The unfortunate reality of "book promo posts" is a zillion posts from the author are not going to sell a book as well as a single recommendation from somebody else, so spend less time posting and more time getting your book in the hands of people with reach (reviewers, booksellers, influencers).

Analog Horror = Cyber Gothic I am not accepting questions at this time. (I am, however, writing a 12-page zine to support my claim, because that is what we do in this house on a Saturday afternoon)

instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:

Psst, patrons, time to vote for this month's deep dive. Not a patron? Well. You can remedy that problem quickly, and then grant yourself the enticing power of telling me what to do. www.patreon.com/posts/154770...

Again - BlueSky was originally Jack Dorsey’s pet project to make a Web3 social media / NFT trading post until a bunch of trans furries got ahold of invite codes and started mass-proliferating them to other trans furries and then suddenly BlueSky was 90% queers and annoying leftists and Jack fled.

if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP

WE DID IT! WE REACHED OUR FUNDING GOAL! 😸 Thank you to all you wonderful people who help share these posts and pledged your support. We could not have done it without you. You all rock! And now, onward to our stretch goals!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/165...

A girl must see a witch for a cure before rabies consumes her fathers mind. Cemetery orphans stalk a new victim. Something is consuming entire towns in rural Oklahoma. Mad Days is available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99! Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

A huge component of imposter syndrome is overestimating how qualified everyone else is.

Free book alert! @tenebrouspress.bsky.social is running a Goodreads giveaway for SPLIT SCREAM VOL. 8: CURSED PLACES. 5 copies up for grabs -- is today your lucky day? Why not find out? www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

If you’re using AI to write books, understand that’s not going to somehow get you respect or money like real writers who aren’t using AI to write books because we don’t get respect or money either.

Less than $500 to go. Looks like a cool project if you've got a few bucks to chip in.

when I was a teenager I read Lovecraft and the thing that seemed the most alien to me was the idea that people would worship a capricious, cruel, slimy god from the bottom of the ocean when they could literally do anything else they could take a train out of Innsmouth and go see burlesque in Boston

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

On a budget but still want to read what's sure to be one of the best horror and Weird fiction collections of the year? Snag a free ebook copy of Gore Poetics on Booksirens and offer an honest review! Perfect for fans of queer, strange, transgressive, and erotic stories booksirens.com/book/XKKD0LK...

SURPRISE RELEASE! THE CORPSE PRIEST is out today! This is a strange beast of a novella, a bloody cocktail of sword & sorcery, Ligottian pessimism, and cosmic horror. I’m going to talk a little about how this release came to be, inspirations, and more—SO PREPARE FOR A THREAD!!!

If AI were inevitable they wouldn't need to write so much apologia about its inevitability.

my longest-lasting friendship is with a trans person, and I think if you can see the joy they radiate post-transition from the freedom to be themself and decide that you want to snuff that out, you are a wretched little goblin forsaken by God

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

Seems like a good time to make a purchase of a new book, y/y? carsonwinter.com/store/

This Trans Day of Visibility, our horrific poster with text by Joe Koch and illustrations by Silver is on sale for 40% off. Hang it on your wall and make trans visible to everyone who comes into your house. frombeyondpress.com/product/deat...

I'm writing a longer book atm, but my latest one is a body horror short story with mermaids! I had fun writing it. Most of other stories are pretty trans focused as well, with touches of horror and stuff~ savikawrites.itch.io/in-the-sea-c...

Thank you for doing this! My and Lor's @lormaggot.bsky.social 's book The Flesh of the Sea is available on the Zon and most other places : www.amazon.com/Flesh-Sea-Da... It's got gay pining, monsters, found family, pirates, and body horror!

I'm not trans, but I am Two Spirit. I have no full-length books yet, but I've been published in lots of magazines and a few anthologies. Here's one of the anthologies. I have a ghost story in here about a haunted tree. www.hornsandrattlespress.com/product/bitt...

Hey! I’m only one contributor in this anthology but there are a lot of trans authors/characters in it! www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Take this opportunity to encourage trans storytelling and fill your shelves and e-readers with trans books, especially if you consider yourself an ally. #TDoV

It's Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans folks, if you're raising money for something, reply to this thread and I'll boost you. I'll also add some mutual aids/ organisations I support in the thread. If you're a cis, take a look and find someone to support if you can. EVERYONE : share this!! 💜

Okay I know I'm missing people because I have Swiss cheese brain so please come remind me so I can add you to this list. go.bsky.app/SR59WK5

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

Both of us at Tenebrous are deeply honored to present the 40+ badass 🏳️‍⚧️creators🏳️‍⚧️ who will comprise the Table of Contents for YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, a New Weird Cosmic Horror anthology due out 10.06.26! Full deets here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/3/... #transdayofvisibility #tdov

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

@infestedpublishing.bsky.social is releasing Wildcat Thicket this month, why not check out my first book with them, Never Leaving?! bit.ly/3Xu1HJz

Colonialism demands constant expansion. Capitalism demands constant growth. The prevailing paradigms of the Western world for a long, long time have reached their inevitable limit, and like a tumor that's swollen beyond the body's capacity to sustain it, they've begun to fester.

Every story has a message because it contains the perspective of the author, the way the author thinks and perceives the world. If you think your story has no meaning, you're simply admitting that you haven't scrutinized your beliefs, assumptions, and perspective.

In 3 weeks, SPLIT SCREAM returns from its yearlong slumber w/CURSED PLACES! @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social are your guides through Weird tales “propulsive, delightfully entertaining & deeply disturbing” - @scribeofhades.bsky.social Preorder: store.tenebrouspress.com

I promise there are no politics in my novels about a zombie underclass being forced to register with the government to gain access to the drug they need to feel alive, whose side effects are used to justify constant surveillance, violence, and control.

Remember all the pointless stories, songs, and plays you put on as a child where you performatively trotted across the linoleum floor with the family dog and no one knew what you were doing? It's the same thing, except now you're an adult and you call it Art

Good news! OpenAI is canceling so many large purchase orders and datacenter expansions that the global price of RAM is dropping.

We would love to see more nonfiction in our queue! We're especially interested in topics compelling to an audience interested in both queerness & speculative literature. Think: queer history, science, critical analysis, & pieces that blur genre boundaries. Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

I anticipated The Amazing Digital Circus to remind me of Helluva Boss but as of the halfway point it really feels more like it's sitting at the center overlap of The Good Place, ZORT, and Virtual Virtual Reality Simulator. Which is to say, hell yeah I dig this.

We close to reprint submissions on March 31st @ 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time! We're looking for previously-published speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors, and only stories that aren't currently available online/free-to-read! All the details are in our guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

This is my plan for the evening.

Book mail!

Shipped the last of the TBQ sampler issues into the world! We are sold out of our first ever print run! Gained lots of new information and leveled up in lit mag making experience! Onward to TBQ8!

Anyway stay safe out there today, kids, mask up, drink water, be kind.

Horror Friends - follow these wonderful writers!

Just a reminder that you can skip the big box stores and buy THESE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT from my Patreon. PDF or epub ready for your reading pleasure. Also, if physical books are your jam, I have signed copies ready to ship. DM me for details! www.patreon.com/posts/these-...

Packed house for @tkingfisher.com 's new book over at Books on the Bosque. I think more book launches should begin with Pokemon battles, tbh.