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Chrissy 🌜 @blackteachai.bsky.social · 11h

October is around the corner 💀🎃

A snowy night landscape with wolves passing by, a woman with glowing eyes and a white dress stands in the darkness

A forest at night with a glowing silhouette of a woman holding a glass of wine. She is surrounded by deer with glowing eyes

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 17h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#SapphicSeptember is about to end! If you like books with lesbians and witches and ghosts and spooky vibes and lots of goopy gore, you gotta grab a copy of #Heliruna! This suckered took me twelve years to write (technically) and it's perfect to get your spooky season started. a.co/d/0i11X927

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 12h

Also reminder that if you *have* read #Heliruna and enjoyed it, it's free to leave a positive review on Amazon, Goodreads, and wherever else, and it helps out the algorithm a ton!

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 12h

#HorrorWritersChat "Hannah and Other Stories" turned three years old last week! Who not join the celebration and grab a copy of this collection full of ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses for yourself? #HorrorSky #BookSky

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Hannah and Other Stories

Hannah and Other Stories - Kindle edition by Ungar, Rami. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hannah and Other Stories.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks @jamesryan.bsky.social & #HorrorWritersChat! Soz couldnt be more engaged but multitasking… … coz I have a new book coming out! My haunted house horror Witten Hall is available to pre order on Kindle. Over 4 generations, all sort of terror occurs… Order now: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0HL...

Book cover for Witten Hall by Oli Jacobs. The cover is black save for a monochrome image or a manor behind some trees in the centre.

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 12h

Get down with the sickness! My sickness! Thank you! #HorrorWritersChat mybook.to/AllsWell

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All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 12h

For fans of Shirley Jackson's slow-burn New England horror and Stephen King's "Children of the Corn," I present my Little White Flowers trilogy. Pick up a copy of Book 1 today from your favorite book retailer or borrow it from your local library. books2read.com/LittleWhiteF... #HorrorWritersChat

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Little White Flowers by Amber Hathaway

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 12h

#HorrorWritersChat Encore: "We hope you have enjoyed the show..." That was fun. Tell us in the Comments on THIS post what you're promoting on the road right now, putting the answers into this post with the hashtag: #HorrorWritersChat

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"We hope you have enjoyed the show..."

That was a great set you did tonight.
Come on out for an encore and tell us what work this tour's being done for.

COMMENT on this post with your self-promotion and use the hashtasg
#HorrorWritersChat
To help increase visibility, like, repost, quote post, and comment on the promos. Let's make it into a monster if we all pull together as a team...

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 12h

I started a project at one point that was more sci-fi horror that was going to be the song 'Space Oddity' from the POV of being stuck in space and watching the world burn beneath you. Never finished it, though. It would be cool to revisit. #HorrorWritersChat

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 12h

#LastExitToMidnight, my WIP which I'm hoping to release in July or so, actually already is heavily inspired by certain bands. I've half-jokingly called it gender-bent Blink182 fan fiction. #HorrorWritersChat

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, actually. Music is about storytelling, so the two are somewhat intertwined. I tend to make story/character playlists, and often have an idea of what the soundtrack to any given story I'm writing would be. I actually made a whole YouTube Playlist for #LastExitToMidnight. #HorrorWritersChat

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 12h

I'm Hazel, I write weird gay cryptid horror, and as luck would have it I'm also a musician! I occasionally stream over on Twitch under the username Hazelbee95. I listen to (and play) a lot of pop punk, folk punk, punk in general, and folk/country standards. #HorrorWritersChat

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Rachael the Spicy Hobbit @rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social · 17h

They got rid of home ec and shop class bc consumers who can sew dresses and fix cars are not good consumers

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HELIRUNA IS LIVE! You can now grab a paperback copy over on Amazon! a.co/d/09uW87fc

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Jimothy The Raccoon @jimothytharaccoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The old Uncle Sam Billboard on I-5 now owned by Chehalis Tribe. #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the past week or so I've gotten five chapters done for this silly fantasy book, "Wyld Magick". Just shy of 10,000 words in all. Not flying through it quite as fast as I did for "Last Exit To Midnight", where I had two days that I hit 10,000 words per day, but I'm definitely making progress.

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Shitpostbot9000 @shitpostbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'd never heard of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon until just last week, but now I'm seeing it mentioned everywhere.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The unfortunate truth is that both the Supreme Court and the Senate are working perfectly fine. They were both designed to appease rural states and wealthy slave owners, and they're both doing so to this day. The system isn't broken, it's functioning as intended.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"We don’t throw anybody under the bus. That is not the party that we are. We started as a party of compassion and empathy." I'm starting to like Beshear more for 2028. This is what standing up to fascism looks like, not folding like Newsom.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the mission. Now more than ever, the world needs good human-made art. Especially if it's very creepy, very gay, and very gory.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Another bit from "Wyld Magick", my silly fantasy comedy book that I'm writing on the side as a palette cleanser between horror projects. Really proud of this bit.

“‘Snot ‘is fault, y’know,” said Witchi. “Kings go mad, it’s wot they do. The crown gets t’ their ‘eads an’ poof! They’re as loony as a… well, a loony person.”
“Ah, yes,” Domnall nodded. “It’s like the saying goes. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Wot? No. None of that pseudophilosophical wotsit! Th’ crown li’rally gets to their ‘ead. They make’n th’ damn thing outta lead, ‘cos is ‘eavier than gold so it ‘feels more real’, wotever that means, an’ it seeps into their brains an’ drives ‘em mad.”
Kutchigromble chimed in from the other side of the fire, where he was keeping watch. “I always thought they was called mad kings ‘cos they was angry.”
“Well, yeah,” nodded Witchi. “They’s angry ‘cause they’ve all gone insane. Meanwhile, those wot that’s really in power – th’ bankers an’ merchants an’ priests an’ whatnot – they’s content t’ let the king be mad ‘cause ‘e serves as a distraction while they pull th’ strings behind th’ curtain.”

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Coming this Wednesday... I will be hosting this week's #HorrorWritersChat Join us for 4 questions, a chat, and some self-promo at the end:

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"We started kicking anyone who admitted to being left-handed square in the dick and now 50% fewer people admit to being left-handed! Must have been a liberal fad!"

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People are starting to get their copies of #Heliruna in. If you bought a copy, post a picture, tag me, and use the hashtag. I LOVE seeing my books on peoples' shelves.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lol that's Sabine from #Heliruna to a t. Guess there wasn't a name for the trope until now.

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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If you believe in jailing homeless people, you already believe homeless people should have housing paid for by the public. You've just decided that the housing provided should be super- expensive, should suck, and their lives should be miserable while they receive that housing and food. Which says a lot less about homeless people than that you are a dick.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Way too many people are way too comfortable secretly holding horrible racist, sexist, and homophobic views in queer horror spaces. That's all I'll say about that. Fuck Donald Trump and fuck anyone who thinks he doesn't deserve to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enjoy my series: Book Marketing Sucks. I'm Going To Get Stupid With It. A series where I insert my book, Lost Infernal, into random photos because I decided this was a good idea while whacked out on cough syrup. I honour past me and her weird decisions. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBLTY4TJ

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Almost forgot, but my new novel #Heliruna is literally about a lesbian love triangle between three young women, but one of them is dead. Which makes it perfect for #SapphicSeptember! You can grab a copy here: a.co/d/06hNKGXH

The cover for 'Heliruna: A Horror Novel' by Hazel E. Baumgartner, with a quote at the top by author Echo Porter proclaiming that the book is 'the scariest ggoddamn thing I've ever read!'

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Starting to send Last Exit out to beta readers. Definitely targeting a 2027 release date, but I think at this rate the release will be "as soon as possible".

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Democrats have filed and then tabled articles of impeachment against Dementia Donnie, meaning that they will be voted on after the midterms. This is what the midterms are about. If you want Trump gone, we gotta flip both the House and the Senate, which means every single person needs to vote.

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Donald Trump hit with 26 articles of impeachment

A House Democrat has introduced 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, alleging sweeping abuses across his second presidency.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wearing my own band merch from a decade ago just to see if anyone recognizes it

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hereby call upon the ICC to issue an international arrest warrant for Marie Kondo.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Read books. It's good for you. And while you're at it, read my books specifically if you don't mind.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Drexel University is choosing to shut down the country’s oldest natural history museum, The Academy of Natural Sciences, for “funding” reasons (even though it costs .6% of their annual budget and they spent WAY more on ai nobody wants this year!) Go to save-the-academy.org to help.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me: "I'm gonna write some lighthearted fantasy under a pseudonym as a palette cleanser between horror novels." My lighthearted fantasy books: "The gnomes tried to eat a baby."

“So what are you doing all the way out here?” Domnall asked. “Why aren’t you back home in the Gnomeburg?”
Kutchi and Witchi exchanged a nervous glance, then hung their heads in shame. Kutchigromble lifted his rainbow hat off his head, exposing a perfectly round bald spot in the middle of his unkempt white hair.
“We, uh,” he mumbled. “We tried an’ et ya.”
“‘Snot our fault!” Witchi interjected. “E’ryone was gonna dew it, then yer folks decided yew was a gnome babby and yew was under Gromble protection. We jus’ didn’t get the memo is all. We seasoned yew all nice wit’ some rosemary an’ mint, an’ was gettin’ ready ta roast ya when yer mama came in talmbout ‘dat’s me babby, dont’cha et me babby’, an’ suddenly the whole Gnomeburg tinks we’s cabbinals!”
“You were going to eat me?”
“Dat’s wot we dew,” Kutchigromble said, as if it excused cabbinalism. “We’s gnomes. We et tings. An’ an unclaimed babby layin’ in the wood is jus’ a ting to us.”
“At leas’ we seasoned yew,” said Witchi.
“Oh, you seasoned me, did you? I s’pose that makes everything alright, then!” Domnall raised his voice, picking back up the little dagger and holding it high above his head in anger.
“Wait!” cried Kutchigromble. “Th’ point is we din’t et yew! We could’ve an’ yet we din’t! That’s wot makes us yer friends!”
“Yeah, we’s kin!” said Witchi, cowering behind her arms. “We’s ne’er’d hurt yew if’n we know’d ye was our kin!”

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that whenever they start trying to ban smut, shock isn't far behind. Plus, like a solid ⅓ of good horror right now is by or about queer people, and these psychos consider queer existence to be smut. Stand up to censorship today or lose our entire space forever.

Self-professed 'old-school gay man' John Waters looking sternly into the camera from an armchair in front of a bookshelf. He says, "Remember: pornographers have always been on our side. Brave. Ready to fight for our rights. Smut is our friend."

A reddit post from the OP (horror author Hazel E. Baumgartner), who says "If you think about it, the only difference between smut and horror is what bodily fluids go where."

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Second draft of Last Exit To Midnight is done and ready to go out to beta readers. Gonna try to get a couple more people to sign up. If you're interested in beta reading, you can apply here or on my Discord: forms.gle/BrBmoBdDB8j8...

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"Last Exit To Midnight" Beta Readers Application

Application for people interested in beta reading Hazel E. Baumgartner's "Last Exit To Midnight". Mostly just to get all the information I need to be able to set up beta reading correctly. Your inform...

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once again, Hazel Finish One Of Her Own Books Without Crying challenge level impossible. #LastExitToMidnight is almost ready to go out to beta readers. Sign up here if you're interested. forms.gle/AeJtWSN635Px...

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

jesus christ. the new president of the university is closing down the biggest, oldest repository of fossils, specimens and artifacts with a single month's notice because I guess, archaeology is too woke or something? where the fuck is it all going to go? into the bin? get mad about it:

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Again, if you buy my book (which I think you should), I want to see it on your bookshelf! Here's #Heliruna on another reader's bookshelf today. Buy Heliruna here! Out now! a.co/d/0ea5ZSK7

A photograph of a bookshelf. Among other titles like "Project Hail Mary" and the Narnia series are paperback copies of both "The Woods" and "Heliruna" by Hazel E. Baumgartner.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have a mighty need! Who can point me in the direction of a trans artist that can do pen&ink/scratchboardy style illustrations (inspo attached) and will draw one in exchange for coin? gAI users need not apply, you will be sacrificed to a god of my choosing

2 black and white illustrations by Douglas Smith. One shows a boy standing on the stairs looking at a long stretching corridor. The other shows a man and a woman running down an alleyway with creepy shadows behind them.

A colour illustration by Damien Worm showing a silhouette of a person standing on an entrance road to a victorian house with a single lit window.

A black and white illustration by Thomas Ott showing a boy standing in front of a dark forest tunnel.

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