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C.M. Rosens
@cmrosens.com
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UK Horror & Dark SFF hybrid author - HWA Affiliate Writer, BFS Member

ADHD. Welsh-Turkish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇹🇷. Queer/cis🏳️‍🌈. She/her.

Podcast: @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social
Website/Newsletter: cmrosens.com
Visit Pagham-on-Sea: visitpaghamonsea.co.uk
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Some of these have stuck with me since I was a teenager, and some are more recent books that I have not stopped thinking about since I read them, and probably never will. Read on to find out which 5 I've chosen! #Books2Read…

https://cmrosens.com/2026/01/12/5-books-i-will-think-about-until-i-die/
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January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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My massive sale ends tomorrow (then it is just a regular sale).

11 eBooks, DRM-free, for £9.99 - RRP £29.90 to buy individually. Description in the images & alt text.

#Horror #Fantasy #BookSky #ReaderSky #DiscountBooks #BookSale 💙📚🌈😱📚🩸📣📚👀🪐📚

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Screengrab of text. FANTASY: YELEN & YELENA - Gothic Dark Fantasy Novel, Beauty & the Beast X What Moves the Dead, set in a richly built fantasy world full of rot plague and civil unrest. BONE PUPPETS: a 3K short story, dark fantasy with amateur necromancers attempting to raise the greatest necromancer of their world's history to save their lands from the approaching war. Screengrab of text. PAGHAM-ON-SEA SERIES/URBAN GOTHIC MEETS COSMIC HORROR: THE DAY WE ATE GRANDAD - An eldritch pan polyam nightclub owner teams up with his monstrous sister and demigod cousin to prevent the apocalypse, but in his quest to control his own powers, he might just end the world himself. On purpose. For kicks. For fans of John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS and SACRIFICE (2022) THE SUSSEX FRETSAW MASSACRE & OTHER STORIES - A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SLASHER set in Fairwood House, where the resident killer doesn't get to kill anybody but the bodies hit the floor regardless -- now with short stories from Ricky's childhood and adolescence. OVEREXPOSURE - A TWISTED TALE OF OBSESSIVE LOVE with an eldritch love interest, creeping madness, and a gory, scalpel-sharp ending THE SOUND OF DARKNESS - OVERCOMING CHILDHOOD FEARS and facing the sound that has haunted you since that fateful summer night in the dark. Screengrab of text. FOLKLORE OF PAGHAM-ON-SEA VOL. I - A COMPANION COLLECTION OF FOLKLORE for my fictional town, with town history and local legends THE RELUCTANT HUSBAND - A HISTORICAL FICTION WEIRD PASTICHE novelette first published in 'The Uncanny and the Dead' anthology, told in journal entry format; the genesis of the Porter clan. THE SNOW CHILD: June 1917. Otherworldly child-creatures arrive in an unseasonal blizzard to an English village mourning its war dead, luring away the villagers into the Green. PLUS: bonus novel BIRDS OF A FEATHER - An AU Novel featuring characters from THE CROWS in a contemporary council estate setting, minus the eldritch horror. PLUS: AU Carrie & Ricky's First Christmas: an 8K word slice of life short story detailing how the AU version of Carrie & Ricky spent their first Christmas together at Carrie's dad's house, and Ricky ends up saving the day. "I love you". Box Set graphic. Contents of the box set: The Day We Ate Grandad (novel) Birds of a Feather (novel) and First Christmas (bonus short) Yelen & Yelena (novel) The Sussex Fretsaw Massacre & Other Stories (collection of shorts & novella) The Reluctant Husband (novelette) The Sound of Darkness (short) The Folklore of Pagham-on-Sea Vol 1 (collection of flash fic) Overexposure (short) Bone Puppets (short) The Snow Child (short)
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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My queer Gothic Horror with tentacles series is on Kobo, with many of the books in the series on Kobo Plus except 2.

Also, my deeply queer, aromantic Dark Gothic Fantasy novel, YELEN & YELENA, is on Kobo Plus!

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Yelen & Yelena by C.M. Rosens. Not all curses can be broken. Three novels in the Pagham-on-Sea series by C.M. Rosens. The Crows, Thirteenth, and The Day We Ate Grandad. Covers by Sarh Whittaker. The Crows tagline: A woman looking to escape her past. A house with a mind of its own. Thirteenth tagline: You can't choose your family... but you can eat them. The Day We Ate Grandad tagline: Three possible futures. Two versions of the apocalypse. One chance to save the world.
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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#FilmSky 🎥🍿 #Horror

Letterboxd Year in Review just dropped

Most watched actor: Christopher Lee
Most watched director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Most Watched Theme: Horror, the undead and monster classics
Most Watched Nanogenre: Terror, Supernatural, Darkness

My own post: cmrosens.com/2025/12/12/l...
Your 2025 in film by the numbers: 280 films logged, 105 films reviewed, 472 hours watched Highly rated films (all 5 stars): Sinners, Wake Up Dead Man, and KPop Demon Hunters First Watch - The Well on 02 Jan. Last Watch - A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower on 24 Dec.
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Happy New Year to all those using the Gregorian calendar! I did a look back at 2025 in my previous post, and this one is looking forwards to what 2026 will bring. #IndieAuthors #AuthorLife #NewYearGoals #HappyNewYear

https://cmrosens.com/2026/01/01/2026-looking-forwards/
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January 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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2025: Year in Review

A look back at 2025 - published works, works in progress, indie author earnings and future goals, and website stats. If you're after a year-in-the-life of an indie author, here's mine!

https://cmrosens.com/2025/12/31/2025-year-in-review/
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December 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the #IndieInkAwards! There are loads of great books in this year's awards so I'm just pleased to have been nominated. If you do want to vote for YELEN & YELENA to get before a judge, it would mean the world. #FantasyBooks

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Yelen & Yelena eBook cover. Indie Ink Awards Nominee. Nominated for best audio narration, best friendship, best setting, asexual or aromantic rep, and LGBTQ+ rep.
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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December 2025 Media Round-Up

My monthly media round-up for December 2025 - all the books, podcasts, tv shows, and films I read/listened to/watched this month.

https://cmrosens.com/2025/12/30/december-2025-media-round-up/
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December 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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My box set of 11 eBooks is still available at the sale price of £9.99! (£29.90 to buy individually, usual bundle price £15.00). Sale on until 07 Jan.
DRM-free so you can keep or gift them.
Get free samples on #Smashwords if you want to try before you buy. #Books2Read
🌈 📚 💙
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Box Set graphic - C.M. Rosens eBooks, 11 in total. The Crows and Thirteenth are not included as they are now published with Canelo. Included in this set, shown on the graphic: The Day We Ate Grandad (novel: urban fantasy with tentacles, myth meets mythos, eldritch family drama). Birds of a Feather + First Christmas (novel + short story, queer aro/aspec contemporary romantic dramedy). Yelen & Yelena (novel: Queer Gothic Dark Fantasy, Beauty & the Beast retelling). The Sussex Fretsaw Massacre & Other Stories (novella + short story collection, comedy slasher novella with Ricky Porter short stories). The Reluctant Husband (novelette, Pagham-on-Sea epistolic cosmic horror set in 1930s) short stories: horror & dark fantasy: The Sound of Darkness, The Folklore of Pagham-on-Sea, Overexposure, Bone Puppets, The Snow Child.
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Last few days of the Smashwords End of Year #EOYSale.
50% off my books : www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Free book: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Covers below all included + more!

#HorrorBooks #FantasyBooks #BookSky #Books2Read 🌈 📚 😱 🩸 📚💙 🪐
The Day We Ate Grandad cover by C. M. Rosens: cosmic horror family drama. Tagline reads: three possible futures. Two versions of the apocalypse. One chance to save the world. The image is a yellow dolmen transforming into roots. Yelen and Yelena cover by C.m. Rosens. Tagline: Not all curses can be broken. The cover image is a white woman with long thick wavy hair with her head on one side, listening to something. a stream of bright lights and rose petals blows by her ear. She is in a dusky forest, fading translucently into the trees. The Reluctant Husband novelette cover. A man in 1930s style vest and suspenders sits on the floor, a dead rat at his feet, and a zodiac wheel with astrological symbols superimposed on top. The tagline reads: He's got dark secrets. hers are darker. The Sound of Darkness short story cover with the tagline, Can you hear it? the dark?. By C.M. Rosens. Cover image: person standing in a dark, deserted street at night, beneath the only lit streetlight.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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To find out what the feeds are pulling in, and what you need to add to your post, go on the menu > # Feeds > you will see the list of feeds you've liked and pinned. Click on your chosen feed > check the 3 dots at the top of it to bring up the Feed info.
a screengrab highlighting where Feeds is in the side bar menu, and highlighting a pinned feed, Queer Bookworms, in the list. screengrab of Queer Bookworms feed, with the 3 dots highlighted on the right. The pop-up About box for the Queer Bookworms feed, which says the user who created this feed is biblioqueer.bsky.social, and to include the rainbow emoji and stack of books emoji next to each other in your post for it to be pulled into this feed.
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Indie Ink Awards voting open until 31 Dec - please consider voting for YELEN & YELENA, my aro, queer Beauty & the Beast retelling! Especially in the Aromantic/Asexual category. (Aromantic+bisexual rep). If voted into top 10 books, judges will read it! 🌈 📚 🪐 💙 indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
Indie Ink Awards Nominee: Yelen & Yelena book cover. Nominated for best audio narration, best friendship, best setting, asexual or aromantic rep, and LGBTQ+ rep.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Sales still on:
1. Smashwords End of Year Sale: all my books 50% off, and my folklore collection is free! www.smashwords.com/books/search...
2. Box set of all my indie eBooks (RRP £29.90) now £9.99 until 07 Jan ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0 #Horror #Fantasy #BookSky #QueerAdultSFF #QueerBooks #Books2Read
Box Set graphic - C.M. Rosens eBooks, 11 in total. The Crows and Thirteenth are not included as they are now published with Canelo. Included in this set, shown on the graphic: The Day We Ate Grandad (novel: urban fantasy with tentacles, myth meets mythos, eldritch family drama). Birds of a Feather + First Christmas (novel + short story, queer aro/aspec contemporary romantic dramedy). Yelen & Yelena (novel: Queer Gothic Dark Fantasy, Beauty & the Beast retelling). The Sussex Fretsaw Massacre & Other Stories (novella + short story collection, comedy slasher novella with Ricky Porter short stories). The Reluctant Husband (novelette, Pagham-on-Sea epistolic cosmic horror set in 1930s) short stories: horror & dark fantasy: The Sound of Darkness, The Folklore of Pagham-on-Sea, Overexposure, Bone Puppets, The Snow Child.
December 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Merry Christmas!

Photos from early this morning
Salisbury Cathedral font with candles on each corner, and the large Christmas tree at the west end. Wooden nativity figures of Mary and Joseph and the baby in the manger, in front of the lighted altar. Large carved wooden camel lying down at the altar steps
December 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Whatever/Whyever you celebrate (or if you're just having a normal Thursday tomorrow) I hope that you all have a wonderful day.

The tree went up today and we glued the eyes back on the throne angel again as is tradition

(We have a box of spares and every year she sheds more)

Be NoT aFrAiD
A photo of the top of our tree which is on a table (not pictured) hence why it is nearly touching the ceiling. This caused issues with putting a figure or a star on top of the tree so one year I sprayed two embroidery hoops gold and we glued red glass bead eyes to the outsides and stuck them together as 2 interlocking wheels, and stuck that on top of the tree. One day I will make some wings for it.
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A reminder that the Indie Ink Awards is open for votes, and you're voting to get 10 books in each category in front of judges. YELEN & YELENA is up for 5 categories!

Voting is open until 31st Dec.

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purple and yellow gradient coloured graphic. Cover of Yelen and Yelena by C.M. Rosens with the tagline Not all curses can be broken. Indie Ink Awards Nominee for Best audio narration, best friendship, best setting, asexual or aromantic rep, and LGBTQ+ rep.
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Indie Ink Awards nominee YELEN & YELENA is included in the categories Best Audio Narration

Best Friendship

Best Setting

Asexual & Aromantic Representation

LGBTQ+ Representation

Vote to get it into the top 10…

https://cmrosens.com/2025/12/22/indie-ink-awards-2025-voting-open-for-yelen-yelena/
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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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LITERALLY

he practically turned it into a trope

and the satyr appears as a motif on things where it has NO VALUE OR BEARING ON THE PLOT WHATSOEVER
"Quite so, a gold Tiberius. No, that is wrong. You have found the gold Tiberius. Look at the reverse." Dyson looked and saw the coin was stamped with the figure of a faun standing amidst reeds and flowing water. The features, minute as they were, stood out in delicate outline; it was a face lovely and yet terrible, and Dyson thought of the well-known passage of the lad's playmate, gradually growing with his growth and increasing with his stature, till the air was filled with the rank fume of the goat. "Yes," he said, "it is a curious coin. Do you know it?"
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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I keep forgetting about this too, but YELEN & YELENA is in the Indie Ink Awards for a few different categories! Voting for it to get into the top 10 that judges review is live now.

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Audio narration is free on @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social Season 04, dip in!
Yelen & Yelena cover by C.M. Rosens on a gradiated background of purple fading to yellow (top to bottom). It reads Indie Ink Awards Nominee (title at the top) with an arrow pointing to the cover. The categories are down the right hand side, and they are: best audio narration, best friendship, best setting, asexual or aromantic rep, and lgbtq+ rep.
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I was lucky enough to get this DVD for Christmas last year, and I've been saving it ever since! Now, its time has come... and I'm going to share it with you, so you can get a taste of the classic Ghost Stories for…

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December 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I went along to the local writers circle that Himself has started going to, they have monthly meetings and a guest author each time. Tonight was Jake Arnott, with his latest book BLOOD RIVAL (a queer modern neo-noir retelling of Sophocles' drama Oedipus Tyrranus with gangsters in Kent). Loved it
A copy of Arnott's novel BLOOD RIVAL with a blue cover and red blood drops in the letters of the title, on a red sofa in low light. The title page of BLOOD RIVAL published by Datura. Jake Arnott has signed it To Mel with best wishes Jake Arnott (author signature). My small [white] hand is holding the book open.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Update from Saeed: 🍉

"Every contribution we receive, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives and gives us warmth and hope that humanity still exists. Please amplify my voice and share my story with your friends."

Support link: gofund.me/a0a540b8
A humanitarian appeal from Gaza - Saed Help me keep my family warm before Gaza's harsh winter. I'm renewing my appeal that my family urgently needs warm blankets, clothes, and shoes suitable for winter. My family and I are trying to cope despite life's hardships. But your support gives us strength and is our only source of income after we lost everything in the war. Every contribution we receive, no matter how small, makes a big difference in our lives and gives us warmth and hope that humanity still exists. Please amplify my voice and share my story with your friends. Support link on GFM: https://gofund.me/a0a540b8
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Fancy something longer you can get your fangs into?

Try my novellas and novels- Horror and Dark SFF in the Gothic mode, from soap opera with tentacles to a sumptuously queer dark fantasy.

I even have a contemporary asexual romcom/domestic drama.

🎨 Delilah Monroe @delilah21.bsky.social
Portrait of Ricky Porter by Delilah Monroe. Ricky is a white man in his late 20s, wearing a bloodstained grey hoodie and trousers, with dark tendrils sprouting from the back of his shaved head. He is in a rustic kitchen leaning over the back of a wooden chair. A human arm is growing out of the chair and he is holding its hand.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Want something bite size, involving body horror and themes of love, loss, obsession, desire, and a creeping sense of unease?

Try my short stories:

LATEST: Along the Xylophone Road in OCCUPYING BODIES anthology
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The Snow Child | The Sound of Darkness | Overexposure

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Occupying Bodies cover, compiled by Bernardo Villela and edited by Dean Shawker. A deconstructed human body in black, grey, white, and red, with the blood vessels of the lungs visible.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Walk along the harbour today for a quick look around the Natural History museum. Really enjoyed it even though a lot was under construction and new exhibition spaces are being developed. We grabbed coffee and a sandwich from Γρηγόρης and ate them in the hotel lounge.
View of a Diemotherium model from the 1st floor of the museum. It stands on the ground floor, and is a grey, long-legged elephant type creature, with tusks from its lower jaw pointing backwards, and a short trunk, which is raised. It has small flappy ears, much smaller than an elephant. The lower jaw bone of a Diemotherium excavated in Crete. It is taller than me, so maybe 5ft 6in? It shows the molars and the long curved tusk. The range of blues of the sea today in bands of colour as the waves roll in. There is a mix of greens and blues in messy bands as you go from the sea wall to the horizon, where it is a very dark blue. The marina, with small fishing boats in the foreground and the Venetian fortress on the left in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM