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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 16h

Claim and celebrate ALL the victories

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 7h

SO indifferent.

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 8h

I'm so excited to be heading to the press event for the Dark Secrets exhibition this morning, on behalf of @britfantasysoc.bsky.social. There's even going to be a Victorian-style seance! Stay tuned for my thoughts...

I'll have @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social in tow. She is indifferent to the cause.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 19h

Thís is Eglantine Price
Eglantine learned Witchcraft to figbt
tbe Nazis
Be Líke Eglantine.
Hex the Fascists.

Image from Bedknobs and broomsticks

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD BOOK! and @manylittlewords.bsky.social is a truly amazing human x

Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1d

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6d

A litel bit of goode newes for the humanityes
www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...

University of Pittsburgh launches world's first center to study horror genre

The University of Pittsburgh is doubling down on its longstanding commitment to studying the horror genre with the launch of its new Horror Studies Center.

www.wesa.fm

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 1d

WOOOHOOO GO @talkscaredpod.bsky.social 🥳

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO GOOD BOY BY @talkscaredpod.bsky.social

Order from our bookshop or your favourite retailer.

After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance.

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 2d

"From Oded Fehr as a desert warrior to an oily-pecced Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, every character on screen – regardless of gender or narrative affiliation – exudes sweaty sexual energy. What’s more, there is unfakeable chemistry between the romantic leads."

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment

www.theguardian.com

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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 2d

1/ It looks like something from a galaxy far, far away, but this is the Harvest Moon rising over Titterstone Clee. The sky was a vivid blend of pink and purple, contrasting with the cool tones of the radar dome below. I had reached the summit with plenty of time to spare and... #Shropshire

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, presumably this is something I need to do, as I've never heard of storygraph 😬

Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

Thank youuuuuuuuuu

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

I adore Emma J Shipley for mad, mismatched pieces:
emmajshipley.com

Luxury Homeware & Accessories | Emma J Shipley

Emma J Shipley creates magical accessories for you and your home. Wallpaper, fabrics, furniture, bedding, scarves, cushions, phone cases, prints & more...

emmajshipley.com

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

What a blessed time! 🖤

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

This is high up on my TBR. I love a bit of found footage (and was in the first antho!)

🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social · 3d

Hey all, remember that found footage book @gabino.bsky.social and I put together? Well, we did it again! If you dug FOUND, check out FOUND2. Eighteen more stories of found footage horror! 🖤📼 www.amazon.com/dp/0648731561

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ShinyFluff @shinyfluffdnd.bsky.social · 3d

Just started reading London Weird , a micro-collection of horror by @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social ! It’s very creepy and good!

Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Pssst... can I interest you in a tasty little micro-collection of three of my short stories for 99p / 99c or FREE on Kindle Unlimited?

amzn.eu/d/5M3NUlh

Cover of London Weird, a micro-collection by Ally Wilkes. The cover is black and has an ombre fade pink/purple map of London at the centre. The graphic reads OUT NOW! and AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

Awww, thank you! 'enjoy'!

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! Hope you have a good / terrible time reading

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

Also the microwave I bought when I moved into my first studio flat in 2007 (a classic 'mattress on a shelf = 'mezzanine level'' affair) has finally cracked in half, so if you were minded to pick up some stories, now (soup season) would be a LOVELY time to do so!

Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

Hello new followers! If you've joined me after my spooky settings task for @cbcreative.bsky.social, you might want to check out my micro-collection of three short horror stories with new twists on old settings. It's a lunch-break steal at 0.99 on kindle or free on Kindle U!
amzn.eu/d/b2ySJKM

Image is of Ally, a white-skinned person with long dark hair, wearing a black Harley jacket on a tube platform and holding up a copy of London Weird by Ally Wilkes.

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

With the addition of UNQUIET GUESTS (out 30th Oct from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social ed. @dancoxon.bsky.social) I have finally outgrown my brag shelf and now have a... brag stack, WTAF??
2020 - early October 2025.

A stack of books making up all the physical, well, books that my writing has been in since 2020. All The White Spaces, Where The Dead Wait, the best of Three Crows vol 2, It Calls From The Doors, The Earth Bleeds at Night, Darkness Beckons, FOUND: an anthology of found footage horror, Something Peculiar, Jamie Hallow and the End of the World, Cloisterfox zine, London Weird, Boreal: an anthology of Taiga Horror, and Unquiet Guests.

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

Hello new followers! If you've joined me after my spooky settings task for @cbcreative.bsky.social, you might want to check out my micro-collection of three short horror stories with new twists on old settings. It's a lunch-break steal at 0.99 on kindle or free on Kindle U!
amzn.eu/d/b2ySJKM

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Tim Lebbon @timlebbon.bsky.social · 4d

The Titans of Terror Tour continues ... London, TOMORROW, @cgolden.bsky.social and I are joined by @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and @manylittlewords.bsky.social where we'll talk all things horror! Please come along!

www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...

New Wave of Horror Fiction: Panel at Waterstones Trafalgar Square | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about New Wave of Horror Fiction: Panel at Waterstones Trafalgar Square today.

www.waterstones.com

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 4d

66/2025 was The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, just a delight from start to finish. I can't believe it's taken me so long to discover the Tiffany Aching books. A witchy oversight!

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Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 5d

She hath risen.

“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 4d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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