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Jordan D. River
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Poet/Author. Game/Book reviews. I love feedback! Please! I write short stories and novel mostly in verse across genre, but typically horror adjacent. Check media tab for latest from me.
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Jordan D. River @jordanriverwrites.bsky.social · Oct 27
#WIP #Poetry
#TreasureIsland A Rhythmic Voyage
Third Movement, The Island Cleaves
Interlude

Jim at 14, reflects on the journey so far and introduces the Doctor's tale of the shipboard mutiny.
Treasure Island A Rhythmic Voyage by J.D. River Third Movement The Island Cleaves Interlude 1/2 I didn't know then what Ben's cave would mean— that treasure scattered like seeds of grief would root in each of us, unseen, and choke whatever we believed. I thought the gold was simply gold, that maps were just lines on a page. But curses don't need to be told— they write themselves in blood and age. I thought the sea held only light— no secrets churned in its deep heart. I never guessed what tides rewrite, or what they tear, or pull apart. It wasn't just the pirate's face or blood, or guns, or buried greed. It was the way that trust misplaced can twist to hunger, clot to need. I saw the Squire lose his mask— the smile he wore back in the lane. I saw the Captain drop his task and wonder if command meant pain. I saw the Doctor watch a man go mad with thirst beside the mast— and though he knelt, and worked, and ran, there was no way to change the past. Two years have passed since then. Two years. The Doctor says that words can heal— that setting down what happened here might ease the weight I've learned to feel. I don't know if that's true. I know that some nights still I wake and see poor Tommy's eyes, still wide and slow— or hear the tap that followed me. But this I try: to trace the line from boy to—what? Not man. Not yet. Just someone who can read the signs that younger Jim had never met. But here's the part I didn't see— the hours when I fled from shore, the Doctor fought. The Squire. Redruth. While I hid with Ben's strange truth. I didn't know that men had died. I didn't know the fort was won by inches, blood, and stubborn pride— before I ever saw the sun rise over walls they'd built at night, while Silver hunted, rage-made blind. I thought myself the only fight— but left my brothers far behind. Treasure Island A Rhythmic Voyage by J.D. River Third Movement The Island Cleaves Interlude 2/2 I didn't know that men had died. I didn't know the fort was won by inches, blood, and stubborn pride— before I ever saw the sun rise over walls they'd built at night, while Silver hunted, rage-made blind. I thought myself the only fight— but left my brothers far behind. The Doctor told me, days from then, what happened while I ran and hid. He didn't judge. He just said, "Jim, You'll want to know what each man did." What follows here, the Doctor wrote— or spoke, and I've set down his words. The voice will change. You'll hear his note: more measured, calm, precisely heard. He speaks of siege and fire and loss, of men who held when hope ran thin. He speaks of Silver's final toss— the moment when the war begins. And when he's done, you'll find me there: a boy who'd fled, now coming home— around the fort's rough-timbered square, no longer quite so scared, alone. The Doctor speaks. I step aside. This movement closes with his view: of how the loyal fought and died, and what they feared I wouldn’t do.
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
I have a bit of a wintry gothic tale in this fine collection. Out very soon!
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 13d
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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jcsimonds.bsky.social
#SaturdaySelfPromo
#Romantasy
#KingArthurRomantasy
#ParanormalRomance
#ReincarnationRomance
#UrbanFantasy
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jcsimonds.bsky.social jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 8d
I'm posting chapter-by-chapter of THE MIDSUMMER WIFE, my #KingArthur #Romantasy, on Substack.

Chapter 16: Ava reveals almost all of her secrets to Ron, including the secret of her priestess wings. Their lovemaking that night is intense.

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#BookSky
The Midsummer Wife - Chapter 16
This is Chapter 16 of The Midsummer Wife, Book 1 of the Heirs to Camelot, a King Arthur Romantasy/paranormal Romance/reincarnation Romance/Urban Fantasy.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
I am still working on Treasure Island, but I've more things in the pile than I have time left. I bring this up and repost the link to this Persona #Poem because I have revised this poem to have more effect and added two other persona poems to form the seed of a new cycle. Watch this space!
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social Jordan D. River @jordanriverwrites.bsky.social · Oct 25
Hey! That's me! Two of my poems, a persona poem called Voice of the Wendigo, and a mythic Creed of the Wendigo. I am so honored to be published in Lothlorien!
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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If poetry is in your blood, Lothlorien should be in your bookmarks.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Support me on Patreon so I can keep devoting time to my poetry, fiction, and silly virtual shows like The Game Show Game Show.

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Get more from Michael Broussard Arts on Patreon
Playwright, poet, storyteller, and performing artist.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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beverleylee.bsky.social
Need something unsettling and hauntingly beautiful to read? (Words from an early reviewer). My coming-of-age folk horror is available to buy now! #booksky
mybook.to/woundedbirds
Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark, misty background with red fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground, set against a wintry blue sky with skeletal trees and flying birds. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee.
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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horrorfacts.com
Face it, you're NOT the Final Girl. 🔪🩸

You're the Horny Dumbass. The Problem Solver. The one who brought everyone here. This slasher reality check is brutal—and totally accurate. Which role gets you gutted before Act Two? 👇

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You’re Not the Final Girl: Here’s Who You Actually Are in a Slasher
Think you're the Final Girl? Think again. Find out which slasher movie cliché you actually are—and how fast you die.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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dellsweet.bsky.social
The Man's too strong played on the custom guitar I built... #ovation #custom #guitar #guitarbuilding #coversong #cover #DellSweet #luthier
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Home: www.wendellsweet.com
Ovation Build: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUr...
The Man's too strong played on the custom guitar I built
YouTube video by Author Dell Sweet
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November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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templeinacity.bsky.social
It’s here, it’s live, your little slice of joy. A micro issue bursting with heart-filling poetry, flash, micro and CNF, brief and brilliant as a sun glint on water. Sip at them whenever it hurts. templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
It must be known for the next cycle that all of certain families such as Bezos, Musk and Trump, hoard fortunes stolen during their murder of the American Republic. Vast fortunes built on contempt, fraud and theft cloak their origins in the mists of time.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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martiandiaries.bsky.social
“A tense thriller with vampires” (Amazon reviewer) 👇✨📚 #Thriller #BookSky
taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social Taggart Rehnn 🇨🇦🍁 @taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social · 17d
Delighted by this great ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of my novel "Freer of Souls", Book 1 of the Saga "Vampires and Spies", available on Amazon in KDP eBook amazon.com/dp/B0CCB4H5P6 and paperback amazon.com/dp/B0CV6182L3.
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Watching Frankenstein last night and simply blown away by this adaptation. del Toro hit it out of the park. What an amazing visual palette! Watch it!
Also:
"You are the monster, Victor." He said it! He said the thing!
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
'‘Come off,’ quod he, ‘I come’, quod I.'

I know its not the point, but LOL.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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dnschmidt.com
New fantasy short story:

Working in retail stinks, even if it’s a magic-filled potion shop. An eight-minute read.

#fantasy #shortstories

dnschmidt.com/fantasy-stor...
Reversible - D.N. Schmidt
“This is going to be bad…” Evie stood at the counter, chewing on a fingernail. Fuddle Potion Shop was about to open and it was sure to be busier than ever.
dnschmidt.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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septimusbrown.com
"Some early reviews of the book have called it “laugh out loud funny,” with one reviewer stating that they spat their drink out of their mouth at one point due to laughter."

Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩

victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...

#booksky
Victoria-based author writes book framing Canada-US trade war as satirical fantasy
Local Victoria author Septimus Brown’s latest offering frames the ongoing US-Canada trade as a satirical fantasy quest titled We’ve Come for Your Eggs (And Other Reasons to Annex the North).
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November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
I was doing some digital archaeology and ran across the files for three audio CD compilations I put together over a decade ago and across the span of about 5 years. Anyone else out there enjoy making physical compilations? #Playlist
Black-and-white collage of a decaying room. A hooded figure in a straitjacket faces away, wearing headphones with a trailing cord. Ghostly shapes and smoke swirl around. Text reads “Music For A Darkened Room, Vol. 1.” Front and Back Cover of CD insert. J.D River. # Music For a Darkened Room Vol I Pink Floyd - Hey You Vienna Teng - My Medea Gary Jules - Mad World HOWARD JONES - ELEGY Pink Floyd - One Of My Turns RiseAgainst - Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Black Sabbath - Paranoid The Bloodhound Gang feat Ville Valo - Something Diabolical Oingo Boingo - Insanity AFI - Prelude 12/21 Cordelia's Dad - Brother Judson Morrissey - November Spawned A Monster The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly Vienna Teng - The Tower Trans-Siberian Orchestra - I'll Keep Your Secrets Tim Capello - I Still Believe My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade Oingo Boingo - Try to Believe
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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dnschmidt.com
Looking for weird? Try these science fiction stories:

* A poker game with parasites from another dimension.

* A waitress at a space truck stop battles a monstrous meatloaf.

* A conman has a plan to steal three miles of space rock.

And many more!

#booksky #sff 📚🪐

mybook.to/doomtapes
A static-covered television with the words "How can a VHS tape doom humanity? Read before it's too late." Next to it is a copy of the science fiction short story collection The Doom Tapes by D.N. Schmidt.
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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briankhenry.bsky.social
I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter review: “This novel has everything: suspense, adventure, humour, horror, all mixed together perfectly. It goes from moments of tension to hilarious dialogues.” amzn.to/1gwPt3U #halloween #spookyseason #fiction #spooky #paranormal #ya #booksky
I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter
Amazon.com: I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter eBook : Henry, Brian K.: Kindle Store
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October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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seraphrdm.bsky.social
I do NOT have the energy to promo this but I have gotten this spread to a few servers on discord. The ones I was hoping to see more responses from didn't really respond too much so I'm a bit sad about that ;-; But this has been def shared in non-writing servers tho so there's hope!
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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@louiseblackwick.com I wish you a Scarry Halloween! www.louiseblackwick.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
In the Publications noted section of the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, I list recently published works of alliterative poetry and related resources and posts. In this thread, I'm going to highlight some of the latest new work.

alliteration.net/current-issue #alliterative #poetry
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November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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clarislamauthor.bsky.social
Wondering what to get your book-loving friends and family for the winter holidays? ❄️🌲Check out my books; available both in ebook and paperback!

Full-length books: clarislam.ca/published-wo...

Poetry & short fiction: clarislam.ca/published-wo...

#booksky #writesky #readers 💙📚 📖
Published Poetry & Short Fiction - Claris Lam
Published Poetry & Short Fiction Claris Lam
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November 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
In 1922 Kurt Tucholsky, a Weimar Republic journalist, poet and satirist, was a witness to his country's collapse. He wrote this poem after 4 years of political violence on the occasion of a political assassination of an opposition leader. I did my original translation of this…
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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momoshaty.bsky.social
My horror collective @nyxhorror.bsky.social is happy to announce an incredible opportunity for horror writers: in partnership w/ Stowe Story Labs, one woman-identifying writer w/ a horror feature or TV pilot will receive a full Fellowship to the June Narrative Lab.
Apply here 👇🏾
bit.ly/NarrativeLabs
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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rough-diamond1.bsky.social
We are open for submissions for our Poems for Protest anthology AND we are open for The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize #poetry #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity

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Rough Diamond Poetry
This site is solely for poetry - poetry in any form and on any subject. We love it all!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM