Wow. After four years of work, my book is actually out in just over a week. I am genuinely so stoked that people will soon get to read it. I'm also hugely grateful to @andrewcull.bsky.social and @michaelboulerice.bsky.social for their incredible blurbs. diachroneitybooks.com/Shop

Hey, it's Monday! Let's get writing... How'd last week go? Good? Bad? Ugly? None of that matters now. Today we start over 🖤 You got this!

Hunter's siren

My six-monthly check-up at Peter Mac went very well. No signs of the cancer returning! 🎉🎉 I left a book in the patient library, too 🖤

Six monthly check-up. Let's go! 🖤

Not only is my first audiobook out today, I can share I'm gonna have an Indrid Cold-related short in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social !!! Whatever you do, don't look into his smile...

Fuck yeah! 🎉🎉🎉

Happy book birthday @laurelhightower.bsky.social! 🎉👻🎉

So stoked to share that my story "The Beast of Old Blodgett Road" will appear in ENCOUNTERS with Cryptids, edited by @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. It's a story about grief, and goats, and a creature that lurks in an old homestead. I can't wait for y'all to read it!

I loved this book. Imperfect Creatures should absolutely be on your November TBR! 🖤

📢 Some good news to start the week: My first horror story, "Scrapiron Jack," has been accepted for publication in the Encounters with Cryptids anthology! Many thanks to editors @andrewcull.bsky.social & @slimyswampghost.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing this weird beast with the world soon. 🐟⚓️

Big day for eels in horror! @andrewcull.bsky.social and @slimyswampghost.bsky.social selected my story for the cryptid horror anthology, ENCOUNTERS. More eels coming soon. Til then, here’s the opening line.

As we send the final acceptance emails for ENCOUNTERS, I wanted to post another thank you to all of you who sent in a story. A great anthology is great because of your submissions. @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and I are hugely grateful that you gave our call a shot and sent in your work. Thank you!

Unravelling base photo by @jacobdavison.bsky.social ! thanks!

🎃Sale alert🎃 Get a terrifying 31%* off your pre-order of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler (@writelikeashark.bsky.social) when you enter CREATURES at checkout. Exclusively at diachroneitybooks.com/Shop *It's 13 backwards, you see.

Our family as pumpkins! Designed and carved (with a little help from me) by our four and six-year-old 🎃🤩 Happy Halloween Weekend from us all. Yes, we don't stop celebrating until Monday 🎃👻🖤

Yes, we are carving six 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 pumpkins today. And, yes, one of my daughters is dressed as Belle, and the other as Rumi from K Pop Demon Hunters. It's just a regular pumpkin carving party. Isn't this how every household does it? 😂 Happy Halloween, all! 🎃🖤

Thanks to all of you who entered my last giveaway! 🎃 The winner of a signed copy of REMAINS [email protected]! And the winner of a paperback of FOUND [email protected]! Congratulations! DM me your mailing details and I'll send some spooks your way! 👻🎃🖤

Last time I checked, isn't a ceasefire when you stop bombing the shit out of innocent civilians? Maybe someone should sit Bibi down and explain. In all seriousness, haven't Palestinians been through enough? At what point do our governments do more than just talk? 🖤 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

I'm reading this right now and I freaking love it! 🖤

You can preorder my weirdass novel, Imperfect Creatures, from now until 2nd Nov to get 31% off. Just enter CREATURES at the checkout. (Anyone who has preordered already will have the discount applied.) For fans of House of Leaves, Twin Peaks, that feeling of being somewhere you shouldn't be.

Writing bullshit debunked... Bullshit: You need to publish a book a year to stay relevant. Truth: No. You need to write good books to be relevant, and good books take time. Some of the world's most famous authors only wrote a single book. Don't put that extra pressure on yourself. You got this 🖤

Recently finished Harvest Home by Tryon (great seasonal read), have started While I Was Gone by @andrewcull.bsky.social (and loving it) & reading the next two in the picture as well (one authored by a fellow doctor from my part of Norway, which is fun)

Well, I read @andrewcull.bsky.social’s latest collection in one sitting. He has that effect on me. It’s pretty much 4 AM here now and I’m going to call it a night and enjoy the nightmares I’m sure will ensue after this 🫣

A huge thank you to @andrewcull.bsky.social for my copy of FOUND. Late to post thanks to an injury, but this book has been keeping me company. Solid spooky stories for the season! ❤️

It's just a feeling, but I'm not sure I trust OpenAI to protect my privacy when I'm online. Maybe it's the massive piracy they've committed, the wholesale harvesting of data without consent. Yeah, I think you can keep Atlas. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Imagine, instead of the world's first trillionaire, people could afford to put food on the table and everyone who needed a roof over their heads had one...That'd be some crazy, outlandish shit, wouldn't it? I can't help but think that that trillion dollars could be spent better...

Monday is #MustRead horror day - this week: @crimereads.bsky.social choose 7 historical horrors inspired by true events, @horrortree.com find out why the novella is the perfect serving size for horror, @whatsleepsbeneath.com study the beauty of timed fear ... 1/2

Last week was crazy, so I missed my weekly giveaway. Sorry about that, everyone! Let's put that right now with a double. This week, two spooky signed books are up for grabs...FOUND, and REMAINS! I'll pick two winners this Fri 10/24 👻🎃 Like and follow to enter. Have an awesome week, everyone! 🖤

Yes, the first thing I did this morning was to go online and buy K-Pop Demon Hunters t-shirts for both our girls. And, yes, I did buy one for myself, too! 🖤

It's totally okay to feel down when a story you subbed isn't selected. But you should celebrate too. Unlike many, you finished that story, you slogged through, from the seed of an idea to a fully realized tale. You did it. Now take it, and sub it again, and again if need be, until it finds a home 🖤

Thank you @andrewcull.bsky.social for the book! Looks even better in person. I’m so excited to read this. Also edited by @gabino.bsky.social 🎃📼

Hey, folks. Two things: 1. I still have plenty of stock in my online shop. Shares and/or orders are appreciated! www.toddkeisling.com/merch 2. I'm open to design work. If you need formatting/layout, please get in touch! www.toddkeisling.com/contact Cheers!

Ever wondered if a Republican's head would explode if they realized that 'Red States' really makes them sound like communists? I mean, red, it's the color of socialism, isn't it? Just saying. Maybe they should change their color. Maybe a grey or blue rinse? Some kind of sepia?

Thank you @andrewcull.bsky.social for my copy of Bones! Just in time for spooky season AND my birthday (which was Saturday!) ✌️🖤👹📚

I finally caught up on the winners of this year's AHWA Shadows Awards today. locusmag.com/2025/10/2024... A Huge congratulations to all those shortlisted and to the winners! 🎃👻🖤

A bit of news if you're a gamer...Today, I'm celebrating reaching 10 million downloads of my mods over on @nexusmods.com! I'm absolutely stoked (and a bit surprised) to have reached such an awesome milestone. Thanks so much to all of you who've downloaded my mods! 🖤

Very proud to have a story in this collection 🖤📼

Fall Forever : Can I pet your cat?

I have openings soon for anyone wanting to schedule now for me to do book editing (or any #editing). Working to finish a project now, but after that, I am in need of your work. Development, line, copy, proofreading. Let me be your second set of eyes. DM or email me. Shares wanted & welcome!! 🫶🏼

I could write a long, angry thread about how AI is the biggest act of piracy ever. About how it's stealing art from artists, words from writers... But fuck it, instead, let's go hard on circling the wagons, protecting those in our community, and amplifying the talents of those being robbed 🖤.

I've had some awesome spooky bookmail over the past couple of weeks, and it's about time I shared some of it. Check out Monster Bones, edited by @stephellis.bsky.social, and my good friend, Noel Osualdini! 🎃👻 Cover art by the always awesome @lukespoonerartist.bsky.social 🖤

Have you ever rinsed off in the clown shower? 📼🖤🤡🚿

Hey all, remember that found footage book @gabino.bsky.social and I put together? Well, we did it again! If you dug FOUND, check out FOUND2. Eighteen more stories of found footage horror! 🖤📼 www.amazon.com/dp/0648731561

🍁Happy October, everyone! 🍁 To celebrate, here is a look back at Fall Forever over the years along with a new song. I have a new album coming out soon so stick around!

Thanks to all of you who entered my 2nd (of 10) giveaway! The winner of a signed copy of THE COCKROACH KING is... @stetstudio.bsky.social! Congratulations! DM me with your mailing details and I'll send some skittery spooks your way! 🪳👻🪳

Here's an important reminder of what you owe me, or any other author, when we send you a signed book... ... ... ... ... You can keep scrolling, there's nothing here 🖤

Last week, I learned that for *cough* only $399 I could buy a Publishers Weekly review. For that amount, I could give away 10 paperbacks...So, I'm doing that instead. For the next 10 wks I'm giving away a book a week. Like and follow for a chance to win THE COCKROACH KING. Entries close 10/2 🖤

First day back to work after COVID began with sewing up our youngest's mermaid dress🧜‍♀️ . Now it's a post office run to mail some signed books, and then it's back to the ENCOUNTERS shortlist. If I get time, I'll check in on some vampire action in my new novella. Let's go! 🎃🖤

Social media should connect us, bring us together, but it often leaves us feeling more isolated, angry, and upset. It doesn't have to be this way. Take a moment today to wish someone a happy Spooky Season 🎃, a happy birthday, or just wish someone well. You'll feel better for it 🖤