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Amos Magliocco @amosmagliocco.bsky.social · 1d

I also want to stop everything and read this right now, another NBA finalist.

Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 3d

I was a weapon in the war. I am one.

THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell

#SundaySentence

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 1d

I do have others but through tiny presses now defunct. 🤷‍♀️

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2d

October is the month to read folk horror of the quiet kind.

Harrowfield isn't just available to purchase via mybook.to/Harrowfield, it's also on Kindle Unlimited. And if you've read it, I'd love it if you leave a review. ❤

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Book cover of folk horror novel Harrowfield. Cover shows a tree sheltering 2 standing stones.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 2d

So glad my friend introduced me to your books. I am such a fan.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 2d

The story I have within is the saddest I have ever written. As a reader, I love Chthonic Matter. I am proud of this. chthonicmatter.wordpress.com

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Horror and crime mostly. Book comes out in a little over a year. 👻

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 3d

There is something addictive about people who put their lives on display.

8 Books That Love Reality TV as Much as You Do - Electric Literature

Novels about fictionalized reality TV premises, and cultural analysis of the shows we can’t stop watching

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Querencia Press @querenciapress.bsky.social · 3d

1/2 We have a ton of extra inventory & need to make room for new titles! All of our 22-24 quarterly anthologies are $8, Not Ghosts, But Spirits is $18 for paperback and $33 for hardcover, & we have overstock titles listed at $7-$8 on our PayHip store! No code needed—

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 3d

I was a weapon in the war. I am one.

THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell

#SundaySentence

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 5d

Bring back art nouveau you cowards

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 5d

Andrew Lang's Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897) — Containing 78 weird happenings, from a demon strangling Devonian farmers in 1682 to a poltergeist terrorising a contemporary Chinese couple. Read it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-dreams-and-ghosts-1897

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 8d

I already do. I am such a fan.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 10d

“. . . one must break with one’s past to embrace one’s future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is.”

DARKFEVER by
@karenmariemoning.bsky.social

#sundaysentence

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 17d

It so good.

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Jeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social · 24d

“As the smoke spiraled out her nostrils, she took the cigarette from between her lips and squeezed the glowing end between her dead fingertips.”
S.A. Cosby, King of Ashes
#SundaySentence

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Leslie Greentree @lesliegreentree.bsky.social · 24d

The thing about being first-generation college was that no one we knew had any idea what the hell we were supposed to be doing there other than taking some classes and hoping they added up to a grand theory of our lives.
#SundaySentence from the brilliant The Payback by Kashana Cauley.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 17d

Now we were in a different story with a more violent plot and a worse end than we’d thought.

MERCY by Joan Silber.

#Sundaysentence

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · 24d

He was perceptive only when he sensed that other people might be judging him.

SWALLOWS by Natsuo Kirino

#sundaysentence

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 28d

Lauren Morrow’s debut novel “Little Movements” explores being a Black artist in a space not built with you in mind, and the toll of constantly having to prove your value. (@cherrylousy.bsky.social)

The Unpredictable Choreography of Marriage, Identity, and Ambition - Electric Literature

Lauren Morrow’s “Little Movements” follows a Black choreographer who leaves her life behind to pursue her dreams

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Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Frost Zone Stories Book 2, including terrific stories by @jennyhart2001.bsky.social @dianedooley.bsky.social @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social @camdenscorner.bsky.social Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D Thomas Minton, @kenfoxe.bsky.social Ann Wuehler and @maureenow.bsky.social

Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories arrived today from @frostzonestories.bsky.social. Full of chilling tales to lead us into the spooky season. I love the skeleton girl pointing the way.

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m in this.

Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Frost Zone Stories Book 2, including terrific stories by @jennyhart2001.bsky.social @dianedooley.bsky.social @malcolmtimperley.bsky.social @camdenscorner.bsky.social Nick Young, Michael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D Thomas Minton, @kenfoxe.bsky.social Ann Wuehler and @maureenow.bsky.social

Colin Leonard @collyleonard.bsky.social · Sep 8

Book 2 of Frost Zone Stories arrived today from @frostzonestories.bsky.social. Full of chilling tales to lead us into the spooky season. I love the skeleton girl pointing the way.

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · Sep 8

Illinois, you elected a real one.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded.

These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

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Harvey Freedenberg @harvf.bsky.social · Sep 7

“She was like a powerful atmospheric depression that squeezes every puff of smoke out of chimneys and casts winter smog over cities.” Olga Tokarczuk, HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT (coming 12/2/25) #sundaysentence

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Robin Kirk @robinkirk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Men in khaki work clothes will pry loose the slats of Reba's Grill, where the owner cooked in her hat because she couldn't remember the ingredients without it #SundaySentence

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Maureen O’Leary @maureenow.bsky.social · Sep 7

He recalled reading, long ago, that falling asleep in the snow was the most pleasant form of dying.

“Deer” from TALES NOCTURNAL by Tim Foley

#sundaysentence

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