrites. It takes place in my Hollow County locale, but not directly in the town of Lost Hollow.
Different from my previous work. I love the story. It's not going to appeal to everyone, but I don't care.
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Meet my "Notes" Notebook.
I'm in post-first draft outlining on my latest WIP, prepping for rewrites. It takes place in my Hollow County locale, but not directly in the town of Lost Hollow.
Different from my previous work. I love the story. It's not going to appeal to everyone, but I don't care.
I'm in post-first draft outlining on my latest WIP, prepping for rewrites. It takes place in my Hollow County locale, but not directly in the town of Lost Hollow.
Different from my previous work. I love the story. It's not going to appeal to everyone, but I don't care.
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"[Thorne] expertly establishes parallels between the psychiatric symptoms of a boy experiencing the onset of...OCD...and Tab's helplessness against spiritual forces beyond his family's comprehension." —The Eric Hoffer Award
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
August 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"[Thorne] expertly establishes parallels between the psychiatric symptoms of a boy experiencing the onset of...OCD...and Tab's helplessness against spiritual forces beyond his family's comprehension." —The Eric Hoffer Award
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
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"Pamela Williams is a captivating P.I. who pulls you into her world of intrigue and suspense."
books2read.com/b/mvVJGe
#asmsg #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #nextchapterpub #kindle
#BookBoost #INDIEBOOKSBLAST #IARTG #booktok #bookstagram #booksky
books2read.com/b/mvVJGe
#asmsg #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #nextchapterpub #kindle
#BookBoost #INDIEBOOKSBLAST #IARTG #booktok #bookstagram #booksky
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Pamela Williams is a captivating P.I. who pulls you into her world of intrigue and suspense."
books2read.com/b/mvVJGe
#asmsg #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #nextchapterpub #kindle
#BookBoost #INDIEBOOKSBLAST #IARTG #booktok #bookstagram #booksky
books2read.com/b/mvVJGe
#asmsg #thrillerbooks #mysterybooks #nextchapterpub #kindle
#BookBoost #INDIEBOOKSBLAST #IARTG #booktok #bookstagram #booksky
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365 Quotes on Writing by Dawn Colclasure is a FREE ebook that will inspire and motivate writers everywhere! Whether you are a beginning writer or a pro, quotes from writers past and present can offer support. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #books #ebooks #free #quotes #writing #WritingCommunity
365 Quotes on Writing
Whether you are a beginning writer or a pro, quotes from writers past and present can serve as words of encouragement and wisdom. Writing is a solitary practice, and being able to turn to quotes on wr...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:41 PM
365 Quotes on Writing by Dawn Colclasure is a FREE ebook that will inspire and motivate writers everywhere! Whether you are a beginning writer or a pro, quotes from writers past and present can offer support. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #books #ebooks #free #quotes #writing #WritingCommunity
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More Summer Swirl by Mark McGraw #acousticguitar
#folk #blues #americana #musicsky
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#folk #blues #americana #musicsky
youtube.com/shorts/nmBai...
An acoustic interlude by Mark McGraw #acousticguitar #americana #blues #fingerstyle
YouTube video by Boogie Underground
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January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
More Summer Swirl by Mark McGraw #acousticguitar
#folk #blues #americana #musicsky
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#folk #blues #americana #musicsky
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