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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every year my pal @axeslasher.com curates a Halloween watch list for the entire month of October. This year's site is a blast to use: movies.axeslasher.com

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Axeslasher's October Horror Watch List

New horror recommendations for every day in October. Find something killer to watch.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I regret to inform you, I once again have a personal website. I'm feeling nostalgic for the internet of twenty years ago. bethdean.com

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Beth Dean

Writes speculative fiction. Builds tools for writers.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm working on a story that has multiple timelines, so I've added support for scene labels to my standard manuscript export plugin. community.obsidian.md/plugins/stan...

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Standard Manuscript Format Export

Export a story to Shunn's standard manuscript format as a .docx or .rtf, ready to submit.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am foaming at the mouth to play this and made the very dumb choice to start a novella workshop two weeks after it drops. See you all next year I guess? www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/th...

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The Blood of Dawnwalker review

A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I left tech to write fiction, got tired of copying stories into Scrivener to format them, and built what I wanted instead: an Obsidian plugin that turns a story into a submission-ready manuscript. Free, private, works on a phone. community.obsidian.md/plugins/stan...

community.obsidian.md

Standard Manuscript Format Export

Export a story to Shunn's standard manuscript format as a .docx or .rtf, ready to submit.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Friends don't let friends use Substack.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Dick Vivian provided the soundtrack to one of the happiest periods in my life. I'd just moved to SF and was DJing at El Rio. He'd call me every week with a list of all the records he found me. We'd sit and listen to girl groups and sip Tom Collinses, and I'd leave with a backpack full of memories.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I finished The Felicity Complex yesterday. It didn't knock me over like Metal From Heaven, but it was weird and fun. August Clarke will be an instant preorder from me until the end of time. hardcover.app/books/the-fe...

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Beth's Review of The Felicity Complex by August Clarke - Hardcover

Read Beth's review of The Felicity Complex by August Clarke on Hardcover

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Local bookstore haul with some local authors.

A stack of books on a wood table from smallest to largest: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, Queer Horror by Gina Brandolino and Joe Carlough, Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez, Good Writing by Neal Allen and Anne Lamott, and Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders.

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Beth @bethdean.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Back on the doom machine 👋

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