Lucy Blue
@lucybluewriter.bsky.social
Published writer of historical and paranormal romance and Southern gothic horror since the dawn of time. Married to an Australian artist/game designer/computer systems analyst. Editor for Falstaff Books.
Nothing cures a writer's block more efficiently than an appointment they can't miss away from the computer. Why does my muse hate me, y'all? #amwriting
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing cures a writer's block more efficiently than an appointment they can't miss away from the computer. Why does my muse hate me, y'all? #amwriting
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After a glitch earlier today, the Hideki Smith books are back up on Amazon. The second in the series is (bafflingly) yet to get any reviews! If you've read, please consider posting a quick response. Thanks! www.amazon.com/dp/164554371...
Hideki Smith and the Omukade (Hideki Smith Demon Queller)
Hideki Smith and the Omukade (Hideki Smith Demon Queller) [Hartley, A.J., Osako, Hisako, Hartley, Kuma] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hideki Smith and the Omukade (Hideki Smith Demon Queller)
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October 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After a glitch earlier today, the Hideki Smith books are back up on Amazon. The second in the series is (bafflingly) yet to get any reviews! If you've read, please consider posting a quick response. Thanks! www.amazon.com/dp/164554371...
Home repairs and headaches got between me and accomplishing much as a writer or editor today. But then I see a truly fantastic debut novel I edited earlier this year, The 12th of Never by Oje Kendi, released today, and that helps a lot. If you love Stranger Things, this might hit the spot.
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Home repairs and headaches got between me and accomplishing much as a writer or editor today. But then I see a truly fantastic debut novel I edited earlier this year, The 12th of Never by Oje Kendi, released today, and that helps a lot. If you love Stranger Things, this might hit the spot.
Somehow I’m twice as busy now as I was working a day job. I have a book of mine with an editor;I’m editing someone else’s. And oh yeah they’re rebuilding my kitchen. And I’m writing the beloved new thing. #writerlife
October 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Somehow I’m twice as busy now as I was working a day job. I have a book of mine with an editor;I’m editing someone else’s. And oh yeah they’re rebuilding my kitchen. And I’m writing the beloved new thing. #writerlife
Not only am I in this anthology, if you scroll down thru the rewards, you'll see a Tuckerization in my story. So if you've ever wanted to unleash a cosmic horror on the Beautiful South, this could be your chance! #kickstarter #southerngothichorror www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...
Disruptive Intent
An anthology that challenges expectations, subverts tropes, and fights the power.
www.kickstarter.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Not only am I in this anthology, if you scroll down thru the rewards, you'll see a Tuckerization in my story. So if you've ever wanted to unleash a cosmic horror on the Beautiful South, this could be your chance! #kickstarter #southerngothichorror www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...
Happy Friday, kids! Has everybody filed their claim in Bartz v Anthropic? The search list and claim forms are now live at anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy Friday, kids! Has everybody filed their claim in Bartz v Anthropic? The search list and claim forms are now live at anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
So hey, y'all, I'm going to be in this! Short fiction by a bunch of writers who are ready to fight the darkness with their own kind of light. #truthtopower #artcansaveus #anthology
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So hey, y'all, I'm going to be in this! Short fiction by a bunch of writers who are ready to fight the darkness with their own kind of light. #truthtopower #artcansaveus #anthology
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It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic/Latine Heritage month! Let’s boost all signals. This month is great, but I write with an accent every month. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of sazón and magic, waves and monsters, storms and revenge, crime and friendship.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic/Latine Heritage month! Let’s boost all signals. This month is great, but I write with an accent every month. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of sazón and magic, waves and monsters, storms and revenge, crime and friendship.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
My last Friday at the day job I've had for two decades. Gonna be a full-time writer for a bit, something I've never allowed myself to do before. Y'all wish me luck, 'cause this feels really, really weird. #writerlife
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My last Friday at the day job I've had for two decades. Gonna be a full-time writer for a bit, something I've never allowed myself to do before. Y'all wish me luck, 'cause this feels really, really weird. #writerlife
Want to lose touch with reality for a bit? Let me help:
The Dragon's Wife Ebook
Layla is the daughter of an ancient wizard whose greatest enemy, pure evil in a monster’sshape, means to devour her alive and plunge the whole world into darkness.Adam is a scholar knight who has come...
falstaffbooks.myshopify.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Want to lose touch with reality for a bit? Let me help:
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Oh look, it's that day again! And it's my turn to set you some mind-stretching questions.
Four questions about you and your horror work, coming at you 7pm UK time. That's 2pm Eastern for North America.
#HorrorWritersChat
Four questions about you and your horror work, coming at you 7pm UK time. That's 2pm Eastern for North America.
#HorrorWritersChat
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Oh look, it's that day again! And it's my turn to set you some mind-stretching questions.
Four questions about you and your horror work, coming at you 7pm UK time. That's 2pm Eastern for North America.
#HorrorWritersChat
Four questions about you and your horror work, coming at you 7pm UK time. That's 2pm Eastern for North America.
#HorrorWritersChat
Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi are beautiful people & wonderful actors. But Cathy & Heathcliff weren't beautiful adults playing 50 Shades of Bridgerton; they were abused, twisted children acting out physical attraction & patterns of abuse. Their story is sexy in a broken way, but it isn't pretty.
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi are beautiful people & wonderful actors. But Cathy & Heathcliff weren't beautiful adults playing 50 Shades of Bridgerton; they were abused, twisted children acting out physical attraction & patterns of abuse. Their story is sexy in a broken way, but it isn't pretty.
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Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today:
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
September 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today:
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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The ebook of House of Bone and Rain is only $3.99 everywhere for a limited time! A Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist. Glowing reviews in the NYT and NPR. Friendship, grief, magic, vengeance, and monsters. A cheap, weird date!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
September 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The ebook of House of Bone and Rain is only $3.99 everywhere for a limited time! A Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist. Glowing reviews in the NYT and NPR. Friendship, grief, magic, vengeance, and monsters. A cheap, weird date!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
If anybody's looking for an editor, I've got slots open for September and October: lucybluecastle.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/l...
Lucy Blue Edits
Need an editor for your masterpiece? I’m an editor who needs clients–it’s kismet! Contact me at [email protected]
lucybluecastle.wordpress.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If anybody's looking for an editor, I've got slots open for September and October: lucybluecastle.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/l...
Hey, if you haven’t read this yet, now would be a great time to get it. It is so, so good—scary and heartfelt and real.
Hey, the ebook of House of Bone and Rain is only $3.99 for a limited time wherever you buy ebooks! A Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist. Glowing reviews in the NYT and NPR. Friendship, grief, magic, vengeance, and monsters.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey, if you haven’t read this yet, now would be a great time to get it. It is so, so good—scary and heartfelt and real.
Finished another chapter this morning. So getting out of bed was the right decision after all.
a man in a cowboy hat is driving a car with the words gotta enjoy the little things written below him
ALT: a man in a cowboy hat is driving a car with the words gotta enjoy the little things written below him
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August 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Finished another chapter this morning. So getting out of bed was the right decision after all.
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Good morning, friends.
Be glorious.
Be ungovernable.
Be wicked.
And don’t forget to hydrate.
Be glorious.
Be ungovernable.
Be wicked.
And don’t forget to hydrate.
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Good morning, friends.
Be glorious.
Be ungovernable.
Be wicked.
And don’t forget to hydrate.
Be glorious.
Be ungovernable.
Be wicked.
And don’t forget to hydrate.
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Sticking my head out from DragonCon for a sec to say that as of 2 hours ago, HIDEKI is LIVE in Japan and, most importantly, in Japanese! 2時間前の時点で、HIDEKIが日本で、しかも最も重要なことに、日本語で出版されました。
youtu.be/9u6xqQkIrpI
youtu.be/9u6xqQkIrpI
【新発売】受賞作『ヒデキ・スミスと日本の妖怪』(日本語版)をA. J. ハートリーとニワ・マサユキが発刊！HIDEKI SMITH is now available in Japanese!
YouTube video by Andrew (AJ) Hartley
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sticking my head out from DragonCon for a sec to say that as of 2 hours ago, HIDEKI is LIVE in Japan and, most importantly, in Japanese! 2時間前の時点で、HIDEKIが日本で、しかも最も重要なことに、日本語で出版されました。
youtu.be/9u6xqQkIrpI
youtu.be/9u6xqQkIrpI
As always, thanks so much to @chaoticauthor.online for hosting #HorrorWritersChat. Matt, you're a rock star!
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As always, thanks so much to @chaoticauthor.online for hosting #HorrorWritersChat. Matt, you're a rock star!
The main thing I'm currently promoting atm is my editing work--if you've got a horror manuscript that's ready for new eyes and you think I might be able to help you, shoot me a DM! #HorrorWritersChat
And we're done!
There is no algorithm here so visibility depends on your engagement.
Use the #HorrorWritersChat feed (bsky.app/profile/chao...) or click the hashtag. Anything to share? Sale? ARCs?
Anything to promote? Do so here in the replies.
DON'T REPLY WITHOUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
There is no algorithm here so visibility depends on your engagement.
Use the #HorrorWritersChat feed (bsky.app/profile/chao...) or click the hashtag. Anything to share? Sale? ARCs?
Anything to promote? Do so here in the replies.
DON'T REPLY WITHOUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The main thing I'm currently promoting atm is my editing work--if you've got a horror manuscript that's ready for new eyes and you think I might be able to help you, shoot me a DM! #HorrorWritersChat
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I have new business cards to promote being a certified Fictionary developmental editor! Obviously, specializing in horror and dark fiction. #horrorwriterschat #horrorwriter #horrorauthor #horroreditor
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I have new business cards to promote being a certified Fictionary developmental editor! Obviously, specializing in horror and dark fiction. #horrorwriterschat #horrorwriter #horrorauthor #horroreditor
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I also got a couple of tags for this one tonight. If you're intrigued, here it is.
Described as beautifully written, and haunting yet moving.
bsky.app/profile/chao...
Described as beautifully written, and haunting yet moving.
bsky.app/profile/chao...
Decided to knock up a new trailer for my gothic ghost story "The Small Bronze Carriage on the Mantelpiece"
books2read.com/bronzecarriage
mybook.to/bronzecarriage
books2read.com/bronzecarriage
mybook.to/bronzecarriage
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I also got a couple of tags for this one tonight. If you're intrigued, here it is.
Described as beautifully written, and haunting yet moving.
bsky.app/profile/chao...
Described as beautifully written, and haunting yet moving.
bsky.app/profile/chao...
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#horrorwriterschat
This Is How A Villain is Made by @amandaheadlee.bsky.social. it's more than just a tale about a woman finding her power; it's an ace horror story and we need more of those.
This Is How A Villain is Made by @amandaheadlee.bsky.social. it's more than just a tale about a woman finding her power; it's an ace horror story and we need more of those.
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#horrorwriterschat
This Is How A Villain is Made by @amandaheadlee.bsky.social. it's more than just a tale about a woman finding her power; it's an ace horror story and we need more of those.
This Is How A Villain is Made by @amandaheadlee.bsky.social. it's more than just a tale about a woman finding her power; it's an ace horror story and we need more of those.
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All of them?
I mean seriously, out of all the indie horror books I've picked up, there was only one that I've DNFd.
And I read a lot of books. I DNF plenty.
Today I want to shout out @karenlykkebo.com because she has an epic garden horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
I mean seriously, out of all the indie horror books I've picked up, there was only one that I've DNFd.
And I read a lot of books. I DNF plenty.
Today I want to shout out @karenlykkebo.com because she has an epic garden horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):
It’s a difficult time for indie authors. Tell us about an indie horror author and their book that you read and enjoyed that others should read this autumn.
It’s a difficult time for indie authors. Tell us about an indie horror author and their book that you read and enjoyed that others should read this autumn.
August 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
All of them?
I mean seriously, out of all the indie horror books I've picked up, there was only one that I've DNFd.
And I read a lot of books. I DNF plenty.
Today I want to shout out @karenlykkebo.com because she has an epic garden horror.
#HorrorWritersChat
I mean seriously, out of all the indie horror books I've picked up, there was only one that I've DNFd.
And I read a lot of books. I DNF plenty.
Today I want to shout out @karenlykkebo.com because she has an epic garden horror.
#HorrorWritersChat