Congratulations @jelenawrites.bsky.social for reaching the semi final with Ghost Apparent!

4. Rewired: Divergent Perspectives in Horror by @ghostorchidpress.com The ones that stood out to me in this anthology were: "The Tides of Love" @kojiadae.bsky.social "Fall Preserves" @ronistinger.bsky.social "Russet" @arwyns.bsky.social "The Witches of Christmas Past" by @eeking.bsky.social

DuMort by @michelletang.bsky.social from @ghostorchidpress.com Gaslamp occult horror of seances, forbidden love, diaspora and hauntings with gorgeous gothic prose and a chilling, beating heart

Convincing you to read our books based on their opening lines, part 2: The Extravaganza Eternia by Kristin Osani. Shop here: bit.ly/4diizZZ

Convincing you to read our books by their opening lines, part one: The Belladonna Invitation by Rose Biggin. Tempted to read more? Shop here: bit.ly/3WaoQ45

If you love visceral horror with plenty of gore, check out these titles. In Hold My Heart, a woman with severe depression hires a serial murderer to kill her, with unexpected results, while in The Devil's Gift, a twelve-year-old boy discovers a girl with a dark secret. ghostorchidpress.square.site

Two very different books, both with compelling mysteries and hints of the supernatural. In Neverest, a woman scales Everest to discover the truth behind her husband's death, while in The Extravaganza Eternia, a murder investigation unfolds within a magical circus. ghostorchidpress.square.site

Publishers, editors, authors, send us your favorite speculative ecofiction published this year. This is going to be another bouquet of truly stellar ecofiction ✨🌿🦋

If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h: - Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points - Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again

Fill your stocking with The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou and get swept away to a magical island where reality and myth combine. Shop here: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Did you know, novellas fit perfectly in a stocking? Why not fill yours with some lavish Gothic horror from Michelle Tang. DuMort is a gaslamp fantasy set in a world where it is forbidden to speak of the dead. Shop here: bit.ly/4j1Q7hP

Cover reveal time for NEUROTICA! 👀 Neurotica is a new collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize and Bram Stoker Award nominated author @cybergodwrites.bsky.social! Cover design by @alandistro.bsky.social More info and pre-order links here: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/neur...

Congratulations on reaching the final, @kristinosani.bsky.social!

holy shit EXTRAVAGANZA is a finalist???!!!! I'm beyond honored and frankly stupefied, thank you thank you thank you!!😭😭😭

Looking for a perfect Christmas gift for a fantasy fan? Why not choose Jelena Dunato's novella, Ghost Apparent? Beautiful and thought-provoking, and the perfect size to fit in a stocking. Shop here: bit.ly/3XEIXbt

The nice thing about small books? They fit perfectly into a stocking. What could be a better stocking filler for your horror-loving friend than our mini-anthology of Christmas ghost stories, A Very Ghostly Christmas? Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas

And for the visual people... here's what I had published this year. The shorts are free on Clarkesworld. If you want more info on the books, check my website and feel free to ping me.

Low-fi, Queer, Weird Fic deep dive into gamer lore and men in black legend with TT Madden's Polybius novella, LOADING...THE MACHINE CHILD. www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...

Again for the morning crowd: Cover and pre-order link for Muñeca, out next June! A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn: 1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business; 2. worry over small presses closing or paring down. Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀 IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025! Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇

If folk horror is your favourite genre, we've got plenty for you. Something mysterious lurks in a Scottish loch in Anthony Engebretson's Sair Back, Sair Banes, while in Mazi by Koji A. Dae, eyes watch from the walls of a rural Bulgarian cabin. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

If you love intelligent dark fantasy with strong characters and fully developed worlds, you can't go wrong with Jelena Dunato's two standalone stories from the same fictional universe, inspired by Slavic folklore. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Looking for Gothic gifts? Look no further. Michelle Tang's DuMort, Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation, and April Yates's Ashthorne make a deliciously indulgent trio of sumptuous settings and creeping horror. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Looking for unique stocking fillers for the mythology lover in your life? Ioanna Papadopoulou's "Winter Harvest" tells the story of Demeter and Persephone with unflinching rawness, while "The Castaway and the Witch" is a dream-like journey into myth and romance. Shop: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Just a reminder to local peeps that my books are available at Enchanted Books and Books on the Bosque. You can also read all of them free at Loma Colorado Library. #albuquerque

Delighted to mark the end of #blackhistorymonth❤️🖤💚 by rounding up some of the finest books the indie press scene has to offer to celebrate Black History Month this year… indiepressnetwork.com/black-histor... #booksky #bhm2025

Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! Wishing you a fabulously spooky day. 👻

Make a date with Morana, Goddess of Death in Jelena Dunato's Slavic folklore inspired Dark Woods, Deep Water. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Definitely get yourself a copy of "The Castaway and the Witch" by @ioannapauthor.bsky.social and find out why she's one of the most sublime and amazing writers out there!

This Halloween, find yourself stranded on a supernatural desert island with Ioanna Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Take a look into humanity's dark future with Marisca Pichette's Every Dark Cloud. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Book Review! EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social is a deep and atmospheric eco-apocalyptic novella about two people discovering that the world is not quite what they thought it was. I loved my time with this story. At <70 pages, it's easy to add to the TBR💙📚🪐 🔗 fanfiaddict.com/review-every...

The next backer will push us over the goal!

If you don't want to rely on social media to get the info on my new book, please subscribe to my newsletter. I promise I'll never spam you. jelenadunato.com

I thought this was out of print! (Why? Idk, a lot of small presses went OOP over the course of a year or two) I really enjoyed this. It is heavy on the erotic, horror fans.

This features my spicy tale "Snow White and the Seven Sins."

Reconnect with the darker side of nature with our eco-horror anthology, Chlorophobia. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

This Horror Season, indulge in Les Petites Morts, an anthology of dark fairy tales, featuring erotic horror short stories by S.T. Gibson, Hailey Piper, Sara Tantlinger and many more. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Enter a poison salon in 19th Century Paris with Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

This Halloween, encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest with T.L. Bodine's Neverest. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

Spooky season is upon us… go check out my love triangle between a woman seeking relief from the pain of living, the serial killer she hires to unalive her and the cosmic being that wants them both for its own. Share the love this October with Hold My Heart.

Supernatural gothic awaits in DuMort by Michelle Tang www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

Whatever your horror tastes, we've got something for you this spooky season! Get inside the mind of a serial killer and discover the extremes of pleasure and pain with Koji A. Dae's Hold My Heart. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site

The Night Ship is up on Netgalley for those of you so inclined! Reviewers, friends, enemies, anyone, if that's not accessible for you drop me a line, I *am* keeping a list of who has asked and will be dropping emails shortly. ♥️ www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

New Review - a gothic haunting with added an enigmatic mediumfor you today which I really enjoyed reading I highly recommend DuMort by Michelle Tang out now - thanks to @ghostorchidpress.com www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

The Castaway and the Witch has been out for one week! Have you got your copy yet? Order now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/bO0XrJ

REEF MIND is “surreal & skin-crawling, a pure oceanic nightmare & a must-read for fans of eco-Weird” according to rad-ass writer @thomasha.bsky.social who is rad-ass have you heard & also smells very nice. Get this incredible Apoc-Coral-yptic Eco-Body Horror novella now: store.tenebrouspress.com

✨Cover reveal!✨ I'm thrilled to present you the cover of my upcoming novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE It will be released in April 2026 by Dark Matter Ink Cover art by Mona Finden.

Happy 6 month book birthday to EVERY DARK CLOUD!!! 🍄☁️🖤 Hard to believe this novella has been in the world for half a year. Thank you to everyone who’s read, reviewed, gifted, and listened to these words. Keep it up ⛅️ @ghostorchidpress.com