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Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) @mythicdelirium.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 It's my book's birthday TODAY! 💪

Celebrate it with me! 🎉

A BIG thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social 🥳 I'm bowled over by her kind assessment!

Come see me Oct. 17 @ Grave Matters 💀 www.historicsmithfield.org/events/grave...

After all these years—it's out in the world! ➡️ bit.ly/SpiderBookor...

“Mike Allen has long been a force in fantasy and horror. With Trail of Shadows, he’s once again hit it out of the park. Beautiful prose and a haunting story combine to create a tale that will draw you in and refuse to let you go. Folk horror at its best.”
—Gwendolyn Kiste

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Erin Al-Mehairi, Editor & Author @erinalmehairi.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to my friend @christaqua.bsky.social for the release of How to Fake a Haunting today! 🕯️

You’ll want this one for your October reads (or anytime)! She’s such a magnificent writer. 💛

www.amazon.com/How-Fake-Hau...

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Tanya Pell @tanyapell.bsky.social · Jan 28

🥀
There is a house
There is a garden
There is a secret
You mustn’t know

There are sisters
Who tend the garden
And what is reaped
Must first be sown
🥀

Cover of forthcoming Gothic novel by Tanya Pell, HER WICKED ROOTS. A hand rises from green foliage and purple flowers. The hand has attributes of a flower/mushroom.

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be the featured guest at this year's Write or Die Halloween Reading event!

Join us on Tuesday 10/28 at 7pm for a fun evening of spooky stories! 🎃🎃🎃

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 5d

So thrilled to be the featured author today at the Why I Love Horror series from @raforall.bsky.social!

"Keep going. Keep fighting. Keep reading horror. We must."

raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

31 Days of Horror: Day 3-- Why I Love Horror by Gwendolyn Kiste

Today I have another readalike author from WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE the amazing Gwendolyn Kiste who is a readalike...

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 5d

31 Days of Horror: Day 3-- Why I Love Horror by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social

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31 Days of Horror: Day 3-- Why I Love Horror by Gwendolyn Kiste

Today I have another readalike author from WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE the amazing Gwendolyn Kiste who is a readalike...

raforallhorror.blogspot.com

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 6d

I'm beyond thrilled to announce I have a new novel coming out. A fierce, feminist, and totally queer werewolf novel.

This might have been the most fun I've ever had writing a book, and I seriously can't wait for everyone to meet Elsa and Jacey! 🐺🖤🐺

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 10d

So many congrats on this! And thank you so much for the mention!

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 10d

It’s me and @almakatsu.bsky.social in @peoplemag.bsky.social taking about Horror:

people.com/why-is-horro...

Why Is Horror Having a Moment? Authors Alma Katsu and Becky Spratford Break It Down (Exclusive)

The horror genre is having a major moment in the world of books and publishing, and authors Alma Katsu and Becky Spratford are getting together to discuss why. The authors of 'Fiend' and 'Why I Love H...

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 12d

My podcast exists in no small part because Neil's was there first to be a guiding light, so it was a thrill and an honor to chat with him about his own (excellent) writing. Talking Wes Craven was the cherry on top.

The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social · 12d

NEXT WEEK:

It's a horror lit podcast crossover as @talkscaredpod.bsky.social creator and host Neil McRobert joins the show to talk about his new novella GOOD BOY, and to dig into the trauma and influence of Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!

Episode drops 10/1 at Noon Central!

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Bi Visibility Day! 💙💜❤️

We're here, we're queer, and we're writing awesome horror!

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R. A. Ruhl is Querying🌙 @raruhl.bsky.social · 16d

Getting ready for fall with some tiny pumpkins and chilling reads! Featuring:
The Macabre by @kosokojackson.bsky.social
The Rust Maidens by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
A preorder of America's Most Gothic by @leannareneehieber.bsky.social
#booksky #halloween #horror #autumn

Two books, The Macabre and The Rust Maidens, are on an orange leaf print background.

The cover of America's Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction, captioned "Preordered: coming 9/30!"

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S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social · 18d

100 U.S. readers will receive the digital edition of IF YOU KNEW ME for free. Only two more days to sign up!

S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social · 20d

Only four days left in the Goodreads Giveaway!

Book giveaway for If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski Aug 25-Sep 22, 2025

Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 25-Sep 22, 2025. Enter for a chance to win a Kindle edition of ''If You Knew Me'',...

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Christina Ladd @christinaladd.bsky.social · 18d

I wrote a short story I really liked, but wasn't quite a fit for magazine after magazine. But then Death Kit (deathkitcom.wordpress.com) took an immediate shine to it, much to our mutual delight! Don't give up on those odd little stories--they have a home somewhere.

death kit

Visit the post for more.

deathkitcom.wordpress.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 19d

Look! Advance copies of my book arrived! Thank you, @interstellarflight.bsky.social ! (The House of Illusionists officially drops Nov 3, but you can preorder now)

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 22d

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved!
horror.org/awards/curre...

HWA Bram Stoker Award Recommendations

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 22d

finally, the September shopping list is live! new books from @almakatsu.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social & MANY more!

All the New Horror Books Coming in September 2025

August 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Nadia Bulkin, Sarah Gailey, Rachel Harrison, Bitter Karella, Clay McLeod Chapman, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Eric LaRocca, Alma Katsu, M…

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 22d

Happy release day to @nadiabulkin.bsky.social's ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, a collection of three long works that @haileypiperfights.bsky.social called "one-of-a-kind." Any day with new Nadia Bulkin fiction in the world is immediately worth celebrating. Hell yes!

More here: ghoulish.rip/nadia-bulkin...

"THE WORK OF A GENIUS. ORIGINAL, ARRESTING--I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE. BULKIN SMOOTHLY WIELDS HER TALENT AT SOCIETAL DISSECTION TO CUT UNIQUE VISIONS INTO YOUR MIND. ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND." -- HAILEY PIPER

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 27d

Me and my contributor copy of the Vampire Hunters anthology!

Join us this Saturday the 13th at 5pm for the official release party at--where else?--Vampa, the vampire museum!

I seriously can't believe I'll be hanging out at a vampire museum this weekend. Goth bucket list item checked off! 🦇🦇🦇

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Anemone Moss @ecoevoexo.bsky.social · 28d

5: The Rust Maidens by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social

a moving story about a girl whose friends are turning into something the world can't understand. an exploration of the melancholy, alienation, and despair of girlhood in a place where everything is falling apart.

cover for The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste, showing a girl in a decaying industrial environment. the girl is looking on in sadness as she herself turns into metal and rust.

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 29d

We're six months away from next year's Women in Horror Month!

What would you like to see for the 2026 celebration? What have been your favorite parts of Women in Horror Month in the past?

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 8

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

A shadowy forest with pinpoints eyes staring back at you, along with the 3LBE icon and cover artwork.

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Emily Ruth Verona @emilyrverona.bsky.social · Sep 5

INJECT THIS DIRECTLY INTO MY SOUL, PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm absolutely over the moon that my Great Gatsby reimagining will be coming soon from Creature Publishing!

Think CAROL meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE! 🖤👻

This novella has been years in the making, and I'm so excited that it will soon make its way into the world!

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hell yeah!

Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm absolutely over the moon that my Great Gatsby reimagining will be coming soon from Creature Publishing!

Think CAROL meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE! 🖤👻

This novella has been years in the making, and I'm so excited that it will soon make its way into the world!

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J.A.W. McCarthy @jawmccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am ready to read this NOW 🥳

Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm absolutely over the moon that my Great Gatsby reimagining will be coming soon from Creature Publishing!

Think CAROL meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE! 🖤👻

This novella has been years in the making, and I'm so excited that it will soon make its way into the world!

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