Rod Mannix #WritingCommunity
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@literarycommunity.bsky.social
@literarybulletin.bsky.social
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#Weekendreads #ValentinesDay2026 #Mustread #Shortstories #Multigenres #Poetry #Ebooks
Just three, of my many & varied titles, Shadow, Vengeful & Terror Beach.
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Just three, of my many & varied titles, Shadow, Vengeful & Terror Beach.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/C-S-D...
www.amazon.com/stores/C-S-D...
February 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#Weekendreads #ValentinesDay2026 #Mustread #Shortstories #Multigenres #Poetry #Ebooks
Just three, of my many & varied titles, Shadow, Vengeful & Terror Beach.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/C-S-D...
www.amazon.com/stores/C-S-D...
Just three, of my many & varied titles, Shadow, Vengeful & Terror Beach.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/C-S-D...
www.amazon.com/stores/C-S-D...
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My story, “The Third Way,” isn’t for the faint of heart… I wrote it in the mid ‘00s, an eerily prescient tale of an attempted fascist takeover. I’m proud of this story but also terrified that I imagined it. Thx to Stygian Lepus for having the courage to publish it. www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 AM
My story, “The Third Way,” isn’t for the faint of heart… I wrote it in the mid ‘00s, an eerily prescient tale of an attempted fascist takeover. I’m proud of this story but also terrified that I imagined it. Thx to Stygian Lepus for having the courage to publish it. www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/
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Heroes of War Series
"Unputdownable. A truly amazing storyline melding fact & fiction so carefully. How much we owe to these men & women one cannot imagine. A beautiful story amidst the awful times of war." 5-Stars
mybook.to/HeroesofWar
#WWII #histfic #Bookrecs
"Unputdownable. A truly amazing storyline melding fact & fiction so carefully. How much we owe to these men & women one cannot imagine. A beautiful story amidst the awful times of war." 5-Stars
mybook.to/HeroesofWar
#WWII #histfic #Bookrecs
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Heroes of War Series
"Unputdownable. A truly amazing storyline melding fact & fiction so carefully. How much we owe to these men & women one cannot imagine. A beautiful story amidst the awful times of war." 5-Stars
mybook.to/HeroesofWar
#WWII #histfic #Bookrecs
"Unputdownable. A truly amazing storyline melding fact & fiction so carefully. How much we owe to these men & women one cannot imagine. A beautiful story amidst the awful times of war." 5-Stars
mybook.to/HeroesofWar
#WWII #histfic #Bookrecs
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A journalist trying to live out of the shadow of her world famous mother.
A DNA test changed everything when she discovered who her father is.
📚💙 #booksky #domesticthriller #romanticsuspense #kindleunlimited
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2QKMTX6
A DNA test changed everything when she discovered who her father is.
📚💙 #booksky #domesticthriller #romanticsuspense #kindleunlimited
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2QKMTX6
February 15, 2026 at 1:55 AM
A journalist trying to live out of the shadow of her world famous mother.
A DNA test changed everything when she discovered who her father is.
📚💙 #booksky #domesticthriller #romanticsuspense #kindleunlimited
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2QKMTX6
A DNA test changed everything when she discovered who her father is.
📚💙 #booksky #domesticthriller #romanticsuspense #kindleunlimited
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2QKMTX6
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Oregon friends, join me and three other authors Sunday at Goodbar tavern in Portland, Oregon, for the Books & Booze event!
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Oregon friends, join me and three other authors Sunday at Goodbar tavern in Portland, Oregon, for the Books & Booze event!
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What compares to getting your first #chapbook published? I really didn't think anything could make me feel so many things at once as this first review did. Thank you, Mark. I am speechless. Available on Amazon.
#writingcommunity #indiepress #diversevoices #readers #bookreview #poetrycommunity #art
#writingcommunity #indiepress #diversevoices #readers #bookreview #poetrycommunity #art
February 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
What compares to getting your first #chapbook published? I really didn't think anything could make me feel so many things at once as this first review did. Thank you, Mark. I am speechless. Available on Amazon.
#writingcommunity #indiepress #diversevoices #readers #bookreview #poetrycommunity #art
#writingcommunity #indiepress #diversevoices #readers #bookreview #poetrycommunity #art
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A lovely review of The Twesome Loop. Thank you Lisa. #reincarnation #soulmates #romance #romancebooks #lovers #charactersinlove #timeperiod
February 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
A lovely review of The Twesome Loop. Thank you Lisa. #reincarnation #soulmates #romance #romancebooks #lovers #charactersinlove #timeperiod
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When a rogue planet is draw into our sun, the aliens ask for our help. We can do nothing, so they launch a capsule of their technology to the moon. To recover it, NASA resurrects a Top-Secret variant of the Space Shuttle. We find much more than technology.
When a rogue planet is draw into our sun, the aliens ask for our help. We can do nothing, so they launch a capsule of their technology to the moon. To recover it, NASA resurrects a Top-Secret variant of the Space Shuttle. We find much more than technology.
Planet Nine: Alien Rendezvous
Planet Nine: Alien Rendezvous [Davis, Laurance] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Planet Nine: Alien Rendezvous
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February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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When a rogue planet is draw into our sun, the aliens ask for our help. We can do nothing, so they launch a capsule of their technology to the moon. To recover it, NASA resurrects a Top-Secret variant of the Space Shuttle. We find much more than technology.
When a rogue planet is draw into our sun, the aliens ask for our help. We can do nothing, so they launch a capsule of their technology to the moon. To recover it, NASA resurrects a Top-Secret variant of the Space Shuttle. We find much more than technology.
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Her pulse picked up and her heart slammed. Cooper Malloy. She hadn’t seen him in years, but she’d recognize that easy gait, those deep gray eyes and rumpled blue-black hair that peeked out from under a wide-brimmed cowboy hat anywhere.
Her pulse picked up and her heart slammed. Cooper Malloy. She hadn’t seen him in years, but she’d recognize that easy gait, those deep gray eyes and rumpled blue-black hair that peeked out from under a wide-brimmed cowboy hat anywhere.
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Her pulse picked up and her heart slammed. Cooper Malloy. She hadn’t seen him in years, but she’d recognize that easy gait, those deep gray eyes and rumpled blue-black hair that peeked out from under a wide-brimmed cowboy hat anywhere.
Her pulse picked up and her heart slammed. Cooper Malloy. She hadn’t seen him in years, but she’d recognize that easy gait, those deep gray eyes and rumpled blue-black hair that peeked out from under a wide-brimmed cowboy hat anywhere.
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“BLOODY HELL,” floated on the clear night air as Greyston fought to get his mount under control, not quite believing what he was seeing as three ghostly apparitions stared at him from behind an ancient funerary marker.
#RegencyRomance
“BLOODY HELL,” floated on the clear night air as Greyston fought to get his mount under control, not quite believing what he was seeing as three ghostly apparitions stared at him from behind an ancient funerary marker.
#RegencyRomance
February 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
books2read.com/u/4jo8ro #availablewide
“BLOODY HELL,” floated on the clear night air as Greyston fought to get his mount under control, not quite believing what he was seeing as three ghostly apparitions stared at him from behind an ancient funerary marker.
#RegencyRomance
“BLOODY HELL,” floated on the clear night air as Greyston fought to get his mount under control, not quite believing what he was seeing as three ghostly apparitions stared at him from behind an ancient funerary marker.
#RegencyRomance
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Had the best time visiting Fonts Books in McLean, VA today. Right away I pull into a parking spot and see my book in the window!! 😱 I signed 13 copies and dropped off some fun swag - totes, pens and bookmarks. Thank you to Amber and the staff! ❤️
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Had the best time visiting Fonts Books in McLean, VA today. Right away I pull into a parking spot and see my book in the window!! 😱 I signed 13 copies and dropped off some fun swag - totes, pens and bookmarks. Thank you to Amber and the staff! ❤️
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'Dusk in the forest when the aromas are richer, the shadows deeper and the broken light muted. I am not a man given to fancy but as we rode through that silent glade it was as if the wood were holding its breath, waiting for something to happen.'
http://mybook.to/theforestdwellers
##histfic
http://mybook.to/theforestdwellers
##histfic
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
'Dusk in the forest when the aromas are richer, the shadows deeper and the broken light muted. I am not a man given to fancy but as we rode through that silent glade it was as if the wood were holding its breath, waiting for something to happen.'
http://mybook.to/theforestdwellers
##histfic
http://mybook.to/theforestdwellers
##histfic
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Book-shopping at the lovely Matilda Bookshop in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
My sweet and funny book is on the shelves in the background, how exciting!
#thefeministearthmotherpartygirl
My sweet and funny book is on the shelves in the background, how exciting!
#thefeministearthmotherpartygirl
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Book-shopping at the lovely Matilda Bookshop in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
My sweet and funny book is on the shelves in the background, how exciting!
#thefeministearthmotherpartygirl
My sweet and funny book is on the shelves in the background, how exciting!
#thefeministearthmotherpartygirl
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Happy Valentines Day! Here's a lovely* romantic** story of mine from @smallwondersmag.com to mark the occasion**:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
*gross
**you could call it that
***don't worry about it.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
*gross
**you could call it that
***don't worry about it.
Tuesday - Small Wonders
After the compatibility testing to ensure I wouldn’t run, after the conditioning, after the acclimatizing dose of your venom, we lay together and made our pact.
smallwondersmag.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Happy Valentines Day! Here's a lovely* romantic** story of mine from @smallwondersmag.com to mark the occasion**:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
*gross
**you could call it that
***don't worry about it.
smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
*gross
**you could call it that
***don't worry about it.
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Stories:
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Tuesday - Small Wonders
After the compatibility testing to ensure I wouldn’t run, after the conditioning, after the acclimatizing dose of your venom, we lay together and made our pact.
smallwondersmag.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Stories:
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
Shelf-stable: solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpu...
The Last Great Repair Tech...: reckoning.press/the-last-gre...
Invasibility: www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
Five Books Unreturned...: www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merc...
Tuesday: smallwondersmag.com/piece/tuesday/
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If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky 📚💙
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky 📚💙
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You still have time to gift an e-book for Valentine's Day.
author.to/PSWinnbooks
author.to/PSWinnbooks
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
You still have time to gift an e-book for Valentine's Day.
author.to/PSWinnbooks
author.to/PSWinnbooks
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For Valentine's Day, we have an abundance of ONE ART poems!
I hope this feels positive and not overwhelming 💜
ONE ART is featuring poems by:
Gloria Heffernan
George Franklin
Kent Kosack
Angie Blake-Moore
I hope this feels positive and not overwhelming 💜
ONE ART is featuring poems by:
Gloria Heffernan
George Franklin
Kent Kosack
Angie Blake-Moore
February 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
For Valentine's Day, we have an abundance of ONE ART poems!
I hope this feels positive and not overwhelming 💜
ONE ART is featuring poems by:
Gloria Heffernan
George Franklin
Kent Kosack
Angie Blake-Moore
I hope this feels positive and not overwhelming 💜
ONE ART is featuring poems by:
Gloria Heffernan
George Franklin
Kent Kosack
Angie Blake-Moore
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In honor of Maauro's birthday. My Outcast State is a free download today. Go to freebooksy! Love will find a way. www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/s...
Free Science Fiction books for Amazon Kindle Daily - Freebooksy
Get your free Science Fiction books in your email inbox daily with Freebooksy! Available for Amazon Kindle, Google Play, Apple, Nook, & Kobo.
www.freebooksy.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In honor of Maauro's birthday. My Outcast State is a free download today. Go to freebooksy! Love will find a way. www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/s...
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I have two new Caregiving Essays up at Francine Witte's wonderful FLASH BOULEVARD.
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/s...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/s...
SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY: The Woman Wants To Know About The Weather
Creative Non-Fiction By Sean Thomas Dougherty The Woman Wants To Know About The Weather If it snows her father won’t visit. They will spend Thanksgiving apart. Don’t start teary eyeing. It’s n…
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February 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I have two new Caregiving Essays up at Francine Witte's wonderful FLASH BOULEVARD.
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/s...
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/s...
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An absurdist little essay I wrote for the UK's Mersey Review.
themerseyreview.com/issues/8/portraitofcraniometryastag
themerseyreview.com/issues/8/portraitofcraniometryastag
Portrait of Craniometry as Tag — The Mersey Review
'Portrait of Craniometry as Tag' by Sean Thomas Dougherty
themerseyreview.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
An absurdist little essay I wrote for the UK's Mersey Review.
themerseyreview.com/issues/8/portraitofcraniometryastag
themerseyreview.com/issues/8/portraitofcraniometryastag
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Valentines 💕 from our archives, part deux.
This funny, achy love song of a story by @amygcb.bsky.social from our Cassette issue
“Love Her Tender”
www.ettereview.com/archive/wint...
This funny, achy love song of a story by @amygcb.bsky.social from our Cassette issue
“Love Her Tender”
www.ettereview.com/archive/wint...
Amy Barnes | -ette-review
Amy Barnes in -ette-review Issue II: Winter 2024
www.ettereview.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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I write:
-action #scifibooks (Weapons of Choice)
-action #sciencefiction with galactic empire undertones (The Wrecking Squad)
-Post-climate apocalypse #clifi (The Scorching)
-Dark-edged #fantasybooks with magical constructs (Warriors of Spirit and Bone)
I’m at #Leeds Comic con on Sunday! #booksky
-action #scifibooks (Weapons of Choice)
-action #sciencefiction with galactic empire undertones (The Wrecking Squad)
-Post-climate apocalypse #clifi (The Scorching)
-Dark-edged #fantasybooks with magical constructs (Warriors of Spirit and Bone)
I’m at #Leeds Comic con on Sunday! #booksky
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I write:
-action #scifibooks (Weapons of Choice)
-action #sciencefiction with galactic empire undertones (The Wrecking Squad)
-Post-climate apocalypse #clifi (The Scorching)
-Dark-edged #fantasybooks with magical constructs (Warriors of Spirit and Bone)
I’m at #Leeds Comic con on Sunday! #booksky
-action #scifibooks (Weapons of Choice)
-action #sciencefiction with galactic empire undertones (The Wrecking Squad)
-Post-climate apocalypse #clifi (The Scorching)
-Dark-edged #fantasybooks with magical constructs (Warriors of Spirit and Bone)
I’m at #Leeds Comic con on Sunday! #booksky
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Special thanks to the esteemed UK horror review site, Ginger Nuts of Horror, for their recent interview about Aroughcoune. I hope you can check it out and share it with friends who enjoy horror, cryptids and creature features.
#horrorfiction #cryptids #creaturefeature #pittsburgh
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#horrorfiction #cryptids #creaturefeature #pittsburgh
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Most horror writers think in monsters. Mark Berton thinks in science experiments gone wrong. I talked to the author of Aroughcoune about narrative puzzles, plausibility, and the dread of the familiar.
Full feature ⬇️
gnofhorror.com/mark-berton-...
@markberton.com
Full feature ⬇️
gnofhorror.com/mark-berton-...
@markberton.com
Mark Berton On Writing Aroughcoune: Scientific Horror & Character - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Horror author Mark Berton discusses crafting Aroughcoune, where science meets terror. Explore his writing process, influences like Clive Barker, and building dread from real-world fears.
gnofhorror.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Special thanks to the esteemed UK horror review site, Ginger Nuts of Horror, for their recent interview about Aroughcoune. I hope you can check it out and share it with friends who enjoy horror, cryptids and creature features.
#horrorfiction #cryptids #creaturefeature #pittsburgh
💙📚 ❤️📚
#horrorfiction #cryptids #creaturefeature #pittsburgh
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