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Frost Zone Press @frostzonepress.bsky.social · 8d

Ghost to Ghost to Ghost will be here Oct 21 🍁
This anthology features 19 stories by authors who live in Canada.
Pre-order link for eBook (more retailers will be added)
Paperback to be available close to the same date.
books2read.com/u/3GkdOL

#Canlit #anthology #ghoststories #shortstories

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions open soon! Oct18-Nov01. Stories 1200-4k, read anonymously so please remove identifying info from story and file name. See details in the submission guidelines on website.

#litmag #shortstories #quiethorror #darkfiction

image: top FROST ZONE in white, below this S T O R I E S in an oval shape with light green background, below that - Submissions open October 18 - November 01 for 2026 books 3&4. Bottom: four book covers displayed left to right: Frost Zone Stories Book 1, next black cover with words BOOK 3 spring 2026, then Black cover with BOOK 4 autumn 2026, last Frost Zone Stories Book 2.

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 5d

We always got a laugh over Hyacinth. 📺
RIP Patricia Routledge. 🕊

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 6d

Today's the day, friends! #Pyres is unleashed!
Massive thanks to Beverley Lee for the shelfie and a wonderful blurb for the book:

See what the fuss is all about here: books2read.com/pyresnovel
#HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱

The Pyres book cover in ebook and paperback with a pull quote from author Beverley Lee about it

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 16d

Happy early 1st Birthday to my short story collection, Fringes of Grey 🎂📚

F-O-G spells FOG aka Fringes of Grey
There may even be fog in one story...
Published by @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social Sep23/24

books2read.com/u/4NVxA9

#quiethorror #Canlit #Hamont #darkfiction #shortstories #Canadianauthor

cover of Fringes of Grey on the left with title and author name, Lene MacLeod. Cover is tones of Grey and features a figure facing away into the foggy woods.
Text on the right: Fringes of Grey is a collection of dark stories that explores themes of aging, death, grief, the supernatural, and spaces of liminality present on the fringes of the everyday.

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Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social · 17d

The Autumn Equinox approaches

The Queen of Wind and Darkness, the Cailleach; she is the Veiled One who belongs to the hidden worlds, and personifies the cutting winds and the harshness of our northern winters

art: Naomi Cornock

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darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · 24d

So excited to announce the DarkWinter Press upcoming catalogue of authors we've signed for the rest of this year to next September! Some fantastic reads coming your way! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/announc...

Announcing Our Upcoming Catalogue Until Fall 2026!

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce the authors and their books that we've secured as of now for the remainder of 2025 until Fall 2026!

www.darkwinterlit.com

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · 28d

Age verification?

It was quite exciting to see a SASE arrive - containing a rejection - for a short story I snail-mailed to a magazine months earlier.

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 28d

Age verification?

I still remember when the computer screamed when it connected to the Internet.

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 29d

Age verification?

Every now and again I hitchhiked home from work, if no one could pick me up.

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cover of Frost Zone Stories, book 2: Background is an abstract design of purple and green maple leaves with a portal-like section in the middle being black and white, beneath is a path. A skeletal figure with long purple and black hair, wearing a raggedy black dress, points a bony finger toward the path. Title is in banner at the top: Frost Zone Stories, small type above this: Book 2 on the left and Autumn, 2025 on the right. Author names down right side of cover: Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D.Thomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, Maureen O'Leary

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ken Dryden has died.
A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas.
A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Sep 1

One of the great character actors. The screen always lit up when he walked on. There was a kindness about him mixed with humor that you can't fake. Just one of those greats who always made every film or TV show he was in better.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Graham Greene has sadly passed away at the age of 73.

He played Skully in ‘Echo’

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 20

Will a fraudulent psychic be served her just desserts? Read about it in "Madame Zenobia's Final Séance" by Kay Hanifen.
Frost Zone Stories book 2.
Pre-order the eBook for just .99c
Print book will be available Sep08.
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

#shortstories #litmag #horrorfiction #quiethorror

Frost Zone Stories cover on left (a skeletal figure in raggedy black dress points down a path beneath a canopy of maple leaves). To the right, text reads: ...wealthy patrons ... were difficult to come by, so women like her took everything they could before their marks became wise to the trick...
Frost Zone Stories book 2 - Autumn, 2025

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 16

Each story in Frost Zone Stories book 2 is paired with an old-school pencil sketch/spot illustration. Here is a peek at "Fourteen Faces to Eternity" by Michael Penncavage - a punchy tale of grief.

open book, on left a portion of pencil-sketch/spot illustration shows a woman slumped over with closed eyes and appears to be a wound on head, with shattered glass behind her, right-hand page shows part of story title, author name, and a few lines of story. A 2nd copy of the print book is on top of the page.
Second image: Book cover on the left, Story title and author name on the left, along with text: ...It has to be Saturday. No later. While everything is fresh. While everything is new...
Frost Zone Stories book 2 Autumn, 2025

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · Aug 11

It's very Monday.

🌞🌡🔥 heading to another 32°C + day

August 11 - supposed to be the last of the dog days of summer... Sirius-ly!

Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · Jun 30

Monday, monday.

Beagle mix puppy sitting and looking at camera.

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you've seen one mall, you've seen them a--
What is up (& down) with those escalators? Read "Her Smile" by ‪Camden Rose in Frost Zone Stories book 2. pre-order the eBook (& paperback at B&N) now, releasing Sep08.
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A

#shortstory #quiethorror #litmag

Frost Zone Stories book 2 cover on the left, text on the right reads:
...My fiancée walks faster, I admire her agility, the way she is motivated, even if that motivation is to get away from me...
"Her Smile" by Camden Rose
Frost Zone Stories book 2 - Autumn, 2025

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Malcolm Timperley @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social · Aug 5

Inspired by places like this...

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Aug 5

Frost Zone Stories book 2 brings you some hiking horror with "Witch Hunt" by @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social - set in the Scottish Highlands, in winter.
pre-order the eBook now at a reduced price of .99c (see info in comments).
Paperback will be available in September.

Frost Zone Stories 2 book cover on the left, text on the righ reads:
...Out there in that never-ending space all you hear is the wind...
"Witch Hunt" by Malcolm Timperley.
Frost Zone Stories book w - Autumn, 2025
Pre-order the eBook now at a reduced price of only .99c

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Lene MacLeod @lenemacleod.bsky.social · Aug 3

Yes.

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · Aug 3

And to point out — people do love to weaponize this.

People in this industry know for a fact if they spread rumors about people, people will be more than likely believe it. Its psychology.

It’s been done to me! 🙃

Don’t believe the story if you’re only getting it from one side.

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Aug 3

If you ever want to work in a creative field, I can't express what a bad idea it is to harass professionals in that field. unless you literally saw some author hit someone else with a car, in the strongest possible terms, just shut up.

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darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to the 2025 DarkWinter Literary Magazine Best of the Net nominees: Paul Bavister, Dagne Forrest, Bill Garvey, Dan MacIsaac, Gregg Norman, Susan Richardson, Robert Steckling, and Susan Wingert! See post for details! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/congrat...

Congratulations to our 2025 Best Of The Net Nominees!

DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2025 Best Of The Net nominees! [...]

www.darkwinterlit.com

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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · Aug 1

I am over the moon!!! This is an incredible honour and so special as it comes from Dark Winter, for a poem that is very close to my heart! My mom and dad gave me the amazing gift of music and it is a gift I have cherished every day of my life.

darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to the 2025 DarkWinter Literary Magazine Best of the Net nominees: Paul Bavister, Dagne Forrest, Bill Garvey, Dan MacIsaac, Gregg Norman, Susan Richardson, Robert Steckling, and Susan Wingert! See post for details! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/congrat...

Congratulations to our 2025 Best Of The Net Nominees!

DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2025 Best Of The Net nominees! [...]

www.darkwinterlit.com

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C. J. Daley (BestGhost Out Now!) @cjdaleywrites.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks Gabino!

I have something secretive in my pocket I’m stoked about, but I need a little more time

Welcome to Cemetery, my debut crime thriller, is filled with twists and stacking bodies. See if you can figure it out now!

books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

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Frost Zone Stories @frostzonestories.bsky.social · Jul 23

Frost Zone Stories Book 2 will arrive September 8th!
Eleven dark and dreadful tales for your reading pleasure 😨
Pre-order price is only .99c
link in comments to purchase; more retailers to be added soon (if you don't want to order from Am*zn)

eBook cover for Frost Zone Stories Book 2: a background of maple leaves in purple and green, with black & white leaves in the centre above a twisting path. A skeletal figure with long purple hair, and wearing ragged black dress points one bony finger down the path, inviting you to ..go there. Authors listed on right: Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D. Thomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, and Maureen O'Leary.
Pre-order now at the reduced price of .99 cents.

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TC Parker Is Horrific Enough Already (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks Gabino!

HUMMINGBIRD is a small-town horror in the Salem's Lot/Needful things vein, feat:

Obscene body trees 🪾
Sardonic demigods 🏺
Sapphic werefoxes 🏳️‍🌈🦊
Demonic preachers 👿
A cover by the brilliant @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
And much more!

tinyurl.com/35688vc9

Promo image for Hummingbird, featuring:

Book cover - a humanoid figure with a skull for a head and antlers made of branches, with a body constructed of what look like tree roots

Strapline: Small Town. Big Evil

Blurb from Hailey Piper reading: "a Pulp Fiction-esque horror show"

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks, Gabino! My collection of noir short stories released two weeks ago today! WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN tells the stories of desperate people with their backs again the wall in a broken hyper-capitalist system.

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Tom Rimer @rimertom.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks, Gabino! For anyone searching for their next beachy horror read...

a.co/d/a8jlUX6

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