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Molly Looby - Author @mollylooby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Finished Blood on the Boardwalk by @authordonnataylor.bsky.social and it’s made me itch to write about vampires again! I loved every page! It’s woken something in me 💪

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Keith R.A. DeCandido @kradec.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SO CLOSE! Just $185 to go to fund WICKED WESTERNS, from the New England Horror Writers w/a score of weird Western tales by me & great authors @christaqua.bsky.social @brennanlafaro.bsky.social @authordonnataylor.bsky.social etc. Great rewards and we wanna hit those stretch goals! kck.st/3R9EVqw

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Wicked Westerns

The Eleventh Anthology of the New England Horror Writers

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

TODAY ONLY: don’t miss the Midsummer Night’s Scream Stuff Your Kindle Book Event hosted by @authordonnataylor.bsky.social for a ton of free & 99c horror titles including THREE of mine!👻 www.authordonnataylor.com/stuffyourkin...

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Midsummer Night's Scream Stuff Your Kindle Event on July 18 promo graphic. 3D renderings of Blind the Eyes and Boy With No Name by K.A. Wiggins marked free, The Unsought Light marked 99 cents. Gold and red text on dark rainbow background with purple accents.

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Basile Lebret edits Cult of the Dog @evoripclaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Want some free horror? @authordonnataylor.bsky.social got your covered with her Midsummer Screamm: www.authordonnataylor.com/stuffyourkin...

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Stuff Your Kindle — Donna Taylor :|: YA Horror Author

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Serial Experiments Rain Corbyn @raincorbyn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My body is free on Kindle today as part of the Midsummer Night Scream Kindle-Stuffinnevent by @authordonnataylor.bsky.social ! One lucky reader will get me to come over and hold their hair when that one story makes em yack ☺️ www.authordonnataylor.com/freehorror

A retro video store image for Rain Corbyn’s Body of Work, a body horror short story collection. It lists 1 eyeball cult 2 husband (head only) 3 not popping influencer 4 actually punk splatter punk 5 bookstagram stalker-Stan 7 T4T disabled gut smut that’s kinda about dying but more about living

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I loved it! I had no idea of the history of the term at the time!

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hello! 👋🏻 My name is Donna Taylor, and I write YA horror! Mostly inspired by 80s and 90s horror. 😁 The one WIP I have is for book4 in my San Nico Slayers series. Book 1, Blood on the Boardwalk, comes out 9/25 and is inspired by The Lost Boys! 🎠 #horrorwriterschat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

No story NEEDS a moral or thematic lesson baked into it. Those stories tend to feel preachy and even scolding depending on how it’s told. I never write with a specific moral or theme in mind. That doesn’t mean one won’t develop, but my goal is to tell a story. Not lecture people. #horrorwriterschat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I generally don’t develop a story/plot/characters much beyond the page unless it’s relevant. It just depends on what the story requires. #horrorwriterschat

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Brian Carney @briancarneywrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

BOOK COVER REVEAL!! Been dying to see this cover! Now I'm just dying to read it! - Inspired by The Lost Boys & 90s teen horror - A modern day horror comedy - A perfect dopamine hit of nostalgia storyoriginapp.com/universalboo... @authordonnataylor.bsky.social #sannicoslayers #bloodontheboardwalk

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The number of Lost Boys fans I regularly run into is astounding!

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Cat Treadwell @druidcat.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This looks so fun! 😍🩸 Inspired by The Lost Boys and 90s teen horror novels, Blood on the Boardwalk is a modern day horror comedy perfect for those looking to dip their toe into horror, as well as the dopamine hit of nostalgic horror easter eggs for older fans 🩸 @authordonnataylor.bsky.social

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I know I neglect this little profile on the butterfly app, but I hope you’ll forgive me. Because I have a glorious new book cover to show you for my YA horror novel, and I want to scream it from the rooftops!

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Quill & Crow Publishing House @quillandcrow.com · 17/01/2025

The cold has cometh! Grab your copy of BURY ME COLD & MORE LAST WORDS through your favorite retailer or at TheCrowShoppe.com 💀❄️

Image of the book Bury Me Cold and More Last Words by Jacob Steven Mohr on top of a snowy background, with the words "Available Now"

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

COVER REVEAL: Feral & Hysterical: Mother Horror's Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women by Sadie Hartmann -Page Street Publishing August 19th, 2025 Cover Artwork: María Amaya/Design: Rosie Stewart www.behance.net/amayamaria Pre-Order: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feral-hyst...

Book cover: Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror's Ultimate Guide to Reading Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women. The artwork is of a woman in a ball gown holding a candlestick with flame. Her hair is caught up by the wind, the title is in the darkness of the night above her swirling hair. The estate behind her is on fire. There is a border of twisting vines all around the art

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Angela Sylvaine @angelasylvaine.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It’s between doorways release day! Check it out for some awesome liminal horror, including my story “#blessed”

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Ooooo that’s a hard one. As much as I love the old New England vibes of Salem, I’m just a hair more drawn to the beach carnival world of San Nico (fictional) from my San Nico Slayers series. I’m just such a complete sucker for carnival vibes. #HorrorWritersChat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

If I want to set something in a real place I haven’t been, I find the immersion difficult. I’m a very visceral writer. Vibes are a thing for me and I like getting them right. So I tend to go down rabbit holes trying to make sure I’m getting more than tourist vibes of a place. #HorrorWritersChat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I don’t have a preference. I tend to get hitched up in someone uses a real place that I’m familiar with and gets it wrong, but that doesn’t deter me from reading real place works. As long as the place is developed and visceral, I’m all for it. #HorrorWritersChat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I love this! My name is Donna Taylor, and I write primarily YA horror. My current WIP is book 4 in my San Nico Slayers series, about a girl who has to stop a vamp from ☠️ her, and opens a whole new can of worms doing it. Book 1, Blood on the Boardwalk, comes out later this year. #HorrorWritersChat

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

My one “resolution” for the year is watching the stuff I have on my streaming watchlists. I finished The Gentlemen (loved), and watched Greta Gerwig’s Little Women before it left Hulu (also loved). Now I’m finishing Buffy. I never watched past S3 originally and I’m into S6 now. Good news replacement

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Brigids Gate Press @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Listen. Learn. Make changes. Repeat. Check out the updated submission guidelines.

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

So I’m making my way through Buffy (stopped watching after season 3 originally), and I’m at the musical episode. I…kind of hate it. Like, the idea is great. Quirky take on choreomania. But the sheer amount of musical numbers to plot is like smashing three musicals into a single run. It’s A LOT.

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I mean, if you have a structured settlement and you need cash now…

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Ah, man! I missed it! Next week, then!

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Jacob Steven Mohr @jacobstevenmohr.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

In just 10 days, my second horror collection BURY ME COLD & MORE LAST WORDS hits shelves! From the mighty @quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com comes a collection of 14 tales (including 3 originals) calculated to chill the blood and haunt the dreams. Readers, it's time to come in from the cold.

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I know I have a lot of books on my TBR pile, but now we’re just being hyperbolic. What number is that, anyway? Quintillion?

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Quill & Crow Publishing House @quillandcrow.com · 07/01/2025

Attention Bookish Friends!! 📚💙 We are looking for ARC (Advance Reading Copy) readers who would like FREE copies of our upcoming titles in exchange for honest reviews. Visit the link in our bio to apply.

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Cassandra L. Thompson @cassandralthompson.com · 08/01/2025

If anyone needs help who to follow on here; Q&C Crows, friends, and folks I’ve followed for years 🖤 (if I missed you, I’m sorry, I’m old and tired) go.bsky.app/Cav97JN

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A.L. Garcia @almaandthehorde.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A dedication, 🖤🐍🐍🖤 My Split Tongue (Mi Lengua Dividida) is available for preorder @quillandcrowpublishinghouse

“for the butchered tongues that live within our spirits yet // a las lenguas masacradas que viven en nuestras almas aún)

Book cover: woman with a two-headed snake for a tongue and the title My Split Tongue / Mi Lengua Dividida

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

A cyber trucks looks like what an 8 year old would draw if you told them to draw a car from the future.

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

just from a folklore point of view, "attractive hooded man kills billionaire head of hated business with bullets inscribed with political slogans and then vanishes" is narratively breathtaking

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Nerd Horror @nerdhorror.com · 01/12/2024

Who is the scariest #vampire since the original #nosferatu? One to consider is Kurt Barlow from the original #SalemsLot who never spoke at all making his striking appearance even more terrifying. #horrorsky

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Next week! Stephen Graham Jones (I Was A Teenage Slasher), Josh Winning (Heads Will Roll), Brian McAuley (Candy Cain Kills Again) & Angela Sylvaine (Chopping Spree) join Fearmongers for a Slasher Symposium! Chop, chop, chop! Tuesday, November 26th at 7 PM/EST. Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4fPTSVq

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I love it. But that sweater collar totally looks like b00bs. 🤭

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Is that you???? And are there b00bs on that Lego lady?

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I foresee a lot of horror getting published in the coming years. And a resurgence of dystopian fiction. The irony is a lot of people are going to gobble that last one up and then try to tell us books aren’t political. 😐

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Donna Taylor @authordonnataylor.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

The audacity of demanding kindness from the very people to whom you have been irrevocably unkind.

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