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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚

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Father, Game Animator, Writer, Horror Enthusiast, and overall Wholesome Dude. Buy “Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!” https://a.co/d/aJll011

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 23d

September 25-October 25, start your Spooky Season off right and enter for a chance to win an ePub version of the Dinosaur Horror Novel "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!"
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

#Booksky #writersky #authorsky #horrornovel #halloween #jurassicworldrebirth #spookyseason #indieauthor

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 12h

Day 8 of #Artober is #ChainsawMan. As a lover of Evil Dead, id say this is like my favorite character design ever. I guess I just have a thing for Chainsaws haha. #anime

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7 of #Artober is Okarun from #DanDaDan. Easily one of my favorite character designs this year. #Anime

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 1d

Unless it’s Instagram… then it’s Bots saying “Snd this to [some AI profile page]”

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 1d

Me posting to literally any social media website

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 2d

Skipping Day 5 (Osaka) and moving on to the Anime Block. Here's Soma Yukihira from Food Wars! I got into cooking this year so I watched cooking animes. Another cooking show will appear in this block too >.>

#anime #artober #foodwars

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 2d

Day 4, the Portugal work off site! Unfortunately we mostly stayed in the resort hotel the entire trip so I didn't get to really experience Portugal as much as the other places, so this is more about what we did for work. I won an award!

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 2d

“Sundown: the Vampire in Retreat” is a really funny weird Western Horror Comedy movie. A young Bruce Campbell is in it too!

Young Bruce Campbell in dorky looking clothes from Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat.

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat

Thanks for these! I love answering questions haha. Im currently doing a Goodreads Giveaway for “Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!” You can enter here to potentially win 1 of 50 entries!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/421898-oh-f-ck-dinosaurs

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat Q4

I’m trying out “slice of life” for my next book… but as it’s a horror novel, emphasis on the SLICE…

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q4: Is there a genre/subgenre you haven’t written yet but would like to someday?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat Q3

I like the idea of the Oni characters in Delicious in Dungeon. Just really big with weird horns is neat to me haha

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat Q2

My day job would probably be the same, my books take place in the real modern day world. I’m a Game Animator, so I guess the only fun way my job interacts with it is knowing maybe one of the characters plays Monopoly Go on the toilet or something haha

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q2: What would your job or daily life be like if you lived in your story's setting? Would you enjoy it?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat

Hey there! My name is Dave Bruno, and I’m a Creature Feature Horror writer who wrote “Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!”

“It’s loud, gory and surprisingly heartfelt-perfect for horror fans who like their creature features with bite.”

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

#TBBChat Q1:

Book 1 mostly takes place in an abandoned weird house in the mountains, however the stuff leading up to that are based on places I’ve been. For instance the Gas Station is 1 to 1 one I’ve been to near Napa. Book 2 I’m emulating the feel of conventions I’ve been to, like GenCon and ACEN

The Book Bazaar - Coming Nov. 12th, 2025! @the-book-bazaar.com · 4d

TBB Chat Q1: Are any of the settings in your stories inspired by real places, or places from other stories?

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#TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing #Writesky

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 3d

On top of the fact that the world keeps evolving so what you “could have accomplished in your 30s” when those norms were invented has drastically changed now.

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 4d

Makes me a bit nervous about my Goodreads Giveaway, but thankfully it only is giving away 50 copies. I don’t know if I’d ever just make it free and say “here ya go” for exactly this reason.

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 5d

Awesome! Can’t wait to see it!

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 5d

My recommendation is "Dakotaraptor or Anzu for South Dakota Hell Creek Formation." Mostly because I did a dig there earlier this year and want it badly haha

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 5d

Day 3, Portland! incorporated a lot of stuff into this one. Multonomah Falls, the Peculiarium, Raven's Manor, Biking, The Skeleton Key Museum, the Insectorium, Powell's Books, the shark from the coffee place we went to, the Portland sign, Voodoo Donuts, the LGBTQ+ community, got it all!

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 6d

Day 2 of #Artober, still on Travel from this year, is when I went to South Dakota to dig up Dinosaurs. I incorporated Wall Drug (IYKYK), the Buttes we dug at, Wild Bill Hickocks Guns and the Triceratops rib I dug up, among other fossils.

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 6d

I’m not ashamed to admit I modded Silent Hill f on my second run. Just one small tweak, weapons do 4x more damage, and it like completely redeems the game for me. Battles dont feel like a slog anymore and I can back to the good stuff. Battles aren’t also 1 hit kills, it just feels less spongy.

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 7d

I had one reviewer describe it as "Mean Girls meets Jurassic Park" and I'm inclined to agree!

Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat End.

Thanks again for hosting this @erynmccee.bsky.social! My name is Dave Bruno, and you can come on down to Goodreads and enter a Giveaway for a chance to win 1 of 50 copies of my Dinosaur Horror Novel, just in time for Halloween!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat Q4:

My entire second book revolves around "trying to figure out how to live" and the fear of "not figuring it out before its too late." A slice of life, emphasis on the SLICE.

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 7d

#HorrorWritersChat

Ageing comes to us all, if we're lucky. And while we might not self-insert, our fears colour our horror.
Does it matter if our characters are young or old? Do our ages, and our feelings about ageing, slip quietly out of their mouths?
Do we speak our fears?
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In Horror, ageing itself can be terrifying or empowering.
What does it mean to you and your stories?

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Dave Bruno 📚GOODREADS GIVEAWAY📚 @scaredydave.bsky.social · 7d

I appreciate it! Thanks again!

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