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Micah Castle 🎃
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Check out my new book THE COMPAIONS WE LOSE 👉 mybook.to/companion | Weird fiction and horror author. | Editor. | Wishing he was drifting in the void.

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Pinned
I wrote The Companions We Lose years ago and after a handful of rejections, and one publisher contract dissolving, I honestly didn't plan for it to see the light of day.

It's the second book I ever wrote, based on the simple but gut wrenching concept that everyone can relate to: losing a pet...
Usually wouldn't do this but this is behavior that's predatory, so I wanted to make a post to possibly save an author's time, energy, and potentially money. (1/?)
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One the best book series I've ever read. I could read it forever. So so engrossing and smooth, flowing prose. I hope for a 4th book 🙏
Join us DECEMBER 5, 2025 at 7 PM for Goodbye World Ball, a live-streamed, interactive release party for Kathe Koja's DARK MATTER, book 3 in the Dark Factory series. With Kathe Koja & special guests and giveaways!!

https://smpl.is/aefsk

@Kathe Koja
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Phenomenal book - never read anything like it.
The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.

It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
The Night Ship
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November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fantastic book. A queer weird lit Sea Wolf.
From the Belly by Emmett Nahil is a claustrophobic tale set aboard a whaling ship. This isn’t quite the Moby Dick you were expecting. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 #SSBA2025
@tenebrouspress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Eat this tree algorithm
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥

YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices

A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Art by @mxmorgan.com

All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wtf
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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1/2 Red Shawl Day, dedicated to raising awareness of violence against Indigenous victims, particularly Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people who are murdered at a rate 10x the national average. Swipe through the slides to learn more about the day and its meaning.
#indigenous #redshawl
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well that's gross
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.

TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hell yeah
Dim Shores is proud to present THE MAIDENS OF MIDNIGHT AND OTHER LOST MEDIA, a short story collection by Rhiannon Rasmussen, hauntingly illustrated by Lucia Retamales.

12 dark tales and 13 illustrations. 168 pages. Limited to 150 copies.

Coming December 2025, Pre-order now! bit.ly/3XyScs6
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Thanks @therealjackfinn.bsky.social for including Companions! 🖤🐺
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Stupidity or bad timing or both?
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.

The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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More humbling praise for THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 (coming in February 2026) this time from the amazing @joanneanderton.bsky.social Thank you!
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What I've learned the most from my latest release is:

Tons of effort, time, and money = not guaranteed readers or sales.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Happy birthday, lor! 🪱
It's my birthday!! Do something kind for yourself today. Enjoy all the gooey yucky gross things in life. That's where I live. 💖🪱🦑
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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COVER REVEAL! My short story collection COME SING FOR THE HARROWING will be reissued by the marvellous CLASH Books next April with this tasty new cover. I've also added two new stories, one previously unpublished - what more can you ask? ARCs are available now from NetGalley, or drop me a line!
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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November's newsletter is live, with an essay about writing with your whole chest.

Please subscribe, it really means a lot.

Thanks!
Into the Obscuradrome 11/13/25
Welcome back to the Obscuradrome. I'm Bob Pastorella, co-host of the This Is Horror podcast, author of The Small Hours, co-author of They're Watching with Michael David Wilson, and Mojo Rising, which ...
www.bobpastorella.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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We just got in a big inventory order, so now's a great time to grab a nice horror book for the holidays! We just released No Exit and The Neon Revelation by TT Madden comes out next month! Use Shadow15 at checkout to save 15% off your entire order!

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November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Can't wait until this is spun that the "liberal woke extremists" made this happen like the whole crackle barrel bs.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
taking down Halloween decorations is like pulling the world's longest band aid
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
TOC stacked
3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's outt
💫THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS is live on the feast of Martinmas, old Halloween, cover designed by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social — a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in secrets & tragedy.
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I will be sending out spooky Holiday greeting cards in the coming week! Full details 👇
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A Cover Reveal! 🌕

Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026
Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!

Cover Art: Jack Hillside

Cover Design: Silent Q Design
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
But why tho
'V for Vendetta' TV series is in the works at HBO and DC

James Gunn will exec produce

(via Variety)
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM