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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 22/09/2026
Chaplinsky builds a haunted house where the real threat isn’t the entity in the walls but the family’s practised refusal to name what it’s inherited, and once the mechanism catches, it doesn’t let go @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
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The Man In The Watch Still Visits Me At Night By Joshua Chaplinsky - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Joshua Chaplinsky's new haunted house novel is slow to open and hard to shake off. Read our full review of The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night.
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night is now available! Thanks to everyone who’s read and reviewed thus far. Can’t wait for this one to find its audience. @clashbooks.bsky.social
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 20/09/2026
This coming week on Ginger Nuts of Horror Yvette Fielding Jeneva Rose Samantha Josephs @paulfinchauthor.bsky.social @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @thebuffwriter.bsky.social
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Jaime Starling @murmurationinthe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@clashbooks.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org debut on the list this week! Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers Nonfiction static1.squarespace.com/static/61d85...
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Darlings, witches, nerds—have YOU snagged my witchy, tarot-filled, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods from @clashbooks.bsky.social ? Handy links for purchase: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works Fun post I did at @scalzi.com : whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/21/t...
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Episode 684 – Ali Trotta
Virtual Memories Show 684: Ali Trotta “I think mythology and fairy tales provide a good baseline, because almost everyone has read a subset of those stories, and the symbolism is something mo…
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nice to see @horrorsong.blog getting some love on Netgalley.
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Listen. It’s spooky season. Your life could ABSOLUTELY use more poetry. Snag my witchy, tarot-filled, myth/fairytale-laden, feminist af poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods from @clashbooks.bsky.social! But links: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @reactorsff.bsky.social 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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Serial Experiments Rain Corbyn @raincorbyn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
5⭐️ @beardedbetts grabs you with the title, then wallops you with a terrifyingly familiar story of capitalism forcing bodies and relationships to fall apart. A Kafkaesque quick-read nightmare that’s as gross as it is shockingly relevant. Thanks to @clashbooks.bsky.social for a review copy.
The cover of Help I can’t stop shitting snakes by Michael Bettendorf. Stickers read 2026 Kafka vibes, poopin’ 9-5 , the banality of body horror, and quick read social satire
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night is featured in Bloody Disgusting’s most anticipated books of September. @bloody-disgusting.com @clashbooks.bsky.social bloody-disgusting.com/books/396588...
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Can't believe the release of HELP! I CAN'T STOP SHITTING SNAKES is only a few months away (1/12/2027) @clashbooks.bsky.social Find it on NetGalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... Can't wait to see what folks think of it. Early readers seem to really be digging though! 🐍🤎🚽
The book cover for Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes by Michael Bettendorf, published by Clash Books. Cover Art by Matthew Revert.
A blue-green background with a white toilet sits just off center. A bunch of snakes squirm and writhe, mouths open, from the toilet bowl.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 01/09/2026
Highlighting that you can read & review via Netgalley however that works...I'm psyched to hear what readers think of this one; good, bad, mixed up...messed up...it's always fascinating to me! Grab an ARC & leave a review, please & thank you.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 01/09/2026
Pre-order links: bookshop.org/p/books/dead... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-boys-... www.amazon.com/Dead-Boys-Do...
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Dead Boys Don't Cry
Shirley Jackson nominated author Joe Koch's Dead Boys Don't Cry is a queer cosmic-erotic slasher and anti-murder mystery about disaster gay Chris Fournier, who has one big problem: He can't stop getti...
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Took summer posting off but we are back to share we are publishing a new @horrorsong.blog novel! This book is so special and unique, can’t wait for yall to read it! Up on Netgalley, cover by Matthew Revert!
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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the-line-up.bsky.social @the-line-up.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Break out in a cold sweat this summer with these terrifying new reads. @clashbooks.bsky.social @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
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4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in July 2026
From a vampiric multi-level marketing scheme to a collection of sapphic terrors, here are our most anticipated horror books from indie and small presses this July!
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Your girl has a witchy, tarot-filled, & myth-heavy poetry collection out from @clashbooks.bsky.social in...19 days! U.S. folks can preorder a signed copy by making a note in the Instructions/Comments box during checkout. Abroad, email Inkwood, & they'll get you sorted! Can't preorder? Library!
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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unstable.books @unstablebooks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
10 UPCOMING BOOKS FROM INDEPENDENT PRESSES YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS! @clashbooks.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @quillandcrow.com @rapturepublishing.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/unstable...
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10 Books From Small Presses Still To Come In 2026
Don't miss any of these hot upcoming titles that may not be on your radar yet!
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Super grateful for the kind words! Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes is up on NetGalley if you're interested in checking it out early. @clashbooks.bsky.social 🚽🐍🤎
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Preorders are realllllly important! If you haven’t snagged a preorder for Offerings for Ordinary Gods (out July 21 from @clashbooks.bsky.social), there’s still time! Some additional favorite stores: @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social @goldennotebkbooks.bsky.social @oblongbooks.bsky.social
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Your girl got author copies! Eeeeeeep! Offerings for Ordinary Gods is out July 21 from @clashbooks.bsky.social !!!
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 15/06/2026
If you don't want to wait until next summer, Invaginies is here right now, a perfect beach read for sickos and perverts bookshop.org/p/books/inva...
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Invaginies
Check out Invaginies - <p><b>The Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author returns with a new collection of literary horror and weird fiction that glitters with startling prose and tortured souls. </b></...
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Anneke @ernerker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This pitch targeted me with surgical precision on my goddddd
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mike huguenor @mikehuguenor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Pacific Northwest! I'll be up your way this week talking ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE with @keithrosson.bsky.social !! Come join us!! It's free and there will be books! @clashbooks.bsky.social THU Portland Broadway Books FRI Seattle Elliott Bay Book Co
Keith Rosson and I, in a split image author photo(s)Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive by Mike Huguenor
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#booksky 💙📚 5⭐️ -Full review in alt-text on image. This book releases July 7th, 2026. @clashbooks.bsky.social #Brokeula #NetGalley
Bookcover image for Brokeula by Michael J. Seidlinger. Image shows a vampire in frony of a coffin-shaped ATM. 

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This is comically great. What happens if a vampire sets his sights on serial money-making schemes but those all have their boom and busts and he never learns? This is a book about that. Great concept, quick read, I thoroughly enjoyed the ride! Thank-you, CLASH books and Michael J. Seidlinger, for this complimentary copy. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The good news? NEW JOE KOCH NOVEL!!! 🥳 The bad news? Its an ENTIRE YEAR until publication 😭 If you've not read Joe's work yet (how is this possible?!) then this is an amazing opportunity to catch up on one of the most dazzling, fearsome writers around right now. GO!!!
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 11/06/2026
Hope you're ready for dead boy summer
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We are so excited to be publishing another book by @horrorsong.blog Such a unique and talented author who has done something special with Dead Boys Don’t Cry. Drops in June 2027. Get ready to lose your mind, heart and soul with this one!
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#booksky 💙📚 5⭐️ Full review in alt-text on image. This book releases October 20, 2026(add it to your TBR!) @clashbooks.bsky.social #Tatratea #netgalley
Bookcover for Tatratea by Alex Woodroe. Image shows greyscale flora in the background and a large red beetle in the foreground. 

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5 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this psychological, sci-fi horror. Scientists banding together at the end of days to try to figure out how to save humanity from this consuming mind-bug. This book has heavy psychological horror, some gothic horror, body horror, some flora horror, some space horror. It's basically the book you want to pickup when you can't decide on one specific horror and just want to have a little freakout over everything. This book releases Oct 20, 2026. Thank-you, CLASH books and Alex Woodroe, for this complimentary copy. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Sliding in with some more advance praise for Offerings for Ordinary Gods (out with @clashbooks.bsky.social July 21, 2026 — next month!!!). Many thanks to @kevinhearne.bsky.social for his kind words!! #Poet #AliTrotta #OfferingsForOrdinaryGods #SFF #WritingCommunity
Quote from Kevin Hearne about my poetry collection: "This collection sings of hope and triumph, grief and defiance, and rouses the sleeping soul in its cage and sets it free. Through allusions to tarot, myth, and magic, Trotta unlocks our emotions and offers both a wakening and a reckoning."The design features the cover and a black and gold color scheme.
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#booksky 💙📚 5⭐️ excellent short story as commentary on the state of seeking healthcare in the USA. Full review in alt-text on image. @clashbooks.bsky.social #HelpICantStopShittingSnakes #NetGalley
Bookcover for Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes by Michael Bettendorf. Image is a teal bacground with a white elongated biwl toilet set offcenter towards the left side. The toilet has many snakes coming out of it, their mouths gaping open. 

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5⭐️
Amazing little commentary on the state of healthcare in the US in such a ridiculously, gloriously, horrific and yet comforting way! I picked this up, absolutely judging by the cover, but it is a truly ultimately touching short story that resonates with anyone navigating healthcare in the US. Thank-you, CLASH books and Michael Bettendorf, for this complimentary copy. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
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Matt’s Books and Drams @mattsbooksanddrams.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I just started a brand new interview series on my Substack! The first interview is with Mikayla Randolph, author of NOT YOUR FINAL GIRL from @clashbooks.bsky.social !
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The Dram Den #1: Mikayla Randolph
Mikayla Randolph chats with me about her wickedly smart slasher debut, NOT YOUR FINAL GIRL
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mike huguenor @mikehuguenor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Happy 30th anniversary to @asianmanrecords.bsky.social! My biography of 30 years of this incredible little label comes out tomorrow from @clashbooks.bsky.social
"It was May 18, 1996," the day Asian Man Records began. Photo of a page from Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive: the Story of Asian Man Records
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Joe Maier @everyshowjoe.com · 15/05/2026
Whelp, guess I forgot I already pre-ordered the book from @clashbooks.bsky.social back in November. 👀 So doubly supporting @mikehuguenor.bsky.social's rad new book about @asianmanrecords.bsky.social and now have both autographs, in separate copies.
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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Shortwave will have a table at StokerCon this year, for the first time! We'll have 13 titles stocked, including all of our new 2026 books to date (and an early release for The Other!). Alan will not be able to attend, but our table will be run by our friends at @clashbooks.bsky.social!
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
ARCs have arrived! @clashbooks.bsky.social
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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @robertottone.bsky.social on the Upcoming Release of the Horror Novel, ‘Amityville Awakens,’ with @clashbooks.bsky.social
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Fanbase Press Interviews Robert P. Ottone on the Upcoming Release of the Horror Novel, ‘Amityville Awakens,’ with CLASH Books - Fanbasepress
The following is an interview with author Robert P. Ottone regarding the upcoming release of the horror novel, Amityville Awakens, with publisher CLASH Books.
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Another great early review of "The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night." This one from the Books of Horror FB page. @clashbooks.bsky.social
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Darlings, I have wonderful news! #InkwoodBooks is hosting my book launch on July 21 for my poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods ( @clashbooks.bsky.social )!! I’m so excited & can’t wait to see y’all!! If you like tarot, mythology, witchy things, & fairytales, this collection is for you!
The flyer for my book launch, which features my author photo and the cover of my book. It is beautifully designed and shows the date on July 21, time of 7pm, along with the name of the bookstore, Inkwood Books.
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the-line-up.bsky.social @the-line-up.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The sun may be coming out, but your TBR is about to get a whole lot darker. @mik-randolph.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @itoromo.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
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4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in May 2026
From a honky tonk slasher to a haunting exploration of grief, here are our most anticipated horror books from indie and small presses this May!
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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Another day, another stop on the virtual tour. I'm back at The Fantasy Hive today, talking about COME SING FOR THE HARROWING (out now, @clashbooks.bsky.social) and why I'm obsessed with characters having atypical reactions. Thanks to Jonathan Thornton for the questions!
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Joshua Chaplinsky @jchaplinsky.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
eARCs of The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night are now available via Netgalley. I'm down for any and all interview/podcast appearance/guest post opportunities. Hit me up! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... @clashbooks.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #horror #indiepub #booktwitter
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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Woke up extra early today and finished @robertottone.bsky.social AMITYVILLE AWAKENS @clashbooks.bsky.social Such a cool, creepy read with great characters, excellent set pieces, real heart, and it even manages to say some profound things about society. Highly recommend!
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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Come Sing for the Harrowing joins @runalongwomble.bsky.social today for an interview and review! The book is out now from @clashbooks.bsky.social, available from Waterstones, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all good independent bookstores. 📖
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
#booksky 💙📚 If you want to read some quick shocking horror short stories with some urban themes, this is it. This is darker than my usual horror reads, so if you like dark body horror, this could scratch your itch. Definitely has an other-wordly, hallucinatory vibe. This book releases June 30, 2026.
Bookcover for Fetty On The Switches by David Simmons. Image shows a shoebox of crumpled bills and corpse hands holding the money.
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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Another great review of COME SING FOR THE HARROWING, released by @clashbooks.bsky.social next week. "Coxon is a master of turning the mundane on its head, often via family situations, before seamlessly filtering in his own unique brand of darkness." www.genrebuzzword.com/reviews-and-...
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Tony’s Take: Come Sing for the Harrowing (2026 Version) by Dan Coxon — genre buzzword
Good friend of Genre Buzzword Tony Jones stops by with a review of Dan Coxon’s Come Sing for the Harrowing, a collection of new and previously published tales that get a re-release courtesy of CLASH...
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George Dunn @georgesreads.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“Brokeula,” by Michael Seidlinger is “a pacy, fang-forward piece of horror comedy that takes a generous bite out of late-stage capitalism and sinks its teeth into the circus of bullshittery that accompanies it.” JULY 7TH- @clashbooks.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-broke...
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Review: Brokeula by Michael J Seidlinger | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: A broke vampire’s last ditch effort to escape the blood sucking monster of capitalism through an ill-conceived multi-level marketing scheme. James ...
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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It's only a week till @clashbooks.bsky.social release COME SING FOR THE HARROWING, and I'll be going on a virtual tour to celebrate the release. From publication day (21st), I'll be discussing the book, folk-horror as a genre, and even perform a reading of one of the stories. Come join the choir.
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Can your novel be more engaging than a TV head man and a singing toilet?
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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
2027 Shit Snake January Femcel February Crazy Bitch March
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