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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 19d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

#booksky

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 19d

Fresh batch of new stock at the shop! Come on down to Ghoulish Books and splurge on some spookiness…

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks, Jack! We appreciate it! Looks like a lot of great books will be hitting shelves soon...

Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · 19d

Build your #horror TBR with these #newreleases!
@ericjguignard.bsky.social @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social
@ericlarocca.bsky.social @larafraterauthor.bsky.social
@audreywilsonauthor.bsky.social @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social @nytebird45.bsky.social
@jgfaherty.bsky.social @kaylafrederick.bsky.social

Build your #horror TBR with these #newreleases!

Swiss Francenstein – Erik Vrij

A Primer to Gemma Files – Gemma Files

The Night Crew – Brad Ricks

A Graveside Gallery - Eric J. Guignard

Show Me Where It Hurts - Robert E. Stahl

The Hauntings Back Home- Rebecca Cuthbert

The Devil in Mia – Jan Miklaszewicz

Bloody Bones - Garrett Boatman

Broken Things - Diane Corso

Quiet terrors – Alex Hartwell

At Dark, I Become Loathsome - Eric LaRocca

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE - Lara Frater

The Ever End - Audrey Wilson

After Taste – Daria Lavelle

Everything Endless - Jamal Hodge & Linda D. Addison

Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell

The Malthusian Correction - JG Faherty

Melinda West and the Gremlin Queen – KC Griffant

Dead by Morning – Kayla Frederick

24 Frames Per Second - Tim Waggoner, Andrew Nadolny, Gary A. Braunbeck

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · Sep 7

🎃 more details later but we we will re-open for GHOULISH TALES submissions September 15 - October 15. nothing longer than 5k words. payment 10c per word. an emphasis on "fun horror"—however you interpret that. let's get spooky, ghouls. 🎃

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Rebecca Cuthbert @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social · 20d

Interested readers: My ghost story collection is LIVE on Book Sirens! You do not have to be a registered reader with Book Sirens to check it out. Here is the link!
booksirens.com/book/F90YNLN...

The Hauntings Back Home by Rebecca Cuthbert - Review Copy | BookSirens

Join the review team for The Hauntings Back Home. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

booksirens.com

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Rebecca Cuthbert @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social · 22d

My 6th book will be published soon, so it's past time for me to do this. If you would like to join my street team/book reviewers' list, please fill out the form so I can add you!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Street Team & Book Reviewers for Rebecca Cuthbert's Books

Do you like ghost stories? Gothic settings? Quiet horror? Strange tales? Stories about folklore, witchcraft, and dark magic? Are you always up for a good haunting, possession, or monster adventure? Sp...

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, Jack!!

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Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · 20d

The final part in @robertottone.bsky.social #YA trilogy! What started with the Bram Stoker Award-winning THE TRIANGLE concludes in THE NAVIGATOR. Available on Amazon & from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social

#YoungAdult #CosmicHorror #Lovecraftian #Lovecraftmythos @nuzo.bsky.social
#newrelease

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 27d

#buymybook THE NUT HOUSE from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social. If you like the supernatural noir of Laird Barron but wish the protagonists were squirrels…that’s a very specific like.

But I got you, fam.

My ILLUSTRATED talking animal/crime/cosmic horror novella (w/ bonus prequel too!) is on sale now.

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Frances Meredith @francesmeredith.bsky.social · 24d

Forgot to post my @undertakerbooks.bsky.social haul from last week.

Excited to check out "Let Ghost Sleep" and "Frozen Echoes"! And I'm exceptionally happy to have a physical copy of "Straw World and Other Echoes from the Void"! It is a nice addition to my library ❤️

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you so much for supporting us and our authors!

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · Sep 8

The final round of edits is here!

Soon, join Will as he deals with the death of his mom and...

SINKS...

INTO...

THE...
BLACK...

THE NOWHERE SERIES BOOK 2: WITHIN THE BLACK

MG horror Coming from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social in November.

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · Sep 7

#AuthorMindset #wip #writingsociety #writer #author

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Pauline Chow (My gothic fantasy is Chasing Moonflowers!) @paulinechow.bsky.social · Sep 7

Feeling #burntout and uncreative? Craft your personal ceremony to move from survival mode into flow.

Sat, 09/27 #buffalocreativeworkshop #buffalo: Creativity #Rituals: Sensory Portals to Imagination www.eventbrite.com/e/creativity...

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Fidel Destro @fideldestro.bsky.social · Sep 7

Making bad art is how we learn to make better art. So, if you can't stand to make bad art, you can't become an artist.

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

OPEN CALL: Did a tattoo go so horribly wrong? Was the artist so insane, you fear them now? If you got a tattoo horror story, we want to hear it for our next ANTHOLOGY.
Jump over to our website for info on this open submission call: undertakerbooks-dot-com.

#submissionscall #subcall #opensubmissions

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

Accepting applications for street team members for @kathleenpalm.bsky.social's WITHIN THE BLACK, middle-grade grief horror that adults can enjoy, too. This is the second title in her Nowhere series, but can be read as a standalone!

Rewards in comments.

To apply, email [email protected].

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

These are all the places you can now find Undertaker Books titles!

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 7

So exciting to be in more and more brick-and-mortar stores!

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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · Sep 5

The always wonderful @ivygrimes.bsky.social was kind enough to interview me for her newsletter. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/ivygrime...

Interview with Erik McHatton

weird heroes, horror roots, grand grotesque

open.substack.com

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · Sep 5

"...there is at least one story of mine...that I do believe is truly evil. It honestly feels like it was placed in my mind and willed itself to life."

-interview with @erikmchatton.bsky.social
ivygrimes.substack.com/p/interview-...

Interview with Erik McHatton

weird heroes, horror roots, grand grotesque

ivygrimes.substack.com

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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Free tonight? Why not visit the void with @authorplm.bsky.social, @erikmchatton.bsky.social, and @tjprice.bsky.social?? There will be book giveaways and more!

#bookrelease #releaseparty #booklaunch #newhorror

P.L. McMillan @authorplm.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is tonight! Why not cozy in with me and @erikmchatton.bsky.social for some spooky tales from the void? Completely free, online, and you'll have a chance to win your own copy of his debut collection of weird horror!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-echoes...

The Echoes Never Cease | Straw World Book Launch

A FREE book launch event for STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES by Erik McHatton ||| Friday, Sept 5th||| 5pm PST, 6pm MST, 7pm CST, 8pm EST

www.eventbrite.com

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Erik McHatton @erikmchatton.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Blog Without a Face, a really cool, fascinating reviewer, was good enough to read "Straw World" and gave it a glowing review! I'm really quite shocked at the score. Check it out.

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Straw World: A Love Letter to the Void

Welcome back, you twisted fucks. This time around, we’re here to dissect Straw World and Other Echoes From the Void by Erik McHatton. It’s a fever dream that’ll leave you gasping, grinn…

wp.me

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · Sep 3

Who else is celebrating Sapphic September?🩷

I love wlw horror and these are two of mine 💜
When the Devil is a novelette from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Exquisite Hunger was a chapbook but is now in my debut collection The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social

A women with devil horns on the cover of When the Devil by Emma E Murray next to the text “Libby falls for the wild rebellious June and together they get revenge against the evil men in Libby’s life”

Nude women are inside a heart on the cover of Exquisite Hunger by Emma E Murray next to the text “A woman falls in cannibalistic lust with her beautiful neighbor” and below the text says “Now available in my collection” with an arrow pointing to the cover of The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions

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