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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 1d

This Halloween, encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest with T.L. Bodine's Neverest.

Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Cover of Neverest with the caption 'Encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest'. 'Horror Season'. Background is a dark haired girl holding a glowing crystal ball.

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Koji A. Dae @kojiadae.bsky.social · 3d

Spooky season is upon us… go check out my love triangle between a woman seeking relief from the pain of living, the serial killer she hires to unalive her and the cosmic being that wants them both for its own.

Share the love this October with Hold My Heart.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 4d

Supernatural gothic awaits in DuMort by Michelle Tang www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

DuMort by Michelle Tang — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Ghost Orchid Press for a copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Ghost Orchid Press Published – Out Now Price – £2.99 ebook Mrs. Mina...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 6d

Whatever your horror tastes, we've got something for you this spooky season! Get inside the mind of a serial killer and discover the extremes of pleasure and pain with Koji A. Dae's Hold My Heart.

Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

The cover of Hold My Heart with the caption 'get inside the mind of a serial killer' and beneath that, Horror Season on a grainy background photo of a witch-like woman holding a crystal ball.

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Alex Woodroe @alexwoodroe.com · 6d

The Night Ship is up on Netgalley for those of you so inclined! Reviewers, friends, enemies, anyone, if that's not accessible for you drop me a line, I *am* keeping a list of who has asked and will be dropping emails shortly. ♥️

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

As the world goes dark, smuggler Rosi and her crew sail their truck across a murky sea of nothingness.
But something hungry lurks below...

THE NIGHT SHIP BY ALEX WOODROE
PREORDERS OPEN! Coming January 20, 2026 from Flame Tree Press

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 7d

New Review - a gothic haunting with added an enigmatic mediumfor you today which I really enjoyed reading I highly recommend DuMort by Michelle Tang out now - thanks to @ghostorchidpress.com www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

DuMort by Michelle Tang — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Ghost Orchid Press for a copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Ghost Orchid Press Published – Out Now Price – £2.99 ebook Mrs. Mina...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 8d

The Castaway and the Witch has been out for one week! Have you got your copy yet?

Order now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/bO0XrJ

Image of The Castaway and the Witch cover with the caption: "One of those stories you'll want to return to again and again." -- Danai Christopoulou.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 9d

REEF MIND is “surreal & skin-crawling, a pure oceanic nightmare & a must-read for fans of eco-Weird” according to rad-ass writer @thomasha.bsky.social who is rad-ass have you heard & also smells very nice.

Get this incredible Apoc-Coral-yptic Eco-Body Horror novella now: store.tenebrouspress.com

Cover art by Becca Snow; multicolored coral erupts from a skull and forms a network feeding into a new human body. Plus postiive blurbs from Ivy Grimes and Michael Wehunt.

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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 10d

✨Cover reveal!✨
I'm thrilled to present you the cover of my upcoming novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE
It will be released in April 2026 by Dark Matter Ink
Cover art by Mona Finden.

Cover of the novel Love Lethal, Death Divine showing a young female knight wielding a sword

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 14d

Happy 6 month book birthday to EVERY DARK CLOUD!!! 🍄☁️🖤

Hard to believe this novella has been in the world for half a year. Thank you to everyone who’s read, reviewed, gifted, and listened to these words. Keep it up ⛅️
@ghostorchidpress.com

Photo of EVERY DARK CLOUD on a Victorian mortician’s table flanked by plants and bones.

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 13d

It's starting to look a lot like Spooky Season! Join the coven with a great horror book from Ghost Orchid Press.

Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

A woman dressed in black dances in a wheat field, behind the caption 'Horror Season' and a selection of book covers.

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 15d

The Castaway and the Witch is out today! Follow Nefele on a dream-like journey of self-discovery into the Floating Forest.

Order now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8

"As thoughtful as it is beguiling, set in
an island that is both prison and
promised sanctuary, Papadopoulou's
The Castaway and the Witch is one of
those stories you'll want to return to
again and again.”

— Danai Christopoulou, author of

Vile Lady Villains

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 16d

Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives!

Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.

Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥

A visual showing the four panelists, the moderator, and the date and time.

Panel title: Multilingual Life for Creatives
Panelists: Zhui Ning Chang, Danai Christopoulou, Jelena Dunato, and Eugenia Triantafyllou
Moderator: Millie Abecassis
Date: September 26, 2025
Time: 10 am PDT
Register at https://flights-of-foundry.org/

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 16d

“A wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion.”

-- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou. Out tomorrow!

Preorder now: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

“The Castaway and the Witch is a wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion. It casts a magical web that catches you in its unsettling whimsy even as it drags you further into its darker depths.”
-- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 17d

New Review - coming out this week is this tale that crossed myth and fairytale to give us something a bit different. I highly recommend The Castaway and The Witch by @ioannapauthor.bsky.social thanks to @ghostorchidpress.com www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

The Castaway and The Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Ghost Orchid Press for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Ghost Orchid Press Published – 23/10 Price – £9.64 paperback ...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 17d

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September.

Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK

"A moving tale of families lost and magic found, an exploration of the power of enchantment and the enchantments of power - with the poetic register of a timeless fable and an island so vivid you'll want to wander its woods (and befriend the animals!)."
-- Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 18d

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September.

Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK

"Captivating from the first page, this is a story about growing up and growing wise, a book-love story as harrowing as it is tender. With a touch of Piranesi, an undercurrent of fairy tales, and an ancestry of Greek myth, The Castaway and the Witch is a beautiful, deeply moving book."
-- Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Sour Cherry

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 19d

This is an awesome giveaway, including Every Dark Cloud by @marisca.bsky.social!

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 19d

Giveaway now live! FF Patreons can enter win their choice of books by @kurellian.bsky.social @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social or magazines from @heartlines-spec.com @undertow.bsky.social

www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 19d

Check it out!!! So many incredible prizes, including my @ghostorchidpress.com novella EVERY DARK CLOUD 🖤⭐️🖤

Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 19d

Giveaway now live! FF Patreons can enter win their choice of books by @kurellian.bsky.social @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social or magazines from @heartlines-spec.com @undertow.bsky.social

www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

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Ioanna Papadopoulou @ioannapauthor.bsky.social · 19d

The Castaway and the Witch is coming out next Tuesday! I am so excited my little novella is going to be out in just 4 days!

Pre-Order: tinyurl.com/3x8jcbmu
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/dkpwh4tb

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 19d

Still obsessed with this stunning cover! 😍

carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 19d

A recent book cover I drew! :-)

EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social . Out now with @ghostorchidpress.com

burning skies and softly glowing forests, in charcoal and digital colour

every dark cloud book cover
a figure in front of a dark forest with a burning sky

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 19d

A recent book cover I drew! :-)

EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social . Out now with @ghostorchidpress.com

burning skies and softly glowing forests, in charcoal and digital colour

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 19d

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025.

Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8

"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..."
-- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series

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Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · 20d

Build Your #Horror TBR with these #newreleases!

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@williamfgrayfic.bsky.social@collinarmstrong.bsky.social
@lowelljameson.bsky.social@mcmanlypants.bsky.social
@jendiagammon.bsky.social

Build Your #Horror TBR with these #newreleases!

Inanimate Things – Stephen Rhoades

Legend Has It – DJ Slater

Noro- William F. Gray

Polybius – Collin Armstrong

Through the Realm of the Vacant Prince – Lowell Jameson

Vial Darkness – Beck Browning

Bikini Bakesale Massacre - R. W. Goldsmith

The Malevolent - Patrick Field

Fiend – Alma Katsu

Children of Solitude – Michael G Williams

Trip - AJ Humphreys

Every Dark Cloud - Marisca Pichette

Neon Nightmares - Isaac Nightingale

Sinister Ascension – Marc L Abbott

With Friends like These – VS Lawrence

Lesser Hungers – Rien Gray

Doomflower - Jendia Gammon

Veil - Jonathan Janz

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 22d

Very well deserved! Congratulations! 🎉

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