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This Saturday, Nov. 15th, Penn State Harrisburg will host COSMIC HORRORS: NOT IF, BUT WHEN, a conversation between quantum physicists and authors Amanda Headlee, John Langan, Mary SanGiovanni, and Yours Truly, moderated by @jrevolver.bsky.social. Free to the public! sites.psu.edu/apsmas25/202...

Morning everyone and welcome to week two of A Month of Rain and Reads! We've got EVEN MORE posts for you, but let's start with this fantastic review of Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @nataliekelda.bsky.social as written by @desiheart.bsky.social: www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-book-...

Berry palette, November. As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly. Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷

It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and it's a great day for an interview. Today, we get to hear from Celia Lake (@celialake.bsky.social) about writing historical fantasy and about what it's really like to be a librarian. www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter... #AMoRaR #BookSky

Daily Challenge 8: History Uncovered - Which period in history would you like to visit? Feel free to recommend indie books that fit a historical theme! Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!

i'm soooo close to hitting 100 sales of my short story 'the knight saves the dragon' this year!! check it out if you like short fantasy stories where the dragon doesn't die! 🐉 only 99c! 🗡️ universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU

Love horror? Love supernatural mysteries? Want to support an indie author? If that's a yes, check out these books by MG Mason aka @chaoticauthor.online Pick up your chosen read from > Ko-Fi > Itchio > Books2Read > 'Zon Links at: mgmasoncreative.com/all-my-books/ #HorrorSky #BookSky #IndieReads

Just in case people want something to read over the weekend, my first book The Assassins Raven is available on Amazon. 📚 💙 A female assassin joins a quest she does not want, and gets more than she bargains for. A mix of cozy fantasy, horror, adventure, comedy, and romance.

My art shop has a collection of insect art in a mix of styles and prices. All one of a kind originals, affordable for little Christmas gifts. folksy.com/find/shop/th... #Insects #InsectArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm

🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

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Hello #FridayReads I’m boosting author @dhalerambo.bsky.social and her almost complete fantasy mystery series #ThePlanarPages If you’re heading to Texas Book Festival in Austin this weekend, pop over to her author table to see her books and say hi. Tell her Mary sent you 😊 Thanks Gabino! 📚💙

Saw FRANKENSTEIN last night. It is SO good. Beautifully done. I will watch it again because there were layers (e.g. decor & dress communicating meaning) and I know I missed some. It was beautiful in that gothic way that I could pause and stare at for ages. The acting! SO good!!

What if everyone around you was changing? You could see humanity, the things that make people different and who they are dying to make way for something else? Now imagine it's coming for you, too. 1/2

It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and somehow it's not actually raining. To tide you over until the weather cooperates, we'll share an interview with Millie Abecassis (@millieabecassis.com ecassis.com), author of A Legacy of Blood and Bone. www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter... #BookSky #AMoRaR

INTRODUCTION TO ME AND MY GOTHIC VIBES I was on a panel with some amazing authors for the SFFRomCast, talking about my novel THE CROWS & my love of the gothic. Have a listen, and check out our books! Links to my work in the thread below. Click this post to expand. youtu.be/rZjnAXhToAM?...

Been on book tour for AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC nearly every day since 9/30! Exhausted but my heart is full! SALEM PARACON is my last appearance of the year, friends, so if you've missed me on tour, please come join us! A stellar lineup on 11/15; FULL of talks, music & cool vendors! 🖤 salemparacon.org

Is it even Friday if I'm not dropping vampire lore?

New arrivals and restocks at Ghoulish Books! 😍😍😍

Weirdos who’ve been longing for a cephalopod romance 🐙

I'll be at the Texas Book Festival in Austin this weekend doing a panel with @scalzi.com!

Thank you as always, Gabino! My second novel, #Pyres is picking up new reviews and readers, but I'd still love more people to check it out! 🔥🔥🔥 Books2read.com/pyresnovel

Thanks, Gabino! The paperback of my grief horror soaked autobiography, 41, is only $7 on Amazon right now! This is the story of a horror author’s journey through pop culture, social events, cyclical trauma, and breaking out of those cycles—plus my personal ghost stories! #FridayReads

Thanks @gabino.bsky.social ! Xmas HORRORMANCE ! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/las-posada...

Thanks for another #FridayReads Gabino! Today I'll plug Old Habits Die Hard, a dark fantasy monk-heist novellette, in which Brother Statius must conduct a heist on his own monastery to defeat a demonic conspiracy.

Thank you, Gabino! Next week is my last in-person event of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION book tour, so I'm still hoping to signal-boost this new release where we examine real history & ghost lore through the lens of Gothic Literature! 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

Today #FridayReads I am sharing All the Way to the Top, the tale of a mediocre man who finds he has to fend for himself when the zombies arrive. He’d like to know when someone is gonna bring him his lunch. Find all 13 stories in Revolve. Thanks Gabino! Linktr.ee/kdbwrites

Why I have problems marketing my book series: 🧚 There are Fairies, but not your typical Fairies. 🏹It's an epic fantasy but focuses on dialogue and character moments, not big battles and fight scenes. 🌙Large cast of mostly women. 🔆Ceremonial magic! 💚💜🤍 www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

Thanks, Gabino! My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, releases in 5 days! If you love dark forests, black birds, old rituals, and haunted boys, this one's for you. mybook.to/woundedbirds (I only need one more preorder to get me to my goal)

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this one because it’s very timely, helped me land an agent, was a Stoker nominee, was published in France and Italy, and it’s 30% off! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

A goblin chooser page, from a thing which I have not finished yet.

Looking for a story that blends magic and future tech? You’re in luck. The Haven Chronicles is a fantasy series with a sci fi twist. Shop the series with signed paperbacks and bookmarks here: ko-fi.com/fiphillips/s... #ChristmasGifts #FantasyBooks #FantasySeries #Bookshop #ReaderGift #BookSky

My debut psychological horror story, OBSESSION, is available on KU. This is the best place to start for those eager to explore my worlds of horror. daniellornhorror.co.uk/gallery 👀🩸🪞🤯

I’m so psyched for this! Right now I’m frantically trying to finish up a few new additions—and there’s also one proposed feature to this release that means so much to me I actually can’t allow myself to think about it until it’s done—but in the meantime, getcher preordering fingers a-whirling!

New Torch & Arrow listings include hair things! Always asked for them but I'm selective on what I restore/add to! Bat clips: torchandarrow.etsy.com/listing/4399... Neo-Victorian: torchandarrow.etsy.com/listing/4399... Owl Gorget: torchandarrow.etsy.com/listing/4397... Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT IS HERE! Turbine 34 by Katherine Clements🧡 🖤 Camped out alone at Turbine 34, an unnamed scientist soon discovers signs of the devastation and begins to see things that shouldn’t be there... www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/turb...

My fantasy mystery series, #ThePlanarPages, will conclude on January 15th, 2026! So close. So far. Catch up and pre-order the finale today! buff.ly/VpdZBZB 💙📚

If everything goes according to plan, I should have a little time in December to do some free query edits. If you're querying a novel now or plan to be next year, follow me here (and tell your friends!)

Greetings! I am Gre- no, Amadeus. Amadeus Bedlam, for sure. I- I'm Gree! I write body, psychological, and religious horror for my Bloodied Rose: Verses of Midnight! My Seal is a rotten, wrinkled scroll that never seems to dissipate into ash, rank of a sea long dried up. #HorrorWritersChat

From the ether emerges the long furby, chattering terrible titan of infinite despair. calling us to dance. So we dance, madly, and the abomination winds through the sky, leaving fire, brimstone, and batteries like meteorites in its apocalyptic wake. #HorrorWritersChat

It's the first Wednesday of November, and that means it's time for the first story in Nightmare's annual Dark Fantasy issue! Prepare to have your heart squeezed by @jameslsutter.bsky.social's beautiful & touching "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/make...

My chisel cracks the seal open. Only then did I understand the folly of my curiosity. There is nothing behind the seal. Nothing. It was a test, and I have proven myself unworthy. I swallow heavily as footsteps thud against the stairs above. They know. #HorrorWritersChat

Greetings and helllooooooO! I be Eryn, I write psychological and supernatural horror. My seal contains just one terrible truth, a simple and haunting one. When you look for monsters, you're looking in the wrong places. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello! Matt from the hospital here where my first dose of chemo has just finished. I write as MG Mason, lots of ghost stories. The terrible truth? The manner by which humanity will destroy itself: petulant stupidity. But hope always accompanies, it can't be killed. #HorrorWritersChat

Amanda M. Blake, purveyor of dark fiction, quiet to extreme. My seal is lost somewhere in the cosmic black hole of my closet. No one remembers what it is for or even what it looks like. I think half the reason I don't clean my closet is bc I'm afraid I'll toss it by mistake. #HorrorWritersChat

Good afternoon, Doctor. I love what you've done with the place. I'm a multi-genre author, always trying new forms, styles, themes, and subgenres. I regret to inform you I no longer have such a seal--I broke it years ago and set my Terrible Truths free to prey on humankind. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat - I'm Trish Wilson, Media Director for The Horror Zine. I write quiet horror and horror comedy. The seal containing my Terrible Truth is carved into a sigil I wear around my neck. If I don't wear that sigil, I go mad. Either that, or I sing "Prayer For The Dying" terribly offkey.

Greetings #HorrorWritersChat What a treat to be here together with Dr Bedlam! Mary, writer of cosmic, gothic and weird horror at your service. My Seal has been handed down to the eldest daughter in each generation. Its meaning? Unknown. But none dare break the seal and be named a Disappointment

Distinguished Guest, the Honourable Dr. Amadeus Bedlam, founder and chair of the Primrose Collegiate, is inviting you to tonight’s conference discussing the frightful unknown. Your participation is most required. With illuminative regards, Valeria Ambrose, Collegiate Secretary #HorrorWritersChat