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Indie Darling J.L. Murray
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Horror, fantasy, and gothic fiction writer J.L. Murray. Find me on Substack: https://substack.com/@jlmurraywriter?utm_source=user-menu
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I was pretty worried my cover was a bit too gruesome, but seems like it fits right in for this genre!
July 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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COVER REVEAL!!!
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Introducing The Diablerists (Cover Reveal!)
The West remembers every sin.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Announcements 🎉
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New Book News + A Huge Thank You
Introducing The Diablerists: A Western of Witches and Vengeance
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June 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Hi friends, Monstrous is free right now and through the weekend. If you like your UF with a dose of folk horror, and some blatant and tawdry sex scenes, this series is for you! 3 books out so far, with LUX coming out this fall ❤️‍🔥
June 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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me: I’m fine
also me: writes a 90k word novel about grief and monsters in a crumbling house
June 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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my hobbies include:
– tragic yearning
– slow hallway walks
– emotionally bonding with cursed objects
June 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Me: “I need to go outside.”
Also me: wraps myself in a shawl, walks into the fog, disappears forever
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A (very) rough draft of book two has been written✨🕯️🐺🩸

Next up, revisions! Polishing! Rewriting! Oh my!
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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It's release day!!!!!
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🌕 It’s release day, the wolves are loose
The Wolves of Thornfield Hall is in the world now! Read an excerpt!
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June 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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my book is out in two days and I’m feeling:
🩸 excited
🕯️ unhinged
🐺 mildly feral
📖 emotionally attached to fictional werewolves
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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My book releases Saturday!
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It Comes Early. The Wolves Are Here.
The Wolves of Thornfield Hall releases this Saturday.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I don’t want to fix myself
I want to dress like a grief-stricken widow and befriend the local cemetery crows
June 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Newest post: the house is alive and it wants to know if that's what you're going to wear
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The House is Watching (And It’s Not Impressed)
A room-by-room guide to the living creature that calls itself Thornfield Hall.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I'm not "behind on deadlines," I'm just narratively unreliable.
June 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Me: I’m going to write today.
Also me: alphabetizes tea collection, builds shrine to the moon, emotionally spirals for 3 hours
June 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Just working fascism into my novels to indoctrinate the youths
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Another grimoire just dropped
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🩸The Thornfield Grimoire, Vol. II: Wolves, Moon-Madness & Other Ancestral Concerns
Collected fragments from the house’s hidden library. Translated with caution.
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June 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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The editing is done. The book is finished. I'm FREEEEEEE

*immediately starts on the sequel*
June 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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✨Used ‘melliflous’ in a novel today ✨
June 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Therapist: what do we say to intrusive thoughts?
Me: okay but what if I gave them a name and wrote a trilogy
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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me: writing a normal scene
also me: and then the wallpaper begins to whisper
June 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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why finish editing my novel when i can just sit here and post funny weird writing takes
June 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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me: I’ll just write a cozy story
also me: okay but what if there’s a blood pact, a tragic backstory, and a forest that eats people
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Jane Eyre helped me write this 🕯️
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🕯️ The Governess’s Guide to Surviving Thornfield Hall (Definitely Not Cursed)
Tips and tactics for surviving your first week at a deeply haunted estate.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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“I love you”
is fine or whatever
but have you tried
“you smell like blood and wild things, and I would follow you into ruin”
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM