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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 9d
Calling nonfiction writers! Our online column, Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk, is OPEN.

We are looking for unpublished, original essays about the writing life, from in-depth tips on the craft and business to thoughtful columns on genre fiction.

Details: links.ruadanbooks.com/cfs

#WriterSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 5h
Horror fans in Blacksburg, VA, or nearby, pay heed! That's right, we're pulling out the ominous phrases. 💀📚

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social is reading at Grave Matters in ONE WEEK at Bull & Bones on October 17, 2025 from 6:00-8:30 PM ET.

links.ruadanbooks.com/GRAVEMATTERS

#BookSky #authorevents
A deep purple textured background features the dark outline of skeletal tree branches on the right edge. White text at the top reads "Mike Allen engages in Grave Matters" above an image of The Black Fire Concerto in paperback. White text to the right of the paperback gives event details: Ticketed reading for Historic Smithfield. Takes place at Bull & Bones Brewhaus & Grill on October 17, 2025, 6:00-8:30 PM ET. Register at links.ruadanbooks.com/GRAVEMATTERS. An image of Mike Allen appears in the lower right corner, and the Ruadán Books logo in the lower left.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 1d
Did you know that you can receive a limited edition art card inspired by @jrblanes.bsky.social's Portraits of Decay—and all you have to do is pre-order the paperback?

Just be one of the first 250 to order:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
📅 Order before October 21, 2025.
🎨 Art by Anna Koon.

#BookSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 2d
🗣️ Heads up for a killer headliner: @nmamatas.bsky.social, editor of 120 Murders, will be doing an #AMA on 10/15 at 3 PM ET!

Mark your calendars & save your questions about our anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era.

🎙️ links.ruadanbooks.com/120MAMA

#BookSky #shortstories
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 3d
Just two weeks until Portraits of Decay is unleashed! 🎨💀 Join us on October 21 at 8 PM ET for a launch event with @jrblanes.bsky.social in conversation with Christa Wojciechowski.

There will be a reading! Questions! Answers! And even prizes!

Register:
links.ruadanbooks.com/PODLaunch

#BookSky
The background of this graphic is a close-up of the Portraits of Decay book cover, with black on the left giving way to a riot of haphazardly streaked colors in greens, blues, yellows, some pink, and the red of blood. In the upper right, Portraits of Decay is spelled out in capital letters also textured with the cover’s paint spatters and a fly. A roughly circular green patch in the main part of the graphic reads “Online launch event: 10.21.25. 8 PM ET. J.R. Blanes, reading and conversation with Christa Wojciechowski.” The Portraits of Decay paperback sits to the right of this, and the Ruadán Books logo is centered at the bottom of the image.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 7d
We're excited to announce the Portrait of Decay audiobook, coming later this month, will have THREE narrators. 🎨🎧

First up, reading for Jefferson Fontenot, is the inimitable James Fouhey!

Stay tuned for the next reveal—while you wait, order the paperback here:
links.ruadanbooks.com/pod

#BookSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 9d
Calling nonfiction writers! Our online column, Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk, is OPEN.

We are looking for unpublished, original essays about the writing life, from in-depth tips on the craft and business to thoughtful columns on genre fiction.

Details: links.ruadanbooks.com/cfs

#WriterSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 10d
Looking to bury yourself in a new book? 📚✨

@mariahaskins.com has you with 10 brilliant books from 2025—dystopian rebellions, visceral horror, intricate SF, gothic fantasy, & more: links.ruadanbooks.com/10in2025

No apologies for what we’re about to do to your TBR! 😅

#BookSky #bookrecommendations
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 14d
When @cindyoquinn.bsky.social tells you not to make the monsters wait, you listen. 👹

🌱 Pre-order Spring in the City to secure this anthology of springtime mischief and horrors for 33% off and get a free metal bookmark in the bargain.

links.ruadanbooks.com/spring

#BookSky #HorrorSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 15d
Need some cryptids or anthropomorphic animals in your life doing questionable things? We've still got you.

Featuring work by:
@patrickhorvath.bsky.social
@gailsimone.bsky.social
Jon Davis-Hunt
@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social

💬 Which comic book or graphic novel did you pick up today?

#ComicsSky
Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath." Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Clean Room by Gail Simone is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Clean Room by Gail Simone & Jon Davis-Hunt." Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen."
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 15d
Whether you're looking for psychological horror, dark fantasy, fairy tales, or urban legends... it looks like we've got something for you.

Featuring work from:
Marjorie Liu
@sanatakeda.bsky.social
@mikemignola.bsky.social
John Byrne
@angelaslatter.bsky.social

#ComicsSky #BookSky
Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Monstress by Marjorie Liu is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Monstress by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda." Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Hellboy by Mike Mignola is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Hellboy by Mike Mignola & John Byrne." Black and grey alternating rays of color radiate from a central point in the background for this image. The cover for Castle Full of Blackbirds by Mike Mignola and Angela Slatter is centered. Orange and white text underneath the image reads "Castle Full of Blackbirds by Mike Mignola and Angela Slatter (et al)."
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 15d
Did someone say it's National Comic Book Day? 💥 There's no way the Ruadán Books team can let that pass without a few—okay, a slew of recommendations!

Featuring work from:
E.M. Carroll
Alan Moore
@eddiecampbell.bsky.social
Juan Díaz Canales
Juanjo Guarnido

#ComicsSky #comics #BookSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 17d
Edited by Linda Hartley, Sinister Societies features six novellas by:

@cindyoquinn.bsky.social
@erricknunnally.bsky.social
@missmurdermercedes.bsky.social
@comicazimike.bsky.social
@horrortom.bsky.social
@inkwellmonster.bsky.social

🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6

#BookSky #TBR #horrorbooks
A close-up of the cover art for Sinister Societies featuring mysterious figures cloaked in red, the central figure also holding up a horned skull, forms the background of this graphic. A dark patch with ragged edges frames white text reading, “‘It's no conspiracy that Sinister Societies assembles a disquieting sextet of novellas that'll have you looking over your shoulder after every tale. The cabal of awe-inspiring writers gathered in this ominous omnibus are to be feared and revered.’—Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the lower left corner.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 17d
From @claymcleod.bsky.social to your eyeballs: #SinisterSocieties is a book to watch! (And by watch, we mean read.)

links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6

Pre-order wherever books are sold; order the paperback from us and receive an art card featuring an illustration from the book.

#BookSky #horrorbooks
A close-up of the cover art for Sinister Societies featuring mysterious figures cloaked in red, the central figure also holding up a horned skull, forms the background of this graphic. A dark patch with ragged edges frames white text reading, “‘It's no conspiracy that Sinister Societies assembles a disquieting sextet of novellas that'll have you looking over your shoulder after every tale. The cabal of awe-inspiring writers gathered in this ominous omnibus are to be feared and revered.’—Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the lower left corner.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 20d
🎸 Who let The Dead Milkmen in here? Oh, that would be Zandra Renwick. You can thank her later.

Enjoy this excerpt from her story "Extra Midnight"—yes, with a special shoutout to TDM's "Punk Rock Girl"—and grab a copy of the book from wherever books are sold.

🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/120M

#BookSky
A background photo of a Polaroid camera with scattered photographs around it is covered by a taupe-colored box with rounded edges containing the following text in white: “We were young and terrible and beautiful, and the world was ours though we didn’t know it then or ever.” This text is attributed at the bottom of the box to Zandra Renwick’s short story, “Extra Midnight” from 120 Murders, edited by Nick Mamatas. A 3D representation of the book appears in the lower right corner of the box, overlapping onto the background image. Three taupe accent lines of varying sizes appear in the lower left corner. The Ruadán Boks logo appears in the upper right corner of the graphic.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 21d
Just what is hiding in these pages? You have to watch to believe it!

Which blink-worthy tropes intrigue you the most?

📖: The Black Fire Concerto by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social
🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/bfc
👩‍🎨: Cover art by @hrabotalesser.bsky.social

#BookSky #TBR #darkfantasy
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22d
We're ONE MONTH out (10.21.25) from #PortraitsofDecay by debut horror novelist @jrblanes.bsky.social!

Painted in occult rituals gone wrong & the Southern Gothic, in obsession & thirst for control, Portraits of Decay asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?

Now: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22d
We're ONE MONTH out (10.21.25) from #PortraitsofDecay by debut horror novelist @jrblanes.bsky.social!

Painted in occult rituals gone wrong & the Southern Gothic, in obsession & thirst for control, Portraits of Decay asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul?

Now: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22d
And while you wait for those balmy spring days, get cozy and enjoy some dark winter tales with Winter in the City, available now wherever books are sold.

❄️ links.ruadanbooks.com/winter

#TBR #BookSky
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 22d
Our ...in the City anthology series is growing—pun absolutely intended. Pre-order Spring in the City right now & pick your very own bouquet of 16 dark tales for 30% off.

🌱 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring

Tell us your favorite city and we'll tell you if it's got a story in our anthology series!

#TBR
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 25d
I love this essay so much: beautiful, hopeful, inspiring, whether you're in Florence or not. ❤️
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 25d
"It was one of the first times I realized that inspiration wasn’t something that found me, I had to go out and meet it." Join us in a textual wander around Florence as Tricia Patras' essay gives us the tools to jumpstart the creative spark.

links.ruadanbooks.com/patras

#WriterSky #writingcommunity
A background photo of a darkened narrow street in Florence, Italy, the spark of the lowering sun beyond the tall buildings. In the lower left, a photo of the writer Tricia Patras is in an orange circle with her name beneath it. Text across a torn paper strip background at the bottom of the image reads, "On Finding Inspiration: How to Rekindle Your Creative Spark. Thoughts from the Writer's Desk." The Ruadán Books logo appears in the lower right.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 25d
"It was one of the first times I realized that inspiration wasn’t something that found me, I had to go out and meet it." Join us in a textual wander around Florence as Tricia Patras' essay gives us the tools to jumpstart the creative spark.

links.ruadanbooks.com/patras

#WriterSky #writingcommunity
A background photo of a darkened narrow street in Florence, Italy, the spark of the lowering sun beyond the tall buildings. In the lower left, a photo of the writer Tricia Patras is in an orange circle with her name beneath it. Text across a torn paper strip background at the bottom of the image reads, "On Finding Inspiration: How to Rekindle Your Creative Spark. Thoughts from the Writer's Desk." The Ruadán Books logo appears in the lower right.
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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 29d
Come see me on Zoom tonight!
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 29d
TONIGHT! Have you registered? Time is ticking!

links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA

Check out the lineup for the 120 Murders Q&A:
@nmamatas.bsky.social
Selena Chambers
@libbycudmore.bsky.social
Michael Marano
@jayridler.bsky.social
@3over2.bsky.social
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
@chrislterry.bsky.social
Graphic displays a lineup of two rows of four black and white photos per row, displaying the last name of each person at the bottom of the photo: the writers featured are editor Nick Mamatas, Selena Chambers, Libby Cudmore, Jason Ridler, Michael Marano, Brian Francis Slattery, Molly Tanzer, and Chris L. Terry. Text beneath this reads “120 Murders Live Q&A.” Smaller text underneath this to the left reads, “When: 9.11.25. Time: 9 PM ET. Where: On Zoom.” A 3D image of the 120 Murders paperback appears to the right of this. Across the bottom, text reads, “More information: links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA.” The Ruadán Books logo appears in the upper left corner.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 29d
TONIGHT! Have you registered? Time is ticking!

links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA

Check out the lineup for the 120 Murders Q&A:
@nmamatas.bsky.social
Selena Chambers
@libbycudmore.bsky.social
Michael Marano
@jayridler.bsky.social
@3over2.bsky.social
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
@chrislterry.bsky.social
Graphic displays a lineup of two rows of four black and white photos per row, displaying the last name of each person at the bottom of the photo: the writers featured are editor Nick Mamatas, Selena Chambers, Libby Cudmore, Jason Ridler, Michael Marano, Brian Francis Slattery, Molly Tanzer, and Chris L. Terry. Text beneath this reads “120 Murders Live Q&A.” Smaller text underneath this to the left reads, “When: 9.11.25. Time: 9 PM ET. Where: On Zoom.” A 3D image of the 120 Murders paperback appears to the right of this. Across the bottom, text reads, “More information: links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA.” The Ruadán Books logo appears in the upper left corner.
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 11
Are you ready for @jrblanes.bsky.social's Portraits of Decay?

"I did not know what I was getting into with this book...it descends into intense atmospheric dread where personal betrayal escalates into the uncanny...An excellent read." —Ini Ekwo, Reviewer

🎨💀 Pre-order: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod
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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · Sep 9
JOIN US!
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9
THURSDAY! a LIVE Q&A with seven authors from 120 Murders! 9/11, 9 PM ET.

Register: links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA

Lineup:
@nmamatas.bsky.social
Selena Chambers
@libbycudmore.bsky.social
Michael Marano
@jayridler.bsky.social
@3over2.bsky.social
@mollytanzer.bsky.social
@chrislterry.bsky.social
A graphic is topped by a photo of a concert with a guitarist under stage lines on a smoky sage, the audience's hands thrown up in the foreground. An accent of musical notes and skulls appears underneath the image, flanking orange glow-edged white text that reads "120 Murders Live Q&A." White text underneath that reads, "September 11, 2025 | 9 PM EST." Further text reads: "Featuring: Nick Mamatas, Selena Chambers, Libby Cudmore, Michael Marano, Jason Ridler, Brian Francis Slattery, Molly Tanzer, and Chris L. Terry." A photo of the paperback for 120 Murders appears near the bottom of the graphic, just above a small bit of text reading "More information: links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA." The Ruadán Books logo appears centered at the top of the graphic.
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