... If you enjoyed @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA, and you're looking forward to her second book with us, THE OTHER... give her collection with @badhandbooks.bsky.social a read, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED comes out between THE EXTRA and THE OTHER. badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...

We have a number of exciting upcoming releases from authors who also have new titles coming soon with other publishers... Here's a thread of some great new books you should pick up from other presses while waiting for these authors' new Shortwave titles!

If you enjoyed @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's @shortwavebooks.bsky.social novella, THE EXTRA, you'll love her debut collection, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. Coming in February from Bad Hand Books. Pre-order it now. badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...

30. "The Pelt" by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social

Let's do a little Halloween public service. Like this post for scary story recs!

Between Ingram and bookstore orders (thanks @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social!) we've sold nearly another 100 paperback copies of THE EXTRA today alone. 👀 You'll be hearing about this book for a while. And the next in the series, THE OTHER, is coming June 2026! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Really cool to see @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's novella with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, THE EXTRA, make The Wall Street Journal recently. Don't miss Annie's debut collection of short fiction, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED, coming in February. badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...

Wow! THE EXTRA was featured today in the Wall Street Journal! With some nice words for both the book and for its author, @annieneugebauer.bsky.social! "If you have time for only one terrifying tale this spooky season, make room for THE EXTRA." shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Finally got to read this after hearing about it here, worth the discovery! Totally new genre for me I could look more into. Besides the story, amazing descriptions of the countryside made me want to get out camping right now… obviously presuming THAT THING won’t happen of course 👻 🌳 ⛺️ 😬 #booksky

We just had a massive order come in from Barnes & Noble for @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. They must be catching on to the fact that this is going to be one of the biggest collections of 2026. Pre-order directly from us: badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...

The coolest book mail drop I’ve had in a while. @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social

And this week our final 2025 Quarterly Book Boxes are shipping out! What an awesome project this has been this year. Thank you to all subscribers who signed up and helped support all of our 2025 titles. We hope you enjoyed your great new books this year (and the fun merch!). 🖤

I am so, so grateful to everyone who has helped spread the word about this book! Thank you!!

2025 books I've enjoyed! The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social - such a great concept and page-turner! Read this in one tense sitting, breath held, uneasy, and on edge 👬🏞 Desperate to read the next one as I have questions... 👀🖤

Fresh batch of new stock at the shop! Come on down to Ghoulish Books and splurge on some spookiness…

Happy pub day to all these awesome books!! The Extra finally came in so happy belated pub day to @annieneugebauer.bsky.social !! Come in and feast your eyes upon the new horror display at @lahaskabookshop.bsky.social we’ve got so much horror!!

Arrived home to some pretty excellent bookmail! Excited to get stuck into both of these by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social and @frasierarmitage.bsky.social! Also obsessed by both covers @alandistro.bsky.social and @adrianmgibson.bsky.social 👀✨️👫🤖

Happy book birthday @annieneugebauer.bsky.social even if you did cause me to have unsettling dreams. Also you set the bar too high by writing a book so elegantly spare & evocative I had to read the damn thing multiple times & it creeped me out in different ways each time. Bravo!

The Extra is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook, narrated by @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social All links can be found here: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

The Extra has arrived! 👀 Out today, @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Extra is the first in The Outsiders Sequence, standalone stories in a shared universe. Ten people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra?

Happiest of book birthdays to @annieneugebauer.bsky.social! 🎉 The Extra is one of my favorite reads of the year. Paranoia and dread at its best. 💙📚

Did you get your ticket yet? This Wednesday join @annieneugebauer.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @tanyapell.bsky.social, @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social, @psantomasso.bsky.social, and @alandistro.bsky.social to celebrate the release of THE EXTRA!

#1 in two huge categories leading up to release?! #1 in ALL of science fiction, are you kidding me?!!! 😁 me ✨ 🌙 the moon Thank you so much to everyone who’s preordered and supported THE EXTRA! 💚 Just 3.5 more days! shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

Looking for your next horror read? Here are four September 2025 indie and small press releases you won't want to miss. 🩸 📚 @amandaheadlee.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @diannalgunn.bsky.social

The chills I had running down my spine the entire time I read this book, I haven’t read a book this quickly in years! @annieneugebauer.bsky.social got us into the main character’s head as he was figuring out something is wrong immediately. This needs to be devoured quickly! 5⭐️

This is gonna be great. It’s no secret I 🖤 this weird book. Giving it a lunchtime re-read on the patio this week & my friend Sam stole my seat AND my book. But then he remembered he doesn’t have eyes so I did get my book back. Quick rereads on a whim - another novella advantage!

February 2026: @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's debut collection is gonna knock your socks off. "This is one of the best collections I’ve read this year." —Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Vanishing Daughters bookshop.org/p/books/you-...

After a bit of a slowdown this summer, August is our highest month for print book sales so far this year! The increase is mostly due to the final book in @cshumble.bsky.social's AMID saga releasing soon, pre-orders for @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA, and Killer VHS fall restocking. 🌄🍃🍂🔪📼

Ten folks go on a hiking expedition. Eleven set up camp. Who is the extra? Hear my conversation with @annieneugebauer.bsky.social where we dig into why this story is so successfully creepy. But not creepypasta. This is an old school urban legend. www.thearcparty.com/p/annie-neug...

I’m so excited about this!! HUGE thank you to @shortwavebooks.bsky.social for hosting, and for this magical crew for signing on: @alandistro.bsky.social @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social @psantomasso.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tanyapell.bsky.social Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-extra-...

Join us live on Wed, Sept. 10th for THE EXTRA Launch Party! Author @annieneugebauer.bsky.social with special guests: - @claymcleod.bsky.social - @tanyapell.bsky.social - @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social - @psantomasso.bsky.social Tickets are FREE (limit of 90) here: shortwavepublishing.com/tickets

As someone who really enjoys numbers and patterns, can we just appreciate our publication dates for this series? 9/9/25, 6/9/26, 3/9/27... All on the ninth, nine months apart, in months divisible by three (the square root of nine)... and they all just happen to be Tuesdays? Sequence sorcery!

THE EXTRA is only the beginning... Introducing @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE OUTSIDERS SEQUENCE, three standalone books in the same universe. THE EXTRA: 9/9/25 THE OTHER: 6/9/26 THE SPARE: 3/9/27 shortwavepublishing.com/series/the-o...

An incredible review of @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA from @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social in Grimdark Magazine! "One of the most nail-biting endings of the year." The Extra arrives September 9th. shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

📕❓⛺ New Review! ⛺❓📕 The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social "Unbearable tension that will leave you more strung out than God’s washing line and a growing sense of unease that made it unpleasant to read in the best way. This is something that you need to feel."

Have you pre-ordered @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's The Extra yet?! Ten people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra? shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-... The Extra arrives on September 9th!

Announced: 8/8 Released: 9/9 The quality? 10/10 🤩 Seriously, if you're a fan of audio like we are, this is the perfect pairing of a creepy, thrilling story written well and narrated well. @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social

Just announced: In addition to paperback and ebook, THE EXTRA will also be available as an audiobook on release day! @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's thriller was narrated by the super talented @seanpatrickhopkins.bsky.social. The Extra arrives September 9th: www.audible.com/pd/B0FJ8YLRS...

"An absolutely killer premise executed with such slithery, sinewy care..." — @natcassidy.bsky.social Thanks, Nat! We couldn't agree more. @annieneugebauer.bsky.social crushed this concept and execution. The Extra arrives September 9th: shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-... #WhoIsTheExtra

Advance praise is piling up for @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's 2026 collection, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. Check out the buzz and then pre-order! Get it here: badhandbooks.com/preorders/yo...

book number 2 has sufficiently freaked me the hell out. i will be staying out of the woods for the foreseeable future. and if you’ve read this plz message, i need to speculate. The Extra by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social hits shelves on 9/9 from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social

Thanks to @georgesreads.bsky.social for a great review in FanFiAddict of @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA! "Curtois’ The Laws of The Skies, meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in this minimalist but fucking terrifying sci-fi horror mystery." shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...

There are but two emotions one encounters whilst reading “The Extra,” by @annieneugebauer.bsky.social … stress and confusion. In case you’re new here, that’s a ringing endorsement. Out September 9th from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @lordtbrffa.bsky.social

15. @annieneugebauer.bsky.social, The Extra, @shortwavebooks.bsky.social 2025 Mothman & I both 🖤 this inventive, paranoid, eerie novella about a university backcountry hiking trip. Debuts in early Sept, just in time for Fall semester! Rating: 11 protein bars & a spare battery #MeanLouiseReads2025

A group of backpackers wonders, if everyone in the group should be there, how can there be an extra? @annieneugebauer.bsky.social tackles this nightmare scenario in her debut novella. Can't express enough how much I enjoyed this quick read. Definitely sending it with my son on his next camping trip

So September 9th is going to be a pretty bonkers day for horror literature. Fifteen books… that I know of. Are there more? I just wanna say I’m happy to be sharing this release day with a lot of people I admire, some friends, some heroes, and a whole lot of nightmares.

So floored and honored by this. Thank you, @claymcleod.bsky.social. 🖤

Annie Neugebauer delivers an unnerving psychological thriller in The Extra, a novella that doesn't just entertain us but has us questioning our own memories. @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social

*bottles the feeling* 🧪

This is what we've been sayin'! @annieneugebauer.bsky.social's THE EXTRA is so, so good!