Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 30/04/2025THE CONNECTIONS WE KEEP by Pauline Yates books2read.com/PYates-Connections Step into a world where the ties that bind twist, & discover what really lurks in the shadows of human connection. #HORROR #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookpromo #bookworm #tbrpile #blackharepress 021
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 04/05/2025“METALLIC MOMENTS” by BROKEN RAVEN TABLE A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror www.blackharepress.com/metallic-mom… 001
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 06/05/2025“OPERATION” by JOSHUA GINSBERG A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror www.blackharepress.com/operation 001
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025A PATREON story. Enjoy! THE WRINKLES OF TIME by COLLEEN ANDERSON www.patreon.com/posts/126598458 #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookblogger #bookpromo #amreading #tbrpile #patreon #drabble #shortstory 001
Helen M. Merrick @helenmerrick.bsky.social · 07/05/2025My review of Pauline Yates’ fabulous #horror #shortread Dream Job #amreadinghorror #bookreview #horror #BookSky www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3N9K...amazon.co.ukCheck out this Amazon review of Dream Job (Hell Hare House Short Reads Book 16)A gripping, gruesome short read 010
Helen M. Merrick @helenmerrick.bsky.social · 12/03/2025www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #BookSky #review #scifigoodreads.comAvery Hunter's review of The Double Helix Conundrum5/5: ** watch out for spoilers ** "The Double Helix Conundrum" by Helen M. Merrick is a riveting sci-fi thriller that delves into the ethical and moral complexities of advanced technology and its imp... 040
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025BloodLust books2read.com/BHP-BloodLust Where desire burns hot and fear runs deep. #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙#bookblogger #bookblast #bookpromo #bookworm #tbrpile 011
Helen M. Merrick @helenmerrick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Bloodlust featuring my spicy paranormal short story, Out of the Shadows is available at all major retailers 🥀 #spicyhorror #horror #BookSky #indiepub books2read.com/BHP-BloodLust 050
Helen M. Merrick @helenmerrick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025www.goodreads.com/review/show/...goodreads.comEmily's review of Blood Lust5/5: Spicy horror stories? Yes please! I never expected to enjoy this collection as much as I did. If you savor your stories on the darker side of speculative fiction, stories that turn up the heat an... 010
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 16/02/2025BloodLust books2read.com/BHP-BloodLust Where desire burns hot and fear runs deep. #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙#bookblogger #bookblast #bookpromo #bookworm #tbrpile 052
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 22/02/2025THORNS books2read.com/BHP-THORNS Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon. #HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile 011
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 22/02/2025IF THINE EYE OFFEND THEE by Mike Adamson books2read.com/THINE-EYE-ADAMSON Treacherous mind games between a doctor & a telepathic psych patient lead to a harrowing escape & a life-threatening confrontation #THRILLER #HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #readingcommunity #bookbloggers #bookblast #booksky 🌎📚💙 041
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“BLOODY VOWELS” by BERNARDO VILLELA A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror www.blackharepress.com/bloody-vowels 001
Helen M. Merrick @helenmerrick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This steamy spicy horror anthology includes my short story Out of the Shadows 🥀 #horror #spicyhorror #shortstory #BookSky 052
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025FILTH by Joseph Meyer books2read.com/Meyer-Filth In Russell’s life cleanliness & routine are necessities. When a spot on his arm appears, his quest for purity escalates into a chilling fixation. 🦠 #HORROR #THRILLER #readingcommunity #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookboost #booksky 🌎📚💙 #tbrpile 011
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025ESCAPE ISLAND by Robyn Fraser books2read.com/Fraser-Escape-Island Trapped on an island Abra & her group must fight for survival against the twisted games designed to break them #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙#bookblogger #bookblast #bookpromo #bookworm #tbrpile 001
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025“BLEED RED” by DON MONEY A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror www.blackharepress.com/bleed-red 011
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 05/02/2025BloodLust books2read.com/BHP-BloodLust Where desire burns hot and fear runs deep. #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙#bookblogger #bookblast #bookpromo #bookworm #tbrpile 032
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 12/02/2025DARK STORMS by J. Harris books2read.com/Dark-Storms-Harris When darkness falls, no one can trust their mind—or their senses—as the line between reality & nightmare blurs beyond recognition. #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile 031
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickBlack Hare Press @blackharepress.bsky.social · 14/02/2025DARK STORMS by J. Harris books2read.com/Dark-Storms-Harris When darkness falls, no one can trust their mind—or their senses—as the line between reality & nightmare blurs beyond recognition. #HORROR #SUSPENSE #THRILLER #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile 021
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickMags Hayward @magshayward.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Have you heard about the amazing 99c Daily Deal from @jmsbooksllc.bsky.social. ? There’s a different ebook priced at 99c on offer every day! www.jms-books.com/pzen_dailyde... 044
Reposted by Helen M. Merrickmere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This V-Day 40 off is all ebooks, not just mine. Drop @jmsbooksllc.bsky.social recs if you have them! Here are my most and least romantic offerings. jms-books.com/mere-rain-c-... 013
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickJMS Books LLC @jms-books.com · 14/02/2025 Their love was impossible. Their attraction was dangerous in a time when a homosexual act could put a man in prison. Can Rafe and Ivo carve out a life for themselves in 1920s England? Historical gay romance by Fyn Alexander now available from JMS Books! www.amazon.com/dp/B0... 043
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickJacob Baugher @prof-bogs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Death comes, spiraling down from on high like indignant desert birds. But Jimmy Rivers can talk to death. Sometimes, death talks back. Gideon the 9th (aesthetic) X Story of Your Life (theme) X Sandman Slim (structure) ❤️Grief 🍺Recovery 👻Spooky 🕵️♂️HOWdunit? 👪Family #2025PIT #F #A #ParanormalNoir 2733
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickApex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 14/01/2025IT'S ALIVE!! 🌳🌳🌳 Happy book birthday to CHLOROPHILIA! 🎂🎉 Celebrate with us and author Cristina Jurado in our latest interview on writing, sandstorms, and the best-ever recipe for zaatar pizza! 🌱 Interview: www.patreon.com/posts/new-re... 🌱 Order here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/chl... 02210
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickXochilt Avila @xavilawrites.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I AM OBSESSED THIS IS SO GOOD 142
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickGrimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Perfectly encapsulates a cyberpunk aesthetic || @ctphipps.bsky.social reviews BEHIND BLUE EYES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Anna Mocikat || www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-behin...grimdarkmagazine.comREVIEW: Behind Blue Eyes: The Graphic Novel by Anna MocikatBehind Blue Eyes: The Graphic Novel is a very dark and oppressive story that is nevertheless incredibly beautiful to read. 0135
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickUncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025ICYMI! Reading for the Uncanny Magazine 2024 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll? Try "The Golden Tooth: A Solo Show by Orion Cabrera" by William Alexander! (@willalex.bsky.social) You can read it here! buff.ly/40WT1fQ 073
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickGhost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 22/01/2025Four years worth of gorgeous books, all on one shelf 📚 😍 Ghost Orchid Press was established in January 2021 and it’s been a journey! We’re so proud of everything we’ve published since then. 46910
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickElectric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025This week's guest is Lyndsie Manusos! First up is "She Builds Quick Machines." You can read it in Apex's ROBOTIC AMBITIONS anthology or you can listen at LeVar Burton Reads! @lmanusos.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com"She Builds Quick Machines" by Lyndsie Manusos 22013
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickAndrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Another book coming from me next year - a scifi novella about how we face death set on a plague-ridden planet. This one's been 20 years in the making, hopefully it was worth the wait. Doubly exciting for me as it means I'm being published again by the brilliant @lunapress.bsky.social 5389
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickJames Coverley @jamescoverley.bsky.social · 17/01/2025#Authors #AncientBluesky #RomanHistory I own several copies of Tacitus' Annals because one is never enough. However, none of the paperback versions I own have all the chapter numbers in them, which annoys me so much that I decided to edit and publish my own.... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DTB29GJV/ 1447
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickA Blue Box Full of Books @abluebox.bsky.social · 15/11/2024It is time for an introduction for all the newcomers ☺️ I am Laura, former #librarian. Now steward of a Read in Color #LittleFreeLibrary . I have a deep love for #GraphicNovel, #Kidlit, #YAlit, #Fantasy and #Romcom. I am known on #Bookstagram and #Booktok as @ablueboxfullofbooks. #books #booksky 💙📚 31399
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickEmmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I made it into the Best Australian Yarn 2024 Top 10! Not bad when it's out of 6020 entries. Excited and humbled that my writing has come this far. Enjoyed the opportunity to meet more #aussiewriters If you're one, would love to connect with you and grow our #writingcommunity 6405
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickRayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Don't forget to submit your story before the deadline (15 February). Full information and rules here: www.raynehall.com/writing-cont... 267
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickLex Pushka | Author @lexpushka.com · 24/01/2025 Hunted. Transformed. Betrayed. In New London's neon-lit depths, Hiro ruthlessly hunts artificial intelligence—the same machines that murdered his family. But when a vicious cyber-gang attack leaves him transformed into an AI himself, he faces an impossible choice. #ClimateFiction #SciFi #Dystopialexpushka.com⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unputdownable, Immersive, Emotional, Action-packed, Gripping ❂ “Sci-fi thrillers don’t come much better than this.” — Tahsin Guner ❂ Don’t miss out! Grab your copy today and enjoy.Join Hiro as he battles betrayal, grapples with his identity, and seeks redemption in a world where nothing—and no one—is what it seems. 14817
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickVerity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I write stories about art, history, folklore, and bad medicine. 🔗 linktr.ee/verityholloway 39816
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickThe Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social · 11/02/2025We are honoured today to show a series of incredible #ekphrastic #prosepoems by Paul Hetherington from his collection, Gallery of Antique Art. "The crypt is a delicacy of design; air remembers blood that lodged here." www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast... 032
Reposted by Helen M. Merrickdegen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 20/01/2025The latest in my recent series of cosmic horror catastrophes and horrifying apocalypse scenarios; the birth of a dark god and the making of its cradle. 'Blood Like Rain' degen3rate.art/2025/01/20/b... #darkart #dark #darkpoetry #cosmichorror #horror #poem #poetry #poems #poets #photographydegen3rate.artBlood Like Rain (cosmic horror)“Drip, drip, drip,” goes the rain Thinks he As a deep red smears his fingers Wiping a cheek and turning to the skies High above in the clouds Floats the crucifixions Of humans by the millions An oc… 042
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickJ.S. Douglas @jsdouglas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025My short story “Thorned” is now available! You can find it in the “Thorns” anthology published by @blackharepress.bsky.social. So excited for people to read it and all of the other excellent stories in this anthology! #horror #horrorbook 💙📚👀📢📚😱 061
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickWill This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Issue #2: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! Send us your best speculative fiction: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, weird, afro-surrealist, afro-futurist fiction! We also want your reviews of African SFF books! Deadline: 16th March, 2025 Read our guidelines for more details: willthisbeaproblem.co.ke/submissions/willthisbeaproblem.co.keSubmissionsWill This Be A Problem? is a Kenyan-based SFFH journal dedicated to showcasing the very best in African fantastika. Submission guidelines here: 01222
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickPaige @authorpaige.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Book #6 with @authorangelagrey.bsky.social is coming soon! #booksky #books #murdermystery 072
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickThe Colored Lens @thecoloredlens.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The Colored Lens Winter 2025 issue is available RIGHT NOW! Do you have your copy yet? Pick it up in paperback OR Kindle electronic version right here on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS8VCW35 #booksky #books #kindleUnlimited #scifi #SFF #fantasy #WritingCommunityamazon.comThe Colored Lens: Winter 2025The Colored Lens: Winter 2025 [Velez, Amber, H. Manners, Arthur, Vincent, Mar, M. Sands, Scott, Manifesto, Mark, Shaver, Mary, L. Hodges, Andrew, Sharpe, Calvin, Nazzaro, Annie, Conway, Charles] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Colored Lens: Winter 2025 1105
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickRue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 20/12/2024RUE MORGUE rings in the new year with iconoclast CLIVE BARKER who shares a new GALLERY OF BEASTS that have bled from his brush along with new poetry & words on the recent passing of TONY TODD in RUE MORGUE #222 Jan/Feb 2025 issue. ON STANDS JAN 1! ow.ly/ZANB50UurMF 47510
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickDan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“Why the ‘15-minute city’ is not a neighbourhood menace…The “15-minute city” is what used to be known, simply, as “a city”… has been hijacked…Perhaps it just needs a new name. Maybe, just shorten it. How about: “a City”?” (Well said @edwinheathcote.bsky.social) on.ft.com/42LrfFFon.ft.comWhy the ‘15-minute city’ is not a neighbourhood menaceA simple, sensible idea with deep historic roots has become intensely politicised 14513
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickHuldra House @huldrahouse.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Okay, NOW it's Half-Price Chocolate Day. Which means we're in the final leg of the 3-day Huldra House Valentine's Day sale! Right now, everything at huldrahouse.com/shop and on our itch.io page is 33% off through end of Saturday. So come get your steamy queer comfort reads for the long weekend! 003
Reposted by Helen M. MerrickLyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Feast your eyes on the cover of my dreams by the supremely talented @jennicoutts.bsky.social! Dark Crescent gathers dark reimaginings of Scottish folklore, and it's out on June 3rd via @lunapress.bsky.social! You can also pre-order now! www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page... ✨️🏴 68225
