Good thing Decoy is just a plastic skeleton. For now…   Frank’s Haunted Book Society launches on October 1st. Help us celebrate indie and small press horror here and on Substack! frankshauntedbooksociety.substack.com #horrorbookclub #readindiehorror #loveindiehorror

Frank’s Haunted Book Society is excited to announce our featured author and read for October 2025, Shelly Campbell and her novel Gulf (Dark Walker Series Book 1)! Subscribe for updates at frankshauntedbooksociety.substack.com and follow here. #horrorbookclub #readindiehorror #loveindiehorror

Ten new designs for the readers and writers out there have just been uploaded to the Pencil on Paper Redbubble store. It’s the Literary Collection! Yes, it’s about time! Have a look here - www.redbubble.com/people/poppu...   . . .   #CreativeLife #SupportIndieCreators

NEW ITEMS now available in the I’M not OKAY and Love First collections. A portion of all proceeds from items sold in these collections will be donated to support mental health initiatives. www.redbubble.com/people/poppu...

Two months in a row of getting my newsletter out on time. Maybe I’m on a roll? If once per month emails with exclusive content are your thing, you can subscribe at ShaneKroetsch.com.

When I say creative life, I mean it.

Do you love reading indie horror? What about live author readings and chats? Well then, Frank the Book Bike has some exciting news for you. Frank's Haunted Book Society launches in October. Go to pencilonpaper.ca for details, follow here for updates. #frankshauntedbooksociety #supportindiehorror

Pencil on Paper originally started as a self-publishing imprint, but it was always meant to be more. Through good and bad, the pivots haven’t stopped, and now a new era is about to begin. That means books, haunted book bikes, and a whole lot more. Buckle up. #supportindiecreators #creativelife

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention is coming to Calgary in 2026. The submission deadline for next year’s anthology is October 1, 2025, so I wanted to share in case anyone might be interested.   bouchercon2026.com/anthology/

It’s been two years since the storm forever changed the world, but the sickness was only the beginning. . #readindie #buyindie #reviewindie #loveindie #indiehorror #supportindieauthors

No electricity. No communication. No way to escape the storm raging on the horizon. . #readindie #buyindie #reviewindie #loveindie #indiehorror #supportindieauthors

Home is meant to be a place of sanctuary. For Jason, it means being forced to live life as a shadow, in constant fear of being noticed. . #readindie #buyindie #reviewindie #loveindie #indiehorror #supportindieauthors

Home is meant to be a place of sanctuary. For Jason, it means being forced to live life as a shadow, in constant fear of being noticed. . #readindie #buyindie #reviewindie #loveindie #indiehorror #supportindieauthors

Elements of Indigenous Style by Gregory Younging is a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples. While written from a Canadian perspective, the guidance within is universal. Anyone creating works about Indigenous Peoples would be well served to give it a read. #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay

Happy 4th birthday to Chasing the Storm. Nearly everything about my life has changed since Chasing was first put out into the world. Maybe that’s why I want to acknowledge today, but not celebrate it. Instead I’ll continue to do the only thing I know how to do - I’m going to keep moving forward.

I got my copy of Hand of Doom: A Literary Tribute to Black Sabath yesterday. All proceeds go to ChildrenOfTheNight.org, which is a non-profit providing intervention in the lives of sex-trafficked children. It’s available on Amazon. Go support an amazing cause and some really great writers!

Calgary Horror Con 2025 is only four days away! Julie (Killers and Demons) and I will be at table 63 with all the zombies and heavy metal serial killers. This is going to be an event all horror loving people should check out! #horrorcommunity #horrorreads #horrorreader #zombies #calgaryhorrorcon

Listening to a guided meditation that asked me to visualize the archangel Michael beside me, but all that did was bring to mind a scene for my next project. Except Michael looks like this…

Long day. Something like seven hours of writing, inputting, and editing got me a couple thousand words divided into five new chapters, but more importantly it brought me to THE END. Not that this is the end, there’s still a lot more to do. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

I want to keep writing but I’m so very, very tired. Tomorrow is the final push. Getting this manuscript done is priority one. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

I’m happy with today’s progress. I wrote a chunk of Chapter 33 but it was a jumbled mess. I input it and organized it, so I’ll be ready to attack it again tomorrow. I also added another chapter to the plot, and I rewrote parts of Chapter 27. Again. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

Anyone sensing a theme here? Not as much progress as I hoped, but for the first time, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Six chapters to go. If that means 6-7,000 words total, I’ll be happy. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

Yesterday was a no word count day, but that’s all right. I picked up books from the local printer, attended a bookish event, and caught up with friends. It wasn’t a distraction, it was a needed break from everything else going on. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

Tuesday was a low word count day. I spent more time excavating plot and inputting than I did writing new words. The good news is I think I’m going to hit my overall word count goal. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

Even though I have some unexpected time on my hands, I’m still finding it hard to get many words in each day. I’m hoping this will help keep me on track. My goal is to finish a draft for book four in The Storm series by the end of the week. #horrorwriter #horrorbooks #booksky #wip #zombies

Nothing is easy, especially with me, but I’m getting closer to enjoying the journey. I think I’m finally ready to finish the first draft of what will be book four.

What I love about self-publishing is that I can do whatever I want. What I hate about self-publishing is that I can do whatever I want.

Nothing better than walking into a dark bathroom and having a spiderweb wrap around your face…

Hello, Bluesky. My name is Shane. I live, work, and create on Treaty 7 territory in Southern Alberta. Writing fiction helps me make sense of the world, and why people do the things they do, which might explain all the monsters and blood. Hold on, this is going to be a bit of a weird ride.