Samuel Hickcox
@samuelhickcox.bsky.social
@uarizona.bsky.social alumni '19 & '24🐻⬇️ • horror writer • published poet
https://samuelhickcox.wordpress.com
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@pfracassi.bsky.social Boys in the Valley is a great November read. Really sets the mood.
#booksky #horrorsky #writesky #horror
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Boys in the Valley
“Old-school horror.” ―Stephen King The Exorcist meets …
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November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
@pfracassi.bsky.social Boys in the Valley is a great November read. Really sets the mood.
#booksky #horrorsky #writesky #horror
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#booksky #horrorsky #writesky #horror
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TusCon52 was awesome. Loved all the authors and writing panels. Can't wait for next year.
#TusCon52 #booksky #writesky #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorwriters
#TusCon52 #booksky #writesky #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorwriters
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
TusCon52 was awesome. Loved all the authors and writing panels. Can't wait for next year.
#TusCon52 #booksky #writesky #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorwriters
#TusCon52 #booksky #writesky #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorwriters
@writersdigest.bsky.social Creating Characters is a great resource for writers to improve characters. A fun and important how-to-write book.
#booksky #writesky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #creatingcharacters
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#booksky #writesky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #creatingcharacters
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Creating Characters: The Complete Guide to Populating Y…
Create characters that leap off the page--and into read…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
@writersdigest.bsky.social Creating Characters is a great resource for writers to improve characters. A fun and important how-to-write book.
#booksky #writesky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #creatingcharacters
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#booksky #writesky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #creatingcharacters
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@paultremblay.bsky.social Survivor Song was awesome. Stories that take place in a short period of time feel so impactful and real.
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#booksy #writesky #horrorsky #horror
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Survivor Song
In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by…
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September 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@paultremblay.bsky.social Survivor Song was awesome. Stories that take place in a short period of time feel so impactful and real.
#booksy #writesky #horrorsky #horror
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#booksy #writesky #horrorsky #horror
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Another Stephen King hit. Natural ability to disturb readers.
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#booksky #writesky #horrorsky
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Revival
Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terro…
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September 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Another Stephen King hit. Natural ability to disturb readers.
#booksky #writesky #horrorsky
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#booksky #writesky #horrorsky
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150,000 words and 500 pages. Pushing limits and learning new writing skills.
#writesky #booksky #horrorwriters #horror
#writesky #booksky #horrorwriters #horror
August 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
150,000 words and 500 pages. Pushing limits and learning new writing skills.
#writesky #booksky #horrorwriters #horror
#writesky #booksky #horrorwriters #horror
First time reading The War of the Worlds. Definitely packed with some horror that I wasn't expecting.
#booksky #writesky #scifi #horrorwriters #waroftheworlds
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#booksky #writesky #scifi #horrorwriters #waroftheworlds
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The War of the Worlds
For more than one hundred years H. G. Wells’ classic sc…
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August 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
First time reading The War of the Worlds. Definitely packed with some horror that I wasn't expecting.
#booksky #writesky #scifi #horrorwriters #waroftheworlds
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#booksky #writesky #scifi #horrorwriters #waroftheworlds
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Took me too long to finally get to @sgj.bsky.social Mongrels. A werewolf novel that I've been craving.
#booksky #writesky #horrorwriters #horror #mongrels
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#booksky #writesky #horrorwriters #horror #mongrels
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Mongrels
NOMINATED FOR THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD • NOMINATED FOR…
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August 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Took me too long to finally get to @sgj.bsky.social Mongrels. A werewolf novel that I've been craving.
#booksky #writesky #horrorwriters #horror #mongrels
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#booksky #writesky #horrorwriters #horror #mongrels
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The Great Alone is a great read of great proportions. A book I couldn't put down.
#booksky #writesky #writers #alaska #thegreatalone
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#booksky #writesky #writers #alaska #thegreatalone
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The Great Alone
Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For …
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July 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Great Alone is a great read of great proportions. A book I couldn't put down.
#booksky #writesky #writers #alaska #thegreatalone
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#booksky #writesky #writers #alaska #thegreatalone
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The best horror novel I've read since Bird Box. Scared me out of my socks.
#booksky #writesky #thewatchers #horror #horrorreaders #horrorwriters
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#booksky #writesky #thewatchers #horror #horrorreaders #horrorwriters
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The Watchers
You can't see them. But they can see you. This forest …
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July 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The best horror novel I've read since Bird Box. Scared me out of my socks.
#booksky #writesky #thewatchers #horror #horrorreaders #horrorwriters
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#booksky #writesky #thewatchers #horror #horrorreaders #horrorwriters
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Emulate craft techniques from the world's greatest writers. This book will no doubt improve anyone's writing.
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#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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Fiction Writing Master Class: Emulating the Work of Gre…
Want to find your voice? Learn from the best! In your d…
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July 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Emulate craft techniques from the world's greatest writers. This book will no doubt improve anyone's writing.
#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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First horror story in my drive to enter the 100k club.
#writesky #booksky #writers #readers #horror #horrorwriters #horrorreaders #100k
#writesky #booksky #writers #readers #horror #horrorwriters #horrorreaders #100k
July 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
First horror story in my drive to enter the 100k club.
#writesky #booksky #writers #readers #horror #horrorwriters #horrorreaders #100k
#writesky #booksky #writers #readers #horror #horrorwriters #horrorreaders #100k
Has beneficial tips applicable to add sci-fi & fantasy elements to a horror writer's toolbox.
#writesky #booksky #writers #horror #sci-fi #fantasy
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#writesky #booksky #writers #horror #sci-fi #fantasy
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Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-of…
Do you envision celestial cities in distant, fantastic …
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June 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez was written in a unique way that I haven't seen done before in horror.
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#writesky #booksky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #writers
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Our Share of Night
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on …
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June 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez was written in a unique way that I haven't seen done before in horror.
#writesky #booksky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #writers
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#writesky #booksky #horrorsky #horrorwriters #horror #writers
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“It’s he-e-e-re…” 👻From the twisted mind behind Save the Cat! Writes for TV comes the scream-worthy Save the Cat! Writes Horror.
Monster. House. Sin.
COMING SEPT 9!
📘 Pre-order in the usual places!
#savethecat #horrorwriting #screenwriting #amwriting #horrorwriters #scriptsky
Monster. House. Sin.
COMING SEPT 9!
📘 Pre-order in the usual places!
#savethecat #horrorwriting #screenwriting #amwriting #horrorwriters #scriptsky
June 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“It’s he-e-e-re…” 👻From the twisted mind behind Save the Cat! Writes for TV comes the scream-worthy Save the Cat! Writes Horror.
Monster. House. Sin.
COMING SEPT 9!
📘 Pre-order in the usual places!
#savethecat #horrorwriting #screenwriting #amwriting #horrorwriters #scriptsky
Monster. House. Sin.
COMING SEPT 9!
📘 Pre-order in the usual places!
#savethecat #horrorwriting #screenwriting #amwriting #horrorwriters #scriptsky
This book truly is a diy MFA. Excited to bring balance to my life as a writer through writing, reading, and community after finishing Gabriela Pereira's DIY MFA. @diymfa.bsky.social
#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters #diyMFA
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#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters #diyMFA
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DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build You…
Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer…
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June 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This book truly is a diy MFA. Excited to bring balance to my life as a writer through writing, reading, and community after finishing Gabriela Pereira's DIY MFA. @diymfa.bsky.social
#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters #diyMFA
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#writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters #diyMFA
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Two chapters into Gabriela Pereira's DIY MFA, and I already know it's going to benefit any writer's life. @diymfa.bsky.social
#DIYMFA #writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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#DIYMFA #writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build You…
Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer…
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May 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Two chapters into Gabriela Pereira's DIY MFA, and I already know it's going to benefit any writer's life. @diymfa.bsky.social
#DIYMFA #writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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#DIYMFA #writesky #booksky #writers #horrorwriters
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The Planets by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen, Samuel West (Narrator) is an extraordinary journey through our solar system. A fun audiobook listen of great proportions.
#planets #planetaryscience #astronomy #solarsystem #booksky #writesky
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#planets #planetaryscience #astronomy #solarsystem #booksky #writesky
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The Planets
Jupiter: The Ruthless One – Mars: The Doomed One – Sun:…
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May 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Planets by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen, Samuel West (Narrator) is an extraordinary journey through our solar system. A fun audiobook listen of great proportions.
#planets #planetaryscience #astronomy #solarsystem #booksky #writesky
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#planets #planetaryscience #astronomy #solarsystem #booksky #writesky
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The latest issue of Larina's Lit Lounge is about writing rules, and Larina also kindly included a new poem by me: "The Bird is Not Heralding Itself."
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Larina's Lit Lounge Issue 17
An internal debate about writing rules and a poem by Richard Leis
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May 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The latest issue of Larina's Lit Lounge is about writing rules, and Larina also kindly included a new poem by me: "The Bird is Not Heralding Itself."
larinawrites.substack.com/p/larinas-li...
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Reached the "halfway" horror novel mark this morning: 40,000 word count
#writesky #writers #horror #horrorwriters #horrornovels #40k
#writesky #writers #horror #horrorwriters #horrornovels #40k
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reached the "halfway" horror novel mark this morning: 40,000 word count
#writesky #writers #horror #horrorwriters #horrornovels #40k
#writesky #writers #horror #horrorwriters #horrornovels #40k
Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger explores many possibilities of planets like ours. Engaging and fun audiobook listen!
#booksky #books #astronomy #planetaryscience #writesky #writer #alienearths
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#booksky #books #astronomy #planetaryscience #writesky #writer #alienearths
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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the …
Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is tra…
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April 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger explores many possibilities of planets like ours. Engaging and fun audiobook listen!
#booksky #books #astronomy #planetaryscience #writesky #writer #alienearths
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#booksky #books #astronomy #planetaryscience #writesky #writer #alienearths
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Bird by Bird is not about birds, but about honesty on being a writer and its process. I couldn't put it down.
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Bird by Bird
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thir…
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April 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Bird by Bird is not about birds, but about honesty on being a writer and its process. I couldn't put it down.
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My latest piece of flash fiction is titled "End the Beguine" and I posted about it on my website:
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My appreciation to @weirdfictionquarterly.com. GHOSTS is available on Amazon now and other ebook retailers soon.
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My appreciation to @weirdfictionquarterly.com. GHOSTS is available on Amazon now and other ebook retailers soon.
"End the Beguine" by Richard Leis in Weird Fiction Quarterly: Ghosts
A popular online dancer finds the perfect spot to film an atmospheric tap dance in Weird Fiction Quarterly - Winter 2025: Ghosts.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My latest piece of flash fiction is titled "End the Beguine" and I posted about it on my website:
richardleis.com/2025/04/13/e...
My appreciation to @weirdfictionquarterly.com. GHOSTS is available on Amazon now and other ebook retailers soon.
richardleis.com/2025/04/13/e...
My appreciation to @weirdfictionquarterly.com. GHOSTS is available on Amazon now and other ebook retailers soon.
April 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM