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Derryl Murphy @derrylm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A reminder that the new, slightly modified edition of my novel Napier's Bones is now available for order and will soon be available in stores. Get yours now! bookshop.newestpress.com/collections/...

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Napier's Bones

On the run from a shadowy pursuer, a man with uncanny abilities crosses continents in search of an object of unimaginable power. Dom is a numerate. He can see and control numbers. On the hunt for an i...

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 23h

Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car

Audrey Hepburn in HOW TO STEAL A MILLION, dressed completely in white, including sunglasses, bell-shaped hat, gloves, purse, and a chic coat, steps out of a tiny red two-seater Italian convertible.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 28/09/2026

Is there a better feeling than getting paid for your writing? You can do things like pay your rent and feed your kid! 🥹

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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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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 27/09/2026

Born to attend lit festivals, forced to do laundry 😒

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

WE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 26/09/2026

I don’t think it’s a dealbreaker but why would you bring iced coffee to an interview anyway - you risk a) coffee breath b) moist handshake from cup condensation c) spilling it on your good clothes. Also rude to not bring one for the other person

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 25/09/2026

I hung out with a bunch of engineers back in uni (one of whom I dated for 7 years), so I knew about the iron ring but not the Kipling connection. They were all very proud of that ring but I wouldn’t trust any of those guys to protect me from the fae 😅

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 25/09/2026

🚨 UK Kindle readers! SLASHER SUMMER is a Daily Deal today, get your campy slasher mayhem for only £0.99!

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 24/09/2026

Psst…I hear you like sprayed edges 👀 Thanks to Lisa Marie Pompilio for the fantastic design! She does a lot of Orbit‘s covers and her work is always amazing. ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD comes out Feb 23 next year from Run For It! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/e-l-c...

The cover of ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD, showing a creepy house at night on a glitchy camcorder screen, turned on an angle to reveal stenciled edges with a pattern of bleeding film stock on them.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 24/09/2026

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's a small selection of the dozens of illustrations you'll find in RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social. Art by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. The first volume in an epic trilogy comes next month. Pre-order today.

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Lee Gardner @leegee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today. We should all get off work and schools should close.

An image of a young John Coltrane in the studio with his tenor, later used on the cover of Blue Trane

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 22/09/2026

People are saying they’ve never heard of her, but let me tell you, her fans have - I went to Ottawa Bluesfest to see Angine de Poitrine where she was the headliner and it was PACKED with girls in short skirts and cowboy boots. Like a country Taylor Swift.

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Kristin Knowles @kzknowles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hello and happy Monday! It's lovely and fresh outside, I hope you get outside and enjoy! The ghosts and I are here with lots of suggestions for your spooky season reading, stop by and we'll hook you up! 🧡👻📚 @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 21/09/2026

When I was younger and worked for an agency, Bagel Wednesdays and beer were motivation for coming into the office. Now it’s the coffee and tampons

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This Is Horror | Michael David Wilson @thisishorror.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

E. L. Chen (@elainechen.com) gives us the elevator pitch for SLASHER SUMMER. This Is Horror Podcast episode 672.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.

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Oblique Strategies @obliquestrategies.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just carry on

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 20/09/2026

Hear me out: a mattress that comes pre-covered with fitted sheets, every week you rip off the top one and throw it away like those plastic tablecloths at Chinese restaurants. This idea brought to you by a desire to sleep on clean sheets but a hatred of actually putting them on the bed

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Any official emails from the team will be from an @/can-con.org domain Anyone else is an imposter 👀 Please do always feel free to reach out if you're concerned about the validity of an email!

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 18/09/2026

I never enjoyed Mr Rogers as a kid, but Mr Dressup is the reason why I went to art school.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 18/09/2026

Contacted my uni’s alumni newsletter about my book coming out, never heard back, and latest issue does not mention it. I know they can’t feature every alumni book but they are now dead to me because I am that petty. 😒

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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tue 9/22 6PM @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Join Peter Watts and @wilsonspin.bsky.social in conversation as they celebrate the release of the long awaited new Watts short story collection FOLD CATASTROPHES buff.ly/I2NQ6MV #Toronto #signing

Details of Bakka Phoenix event with cover graphic

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Anti-vax is an anti-autistic hate movement, premised on hatred & fear of autistic people. Their extremely dangerous lies about vaccines are only coherent if you buy into their manufactured panic about autism.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 17/09/2026

Random thought as I watched the last episode of REACHER S4 yesterday: from the bad guys’ POV, Reacher is the killer in a slasher movie

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Blah,” said Toad.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fragments of people's lives, washed up on the beach.

Miscellaneous beach finds laid out on a black background. Among the colourful finds featured are false nails, finger prickers, toy soldiers, toy animals, fake flowers and foliage, a plastic nose, Lego, a soy sauce fish and a covid test kit.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 15/09/2026

Same, Murderbot. Part of why I wear hoodies, weather permitting, is so I have pockets to put my hands in. (A kangaroo pocket? The best.)

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 15/09/2026

I have signed so many books lately that I’ve forgotten how to do my legal signature. 30 years of muscle memory wiped out in 6 months. Hope the bank doesn’t look too closely at next year’s rent cheques for my landlord 😬 (I know, feel free to play a tiny violin for me 😅 )

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 14/09/2026

Aaaahhh…ARCs of ONE OF US are out in the wild 👀 📹🪰

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 13/09/2026

When 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready” comes on at the gym, you have to work out a little harder. I don’t make the rules.

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2 Unlimited - Get Ready (Official Lyric Video)

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 12/09/2026

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring (just when it’s almost in Brain’s reach, Pinky would totally drop it in Mt Doom by accident)

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Pinky And The Brain Shrug

Alt: Pinky from Pinky and the Brain shrugging.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 11/09/2026

Saw a guy who looked like the obnoxious meathead from an 80s movie driving a car with not one, not two, but FOUR Canada flags mounted from his windows, which is a Mood and prob one many Canadians are feeling lately (Surprisingly not blasting Rush. Also his car was like a grey Honda sedan)

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 11/09/2026

The ebook of Mercutio is on sale in the US and Canada for $0.99, at all retailers, I think. Not sure how long that will be the case. It's a strange medieval prequel to Romeo & Juliet with bad fairies, Umberto Eco meets Susanna Clarke, going for a song at the moment www.kateheartfield.com/mercutio/

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Mercutio

Coming soon from HarperVoyager UK. May 7, 2026: UK hardcover edition and ebook. Worldwide audiobook. August 18, 2026: Canada paperback, hardcover and ebook. June 2027: US paperback edition (this will ...

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Get 25% off RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS when you pre-order from Barnes & Noble with code: PREORDER25 Sale runs from September 9 - 11. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rise-from-...

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Rise From These Dark Waters

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 10/09/2026

Writing friends, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is offering a two-week Fantastic and Futuristic Writers Residency in September 2027, with faculty @amalelmohtar.com, Anuja Varghese, and Alaya Dawn Johnson. You want to do this! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

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Fantastic and Futuristic Writers Residency 2027

The Fantastic and Futuristic Writers Residency is a 12-day self-directed residency offering dedicated writing time within a vibrant literary community.

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 09/09/2026

I like to joke that in midlife I’m acting like I’m 18 again: wearing Docs and black and blue nail polish, reading Robert Jordan, and wishing family would just leave me aloooooone

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 08/09/2026

A bit of Holmesian observation this morning: bank teller wearing nice fake nails except on the first 3 fingers of her right hand, which she used on her keyboard’s number keypad. (They hadn’t fallen off, her natural nails were also almond-shaped, but not as long.)

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 07/09/2026

The approaching fall means Can-Con season! Here is where I can be perceived 🫣 FRI OCT 16 7pm - Horror is Personal w/Chuck Wendig, Sam Wilket, Jason Krawczyk (m) SAT OCT 17 11am - Signing 1pm - BIPOC lunch 4pm - Killing/Saving Your Darlings w/Ada Hoffmann, Melanie Marttila, Y.M. Pang (m)

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Oblique Strategies @obliquestrategies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Take a break

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 05/09/2026

I am catching up on WIDOW’S BAY (I am very behind on movies and TV) and somehow Patricia trying to throw a party filled me with more fear and anxiety than any of the creepy parts in previous episodes 😬

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 04/09/2026

In the last episode of the Large Autistic-Coded Man Show, a receptionist asks Reacher something like, “Can I ask what this is all about?” and he flatly says, “You can” and nothing else…and I have never felt so seen 😅

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E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com · 04/09/2026

I just never pick up now if someone calls. You had one job, cell phones!

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