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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

👀June 2026 Fiction👀 "Horseland" is a short story by EC Dorgan about authenticity and the monsters that haunt our hearts and histories. As a special preview of the issue, you can read it NOW! havenspec.com/fiction/hors...

An excerpt of the short story "Horseland" by EC Dorgan, in Issue 23 of Haven Spec Magazine (June 2026). The text reads:

By every measure, I’m a success. I have the perfect home, the perfect partner. He works for an oil company. We’ve paid down our mortgage and invested in equities. He makes a good salary, but I make more, empowering people and selling my story.

I help people find their authentic selves. They say my talks are life-changing. Last year I was on a national news magazine cover, and last month, I made Edmonton’s “Forty Under Forty.” Our guest room became my award room. Now the laundry room’s full, too.

The background is the issue's cover art, titled Red and Gold, by Carly A-F. It shows a skeletal figure with fire and branches for hair as they loom over a solitary human figure in the foreground.

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

SUMMER BOOK VIBES How many of these have you read? There's everything here from cosmic horror to slasher, psychological, grief, analog and haunted house horror. Add these to your TBRs now!

Summer Book Vibes
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Where The Soul Goes by Katherine Silva
Unclaimed Property by Cat Delani
Buoygeist by Tom Rimer
The Sundowner's Dance by Todd Keisling
She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang
Neon Moon by Grace R. Reynolds
Killer Summer by Wendy Dalrymple
This is How A Villain is Made by Amanda Headlee

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

thank you for giving it a chance, and to Ed for making it stronger!

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 29/05/2026

Huge congratulations to @michelletang.bsky.social on her Shirley Jackson Award nomination! We're incredibly proud to see DuMort nominated for Best Novella. Best of luck to all the nominees!

Image of DuMort book cover with the caption 'Shirley Jackson award nominee: Best novella'

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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#Booksky 💙📚 Captivating and thrilling psychological horror. This is a quick read and I absolutely devoured it while it invaded the darkest recesses of me. Avery and Carlos are wonderfully written. The complexity of their relationship and the trials they face both individually and united will.. (1/3)

Bookcover for She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang. Image is a red background with a mango tree branch and two fruits dripping black liquid with a beetle-like insect on the larger fruit.

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

thank you for reading ❤️❤️

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Look who showed up at the Library!!! Pumped to have @michelletang.bsky.social’s new gothic horror novel hanging out on our shelves!!!

A photo of a book cover showing two piece of fruit with bugs on them.

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Laura Galán-Wells @lauragalanwells.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Welcome to my 2nd batch of #RevPit #10Queries! Like last time, I'll post five queries now, and then five more 30 mins later :) Note that these are all only suggestions, though I hope they are widely helpful. Also see my 1st batch posted Wed, and my #RevPitSpoilers thread. All boosts appreciated :)

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So honoured for SWWSG to be a book club selection! Please check out @nomsbookclub.bsky.social to join in the fun!

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thank you for the mention 🥰🥰 honored to share a couple of TOCs with you too !

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Ed Crocker @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

DuMort by @michelletang.bsky.social from @ghostorchidpress.com Gaslamp occult horror of seances, forbidden love, diaspora and hauntings with gorgeous gothic prose and a chilling, beating heart

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Robert Nazar Arjoyan @robertarjoyan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Getting physical copies of my writing never, ever gets old. So thankful “Give Me Wings” took flight in MONSTROUS ANGELS, edited by @arwyns.bsky.social. Order your copy and meet Arlo Pearson, that filmmaker who went to Armenia in search of a musical monk but found instead a murderous mystery.

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💬 @dubonicplague.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Black Friday who? It’s Nineteen Little Stab Wounds week! But only for three more days. Order your copy of Nineteen Little Stab Wounds at: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate... All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. 1/7

A skeleton made of disco ball mirrors lounges in bed with a book held open in his hands to reveal the cover.

Sparkle Barry is feeling grateful and giving thanks that he doesn’t have any giblets to yank from his disco ball bones because watching those plastic-wrapped organs get pulled out of the turkey was traumatizing! He’s recovering from the gnarly scene with a copy of NINETEEN LITTLE STAB WOUNDS, a chapbook of dark microfiction and flash by Alexis Dubon.

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Jim Doran (Author) @jimdoranauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I review @michelletang.bsky.social 's DuMort. Beautiful yet bizarre, gentle yet harsh, this novel is a riveting journey of horror and fascination. It evokes the suspense of similar novels in the genre, but in a refreshing style all its own. Review: jimdorantales.com/2025/08/13/r... #gaslampfantasy

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 18/07/2025

“Crowds began to follow him, and violence soon followed.” DuMort by Michelle Tang releases Tuesday 22nd! Preorder from our store: bit.ly/tangdumort Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/KTTQ8GV

“Unlike the other occultists who crawled like vermin through this city, DuMort had genuine ability. Everyone said so. It was why he could not stay in any place for long: crowds began to follow him, and violence soon followed. ”

DuMort by Michelle Tang, July 2025

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Working on a new novel I’m referring to as my “Hokkien Horror” and I personally think that sounds very catchy! #writingcommunity

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Peace is a valuable member of the writing community! Please share or donate to their GFM if you’re able ❤️

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I’ve been on a bluesky break but seeing this cover again makes me so excited! ❤️❤️

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I like that, the unpredictable nature of predictability 🔥

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/11/2024

I found my first gray pubic hair today. Things like this don't normally bother me but this was in my coffee at Starbucks.

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thats what i keep saying to myself 😂

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thats true! I guess i am worrying about the payoff not matching the build up, and less about predictability.

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This is what im trying to avoid lol

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Do you ever worry that the ending is too straightforward or has been done before?

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Miche (she/her) @michelletang.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

When you’re writing the ending to your book/story, how do you keep it from being too predictable or cliché? #writingcommunity

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