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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚

@daviddemchuk.com

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Fine writing for foul minds. 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · Nov 16

You may know the tale of Sweeney Todd, but what of the tale of Mrs. Lovett? The Butcher’s Daughter, by David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark. Serving customers May 2025 🥧🔪

The US and UK covers for the novel The Butcher’s Daughter, set against a map of Victorian London

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 1h

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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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 9h

Thank you! 🖤

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 9h

Thank you! 🖤

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 9h

Thank you! 🪆

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 14h

Portage.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Steve Stred @stevestred.bsky.social · 17h

Here's a book I loved!
I think you'll love it too!

Red X by @daviddemchuk.com
Fictional horror ✔️
Non-fiction horror ✔️
🇨🇦 author & settings ✔️
Page turner ✔️

This novel is an unsettling tearjerker!

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 15h

It’s a lot of hard work!

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 16h

Thank you Steve! 🖤

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 19h

free shipping on bookshop! the perfect time to get a book! and do I have one for you! weird medieval guys, gender™️, cannibalism, living beehives, illustrations, and big monster ladies

The West Passage

Check out The West Passage - THE LADIES REIGN. THE PALACE ROTS. THE BEAST RISES. Five starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, BookPage, Library Journal, and...

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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 19h

This is still open. Canadians, if you're concerned about payment processors interfering with your ability to access legal content (and stand with adult creatives against censorship), make sure to sign!

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 1d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

Some Strange Things You Should Watch for Halloween

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Yeppppppp

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

I guess pop tarts are based on me

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

The first time it happened to me, I thought my retina was detaching

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

A chunk of St. John’s just lost power

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

yelling jumping recoiling shrieking swearing cries of NONONONO

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

also some of the best use of boss movement patterns in confined spaces that I’ve ever fought through, fucking hair-raising

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Jack Klausner @jackklausner.bsky.social · 1d

My Weird Horror 11 story is now available to read online:

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 2d

New story up at Weird Horror. @jackklausner.bsky.social's chilling "We Didn't Used to Be Like This." It's sublime.

www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/we-didnt-use...

Screen grab of page from weirdhorrormagazine.com showing the story, title and front cover. Black text on ochre nackgrounb

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

sheer terror

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

OKTOBERFEST

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Thank you and it’s okay, there will be a next time 🤗

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

The very best.

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Halifax was wonderful, and my two events with @peterbcounter.com and @elliottgish.bsky.social were absolute delights. In other news, I am thrilled to confirm that I've received a substantial creation grant from the Canada Council, my first in many years, for my work-in-progress, The Stone Garden. 👻

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

And so much more 🤗