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Indie Author of gripping, gritty thriller/horror fiction. OUT NOW: Badlands - 💀🏄🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Mistress of the Crows -🐦‍⬛👻🧙🏻‍♀️🧛🏻 Bleak Waters - 👻🛥️💀🔪 Pre-order Ruins here: https://mybook.to/Ruins

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 7d

For daily facts about my upcoming Halloween release, the supernatural mystery, Ruins, check out the hashtag #TheRoadToRuins

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to #spookyseason!

The veil is thinning and I’m counting down to #Halloween and the release of my #supernatural #mystery, Ruins, with the thread below; #TheRoadToRuins👇

#kindle pre-orders are here: mybook.to/Ruins

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The book ruins on a spooky, mist-covered road with skeletal trees in the background.

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 41m

Spice up your #spookyseason with this “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales”.

Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #vampires, #witches, #ghosts & human monsters.

99p/c on #kindle, FREE on #KU

mybook.to/MOTC

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#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor

The books Mistress of the Crows next to a star-speckled Crow

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks Amber!

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 14h

#HorrorWritersChat

Hello! I’m Gary Kruse, I write horror and dark thriller tales set in deceptively beautiful locations…

My visage, however, is neither deceptive, beautiful or wrathful…

It’s quite bleary eyed and stuffy. Thanks ManFlu…

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 14h

Be welcomed to the ethereal music hall! A stringed aperitif is in order… do tell the Symposium what do you write, from where… and what IS, indeed, your wraithful visage for tonight?
#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question One

Come in, come in! The Phantasmal Symposium has just begun! Settle in the ruined music hall, and tell us – what do you write, from where, and in what ghostly visage have you arrived at our askewed doorstep?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

Horror owes a big debt to Jim. He’s one of the good guys. Help him out please. #HorrorSky #HorrorWritersChat

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 23h

#TheRoadToRuins No. 8

Ruins began life as a YA project written in 2008.

When I was made redundant that version got shelved while I got a new job & retrained.

For this version, the story has changed, but the main cast is the same.

mybook.to/Ruins

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#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor

Ruins next to a pumpkin wreathed in green smoke.

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Love the GIF! 😂😂😂

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Sophia!

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Bleurgh…

Manflu strikes!

Send thoughts and prayers. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

a man is sitting on a couch holding a teddy bear and the words man sick are visible .

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

A “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales” with “some delightful modern takes on classics in the genre”, The Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #witches, #vampires, #ghosts & human #monsters.

mybook.to/MOTC

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#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor

The book Mistress of the Crows besides a star-speckled crow.

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Jim Horlock @horlockwarlock.bsky.social · 1d

Huge thanks to @matgost.bsky.social for the shout out in his newsletter. Please go ahead an check out Disease of Finitude. It's a killer line-up of horror authors, including Mat! Link below!

#horrorbooks #indiehorror #horrorcommunity #horror

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

No worries! Glad you’re enjoying it!

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

A grieving daughter searching for answers.

An enigmatic stranger searching for truth.

And a restless soul searching for revenge.

Bleak Waters - a supernatural mystery.

Out now on #kindle, #KU & #paperback.

mybook.to/BleakWaters

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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor

The book bleak waters against an eerie forest backdrop.

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Aurelia Blade @aureliablade.bsky.social · 1d

#promosky

hello! I go by Aurelia Blade and this is my writing account, I'm an unpublished writer and I have been for about 5 years now, currently I'm taking part in writing competitions!

I write fantasy, horror & LGBTQ+ stories frequently and I hope to be able to promote myself more on here! ꫂ ၴႅၴ

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

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Erin MacNair @emacnair.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to be in the October issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly! “Pink Baby” is one of my stranger stories- and a Steencraft short story finalist back in 2019. Never give up on your weird gems!
#horrorwriters #shortstories#cosmichorrormonthly

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 1d

#TheRoadToRuins No. 7

Inspired by my own holidays to the Norfolk Broads, the story takes Marie on a journey around Ludham Bridge, Potter Heigham and Malthouse Broad, where she faces family conflict, hauntings and a stalker she just can’t shake.

Pre-order it here: mybook.to/Ruins

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Boats at night at the Herbert Woods boatyard in Potter Heigham

The book ruins in a spooky churchyard full of ghosts

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

#TheRoadToRuins No. 6

Ruins is book 3 in my Dark England series.

Casually linked to the first two books, Badlands & Bleak Waters, it contains a cameo or two from both books.

You can catch up on the whole series for less than the price of a coffee!

mybook.to/Dark-England

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The cover of the book Badlands showing a girls silhouette against an ocean backdrop, washed in green.

The cover of bleak waters showing a woman’s face peering out from a lake scene washed green and blue

The cover of the book ruins, showing a ruin against a moody purple sky.

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Added 2K words to Badlands 2 on my commutes today.

And did minor copy edit corrections to Ruins during my lunch break.

Making the time count. 🤙🏻😎

#authorlife #writerslife #WriteSky #writingcommunity

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Savage by Dan Soule. Outstanding book.

It reads like Salem’s Lot written by China Mieville after he’s binge read Irvine Welsh’s Crime books.

#horror #HorrorAuthor

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Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Join us on Tuesday 21st October for a talk from @tracyborman.bsky.social and an opportunity to get a signed copy of The Stolen Crown - with our dear friends @yorklitfest.bsky.social

The Citadel, York - doors at 6:30 for a prompt 7pm start

🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/foxla...

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

If you spend long enough in London, at some point you’ll run into someone who looks like a character from a steam punk fantasy…

Today there’s a gothic Father Christmas type dude wandering around the west end.

With an Alsatian. And a wheeled suitcase. And a giant crucifix around his neck

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Indie Horror Chapter @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social · 3d

👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY 👻

Grave Matters by Lucius Valiant has hit the world 😱

The 5th book in the Thornhill Vampire Chronicles.

This is lush, dramatic, and full of gothic atmosphere, Grave Matters delivers everything readers love about this series.

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Probably! 😂😂😂

Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Why does our subconscious insist on torturing us in this way!!!

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