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Currently reading: God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social . The reveal at the end of Chapter 11 made me gasp. I loved it! It makes perfect sense in a book of people, animals, and objects out of time. God's Junk Drawer comes out on October 11. #booksky #sciencefiction #horror

Book Review 64 of 2025: Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman is s young adult horror novel inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The imagery is beautiful even during the horrific. Shiny Happy People brings the horror. #ShinyHappyPeople #NetGalley #horror #bookreview #youngadult #booksky

I joined the team. It is still open if any of my fellow #bookbloggers want to join and support a great independent horror label. They are branching out in to other genres as well like dark fantasy and thriller. #booksky #bookblog #horror

My November TBR List: A lot of great reads. I have some great new authors to explore and some old favorites. There's three ARC books all coming out this month. #TBR #horror #nonfiction #books #blogger #booksky readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/t...

Book Review 63 of 2025: King Sorrow by Joe Hill is an epic dark urban fantasy with horror elements. Its Death Note meets The Hobbit. King Sorrow is my favorite Joe Hill book. 5 stars #horror #fantasy #bookreview #bookblog #booksky readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/b...

Pretty excited about this — @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social is always one to read already and this sounds next level, so. Onto the list it goes!

557 pages down in King Sorrow by Joe Hill. Great Storytelling, it could be my favorite Joe Hill. I did not have on my bucket list that the book would make reference "General" a story from Stephen King's Cat's Eye. #horror #currentlyreading #books #booksky

Book Review 62 of 2025: Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley is a fun Christmas horror slasher. Candy Cain Kills is part of the Killer VHS series from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social . 5 stars the book is better than I imagined a #slasher could be. #horror #booksky #christmas

180 pages into King Sorrow, happy to see @brackenmacleod.bsky.social get a character named after him. The book is so good. I'm very invested in the characters and the plot.

60 pages in to King Sorrow by Joe Hill, The Dead Zone connection was great.

Nice! You did a podcast The Thriller Zone, about A Child Alone With Strangers. When talking about trigger warnings, you said it would be a page long to list them. The trigger warnings are: this book will offend you. When I meet you, I'm going to ask you to sign this book will offend you.

A ★starred★ review for THE LONG LOW WHISTLE! This is the seventh book in our Killer VHS Series, and Laurel Hightower knocked it out of the park with her entry in the series! THE LONG LOW WHISTLE is out everywhere November 4th! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Yes!! I got selected to read an early copy of #Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy by @alexsegura.bsky.social from #NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue. #EnemyofMyEnemy is one of my most anticipated #books in 2026. 3-24-2026 I was able to chat with Alex Segura about it at Chattanooga Comic Con. #marvel #crime

Book Review 61 of 2025: Lu by Jason Reynolds is about life and its hurdles. Lu a hurdler tripped last race. Now every time he gets close to a hurdle it gets bigger. Lu is the 4th book in the #middlegrade Track series. #books #reading #sports #booksky

Last Night @parnassusbooks.bsky.social got to meet #MiddleGrade author Jason Reynolds. He signed Coach, his new novel. I did get a signed copy of Long Way Down the #graphicnovel version. I told him I resonated with coach as a former HS football coach myself. #booksky #books #sports #reading

30 minutes away from a book discussion with author Jason Reynolds #booksky #middlegrade #sports #coach #books

all my #writer friends please submit stories to this awesome opportunity. I'm 100% buying this book when it comes out! #horror

Book Review 60 of 2025: Sunny By Jason Reynolds is about Sunny who runs long distances in memory of his mother, who died while giving birth. He doesn't like running, never did, he likes to dance. So what if he stopped running? #Middlegrade #reading #sports #booksky

Very cool cover.

I'm glad you and Golden get a story this time

BATMAN: REVOLUTION releases one week from today in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook from Del Rey Books — and the official DC site has an excerpt from the prologue, where the future Riddler starts a very momentous day. Get the book Oct. 21! www.dc.com/blog/2025-10...

In the Loop sits down with a Chicago writer familiar with the horror genre and has now turned to comics. Chicago novelist goes from horror to superheroes in Marvel comic reboot www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

$2.99 for the ebook, instant buy! I'm still discovering all your work, and seems like this book will make a great companion to that journey.

I 100% agree.

Book Review 59 0f 2025: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid is an emotional rocket ship ride. That explores forbidden love and the space that surrounds it. #booksky #bookreview #reading #historicalfiction readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/b...

I want this for my writing desk.

Can not wait for my copy!!!

The premise for Body of Water sounds super interesting.

COMING 9/23/2025 — PRE-ORDER NOW! For fans of Stephen King’s The Mist and the HBO hit show The Last of Us comes a wildly inventive, sinister thriller following an estranged father and daughter who find themselves trapped in a diner by a living body of water. #horror #thriller #books #readers

When I first published a little horror chapbook called "Mother" a decade ago, I never thought I'd be typing something like this, but I'm so thrilled to share that my newest novel, THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE, is a Top 100 USA TODAY Bestseller. @torbooks.bsky.social

A gem of a story, Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman is a charming whodunnit with roots in Murder on the Orient Express, from @titanbooks.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/death...

Malerman is the best! Every episode he is on it inspires me to read, watch, and write horror.

Nice! Thanks for the heads up Alex. 👏😈👏

I've enjoyed both KC Jones books Black Tide and White Line Fever

As we fly right past 200 submissions for our FLESH zine, I encourage folks to check out our previous horror and Weird fiction zines, all of which rule. You can get 15 of them for $15, plus shipping! www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/zine...

My book blog hit over 1,400 subscribers. I set this goal for the end of the year, but hit it early. Thank you #booksky for helping me reach this goal. Happy reading to all. readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com

It's been three weeks since @titanbooks.bsky.social published my Collected Short Stories, WHO WILL YOU SAVE? featuring 32 of the very best stories drawn from my 20-year career. I hope you've been enjoying it. If you haven't read it yet, you can find links here: tr.ee/1bNmUSTL1b

From baseball to Bajor. From captain to Emissary. From a station to the edge of the wormhole… The definitive account of Benjamin Sisko’s journey is finally in paperback. Star Trek autobiographies series - The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko Out now: https://bit.ly/4oTaukD

Book Review 58 of 2025: Man F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) by Brian Asman is a collection featuring the title novella and six other short stories. Man F*ck This House is out today from @blackstonepub.bsky.social. I recommend you check this book out! #horror #booksky #netgalley #collection

Ive heard such wonderful things about this book!

Yes! Finally! I've been wanting to show my wife this movie for so long. #horror #movie

October TBR: I have so many great #horror from Brian Asman, Joe Hill, Alma Katsu, Brian McAuley, and Rachel Harrison. I'm finishing up Jason Reynold's Track series leading into book five Coach. Library book: Atmosphere came in. #booksky #TBR readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/t...

Includes Little Horn!

My 10 book September wrap up: lots of great reads three 5-stars, five 4-stars, and two 3-stars. #booksky #horror #middlegrade #starwars #bookreviews #graphicnovel #DCU readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/w...

Book Review 57 of 2025: Patina by Jason Reynolds is is a middle grade novel about teenage life and its hurdles. Patina is the second novel in the Track series. Coach the fifth book comes out on October 14. I have the ARC 'm reading the series up to it. #booksky #middlegrade #track #bookreview

book review 56 of 2025: Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura is an origin of Poe Dameron young adult novel It is fun, adventure filled. The space battles reminded me of the old Legends X-wing novels. #booksky #starwars #youngadult readingwithmyeyes.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/b...

I pick up a copy of Death Comes for the Toymaker written by @dakotabrown.bsky.social at Chattanooga Comic Con. This #graphicnovel looks so bad ass! I love the imagery and the idea of Death coming for Santa.

I went to the Chattanooga Comic Con to meet @alexsegura.bsky.social and have him sign two of my books The End of the World as We Know It where he has the story La Mala Hora and his Star Wars novel Poe Dameron: Free Fall. I bought Blood Oath that he co-wrote with Rob Hart. #books