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KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Sep 5

A few more fun ones!

@johnpalisano.bsky.social's Try Not to Die: In the Wild West (a choose-your-own-adventure type of book)
@tammy-salyer.bsky.social's Otherworld Outlaw series
@madnessandmonsters.bsky.social's Southern Cross

#weirdwest #SciFiChat

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Jul 19

Today is the last day to nominate Southern Cross for Best Horror Novel at the Dragon Awards! Final push!

applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fangs, guns, and revenge served bloody f*cking red!

Help me and @falstaffbooks.bsky.social get Southern Cross on the Best Horror Novel ballot for the Dragon Awards!

applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Jul 16

Southern Cross is one of favorite things I’ve written. Help me and @falstaffbooks.bsky.social get it nominated for a Dragon Award.

applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...

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Falstaff Books @falstaffbooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Help us get Southern Cross on the ballot!
Check out Nominate at DragonCon.com!
@madnessandmonsters.bsky.social

#booksky

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Jul 15

@falstaffbooks.bsky.social

Southern Cross has all the blood, fangs, and vengeance you’re looking for. Check it out if you liked Sinners!

If you really like(d) it, why not nominate it for a Dragon Award. applyto.dragoncon.org/fan_awards/d...

I’d love to see it make the list.

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Jun 23

Seeing my book as a rec for fans of one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time does my coal black heart some good

Falstaff Books @falstaffbooks.bsky.social · Jun 23

Beat the heat with these summer-ween horror book recs!
Available on our shopify

@lmariewood.bsky.social
@madnessandmonsters.bsky.social
@drewbaileyauthor.bsky.social

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Falstaff Books @falstaffbooks.bsky.social · Jun 23

Beat the heat with these summer-ween horror book recs!
Available on our shopify

@lmariewood.bsky.social
@madnessandmonsters.bsky.social
@drewbaileyauthor.bsky.social

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KC Grifant, Author @kcgrifant.bsky.social · Apr 22

One of my side projects I don’t talk about enough is creating WeirdWestFiction.com to celebrate weird west stories & offer writing resources. My recent interview was a very fun one with @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social, author of the new book Southern Cross!

weirdwestfiction.com/2025/04/21/w...

Weird West Fiction

Welcome to the Weird West.

WeirdWestFiction.com

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you for the opportunity!

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Apr 21

Got to talk about Southern Cross thanks to Weird West Fiction. Check it out!

weirdwestfiction.bsky.social @weirdwestfiction.bsky.social · Apr 21

Just posted a fascinating and fun interview with @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social about his new #WeirdWest book SOUTHERN CROSS!

Read ➡️ weirdwestfiction.com/2025/04/21/w...

Weird West Author Spotlight: Vaughn A. Jackson

Learn more about Weird West author Vaughn A. Jackson.

weirdwestfiction.com

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Falstaff Books @falstaffbooks.bsky.social · Mar 20

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Check out the newest release by author @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social

Available on our Shopify!

#booksky #horrorbooks #bookrecs

“Beautiful prose, pulse-pounding action, and an enthralling plot drag you across this blood-soaked tale of revenge, racism, and vampires. Yes, there are undead monsters and plenty of gore, but what really shines is the human element; tragic, flawed, and full of pain and rage. Southern Cross is a pulp masterpiece.”
-Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award-nominee and author of Fever Dreams of a Parasite

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 20

@falstaffbooks.bsky.social

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 20

March 20th: Southern Cross release day!
I'm so excited for you to pour these words into your eyeholes. It's also special to me because it's my first ever hardcover release: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

Please, please, please go check it out!

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 20

It's release day for my vampire hunter revenge novel Southern Cross. Get your copy here: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thank you! It’s actually available for pre-order right now, if you’re interested: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

Southern Cross Print Book

Note - This book is a preorder and print books will deliver after the release date of 3/20/25. This Falstaff Dread title includes the ebook at no additional charge. Ebook files will deliver on release...

falstaffbooks.myshopify.com

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 13

That blurb made my heart soar! Reminder that this books is only one week away.

Falstaff Books @falstaffbooks.bsky.social · Mar 13

We fight the horrors with our own brand of horror. Coming soon (pre-order available on our shopify) @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social

#horrorbook #bookrec #falstaffbooks

Southern Cross is a veritable study of blood, fangs, and retribution. Jackson's prose is at times witty, at others poignant, but always staggeringly beautiful.

- L. Marie Wood, author of The Open Book Universe

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 12

Trying to get writing done and this instead was my fate

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 8

For the today folks!

Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern Cross is now up and available for Pre-Order at @falstaffbooks.bsky.social website! Check out that wicked cover.

Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

E-Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

If you pre-order the physical, you get the e-book free on release!

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern Cross is now up and available for Pre-Order at @falstaffbooks.bsky.social website! Check out that wicked cover.

Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

E-Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

If you pre-order the physical, you get the e-book free on release!

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Trash Panda Trenchcoat @trashpandacouture.bsky.social · Mar 7

Y’all … this book is 🔥🔥🔥! @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social pitched it to me at AuthorCon as “BLADE meets DJANGO UNCHAINED” and the rest is history… sorry, little pun. Anyway, if you like themes of found family and raging against the machine of racism, bigotry, and Ancient Greek vampires, grab a copy!

Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Had to repost with correct links 🙃

Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern Cross is now up and available for Pre-Order at @falstaffbooks.bsky.social website! Check out that wicked cover.

Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

E-Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

If you pre-order the physical, you get the e-book free on release!

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Had to repost with correct links 🙃

Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern Cross is now up and available for Pre-Order at @falstaffbooks.bsky.social website! Check out that wicked cover.

Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

E-Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

If you pre-order the physical, you get the e-book free on release!

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Mar 7

Southern Cross is now up and available for Pre-Order at @falstaffbooks.bsky.social website! Check out that wicked cover.

Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

E-Book: falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/sou...

If you pre-order the physical, you get the e-book free on release!

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Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social · Feb 26

I am in this post and I don’t care for it.

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Feb 26

It’s fun being a writer and trying to write during this delightful era. I’ll write like three paragraphs and before I start on the fourth I blink and I’m doomscrolling and I don’t even remember commanding my hand to click to that tab. Then I go back to writing. Everything is fine! It’s all fine.

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Vaughn A. Jackson @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks so much for the shout out @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social ! I pitch this as “kids versus the KKK and cosmic horror” ✊🏾

TTMadden GORMAN'S HOUSE out now! @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social · Feb 3

Today's recommend is TOUCHED BY SHADOWS by @madnessandmonsters.bsky.social It's like Firestarter or Stranger Things, but with a little Black girl.

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