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Found the book! Let's find out

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Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social · 12h

#halloweenreads GHOST ROAD BLUES was my first novel and it won a Bram Stoker Award. Come visit the Most Haunted Town in America this #Halloween! #horroraddict #stokerawardwinner #horrortrilogy #pinedeeptrilogy #ghostroadblues #Bestseller #spookyseason

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 12h

✨Great News!✨ My debut novel, RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS, will be available at Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social Oct 16-18 as a ✨con-exclusive early release✨. Check out the @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social table to pick up a copy & come find me at the Saturday signings. I have stickers & bookmarks!

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 12h

This! My debut comes out this month, and if you come up to me with a copy of my book, I will happily sign it. I'll give you stickers and a bookmark, too!

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 14h

I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 15h

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Laurel Hightower @laurelhightower.bsky.social · 16h

I love this description 💙

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Alex Grecian @alexgrecian.bsky.social · 16h

Join me for an online event this Wednesday, plus Red Rabbit for $2.99! alexgrecian.substack.com/p/good-house...

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Good Housekeeping

An event coming up this week, and some good news!

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 18h

Alert! JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY by me and @mikemignola.bsky.social is back in bookshops!

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 18h

Plenty of great zombie stories are set in modern times or the near future--but what about zombies wreaking havoc in the past? Here are 5 shows, books, and movies featuring zombies in all sorts of historical settings, from prehistory to WWII!

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Five Zombies Stories Set in Different Historical Periods - Reactor

Zombie dinos! Civil War zombies! Zombies swarming Plymouth Rock!

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 18h

Short notice, but: this Friday (October 9) I'll be at Old Town Books in Alexandria, Virginia as the in-conversation partner for Cassandra Khaw, celebrating and discussing their new book FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS. There will be a Q&A and signing too! www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

Friday, October 9, 7pm at Old Town Books, Cassandra Khaw, author of Find Me Where It Ends, in conversation with Hailey Piper

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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 18h

Once again, for the non weekend crowd.

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Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com · 04/10/2026

Oh Jesus - @letterboxd.social can you help us get this AI slop away from our series?

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Again, if G-d exists, they can keep track of evil all on their own. They don’t need a whole earthly army doing it for them. Crusader, that’s how you get in trouble.

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You want to know how fucked up the Anthropic settlement BS has gotten? @harpercollins.bsky.social has acknowledged that certain books have reverted entirely to me, but they’re still claiming ownership of one IN THE SAME REVERSION LETTER as the others. I can’t even. @victoriastrauss.com

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just off the coast of Deer Island, New Brunswick is Old Sow. The largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, it is the size of a football field and has existed for hundreds of years. It also has quite an interesting history. This is the story. 📸 Walter Baxter 🧵 1/6

A swirling white-capped whirlpool churning in turquoise coastal waters with a rocky headland rising in the background under a pale sky.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wow. LOISH got accused of using Ai to make her art. I started following her on early deviantart. I remember first seeing her paintings in college. This is ridiculous, no one is safe. Artists Ive followed for actual decades are getting harassed because their work has been stolen and regurgitated.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unfortunately I don't remember the name or author, but I read a short story about carnivorous deer when I was 15, and it STILL gives me the chills.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This goes for authors as well. If you're reading a book and it includes things like em-dashes or the rule of three, consider that the author's work was stolen to train AI...and/or they learned to write when punctuation and literary devices were considered good things!

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I WOULD DIE FOR MURDERBOT" is the most relatable statement of the day.

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Alma Katsu (INCARNATE is out now!) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All this to say if you’re anywhere near Springfield MO tonight, join us!

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Alma Katsu (INCARNATE is out now!) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stopped by The Story House bookshop in Springfield, too. Utterly magical place. I took so many pictures... will post more later #incarnate

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/10/2026

This article about the financial windfall publishers will get from the Anthropic settlement is behind a paywall, but the headline says it all www.vulture.com/article/publ...

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Publishers Hit the AI Jackpot

The industry stands to gain the most from Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement. Many writers aren’t happy about it.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The final issue of THE END TIMES launches later this month. There’s still time to subscribe to the digital edition. Get all 12 issues in the next email (around the 19th). badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

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The End Times by Benjamin Percy with Stephen King (Digital Subscription) — Bad Hand Books

FEATURED IN FANGORIA and FORBES : A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING FOR ONE LOW PRICE Get ready for an immersive, serialized, post-apocalyptic storytelling experience like nothing you've ...

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Friends, send in your weird stuff!

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Holy shit I did not know this Incredible insight into Western Higher Education, going back to Oxford and Cambridge and still seen today from @harikondabolu.bsky.social

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 KINDLE DEAL 🚨 From today until 31st October, TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social is only $1.99!

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ATTENTION ALL SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS COMING TO CAN*CON!!! This year we want to celebrate YOU and how gosh dang hard it is to publish a book all by your lonesome Bring an 8.5x11 printout of your book cover(s) to our party at 8pm on the Friday and join in the fun!

On top of a background of covers of self-published books, text reads:
Friday, October 16
8pm in Celtic
Self-Pub Soirée
Meet the sovereigns of self pub
Find your next great read
Grab a drink at the bar
Support local artists
All are welcome!

On top of a background of covers of self-published books, there is an image of a megaphone and text reading:
"Call for Covers
Are you a self-published author? We want to create a photo wall full of self-published books at Can*Con, and we need your book cover to do it!
Bring a 8.5x11 printout of your cover (one per book, please!) to the Self Pub Soiree on Oct 16. Comics and anthologies count, too. Help us wallpaper the Brookstreet with excellent self-published books!
And over Can*Con weekend, don't forget to pose for a photo in front of the wall and share it with #CanConReadsSelfPub"

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When an author the caliber of Gabino Iglesias gives you a review like the one that just came out in Locus, it's a damn good day! locusmag.com/review/carry...

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Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden: Review by Gabino Iglesias

Carry Me to My Grave, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s Press 978-1-25040-452-7, $29.00, 336pp, hc) July 2026. More than being late to the Christopher Golden party, I simply didn’t get a chance to r…

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just in case anyone thinks it can't happen, I'm 50 & my debut novel from Bad Hand comes out on Oct 20th. In 2017, a TBI upended my life. Writing helped craft a new, post-injury sense of self. Writing horror was a way to process the grief & anger about what I'd lost. You're never too old to start!

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't give up. That's today's message to you.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS, my genre-bending horror novel, comes out Oct 20. Every story is a conversation with the stories & experiences that inspired & shaped us as authors. This thread is a countdown of some of the many many things that inspired RISE, for good or ill. Day 1: Zombie Books!

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey, look! It's the official PM announcement for @lphernandez.bsky.social's WHAT DO WE TELL THE KIDS. Pre-orders are live at our web shop: badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm so looking forward to the Bad Hand editions of all seven books. This first one has a stunningly kind intro from @ericlarocca.com.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was chatting with @cgolden.bsky.social today, which reminded me about how excited I am to bring his landmark seven-book series, THE SHADOW SAGA, to Bad Hand Books. Book one launches in late November. Pre-order today. Series cover art by @summerray.bsky.social.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Using generative AI to call yourself a writer is like buying plastic plants and bragging about being a gardener.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Got in a few hours of writing. Not sure if I added any words, but I definitely polished what I wrote Monday and set myself up to continue tomorrow, so I'll take it as a win. My hope is to finished the chapter by the end of the week.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 30/09/2026

22 hours remaining! Our first stretch goal adds another issue next year. Let’s read all the stories together! kck.st/4x4r1oz

headshots of Gemma Amor, Gemma Files, A.T. Greenblatt, Shane Hawk, Jordan Kurella, Arkady Martine, Sam J. Miller, Suzan Palumbo, Sarah Read, Eden Royce, A.D. Sui, Michael Wehunt, Kelsea Yu, along with the 3LBE masthead

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Attention: I got an email today offering for sale the CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE, ADDRESS, BUSINESS INFO - everything for the entire LIST of attendees for the 2026 World Fantasy Convention. Very ugly - did that list get hacked from the convention? I did fwd the email to writerbeware.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 30/09/2026

It's Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. 🟧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3q7...

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Orange Shirt Day - Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

YouTube video by BC LIONS

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME IS AVAILABLE NOW!! 💗 THANK YOU PAUL TREMBLAY!!

THES OF LATHE HORROR
SOMETHING
FOLLOWED
US
HOME
EDITED BY
Cynthia Pelayo
FOREWORD BY
Brenda Lozano
WITH STORIES FROM
Agusiina Bazlerrica, Isabel Canas, Mariana Enriquez, and olhers
"I inhaled the anthology's seventeen stories, which range from the uncanny, creepy, humorous, and brutal.
Insightful, humane, and original."
-PAUL TREMBLAY, New York Times bestselling author of
Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WHAT STALKS THE DEEP by @tkingfisher.com is out in paperback! 🕸️ The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America. 💙 tinyurl.com/xwwhuj3e

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Excruciatingly beautiful, as the last of things must be—L.P. Hernandez is unmatched. My favorite book of the year.” Laurel Hightower, author of CROSSROADS Pre-order WHAT DO WE TELL THE KIDS by @lphernandez.bsky.social: badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Take time today to listen to, reflect on, and learn from the truths shared by those who survived residential schools and the families and communities of those who did not.

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Megan M. Davies-Ostrom *Pre-order RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS* @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A few years ago, my Dr's office started using an on-line platform for booking, submitting forms, etc. It isn't mandatory, but they rarely answer the phone, so... Now we just got a message that they're moving to a paid subscription for said platform. I have to PAY to have reliable access to my dr??

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need so many books, and this is one of them.

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