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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 21h

Resharing this because last night my wife shared with me the first time she was sexually assaulted. She was 14. I don’t know what to do with my fury except to say to my female students, Stay away from all men.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now available in Kindle and in paperback from The Evil Cookie Publishing!!! I’m really excited about this book. It’s an adaptation of a 1970s extreme horror movie as featured in my Grindhouse novel What Ever Happened to Jo Rose? Beware: extreme horror awaits!

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Empty Devils by @authordileo.bsky.social is my current read and it's riveting so far! A father, out for revenge after rhis daughter is run down by a car driven through a crowd of protesters, encounters skinheads, his daughter's ghost, and a monstrous creature. #booksky #horror

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So excited that CABIN GIRLS lives as its own entity now. (It originally existed as a movie within What Happened to Jo Rose?)

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CABIN GIRLS is out in the wild! It’s a novelization of a 70’s extreme horror movie featured in my Grindhouse book, What Ever Happened to Jo Rose. @theevilcookiepub.bsky.social a.co/d/0iLcXIVc

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a man, as a human being, I’m disgusted by the Cornell sexual assault. A few years ago, I wrote a book about a cabal of women who get vengeance upon male sexual predators. If anyone wants a free pdf of it, DM me. Here’s an excerpt from my Author’s Note explaining why I wrote this book.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Always give credit to those who helped you get your book where it needed to be. LOST ONES @sobelobooks.bsky.social

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s twenty @netgalley.bsky.social titles on my Kindle, but there’s always room for @ericlarocca.com

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Writing a scene that probably won’t ever get published, but man it’s some good stuff.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two more agent rejections this week. One was a response to my query from September 2025. Anyway, I’m up to 74 and counting.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

American Nightmare? Nightmare Graffiti? American Nightmare Graffiti on Elm Street? Anyway, here’s my classroom.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also, I got AMC+ and watched the trailer for DEVIL IN SILVER and how is @victorlavalle.bsky.social ‘s name not on it in huge letters? That book rocks.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m finally back in the streaming world after three weeks and I have free access to SHUDDER??? Hell yes!

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First assignment for my creative writing students was to write “Why I Write,” modeled after @stephengrahamjones.com ‘s work of the same title, and today the students read their pieces aloud. They were beautiful testaments to imagination and the human spirit. Really wonderful—honest, raw, genuine.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinking about how often writers give advice/critiques as if they’re “rules,” but really they’re just that writer’s literary pet peeve.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Support real artists who make real art. The paintings on the left were made by a former student of mine, and the ones on the right were purchased from a local Hudson Valley painter.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not to brag, but I did write two pages in four hours this morning. Ha.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My latest book, THE LOST ONES, from @sobelobooks.bsky.social is getting some good reviews. Hope you check it out! www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This excerpt from @joe-hill.bsky.social latest newsletter made me think I was reading an afterword from @stephengrahamjones.com Anyway, yes, Seger rules.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And I’ve got my third notebook (in which I’m handwriting a never-ending horror tale) all decorated.

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@authordileo.bsky.social is rocking the new Crow Guts Anonymous tee, getting ready for the release of @stephengrahamjones.com's nightmare roadtrip novel OFF THE RESERVATION on Oct 13! And just look at that collection of SGJ-themed tees from threadsofdread.com! ⭐

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Cops drive slow when they’re headed uphill.” Now listening.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Anyone want a FREE BOOK? Anyone who preorders the ebook of my upcoming @theevilcookiepub.bsky.social book CABIN GIRLS, and emails proof to authordileo1@gmail.com will get a FREE PHYSICAL COPY of my @grindhousepress.bsky.social book THE HANDS OF ONAN. While supplies last! Order: a.co/d/034e8gpO

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As @paultremblay.bsky.social said, “There’s no ethical way to use AI.” Oh, and he also said, [see photo]. And @johnlangan.bsky.social agrees!

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still feeling the joy of holding my book THE LOST ONES in my hands for the first time. Available now @sobelobooks.bsky.social and @barnesandnoble.com and @bookshop.org and others!

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I hear @barnesandnoble.com is selling AI-generated books. Totally stupid and insulting move. Capitalistic greed from corporations yet again. Anyway, wherever you buy your books, support human-created work. Otherwise, what’s the point?

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still feeling the joy of holding my book THE LOST ONES in my hands for the first time. Available now @sobelobooks.bsky.social and @barnesandnoble.com and @bookshop.org and others!

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Whoa. I finally got to hold a copy of my latest book, THE LOST ONES @sobelobooks.bsky.social and it’s gorgeous! So thrilled. Seriously, what a beautiful job! So, yeah, buy my book! The pages feel cool and even smell good!

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rough Draft Books in Kingston, NY, participates in the Beacon Prison Books Project. You can buy requested books for prisoners. Today, I bought a prisoner CELL by Stephen King. Hope they enjoy the mayhem!

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway today is 2 ARCs for 1 winner. THIS B JUST WON'T DIE by @tanyapell.bsky.social (w/ access to my Booklist review) and the first Adult novel by former YA @summerscares.bsky.social author Kelly McWilliam's AMERICAN NIGHTMARE. raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2026/09/horr...

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#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: 2 ARCs for 1 Winner

Today I have 2 great ARCs, including this one I reviewed in the August issue of Booklist . Details below but first, here are the rules on ho...

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of my students read IT @stephenking.bsky.social this summer and asked me, “Why were those specific Losers chosen?” I said I’d asked the experts: @talkscaredpod.bsky.social @jonathanjanz.bsky.social

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 07/09/2026

Coolest shirt out there:

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One year ago today, I was on page 9 of my handwritten work-in-progress. Today, I reached page 317. That’s not even a page a day, but this is definitely a novel and so I share this to remind you there’s fast writers and there’s slow writers, but writers write. So, get writing and have fun.

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I ordered mine. Now, you gotta order yours.

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Richard Quist @rmquist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

THE LOST ONES by @authordileo.bsky.social is a fantastic mystery/thriller that will hook you from the first page!! I LOVED IT! Can a laid-off teacher find the clues needed to solve a child abduction case from 4 years ago? Can he survive if he does? #booksky #mystery #thrillerbooks

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Check out this awesome review of THE LOST ONES!

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