Shawnna Deresch
@shawnnaderesch.bsky.social
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Horror & dark fiction author, HWA Chicagoland Chapter Co-Chair 💻 shawnnaderesch.com
Love this company’s book trailers. I’ve used them before and I love their work!
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over 1 year ago
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Avra Margariti
about 2 years ago
Hey, friends! I will have one more slot opening for developmental edits starting this Monday. Flash, poetry, or short story (with a strong focus on characterization, symbolism, and inner symmetry). All genres welcome! Let me know! 💜🌌
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S.H. Cooper
about 2 years ago
Since leaving Twitter, I've been really struggling to reach readers and connect with others in the writersphere. I feel like I must just do social media all wrong 🙃 So yeah, if you're a horror reader looking for new books, please check mine out and share! And other writers, hi, let's be friends!
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Summer Scares
about 2 years ago
WHOOPS! Your spooky Summer Scares rep forgot how time zones work! The news is out, but that doesn't mean we can't share it again! We are so excited that @claymcleod is joining us as this year's spokesperson! More info available here:
t.co/Nr8bt6ypCX
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Had a great time tonight with the
@hwachicagochapter.bsky.social
at Barnes & Noble in Algonquin, Illinois.
about 2 years ago
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Ronald McGillvray
about 2 years ago
Have a look at just a few of the things we discuss on our latest episode. Plus, we introduce our new “Authors Spotlight” and “The Wheel Of Death.” Join
@mshotter.bsky.social
,
@ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social
and our spotlight author
@armandauthor.bsky.social
on
youtu.be/PmFNFFg-6sk?...
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Forum Promotion
about 2 years ago
Our services include: Forum Posting, Blog Comments, Reviews, Graphics, Book Trailers, etc....
#ForumPosting
#BlogComments
#BookTrailers
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Sley House Presents
about 2 years ago
Come listen in to our latest episode featuring
@angelasylvaine.bsky.social
and her new novel FROST BITE! We talk horror, humor, coming-of-age fiction and killer prairie dogs! You can doubly support Angela by buying her book when it comes out on Tuesday!
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S.H. Cooper
about 2 years ago
It's that time of year again! To help get you in the spooky season mood, my 3 short horror story collections & my Victorian gothic novella, INHERITING HER GHOSTS, are all on sale for 99 cents on Amazon. Fill your Kindle with enough horror to make Halloween last past the 31st! 🎃
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃
about 2 years ago
The October issue of NIGHTMARE is available for purchase today! I think our short stories this month are two of the most powerful & important pieces we've ever published, and I couldn't be prouder of this issue.
www.nightmare-magazine.com/issues/oct-2...
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Oct. 2023 (Issue 133) - Nightmare Magazine
We have original short fiction from Rachael K. Jones (“The Sound of Children Screaming”) and David Janisch (“The Cello in the Cell”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Clown T...
https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/issues/oct-2023-issue-133/
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From Beyond Press
about 2 years ago
Hey! The bug book is cheaper on our website than it is on the Zon. And if you buy directly from us, we get more than a buck fifty per sale. And we don't put our workers in danger. And we pay taxes. And we promise not to buy something you love only to destroy it.
frombeyondpress.com/books/this-w...
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Tenebrous Press
about 2 years ago
Submissions open October 1 for the best short New Weird Horror of 2023. We've got our 👁️ on you
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Alan Baxter
over 2 years ago
Friends, I got permanently suspended from Twitter for being mean to rich people and the place is dying anyway. I'm trying hard to rebuild something here, because this place is cool. Please help spread the word that I'm around. I write dark books and I think you'll like them.
www.alanbaxter.com.au
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Ai Jiang || 江艾|| 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind Out Now! 🏰🌬️🍃
over 2 years ago
OUT TODAY!! Wilted Pages: An Anthology of Dark Academia edited by Christi Nogle and I, published by Shortwave Publishing, cover artist Yorgos Cotronis is officially out today! 👀🔥🤍 If you order through the Shortwave site, you’ll get a few extra goodies as well 🫣✨
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💕 kiki 💕
over 2 years ago
Good morning bluesky ☀️
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Patrick Barb
over 2 years ago
Who's out here looking to save some money on preordering my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING? BN is running their 25% off preorders sale again if so!
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Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories|Hardcover
A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties.In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia,...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pre-approved-for-haunting-patrick-barb/1141693165?ean=9781684429486
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Ronald McGillvray
over 2 years ago
The epic StokerCon episode you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Join The
postmortemreport.com
as they smooze with the likes of
@briankeene.bsky.social
,
@joescipione.bsky.social
,
@jeffstrand.bsky.social
,
@lynnehansenart.bsky.social
,
@candacenola.bsky.social
(1/2)
youtu.be/WGoPIQZK784?...
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Robert P. Ottone
over 2 years ago
Did you pick up The Vile Thing We Created? It’s fun seeing people dig into this one and get different things out of it. The Vile Thing We Created
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Amazon.com: The Vile Thing We Created eBook : Ottone, Robert P. : Books
https://a.co/d/ez3r7IZ
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Can’t wait until it comes out on 10.20.2023. You’ll never eat meat again.
over 2 years ago
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Ronald McGillvray
over 2 years ago
In case you didn’t know, I cohost a podcast called
postmortemreport.com
. Here’s what you may have missed if you’re not following us. Join Michael Shotter - Author and
@ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social
as we bring past posts back to life. One of them could be yours. 😀
youtube.com/@ThePostMort...
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L.P. Hernandez
over 2 years ago
Did you know I have a podcast? Did you know I had a chat with
@anovelescape.bsky.social
about her Shirley Jackson Award nominated novella Bound Feet? Check out Dog-eared Nightmares on all podcast platforms!
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So excited to be a part of this great TOC lineup. Horrorscope: A Zodiac Anthology, Volume 3 comes out 10/20/23.
over 2 years ago
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Wurfi
over 2 years ago
The dimensions for the Bluesky header (browser).
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Horror Tree
over 2 years ago
Taking Submissions: Here There Be Dragons Sub Window: Oct 1–Jan 1, 2024 Payment: 8 cents/word for the first 3000 words & 3 cents/word thereafter, Poetry paid at $1.00/line, Art paid at $30/piece, Cover art paid $300 Theme: #Dragons of all types
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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Hillary Monahan
over 2 years ago
About 20 new things up on the shop. Becky and I are making our last push to recoup some of Fielder's huge vet bills from last week, so anything bought from Becky or Hillary goes toward the flop potato. Thanks for looking! Free US shipping over $50!
peculiarityshop.com
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Vaughn A. Jackson
over 2 years ago
Hey
@briankeene.bsky.social
! I'm trying to get my first editing project off the ground--a cosmic horror anthology from marginalized groups. Was wondering if you'd be so kind as to help me spread the word a bit! God I wish Bluesky let me just message people...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...
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Patrick Barb
over 2 years ago
One of TWO readings I'm doing this week. Tomorrow night, come hear me read a story appearing in my forthcoming collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING.
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Nicole Givens Kurtz
over 2 years ago
Want to help support Suicide Awareness Voices of Education? Check out this upcoming charity anthology, SVP's Little Black Book of Terror. Two of my stories are included in this amazing collection.
brookwaterscurse.com/svps-little-...
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Vivian Moira Valentine
over 2 years ago
Thanks, Riot! I’m Vivian Moira Valentine, author of the Amelia Temple Series. It’s Gay Nancy Drew meets The X-Files with a touch of Cthulhu! 🌈📚😱 Book 1 available wherever books are sold, Book 2 releases March 2024. Features: 🏳️⚧️a rad trans gal 🫠 body horror 👩❤️💋👩 wlw romance 🧮 highly dubious mathematics
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Amelia Temple always knew she was different. Other. But that never stopped her from wanting more-especially her freedom.The Bureau of Extranormal Investigations, the shadowy government agency that has...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beneath-strange-lights-vivian-valentine/1143048173?ean=9781948979917
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Diane Tucker
over 2 years ago
(Thanks for doing this, CR 🙏 ) Recently I created this website for people who are curious about art museums, but are a little intimidated by them
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The Shy Museumgoer
Great paintings tell stories. I hope you enjoy these….
https://theshymuseumgoer.com/
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Tales & Feathers Magazine
over 2 years ago
It's time to polish up your coziest tales because we are going to be opening up for submissions ✨THIS OCTOBER!✨ October 1-21st—Open to BIPOC, Trans, and/or Disabled creators October 8-21st—Open to everyone We can't wait to see what you have for us! 💖✨
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Spooky Sterling
over 2 years ago
Ready for something new and slightly-but-not-fully off brand? NEW PODCAST:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0L8qwUqgWCzZRlZjltgPcD?si=9Gr9HigRSQe0LmXnk9wkiQ
@sleyhousepresents.bsky.social
and I have joined a REDWALL read along podcast! It'll be a lighthearted romp through childhood for all of us
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Books & Badgers Podcast
Listen to Books & Badgers Podcast on Spotify. Join us in this read-along podcast where we cover all the books in the beloved Redwall series by Brian Jaques. Books & Badgers is a celebration of epic qu...
https://open.spotify.com/show/0L8qwUqgWCzZRlZjltgPcD?si=9Gr9HigRSQe0LmXnk9wkiQ
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Steve Stred
over 2 years ago
As part of the HWA International Author's Series, you can read an interview with me, over on their site today! Very cool to be a part of this series!
https://horror.org/world-of-horror-interview-with-steve-stred/
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)
over 2 years ago
The Pike Boys is a gritty crime thriller based in 1920s New Orleans about a brothel owning street gang, but at it’s core, it’s a meditation on what a life of violence does to the soul & the mind. If that’s up your alley, sign up @
bigeasypress.substack.com
& get the 1st THREE chapters as preview!
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The Deadlands
over 2 years ago
hello. friends issue 28 is here, and it is amazing. This issue is dedicated with love to, and in memory of, R J Theodore, our Rekka, whose spirit imbues these pages still. ❤︎ please go read it and we hope you love it:
https://thedeadlands.com/issue-28/
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Here It Is, Issue 28 of The Deadlands
Fiction: Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira | Poetry: Angel Leal, Rafiat Lamidi, Sitawa Namwalie | Nonfiction: Lyndsey Croal, Amanda Downum
https://thedeadlands.com/issue-28/
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The Deadlands
over 2 years ago
hey we need more people to follow here, BLUE. if you're a writer/editor/zine/etc. in the SFFH genre pls reply with an emoji and we'll follow you. BONUS POINTS for using super obscure emojis. (pls repost if you want to help us spread the word OR if you have a skeleton inside you thx)
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💬
over 2 years ago
Posting this here in case anyone is no longer active on the ex-bird. Subs open in just under a month!
https://www.hungryshadowpress.com/submissions-little-bastards
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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃
over 2 years ago
We've got a fun horror-comedy flash story up at Nightmare Mag today!
https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/five-things-that-go-through-your-mind-after-the-masked-killer-decapitates-you-with-an-axe-and-your-still-living-head-has-a-few-seconds-of-consciousness-left-to-gaze-at-your-twitching-body/
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Five Things That Go Through Your Mind After the Masked Killer Decapitates You with an Axe and Your S...
ONE: I told them it was stupid to rent the same cabin in the woods where that other slaughter took place, twenty years ago. I said I knew of a perfectly good bed and breakfast where nobody had ever be...
https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/five-things-that-go-through-your-mind-after-the-masked-killer-decapitates-you-with-an-axe-and-your-still-living-head-has-a-few-seconds-of-consciousness-left-to-gaze-at-your-twitching-body/
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Raw Dog Screaming Press
over 2 years ago
I've been thinking about the future of indie publishing & how to increase diversity & stability. I think the answer is to give more opportunities to young people from underrepresented groups. Read how we're trying to do that in our latest blog:
https://rawdogscreaming.com/we-launched-a-kickstarter/
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We Launched a Kickstarter! - Raw Dog Screaming Press
Beyond the Bounds of Infinity is an anthology of cosmic horror that will feature authors from historically underrepresented groups. WHY KICKSTARTER? This is the first book we’ve attempted to Kicks...
https://rawdogscreaming.com/we-launched-a-kickstarter/
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Maria Haskins
over 2 years ago
If you're looking for some speculative short fiction to read, check out my monthly short fiction roundup at Maria's Reading:
https://maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2023/08/my-sci-fi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction.html
and my Short Fiction Treasures column in Strange Horizons:
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Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Fiction Roundup
Ghosts, monsters, murder, death, haunted houses, various kinds of supernatural mayhem, body horror, the frights of the unexplained … Horror comes in a multitude of flavors.
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/short-fiction-treasures-quarterly-fiction-roundup-7/
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HWA Chicagoland Chapter at Fan Expo Chicago this weekend!
over 2 years ago
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Becky Spratford
over 2 years ago
With a link to see Kennedy and
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
at Exile in Bookville. I will be there too!
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𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐖𝐊 🪶
over 2 years ago
Peel back our Indigenous horror anthology, NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, for an exclusive look at my own contribution, “Behind Colin’s Eyes”, in its entirety. Please share far and wide :)
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/09/read-an-excerpt-from-never-whistle-at-night/
#books #Indigenous #horror
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Read an Excerpt From Never Whistle at Night, an Anthology of Indigenous Fiction
Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night.
https://www.tor.com/2023/08/09/read-an-excerpt-from-never-whistle-at-night/
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Atomic Carnival Books
over 2 years ago
If we may, some news: You can now pre-order GREATER THAN HIS NATURE and OPEN ALL NIGHT direct from us! Both books will release on Oct. 24, 2023, but why put that kind of pressure on your future self?
https://atomiccarnivalbooks.square.site
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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson
over 2 years ago
Today on This Is Horror Podcast, we chat with Nick Cutter and
@afsulli.bsky.social
about The Handyman Method, successful collaborations, story pacing, and more.
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-517-nick-cutter-and-andrew-f-sullivan-on-the-handyman-method-successful-collaborations-and-story-pacing/
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TIH 517: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan on The Handyman Method, Successful Collaborations, and S...
In this podcast, Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan talk about The Handyman Method, successful collaborations, story pacing, and much more. About Nick Cutter Nick Cutter is the author of the critic…
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-517-nick-cutter-and-andrew-f-sullivan-on-the-handyman-method-successful-collaborations-and-story-pacing/
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Come join the HWA Chicagoland Chapter August 10-13 at Fan Expo Chicago!
over 2 years ago
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Bob Pastorella
over 2 years ago
Nick Cutter and
@afsulli.bsky.social
join the podcast to talk about The Handyman Method, only at
@thisishorror.bsky.social
.
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-517-nick-cutter-and-andrew-f-sullivan-on-the-handyman-method-successful-collaborations-and-story-pacing/
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TIH 517: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan on The Handyman Method, Successful Collaborations, and S...
In this podcast, Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan talk about The Handyman Method, successful collaborations, story pacing, and much more. About Nick Cutter Nick Cutter is the author of the critic…
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-517-nick-cutter-and-andrew-f-sullivan-on-the-handyman-method-successful-collaborations-and-story-pacing/
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