Spring in the City arrives in FOUR DAYS—there's still time to pre-order your copy! And join us for the launch party on December 2nd with the editors and 11 of our authors to celebrate! Register for our free online event: links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty #BookSky #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy #TBR

Join the (remaining) class of Bishop Carlbus Prep '95 for Five... Feasts! And help build a donation to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Pre-order @jeffsomers.bsky.social's Five Funerals by 12/23 & 50% of the profit from your purchase will be donated. 💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF Happy Thanksgiving!

Join the (remaining) class of Bishop Carlbus Prep '95 for Five... Feasts! And help build a donation to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Pre-order @jeffsomers.bsky.social's Five Funerals by 12/23 & 50% of the profit from your purchase will be donated. 💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF Happy Thanksgiving!

120 MURDERS from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social has new stories by @paultremblay.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @meggardiner.bsky.social and half the profits from direct sales go to Boston-area food banks till Christmas! adanbooks.com/product/120-murders-dark-fiction-inspired-by-the-alternative-era/

Deep dive into our catalog with this month's column from @mariahaskins.com! 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/wtrruadan Join our Readers Against Hunger initiative: we're donating 50% of the profits on our book sales through 12/23 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. #BookSky #HorrorSky

This is such an excellent pledge - if you're looking to buy seasonal gifts, please consider getting a book (or two!) from Ruadán and help a good cause in the process. My story 'Chester' will feature in 'Spring in the City' available now for preorder and out Dec 2nd! #booksky #horrorsky #indieauthor

Still need a copy of the novellas? Grab it direct and get a collectible art card by Kip Ayers: 💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 Don't forget our Readers Against Hunger initiative: we're donating 50% of the profits from our book sales through 12/23 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. #BookSky

TWO WEEKS to Sinister Societies! Join us for a launch party with these six spectacular horror writers hosted by @yerpalskipp.bsky.social: 📅 Tuesday, December 9, 2025 ⏰ 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT 📍 On Zoom 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/S6LAUNCH See you at the launch party! #BookSky #HorrorSky #thrillers #TBR

Spring in the City, 16 new dark urban fantasy tales, is out 12/2! 🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring Grab a copy & be part of the donation we're building for @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. (We're donating 50% of all profits on our books sold through 12/23!) #BookSky #shortstories #urbanfantasy #TBR

My publisher— @ruadanbooks.bsky.social, that is, publisher of THE BLACK FIRE CONCERTO—is doing this cool thing where 50% of all profits from sales of their books through 12/23 will benefit Greater Boston Food Bank, w/ funds matched by Ruadán founder @rbwood.bsky.social! Linky: ruadanbooks.com

If any US time zone folks can make it, this will be a good one!

Join us, buy books, fight hunger: Ruadán Books is donating 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1–12/23/2025 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well! Get our books direct: 🔗 ruadanbooks.com 📚 or wherever books are sold! #BookSky #charity

In a late-1800s mining town, the Molly Maguires arrive to help workers fight for better working conditions—but even they can't save the ones sent to work in.... @horrortom.bsky.social's Tunnel 17 will keep you up at night. SINISTER SOCIETIES out 12.09—pre-order: ⛏️ links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #TBR

Come on over for the anthology birthday party in December!

Still need a copy? You can pre-order at your favorite bookstore, or directly from us (and get a metal bookmark): links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky #darkfantasy #urbanfantasy

Pre-order Spring in the City & join us 12/2 for an online launch party with 12 authors from the anthology! Register now: links.ruadanbooks.com/springparty Featuring: @jrblanes.bsky.social @amandacecelia.bsky.social @timlees.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com @thelatejonnypapers.bsky.social #BookSky

Chicago: Head over to The Book Cellar TONIGHT to see @jrblanes.bsky.social and get Portraits of Decay signed! Event kicks off at 7 PM CT; don't miss it! www.bookcellarinc.com #BookSky #Chicago

Don't miss the latest updates from Ruadán Books—from book news to calls for manuscripts—sign up for our newsletter! 📢🦊 Register now: links.ruadanbooks.com/newsletter #BookSky #HorrorSky #darkfantasy #writingcommunity

Congrats to @naomieselojor.bsky.social and welcome!

We're excited to announce a book deal with @naomieselojor.bsky.social for her novella THE CITY OF FACTORIES, which explores the effects of colonialism on Nigeria through a steampunk setting and fractured father/son relationship. Read more: links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor #BookSky

Psst, short story writers! We're opening to submissions for our next dark urban fantasy anthology SUMMER IN THE CITY on December 1st! Keep your eyes open for the Moksha link in a couple of weeks. #WriterSky #AuthorSky #shortstories #callforsubmissions

Buy everyone (our) books this holiday season: the shopping's done & you fight hunger! We will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1–12/23 to the @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well. Buy direct at ruadanbooks.com. #BookSky #foodbank

In a dark, dreamy town, a line of otherworldly women is tasked with keeping the carnivorous landscape at bay... @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social's The Witches of Paradise is a vibe. Coming 12.09.25 in SINISTER SOCIETIES—only 4 weeks away! Pre-order: 🌳 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #BookSky #TBR

"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." That quote attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau ushers in @fearofemeralds.bsky.social's searing survey of horror meets late-stage capitalism. Grab a snack, settle in: 🍽️ links.ruadanbooks.com/mcdermott #HorrorSky #horrormovie

Buy everyone (our) books this holiday season: the shopping's done & you fight hunger! We will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1–12/23 to the @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well. Buy direct at ruadanbooks.com. #BookSky #foodbank

What did Caroline Hewitt, who read for Gemma Landry in @jrblanes.bsky.social's Portraits of Decay, think about the character? If you haven't had a chance to pick up this stellar audiobook yet, find it on Amazon, Audible, and Apple! #BookSky #HorrorSky #SouthernGothic #audiobooks

Reasons to pre-order SPRING IN THE CITY: 🌸 Get the book for over 30% off, 🌸 receive a free metal Ruadán Books bookmark, 🌸 and 50% of the profits will be donated to the Greater Boston Food bank if you order before 12/23. Order now: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky #shortstories #darkfantasy

Reasons to pre-order SPRING IN THE CITY: 🌸 Get the book for over 30% off, 🌸 receive a free metal Ruadán Books bookmark, 🌸 and 50% of the profits will be donated to the Greater Boston Food bank if you order before 12/23. Order now: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky #shortstories #darkfantasy

Coming 12.02.25: Building on the chill captured by 2024's Winter in the City, we're back with a global lineup to explore SPRING IN THE CITY—yet wildflowers aren't the only things finding their way through cracked concrete in these dark speculative tales. Buy: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky

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We're delighted to reveal the cover for @jeffsomers.bsky.social's FIVE FUNERALS, out 02.22.26! The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction. Pre-order: 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF #BookSky

Thank you, @mariahaskins.com and @ruadanbooks.bsky.social! I appreciate the shout out to my Frankenstein short story, Bobbie and Her Father. You can read it over on The Dark: www.thedarkmagazine.com/bobbie-and-h...

Buy books as holiday gifts (you can give yourself gifts, why not?) and help people eat this winter

Frankly, we’re beyond excited to sit down this evening and watch @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein - so we stitched together a full set of recommendations to keep us busy until then. No, no, we couldn’t contain ourselves. #FilmSky #HorrorSky #UniversalMonsters

Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger! Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well. Buy our books direct: 🔗 ruadanbooks.com 📚 or wherever books are sold! #BookSky

The eye in the hand agrees: you don't want to miss this gift! Pre-order #SinisterSocieties BEFORE 12.09 and you'll get a free collectible art card featuring one of the original Kip Ayers' illustrations from the anthology. Order here: 💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 #BookSky #HorrorSky #thrillers

Have you pre-ordered Spring in the City yet? Seventeen new dark stories where, as Ed Downes puts it, "spring does not whisper, it screams." Pre-order at your preferred retailer or directly from us: 🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky #darkfantasy #shortstories

So grateful to be part of this initiative 💛 My story is included in one of these books (Winter in the City). If you’re able to support, please do. 50% of profits are going to support SNAP-reliant, and our publisher is matching the donation. Books + helping people eat? That’s my kind of magic. ✨📚🍽️

READERS AGAINST HUNGER: with SNAP only partly funded, millions of Americans face not having their nutritional needs met. Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Our CEO will also personally match this donation. #BookSky

We're excited to announce that we will be publishing SIX Agent Josephine Baker novellas by @erricknunnally.bsky.social! Get all the details about AGENT JOSEPHINE BAKER AGAINST THE ISLAND OF HORRORS and more in our press release: 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/nunnally #BookSky #thrillers

"If you couldn't create, what would you do?" Discover the Big Idea behind @jrblanes.bsky.social's debut horror novel Portraits of Decay: links.ruadanbooks.com/podbigidea Many thanks to @scalzi.com & Athena Scalzi for giving J.R. the chance to talk about the creative process! #BookSky #HorrorSky

Baton Rouge residents and anyone else nearby! Don't forget to visit the Louisiana Book Festival TODAY going on until 4 PM CT. Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed. #BookSky #HorrorSky

The Forest of Wolves & Demons. 🌲🐺🌲👹🌲 I can get behind that.

The Cave of Creatures and Famine

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Never the house to turn off the porch lights and pretend we're not home, we made this tricky little treat for you. Look up your birth month then the first initial or your first and last names to get the title of your horror novel. 📚 What's your horror novel title? #HorrorSky

🎙️ New Interview Alert - AUDIO ONLY Check out an awesome interview with author JR Blanes | Portraits of Decay 🍎 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3LDoWh9 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/4p6v7sT ▶️ YouTube: (Audio Only): youtu.be/zy5yoBqVnqo #HorrorAuthor #PortraitsOfDecay #HorrorCommunity #DarkFiction #ChicagoAuthors

My latest column features novels, novellas, and short fiction! Featured writers include Del Sandeen, @joshmalerman.bsky.social @erikatwurth.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @clairehumphrey.bsky.social and more!

Who needs some haunting reads to top off their spooky season TBR? @mariahaskins.com's got 10 books & a boo-quet of short stories to keep you in thrills, chills, & kills this Halloween & beyond. links.ruadanbooks.com/haunted What's your favorite ghost or haunted house story? #BookSky #HorrorSky

We may be welcoming autumn, but Spring in the City is on the horizon—out December 2, 2025! Aure R., Educator & Reviewer, calls this anthology "a perfectly curated breath of fresh air." Pre-order now and score a free metal bookmark: 🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring #BookSky #darkfantasy #TBR

Chicago! Tomorrow night: you, @jrblanes.bsky.social, and Uncharted Books.