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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Over the summer, I read Joe Hill's @joe-hill.bsky.social Horns, and to this day, it lingers in my brain. There's something so fascinating to me in the way Hill blends the mundane with the supernatural. What's your favorite Joe Hill book? #booksky youtu.be/ExeK6inF3wg?...

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Dark Journeys Review: "Horns" by Joe Hill #booktube

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

American Horrors? Cryptids? Small Town Occult Worshipers? A chimera-like beast with a pony's head? Yeah, James Kaine's novel, "Devil of The Pines" is gonna check some boxes. Hope you all enjoy the review! youtu.be/myFbfKuWa1M

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Dark Journeys Review: "Devil of The Pines" (American Horrors Book 2) by James Kaine #booktube

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Support my buddy @andrewvanwey.bsky.social and his FANTASTIC Cosmic Horror Series journeying to "The Lost Coast"! Oh and you can enter to win a signed copy of book 1 that I 100% did not "liberate" from the trunk of his car. forms.gle/ZDTmhBXoVQRG...

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

In three weeks, we’re gonna get rully rully weird with Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) on Fearmongers. Time travel, incidental cults, cursed paintings and more! Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register on Zoom here: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Would you like to hear about the new queen of horror? Wait no further, Book 1 of the Season of The Monster Saga has arrived! Check out Alissa Vick's amazing vocal talents and enjoy the lurking nightmares residing in South Dakota's Black Hills. #audiobooks amzn.to/41Ronpd

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New #BookReview up for @toddkeisling.com Todd Keisling's "The Sundowner's Dance"! This is one of my favorite reads from this year, so please tell me you loved it too bahaahaha youtu.be/1XUVZW94-ds?...

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Dark Journeys Review: "The Sundowner's Dance" by Todd Keisling #booktube

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

GREAT follow up question on tumblr about me saying 'i am not doing a bit and my work is not some big joke'. someone asked is it okay to laugh at tinglers since they are not a joke which is very kind and thoughtful, but yes you certainly can. FULL ANWSER HERE www.tumblr.com/drchucktingl...

Chuck, as an autistic bud myself I'm having a little trouble understanding something and I hope you can explain. If your tinglers (Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt) aren't jokes, then... am I an asshole for laughing? Like--I find them funny. But if they aren't jokes then they aren't meant to be funny and I shouldn't be laughing. I don't mean to laugh at your sincerity. I feel bad for laughing at something if it isn't intended to be a joke/humor. Am I being a jackass? Or am I missing something?

this is a GREAT QUESTION thank you for asking.

you are welcome to laugh at tinglers and i understand what some folks find funny about them. i often LEAN INTO these elements because it brings joy.

all of that said, i PERSONALLY do not find them funny nor is the point of them to be a comedy. there may be laughter along the way, but it is not their CENTRAL GOAL to elicit laughter.

i think of them as magical, joyful, strange, sexy, cute, sweet, absurd. i would put them in the category of magical realism or surrealist erotica.

but i personally do not find them funny.

thats just me though, buckaroos can take them however they want, thats the great thing about art. YOUR WAY PROVES LOVE TOO so feel free to laugh bud

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Before opening Book 2 of @andrewvanwey.bsky.social's series, I returned to Greywood Bay via Tom Jordan's vocal talents. A top-notch iteration w/ chilling cadences and emotional gravitas for fans of Stranger Things & Lovecraft. Whether reading or listening, prepare for the light of the dead star.

AJ wears headphones that appear to be plugged into a copy of "By The Light of Dead Stars" by Andrew Van Wey

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Haven't had the pleasure of enjoying @cassandracelia.bsky.social 's "The Elric Undoing"? Well, I loved it. Cassandra was kind enough to speak with me about her speculative-gothic-dark fantasy novel! And she gave me a signed copy to giveaway... www.ajhumphreyswrites.com/aj-s-journal...

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Elric, The Village Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place — AJ Humphreys

A beautiful speculative dark fantasy novel that deals with the ramifications of generational trauma and parental abuse in a small fantastical village teaming with magic and mystery.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

When even your own personal demons are like: "okay buddy, I think you've had enough..."

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

When you spent all morning writing without a shower, and you go outside to get some fresh air for the first time

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Together w/Jay Bower & 28 more indie horror authors, we are offering 37 FREE e-books this month! Including the first 2 books in the Season of The Monster saga. The other two are both $0.99 a pop! Doing the math? All 4-books are $1.98! That's not a typo... books.bookfunnel.com/summerofhorr...

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Kerria @kerria.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Gargoyles, grotesques, and corbels reading books are my favorites.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Hear me out. Ya know cat cafes???

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Rolf Oldejans @rolfoldejans.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

It's not hoarding if it's books

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

#Booksky "Fine Dying"- a serial whodunnit I wrote for Kindle Vella, but never finished, so I ask; "is this a story you want to see finished?" I love whodunnits, but it's not my typical genre... Read the 1st 10 chapters free and let me know if it should survive! www.patreon.com/collection/1...

AJ's title card for the "Fine Dying" serial novel with text offering the first 10 chapters free and asking new readers to enjoy and let him know if he should continue writing the story with the words "should this story survive?"

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A 4-book saga for $1.98! This Summer of Horror features 37 novels for free download! (Incl. books 1 & 2 of the SoTM saga) books.bookfunnel.com/summerofhorr... E-books 3 & 4 are only $0.99/ea for July! books2read.com/b/47RxMj The Vespids will be waiting.... #booksky #readingcommunity

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Summer of Horror

Searching for your next favorite scary story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a frightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I'm here for this. WRITE FREE FRIENDS!!! #writinglife

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Alright horror book fans. I did something pretty stupid. But hopefully you get a laugh out of it. (You gotta watch the end!) Oh and enter to win a signed copy of Matt Lutton's religious horror novella, "The Morningstar Confession." #booksky youtu.be/ZmTZoh3Wh9A

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GIVEAWAY | Signed Copy of "The Morningstar Confession" by Matthew Lutton (**Stay Tuned To The End)

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Confession? For The Devil? Check out this interview with Matt Lutton and learn how he crafted a gripping exchange between Father Dan & someone claiming to be Lucifer... Oh, and if you haven't read it, you can enter to win this signed copy! #booksky www.ajhumphreyswrites.com/aj-s-journal...

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Is Lucifer Morningstar Welcome In The Confessional? — AJ Humphreys

AJ Humphreys interview with Matthew Lutton explores his debut novella, "The Morningstar Confession."

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

What makes golf special? It's as much 'you v competition' as it is 'you v you,' as it is 'you v the course.' Each 18 is its own entity. On any day, they take or give breaks. The only way to survive is breathe & adapt. An excellent metaphor for life. Credit to the pros surviving Oakmont #USOpen

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Unfortunately, I must withdraw from the #PackInTheReaders Convention this weekend in Green Bay. The reason? Kobe had an allergic reaction to something that got infected & formed a LARGE wound on his cheek. The last few days we've made good progress toward a happy, healthy, floofy boy.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

How's everyone else handling this one? Upon finishing Todd Keisling's (sun)downer of a novel about, love, loss, and end of life care, Kobe and I have developed an extreme aversion to the worms in our garden... Hopefully, y'all are doing better than us... #booksky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Nearing "The End" of this likely to be a novella about a cursed location that y'all don't get to know about just yet. But it's giving "Ready Player One" meets "N0S4A2" in this undisclosed location. Where do you think the story is set? #WritingCommunity

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Treated myself to a cult classic... I know nothing except to beware the spiral... Who has read Junji Ito's Uzumaki? What'd ya think??? #mangasky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Todd Keisling's "The Sundowner's Dance" is gonna be up there for my favorite read of the year. But it might run away with my favorite hardcover release... LOOK AT THAT COVER! What books have you fallen for this spring? #booksky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Swears. Up and down swear words about the ending of this one. SPOILERS FOR ANIME FANS... . . . . #jujutsukaisen (1/3)

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I know I'm 27 years late to the party, but 5YO me had some weird complex about the main character not being Zelda. Anywho, here I am, finally playing my first LOZ game. Kinda wishing I had a Game Shark Guides from the 90s... 😅 #LegendOfZelda

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

There's still time to enter the Lovely, Dark & Deep giveaway with Megan Stockton's fantastic siren horror! Read the interview and don't miss your chance to win one of these signed copies! www.ajhumphreyswrites.com/aj-s-jour… #IndieAuthors

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

An original take on the "who's really crazy" trope. Without spoiling things, i will say that "Part One" was my favorite portion of the story, and I plowed through the supernatural chaos plaguing the story's main character, Richard. #bookthreads

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Kobe and I had an amazing and B-E-A-Utiful day in Kenosha this past Sunday for Chapter Two of The Kenosha Book Fest! We'll be back soon, and don't miss future fests every month through September! Shout-out Donovan Scherer and his team on an amazing event! #DogsAndBooks

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Bobzbay Books @bobzbay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We love authors who bring their dogs (@ajhumphreys.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social!) to book signings, but where are the CATS?! Actually, every cat I know would hate being at a book signing. Authors, show me pics of your cats when you visit!

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Author Margaret Killjoy kneeling down in front of the bookstore with their dog

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

There's no feeling quite like the fear of turning to the next page because the safety of your favorite character is in jeopardy and they've almost died four times already.... #JujutsuKaisenManga

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Dark Horse Comics did a fantastic job compiling and refurbishing these classic pulp-horror comics. The artwork ranges from decent to top-notch and the story telling progresses throughout each volume as the VoH gathers its legs beneath it. #horrorsky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

It's Hammock Szn! Who doesn't loves a good hammock reading sesh? Nobody. That's what I thought. *Following this picture, I fell asleep for two hours, hehe #Readers

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Happy Memorial Day! Let's Review an American Classic. Dark Horse Comics did a fantastic job compiling and refurbishing these classic pulp-horror comics. The artwork ranges from decent to top-notch and the story telling progresses throughout each volume as the VoH gathers its legs beneath it. #book

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Bloody brilliant grief horror. All the hallmarks of the classic 'family confronts their sinister and possibly cursed past' after an estranged family member dies. This story hooks quickly and should be exactly what people in the genre demand from that title. "The Demonic" #booksky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This SUNDAY! Chapter 2 of the Kenosha Book Festival! Will I see you there? #Kenosha

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Authors' Journey Newsletter is BACK! So, join me in talking with Megan Stockton about her Isolated Island/Siren Horror "Lovely, Dark & Deep" and enter to win one of two signed copies! preview.mailerlite.io/preview/86975… #BookSky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

One of the things I've been working on while I was away from Social Media was a new website! Let me know your thoughts, and if there are any UI issues! AJHumphreyswrites.com #authorsky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

III'MMM BAAAAACCKKKK!!! Miss me? Did you notice I was away? Well, I was. Life got...exhausting. And let's be honest. I HATE Social Media. It has its place & benefits... But, F*CK. My feeds have been dramatic. So, I'll keep updates coming, but I like living in reality, not this augmented hellscape.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

This past Wednesday was jam-packed awesomeness! Did my first podcast interview for "TRIP" w/ the guys from the "Good Enough" Podcast, and then had an amazing time continuing that conversation, signing books, and discussing the craft of writing with U of IL students at The Literary Book Bar! #booksky

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Check out this amazing interview that I did with the Good Enough Podcast team earlier this week! We talked the craft and business of writing, my newest release TRIP, and even dipped our toes into mental health and LSD. Check it out!

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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

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AJ Humphreys @ajhumphreys.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Owning up to your mistakes earns respect. Burying them makes you look like a serial killer trying to hide a body.

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