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I'm doing DVpit tomorrow so, apologies for the slew of posts that will happen. I'll be pitching my Italian Renaissance epic fantasy and my contemporary depression horror. Wish me luck!

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a collage over a dark gray background with the words cj subko and and the dark will know my name. the polaroids have a woman crouching, a sad blonde woman, a woman screaming hard, a woman sitting, and a crying woman with a drawn paper smile

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 12h

Your duty today (or tomorrow, since it might be late) is to tell someone something nice, maybe something you're proud of them for. I encourage you to. Because life's short and we only get so many chances to make people smile.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 10h

Darlings, let people care about you. Let people help you. (I struggle with this too!) Help when/where you can. Make friends. Reach out. Try. Give. Share. Life will absolutely throw you into washing machine like a human rock tumbler. Your people should make it better. Walls down, hearts out.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 10h

White Sox win game 1 of the wild card! I WAS SO STRESSED.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 11h

Sebastian was grading papers when the message came in.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 29/09/2026

okay I have decided to Be Brave about this

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 14h

UK friends, the ebook edition of Four Weddings and a Funeral Director is just 99p until the end of the month! It's Freaky Friday x Six Feet Under x Legally Blonde, and it's lots of fun :) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008770476 #romancelandia

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13h

I am watching a very important baseball game. Please keep me in your thoughts at this hour of need.

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Vivian Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 15h

Queerly beloved, it is almost Hallowe'en! Now's the perfect time to visit the most haunted town in New England!

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 14h

Hey! Treat yourselves!

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 14h

Watching the Sox on Peacock means they keep showing these "commercials" which are basically NBC studios with elevator music. The things I endure for my team. 😂

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 14h

I'm doing DVpit tomorrow so, apologies for the slew of posts that will happen. I'll be pitching my Italian Renaissance epic fantasy and my contemporary depression horror. Wish me luck!

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 16h

Why are some booksellers allergic to the term "horror?" Let's talk about it...tomorrow on my newsletter! #horror #booksky #writing cjsubko.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 16h

Why are some booksellers allergic to the term "horror?" Let's talk about it...tomorrow on my newsletter! #horror #booksky #writing cjsubko.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like HOKUM is a movie I'm chasing. Every time I say I'm going to watch it, I'm sick and too tired, or it's too late, etc. Will tonight be the night!?

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 19h

THE BONE BRIDES is out TODAY! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. I have waited since I was 7 years old to be able to say... GO FIND ME IN YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! ❤️

Graphic proclaiming, “Now Available Everywhere Books are Sold!” above a copy of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. “A marvelous, metaphorical masquerade.” –Kirkus Reviews. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter, that includes “changeling x human romance”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “mental illness rep”; “whimsical x spooky”; “a grumpy witch”; “don’t look up”; “a drowned faery realm”; and “queer girls in love.”

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 19h

In honor of pub day and my not-so-secretly favorite character, Jeffrey the skeleton rabbit, some writer-friends (and one of their moms! and my lovely partner!) have blessed us all with these fabulous skelebuns! Art credit in alt-text + next post 🐇🦴❤️

Sketch of a rabbit hopping delightedly that says, “Oh, hurry! hurry! come quick! The Bone Brides is here!” along with 5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Paul Rose-Teter, TJ, Shannon English, Meg Gauck, CJ Subko, and Sasha Kielman.

4 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Christina Ferko, Artemis Whelan, Jess Aragon, and Aowna.

5 skeleton rabbit illustrations in different styles. Art by Carmeline Melchior, Via Luino, M. Stevenson, Annika Barranti Klein, and Paul Rose-Teter.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does anyone else get the urge to do chores when they're home sick? Like you need to fill up the day? Yeah I'm absurd I know.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was sick last week and now I seem to be sick again. Probably the same illness. Anyway I'm leaving work and going home to watch horror movies.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Watching THE MORRIGAN. It's ridiculous and I'm having fun with it.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Preorder Run With the Hunted 9: Extraction Point today! coming October 31, 2026 books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...

meme of spongebob with a rainbow between his hands, and at the top it says "doing a heist" and on the bottom it says "on a bullet train."

It's on a blue-scale background with code, that then has the Run With the Hunted 9: Extraction Point cover on it ( a steel frame bridge over a wooded/overgrown valley/gulley, largely blue-hued, with the top starting to pixellate white, and the left edge smearing into solid lines.) and along the bottom is "Coming October 31, 2025" and the books2read link.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was nice to paint again! Talin from MK Lobb's THE DARK IN HER VEINS, which I'm currently reading on audio.

digital #art of a white woman from the hips up. she wears a black dress and short black cape. Her arm is raised and she holds a necklace with a crest. her veins are black. her hair is blonde with dip-dyed black ends.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I was young and lonely I used to think, "Someday I'll be a published author, and I'll be so cool, people will want to be my friend." That would probably be true. But oh, what kind of friends would those be?

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Don't forget that the legendary LIGHTSPEED and NIGHTMARE magazines have a Kickstarter right now! Let's make sure amazing horror, SF, and fantasy short stories keep getting published. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...

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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My 9 games 🎮The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 🎮Skyrim 🎮Super Mario 64 🎮1080 🎮The Sims 🎮Limbo 🎮Portal 🎮Civilization 5 🎮Rollercoaster Tycoon

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is your friendly reminder that I have a witchy, tarot-filled, feminist, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, from @clashbooks.bsky.social ! You can snag it here: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @reactorsff.bsky.social review: reactormag.com/book-review-...

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It’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - Reactor

Myths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I revised four chapters. I'm getting into the new-new stuff though so time for a mandatory break! I refuse to let burnout claim me again. #writing

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two chapters revised today, they didn't need much. Do I dare embark on a third? #writing

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am aggressively DNFing books I don't vibe with this year which (a) means I'm only finishing bangers but (b) means I haven't finished very many books. 💀 I guess at least I'm reading?

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The vibes on Threads give me hives, why did I go there I'M SO WEAK, TAKE ME BACK, BOOKSKY

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Less than a month (Oct 13) for THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND, a Gothic horror novella! 💙📚 Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6PC6JJJ Signed copies: www.etsy.com/listing/4571...

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond

Cordelia Delacroix has only been in London for a season when plague strikes. Desperate to escape both the plague and her declining financial situation, she accepts a mysterious invitation to join a pa...

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What's an amazing #horror book from the last year or two you're enjoying? I need to branch out. I'm BEHIND.

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Arty @artemiswhelan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Preorder campaign, #cozyfantasy fans! IMRYN DYRE tells the story of a recent graduate from a magical university who reluctantly accepts an apprenticeship to a master wizard. The problem? Said master wizard is young, handsome, and collects secrets like evil exes. What could possibly go wrong?

Preorder campaign graphic featuring the cover for THE EDUCATION OF IMRYN DYRE, showing you will get a signed bookplate and character art with the purchase.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wish I was more interested in the plot of PRIMETIME. Pattinson is delightful and unhinged but I really don't care about your average drama.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Weave in ends as work progresses" yeah okay, Jan

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

THE DARK IN HER VEINS by MK Lobb is fixing my reading slump. It's such a fun audio experience! 💙📚

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I used to be overly empathic and basically became a free therapist to people who really don't actually give a shit about me and my stuff at all. I'm much more careful now about who gets my energy. Protect yourself. Not everyone in the writing community is good for you. (But some are, thank god!)

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Follow the @deadlanguagespod.bsky.social and check out their October 7 edition in two weeks and you might notice a very familiar guest host...

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My parents mailed some stuff for me and the USPS emailed me tracking numbers. Only they don't tell you WHICH tracking number is for which address. Headdesk.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Working on this afghan from Annie's Attic's kits. It's fun, I've learned a star stitch so far and now I'm working on bobble stitches. Still a long way to go though! 🧶

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wow, the New Yorker was pretty brutal about Taylor's new songs. I haven't listened to them yet, and maybe they're mid, but it's more the snarking at her current happiness that gets to me. The world prefers a miserable artist, I guess.

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