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jayhengepub.bsky.social @jayhengepub.bsky.social · 13h

October Giveaway! Joining Forces is one of our anthologies that may just surprise you. There are lots of gems that explore what happens when minds, machines, and worlds collide in collaboration—or conflict. Get your free digital copy now through Sunday!

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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson @thisishorror.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re crippled with self-doubt and feel like you’ve written yourself into a corner and are considering giving up on your story because you’re asking yourself “What if the story doesn’t work?” Consider the opposite, “What if it does?”

Keep writing.

You owe it to yourself to finish the story.

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 3d

"The line of tower blocks resembled huge groyne posts stained and encrusted by the urban ebb and flow."

Indulge in a little horror while drinking your brew this morning.

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 10d

When their habitats shrink the Wild find new homes.

The Red Spot Murders is now live and free to read on the blog. Tap for bloody date night shenanigans. 💙📚🩸📚😱📚🖤

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com/2025/09/28/t...

The Red Spot Murders

When their habitats shrink, the Wild find new homes. I thought I’d try something new for this blog by posting a complete short story which you can read for free. I’d love it if you&#821…

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 4d

Shared from FB (Andy Borowitz)

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Dave Jeffery @davebjeffery.bsky.social · 4d

Just to make people aware that there has been a slight delay on the option to purchase the paperback edition of False Prophet. This is being addressed by the publisher, but in the meantime it is still available on Kindle Unlimited and eBook.

Thank you for your patience!

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 4d

Everything I attempt a to write a demon character the story ends up humorous and the demon Pratchett-esque. I just find them ripe for comedy.

The Horror Scriptorium @horrorscriptorium.bsky.social · 5d

Kicking off Spooky Season with some demons 😈

Please feel free to go give it some spooks!

youtu.be/J9wt7YIrOVI

#horrorsky #writingadvice #horrorwriting

How to Write Demons | Horror Writing Tips

YouTube video by The Horror Scriptorium

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoyed Slade House, but rarely see it mentioned. What did you think of it?

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 4d

If you read a scary book this October and enjoyed it, leave a review online somewhere letting the author know what you thought. Trust me, horror authors love nothing more than knowing you enjoyed their story. Especially around spooky season.
#HorrorSky #BookSky

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 8d

Here it is, my lovelies. A massive in-depth interview with @davebjeffery.bsky.social and @leemurraywriter.bsky.social about creating an anthology that tackles mental health in horror.

It's a brilliant anthology and dare I say a brillaint interview

gnofhorror.com/when-horror-...

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When Horror Meets Mental Health: This Way Lies Madness An Interview With Lee Murray And Dave Jeffery - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

"This Way Lies Madness" delivers empathetic horror on anxiety, grief, and more. Editors explain its role in destigmatizing mental health via global stories.

gnofhorror.com

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 9d

In touch with the natural world. Misunderstood.

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks, Tammy!

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 10d

The folkloric belief that reflections, portraits and shadows contain part of a person’s soul influenced two of the greatest Gothic novels of the 19th century.

Read more in @coffinboffin.bsky.social ‘s piece for The Mirror Issue. Pre-order on helleborezine.com

Sam George
THE VAMPIRE'S
LOST REFLECTION
In 1890, Sir James Frazer recorded in The Golden Bough the belief across many cultures that reflections, portraits and shadows were thought to contain part of a person's soul. These folkloric notions influenced two of the greatest Gothic novels of the 19th century: Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most enduring of all fictional vampires, is a creature with virtually no representation: he doesn't have a reflection, his likeness cannot be painted, and he cannot be photographed.
Some modern vampires do have a reflection, but Dracula's lack of representation makes him a profoundly unsettling figure.
Linked with the realm of shadows, he remains the embodiment of an ancient evil who cannot be comprehended nor captured

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 9d

Spain! Make sure you catch the European premiere of our doc 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR on Friday 10 October at Sitges in the beautifully restored Escorxador (an old slaughterhouse, fittingly enough!)

1000 Women in Horror

Is horror a man's world? Ever since the silent film era and until today, the nightmares that have tormented us have been sculpted and embodied by women, but many of these artists have gone completely ...

sitgesfilmfestival.com

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 9d

For the Monday morning crowd

Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 10d

When their habitats shrink the Wild find new homes.

The Red Spot Murders is now live and free to read on the blog. Tap for bloody date night shenanigans. 💙📚🩸📚😱📚🖤

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com/2025/09/28/t...

The Red Spot Murders

When their habitats shrink, the Wild find new homes. I thought I’d try something new for this blog by posting a complete short story which you can read for free. I’d love it if you&#821…

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 10d

When their habitats shrink the Wild find new homes.

The Red Spot Murders is now live and free to read on the blog. Tap for bloody date night shenanigans. 💙📚🩸📚😱📚🖤

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com/2025/09/28/t...

The Red Spot Murders

When their habitats shrink, the Wild find new homes. I thought I’d try something new for this blog by posting a complete short story which you can read for free. I’d love it if you&#821…

eric-nash-inked-up-and-earthbound.com

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 10d

'Tis the season 👇

Indie Horror Chapter @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social · 10d

👻 BOOK RELEASES 👻

New releases for October are live on the website

indiehorrorchapter.uk/2025-releases

Tap on the book covers and clickity-click them straight into your TBR!

Indie Horror Authors from UK and Europe - if we haven’t got your book listed, reach out and let us know 🖤

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2025 Releases | Discover the latest Indie Horror Book releases from the UK and Europe — Indie Horror Chapter

Explore the latest indie horror books released in 2025, from authors from the UK and Europe.

indiehorrorchapter.uk

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 10d

I'll be posting a short horror story to my blog this afternoon. I'll let you know when it's live 🖤

B/W inner city scape after rain. Dark rain clouds still looming overhead. Tower blocks in the background.

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Clara 🍓 @clarabelle.xyz · Dec 27

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 11d

Books we should own
electricliterature.com/8-innovative...

8 Innovative Poetry Collections that Articulate Atrocity - Electric Literature

These poets twist language to witness the fractured reality of violence and survival

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Jos. Keppe @horrificnews.bsky.social · 11d

Drop something colourful

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 11d

Evocative and sinister 🖤🖤 Drink it up 🖤🖤

Häri Ren @r3nio.bsky.social · 22d

Hob skit, peat-fog,
stone crack, bone-clog,
wind cough, crow-grog.
Puddle sup, moor-rain,
moon drip, black-stain,
moon sink, lost-name.
Loom weave, storm-thread,
heather knot, dread-spread,
dark spin, sky-bled.

Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 11d

Drop something colourful

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 11d

#pretendpanel

I've a fondness for many of my characters in my stories, even the most horrible. However, in the opening story of my collection, Corpse Road Blues, there's a character that was lost to a puddle before we even meet them. That's the character that haunts me, desperate to be understood.

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 12d

I've gotta know, #pretendpanel...

September 26th: Do you have a favourite character that you've written?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
September 26th - Do you have a favourite character that you've written?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 12d

MAGIC, part of @demainpublishing.bsky.social's #shortsharpshocksseries

THE WOODWOSE AND HIS MAY QUEEN as bonus material

www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Short-...

#horror chapbook 🩸📚💙📚😱📚

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Nash @ericnash.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations!

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