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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 1h

💙📚 Society: One should never speak ill of the dead. Jane Austen: Hold my tea; I'm about to spill some... 💀 #BookRecommendation

Photograph of a page from Jane Austen's Persuasion - He had, in fact, though his sisters were now doing all they could for him, by calling him 'poor Richard,' been nothing better than a thick-headed, unfeeling, unprofitable Dick Musgrove, who had never done anything to entitle himself to more than the abbreviation of his name, living or dead.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 5h

Business book clubs ❌️ only read business books ❌️ are only for leaders ❌️ are boring Business book clubs ✅️ read any books ✅️ are for all readers ✅️ are fun Use these five benefits in your business case for a book club at work and make it happen. I did. #BookSky

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 23h

This setup is coming to NYCC, but it does mean leaving the neon Gay Books sign at home (stupid luggage weight restrictions).

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 23h

We Have Always Been in the Darkness Itchio Halloween bundle Cosmic horror, furries, the apocalypse, gothic romance, vampires, angels, and more in this queer crafted collection of fiction, from books to visual novels to narrative games, for $10 Come see! itch.io/b/3876/we-ha... #horrorsky

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Happy Halloween Pumpkin Dance

Alt: Man in a black jumpsuit with a carved pumpkin for a head doing a dance with the words happy Halloween on the bottom

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Horror means never having to say I’M SORRY IF I SCARED YOU by @maeisafraid.bsky.social Pub’d by Medusa Publishing Haus Welcome to #HauteHorrorCover - where horror book covers twin with high fashion #BookSky #HorrorSky

#HauteHorrorCover graphic. A book cover on an e-reader - I’m Sorry If I Scared You, a novel by Mae Murray. Illustrated by a face with a septum piercing and a few blue sequins under their eyes, like tears. Their face is repeated and blurred beside them like a reflection in a broken mirror. A thumb rubs the red off their lip, red that is on their chin and covers the whole bottom half of the book cover. Within the red are blurred eyes and the title. On the left of the e-reader is a strip of film featuring a model wearing a Rami Kadi (Fall 2019) silver sequined gown. A cut has been made to reveal one shoulder. A red sheer material has been added at the knee area which drapes to the floor causing the sequins to look blood-red.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Need help getting books ready and to their readers? From one-off project support to regular support, Mary Wyrd can help you with a range of tasks. Get your Creative Virtual Assistant and Author Assistant at www.marywyrd.com 100% human, 0% gen-ai #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #AuthorAssistant

Mary Wyrd Promo 2: Author Assistant. Custom support for authors! Six bullet points: Website Graphics. Book blurbs. Cover Design. Blogs. Endpapers. And more. www.marywyrd.com/author-assistant - Three circles with images from the Mary Wyrd portfolio. 1. Website Graphics for a Regency fantasy mystery series. 2. Book cover for The Planar Pages Collection Two. 3. Endpapers for special edition hardbacks with gold detail and symbols relevant to the series.

Mary Wyrd promo 3. Reviews for Mary Wyrd. Three reviews: 1. “Mary is fast, professional, and committed...to supporting human creativity and fully understood my desire to avoid platforming AI-generated work...” - Dianna Gunn, Founder of Weeknight Writers. 2. “Mary's "á la carte" task menu allowed me to get what I needed to find some relief in my day-to-day.” - Kayleigh Merritt, Editor and owner of In the Margins. 3. “I am absolutely delighted with everything Mary has delivered…and it's great to have her in my corner.” - D. Hale Rambo, Historical Fantasy Mystery Author. www.marywyrd.com/portfolio

Mary Wyrd promo 4. Behind the business of Mary Wyrd. List of bullet points under the heading Experience, includes: Library Assistant. Administrative Assistant. Personal Assistant. Diary Manager. Book Club creator. Event coordinator. Graphic Designer. Copywriter. Book blogger. www.marywryd.com - Composite illustration of Mary Wyrd, a figure in a Victorian gown holding a yellow letter in gloved hands. She looks upwards with a crowned skull.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

BOOK SALE Get your Halloween reading sorted with CHILLS, THRILLS & KILLS itchio bundle 👻🎃🔪 #BookSky #HorrorSky

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I recently had a blast reading How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson which gleefully smashes both the slasher horror and romance genres together, making the tropes kiss/kill while also talking about the importance of said tropes. Gen-AI could never make this work so well.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

There's still plenty of room for more Trans authors in this SciFi & Fantasy bundle. Also, I forgot to say in the criteria below; Romance and NSFW which also has a SciFi/ Fantasy plot is welcome.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you need more, I’m here until four! Sally

My TBR is like my laundry, it never ends and I keep adding to it

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Acknowledge that people are interested not in reading the same thing over and over again, but in exploring one thing from an almost infinity of approaches an angles. Of exploring different facets of the thing itself. Of making a familiar thing new, of using to explore different ideas or realities.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Engaging with an existing trope or plot pattern, isn't about simplicity or robot formulas. It's rather about an acknowledgement of the history of your field, a constant intertextual conversation with (or against) the meanings that have built up around certain tropes.

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Jessica BOOOOlin: Preorder Getting Hairy, out October 31! @olinj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#BacklistSaturday My sapphic leprechaun/human romance never got enough love. It's got a literature professor falling in love with a bartender who happens to be a lep. It's one of my favorite tropes: one night stand turns into a relationship. Details and purchase links here:

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Getting Lucky | Jessica Olin

Book Two of "Monstrous Rochester" One night stands never lead to actual relationships. That’s just an urban relationship myth, right? Except myths ...

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's Saturday! Authors, take this opportunity to share your older books. Especially the ones from your backlist that need more love! Comment OR quote post and add > hashtag #BacklistSaturday > a link to your books > alt text for imageds #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads is perfect for this year's Hallowe'en Season! All by incredible indie authors! We've got ghosts, goblins and gothic tales! Witches, warlocks and werewolves! Demons, dreams and Hallowe'en themes! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Got queerlings in your life? Do they like a rom-com? Do they like Heartstopper? Because School Library Journal gave me a star and said it was perfect for fans of Heartstopper. It's also a Hi-Lo (high interest, low complexity) so ESL/reluctant reader friendly! #BacklistSaturday #BookSky 💙📚🏳️‍🌈

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Stuck with You

Stuck With You is a story of Queer joy and a playful teen romance, following two frenemies as they fall for each other while stuck in adjacent seats on a day-long train trip. Ben is on a train back to...

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Need help with work in the Backrooms of your book business? I can help 👋 And you’ll get more time to work on all those WIPs ⬇️

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BacklistSaturday Friend of the Damned is the first in my gaslamp gothic Runner Owen series. Trans man Owen Rosedown writes a letter to the one person who understands the true fate of the grieving medium Miss Dartmere... vincentlore.itch.io/friend-of-th...

Trope map for Friend of the Damned, with the following text:
Gothic horror x gaslamp fantasy
Spiritualism and mediums
Women's wrongs
A letter to the villain
Small but diverse cast
Trans MC
A mysterious scent
Dogs...?

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vert ⚡️🪶 MELT: REFRAIN OUT NOW @subvertebra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

thank you for hosting #HorrorWritersChat this week, fantastic topic! i released a horror novel this week about queer corporate vampires making each other worse at every turn. the disparate music vibes are somewhere around NIN, arctic monkeys, and… fiona apple? take a peek on itch and payhip!

subvertebra.itch.io

MELT: refrain by subvertebra

A T4T corporate vampire polycule reinventing what it means to be alive; to live.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This one was neat, thank you for hosting a fun #HorrorWritersChat! My answer to the last question was in reference to #InFog, which is on sale: (the cover is one of my first and it shows so I've doing the 'should I, shouldn't I' dance about redoing it) amberreinke.itch.io/in-fog

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In Fog by Amber Reinke

[Horror/Romance Novella] Loneliness, belonging and nonbinary monsters being erotically murderous.

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks you for the awesome #HorrorWritersChat, @jamesryan.bsky.social!!! I looooove music so much. Like, more than writing. And I love that beyond anything. I do have things! Many, many things. Currently, I'm working on stuff for my next group of collections. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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Fistfuls of Poetry

Get notified when Fistfuls of Poetry launches on BackerKit!

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Dustin Pinney @markguyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wasn’t going to participate because my brain is nothing but mucus, but I couldn’t pass up this topic! Thanks, James! Here’s the story I mentioned. The one inspired by Danse Macabre. #HorrorWritersChat www.patreon.com/MarkGuyer/po...

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The Macabre Dance (one of my earliest publications) | Dustin Pinney

Since I’ve been too tied up in moving, I can’t write much fiction. Blogs kind of fall out of my fingers, so I can write them all the time. S

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Book Two of The Cairnshore Tides Trilogy - Out Today! Cosmic Folk Horror. Available on Amazon, Kindle and KU.

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Vee @icalasari.illusoria.ca · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Was a fun one this week! Not promoting anything of mine this week, but almost done reading and reviewing Aloe by @vampireantihero.com and when it comes out, if you love queer horror and gripping plots, DEFINITELY reading it So yeah, promoting a fellow author's book this week

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Rosé Black (🍁🍂🍠🍎🍏🎃) @roseblack2222.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thought the replies were off, so I will just share this again: bsky.app/profile/rose...

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TomMLittle @tommlittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for this week's #HorrorWritersChat! In addition to writing horror, I write about it. Those ideas appear over on YouTube, and I'm preparing a few new videos now that we're approaching Halloween: youtube.com/@La_Ofrenda

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Ofrenda

Horror and history, fact and fiction.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for the cool musical questions! I'm promoting my upcoming #horror novella, out Oct 13! Thanks #HorrorWritersChat! Bookshop preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Amazon preorder: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6PC6JJJ Signed copies: www.etsy.com/listing/4571...

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond

Cordelia Delacroix has only been in London for a season when plague strikes. Desperate to escape both the plague and her declining financial situation, she accepts a mysterious invitation to join a pa...

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Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Check out some of my published horror shorts linked on my website! There’s some podcast stories you can listen to for free! Here: theodoresnapdragon.com Support me on KoFi if you like what I do: ko-fi.com/transcendrag... Follow me on BlueSky for writing, art, and random tidbits! #HorrorWritersChat

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Support Theodore Snapdragon

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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks, James, for the fun prompts! I’ll promote my YouTube this time, and I promise, God as my witness, I’ll post something new there soon.

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UNDERSTANDING THE "DARK TOWER" UNIVERSE (in seven minutes!)

YouTube video by James Van Fleet

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ClippedScape | KQ Watson Writes🇨🇦 @kqwatson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Horrorwriterschat Great subject today, it's been a while since I participated. Following the musical theme I guess I'll promote something I almost never promote An X of Y And Z, a short post-apocalyptic lovestory filtered through gasmasks. The FMC is a singer! books2read.com/anxofyandz

The cover of An X of Y and Z by KQ Watson. Its a gasmask flanked by two be-hatted plague doctor masks hovering above a cityscape while a bouquet explodes like a mushroom cloud. In red and white is the title An X of Y and Z. on a background of paper with typing on it. The text says The Children laughed as they ran from the Chiffy, who yelled and hollered and called them thieves.

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Gabby @yorkshiregabby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GORE 4 WILL BE UNLEASHED THIS MONTH! Head over to @allisfullofgore.bsky.social to find our Shopify page & get a pre-order going if you really want to be the hippest cat. Every year we go harder and get even better. I'm so proud of everything we've accomplished in our 4 years together #queerhorror

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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for a fab evening of hosting! For promo, I'll go with A Mother's Porcelain as it's the most apt this week. It's Misery with a family dynamic, and some creepy dolls books2read.com/u/br95dA

A promo image for A Mother's Porcelain depicting the cover (a shattered porcelain doll head resting on a hard wood floor) is on a tablet, framed in darkness & blood. The accompanying text reads "A Mother's Porcelain. Love will be her prison. Available now"

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Queen Anna V 👑 🫜🫜 @annavernerauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you James! Very cool and interesting questions today! #HorrorWritersChat You'll find everything you need on my Itch page. A fantasy horror with Zombies? A story with a Ouija board? A sci-fi horror in space? Or something fun and spicy perhaps? Got you covered! anna-verner.itch.io

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Anna Verner

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Elizabeth - hand-crafted unique dolls & more @elizabethdollmaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks James! No book news, still working on stuff but I am doing a Halloween advent here talking about media that inspires me each day through October! Hope everyone has a great week! #HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for hosting #HorrorWritersChat James! I was gonna share that I have a new ace horror coming out soon ft. the fearsome Manananggal (fetus-eating cryptid that can split itself in half), but link’s not ready yet. So here’s another of my ace horrors! longleafreview.com/ellen-huang/

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NIX - Longleaf Review

"NIX" by Ellen Huang | 13 Nights of Horror | Longleaf Review, Fall 2022

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Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cheers James. Just got some promo art from @edgeandbusby.com for Witnessed: An Anthology of Literary Horror. Out next year, it features stories "where the worst things happen between people". I know that's exactly what some of you sickos (complimentary) are looking for...

Gore drips from ornate keyhole on cover for WITNESSED, out next year

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DR LUKANSTEIN'S MONSTER ⚧️ @beastcutter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for hosting!! I have a payhip payhip.com/LukanGarrow and an itch store beastcutter.itch.io where my work can be found. My most recent project is A WEIGHT OF CARRION FLESH, which has heavy NIN and Rammstein vibes. beastcutter.itch.io/a-weight-of-...

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Lukan Garrow

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks James! #HorrorWritersChat speaking of music, have you checked out the Symphony yet? More importantly, have you checked out "Symphony for Walpurgis?" If not, the stories inside are perfect for spooky season, so go grab your tickets today! www.amazon.com/Symphony-Wal... #HorrorSky #BookSky

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Thank you James. Following the theme… I Co-host my local Shut Up & Write group, plus I post its Instagram, and have compiled this playlist on YouTube youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Shut Up & Write! Aberdeen City - YouTube

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M.H.Urban - Horror Author @mhurban.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A fun #HorrorWritersChat, James. Thank you. Halloween is coming. If you like ghost stories that read like a supernatural thriller and are told from multiple POVs, Trapped in Amber is for you. mybook.to/TrappedInAmber

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My second novel is actually out and you can buy it right now! If it helps, you can know that the end credits music for it in my mind has always been "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. a.co/d/0i11X927

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat But wait! There's more! I'm doing a book reading Fri Oct 9 at 6 PM EST. Reading from 3 short stories at a witch shop in Gloucester, MA. Signing & selling my books. One story is based on the Lizzie Borden ax murders. Here's the dirt: trishwilsonauthor.blogspot.com/p/samhainhal...

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Samhain/Halloween Book Reading - Oct 9, 2026

Are you a true connoisseur of the macabre? Do you crave stories that make your skin crawl and keep you up past midnight? Join me October 9, ...

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Mitch Miller ☆ 📼 @astramachina.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for hosting, James! And thanks, #HorrorWritersChat, for yet another killer Wednesday! My webnovel is still a ways off and will be free-to-read when the time comes. However. In exactly a month I'm crowdfunding to pay my editor to polish my upcoming novel about mad scientists in the 70s! ⬇️ ⬇️

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A Book About Queer Workplace Situationships and Other Strange Phenomena

From Mitch Miller - A Book About Queer Workplace Situationships and Other Strange Phenomena

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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you, James, for a great series! I'm currently promoting the 2nd book in my series, No Sky Like Midnight, in which an immortal & a human flee an evil secret society... & sentient honey that eats people. Pre-orders are up on Amazon & Kobo! www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4FQ4X4H/ #HorrorWritersChat

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No Sky Like Midnight (The Descendants Book 2)

No Sky Like Midnight (The Descendants Book 2) - Kindle edition by Shear, Nora. Paranormal Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for the great questions, James. Would be churlish not to show off this visual by our very own @marywyrd.bsky.social PHENGARIS, with the electro fan MC, available here: payhip.com/b/58paC Parch Marks, my newly released novel, here: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... #HorrorWritersChat

Anna Orridge
Eco horror - Phengaris
Cli Fi - Parch Marks.

Phengaris has a cover image of a, butterfly made of rusted parts

Parch Marks features markings of ferns on dried earth.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Should add the music arrangement is by musician son Dylan Ellis. #HorrorWritersChat.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks @jamesryan.bsky.social & #HorrorWritersChat! Soz couldnt be more engaged but multitasking… … coz I have a new book coming out! My haunted house horror Witten Hall is available to pre order on Kindle. Over 4 generations, all sort of terror occurs… Order now: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0HL...

Book cover for Witten Hall by Oli Jacobs. The cover is black save for a monochrome image or a manor behind some trees in the centre.

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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks James and everyone for yet another great #HorrorWritersChat! Did you like WIDOW'S BAY? Wanna party? The show was filmed where I live in MA & there will be a Sunset Cocktails gathering in May '27 for season 2. I'm on a team setting it up. If you want to go keep an eye on my page for updates.

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