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Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Fantastic event last night at @bookpeople.com! Always great to see @ryan-leslie.bsky.social and @scribeofhades.bsky.social Stop by for copies of their badass books!!

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The Scary Stuff Podcast @scarystuffpodcast.com · 03/10/2025

Thanks so much Gabino! Our host @shoutingstreet.bsky.social has a new novel THE LAST SUMMER out now as part of the Systema Paradoxa series of cryptid tales. The book can be purchased directly from @especbooks.bsky.social at the link below! especbooks.square.site/product/the-...

The cover for the novel THE LAST SUMMER from ESpecBooks, with text overlaid over a background of sepia-toned forest.

"THE LAST SUMMER
As Accounted By Jacob Jones-Goldstein

Systema Paradoxa
Volume 26

ESpecBooks.com"

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If you miss this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Probably.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

"twisty, pacy thriller/horror novel is part BRING HER BACK plus THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, crossed with BEETLEJUICE." "stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed, even among the hundreds I’ve read." Pretty big bookclub picked it up this month, so can you! a.co/d/hdmfDhF

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99! Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Top of the mornin', Gabino! Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season. Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too! linktr.ee/authorlevai

My books against a starry background.
The Night Library of Sternendach features a book, fangs, and red bat wings.
The Glass Garden has futuristic white text over a kaleidoscopic image.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It’s a great day to buy 3 books, minimum. You heard me. In fact, I aim to grab five. Why the fuck not?!? I love them. You do too. Maybe you buy mine, maybe you don’t. You should buy one min from your favorite Latina or Latino author first and run amok from there! Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🖤🙏🖤🙏

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

For the afternoon crowd. It's release day of The Garden of Before!

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🚨🚨🚨 It's pub day for THE GARDEN OF BEFORE, the sequel and conclusion to THE BETWEEN! What a journey these books have been. Please help me spread the word and give this book a huge sendoff into the world of readers! 🚨🚨🚨@parliamentbooks.bsky.social

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Can you imagine a more entertaining way to spend next Friday evening? Can you?!

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S. J. Krandall @sjkrandall.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Spooky season is coming! Time for some spooky reads.

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🐣 Migi ➡️ back to the vampire mines @tdcloud.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

My big queer vampire crime thriller is discounted to just $1.99 on the 'zon this weekend as part of an SYK event! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

new review just dropped. while in line to pick up my son. no hidden meaning to this picture i used. It’s my leg in the car. still attached to my body. dragonfruit Red Bull. anyway… hugs. 🙏🖤🙏🖤 thanks @gabino.bsky.social 🙏 a.co/d/9u44AAf 🫡

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

These books are wonderful. If you haven't read them, pick them up pronto!

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Dale Jacobs @tigerpride.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Thanks, Gabino! ON COMICS AND GRIEF combines a look at the comic books from 1976 with creative nonfiction about the place of those comics in my childhood, memories of my mother, and writing about grief.

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Madeleine Swann @madeleineswann.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Thanks again!! I was just nominated for an award!!! bsky.app/profile/made...

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Thank you! Only $1.99, people! Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop. Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

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Amazon.com: Mad Days: Stories and Curses eBook : Alley, Elford: Books

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

It’s #FridayReads time AND Latine Heritage Month! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here are horror and noir mixed with Spanglish, history, anti-colonialism, magic, friendship, revenge, and monsters from the deep. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"Seriously - if you enjoyed the first installment, you will love the sequel even more, even if it will break your heart here and there..." Humbled by this review by Roberta at Offbeat YA.

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Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I had a few people asking if there is an ebook version of Summer in the House of the Departed. Yes there is! You can order it directly from the publisher right here: psychopomp.com/product/summ...

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Summer in the House of the Departed | Psychopomp

Forty-four years after his grandmother and an entire West Texas town vanished, Brady returns to his childhood home, hoping to follow in her footsteps.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I'd love to get some more eyeballs on my latest novella, THE GLASS GARDEN. linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden

The cover of the book in question, with arrows indicating it contains coffee, academics… in space, adult sibling drama, and eldritch horror

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks, Gabino! The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

70 ratings so far, it’s early yet but if you’ve read What The Dead Can Do and are so inclined, please leave a review or tell a friend or twenty. 🤙 or pick it up today at your local BN. or here right now: bookshop.org/p/books/what... Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Morning, Gabino. Some news. Down and Out Books and I have parted ways, and I hope to land somewhere, and I’m sure I will, but these bad boys will be out of print for a while. Now would be the time to get them if anyone has been on the fence. #FridayReads www.bishopriderbooks.com

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J A Jensen @jajensenbooks.com · 12/09/2025

If you want to read some scary stories from folks like @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social and @scottsigler.bsky.social , pick up the anthology, Dread Coast:Tales of SoCal Horror. Publisher proceeds benefit the LA Wildfire Recovery charities. www.warwicks.com/book/9781955...

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Kimberly Davis Basso @kdbwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks Gabino! New stuff coming in October, meanwhile my two horror collections are still fresh and bloody, 13 tales in each, whispers in the dark that will slide into your brain, crawl down your throat, and unsettle your stomach. Have a great weekend #fridayreads linktr.ee/kdbwrites

Cover of Revolve by Kimberly Davis Basso (horror shorts, Door Volume II). Inverted glass marble reflecting an inverted wave on a beach in shades of blue.

Cover of Next Door by Kimberly Davis Basso underwater infinity door with a woman swimming up towards the surface, shafts of light streaking downward

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C. J. Daley 👻 Horror & Crime Thriller author @cjdaleywrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks Gabino! Tales From Cemetery’s preorder is live now! A horror short story collection just in time for the spooky season! books2read.com/u/br8AgE My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too! A little dark. A little spooky books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

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The Scary Stuff Podcast @scarystuffpodcast.com · 12/09/2025

Thanks so much Gabino!! 🙂 All three of our pod's hosts are contributing stories to the superhero anthology WHERE LEGENDS WALK from @oddityprodigy.bsky.social, and the Kickstarter campaign is ending in just five days. More details available at the link below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/odd...

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Where Legends Walk

An Anthology of Superhero Stories from Oddity Prodigy Productions

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thank you! Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop! Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

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🐣 Migi ➡️ back to the vampire mines @tdcloud.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

never a bad time for award-winning queer erotic horror tbh, and given everything going on rn, it may be the best time for it bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Latinx Heritage Month starts in three days, so here’s the perfect read for you. Come find out what makes the racists so angry… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

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BookPeople @bookpeople.com · 22/07/2025

Are you ready for round three of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Join Kari Lavelle on September 6th discussing BUTT OR FACE?: SUPER GROSS BUTTS and discover fascinating facts about disgusting animals! More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @karilavellewrites.bsky.social

BookPeople Events Presents Kari Lavelle (author of WE MOVE THE WORLD on Saturday September 6th at 2PM

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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thanks, Gabino! A wildlife biologist does a psychedelic trip with the hopes of touching the fabric of the universe but unknowingly brings a piece back with him. Can he find it in the wilds of Colorado, or will it find him first? @bookpeople.bsky.social a.co/d/5XwaiFH

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The Hand of the Archer: Phillips, Kurt, Phillips, Kurt: 9798988101321: Amazon.com: Books

The Hand of the Archer [Phillips, Kurt, Phillips, Kurt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Hand of the Archer

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Elad Haber @eladhaber.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hi Gabino! I have a new little story out in the September issue of Does It Have Pockets? It's a surrealist take on the writing process, or a story about "that time I met my favorite writer and she told me to do whatever the fuck I want with my words." www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/elad...

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Elad Haber — Does It Have Pockets

An Unfinished Sentence

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

What the Dead Can Do is now available as an audiobook! Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks. 🚨 I’VE GOT THREE CODES! 🚨 for Spotify. Share this post to enter. I’ll pick 3 randos at midnight CT. The actors did an amazing job. It’s truly chilling. THNX @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Out now! Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop! Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Happy Friday !! I made a post about my dark souls lesbians book bsky.app/profile/ladz...

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thanks, Gabino! bsky.app/profile/auth...

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Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thanks Gabino! The ebook for The Unkillable Frank Lightning has been reduced to $7.99. Please check it out and help spread the word!! For fans of Frankenstein, black magic, broken characters, and bloody murder. www.amazon.com/Unkillable-F...

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The Unkillable Frank Lightning

The Unkillable Frank Lightning - Kindle edition by Rountree, Josh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Unkillable Frank Lightning.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Ebook sale ends today, so giveaway time! Get the House ebook anywhere, send me proof, and you’re in! Giving away a signed copy of TEOTWAWKI. Picking a winner at 10pm. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Central Texas people mark your calendars!

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

What a huge release day today is! @cshumble.bsky.social's masterwork saga is now complete. If you haven't read these... You're in for all of the emotions and for scenes that will be forever etched into your mind.

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L.P. Hernandez @lphernandez.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Please buy @scribeofhades.bsky.social new book. He'll sue me if you don't.

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 02/09/2025

"I was there. I know what I saw…" SUMMER IN THE HOUSE OF THE DEPARTED by @joshrountree.bsky.social a perfect end of summer read if you do say so ourselves 🖤💀 buy it here: psychopomp.com/product/summ...

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Summer in the House of the Departed | Psychopomp

Forty-four years after his grandmother and an entire West Texas town vanished, Brady returns to his childhood home, hoping to follow in her footsteps.

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Ryan Leslie @ryan-leslie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Happiest pub day to SHITSHOW by @scribeofhades.bsky.social! It's the porta-potty portal novel you've always needed. Get it!

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