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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 13h

Deleted my previous post bc those images live in my body and I am trying to reduce stress. Sharing this instead: two pages of a found poem I wrote in tribute to Palestine and their past and future freedom. Full poem to be published in a magazine sometime soon; honorarium already donated to a fund 💚

A photo of Jaffa oranges. On cutout text a poem reads “the past / is an orange tree / in the window, there / is l a man / and great grandmother / singing”.

Photo of an olive plant with cutout text reading “home is the land / of blue embroidered / at sunset / the shape of trees / where futures / blossom”.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Wow wow wow wow WOW!

A very happy start to October was had by all this weekend at LITTLE GHOSTS 1st (ANNUAL!) FESTIVAL!

You all really showed up for panels, vendors, author readings, and horror short films. We can’t say how much this community means to us- may this free event speak for us.

🙏😭🖤👻📚

The Monster Romance panel at Little Ghosts Fest! Kris says something that makes Motzie gasp, while Verna throws her head back and Chris throws his hands in the air. The panel is lit bisexually.

Undertow Publications at Little Ghosts Fest!

Great Lakes Horror Company at Little Ghosts Fest!

A full vendor room at Little Ghosts Fest! Folks mill around to look at books and crafts.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 2d

HWA members and other awards readers: just a reminder that The Butcher’s Daughter is eligible for a number of awards and nominations this year, including for the Stokers. If you’ve read it and enjoyed it, please consider adding it to your lists!

horror.org/awards/curre...

HWA Bram Stoker Award Recommendations

horror.org

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Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow! Kick off your spooky season with @elliottgish.bsky.social and @daviddemchuk.com bringing grace and gravitas to the gorey and gothic...

Monday, October 6th @ 7pm
@ Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 3d

Today! @peterbcounter.com and I ask whether anything we write is scarier than real life and if we should just pack it in. FUN AT THE LIBRARY!

Promotional image for an event, white with some shadowy trees along the bottom. Dark Stories for Dark Times with David Demchuk and Peter Counter, October 5, 3:30 pm - Halifax Central Library - Room 301, 3rd floor

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Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 4d

Tomorrow!!!

Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 6d

Hey Halifax! This Sunday @daviddemchuk.com and I will be speaking with @elliottgish.bsky.social at the Central Library. Join us for a frightful time!

A poster featuring the headshots of two bespectacled speculative writers reads:
Dark Stories For Dark Times
with David Demchuk and Peter Counter
October 5, 2025, 3:30pm
Halifax Central Library
Room 301, 3rd Floor

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible!

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 5d

If there's one thing I wish I'd been taught in school, it's basic labour law and standards for workers.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 7d

Is there life on
Saturn's mooooooonnnn

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances

Scientists studying water vapour plume from Enceladus find presence of complex molecules that could harbour life

www.theguardian.com

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 10d

The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus is available for pre-order! The ebook officially launches October 16th, with the paperback to follow on October 30th!
Pre-order the ebook here: books2read.com/u/baOyM6

The cover of The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus by Brittni Brinn. The background is a brown-grey wasteland with a rusted diner sign. An orange sunburst explodes from the top right. In the other three corners (proceeding clockwise) are watermark-like images of a fern, a hand, and a medical diagram of the human circulatory system. A thick black infinity symbol sits at the bottom of the cover. A skeleton of a rabbit tops the three ripped pieces of paper that list the title in the centre of the cover.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 10d

The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus is available for pre-order! The ebook officially launches October 16th, with the paperback to follow on October 30th!
Pre-order the ebook here: books2read.com/u/baOyM6

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 11d

Countess ebook is 33% off in Canada atm (it's $5.99 down from $8.99)...so if you been waiting and have a kobo you can save a bit!

www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Countess ebook by Suzan Palumbo - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Countess" by Suzan Palumbo available from Rakuten Kobo. A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire ...

www.kobo.com

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 12d

Cover reveal for The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus! A stunning original cover by Avery Daisy Book Design that perfectly captures the atmosphere of the series!
#BookSky

The cover for The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus by Brittni Brinn features a wasteland with a rusted diner sign in the background and an orange sunburst in the top right corner. A watermark of a medical diagram of a human circulatory system ghosts over the top left corner, a hand in the bottom left, and a fern in the bottom right. Also along the bottom is a thick infinity symbol. The title is printed on ripped pieces of paper in the centre of the cover.

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 12d

Right? Avery Daisy did an incredible job 💜

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much! It's an introspective post-apocalyptic story about seeking connection in a changed world and the challenges of building community - some surreal, mysterious, and nostalgic vibes!

Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 12d

Cover reveal for The Patch Project: The Complete Omnibus! A stunning original cover by Avery Daisy Book Design that perfectly captures the atmosphere of the series!
#BookSky

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 14d

I am so excited that the Kjipuktuk/Halifax/Maritime community has our first speculative writing conference coming this May!! Check out the details on @tricon-hfx.bsky.social or tricon-Halifax.com!

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 14d

(unless it's not actually being decommissioned, and if that is the case, please let me know)

Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 14d

(I'm so sad the International Space Station is being decommissioned)

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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 14d

Canada better get its arm back

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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 14d

Everything becoming privately owned and for profit is one of the things 80s/90s dystopian SF seems to have gotten right.

How fucking bleak.

theconversation.com/nasa-will-sa...

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations

The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.

theconversation.com

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Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Have you heard?
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST is only a month away!

Packed with vendors, panels & readings, you’ll want to come to this FREE celebration of indie horror!

BONUS: Horror Short Film Fest after hours on Sunday night!

Don’t miss this great October treat

www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

A poster shows a ghost with a skeleton inside. Some strange creatures sit in a summoning circle with books on the wall. Tentacles holding a mic and a VHS tape flank the scene.

Text says:
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 4 & 5th
Vendors. Readings. Panels. Short horror films. Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave Toronto

Little Ghosts Fest Panel & Reading Schedule flier.

SATURDAY:
1pm- Horror in Comic Books
2pm- WET SCREAMS: Horrotica & Monster Romance
3pm- QUEER FEARS
4pm- inhumanities book launch & author readings

SUNDAY:
1pm- Eco Horror & Climate Fiction
2pm- Horror on Film
3pm- Toronto is Terrifying: City as Setting
4pm- Author Readings & last chance for book buys!

A teddy bear plays a scream movie in an old TV while a group of little ghosts watch.

Text says:
Little Ghosts Fest Short Horror Films
Sunday Oct 5
7-10pm
$5

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16d

Happy Hobbit Day! Today's Classic Cover of the Day is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a cover illustrated by Tolkien himself

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Peter BOO! Counter @peterbcounter.com · 17d

Five years ago I published this essay in my first book. It's about the way big companies like Disney control our dreams. Feels appropriate now!
invisiblepublishing.com/2020/11/30/c...

Corporate Personhood, Alien, and Chest-bursting Dreams · Invisible Publishing

This has been a seriously joyful season for the launch of Peter Counter’s essay collection, Be Scared of Everything. The Globe and Mail recently included it in their selection of pop culture titles to...

invisiblepublishing.com

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