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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE STOPPING BY MY SHOP IT MEANS ALOT TO ME i hope you enjoy!!

📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

indie ink awards... vote my debut novel, dove's eyes!! BOOK COVER: optical illusion of a dove, cover by me MORALLY GRAY: doctor lobotomizes people to cure them of sin SETTING: gothic contemporary western, religious incarcerated small town TROPES: doomed yaoi, cannibalism REP: MC is ace, bi, trans 📚🌈

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BOOK COVER: optical illusion of a dove, cover by me
MORALLY GRAY: doctor lobotomizing people to cure them of sin
SETTING: gothic contemporary western, religious and incarcerated small town
TROPES: doomed yaoi, cannibalism
REPRESENTATION: MC is ace, bi, trans

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Shrike 🐦‍⬛ @shrikebait.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Finally freed this beauty from box prison because I just knew it was going to be pretty and I needed to wait til I could get pics. Swipe to see the absolutely ADORABLE presentation from @salientbooks.bsky.social This book was packed with so much love. 🥺💖 #queerhorror

Paperback of Lamb, Stag & Wolf by Airic Fenn surrounded by rosemary branches

Book box with yellow false flowers and a printed baggie with a reddish raccoon reading "thank you for supporting indie dreams"

Wrapped book with various bookish stickers (featuring various woodland critters and a cute ghost) and a bookmark from Salient Books.

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Airic Fenn | 🌲🐑🦌🐺🌲Listen to LAMB, STAG & WOLF!! @airic-fenn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Nominations for the Indie Ink Awards are open, and Lamb, Stag & Wolf is eligible! If you read & enjoyed it, do consider nominating it <3 (Cover art was done by me, interior art by myself and @raediay.bsky.social ) 💙📚

A dark green graphic announcing that the Write Hive Indie Ink Award nominations are open. To the right of list of eligible categories is a picture of the cover for Lamb, Stag & Wolf by Airic Fenn.

The list of categories reads,
"For your consideration:
- Best cover/artist
-Prettiest interior
- best use of tropes
- best setting
- side character mvp
- writing the future we need: LGBTQ+ rep"

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

indie ink awards! nominate dove's eyes, my experimental queer gothic horror w a trans, biromantic asexual mmc (today is the last day it's free on my kofi! fun fact: i designed my cover with an illusion, the hill with the chapel on it is also a dove <3 🌈📚🩸

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

ENDS TOMORROW!! GET MY GAY LOBOTOMY HORROR BOOK FOR FREE Dove's Eyes: trans body horror, religious trauma, hidden ciphers i need readers and reviewers and its free on my kofi for halloweekend!! 🩸📚🌈

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

gay halloween w ur local repressed doctor and scary trans detective who is a little autistic sometimes

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My short story SHE-WOLF is free to read online at House of Gamut Magazine. It's a gory, sapphic, erotic horror Red Riding Hood retelling and you should read it if you need some vengeful lesbian werewolves in your life this Halloween.

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She-Wolf - House of Gamut

My sister has always lived by the dogwood tree, but her cabin is no longer her own. I return to it nightly, and every night there is less of her than there was the night before. The woods are constant...

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Zan (ze/they) 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 | [low activity] @zanwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

😁🖤 Everyone is queer, multiple BIPOC supporting characters (worked with two different SRs), multiple MH and physical disability rep

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The Reanimator Mysteries is a gothic yet sweet romance series featuring an autistic necromancer and his accidentally reanimated partner as they solve crimes in 1890s New York City. There are 3 books with a 4th on preorder and 3 in between stories.

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Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

OUT NOW! The first book in my Gothic paranormal fantasy serial Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm is available today wherever books are sold! Join Victoria as she investigates her mysterious inheritance in a haunted seaside town! books2read.com/SOR1

A goth woman in a black and purple dress looks on in shock as a large black tarantula crawls across a stone shelf. Behind her, mist rises, obscuring the houses in the background. A full moon hangs just above her head.

Illustrated by Lauren Walke.

Text reads:
Top - Vivian Moira Valentine
Middle - Shadows Over Ravenkirk
Bottom - 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm

A promotional image for Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm by Vivian Moira Valentine. It depicts the book's cover, featuring a goth woman and her faithful tarantula against a misty cityscape. Text reads:

"A funny, flirty, freaky paranormal romp with everything to satisfy both the goth and the goth-at-heart reader, Shadows over Ravenkirk is the most fun I've had reading in ages!" - Bitter Karella, Creator of The Midnight Pals

From the author of the acclaimed books, The Amelia Temple Series

Haunting your favorite bookstore October 31.

A moodboard for Shadows Over Ravenkirk by Vivian Moira Valentine. It depicts a scary Edwardian mansion, a woman in a black dress lighting candles, Christopher Lee as Dracula, and the demon Astoroth as depicted by Mike Mignola in the Hellboy comics.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Queer author writing queer horror! FLESH AND BONE is a gothic western horror-romance with cis gay MCs and physical disability rep. CWs for homophobia, gore, and werewolf body horror. Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io/flesh-and-bone Amz: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1M52FFX Wide: books2read.com/u/3yxrDV

Flesh and Bone: an MM horror romance novella by Arden Powell. Cover art: yellow silhouettes of two cowboys on horseback ride inside the body of a huge black dog on a crimson background under an outline of the Rocky Mountains.
Supernatural wild west, horror romance, short novella, gross werewolf body horror, queer Canadian author, historical Canadian setting.

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thanks for this!! Hi! I'm Steve and I'm a neurodivergent trans author! My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber has a 99% queer cast and features an ADHD protagonist! Sale: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... Wide: books2read.com/u/boB9YL

A Queer horror comedy by a trans author. "Is it Possible to queerbait yourself?"

A cryptid-hunting YouTuber. His missing mom. An isolated island that may house the monsters he swears aren't real.

Horror comedy by a trans author, cryptid hunters, cowboy hats, small towns are weird (#ownvoices), Newfoundland but less strange, Queer Buzzfeed Unsolved/Ghost Files, Misfits + Shenanigans, Cake, Twin Peaks Vibes, Burned out Millennials

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I do actually have the word 'monster', but I liked this snippet more so I opted for 'creatures'. Happy Halloween! #WipSnips #FtSF #amquerying

Outlined text over a dark blue ocean. The horizon is obscured by fog.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret.
I grit my teeth and jerked the wheel. Ferryman dipped dangerously close to the starboard side as I pulled her around and faced towards land again. I had to keep a tight rein on my anxiety, as I could feel the spark threatening to ignite in my chest. Facing land would be the only way I could keep my head clear.
Against my wishes, I thought of the superstitions that my dad used to tell me. Creatures of cataclysmic proportions. Whirlpools that sucked down the largest fleets of ships. Banks of fog that never end. In my mind, they all made the same deep groan that was haunting me. In that moment, I wished desperately that I was anywhere else.
The word 'creatures' is underlined.

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Queer/BIPOC/disabled/neurodivergent authors! Drop a link to your gothic, horror, witchy books, plus a lil blurb mentioning the diversity and I’ll repost 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚🏳️‍⚧️ 📚♿️ 📚🌎 📚🤎

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

trans author here! dove's eyes, a queer m/m gothic neo western horror novel doomed yaoi, trans body horror, religious trauma, lobotomies the mmc is trans, bi, ace! FREE today! im looking for more readers and reviews help alot use the code HALLOWEEN on my kofi! ko-fi.com/kiennwrites/...

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

REMINDER THAT MY GAY LOBOTOMY HORROR BOOK NEEDS READERS AND IS FREE ON MY KOFI TODAY FOR HALLOWEEN 🌈📚🩸 use the code HALLOWEEN

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

aa thank you!! i wanted to explore the concept of hauntings ( !! various shades that haunt the narrative ) from a trans lense ( the guilt/loss associated in a way (? ) + my weird experimental choices , discreet in a way that youd only see it if you were looking for it shshshhsh

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

SOHYPEAAAAAA i need... more stories.. like this... shhshshshshhsh

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

halloween freebie...!! my debut queer horror novel, dove's eyes trans body horror, religious trauma, lobotomies i need more readers... comment below if interested and get a free ebook copy! 🌈📚🩸

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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

There is a metaphorical spell in the book! 👀 Here it is with spoilers redacted for today's #WIPSnips.

It was inexplicable, insane. And as he watched the pair fly like a silver bullet to the wall, a strange pall of wonder draped over him. An evening’s nightmare had turned unexpectedly to a midwinter dream, a spectacle so absurd, it transfixed him. And he felt himself unable to do aught but watch the flying cloak and flying hooves and wait to see when the spell would break, and how.

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🐟FROM THE SEA FRET🐟 Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He’s hoping to get what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension. #GhostPit #A #H #Q #LGBT #OWN

Outlined text over a dark blue ocean. The horizon is obscured by fog. Arrows point to words scattered across the image.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret. Revenge. Queer Transmac MC. Cosmic horror. Paranoia. Thalassophobia. Creepy small town.

Underwater, over a coral reef, rays of light shine through the water. A few fish swim through the reef.
Text reading "From the Sea Fret, Comps" is bordered in the centre. 5 arrows point towards posters.
The poster are: Dredge by Black Salt Games, Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner, The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers, The Fisherman by John Langan, Blood in the Bayou by Just Roll With It

A moodboard consisting of 5 pictures, each outlined in navy blue. The 5th picture is in the centre.
A foggy wooden dockyard at night.
The inside of a tackle shop. Nets, buoys, and fishing paraphernalia hand from the wall and ceiling.
A pile of grey fish.
A hand reaching out of grey water, the sky above is overcast.
A fishing boat on the ocean. Seagulls swarm it in the air.

Underwater, over a coral reef, rays of light shine through the water. A few fish swim through the reef.
A sheet of paper with text on it is centered.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret. Excerpt.
My thoughts were snowballing, adding up all the bullshit I’ve dealt with since moving to Perne, and my heart was beating faster at each uneasy memory that passed behind my eyes. I was gripping the wheel with white knuckles, forcing myself to breathe through clenched teeth.
The rope on the net creaking from strain pulled my body into automation. The thoughts momentarily shut off as I set about pulling the fish in. With each haul on the rope, I took a little bit extra time, as I knew what would be in the net. It seemed like no matter where I turned, things were waiting to fuck with my mind.
The word 'forcing' is underlined.

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Tis the season 🎃 Like short stories? Victorian gothic fantasy? Queer-accepting settings? Women's wrongs, restless spirits, terrible fates? MCs with very complicated relationships with the villain? You might like this story, the first in the Runner Owen series. books2read.com/u/bwxaAY

Four of the check your Halloween candy memes, with the story title FRIEND OF THE DAMNED in the candy bar and the following in the blank space over it: autistic trans man detective, Victorian class conflict, tragic lesbian mediums, letter to the villain (homoerotic)

Cover to the short story Friend of the Damned

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Airic Fenn | 🌲🐑🦌🐺🌲Listen to LAMB, STAG & WOLF!! @airic-fenn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

On that note, here's the current list of places you can find THE DREAMER AND THE MARKED and LAMB, STAG & WOLF at in addition to itchio or the usual Bookshop/.org, B&N, etc. 🧵 💙📚

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Barrows @barrows.itch.io · 21/10/2025

To celebrate spooky season, my horror flash fic collection "The Cryptic Parade & A World Unfurling" will be free to download until November 1st. Make sure to snag it while you can! Scares! Humor! A pretentious title! It's got it all. Check it out! barrows.itch.io/the-cryptic-... #WriteSky #Horror

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The Cryptic Parade & A World Unfurling by Dan F. Bispo

A horror flash fiction collection.

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Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Want to know The Vibe for my next book, which I cannot stress enough comes out tomorrow? Check below!

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

AAAA thank you so much! Just submitted your order for expedited printing, I hope it gets to you soon <33

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 27/10/2025

"Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious." - Hester Steel, author of The Faceless Thing We Adore Queer horror with tentacles, bad men, angry girls. #Horror #BookSky 🌈📚😱 buy.bookfunnel.com/kwqd6x2s9w

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Lovecraftian horror meets kitchen sink drama in this dry, darkly funny tale of toxic families, killers and cannibals, eldritch body horror and antihero female rage.

Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious. The world said, "You shouldn't go around making people feel ...

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📚 kienn nguyen 🖤🪦🕊️✝️ | horror author @kiennwrites.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

queer horror hidden gem!! atmospheric, epistolary, dark. following a researcher trapped in haunted manor uncovering cryptic messages and tarot cards. cryptic, occult cosmic horror. the illustrations are amazing. so many layers, i wonder if i missed somethinghshshs ( from my trr tbr🩸📚🌈 )

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🏳️‍🌈💍⛪ Halloween eBook Sale @ Amazon! For a family obsessed with salvation, one woman’s gift may be her damnation. Dare to reimagine happily ever after. . . Click to get: loom.ly/jFUIAz0 #SapphicBooks #SapphicGothic #QueerHorror #BookSale #HalloweenReads

Promotional graphic for The Ever End by Audrey Wilson, showing the book cover on a tablet. Text reads “Only $2.99,” “Spooktackular Deals,” “Amazon Kindle,” and “Now through October 18th,” with Halloween art.

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Not feeling Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest Monster outing? Tired of people misremembering Ed Gein? Let’s talk trans horror characters - and as well as the depressing history, let’s talk about some great stuff.

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