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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The library isn't your mommy or daddy. Nobody is forcing you to check out any books. Nobody is forcing you to read any books. If you don't like a book, don't read it. If you don't want your kids reading the book, grow up, be a parent, and choose a different book.

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Fwank👻 @gaymerotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Starting a challenge called oktober where for the whole month everything is going to be ok

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With friends like those... 🧐

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks for the recommendation. Added to my TBR list!

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Bloody Rain--Happy Halloween! 🩸 @simplyrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All kids DO deserve a credentialed school librarian!!! Thank you Dr. Emily Knox

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Simon & Schuster lists Something Followed Us Home as one of The Best Books in Horror, along with Stephen King's IT, Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh, Tananarive Due's Mazywood, Marcus Kliewer's The Caretaker, Nick Cutter's The Dorians and more. www.simonandschuster.com/p/horror-reads

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Horror Reads

The best horror books are here! Start reading these spine-chilling, heart-pumping, and palm-sweating reads that are sure to keep you up at night.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I use LibraryThing, especially loved it for the extra tags when I did RA on the desk and made displays. Still using it, but it's not as "general user" as Goodreads.

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For PEOPLE, I wrote about haunted houses written by Latine authors. Includes novels by Leopoldo Goût, Isabela Livino, Juan Martinez, Vincent Tirado, Samanta Schweblin and more! 🖤 10 Haunted House Books by Latine Authors, Just in Time for Spooky Season (Exclusive) people.com/10-haunted-h...

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10 Haunted House Books by Latine Authors, Just in Time for Spooky Season (Exclusive)

‘Something Followed Us Home’ editor and author Cynthia Pelayo recommends 10 books by Latine authors that explore homes and other places where we may sleep as places of fear and dread

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yep. It doesn't matter where the leopard starts eating you. It'll still kill you. 🧐 bsky.app/profile/cour...

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The leopards are after us all.

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Vote in people who care and will work.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.

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Karen Toonen @ktoonen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

With enough garlic bread, we could heal multiverses...

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Picard management tip: Admitting one's failures is a sign of confidence and strength. It reassures others that failing is okay.

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Bloody Rain--Happy Halloween! 🩸 @simplyrain.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I will be at the @ilfonline.bsky.social Annual Conference 2026 in November as a presenter and a volunteer with the ILF Comms Committee. I also get the honor of presiding as AISLE Chair over our annual meeting. This is always one of my favorite events of the year! #ILFAC2026

Black & Red presenter announcement with a smiling picture of Rain

I'm Presenting

Soft and Self-Censorship is Not a Shield but a Weapon

Monday, Nov 9
11:00 am

#ILFAC2026

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026

For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs

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September 11 Docs

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excuse my language, but what the actual fuck? This is so far beyond okay that it crosses an event horizon into truly and utterly fucked the fuck up. Do fucking better, Worldcon.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want us all to become more intolerant to bullies in our daily lives.

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perfect description of what's going on.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Granted, I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Rack: Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks edited by Tom Deady, with an introduction by Will Errickson - special edition from @lividian.bsky.social and includes my short story “Black Pages.” Thank you 🖤

Spine of The Rack: Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks

Red and white letters, black spine on wooden table on

Cover of limited edition, book clown standing behind a rack of horror, paperbacks

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION —WILL ERRICKSON
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BLACK PAGES —CYNTHIA PELAYO
. 15
OTHER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED —RONALD MALFI
..27
FUZZY SLIPPERS —JEFF STRAND
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THE RAFT —STEPHEN KING.
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THAT CHEMICAL GLOW —LARRY HINKLE..
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I AM A HOUSE DEMANDING TO BE HAUNTED
—MERCEDES M. YARDLEY.
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URSA DIRUO-KRISTIN DEARBORN
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A DEVIL WE USED TO KNOW —JOHNNY COMPTON
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IRISH EYES —BRIDGETT NELSON.
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THEY LOOK BACK —CANDACE NOLA.
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BLOOD OF MY BLOOD —CHRISTA CARMEN...
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THE KEEPER OF TASWOMET —ERRICK NUNNALLY
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THE LAST CALL OF THE CICADA —GWENDOLYN KISTE.
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MIGHTIER THAN BULLETS —LAUREL HIGHTOWER.
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LOUD AND CLEAR —MAX BOOTH III..
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BETTER BY YOU, BETTER THAN ME —REBECCA ROWLAND
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM LANE —RICHARD CHIZMAR
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THE VISITOR —PHILIP FRACASSI
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LIPS LIKE A SCYTHE —STEVE VAN SAMSON..
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WHITE PAGES —CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN....
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AFTERWORD -TOM DEADY
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ART GALLERY
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HEkE are things that linger about a person once they're gone.
The pitch of their voice, or how they laughed, which could be in between a gasp and a chuckle. How they always needed to have their music on loud each Saturday morning as they deep-cleaned their home. And especially, all the objects that gave them joy and, in many ways, defined their life.
Horror paperbacks were what brought my mother joy and wonder. When we went on vacation, she'd lug a few old horror novels along, not recent ones. No. My mother preferred paperbacks from the 1970s and 1980s, with yellowed pages and garish covers. I remember going with her to the grocery store when I was little, and there they'd be, by the checkout counter, in a black wire rack that I'd spin around too fast, and she'd tell me to slow down. I would gently stop the spinning display, captivated by those creeping faces and monsters. The images on the front were horrifically whimsical, in this sort of surreal and macabre way, with menacing-looking creatures peering out, or a haunted-look-ing house in the background, begging for someone to enter.
When it came time to decide what to do with my mother's things after she died, I did what many people do, I froze. I sat
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mitch McConnell is so dead he wrote five new novels with James Patterson and three with V. C. Andrews.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026

Good news: he lost.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The last time it was this dangerous to eat food there were no refrigerators.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/08/2026

The adorable baby hatchling dragons from our beloved Bee Lady had sold out, but she has found 10 more!! ❤️❤️❤️ www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Dragon Hatchling Plushie

Auction item 'Dragon Hatchling Plushie' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/08/2026

HELLO! Our "let Bree & Donna write a book AND pay the lawyers to maybe get their money back from The Fiasco" auction/pop-up shop is live! It will run through 9/2 at 8PM CDT! www.32auctions.com/KitRocha2026

You are cordially invited to CHAOS!

WHO: Bree & Donna (and friends)
What: an auction/pop-up shop
where: 32auctions.com/KitRocha2026
when: 8/27 at 10 AM - 9/2 at 8pm
why: let bree & Donna live

Buy it Now: limited edition dragons, fidget toys
fancy jewelry, boxes & storage
fantasy themed gifts

Bid on It: AUTOGRAPHED KIT ROCHA BOoks
exclusive owlcrate special editions
be in the murder book

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Live your life in such a way that people will think the Grim Reaper took the wrong 80-year-old, not the right one.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A good day to remind everyone that Dolly loved books. She gave millions upon millions of books to children. Folks who want to ban books and cut funding to libraries and book-related programs? We’re coming for you in the name of Dolly.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of the more obscure facts I remember about Dolly Parton is this: just like Star Trek would not exist without Lucille Ball, Buffy would not exist without Dolly Parton. She was a silent producer of the movie and show. That's why Buffy Summers has the same birthday as Dolly: January 19.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In honor of Dolly, I'd like to give away some of my middle grade books to teachers who are having trouble getting books into their classrooms. I have Mine, Camp Scare, and Ride or Die on the Horror side and Minecraft Mob Squad on the Fantasy/Gaming side. I'll give away 4 mailers with 3 books each.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/08/2026

ALSO WOOO the mail came and! my author copy of UNEARTHED: NEW HORROR OF ANCIENT RUINS! :D My story is called 'None Went Out' and... you know how sometimes you're a band of desert wanderers and you come across a perfectly good abandoned city that no one's using?

$a paperback copy of 'unearthed: new horror of ancient ruins,' featuring stories by tananarive due, josh malerman, eric larocca, a.g. slatter, and more! edited by dan coxon and philip fracassi. it is leaning against my overstuffed pencil case which has a floral motif on it.$

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you loved someone's book or article, tell them. If you're looking forward to someone's piece, tell them.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Aquarius: Set aside some time this week to fixate on petty grievances.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 19/08/2026

If you write a book and you post it here and I hear about it I’ll probably repost it because writing is hard and you should celebrate that you did a hard thing and people should know about it.

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