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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 15h

In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.

This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Hunter's Funeral Procession

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 1h

I've been catching up on some horror films recently and watched Red Rooms last night. What a film, I cannot stop thinking about it

Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssss, this is the good stuff!

Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 2d

Now you're asking the important questions...

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sick of missing out on cool horror shit because it's all in the US, can European freaks please make a con

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After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 3d

I Would Haunt You(r Ebook Reader) If I Could

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · 6d

Oldie but goodie, and still very apt. HAPPY FRIDAY!

Lestat & Louis from Interview w the Vampire (1994). Louis looks exasperated by Lestat and is raising his hand to the side of his face, to cut off whatever Lestat is saying: By Lestat is the word "Life" and by Louis are the words "Me, trying my hardest to enjoy spooky season."

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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 6d

When you’re publishing your publisher friend. @alexwoodroe.com wrote an amazing horror sci-fi banger! So stoked be publishing her!

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nm whitley @nmwhitley.bsky.social · 6d

Hello all, my story "Enselfening" is now live in the new issue of The Dark!
I am finding it impossible to come up with a pithy sales pitch for it, apart from saying it's quite weird and I'm proud of it and hope you'll read it 🙏🙏🙏
www.thedarkmagazine.com/enselfening/

Enselfening - The Dark Magazine

For several years, Winnie had been living on the north side of a town where nobody oriented themselves in terms of north, south, east, or west but rather in relation to the sea, the hills, and two riv...

www.thedarkmagazine.com

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 7d

Yesssss you deserve it!! ❤

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 7d

The time for FLESH has arrived. Send us your fleshiest pieces under 500 words between now and October 7th.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Submission Calls

Open for submissions October 1st – 7th FLESH ZineFor this submission call, we’re looking for pieces (500 words or fewer) connected to the broad theme of FLESH. This zine will be include…

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 7d

It's October! Hurrah!

I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.

@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social

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5 book covers: Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8 (Michael Kelly, ed.) - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Shirley Jackson; and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Kay Chronister, Krisit DeMeester; Brian Evenson, M. Rickert, and more.

Aickman's Heirs (Simon Strantzas, ed.) - Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Finalist for the World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. Reprints in 5 'Best Ofs'. Featuring Nadia Bulkin, Brian Evenson, John Langan, Lynda E. Rucker, and more.

The Ghost Sequences, by A.C. Wise - Finalist for the World Fantasy; Locus; Bram Stoker; and British Fantasy Awards.

To Drown in Dark Water, by Steve Toase - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from Booklist, and Rue Morgue.

I Would Haunt You if I Could, by Seán Padraic Birnie - Reprints in 2 'Best Ofs'. Praise from The Toronto Star, and Library Journal.

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 8d

Okay, good news for those hungry for it: Heard from my friends at Deep Overstock that the eBook for FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN has been submitted to IngramSpark. Once it gets approved, it'll be available for 5 bucks whereever ebooks are sold & the dope physical copies are still available all over!

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Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 9d

And here is that very copy of All the Devils Are Here (yes I look after my books, because they are my friends). Twenty years and counting! Anyway I’m very proud to have played a part in giving new life to this particular old book. Loved revisiting it on the new @backlisted.bsky.social.

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

I read this book last year and it became an instant favourite. If you're looking for non-fiction that feels grubby, liminal and haunted, then this is the book for you. In the first Backlisted ep Rachel Cooke describes Seabrook as someone you feel both afraid of and for. That's really stuck with me.

Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · 9d

New episode up now. All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook: part 2, with guest Jason Hazeley in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6ZlW...

All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook part 2

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 8d

Wonderful! Extremely glad to join you!

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Karlo!!!

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you so much!!

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

Mega excited to have a story in Weird Horror #12 next year! One of my favourite magazines to read and it's a big honour to be part of it!

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 9d

The following weird fictioneers will appear in Weird Horror 12 early next year. @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rajivmote.bsky.social @russellnichols.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social

Blue, cyan-tinged photo of hazy, fog-topped trees with white text: Chloe N. Clark
Roy Graham
Rick Kennett
Annika Barranti Klein
Aliya Whiteley
Rajiv Moté
Russell Nichols
Rory Say
R.L. Summerling
D. Matthew Urban

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 10d

My September post will trouble inboxes on the last day of the month tomorrow, with an extract from a novelette coming out from @remainsmagazine.bsky.social in January. It will include a 25% discount code for newsletter readers on a 4-issue subscription to the mag. Subscribe on my website here. Ta x

Seán Padraic Birnie

Writing, horror, chronic illness, self-publishing, publishing, chapbooks, photography

www.seanbirnie.com

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

I read this book last year and it became an instant favourite. If you're looking for non-fiction that feels grubby, liminal and haunted, then this is the book for you. In the first Backlisted ep Rachel Cooke describes Seabrook as someone you feel both afraid of and for. That's really stuck with me.

Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · 9d

New episode up now. All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook: part 2, with guest Jason Hazeley in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @jasonhazeley.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6ZlW...

All The Devils Are Here by David Seabrook part 2

open.spotify.com

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Jennifer!!! ❤️

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

Yessss, love them! Thanks Sasha!!

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Rebecca Summerling (she/her) @rlsummerling.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Thomas!!

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