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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Get your copy of the enovella A Haunting at Bent Creek today! labarnitzbooks.com

L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's ghost story season & what's better than an Ozarks gothic ghost story about frenemies who must work together to manage an otherworldly problem. Try the ebook "A Haunting at Bent Creek" - labarnitzbooks.com #booksky💙📚 #readingcommunity #gothic #horror

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Writing much? This week has been a wash for me. #indieauthors #epicfantasy

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have written nothing this entire week, BUT my bees are fed & tucked in and I did trim about 100 lavender plants while working out the relationship between one of my MCs & his father, so there's that. @sfwa.bsky.social @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social #writingcommunity #indieauthors #epicfantasy

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September is here so snuggle into your safe space & try A Haunting at Bent Creek for your 1st ghost story of the season. Ebook available at labarnitzbooks.com #bookworm #readingcommunity @stegenmodem.bsky.social @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social @bookspotlight.bsky.social @samwellerauthor.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Happy #RayDay! We're celebrating his birthday with recitations, readings, photos of our #RayBradbury collection. Join us. This recitation is from his short story The Fog Horn. #BookSky💙🪐 @sfwa.bsky.social @bookspotlight.bsky.social @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ok, my #RayDay recitation is ready & will post later today. In the meantime, please enjoy Blooper #1. Take 47 of 362. #RayBradbury #BookPeople #readingcommunity #BookSky🪐💙 @samwellerauthor.bsky.social @sfwa.bsky.social @bookspotlight.bsky.social @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Who knows the Bradbury short story The Fog Horn? I'm going to recite from it for #RayDay 8/22. What are you sharing? Don't forget hashtags #RayBradbury #RayDay #BookPeople @samwellerauthor.bsky.social @emilymandel.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com @chuckwendig.bsky.social #readingcommunity

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If you've ever read a story that's inspired you, please join us to celebrate Ray Bradbury's genius & love of the written word on Ray's birthday, 8/22. Pick 2-3 lines from a favorite book, memorize & video record your recitation. Share on social media with hashtags #RayDay #RayBradbury #BookPeople.

A photo of author Ray Bradbury smiling at the camera. Caption reads Stop the cognitive offloading. Use your brain & your heart.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Are you ready for #RayDay Aug 22nd? Here's my practice run. I might do an excerpt from Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social too. Join me, @samwellerauthor.bsky.social & other book lovers for #RayBradbury 's birthday celebration by sharing a few lines from one of your favorite books.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join us #BookPeople on Ray Bradbury's birthday Aug 22 to celebrate the amazing works he gave us & share your love of the written word. @sfwa.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚 #Scifi #fantasy #horror

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can you believe it's #NationalBookLoversDay! It's outrageous to separate one novel from its kin, but The Two Towers is the best in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yes, this is a hill I will die on. #BookSky 💙📚 #readingcommunity @sfwa.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Which Bradbury story was your favorite? Join me, @samwellerauthor.bsky.social & others on 8/22 by memorizing a few lines from a story, video recording your recitation, & posting online. #booksky 💙📚 @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social @superstardrifter.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

He may not have $$$ from deep-pocketed donors, but MO District 8 voters can count on Frank Barnitz to come to their communities, learn what they need & work his tail off to bring greater prosperity to SE MO. @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#RayDay (Ray Bradbury's birthday) is 8/22. Celebrate with us by memorizing a few lines from a favorite book. We'll honor the G.O.A.T. of fantasy & scifi by posting videos of our excerpts that day. Use hashtags #RayDay, #RayBradbury, #BookPeople @samwellerauthor.bsky.social @bookspotlight.bsky.social

Photo of the writer Ray Bradbury with words "#RayDay is Aug. 22nd! Are you Book People ready?"

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

MO District 8 NEEDS A CHANGE! It's not going to be easy & it's only going to get uglier from here on, but we gotta do what we gotta do if we want to repair this democracy. @missouriindependent.com @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @nobullbarnitz.bsky.social @fbarnitzfanpage1.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Frank Fan Club was drawing some attention at 10th and Pine in Rolla this morning. Go MO District 8! Baby Ivy was the star waver. @nobullbarnitz.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @thebackforty.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

So I got my 4 virgin queens about a month ago. Installed them & saw that they released successfully then I just let them bee. All 4 mated successfully and the colonies are full of brood. Yay! Shout out to Cory Stevens www.stevensbeeco.com & his mite resistant queens. #beekeeping #UpperOzHoney

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The evening was a grand success, and the rain held off. Quilts were raffled, cornhole was played, pork loin was eaten. And my brother Frank Barnitz raised a bit more $ to fuel this campaign for change. #Missouri #MODistrict8

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'll be joining the @smashwords.bsky.social summer/winter sale in July with a big discount on my #epicfantasy The Stonebound Heir (SPFBO semi finalist!) and on my #horror novella A Haunting at Bent Creek. Follow along for updates and links for the sale.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Friends, guess what! The Stonebound Heir was just named a semifinalist in #SPFBO XI!!! O' frabjous day! Thank you, @superstardrifter.bsky.social labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky💙📚 #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #bookworm

The book cover shows two figures in silhouette against a sky filled with stars, a large golden moon and a small red moon.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I shall be in the garden puttering about with these beauties for the rest of the day, thank you. Writing will have to wait. #WritingCommunity

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Flash ebook sale of The Stonebound Heir for $1 TODAY only. For readers who enjoy epic stories of friendship, betrayal and the consequences of bad parenting. You can find it on sale at labarnitzbooks.com #indiebooks #bookworm #epicfantasy #SPFBO #indieauthor #BookSky💙📚

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Aaaaghhh, #SPFBO XI is down to 198 indie fantasy novels in the competition and The Stonebound Heir is still in the running!!!! #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #indieauthor #BookSky 💙📚

Book cover of The Stonebound Heir shows the silhouette of an Indian chhatri and two small figures with a large golden moon rising behind as well as a small reddish moon in the sky.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Despite the color of the grass, Biscuit the floof has declared that spring is here! #writingmuse #spring

A brown and cream-colored cat is delightedly rolling in the grass.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Here you go. Whenever I feel brain dead or my eyes can't take a computer screen any longer, I write longhand. It usually gets me over writing humps. #writingcommunity #snippetshare #writingprompt

Photo of handwriting on a piece of notebook paper.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” My fantasy novel The Stonebound Heir was reviewed yesterday by Kristen McDowell. I'm still a #SPFBO XI contender!!!!! Check out her commentary here: superstardrifter.com

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Hi Bee, I'd love to see some character art, but I have very little money for such things so I'm not sure it's worth your time.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

MO Congressional District 8: 18,000 plus sq miles. Poor. Poor health profiles. Few economic opps. My brother- Frank Barnitz @nobullbarnitz.bsky.social - really doesn't care which party you voted for in the past. He's running for those who dare to ask for a better future.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Here's a little taste of chapter 4 from The Stonebound Heir. #SPFBOXI #epicfantasy #readingcommunity

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Both literally and...uh...literally. #ICEOUT

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alrighty then, how about you cozy up with my Ozarks gothic ghost story #novella A Haunting at Bent Creek. Ghosts, Monsters, Guilt, Stubborn Pride, Feisty Old Women. Ebook available at labarnitzbooks.com #ShamelessSelfPromoSaturday #writerslift #readingcommunity #BookSky💙📚

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Woot-woot! The Stonebound Heir's beautiful cover created by Cristina Bencina is in the running. #BookSky💙📚 #bookcovers #epicfantasy #writingcommunity

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Biscuit & I are creatures of habit: She jumps on my desk at regular times then steps into my lap as I type. She turns exactly twice before lying down for pets & the use of my right arm for her chin rest. 1/2

photo of a cream-colored cat with a darker brown face and blue eyes

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh My God, writing peeps!! My novel The Stonebound Heir was selected for the #SPFBO26 lottery. I am ecstatic! #BookSky💙📚 #WritingCommunity #booknerd #epicfantasy #ReadingCommunity #SPFBO

Cover of epic fantasy novel The Stonebound Heir featuring the silhouettes of two people under and Indian-style gazebo and backlit by an enormous yellow moon. A smaller, reddish moon rises behind it.

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Book haul for bday and Christmas 2025! Do not ask me how I have not yet read Assassin's Apprentice, but I'm looking forward to it! #BookSky💙📚 #WritingCommunity #Reader #Bookworm

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Making a cheeseball because I can't concentrate on the book I'm supposed to be writing & I intend to eat my way out of writer's block. If you subscribed to my newsletter you'd have a recipe for this Ragin' Cajun cheeseball. Just saying. labarnitzbooks.com #indieauthor #writingcommunity #writinglife

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Just tucked my bees in for winter. Now's the time to sit cozy at the keyboard, look out at the snow, AND GET SOME DAMN WRITING DONE. #writingcommunity #indieauthor #readreadread #writinglife

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Stonebound Heir: a bittersweet coming-of-age story available in most places, but you won't get a better price than the price on my website - labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky💙📚 #readingcommunity #bookworm #epicfantasy

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Looking for protagonists who are not teenagers? I've got a ghost story for you that fits the bill. Get your 50% off coupon code 0H6C9E0EB8 for the ebook novella A Haunting at Bent Creek. Use the code at checkout. Available at labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky 💙📚 #readingcommunity #horror #ghoststory

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I am a writer, not a cook. I don't care about eating half the time, though I appreciate anything made with love for the holidays. But if you ask me to bring a dish, it's going to be something unusual, probably a recipe I've never made before. This year it will made of quince. #Thanksgiving #autumn

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I'd love to find more indie authors writing fantasy and/or horror to trade promos with before the holidays. Let me know if you're interested. My list is small but every bit we do helps, does it not? #WritingCommunity #Indieauthors #FantasyWriters #HorrorWriters

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Oh man, have I had a hard time keeping my writing discipline this month. It's like every cider stand & pumpkin spice latte is determined to stop book 2 of The Cursed Cycles from becoming a real book and not a pile of notebooks & lost files in my computer. #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #epicfantasy

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L.A.Barnitz @labarnitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Bookworms! I've got a coupon available for 50% off a paperback copy of The Stonebound Heir. At checkout, enter 7XU6IWLLPH. Available only in the US and shipping rates apply. The coupon is good until 10pm on 11/17. Go to labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky 💙📚 #readingcommunity #epicfantasy

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