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Book Giveaway for StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 2h

Do you have a LibraryThing account? Request the E-Book of the Souvenir Anthology from Stokercon 2025, essays, interviews, and stories, curated and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Great reads from great horror authors!
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Book Giveaway for StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 3h

Do you have a Library Thing account? Check out the Souvenir Anthology from Stokercon 2025, essays, interviews, and stories, curated and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Great reads from great horror authors!
www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
@dackleymcphail.bsky.social
#stoker #hwa #horror

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Out for Blood by Jorie Rao | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 4h

Coming October 16, National Feral Cat Day: A Future for Ferals and More Futures for Ferals, two charity anthologies of science fiction and fantasy tales from top authors, raising funds to support treatment and care for feral cats. You can pre-order with the QR code below now!

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 5h

Prudence Ann Wells grew up believing the things that went bump in the night were just fairy tales until the night a slathering beast with all-too-intelligent eyes breaks down their door. Read Out for Blood especbooks.square.site/product/out-... #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

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Invasive Species by Hildy Silverman | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 6h

Working for a covert organization, keeping cryptids a secret from the common man, everything Daniel Smith has accomplished threatens to crumble when his charge goes rogue, leaving a trail of death and blood and monster sightings in his wake. Read Invasive Species buff.ly/8iWqDGf #cryptids

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Crimson Whisper by Ken Schrader | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 7h

Agents Lydia Wainwright and Keilah Holliday of Her Majesty’s Bureau of Preternatural Affairs journey to the remote Congo to investigate a potential threat of unknown origin. Will they leave the jungle alive? Read Crimson Whisper buff.ly/tV3TzeS #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

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Sand and Secrets by Robert Greenberger | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 8h

Torn between her studies and the opportunity for real fieldwork experience, Ella Trigiani joins the search for a deadly creature most consider the stuff of legends. Will Ella thrive or become one more secret lost in the sands? Read Sand and Secrets buff.ly/xRo4sH8 #cryptids

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Daylight Comes by John L. French | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 9h

When bodies start popping up with bits of them eaten away, Detective Theodore Syn races to solve the case, but he uncovers more than he's prepared for, and no matter which way he turns, the finger of guilt points to someone he knows. Read Daylight Comes buff.ly/7aXht2m #cryptids

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Ice Music by Robert E. Waters | eSpec Books

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NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 9h

When a girl goes missing in the wilds of Alaska, pulled beneath the water by a creature out of folklore, Agent Chimalis Burton is forced to confront dark secrets rooted in her past in order to prevent more deaths. Read Ice Music buff.ly/iiQQiJj #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

The Billabong Trail by James Chambers | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 10h

Ben Keep and Annetta Maikels can't resist investigating a local phenomenon further. But the secret they pursue comes with a body count. Their only hope to reclaim their lives is to solve the mystery. Read Billabong Trail buff.ly/eYKBR4t #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @mothman13.bsky.social

(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

Hidden Fury by Bjorn Hasseler | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 11h

Trouble's brewing in Bowie when a decapitated body turns up at a Little Library. But all is not as it seems as evidence points to a supernatural culprit. Can Watson solve the case before the body count grows? Hidden Fury buff.ly/riDfB6S #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

Mother's Instinct by Sherri Cook Woosley | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 12h

Rosie struggles to research the legend of the local mythical beast while watching over her daughter. When she discovers the scheme to expose the very lore the islanders are trying to protect, it is a race to intervene before consequences grow bloody. Read Mother’s Instinct buff.ly/F3Mvqw6 #cryptids

(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

Skeptic Soup by Michael A. Ventrella | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 13h

Three friends for the video channel Skeptic Soup debunk sensational claims, but when a first-hand account of a missing boy takes them to the wilds of Canada, what they find may—or may not—align with their personal beliefs. Read Skeptic Soup buff.ly/Ff0poTx #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

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Blind Devotion by Ty Drago | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 20h

When Alexandra Harrer vanishes along with her pet—an ancient creature she begged her friend Hank to keep secret—Hank lands in jail. Blamed for her disappearance, he’s torn between confessing all and keeping faith. Read Blind Devotion by Ty Drago buff.ly/MDYCkjO #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

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Snapped Up by Aaron Rosenberg | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 21h

A group of friends check out a local cryptid festival and find themselves in the midst of a full-blown sighting. Or have they? They begin to wonder when one of them meets the creature face to "face." Read Snapped Up buff.ly/HARS4xj
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(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

The Last Summer by Jacob Jones-Goldstein | eSpec Books

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NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 22h

Three friends have one last summer to goof off, but they never could have imagined the turn that would take when they harass a local cult, loosing a creature that will mark one of them for life. Read The Last Summer buff.ly/GqycmdZ
#cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @especbooks.bsky.social

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Mad Dogs & Englishmen by Alan Smale | eSpec Books

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 23h

Federal Agent Chimalis Burton receives a visit from an old friend, a fellow agent who needs her help on a case that has already maimed one agent and left several civilians dead. Can she take out a being of pure evil? Read Ghost of the Dawnlands buff.ly/mv00Lx1
#cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

A chance meeting at a Yorkshire pub becomes deadly as a petty thug uses Lindsey as a cover. Little does she know the mob is the least of her troubles. Something far more deadly stalks the moors, and it has her scent. Read Mad Dogs and Englishmen buff.ly/ZC57Orc
#cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They…

Cryptid Compendium by Danielle Ackley-McPhail | eSpec Books

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NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Following a string of reports of inexplicable, yet eerily similar, experiences around Long Island, Ben and Annetta find themselves exploring a frightening mystery. Something vital has broken. Can they fix it before reality unravels? Read Mount Misery by James Chambers buff.ly/WJtsJ88
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NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Explore the world of cryptids with The Cryptid Compendium! buff.ly/vd0SyZU Delve into this vibrant compendium of the cryptids featured in the first five years of the acclaimed Systema Paradoxa series with vivid full-color illustrations by the reclusive JW Harp.
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Book Giveaway for By Other Means by Mike McPhail, James Chambers, and Bud Sparhawk

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Coming October 16, National Feral Cat Day: A Future for Ferals and More Futures for Ferals, two charity anthologies of science fiction and fantasy tales from top authors, raising funds to support treatment and care for feral cats. You can pre-order with the QR code below now!

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Do you love military scifi? Do you have a Library Thing account? Request By Other Means, part of eSpec Books’ Defending the Future series with stories by top science fiction and military sci-fi authors. www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5... @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @especbooks.bsky.social

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Book Giveaway for StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Do you love horror? Do you have a Library Thing account? Request the E-Book of the Souvenir Anthology from Stokercon 2025, essays, interviews, and stories, curated and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Great reads from great horror authors!
buff.ly/ihZuQxo
@dackleymcphail.bsky.social
#horror

Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Book Giveaway for StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

NeoParadoxa @neoparadoxa.bsky.social · 1d

Do you love horror? Do you have a Library Thing account? Request the Souvenir Anthology from Stokercon 2025, essays, interviews, and stories, curated and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Great reads from great horror authors!
buff.ly/AfJMxJD
@dackleymcphail.bsky.social
#stoker #hwa #horror

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.