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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

COVER REVEAL! 🐊♥️🌱✨🖤 So, so thrilled to share the cover of WHERE DEAD THINGS GROW, my southern gothic horrormance about a swamp, an au pair, and Death himself. Cover design by the incomparable Lisa Marie Pompilio. Coming June 2027 with Orbit US/UK! #writingcommunity

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Come get it, y’all!! Folks in the US and Canada — free book alert! Orbit is giving away a paperback copy of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD, from now until the day before its US release! ✨

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

ONE MONTH until the US release of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! Remember to preorder through Bards Alley to get a signed bookplate with your order! 🌊💀🖤

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD in the wild! It’s real and it’s HERE (at Cymera)!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

An excerpt of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available to read on the Orbit blog RIGHT NOW! www.hachettebookgroup.com/orbit-books/...

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My very first audiobook is out today!!! Such a dream come true!!! I’d love it if you’d check it out 🥰🖤

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Xan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Save the date everyone! The cover reveal and pre-orders for my dark fantasy novel BORN OF MALICE are going live on May 12 !! Watch this space... 👀👀👀 #booksky

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Canadian friends! Now is the time to get 25% off THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD, along with all the other titles on Indigo’s ‘Most Anticipated Horror of 2026’ list!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Contrary to the name of the panel, you will NOT be trapped in a room with me and Frances White, but you WILL want to be! We’re talking horror at Cymera this year, and I couldn’t be more excited. Panel and festival details on the Cymera website!

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

So excited to have my story “Somatic” in the upcoming anthology NEED! Look at that lineup! 🖤🎉

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Come and get it, y’all! THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available on NetGalley in the US! UK is coming soon — but in the meantime, off to the sea caves with ye!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! ✨ Head on over to the link below (and in my linktree) to enter for a chance to win an eARC of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD. US only, unfortunately - but keep an eye out, because international giveaways are on the horizon!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

THRILLED to share the UK cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! TSHID is a cult aquatic horror about a group of academics trapped in a sea cave who must reckon with cosmic horrors as they're forced to atone for their greatest sins. Cover design by Charlotte Stroomer, cover art credit by Andreea Dumuta.

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One of my favorite reads of the year, if not of all time. Y’all — READ THIS BOOK!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

✨GIVEAWAY TIME!✨ Thank y'all SO much for getting THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD (coming July of THIS YEAR!) to 1000 adds on Goodreads! My mind is truly blown, so we're doing a crafty giveaway. Open internationally! Like and share this post to enter. Thank you so, so, SO much again for all the support! 💙

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

SO excited to be able to share the US cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! Coming July 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social Trapped in an underwater cave, a group of academics searching for the cult of the mythical Leviathan learn that the only way out of her ever-changing cloister… is further in. 👀🌊🔪

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I hear that if y'all like cover reveals for cool aquatic cosmic horror books, you should keep an eye on the @orbitbooks.bsky.social socials on December 5.... 👀🌊🗡️🖤

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Clara Chuiton @literaryclara.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

To the #amquerying crowd: I will be closing to queries tomorrow, with currently no plans to reopen in the new year. If you'd like to query me, please do so before the weekend! I'm looking forward to reading your queries and to catching up on submitted materials!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is now available for preorder in the US! Barnes & Noble, Target, and other major retailers — but don’t forget to support your local indies, too ;)

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

SO thrilled to be a WriteHive mentor for another year! Yes, you're counting right - I'm a part of 2 mentorship programs this year! Double the fun, y'all! My MSWL is, as ever, very loose. This is so that you don't self-reject, and so that you don't pigeon-hole yourself into not applying. Just do it!

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

You’re def going to want this one!!! And I’m so proud to have my story “Corpus” included 😊🖤

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

WOOHOOOO! I'm so excited to be joining the Round Table Mentor team this year. MSWLs will go up shortly. We're going to have a blast, y'all!

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This review!!!! 😭🥹🖤 thank you!!!!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Thank you so much for getting THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to (and past, since making this graphic) 100 adds on Goodreads! And without a cover, no less. No small feat! TSHID is my aquatic cosmic horror, coming 14 July, 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social in the US and UK! Pre-order and add today! 🌊🖤✨

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Clara Chuiton @literaryclara.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I’m reopening to queries today! I’m still looking for adult fiction, queer romance and romcoms, commercial and upmarket SFF and horror, and anything genre-blend-y set on a spaceship. Link to my query form below! #MSWL querytracker.net/query/ClaraC...

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Who else is celebrating Sapphic September?🩷 I love wlw horror and these are two of mine 💜 When the Devil is a novelette from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Exquisite Hunger was a chapbook but is now in my debut collection The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social

A women with devil horns on the cover of When the Devil by Emma E Murray next to the text “Libby falls for the wild rebellious June and together they get revenge against the evil men in Libby’s life”

Nude women are inside a heart on the cover of Exquisite Hunger by Emma E Murray next to the text “A woman falls in cannibalistic lust with her beautiful neighbor” and below the text says “Now available in my collection” with an arrow pointing to the cover of The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It’s a beautiful day out, perfect for the release of Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day ☀️ Thank you to my early readers, my amazing agent @literaryclara.bsky.social and my publisher @apocalypseparty.bsky.social 🖤 Also thank you to all my ARC reviewers & everyone who preordered/ordered today 🥰

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is live on Goodreads! Head on over to the link in my bio (or copy and paste the one I’ll slap down below) to add THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to your TBR, and to keep up with all upcoming updates, giveaways, and general shenanigans. 🌊 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available for pre-order in the UK! 🖤🌊👁️ When a group of academics are trapped in a sea cave, they must reckon with the eldritch horrors within as they are forced to atone for their greatest sins - or die. Coming July 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. US order links soon!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Friendly reminder that this is on Sunday!! It's entirely online, and entirely free. I would love to see y'all there!

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Clara Chuiton @literaryclara.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Querying writers: I will be closing to queries at the end of the week, with plans to reopen in September. If you were planning on querying me, please do so before the 4th! Looking forward to reading your queries and to catching up on the submissions in my inbox!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

SO stoked to share that I have a piece in WET SCREAMS, a @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social anthology! Ever wondered what might happen if a hot monster gargoyle came to life and chased you (consensually) through a hedge maze in a night aflush with heady magic? Well now you can find out! 😈 #booksky

A graphic for "Wet Screams: A Monsterfucker Anthology" that says "find me inside" over an illustration of a wolf's open mouth

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The Rights Factory @therightsfactory.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📚 Don't miss out! #SHOOTMEINTHEFACEONABEAUTIFULDAY by @emmaemurray.bsky.social is now available for preorder on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This dark and unforgettable #novel is out August 26, 2025 from #ApocalypsePartyBooks. ☀️🖤 Preorder on B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shoot-me-i...

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Some familiar faces on this list… 👀 (spoiler: one of them is ME 😈)

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Clara Chuiton @literaryclara.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

SO excited to be welcoming the brilliant @keithlafountaine.bsky.social to my list. I've been a fan of his dark and immensely imaginative novels for a long time and I'm thrilled to now be working with him! 🥳

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

SO excited to be leading a workshop at this year's WriteHive Conference! "Building a Story" will take place on Discord. I also plan to make my slides & notes available to those who feel uncomfortable joining via video/audio, and for accessibility purposes. ✨ Tickets June 1st: www.writehivecon.org

An infographic for Megan Bontrager's "Building a Story" workshop for the 2025 WriteHive Conference. Listed is the date of the workshop (13 July 2025), the time (8AM EST/1PM GMT), and the location (Online via Discord). Below that is the description of the workshop: Revisit the basics of building a compelling story, and consider a new and fun method that finds the happy medium between “plotting” and “pantsting” while emphasizing the importance of imagination and personal enjoyment in the drafting process.

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's time!! This year, I'm teaching my first ever solo workshop: 'Building a Story." It'll take place on Sunday 13 July, alongside a full weekend of amazing panels, workshops, and the like. Check out the WriteHive website for more info, or drop me a line if you have questions! 🐝✨

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Sooo excited!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🚨PREORDER AVAILABLE!!🚨 Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day is now up for preorder at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! Out Aug. 26 from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social a.co/d/7x57NXd Or www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shoot-me-i...

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🎉KIRKUS REVIEW🎉 Read it here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... Out August 26th from @apocalypseparty.bsky.social

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Thank you so much Christi for interviewing me for #womeninhorrormonth! 🖤😊

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Well, the world's on fire but it's still WiHM, so I'm going to tell you a bit about my latest release: The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions 18 stories that maybe be just the catharsis you're needing right now. Full of pain, sorrow, and rage, with an emphasis on the struggles of womanhood 🌊 1/3

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Thank you so much Lindsey and Weird Wide Web for interviewing me!! Check it out!!! 🖤 And consider picking up my debut collection The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions from UndertakerBooks.com

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

okay y'all as promised, it's march and my general queries are open again! i am specifically open to romance, sci-fi, graphic novels, and picture books across all age groups. querytracker.net/query/2005

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My debut collection The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions is out and available many places, but if you’d like a signed copy plus the extra goodies, DM me or purchase from my TT shop 🖤 Signed copies of Crushing Snails and When the Devil are available as well 🖤

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Emma E. Murray @emmaemurray.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🎉book release day!!!🎉 Thank you so much to @eerieyore.bsky.social @brettkent.bsky.social and @undertakerbooks.bsky.social for helping make this come true 🖤 And thank you to everyone who has preordered, read, plans to read, and cheered on The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions 🌊

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The Rights Factory @therightsfactory.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Out now from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social: #THEDROWNINGMACHINE AND OTHER OBSESSIONS by @emmaemurray.bsky.social! 📚 18 dark, gripping stories of love, lust, and loss that will leave you breathless. Dive in—if you dare. 🌊 Get yours now: buff.ly/4345xwy #pubday #bookrelease #shortstories

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