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Yaika
@yikesyaika.bsky.social
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She/her. 🇵🇷 Cat lady who also wants to be best friends with all the dogs. Horror book and media fanatic.
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I'm a disabled artist in Puerto Rico, and this is the last week to order a pet commission with a print or canvas to receive it in time for the holidays 🖤

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illustration of a pink cat sitting upright on its back legs with yellow flowers coming from behind her on a green and yellow background Illustration of a purple tabby cat loafing on top of green ivy vines with rainbow light reflected in an arch around her. Purple and pink line and dot border. illustration of a white cat with heterochromic eyes, laying on it's side on a green surface. Bordered in yellow with pink and purple flowers.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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gabino.bsky.social
It’s #FridayReads time and Halloween! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you magic, vengeance, ghosts, friendship, a hurricane, and creatures from beyond the reef…and it’s all 45% off because Halloween!🎃
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
Excited to have Jennifer McMahon as our 2026 @summerscares.bsky.social spokesperson!
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
Proud to have my essay on how horror films reflect my chronic illness journey up at @frivolouscomma.bsky.social #chronicillness #horror
frivolouscomma.bsky.social Frivolous Comma @frivolouscomma.bsky.social · 19d
Take a look at a new personal essay by @yikesyaika.bsky.social on her relationship with haunted house/possession films. Out today:
www.frivolouscomma.com/a-body-haunted/

#personalessay #hauntedhouse #chronicillness #illness
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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claymcleod.bsky.social
Pipe dream achieved: I pop up in an anthology alongside Chuck Palahniuk. Not to mention Grady Hendrix, Ally Wilkes and Garth Marenghi himself… Mr. Matthew Holness. UNQUIET GUESTS, edited by Dan Coxon, featuring my haunted housecleaning story “deep clean,” hits shelves 10/30. Preorder: bit.ly/46NawU2
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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biblioraptorphd.bsky.social
Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Thank you so very much to the Chicago Sun-Times and reporter Ambar Colón for writing about White Tiger. Thank you again so very much, Marvel!

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Local Novelist Helps Marvel Revive White Tiger A Chicago horror novelist is helping Marvel reboot its White Tiger franchise with a fresh Latina face Best known for her genre-blending horror novels, Cynthia Pelayo’s “White Tiger: Reborn,” written with Daniel José Older, tells the story of Ava Ayala, the new White Tiger. https://chicago.suntimes.com/books/2025/10/01/marvel-latino-character-white-tiger-revival-chicago-cynthia-pelayo
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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raforall.bsky.social
31 Days of Horror begins today. This year, it will be posted in one single thread.

Day 1-- Here We Go Again for the 15th Year and the First Giveaway

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31 Days of Horror: Day 1-- Here We Go Again for the 15th Year and the First Giveaway
Today is October 1st and here we are again with  31 Days of Horror . Each year  31 Days of Horror  grows in readership. While some of you ar...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
Why I Love Horror is OUT TODAY!
@raforall.bsky.social, head horror librarian (and wonderful person), has collected love letters to horror from many of the genre’s greatest contemporary writers. If you love horror or want to understand those who do, pick up a copy!
Book titled Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, resting on a floral-patterned yellow pillow and white knit blanket. The cover features a shadowy figure holding a child’s hand.
September 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
HAPPY PUB DAY @raforall.bsky.social! If love horror or want to learn more about why fans love it, buy a copy of Why I Love Horror.
raforall.bsky.social Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · Sep 23
This book is dedicated to librarians everywhere but especially-- @yikesyaika.bsky.social @vantine.bsky.social, Emily Vinci, and Konrad Stump.
raforall.bsky.social Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · Sep 23
Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors.

In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers.

A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below.

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September 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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thetobiasagency.bsky.social
Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry....and it's OUT NOW!

Get yours here ⬇️
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Why I Love Horror is a love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry Out Today Get yours now! *“Spratford, well-known in the library world as a horror expert, has gathered the most important voices in the genre today…The results are illuminating, moving, and inspiring.” -Booklist, starred review "A big, squishy blood-soaked love letter to horror that fans of the macabre and the dark should devour." -Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic "Becky Spratford is your favorite horror author's favorite librarian.” -Jenny Kiefer, author of This Wretched Valley and Crafting for Sinners “A truly remarkable achievement." -Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
September 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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WHY I LOVE HORROR: Essays on Horror Literature by @raforall.bsky.social Becky Spratford is out today! This book will stand the test of time as the eternal response to the question of why we love horror. A special gift. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ it deserves all the awards!
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September 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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ericlarocca.bsky.social
Meet you tomorrow in the town of Burnt Sparrow 🪶
“Just might be the most singularly brutal read to come out of a major publishing house in 2025" Fangoria
September 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Teachers and school librarians, I really want to encourage you to talk to you students about generative AI. Not just teach critical AI literacy, but actually engage with them in conversation about what they think about it and what they think of the consequences of using it are. Talk to them!
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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scaresshapedus.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE:

@claymcleod.bsky.social returns to talk about his new story collection ACQUIRED TASTE, and we dig deep into @stephenking.bsky.social's short fiction with SKELETON CREW. Plus, we celebrate our one-year anniversary!

LISTEN NOW:

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Episode 44: Skeleton Crew with Clay McLeod Chapman
Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle
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August 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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rachelharrison.bsky.social
Ready to PLAY NICE?

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August 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
The WHITE HOUSE One of the most pervasive and destructive of these ideologies is so-called "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI). In the Al context, DEl includes the suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex. DEl displaces the commitment to truth in favor of preferred outcomes and, as recent history illustrates, poses an existential threat to reliable Al.
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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ericlarocca.bsky.social
Incredibly exciting news! Grady Hendrix wrote the Afterword for this new edition and included quotes from me and many other contemporary horror authors. ❤️

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Clive Barker’s ‘Books of Blood’ Return to Shelves With Fresh Reissue of Volumes 1-3
Clive Barker’s Books of Blood are returning to book shelves this coming Halloween season, with Penguin Publishing Group reissuing Volumes 1-3 in time for spooky season. This refreshed edition includes...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
Donate if you can.
scumbelievable.bsky.social Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Aug 24
Bluesky has been stepping up their deletion of Sama'a's accounts, and she and her family need all the help they can get. Please give what you can.

gofund.me/212ea6d3
August 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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haileypiperfights.bsky.social
In 25 days, TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS 😈

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Bart Simpson 's head is replaced by the cover of Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper, art by Julia Lloyd, while walking past a bedroom where Marge is telling Homer "kids can be so demonic" (edited from "kids can be so cruel") to console him about childhood trauma. The book overhears this and excitedly says "We can? Thanks, Mom!"
August 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
I can’t wait to have my copy of @raforall.bsky.social’s WHY I LOVE HORROR in my hands!
raforall.bsky.social Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · Aug 19
The unboxing of....WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAY ON HORROR LITERATURE by me. Coming from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 9/23/25.

The tables were turned for this one because usually I am the person posting other people's books arriving at my house.

@laneheymont.bsky.social

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August 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
Look at this reissue!
tananarivedue.bsky.social Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · Aug 18
***squeeeeeeeee***

One of my readers' favorite novels has just been reissued with this AMAZING cover designed by Rachel Ake.

If you loved THE REFORMATORY, this is the novel I used to say is my scariest. You be the judge!
sagapressbooks.bsky.social Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social · Aug 18
From the award-winning author of THE REFORMATORY, a stunning new reissue of THE GOOD HOUSE by @tananarivedue.bsky.social!

Now available!

New cover designed by Rachel Ake (@rake.makes on IG)
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
yikesyaika.bsky.social
😈🩷
rachelharrison.bsky.social Rachel Harrison @rachelharrison.bsky.social · Aug 18
EXTRA EXTRA!!

3 weeks til PLAY NICE + SO THIRSTY drops in paperback tomorrow 😈🖤🩸
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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claymcleod.bsky.social
Half off The Great Reawakening 👁️👁️👁️👁️
August 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM