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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor. I drew this floor plan while I was working on the book so I could keep the layout of the manor straight as scenes moved from room to room. #GothicFiction #GothicHorror #Bookstagram #HorrorBookstagram

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I enjoyed this a lot! Sooo many things the blurb doesn't tell you 👀🤩 (the basics are there, of course)

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ignore the tasteless poster. The book is good 👍 (I just finished reading it)

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dawn of the final day. 24 hours remain. (to preorder) I have apparently spent the last three days assembling an increasingly large group of stock-photo strangers to point at my book, and I see no reason to stop now. Tomorrow, The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor is officially out in the world.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two days until The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor releases. And yes, I once again discovered that the stock photo universe contains a deeply unnecessary number of people holding up exactly the number of fingers I needed. At this point, I’m committed to the bit. Two days. One haunted manor.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I didn’t watch a horror movie because I was watching the horror that befell the NY Giants last night, so today feels like a good day to share some actual gothic horror. The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor releases September 29th. #GothicHorror #HistoricalHorror #HauntedHouse #HorrorBooks #Booksky

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One girl. One crumbling legacy. One house with very strong opinions about who gets to leave. The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor comes home September 29th. #GothicHorror #GothicFiction #HorrorBooks #HistoricalHorror #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #HauntedHouse #GothicMystery

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seeing people actually read this thing is still surreal. A few new reviews have come in for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor. It’s out September 29th. #GothicHorror #GothicFiction #HorrorBooks #Horror #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #HistoricalHorror #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #ComingSoon

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Barnes and Noble is having a preorder sale and I have a book able to be preordered? I couldn’t help myself… Get it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-h... #book #indieauthor #gothic #gothichorror #horrorbook

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This stands as a masterpiece of military fiction because of its unflinching honesty. The story offers zero traditional heroes or grand patriotic moments. It presents only the raw reality of survival and the degradation of the human spirit. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #bookreviews #bookrecommendations

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Picked up some new art for my library. It’s delightfully dreary. #gothic #art

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Time to read something just for me

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There’s something especially satisfying about hearing that the atmosphere, the mystery, and the manor itself all landed the way I hoped they would. The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor - September 29th. #GothicHorror #HauntedHouse #HorrorBooks #BookRecommendations #BookRecs #IndieAuthor #HorrorReaders

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some places don’t need a locked gate to keep you in. A little taste of The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor, a gothic horror about inheritance, grief, family secrets, and a house that has been waiting a very long time for its last heir to come home. Coming September 29 #WritingCommunity #Horror

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s always something around here

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This might be one of the best pieces of feedback I’ve ever gotten. That was the feeling I was chasing while I wrote it. The sense that the house is alive, watching, waiting, and more than just a setting. The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor is coming September 29th from @tdpress.bsky.social! #Book

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’m very saddened by this one, Tim Curry was a legend. Clue, It, Rocky Horror, even the video game Red Alert he gave it his everything. He’ll he missed.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ever read something so many times it starts to look like gibberish? #WritingCommunity #AmEditing

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The definition of writing is doing the same thing over and over and somehow getting a different result every time. #WritingCommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Where we’re going you won’t need eyes to see 😱

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

As the sun sets behind the gravitron, we have discovered that this carnival has different height requirements than the last one, and I have very pissed off children.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Woke up to an email from a large literary magazine asking for a review copy of The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor! They used my website contact form and everything, I feel so legit 🙃 #WritingCommunity #Book #GothicHorror

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Writing advice: Kill your darlings. Me: Fine. *creates elaborate narrative justification for keeping darling* #Writingcommunity #Amwriting

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Holy crap how is it only Tuesday night? This week has been six years long already.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some people definitely enjoyed The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor over the weekend! #BookSky #BookReview #Netgalley

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

All this to figure out where footings go. I’ve gone full Amish.

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Okay #SumLuv people, there’s some romance in it but it ain’t pretty. Lottie Bradbury has a haunted manor, generations of family secrets, and a surname that may be trying to kill her. Good thing there’s a handsome man willing to give her a different one. What could go wrong? #SumLuv #GothicHorror

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Need something to do this weekend? Grab an ARC of The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor on #Netgallery: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... 4.32/5 on Goodreads! Or if it looks cool enough, preorder it: www.amazon.com/Last-Heir-Br... #BookReview #BookX #Reading #Gothic

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So I’m on my third editing pass of my dark fantasy and I must say I’m really liking what I’ve got. I just want to tell everyone all about it. This must be how vegans feel. #WritingCommunity #AmEditing #Editing

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Riddle me this: is it the time of day or the food that's served which denotes whether or not something is "breakfast"? #WritingCommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Who knew going to the farm today would be so allegorical? #WritingCommunity #querying #amquerying

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Reading reviews on my book is such a crazy feeling. That someone enjoyed it so much feels good. I can see how this can get addictive… Want to read it? Up on NetGalley now! #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BookReview

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Where I’ll be spending the next week for some well-earned R&R. Might also have to solve a mystery with my dog, we’ll see. #WritingCommunity #Vacation

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

July was monumental. The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor went up for preorder on the 2nd. I wrote and submitted stories to two anthologies, finished an Inquisitor for Hire prequel for magazine submission, and got the novel itself into fighting shape. What a month! #WritingCommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A bookstagrammer (sp?) reached out to @tdpress.bsky.social to ask for an ARC to review. What a weird feeling that people are seeking out and wanting to read something I wrote. Exciting things are happening! #WritingCommunity #AmPublishing #BookSky #ARC

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Even though I'm not planning to start querying again until my book is released in September, it hasn't stopped me from endlessly rewriting my query letter. Maybe I should look into one of those services to tell me it's good enough 🙃 #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AmWriting

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

After a successful #QuestPit full of cool concepts and new follows, I’ve spent the weekend doing the exact opposite of writing: hiking and attacking the yard. Sometimes the brain needs fresh air, and my deck isn’t going to build itself. #WritingCommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HE SAVED THE KINGDOM ONCE. MAYBE HE SHOULDN’T HAVE. Disgraced Grand Inquisitor Wynsten is hired to find a missing ambassador. Instead, he uncovers forbidden magic and a conspiracy rooted in the blood ritual that made him a legend and ruined his life. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #MY

INQUISITOR FOR HIRE

ADULT DARK FANTASY NOIR · 93,000 WORDS · MULTI-POV · STANDALONE

Once Rysia’s feared Grand Inquisitor, Wynsten now catches adulterers to make rent. When he is hired to find a missing ambassador before an uneasy peace collapses, the case leads him through forbidden magic, vanished daughters, and a conspiracy tied to the royal blood ritual that made him a legend, ruined his life, and fused the empire’s worst secrets to his chest.

A MISSING AMBASSADOR.
A DISGRACED LEGEND.
A KINGDOM ROTTING FROM WITHIN.

OPENING LINES

“The heretics had nowhere left to run. Wynsten had made sure of that.

Months of blood and smoke had led him beneath the Sovereign’s castle, into the old mines carved through the bedrock. A stronghold under the heart of the kingdom.

These apostates would face justice here or burn.”

Twenty years before he became an investigator for hire, Wynsten stopped a ritual fueled by Rysia’s own royal blood.

A FANTASY INVESTIGATION WITH TEETH

THREE TOUCHSTONES. ONE DECAYING EMPIRE.

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - Institutional rot and compromised justice

The Tainted Cup - a secondary-world mystery engine

Chinatown - slow-burn corruption and a poisoned victory

INSIDE THE CASE

A dark-fantasy noir for readers who want the mystery and the damage.

A post-conquest secondary world inspired by the Crusader states

Fallen hero / disgraced legend

Missing ambassador

Forbidden magic

Secrets beneath the city

Corruption at the highest level

Reluctant found family

Power no one understands

Morally gray choices

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My #QuestPit posts are prepared and I’m ready to support the hell out of everyone. It’s nice to not be preparing in my usual mindset of “last minute panic” #WritingCommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sent in my submission for the horror anthology, put out a message to hopefully talk about my upcoming book on a podcast... I guess you can say I'm feeling a sense of accomplishment and it's not even lunch time. #Writingcommunity

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The first review for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor is in, and it’s five stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Bradbury Manor feels like a character in its own right.” I couldn’t have asked for a better first reaction. #WritingCommunity #AmReading #Bookish #Booksky

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

ARC goals! What is a realistic # of ARC reviews to strive for before launch? Is 10 solid? 50? I saw a top 5 book drop with 2,200 reviews (instant NYT bestseller) but that feels wild. What’s your target number? #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Publishing #Booksky #Reviews

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

In a sword and sorcery b-movie fantasy kind of mood. #Movie

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