M.H.Urban
@mhurban.bsky.social
Just another indie author trying to come out of her hard drive. Horror, thriller, dark fantasy... I like them like my coffee: strong and black. No AI, all my mistakes are human-made.
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Hypothetical question. Even if your book isn't fantasy, what would your MC do if they came across a unicorn eating a carcass?
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December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hypothetical question. Even if your book isn't fantasy, what would your MC do if they came across a unicorn eating a carcass?
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And if you like it and drop a review, you would make me very, very happy ❤️ Porcelain Soul is still FREE
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I know it's the day after Thanksgiving, and I'm not from the States, but my Porcelain Soul just reached 500 downloads.
I want to thank all of you, lovely people, who downloaded and (hopefully) read it ❤️ It's still available for free here.
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I want to thank all of you, lovely people, who downloaded and (hopefully) read it ❤️ It's still available for free here.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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And if you like it and drop a review, you would make me very, very happy ❤️ Porcelain Soul is still FREE
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And if you like it and drop a review, you would make me very, very happy ❤️ Porcelain Soul is still FREE
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Ahoy! An update! I feel your shocked faces... 😄
Won't slam folks with a huge art blast—and the digital art scene is still pretty frozen for me, due to continuing computer blues—so here, have a trad piece.
Graphite and a little acrylic on canvas. Modeled by incandescentkiki @ IG. 🖤
#DarkArt
Won't slam folks with a huge art blast—and the digital art scene is still pretty frozen for me, due to continuing computer blues—so here, have a trad piece.
Graphite and a little acrylic on canvas. Modeled by incandescentkiki @ IG. 🖤
#DarkArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ahoy! An update! I feel your shocked faces... 😄
Won't slam folks with a huge art blast—and the digital art scene is still pretty frozen for me, due to continuing computer blues—so here, have a trad piece.
Graphite and a little acrylic on canvas. Modeled by incandescentkiki @ IG. 🖤
#DarkArt
Won't slam folks with a huge art blast—and the digital art scene is still pretty frozen for me, due to continuing computer blues—so here, have a trad piece.
Graphite and a little acrylic on canvas. Modeled by incandescentkiki @ IG. 🖤
#DarkArt
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Indie Readers, mark your calendars! December 8th, thousands of titles will be on sale at the Smashwords End of Year Sale!
Be ready to fill your ereader with new books to enjoy this holiday season! #eoysale25
Be ready to fill your ereader with new books to enjoy this holiday season! #eoysale25
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Indie Readers, mark your calendars! December 8th, thousands of titles will be on sale at the Smashwords End of Year Sale!
Be ready to fill your ereader with new books to enjoy this holiday season! #eoysale25
Be ready to fill your ereader with new books to enjoy this holiday season! #eoysale25
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“.. the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum ... marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no-one knows what happened to the IXth Legion after it marched into the northern mists.”
✍️ Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
#BookWormSat
✍️ Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
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December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“.. the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum ... marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no-one knows what happened to the IXth Legion after it marched into the northern mists.”
✍️ Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
#BookWormSat
✍️ Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
#BookWormSat
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December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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From the Washington Times Herald, 1920. #PhantomsFriday I hope she found one!😆
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
From the Washington Times Herald, 1920. #PhantomsFriday I hope she found one!😆
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'Jenkins' by Paul Glanville (Pearson's Magazine, 1907), is a humorous out-of-body experience tale in which the titular character temporarily turns into a ghost. The illustration is by the then-well-known comic artist H M Bateman.
#PhantomsFriday #ghost #ghosts #Fortean #ForteanFriday #BookChatWeekly
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December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
'Jenkins' by Paul Glanville (Pearson's Magazine, 1907), is a humorous out-of-body experience tale in which the titular character temporarily turns into a ghost. The illustration is by the then-well-known comic artist H M Bateman.
#PhantomsFriday #ghost #ghosts #Fortean #ForteanFriday #BookChatWeekly
#PhantomsFriday #ghost #ghosts #Fortean #ForteanFriday #BookChatWeekly
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“I saw the Stone Rider turn in his saddle and look back as we raced after him; and a flash of flame seemed to shoot out from between the helmet-bars. ”
(Louis Creswicke "A Gruesome Wooer”, The Ludgate Magazine, London 1897)
🎨 John H. Bacon
#PhantomsFriday
(Louis Creswicke "A Gruesome Wooer”, The Ludgate Magazine, London 1897)
🎨 John H. Bacon
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“I saw the Stone Rider turn in his saddle and look back as we raced after him; and a flash of flame seemed to shoot out from between the helmet-bars. ”
(Louis Creswicke "A Gruesome Wooer”, The Ludgate Magazine, London 1897)
🎨 John H. Bacon
#PhantomsFriday
(Louis Creswicke "A Gruesome Wooer”, The Ludgate Magazine, London 1897)
🎨 John H. Bacon
#PhantomsFriday
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#PhantomsFriday In 1908 The Metropolitan Psychical Society offered $5,000 to any medium who could get ghosts to count the oranges spilled behind him. In response, a Dutch author sent this photo, said to be of a ghost, and asked how he (and ghost) could be tested.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#PhantomsFriday In 1908 The Metropolitan Psychical Society offered $5,000 to any medium who could get ghosts to count the oranges spilled behind him. In response, a Dutch author sent this photo, said to be of a ghost, and asked how he (and ghost) could be tested.
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1/2 The Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa Canada is supposedly #haunted by its original owner, Charles Melville Hays, who tragically died on the Titanic just before the hotel's 1912 opening. #PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
1/2 The Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa Canada is supposedly #haunted by its original owner, Charles Melville Hays, who tragically died on the Titanic just before the hotel's 1912 opening. #PhantomsFriday
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The Inn At The Falls in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, reputedly is #haunted by many spirits including a pregnant woman who died after tragically falling down a flight of stairs in the 1930s, "Bob" who throws pots & pans in the kitchen, and the elderly female owner from 1975. #PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Inn At The Falls in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, reputedly is #haunted by many spirits including a pregnant woman who died after tragically falling down a flight of stairs in the 1930s, "Bob" who throws pots & pans in the kitchen, and the elderly female owner from 1975. #PhantomsFriday
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1/2 Rockwood Asylum For The Criminally Insane in Kingston, Ontario (1859-2000) was considered Canada's first asylum for the criminally insane. A worker reportedly saw a woman ghost in the 1960s, and was so terrified he quit his job immediately.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1/2 Rockwood Asylum For The Criminally Insane in Kingston, Ontario (1859-2000) was considered Canada's first asylum for the criminally insane. A worker reportedly saw a woman ghost in the 1960s, and was so terrified he quit his job immediately.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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The Lost Villages Museum in Long Sault, Ontario, Canada is known for its #hauntings, due to the many communities submerged for the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. Reported activities include swinging chandeliers (!) footsteps, phantom voices, rocking chairs moving & unexplained bangs #PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Lost Villages Museum in Long Sault, Ontario, Canada is known for its #hauntings, due to the many communities submerged for the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958. Reported activities include swinging chandeliers (!) footsteps, phantom voices, rocking chairs moving & unexplained bangs #PhantomsFriday
Ghost Writer: A Supernatural Suspense Mystery, by Arjay Lewis
Let’s say that I ‘devoured’ this book in one sitting. I started reading and couldn’t stop. Engrossing, intriguing, layered. It goes beyond the typical ghost story as it reads as
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Let’s say that I ‘devoured’ this book in one sitting. I started reading and couldn’t stop. Engrossing, intriguing, layered. It goes beyond the typical ghost story as it reads as
#FridayReads #BookSky #AmReading #horror #thriller #ARC
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ghost Writer: A Supernatural Suspense Mystery, by Arjay Lewis
Let’s say that I ‘devoured’ this book in one sitting. I started reading and couldn’t stop. Engrossing, intriguing, layered. It goes beyond the typical ghost story as it reads as
#FridayReads #BookSky #AmReading #horror #thriller #ARC
Let’s say that I ‘devoured’ this book in one sitting. I started reading and couldn’t stop. Engrossing, intriguing, layered. It goes beyond the typical ghost story as it reads as
#FridayReads #BookSky #AmReading #horror #thriller #ARC
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What, #PhantomsFriday round again so soon? Honestly, it feels like it happens every week. Looking forward to some more posts that will grab everyone's attention. Follow the feed @phantomsfriday.bsky.social - and fee free to join in. I bet you've got something spooky to add..
#BookChatWeekly #artsky
#BookChatWeekly #artsky
Another, not so subtle, reminder that it is #PhantomsFriday again tomorrow. So, please do join in with posts on all things #ghost - #folklore; #legends; haunted sites and experiences; art; poetry; extracts from stories; interesting artefacts... I look forward to all materialisations.
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What, #PhantomsFriday round again so soon? Honestly, it feels like it happens every week. Looking forward to some more posts that will grab everyone's attention. Follow the feed @phantomsfriday.bsky.social - and fee free to join in. I bet you've got something spooky to add..
#BookChatWeekly #artsky
#BookChatWeekly #artsky
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A festive contribution for #PhantomsFriday
‘at first there was nothing but the general silence of the night; then came the clanking of iron and the dragging of chains…Then…it stood rattling its chains over his head’
Not Marley’s Ghost but Pliny Book 7 Letter 27 and possible inspiration for Dickens
‘at first there was nothing but the general silence of the night; then came the clanking of iron and the dragging of chains…Then…it stood rattling its chains over his head’
Not Marley’s Ghost but Pliny Book 7 Letter 27 and possible inspiration for Dickens
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A festive contribution for #PhantomsFriday
‘at first there was nothing but the general silence of the night; then came the clanking of iron and the dragging of chains…Then…it stood rattling its chains over his head’
Not Marley’s Ghost but Pliny Book 7 Letter 27 and possible inspiration for Dickens
‘at first there was nothing but the general silence of the night; then came the clanking of iron and the dragging of chains…Then…it stood rattling its chains over his head’
Not Marley’s Ghost but Pliny Book 7 Letter 27 and possible inspiration for Dickens
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In his memoirs, Francis Greville (1853-1924) Earl of Warwick, mentioned that a ghostly lady riding a white horse had been seen in the State Rooms of Warwick Castle at midnight. Who the lady might be and why she was riding a horse in the Castle, Lord Brooke gave no clue.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In his memoirs, Francis Greville (1853-1924) Earl of Warwick, mentioned that a ghostly lady riding a white horse had been seen in the State Rooms of Warwick Castle at midnight. Who the lady might be and why she was riding a horse in the Castle, Lord Brooke gave no clue.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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I'm very fond of bizarre ghosts. Two of the weirdest haunted villages in #Cheshire. Near Lostock Gralam an apparition in the form of a pig stuck all over with lighted candles used to be seen. Weirder still was the headless duck which used to potter up and down a lane at Stoak.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I'm very fond of bizarre ghosts. Two of the weirdest haunted villages in #Cheshire. Near Lostock Gralam an apparition in the form of a pig stuck all over with lighted candles used to be seen. Weirder still was the headless duck which used to potter up and down a lane at Stoak.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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👻Spread the Word👻
Happy Launch Day to our fabulous writers!
As the days are darkening, settle down with this collection of stories, and transport yourself to places and times where the only limit is your imagination.
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Apparition: The Ninth Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Anthology (Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Anthologies)
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
👻Spread the Word👻
Happy Launch Day to our fabulous writers!
As the days are darkening, settle down with this collection of stories, and transport yourself to places and times where the only limit is your imagination.
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#PhantomsFriday #NewRelease #GhostStories #Ghost
Happy Launch Day to our fabulous writers!
As the days are darkening, settle down with this collection of stories, and transport yourself to places and times where the only limit is your imagination.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...
#PhantomsFriday #NewRelease #GhostStories #Ghost
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An especially spooky picture: 'The Plague On The Stairs' by Theodore Kittelson, 1896.
#PhantomsFriday #gothic #Victorian #weird #weirdart #artsky
#PhantomsFriday #gothic #Victorian #weird #weirdart #artsky
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An especially spooky picture: 'The Plague On The Stairs' by Theodore Kittelson, 1896.
#PhantomsFriday #gothic #Victorian #weird #weirdart #artsky
#PhantomsFriday #gothic #Victorian #weird #weirdart #artsky
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The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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"Well, did you see it?" "I see everything father," I said, "except when the noise came." "Did you see what it was knocked the Dean over, that what came out of the monument? You didn't? Well, that's a mercy. A thing like a man, all over hair, and two great eyes to it?"
- M R James
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- M R James
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Well, did you see it?" "I see everything father," I said, "except when the noise came." "Did you see what it was knocked the Dean over, that what came out of the monument? You didn't? Well, that's a mercy. A thing like a man, all over hair, and two great eyes to it?"
- M R James
#PhantomsFriday
- M R James
#PhantomsFriday
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Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Nottingham
I don't doubt that there are reports of inexplicable phenomena here but the number of claimed ghosts (89) is ridiculous. On a positive side the pub has an excellent range of ales and does good food too.
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I don't doubt that there are reports of inexplicable phenomena here but the number of claimed ghosts (89) is ridiculous. On a positive side the pub has an excellent range of ales and does good food too.
#phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Nottingham
I don't doubt that there are reports of inexplicable phenomena here but the number of claimed ghosts (89) is ridiculous. On a positive side the pub has an excellent range of ales and does good food too.
#phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings
I don't doubt that there are reports of inexplicable phenomena here but the number of claimed ghosts (89) is ridiculous. On a positive side the pub has an excellent range of ales and does good food too.
#phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings
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Despite a huge newspaper trawl, I was unaware of this story until Alison Weir (a former Kings Lynn resident) told me of it. After much struggle I unearthed it, from 1974. The house is less than a mile from where I live.
#phantomsfriday #ghost #haunting #norfolk #kingslynn
#phantomsfriday #ghost #haunting #norfolk #kingslynn
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Despite a huge newspaper trawl, I was unaware of this story until Alison Weir (a former Kings Lynn resident) told me of it. After much struggle I unearthed it, from 1974. The house is less than a mile from where I live.
#phantomsfriday #ghost #haunting #norfolk #kingslynn
#phantomsfriday #ghost #haunting #norfolk #kingslynn