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Jonathan Lees

@jonathanlees.bsky.social
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Writer of horrors Debut novella, AUGUST, out Oct. 1, 2026 from Lethe Press feat. in: Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise, Suffering The Other, Long Division, Other Terrors, & The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors ✒️📚🏳️‍🌈☠️🩸 www.documentiaprojects.com

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Horror fans a FREE in person NYPL event and online. Register for your free tickets ASAP. This will fill up in person. But also, online: www.nypl.org/events/progr...
FLyer for Night at the Haunter Opera: Best New Horror Launch Event with Deena Helm, Kailee Pedersen, Saratoga Schaefer, and me. Tuesday October 6 at 6pm (doors). In Person and Online
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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You can’t buy real ones…
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hanuting the bookshop again. Hello to @tananarivedue.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social 💐
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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Me and @danielkraus.com chatting for @commonmag.bsky.social They have brand new book review coverage thecommononline.org/the-post-pul...
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The Post-Pulitzer Rush: Becky Siegel Spratford interviews Daniel Kraus
DANIEL KRAUS <br> When sales flagged, I'd simply have to write myself out of author jail. I'd have to write something so good that the publishers would be like, “yeah, we can't *not* give this guy a ...
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pennywise never left! The characters, atmospheres, influences, and iconography of Stephen King’s 40 yr old massive masterpiece, IT, are explored thoughtfully in Tom Deady’s STILL FLOATING. An insane compendium of top notch collaborators including li’l ol’ me. bookshop.org/p/books/stil...
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT is out today! In 1994, three girls go to the movies to see an obscure film. Only one comes out. 30 years later, the survivor learns the movie isn't done with her yet. Now playing in a bookstore near you 😈📽️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827994...
Hailey Piper in a red dress holding a copy of her book This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, cover art by Julia Lloyd, showing a fedora over a suit, but there's no one inside except the light of a projector. Out of the book juts a ticket for Blood-Curse of the Toad Man.
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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trick or treat! Just launched ALL HALLOWS EVE with editor Ellen Datlow, Theresa DeLucci, Jeffrey Ford and Livia Llewellyn at The Twisted Spine tonight… Thanks to everyone who came out and support this spooky anthology!
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ has now officially surpassed the $30M amount Warner Bros. originally planned to write the film off for. The film is now projected to earn over $60M domestically.
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Candace Nola @candacenola.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
New & Next from Uncomfortably Dark! See what is coming out, coming up, or available now! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/09-06-2...
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09/06/2026 - New, Next, and on Deck for Uncomfortably Dark Horror!
Happy Sunday! I am here with what’s New, Next, and on Deck for Uncomfortably Dark Horror, where you can find all the latest and upcoming releases along with what else the UDH authors are up to whether...
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Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I manifested this creature to take down chat gpt for the people
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Writing an essay celebrating the anniversary of Stephen King’s legendary novel, IT, is a dream come true.
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Haunting the bookshops again
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V.Castro @vlatinalondon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Loved spending time with this QUEEN @laurelhightower.bsky.social ❤️ Love the horror community. Love the women who show up for others. BUY HER BOOKS !
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One developmental editing slot remains for this go-round. Get it. badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
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Developmental Edits: Short Story — Bad Hand Books
Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Doug Murano will provide developmental edits on a short story up to 5,000 words. Note: Doug will reach out to you via email following your purcha...
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
To all those going to AuthorCon in March 2027, I decided to make a return there but the hotel is sold out. Anyone have recs for quiet (aka no Busch Garden families) and affordable alternatives? Preferably without bugs and/or people that will eat me.
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Anna Rose Reads @annarosereads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I REALLY loved Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and I REALLY love Gillian Anderson and I absolutely had to write about how monumental this casting choice was. So I wrote an essay for @darkertimes.bsky.social! Which you can read now 😈 www.darkertimes.com/billy-presle...
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Billy Presley Might Just Save Us All: How Casting Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Healed an Awkward Horror Heart
Layered, nuanced, and campy, Schoenbrun's latest wins out in many ways, chiefly thanks to stellar casting
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This week’s Monstrous Musings: saying goodbye to Angel Melanson and saying hello to… manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...
A woman in black denim and a hat and a guy in glasses sitting on the stairs inside the Texas Chain Saw Massacre house
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Nightmare Magazine @nightmare-magazine.com · 21/08/2026
Hey, guess who's got two thumbs and is opening to submissions on Aug 24? It's THIS MAG. Actually, I guess the magazine doesn't have any thumbs, but I—JJA—do, and I'm eager to get them all over dem horror stories after 6 years out of the editorial chair. I guess it will mostly be my other fingers.
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We've posted our first piece of fiction from issue 13 of Weird Horror. Get ready for some Evensonian weirdness from @brianevenson.bsky.social www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/on-tv
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On TV — Weird Horror Magazine
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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Happy Release Day! What a massive pub Tuesday!
August 18th, 2026
Never Whistle at Night Part II
The Sleeping Sisters
And the Sea Gave Up Its Dead
These Walls Remember
In Vacuo
Tapeworm
Marla
The Salt King
Calamities
The Halls of the Dead
The House that Eats the Dead
Ghosts of the Chanterlands
The Devil’s Pocketbook
Clown in A Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Friendo
The Minimalist
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Justin Steele @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Soooooon
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Proud to have my story, TO THOSE THAT HAVE LOST HOPE, in SUFFERING THE OTHER from @dimshores.bsky.social, a new weird horror anthology where all proceeds after production costs will benefit the National Immigration Project, and the Transgender Law Center. dimshores.bigcartel.com/product/suff...
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus gives us a story of technology and identity, violence and biology, care and horror in the far future of The Sixth Nik—his first foray into the hard science fiction genre! Check out @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's review! reactormag.com/book-review-...
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The Sixth Nik by Daniel Kraus Is an Ambitious, Hungry Beast - Reactor
Martin Cahill reviews a novel that is "as fascinating as it is discomfiting, endlessly propulsive, and eerily beautiful."
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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Finally, some updates. All copyedits for SUFFERING THE OTHER have been rolled in, and we have a new ARC. A few last tweaks and some proofreading, then it will be ready for publication. I plan to open up pre-orders this week, with shipping in late September.
Two Advance Reader Copies of the book SUFFERING THE OTHER, next to a stack of small promo postcards advertising the book. The cover art (by Rew X) shows a magnificent many-tailed and winged golden creature soaring towards the upper right, while dozens of evil-looking snake creatures rain down towards the lower left. It is beautiful.

Suffering the Other – table of contents

16 original stories and 8 reprints (indicated with **), arranged here alphabetically by author name.

Nadia Bulkin -- Infested **
Lisa Cai -- The Eighth Cigarette **
Matthew Cheney -- Queer Horror, and Other Stories
Jennifer DeLeskie -- You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart
Kurt Fawver -- The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C
Robin Rose Graves -- Her True Face
Alexander Hay -- LEAD **
Bitter Karella -- The Divine Feminine
Gwendolyn Kiste -- My Sister, the Abyss
Jonathan Lees -- To Those That Have Lost Hope
Laura Mauro -- Ptichka **
David Peak -- Crawling Out of Black Sun
Marigold Rowell -- Salt Blossoms
Erica Ruppert -- Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
Cheyenne Shaffer -- Ursula the Powerful **
A. J. Sharpe -- Sore Thumb
Clint Smith -- “January Sick”
J. J. Steinfeld -- The Suicide Inspector **
Bogi Takács -- A Technical Term, Like Privilege **
Jeffrey Thomas -- Song of the Loved
Lee Thomas -- Kisses from the Pain Chamber
Pamela Weis -- An Abomination
A.C. Wise -- Sea-Wives
Wen Wen Yang -- Ghost Festival in the Desert **

Cover art and design by RewX
Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This. Like, a bunch of us who are speaking up are members of the organization, and even though we're not the board, we feel responsibility toward steering it in positive directions.
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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today to start the week on the blog: Becky live @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social with @johnlangan.bsky.social this FRIDAY! Join us. Only 1 hour from Boston. raforall.blogspot.com/2026/07/beck...
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Becky Live at Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, NH This Friday!!!
I am in NH for personal reasons and figured, hey Ryan, who does events for Gibson's is THE BEST, let's see if the two of us can work somethi...
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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju... ‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage
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‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage
As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any more
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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 02/07/2026
We're five days from the release of TSD in paperback! It's a personal tale of grief and anxiety, death and dementia. Cosmic horror through an elderly lens. It's got what might be the best accolades of my career to date. So, if you're new here, or haven't read it, please consider picking it up!
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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So nice of Minutemen to wish me a happy birthday.
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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 29/06/2026
Are you a reviewer on Insta or Tiktok (where I dare not tread) interested in an ARC of DEAD BOYS DONT CRY when it's available? Let me know!
Announcement for Dead Boys Don't Cry by Joe Koch, coming out in June 2027, described as a cosmic-erotic slasher and queer anti-murder mystery told through interlocking stories, pitched as Cruising meets Robbe-Grillet's The Erasers.
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Anna Rose Reads @annarosereads.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Films like Obsession & Backrooms are BIG in horror right now. & the common factor between the two is YouTube. So, down the tube I went, tracing the origins of short-form horror films. I present to you my research, available to read now on @darkertimes.bsky.social www.darkertimes.com/history-of-y...
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Down the Tube: A History of Short YouTube Horror Films
Pressing play on the history of the signature YouTube horror short.
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✰ @erikforrestjackson.com · 23/06/2026
VOID CHILD should absolutely be the next viral horror movie
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
As a big fan of asylum horror & indie publishers, I’m excited @rdspress.bsky.social has a new anthology up on Kickstarter. They’re halfway to their goal with a few days to go. I’m in. Pledge what you can, if you are too. Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...
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Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology
An anthology of horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor James Chambers
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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Pssstt....it me! 🥃🌊
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L.P. Hernandez @lphernandez.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I wrote this while deployed and missing my family. My son began asking questions about magic, like Christmas elves. It got me thinking about the lies we tell our children... Combine that with the end of the world and...
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Weekend sale: Save 10% on your pre-order of HOTLINE by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social. This collection of novellas from one of horror's brightest stars launches next summer. badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
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Hotline by Benjamin Percy (Paperback with Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books
HOTLINE is a collection of six of acclaimed author Benjamin Percy’s ( The End Times , written with Stephen King)&nbsp; novelettes, each of which showcases his superb storytelling chops.&nbsp; T...
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
THIS IS GONNA BE SOOOO GOOOOOD
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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As of today, and after 31 years at St Sebastian’s School, I am a full-time writer. Gah!!!!! I can’t thank the school and faculty enough for everything. Now I really need you to buy my new book. Please!
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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 09/06/2026
WHALEFALL TEASER 🐳🦑💥 youtu.be/67ho3OxCmmM?...
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Whalefall | Official Teaser | In Theaters October 16
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios
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Andrew Robertson @andrewawesome.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
StokerCon was incredibile this year! I got to moderate a Queer Villains panel that I did at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social fest, w/ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social , @jonathanlees.bsky.social , @emmaemurray.bsky.social @gothmother666.bsky.social #horror #horrorwriting
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Horror Writers Association, New York Chapter @hwany.org · 06/06/2026
Last night's excellent #FinalFrame audience at #StokerCon 2026 from our unofficial #Stokerazzi. @jonathanlees.bsky.social. A fantastic event. #horror #film #shorts @HorrorWriters
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I forgot this app existed. Hi.
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
World is a horror show yet again, but I wanted to highlight this Defenders story I wrote for the new Marvel: Black, White, & Blood and Guts #4. In particular, I added a shout out to @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social whose Defenders Dialogue podcast got me back into the team.
The first page of a comic story written by Victor LaValle, illustrated by Bruno Bull De Oliveira.

In an alleyway, A man wields a knife over a woman in terror, lying on the ground. Other men surround her.A close up of one image on the page. A man grins with evil intent.
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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Today on the Horror blog: Becky's Best Horror 2025 raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/12/beck...
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Becky's Best Horror of 2025
Tomorrow on the general blog I will have my annual Becky's Best Books I Read in 2025 post which will include a link to this post listing my ...
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Jonathan Lees @jonathanlees.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Librarians deserve more love, more notice, and more respect. Thrilled to see this @raforall.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/c...
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Dim Shores @dimshores.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
Cover of the book SUFFERING THE OTHER - a dark but colorful illustration showing a winged creature with a human face, wings, and long trailing tails, in vibrant gold and orange tones, flying upwards towards the top right corner, while dozens of dark serpents with glowing eyes and forked tongues travel in the opposite direction.

The book contains 16 original stories and 8 reprints (indicated with **), arranged here alphabetically by author name. Table of contents:

Nadia Bulkin -- Infested **
Lisa Cai -- The Eighth Cigarette **
Matthew Cheney -- Queer Horror, and Other Stories
Jennifer DeLeskie -- You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor with Your Crooked Heart
Kurt Fawver -- The KnowQuest AI Chatbot Answers All Your Questions About Britemol C
Robin Rose Graves -- Her True Face
Alexander Hay -- LEAD **
Bitter Karella -- The Divine Feminine
Gwendolyn Kiste -- My Sister, the Abyss
Jonathan Lees -- To Those That Have Lost Hope
Laura Mauro -- Ptichka **
David Peak -- Crawling Out of Black Sun
Marigold Rowell -- Salt Blossoms
Erica Ruppert -- Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
Cheyenne Shaffer -- Ursula the Powerful **
A. J. Sharpe -- Sore Thumb
Clint Smith -- “January Sick”
J. J. Steinfeld -- The Suicide Inspector **
Bogi Takács -- A Technical Term, Like Privilege **
Jeffrey Thomas -- Song of the Loved
Lee Thomas -- Kisses from the Pain Chamber
Pamela Weis -- An Abomination
A.C. Wise -- Sea-Wives
Wen Wen Yang -- Ghost Festival in the Desert **

Cover art and design by RewX
Edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan
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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 07/11/2025
A dark and stormy night! The perfect time to remind you of my awards-eligible for 2025: short story The Start of Something in Weird Horror 11; an essay in @raforall.bsky.social's Why I Love Horror; and The Butcher's Daughter, co-written with Corinne Leigh Clark. www.daviddemchuk.com/eligible-2025
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Eligible Works 2025 — David Demchuk
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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The Best Non-Fiction Award Winner is Queer as Folklore: the Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sacha Coward.
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Craig Engler @craigengler.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We’re 2 pledges away from $11,000. That’s gonna make a lot of puzzles. www.kickstarter.com/projects/448...
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The Great Halloween Puzzle & Podcast
A Halloween mystery puzzle that changes as you build it, with a podcast that gives you clues and tells you the history of Halloween.
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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Mr @johnlangan.bsky.social says I’m a horror hipster. As if.
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