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R.A. Busby

@rabusby.bsky.social
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🩸📚Horror writer | Bram Stoker nominee & Shirley Jackson Award winner | I write stuff to make you squirm. linktr.ee/RABusbyauthor

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Iran's latest.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
i'm sick, this dog is living my best life
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
best film adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So, the testosterone will presumably make cis males more…cissy How is this *not* gender-affirming medication?
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/07/2026
The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m #Team Biblically Accurate Angel But With Tentacles, Books, and a Boatload of Sass.
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micah @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
how can you hate all of humanity when it's capable of this transcendence
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
My parents’ tastes were…eclectic. We listened to country: Marty, Kenny, Willie, Merle, Kris, Johnny, Tanya, Patsy, Dolly, Loretta …but also opera. Bohème. Butterfly. Rigoletto. Carmen. Magic Flute. Traviata. …and pop / rock. Neil. Linda. Eagles. Olivia. Beatles. …and show tunes. And mariachi.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Michelle Obama appreciation post just because.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.
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Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day!
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day
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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Gee, thanks "teach the dems a lesson voters." 😡😡😡😡
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My first thought is this:
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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My second-ever BookTube video is LIVE! A 2026 Horror Book Preview: youtu.be/TJZO5daSZIQ?...
a picture of me holding a Night Worms mug with a pile of books
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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 17/04/2026
It's GritLit weekend! Stelliform has a nice prize in the silent auction. If you're at the festival or local to Hamilton, bid & you could win two books by GritLit alum Rebecca Campbell and a Stelliform canvas tote. Let the bidding begin! loom.ly/y4DmDM8
GritLit Silent Auction Now Open
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New exercise plan is to run every day but always in regular clothes while constantly checking over my shoulder and muttering "not again not again why won't you stay dead"
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
When it happens…may it be soon enough for Stephen King to dance on the grave, pumping a blue chambray workshirted arm in the air and screaming, “YEEEAAAGGHHHH, MOTHERFUUUUUCCCCKKAAA.” That is all.
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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Holy shit, I guess y'all will have to continue waiting forever for the official From Beyond Press tiktok channel. This is fucking grim.
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Me and @bjmcgee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I enjoyed watching this dude. He got me pretty fired up. bsky.app/profile/stat...
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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Did you catch the episode of BOOKED featuring 2025 SSBA winner in horror, @rabusby.bsky.social? The episode is available now on the BOOKED YouTube channel! Listen to her conversation with Saffron via the link.
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BOOKED with R.A. Busby | Season Two Episode Nineteen
Check out this week's episode of BOOKED with the insightful and wonderful R.A. Busby, winner of the horror category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! You can find this incredible author's work…
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Great interview with Saffron Asteria of BOOKED! We talk about publishing, awesome indie fiction, and of course, horrible things you can find growing on (or in) your body. 😆 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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BOOKED with R.A. Busby | Season Two Episode Nineteen
Podcast Episode · BOOKED · 01/02/2026 · 49m
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Wow! My story “Ten Thousand Crawling Children” was included in Ellen Datlow’s recommended works for Best of Horror no. 17! I am so thrilled! Thanks to Ellen Datlow and @wnwagner.bsky.social for liking my weird spider story!! ellendatlow.com/category/news/
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Okay, I am genuinely thrilled to be on @stephenkingcast.bsky.social ‘s follow list. I’ve listened to so many of Constantly Reader’s podcasts (and loved the ones with the sweet doggo in the background). Looking forward to hearing more in the new year!
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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The next interview we want to highlight is between @specawards.bsky.social Founder @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social and SSBA 2025 Horror Winner @rabusby.bsky.social. Read about the hedgehog on the cover, mushroom research rabbit holes, and the important, true story that inspired the book.
The YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD book cover with a teacup that has a hedgehog on it against a gray background. The book is by R. A. Busby.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
How cool! Got interviewed by L.N. Holmes about my weird mushroom book You Will Speak for the Dead (Stelliform Press). We talk about hoarding, fungus, death, and lighter-stealing ferrets, so give it a look! lnholmeswriter.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/a... @stelliformpress
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A Chat with R.A. Busby, the 2025 SSBA Winner in Horror
L. N. Holmes: Thanks for agreeing to this interview, R. A. You Will Speak for the Dead is mushroom horror meets body horror. It’s also so much more than that. After reading the acknowledgements in …
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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The winner in the horror category for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards is YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)! #SSBA #SSBA2025
“Horror Winner: YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by R.A. Busby!” Image is of the YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD book cover against a graveyard background.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Aaah!! Omg, I am so honored! Thank you so much, and thank you to @stelliform.press for all their support!!
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
And OF COURSE those “croissants” look like they came out of a paper tube.
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Voces de lo insólito @vocesinsolito.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
¿Queréis una historia que os sacuda hasta la médula? Pues no se hable más: id corriendo a leer «Diez mil niñas que se arrastran», de R. A. Busby. Estamos segures de que os dejará los pelos como escarpias 🕷️ www.patreon.com/posts/diez-m... #terror #leoautorasoct @rabusby.bsky.social
Cubierta con el fondo morado claro con un degradado desde el centro hasta los bordes. En el centro aparece el título del relato, seguido del nombre de le autore, y, en la parte inferior, el nombre de quien lo ha traducido y el logo de Voces de lo insólito. Los bordes de la cubierta están llenos de detalles, tanto a izquierda como a derecha. Hay calaveras blancas rodeadas por círculos. Frascos de veneno. Dos cuervos que se miran desde cada lado. Ojos, huesos, lunas, gotas de sangre y hierbas desperdigadas por ahí. Todo con tonos y sombras moradas, excepto los cuervos, que destacan con su color negro. En la parte superior hay un ojo brillante y en la inferior un semicírculo rosa oscuro con dos ojos verticales a cada lado.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
To be fair, anything has to be better than the Branagh version. Naked Jello wrestling with Robert DeNiro was definitely not on my movie wish list.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. Six fuckin’ laps. Pathetic.
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 18/10/2025
Commit it to memory. This is the way ⬇️
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Every time I see one of those videos, I’m wondering what will happen when someone just says “Fk it,” and starts retaliating.
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Kim Novak - The Reading Rx @cfpharmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
You Will Speak for the Dead by R.A. Busby is a fabulous #Horror novella that makes you question how your collective accumulation leaves a mark on the world. #SSBA2025 semifinals. #BookSky 💙📚 @stelliform.press @rabusby.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book cover of You Will Speak for the Dead by R.A. Busby. A China teacup with a hedgehog design against a sporulating backdrop.
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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (@stelliform.press) by @rabusby.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2025
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I’m so delighted! My best wishes to everyone nominated!
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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Semifinalists for HORROR (cont) TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @qospress.bsky.social RESISTERS by @chriscampeau.bsky.social at @tonyanuci.bsky.social YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social at @stelliform.press
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Not me, being SO THRILLED to get listed in @sadiehartmann.bsky.social ‘s new book Feral and Hysterical for You Will Speak for the Dead! omg omg omg! 😆 So many thanks to @stelliform.press for publishing my weird fungus book!!
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🇺🇸💙💙🤔🤨CJ🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Let me repeat it! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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✂️ South Park Trump in Desert
59 seconds · Clipped by Henry Gale · Original video "The PSA contains synthetic media" by South Park Studios
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R.A. Busby @rabusby.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I want to like Chapelwaite. I really do, but for fuck’s sake, DO YOUR RESEARCH. This show is set around 1850. Here’s what people didn’t do or say: 1. They didn’t go in costume for trick-or-treating (episode 2). 2. They didn’t use “pitch” to mean “sales pitch” until 1943 (episode 2). 3. They also…
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