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Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Now available at the A24 bookstore! Link in the first comment!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals and put books in front of readers. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The hardcover of House of Bone and Rain is on a “limited time deal” and just $19! Read the stuff that makes bigots angry. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here’s some Brock Hofer art to make your Thursday a little better.

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

If you want to survive the blight, you're going to need to walk softly & carry a big axe. Or find a mysterious warrior to do it for you. THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH A dark fantasy horror novel. #booksky Yaveta: Emeline Maridani Wulfren: Paul Warren Music: Dan Zappulla www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

They should try stuffing pizza crusts with other things, like cemetery dirt or jackalope fur or the ichor of a chthonic god.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

And then the phone queues up Death by Metal from Fulci. Random on point tonight.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Listening to my metal list on random, Carpet Bomb - Awaken Terror, need to get this into rotation more often. #HeavyMetal

Carpet Bomb album cover, album name Awaken Terror. Robed death figure holding skull and surrounded by bombs stuck into ground.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hey, the kindle edition of House of Bone and Rain is only $4.99 for a couple days! Get on it. Tell a friend. Send it to your mom (it’s a “mom” book…in a way). Thank you very much! Long live the dark stuff. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Enter for a chance to win a finished copy of the bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones', most anticipated novel of 2025, what readers are heralding as "the best vampire novel since Dracula": The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Giveaway ends 1/27! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Next up is Spelljammer - Abyssal Trip and Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream. Some crunchy doom and if anyone is looking to fill their Type O Negative needs look no further than Neon Nightmare's Faded Dream. It spins regularly around here. #HeavyMetal

Spelljammer - Abyssal Trip album cover: person in a spacesuit standing in a field with a steel tower and red moon behind them.
Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream album cover: what I take as a corporeal person floating in front of a door drawing a white jagged line on the door.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Work day music courtesy of Vicious Blade and Basement Torture Killings. Some proper thrash and some pure filth. Turn it up! #HeavyMetal

Vicious Blade - Relentless Force album cover: Gauntlet holding a skull coming out of ground with a castle in the background.
Basement Torture Killings - Lessons in Murder album cover: Bloody eyes staring over police crime scene tape.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Here’s some bawny art to make your Friday a little better.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

"we're in the last stretch, it's almost next year!" Next year:

Mordor from the Lord of the Rings, showing the tower of Barad-dur and the volcanic Mount Doom

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Got that sweet Amazon gift card? Use it for this so you get a gift and I get a gift. I’m the Oprah of horror and crime! Anyway, start it soon and you can end the year reading about an ancient Taíno hurricane god or monsters from the deep or a floating cow head… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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David Allen Lambert @dlgenealogist.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The weird thing is, if 100 people reskeet this, the moon will transmogrify into cheese. Sure that sounds fun but the consequences will be dire.

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Jeremy Robert Johnson @jrjisprobable.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

100% of profits from Dec 24 sales of all Coevolution Press titles will be donated to aid Portland's Path Home in their mission to "empower families with children to get back into housing & stay there." Thank you for all you do to share & support this annual royalty drive. (1/2)

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🎃 Andy Cull 🎃 @andrewcull.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Wᵒᵤˡd yᵒᵤ LIKE ᵗₒ WIN a ████ ᵒf FOUND²? Like and share this post for a chance to win a 𝚌̶𝚞̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚎̶𝚍̶ paperback. ██'ll draw a wᵢₙₙₑᵣ/ᵥ̷𝗂̷ᶜ̷𝗍̷ᵢ̷𝗆̷ on 12/20 🖤. 𝚏̶𝚘̶𝚛̶ ̶𝙶̶𝚘̶𝚍̶'̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚊̶𝚔̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚍̶𝚘̶𝚗̶'̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚍̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚒̶𝚝̶

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

"Ho, Ho, Ho.....ly shit!" is right. Quick, fun, & festive read. I enjoyed reading Santa's Grotto by @manylittlewords.bsky.social. Grab the family and go meet Santa and his elves if you dare.

Book cover of Santa's Grotto by Gemma Amor, a bloody leaf on dirty blood splattered snow.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Book mail: where to start? Shape shifters, cannibal, or Santa? Santa's Grotto by Gemma Amor Benny Rose the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper Hairspray and Switchblades by V. Castro

Book covers to:
Hairspray and Switchblades by V. Castro
Benny Rose the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper
Santa's Grotto by Gemma Amor

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏽‍♀️Found family 👾 Eldritch horrors 👥 Shady cult 💪 Cast of strong women 🐈‍⬛️ Plum For 20 years, Faith was made to believe the spider-armed woman was a figment of her imagination. For 20 years, she's tried to forget. Now it's time to face the truth. THE UNGODLY DUOLOGY www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Good morning

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C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

What's red and green and entertained me all day? Good Dogs by @thebrianasman.bsky.social and the score to The Matrix. I recommend both, it was a bloody good time.

Cover of the book Good Dogs, red background and a wolf face with glowing eyes coming through the letters. Cover to the album to The Matrix, green with Neo dodging bullets.

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Katarina Hunt @katarinahunt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Here's my attempt at alt text'ing it!

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

HANG UP YOUR THROWING STARS, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 15/11/2024

while adjusting to new social media apps can be exhausting, sewers will always be the first social media network that drained you in the best way possible.

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Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀 Repost & follow to be in the draw! One randomly selected person will get this signed (& dedicated) copy of the Locked Library special edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

You like fantasy? You like horror? You like them stitched together to create a world upended by blight, where the survival of two reluctant allies is balanced on the edge of a blade? Then you're going to love THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH. #Booksky 📚👀 Music by Dan Zappulla www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

It would be super cool and helpful if you peeps considered preordering my upcoming lil horror book FAMILIAR. ghoulish.rip/product/fami...

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

"Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring" is the current timeline I think. #HeavyMetal

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from (whatever device you're using) without explanation.

Giant inflatable of a demonic being, from a Kreator concert.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Giveaway because it’s Halloween! Everyone who reposts this gets on the list for a signed copy of HOBAR. Those who buy HOBAR and send me proof get on the list for a signed, limited edition hardcover of Zero Saints ($90, sold out). Stops at 100 entries. Good luck! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

When I feel like none of it makes a difference, I like to sit in the dark and think about all the things I haven’t accomplished. That always feeds the fire.

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Fantasy meets horror in my novel, THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH, book 1 of 2 in The Frayed Kingdom duology. Whether you're a fan of swords and sorcery or decrepit villages filled with creepy monsters, this book is for you! I'd appreciate a boost to help more readers find their way to it. #Booksky

A graphic featuring the cover of Threads of Ash: South surrounded by descriptors.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

I love books! That is all. Maybe wine too...

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James Cobo @jamescobo.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Maybe the best logo I’ve ever seen

A photo of a Japanese bar’s sign in which a cheerful bottle is kicking a brain in its nuts

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Do you like gothic fiction? Architectural horror? Weird families? Capybaras? Check out my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated book The Atrocities. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Here's a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shipp. The book is resting on grass with white petals strewn about. The cover of the book features an eerie manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

On a Spiderman-Man binge lately. My eldest has Marvel Unlimited and I've been using her tablet to read, read, read. But I'm missing the text only aspect. What should I read next?

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Sorry if this is annoying, but gonna keep promoting 'cos the sale only lasts for today! Inheriting Her Ghosts: 🏰🐕👻💔 Threads of Ash: South: 🪓🐎🧌☠️ Only 99 cents on Amazon!

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i am born again! hallelujah! Rowling: tell me Rowling: have you heard Rowling: the good word about biology? Poe: what Poe: what is this now?

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Snag 2 excellent stories at an excellent price per.

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

I'm at 79% on a book, and I'm losing interest fast. Endless situations that are bad and seemingly go nowhere other than look how bad this situation is, ugh. I'll finish it today and hope it ends well or at least picks up the pace.

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Pre-orders for THREADS OF ASH: SOUTH are live on Amazon! Looking for a Souls-like dark fantasy horror for your next read? You've found it. www.amazon.com/dp/B0D47XRGZ5

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

I'd really appreciate if people would share this. I love this story so much and don't want to see it eaten by the algorithm #booktok #darkfantasy #horror

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Ralph Reads @ralphreads.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

Sitting here reading Books of Blood by the great Clive Barker while I listen to the scores from: Hellraiser - Young Hellbound - Young Hell on Earth - Miller Bloodlines - Licht Hellraiser (2022) - Lovett It just seems right, right?

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