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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Random selection of books. I did the covers. I know the authors. Good stuff here. #BookSky

Selection of 11 books on a table. Titles include Two-Gun Witch, Stain of a Nation, Fairy Godmurder, Faed to Black, Pixie Dusted, The Dragon's Wife, Mr. Tingles Mysteries, Trial by Fire, Queen Power, Children of Solitude, and How Not to Be a Merchant's Daughter.

Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

One year ago this afternoon, we walked into a local convenience store to grab drinks and came out with an unexpected item. Happy Gotcha Day, Calcifer. You're the best little meatball in the world.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Teenager started karate lessons tonight. Awkward and hilarious. I love that kid so much.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

COVER REVEAL! <<cue trumpet fanfare>> Here she is, in all of her uncovered glory! My newest collection of short horror will be here in August from Watertower Hill Publishing. What’s more, she’s already up for preorder! www.watertowerhill.com/product-page... #booksky 📚💙 #horror #horrobooks

Cover of These Precious Things by Susan H. Roddey - a dead, twisted tree in front of an old set of stone steps. The image is a faded, dark wash with green and purple water spots superimposed over it. The title and author name are in gold text.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'm not saying there's ANOTHER book coming out soon, but........... #booksky #horrorbooks

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 12/06/2025

We're closing in, a week and a half left until COVER REVEAL and PREORDERS go live for The Backwards Knight! The hype is palpable, I can feel my heart running laps in my chest. I can see for *years* and can say: you are not ready for this, but I'll let you have it anyway. #thgink #BookSky

Image of a paper-wrapped copy of The Backwards Knight sitting on a faded, murky wooden surface. Below is a black text box with white text that reads:

“What do you think you are doing, ser?” Though the words were quiet, they weren’t timid. Spoken carefully, as to not draw attention. Orn glimpsed a mud-caked face with vivid blue eyes staring at him from the bushes.

“No sers here, friend.” Orn grunted, working to free his foot from the snare. The muck coating the rope botched his attempts.

“No friends here. Ser.” The bush rustled, and Orn paused, waiting for an attack from whomever lurked in the darkness.

“Not yet.” When the noises faltered, Orn resumed picking at the knot and leather, loosening the length of it enough that he could wriggle his foot out. Once that was done, he scrubbed a hand over his face to scrape away what mud remained. Then, with a violent shake of his hand, he sent globs of mud flying in all directions.

“You aren’t like them,” the hidden man remarked.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If ever you needed a reason to buy one of my books, hopefully this review is it. I am... "gobsmacked" isn't quite a strong enough word. www.amazon.com/Spades-Wonde... #booksky #Fantasy #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #Author 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ 💙📚

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AquaMarie 🧜🏼‍♀️💙 @aquamarie23.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Good morning friends. This kid is spot on 👏🏼💙

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Ingram is being precious today. Finally managed, after several tiny temper tantrums, to get the new version Lingua Timore uploaded. Now we get to wait 5-7 business days. Oh, the joys of indie publishing. Weirdly, the 'zon made the ebook easy this time. #BookSky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCTD6JZG/

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Lingua Timore: 13 Terrifying Tales

Amazon.com: Lingua Timore: 13 Terrifying Tales eBook : Roddey, Susan H.: Kindle Store

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Woke up "meh" this morning. Feels a little disingenuous to promote books when the world is on fire and every day we slip more and more into a dystopian hellscape. I know, I know... art is what gives people escape. But it's hard to enjoy that escape when people I love are under fire.

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Meredith Mooring @meredithmooring.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com

A screenshot from a legal complaint with contact information for the plaintiffs' attorneys that states, "Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064)
Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108)
Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371)
Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007)
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
601 California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, California 94108
Telephone: (415) 500-6800
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com
czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com
cyoung@saverilawfirm.com
kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com
Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953)
1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Telephone: (323) 968-2632
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: mb@buttericklaw.com
Counsel for Individual and Representative
Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class"

A screenshot from a legal complaint that states, "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Richard Kadrey, an individual;
Sarah Silverman, an individual;
Christopher Golden, an individual;
Individual and Representative Plaintiffs,
v.
Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware
corporation;
Case No.
Complaint
Class Action
Demand for Jury Trial
Defendant."

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Book slut 💙 @heatherbookslut.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Another reminder to quit book shaming people. Let people read and write whatever they want! #booksky

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Set up a StoryGraph account (SilverKitsune for inquiring minds) and I've been manually adding my books (hello, masochist!). Thus far I've added just over 200 books. My reading habits are...interesting. Seeing it spelled out, I'm a little worried about me. #Booksky

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Finally getting back into the habit of writing every day, yet I still find myself wishing for the installation of a USB port into my brain. It would be so much easier to make books actually book if I could just dump it all out like puzzle pieces THEN sort through it.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The latest day job support ticket is a good example of why our country is the way it is. Ticket (summarized): When I scan a document, it comes up clear. When CSRs scan, it comes up garbled. <<attached are photos of a woman's hand holding a document>> Can we fix this? (1/4)

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 7: "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Tell me, #Booksky people: What do you look for in a book? What about in the author? How likely are you to buy a special edition of a book if there's swag to go with it? Asking for research, because I've got two book launches coming up next year and I'm curious to know what readers like.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Finally starting to feel better today. Woke up Saturday morning sick as hell and unable to breathe. Not anything majorly bad...just a cold, it seems. Still look and sound terrible, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to live this time.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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Crymsyn Hart @crymsynhart.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Check out Mist and Bone if you enjoy some Dark Fantasy. mochamemoirspress.com/product/mist...

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Today is very much a "trying hard not to give into the fanaticism that accompanies fear" day. I'm tired of this reality sucking. I either need it to suck less, or I need a new reality.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Penguin Classics cover of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Thanks to Bsky, Threads, and Discord, I'm no longer DOOMscrolling. It's more like... Hopescrolling? Is that a word? The communal fear and fury have coalesced into a strange sense of fellowship. There's support and positivity and the general consensus that somehow, we're going to get through this.

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Author_Jesse V Coffey @authorjessevcoffey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

You have #KindleUnlimited? Looking for a saucy read with action, adventure, and bawdy romance? Free with a KU subscription, my Her Super Spy Trilogy is a five star read, according to Amazon. Enjoy! And if you can dash a review on there, I'd be grateful. amz.run/9pRO

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

(Everybody else is doing it, so I wanna do it too!) Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 1: "The Dark Half" by Stephen King

Hardback Cover of "The Dark Half" by Stephen King

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 13/11/2024

This came out a week ago and I've already had some wonderful reviews mybook.to/angelsmass

Ice effect background. Text reads: At Tintern Abbey in Wales, Brother Edmund is an ordinary monk haunted by a man only he can see and hear. And Edmund will uncover a mystery that has consequences for everyone

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I made lunch. Now let's see if I remember to eat it.

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Lucy Blue @lucybluewriter.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Why are book banners picking on some books & not others? Because they (or the messaging firms making the lists) are making sure to target books that as many people as possible have actually heard of. It's not about themes; it's certainly not about protecting children. It's about making a big noise.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I like to think of my writing as escapism, but sometimes the rage falls out when I least expect it. From Diamonds & Rust (Wonderland Wars #2). There's more rage where this came from in Book 1. #DarkFantasy

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

So, I'm told the story itself is problematic -- this apparently isn't the reason for the firing. BUT. The QR code works and it is a lovely thing.

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Rebecca Cuthbert @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Is your kid a bit more "Nightmare Before Christmas" than cutesy-wootsey? Do you believe spooky stuff is for all ages? Then have we got the book for you! Link in commments. #releaseday #bookbirthday #newbook #childrensbook #kidsbooks #kidsbookshelf #horrorforkids #kidslikespookytoo #spookykids

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Julie Lynn @bellafortunate.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

"Your body, my choice"? Your body, my freezer

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Things I learned this week: A an elderly parent in the ER is SUPER stressful. The good news is I'm now more than half-way through Nettle and Bone and will likely finish it tonight provided I don't pass out as soon as I sit down.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

In fact, little ghostie is just one of several still-flat crochet critters who need a bit of stuffing.

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Little hollow ghosting, ready for stuffing!

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the corghoul from cowboy beBOO! 👻 @realqrampage.fightins.online · 08/11/2024

let’s be perfectly clear: “your body, my choice” is a rape and murder threat and that’s not an exaggeration

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Nicole Givens Kurtz @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

We have less than 12 days to meet our goal. This is our last attempt to bring this anthology to life. If you can, back our Indiegogo campaign. www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-c...

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A Crack in the Code: Cybertronic Stories

Our goal is to pay our authors SFWA professional rate of .08 a word. Authors deserve pro rates. | Check out 'A Crack in the Code: Cybertronic Stories' on Indiegogo.

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

2024 HWA Diversity Grants is open for additional period, Nov 1 - 11. Each $500 grant to be spent on approved expenses for two years. Go to: horrorscholarships.com/diversity-gr... to fill out an application and be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and select the "Click here to apply' button.

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Diversity Grants – Horror Scholarships

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Susan H. Roddey @shroddey.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I have cats. Please enjoy four of them.

Orange kitten wrapped in a blanket named Skittles

Large Maine Coon Mix named Pig giving side-eye

Large gray and white cat named Hamlet lying on a book

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