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Stephanie Ellis
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Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader.
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2d
The path of green and gold hides a multitude of sins in Harrowfield ...

mybook.to/Harrowfield

#booksky #folkhorror #horror #FridayReads
Promo graphic of background of mistletoe with Harrowfield book shown to the right. Eyes hide behind the mistletoe. To the left are these blurbs: ‘An unsettling folk horror ... It creeps under your skin and once you’ve finished reading, it will never let you go.’ – Corinne Pollard, Horror Tree. ‘If you enjoy cozy horror/dark folklore, pagan goddesses and rural settings you really should pick up a copy. I promise you'll enjoy it.’ – Catherine McCarthy, author of Death of a Clown. ‘Harrowfield has the cloistered, nearly claustrophobic atmosphere essential to folk horror. ‘ – Valerie B. Williams, author of The Vanishing Twin.
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hookland.bsky.social
For it is one of those pubs that has abandoned its baptismal name and adjusted to its citizens’ title. While the loss of its original moniker – The Prophetic Dolphin – is a blow to this folklorist’s heart, at least The Courtesans’ Rest preserves its history in the prudishness of the now. – #CLNolan
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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stephellis.bsky.social
The path of green and gold hides a multitude of sins in Harrowfield ...

mybook.to/Harrowfield

#booksky #folkhorror #horror #FridayReads
Promo graphic of background of mistletoe with Harrowfield book shown to the right. Eyes hide behind the mistletoe. To the left are these blurbs: ‘An unsettling folk horror ... It creeps under your skin and once you’ve finished reading, it will never let you go.’ – Corinne Pollard, Horror Tree. ‘If you enjoy cozy horror/dark folklore, pagan goddesses and rural settings you really should pick up a copy. I promise you'll enjoy it.’ – Catherine McCarthy, author of Death of a Clown. ‘Harrowfield has the cloistered, nearly claustrophobic atmosphere essential to folk horror. ‘ – Valerie B. Williams, author of The Vanishing Twin.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
Started a book for review purposes earlier this day intending to read only half as it's ebook & I have to break occasionally BUT it was a real page turner & have just finished. Kentucky Dragon by Michael Park felt like a blend of King, Rosson & Lindqvist.

#booksky #horror
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
Morning everyone!

It's January, and we're back building out our ARC reviewer list ahead of this year's releases: @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS, @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS, @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS... 🧵
Collage of the covers of our upcoming 2026 book releases Top left to bottom left: Drew Huff's The Denizens (ghostly figures with extremely long fingers), Disco Barrington's This Is How The World Ends (cover TBC), panel reading "our 2026 releases" with the Nefarious Bat logo, and Brennan LaFaro's The Denizens (aerial view of a rural forest town, its layout not unlike a human skull)
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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cpcwrites.bsky.social
Thanks for another #FridayReads, Gabino! This time around, I'm sharing the final issue of Canada's amazing @onspecmag.bsky.social, featuring my piratical cosmic horror story 'Seven for a Secret.'

It's my first sale to a magazine, and I'm hella proud of this one. Over 300pgs for less than 3 bucks!
On Spec Magazine #134 VOL 35 No 4
Volume 35 No 4 issue of On Spec Magazine. This issue features short stories by Michele Laframboise ("Last Vacation of a Termite"), Fiona Heath ("Queen of the Sword"), Jarrett Poole ("Night Shift With ...
weightlessbooks.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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joshrountree.bsky.social
Thanks Gabino!!

Digital copies of The Unkillable Frank Lightning are only $7.99!! Please check it out, and help spread the word.

www.amazon.com/Unkillable-F...
The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Unkillable Frank Lightning - Kindle edition by Rountree, Josh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Unkillable Frank Lightning.
www.amazon.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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tvayyyy.bsky.social
Thanks, Gabino! Just popping in with The El. Big sale — 26% off:

www.amazon.com/El-Theodore-...
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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andrian6.bsky.social
@richardkadrey.bsky.social 's THE FLESH KING is out - pick up THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL with it for the whole experience:

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titanbooks.bsky.social Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 2d
Have you picked up THE FLESH KING by @richardkadrey.bsky.social yet?🩸

Tilda, Ford and Neuland hit NYC to hunt a flesh-eating monster in this macabre and witty supernatural noir packed twists, turns, betrayals and showdowns...

https://tinyurl.com/mw6jspcz
January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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stevewestenra.bsky.social
Thanks as always! You're a star!

Here's my queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber navigating a recent queer awakening while searching an isolated town for the celebrity mother who abandoned him as a child:

books2read.com/u/boB9YL

Itchio: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil...
A collage featuring the cover of The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra alongside photos of a microphone, a full moon, a nightingale, a coniferous forest, a taxidermied squirrel, a pair of belipsticked lips with a lit match in front of them, and a logo for "Discovery Bang" featuring Bigfoot inside a magnifying glass.
January 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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aliciawarne.bsky.social
Thanks Gabino!

Want to see the good guys triumph and the bad guys brought to justice?

Two #cozymystery stories with a historical #cozyfantasy setting.

Yes, it's fantasy... but sometimes we need to take a moment to enjoy the fantasy of everything turning out right!

www.aliciawarne.com
The words "Cozy Mysteries with a historical fantasy setting" above two book covers. On the left, the cover to "Death on the Loper" by Alicia Warne, with the words "Closed circle/locked room murder myster! Series Starter 99c" On the right, the cover to "A Crooked Sixpence" by Alicia Warne, with the words "Same sleuth (and her "team"). New mystery: a criminal conspiracy!"
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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kevharrison.bsky.social
Thanks, Gabino!

My latest book, Pyres, is an inferno of visceral rage against the anti-immigrant agenda of the greedy shitheads in power.

Hope people will dig it.
books2read.com/pyresnovel
Pyres cover in paperback and ebook with a pull quote by author TC Parker
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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tcparker.bsky.social
Thanks Gabino - much appreciated

Here's a promo video I made for Saltblood recently... Fuck LLM "content"... we're going lo-fi!

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08C...
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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amygrech.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Shadow-Your-...
A Shadow of Your Former Self
A Shadow of Your Former Self [Grech, Amy, Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Shadow of Your Former Self
www.amazon.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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jdbuffington.com
Thanks, Gabino!
I have a collection focused on ephemeral horrors, those things just out of view, but rupturing reality all around you…
With wonderful human cover art by @stinasdemons.com
#FridayReads 📚🩸
Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There
Check out Nothing But The Willows & Other Things That Are Not There - <p>Perception is reality. But how much can you trust with only two eyes? Cracks in the fabric of the universe reveal facets of a p...
bookshop.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
#HorrorSky what might happen if you became part plant? For Rose Taggert, it's the start of a desperate fight for survival. One that will affect not just her, but those she loves.
"Rose" by Rami Ungar. Available in paperback, ebook and audio.

www.amazon.com/Rose-Rami-Un...
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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gravewriter71.bsky.social
Thx Gabino! My rage at the 1st iteration of this shitregime is all in #horror comedy WENDIGOGO: Indigenous monsters vs greedy colonizers in modern Northwoods WI! Bookseller Morty learns bigots are the other white meat as a cannibal curse changes his life. 'Zon, most platforms & graythornpub.com.
Cover for WENDIGOGO by KA Silva, illustration by Sally Jackson. Morty, an average young white guy in a blue sweatshirt & jeans, looks warily over his shoulder at the monster looming over him. It has an elk skull with huge sharp antlers, fangs dripping ichor, long arms with vicious claws, and ribs showing through its patchy fur pelt. A blizzard swirls in the night behind them. The E in the title is formed by a red slash of claws.
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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elfordalley.bsky.social
My horror-comedies Apartment 239 and the sequel, High Strangeness, are both just 99 cents!

Apt. 239
amzn.to/3TizhOT

High Strangeness
shorturl.at/fCEZ9
Apartment 239
Amazon.com: Apartment 239 eBook : Alley, Elford : Books
amzn.to
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
The ivy enfolded grave guardians of Ashcourt necropolis exist in lithic time. We flicker and fizz in their slow seeing. For the most part we hardly register. When we do, we are trespassing ghosts. Edge of eye phantoms moving against the speed of stone. – #CLNolan
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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gabino.bsky.social
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this & let us know what to repost for you. Angry? Here’s one about injustice, racism, and colonialism. You know, with monsters, magic, murder, grief, and ghosts.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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vivalavivian.bsky.social
Thank you! x

Women in horror month is coming up in no time! And uh, I am a lady who writes horror. I'd be thrilled if you checked out my first collection:
mybook.to/AllsWell
All's Well That Ends Well
Read it now
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January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
Currently enjoying the claustrophobic heat of @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social short story collection Ink Vine and Other Swamp Stories for @undertakerbooks.bsky.social

#FridayReads #booksky
Cover of Ink Vine and Other Swamp Stories by Elizabeth Broadbent. Insects and plant life shown one fluorescent shades of green, orange and yellow. Title at top, name at bottom.
January 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
The path of green and gold hides a multitude of sins in Harrowfield ...

mybook.to/Harrowfield

#booksky #folkhorror #horror #FridayReads
Promo graphic of background of mistletoe with Harrowfield book shown to the right. Eyes hide behind the mistletoe. To the left are these blurbs: ‘An unsettling folk horror ... It creeps under your skin and once you’ve finished reading, it will never let you go.’ – Corinne Pollard, Horror Tree. ‘If you enjoy cozy horror/dark folklore, pagan goddesses and rural settings you really should pick up a copy. I promise you'll enjoy it.’ – Catherine McCarthy, author of Death of a Clown. ‘Harrowfield has the cloistered, nearly claustrophobic atmosphere essential to folk horror. ‘ – Valerie B. Williams, author of The Vanishing Twin.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
stephellis.bsky.social
Sermon of the Wolf now 48000 words. Hope to hit 50000 by Sunday.
The fantasy/myth aspect has somewhat taken over my historical horror.🤣
January 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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rebeccacantrell.bsky.social
Thanks for a great chat today @greethewriter.bsky.social!

My most recent horror is IT WANTS US ALIVE which definitely has changed, battered, compassionate characters trying to save the world, one demon at a time. Or maybe all at once. www.amazon.com/Wants-Us-Ali...

#HorrorWritersChat
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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jacobmarsh.bsky.social
Thanks for the questions this week, Gree. Lovely prose as always.

Right now I have a poll happening on my Patreon to pick which of two free horror shorts is getting a sequel: www.patreon.com/posts/reques...

All free members can vote and the original stories are free to read.

#HorrorWritersChat
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January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM