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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 21d

Given the capitulatory pressure / temptation experienced by corporate media and institutions, there has arguably been no greater moment in recent history for us all to increasingly, vocally and materially support independent media.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 21d

That deafening silence is the collective roar of every free speech absolutist staying quiet while the government tells us what to say, what art is appropriate, who deserves to be on TV, and what books your kids can read.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 21d

We now pause for station identification.

This Is What We Believe:
You can do a lot with a bad hand.
Vision: To revolutionize independent genre publishing from the heart of South Dakota.
Mission: To collaborate with the world’s best authors and artists to bring readers the most dynamic horror, crime, and dark fantasy fiction.
Core values: Grit. Irreverence. Inclusion. Respect.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 21d

The bad news: Legacy media outlets in America are bowing to fascism. The good news: You have another reason to break free of the remakes, reboots and nostalgia porn they sell you. Support indie creators.

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Marion Deeds @mariondeeds.bsky.social · 22d

Up at Fantasy Literature:

When the Tides Held the Moon: Lush, romantic secret history with mer-people | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews

fantasyliterature.com

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Marion Deeds @mariondeeds.bsky.social · 26d

My review of @annaleen.bsky.social 's tasty novella AUTOMATIC NOODLE is up at Fantasy Literature.

Automatic Noodle: Made me crave noodle soup in San Francisco | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 26d

They will move on to the next tragedy to try and blame trans people again.

We cannot let them recklessly demonize the trans community.

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Marion Deeds @mariondeeds.bsky.social · Sep 9

My review of THE SECRET MARKET OF THE DEAD is up.

Spoiler alert: I liked it.

The Secret Market of the Dead: A treat for those who loved Neverwhere | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews

fantasyliterature.com

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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · Sep 9

The US Supreme Court’s storied history of white people determining what’s inconvenient and/or oppressive to non-white people continues.

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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · Sep 5

Tomorrow night at @bloodstonebookshop.bsky.social in Sacramento. Includes art by Margaret Brundage, Frank Frazetta, and @mrj81.bsky.social's original painting for Scott Nicolay’s DS book caterpillars. Special edition (26 lettered copies) of caterpillars signed by Matt and Scott will be available.

Amygdala Art of the Cover

Opens 9/6/2025 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. An eclectic mix of books and their cover art from an array of independent, specialty, and major publishers.

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congrats to @emnays.bsky.social & @carsonwinter.bsky.social, whose FROM THE BELLY & A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE, respectively, are semifinalists in the inaugural @specawards.bsky.social !

Both books are available in our webstore, & anywhere you buy books🐋🎃💀

store.tenebrouspress.com

Promo box for FROM THE BELLY featuring blurbs from Laurel Hightower and Clay McLeod Chapman.

Promo Box for A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE:
Bloodthirsty scarecrows!
Videostore vibes!
Strong female protags!
Cults!
Small town terrors!
Workers of the world: DISMEMBER!

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you're looking for New Weird fiction that doesn't know how to stay in its own lane...try THE SKULL & LAUREL🖤☠️
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Shrike 🐦‍⬛ @shrikebait.bsky.social · Aug 12

This was my first Skull & Laurel issue. I was impressed by the variety of style and subject even for weird fiction. Prostheses stood out to me...

#arcreview #weirdfiction 📚💙

Magazine mockup of The Skull & Laurel issue 004 with the text "I love A weird little critter" in matching purple font. A shrike and two bug are perched around the magazine.

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · Aug 12

Huge @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social order for the shop is officially on our shelves! Come check it out this week at Ghoulish Books!

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · Aug 4

I am very pleased to announce the table of contents for SUFFERING THE OTHER, a benefit anthology for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center. For plain text version see the ALT text. Coming late 2025 or early 2026.

Suffering the Other – table of contents

16 original stories and 8 reprints (indicated with **), arranged here alphabetically by author name.

Nadia Bulkin -- Infested **
Lisa Cai -- The Eighth Cigarette **
Matthew Cheney -- Queer Horror, and Other Stories
Jennifer DeLeskie -- You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart
Kurt Fawver -- The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C
Robin Rose Graves -- Her True Face
Alexander Hay -- LEAD **
Bitter Karella -- The Divine Feminine
Gwendolyn Kiste -- My Sister, the Abyss
Jonathan Lees -- To Those That Have Lost Hope
Laura Mauro -- Ptichka **
David Peak -- Crawling Out of Black Sun
Marigold Rowell -- Salt Blossoms
Erica Ruppert -- Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
Cheyenne Shaffer -- Ursula the Powerful **
A. J. Sharpe -- Sore Thumb
Clint Smith -- “January Sick”
J. J. Steinfeld -- The Suicide Inspector **
Bogi Takács -- A Technical Term, Like Privilege **
Jeffrey Thomas -- Song of the Loved
Lee Thomas -- Kisses from the Pain Chamber
Pamela Weis -- An Abomination
A.C. Wise -- Sea-Wives
Wen Wen Yang -- Ghost Festival in the Desert **

Cover art and design by RewX
Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Aug 1

And we also made Locus.

Announcement in Locus Magazine: “MICHAEL KELLY will edit The Best Weird Fiction of the Year series for his Undertow Press, with the first volume out this November. The new series ‘‘will carry on the legacy of its sibling predecessor, the award-winning Year’s Best Weird Fiction.’”

Excerpt From
Locus, August 2025
Locus Publications

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Critical Hauntology @highway62.bsky.social · Aug 1

I was slipped an advance copy of Notes from the Underground, which I had the pleasure of reading a couple weeks ago and found it weird and wonderful. You probably will, too, once it hits shelves.

Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Future of Word Horde: Watch for this year’s collections Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan (August) and Notes from Underground: The Hollow Earth Story Cycle by Orrin Grey (October), as well as the new novel from Carrie-Edmund Laben, Smoke Season coming next Spring.

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Critical Hauntology @highway62.bsky.social · Aug 1

Word Horde are the good guys, end of post.

Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

All month long, we’ve been celebrating INDEPENDENTS—publishers who keep the indie spirit alive by bringing you the best in horror, fantasy, and sci-fi (plus LGBTQIA+ fiction, weird fiction, Bizarro & more!).

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · Jul 31

So, it’s nearly impossible to get a photo without light glares in here, but behold! We now stock Criterion horror movies at Ghoulish Books! Also, for those curious, those wonderful paintings above the movies are from Deadly Prey Gallery!

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Future of Word Horde: Watch for this year’s collections Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan (August) and Notes from Underground: The Hollow Earth Story Cycle by Orrin Grey (October), as well as the new novel from Carrie-Edmund Laben, Smoke Season coming next Spring.

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our titles vary widely—from Chinese weird Western (Molly Tanzer’s Vermilion) to Appalachian snake-handling cults (Kristi DeMeester’s Beneath) to black metal apocalypse (David Peake’s Corpsepaint), but every Word Horde book delivers one thing in common: an experience you won’t find anywhere else.

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

Other nominated @wordhorde.bsky.social works include Orrin Grey’s nonfiction collection Glowing In the Dark: Writings on the Horror Film (Rondo Hatton Award), and Craig Laurence Gidney’s novel A Spectral Hue (Lambda Award).

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

Numerous Word Horde titles have also been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award: Llewellyn’s Furnace, Nadia Bulkin’s She Said Destroy, and anthologies The Children of Old Leech (with Justin Steele) and Tales from a Talking Board.

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

12 years & 40+ titles later, Word Horde continues to be recognized for our part in the literary conversation receiving several awards: Stoker Awards for John Langan’s The Fisherman and Nicole Cushing’s Mr. Suicide, and This Is Horror Awards for Livia Llewellyn’s Furnace & our antho Cthulhu Fhtagn!.

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Word Horde Emporium of the Weird & Fantastic @wordhorde-emporium.bsky.social · Aug 1

In August 2013, Word Horde debuted with Tales of Jack the Ripper, an anthology distilling captivating legend from gruesome history in the interest of telling great stories, which received critical acclaim and a spot on the Bram Stoker Awards preliminary ballot.

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