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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4h

This is a friendly reminder that books and reading are metal. 🤘

Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 9h

A story that's taken a long time for me to write is almost done! One final scene - the climax - and then this first draft is complete. It'll need editing, but simply having all the words down will be a relief.

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 22h

Starting this tonight. 🖤🖤🖤

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, I did watch a horror film yesterday! But...I forgot to post it. So, double duty today!

Yesterday, I watched 1999's Stir of Echoes, which I love, and today, I watched 2000's Cut, an Australian slasher starring Molly Ringwald and Kylie Minogue. Very fun!

Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 1d

#PublicationTradition! Tonight, I'm celebrating the release of the HWA's Poetry Showcase XII with the last draught of my PiggyBack Rye, a little Cointreau, pumpkin-shaped ice, and a few squares of toffee chocolate. Cheers! 🥃

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 1d

It's National Dark Poetry Day! To celebrate the HWA has published their Poetry Showcase XII, which includes my poem, False Prophet, alongside new poems by so many incredible writers. Looking for a Halloween read? May we interest you in some dark verse? Pick up your copy today! 🖤👀👻

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 1d

Chalkboard sign that’s says BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! ☕

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, friends! The moon is an absolute stunner tonight. Go check her out! 🥮

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Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social · 2d

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: DAYTIDE

“Black metal Wizard of Oz”

RAPTURE PUBLISHING 2/26/26

Limited to 350 deluxe, hardcover, illustrated (by me) editions.

Order now before they’re gone.

www.rapturepublishing.com/product/dayt...

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Today's movie was 1998's The Last Broadcast, and I'm shocked I haven't seen this since I'm a big fan of the found footage genre! I loved the concept and the majority of the film, but that ending was too abrupt for me. I wish it had stuck the landing just a little more.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 5d

HUGE NEWS DAY!

We have a new @egallagher.bsky.social SPLIT SCREAM cover to share!

(In lesser news, there's a new T-Swift album! And that is literally all the news.)

Anyway! SPLIT SCREAM: CURSED PLACES! Featuring novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social

April 2026🖤☠️

Cover art: the two illustrations feature a foreboding, wildly framed mirror and a human silhouette in the reflection; and two hands clutching a mysterious organic, vaguely heart-like mass; plus a blurb from M.Shaw.

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I can't wait! It'll be so nice to see you.

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Day 4 brings us to 1997 and the film Campfire Tales! It's an anthology, and it takes on some truly classic urban legends and tales that I remember from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and the like. (Content warning for animal death.)

This one is also available on Tubi, friends!

Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

This looks lovely! Wishing you many good words. 🖤

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · Nov 21

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago, I am holding you in my heart. This is disgusting and terrifying.

I truly think Trump is trying to make an example of a big city. That's how it felt in Los Angeles a few months ago. I hate that Chicago is enduring this right now.

Call this shit out. It's not okay.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 5d

This week, ICE treated South Shore like a battlefield—guns drawn on families, kids zip-tied, homes destroyed.

President Trump: Chicago is NOT a training ground. Get out of our city.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, I loved it! I feel like I've read a few female serial killer stories recently, so I was afraid it might be a little too familiar, but Kim had me invested. I really like how the story unfolded and the fetishism and many shades of racism were...woof. So well done IMO!

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

TODAY! Come visit the fabulous Underdog Bookstore in Monrovia and hang out with some horror authors. Can't wait to see you as we kick off Halloween season! 😈🖤🎃

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Spotted on our morning walk to get coffee. 😻😏

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 5d

**eBook ANTHOLOGY BUNDLE SALE**

GREEN INFERNO - Eco-Horror
IN SOMNIO - Gothic gone Weird
YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY - New Weird Horror by an all Trans/GNC crew

All 3 for just $8.99!

Why? Dunno, but they all seem pretty thematically relevant these days🖤☠️

store.tenebrouspress.com/products/ten...

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Gorgeous! Congratulations on this publication, my friend!

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Everything I read in September (and a couple days into October):

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Sliver by Ira Levin
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 5d

OMG, was Britney's Slave 4 U performance an homage to Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn?!?! 🤯 I mean...

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Tiffany Michelle Brown (she/her) @tmbwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Day 3! Let's go! Today's retrospective film is From Dusk Till Dawn. I feel like I've seen bits and pieces of this movie (sneaking glimpses on TV as a kid when it first came out) but never the whole thing. I'm ready for desert vamps and the ever-stunning Salma goddamn Hayek!

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