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Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 10/10/2026

My latest read: "The Knave of Graves" by @sjshank.bsky.social Looking for an S-tier dark fantasy read this spooky season? Look no further, #booksky! 👍 Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Book Radar thebookradar.com/review/5595 StoryGraph app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/08fc... #books 🪐📚🩸📚💙

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO starts in a hellscape, accepts its fate, yet chooses hope, always.” For whatever reason the paperback is still 30 percent off today: 😳 a.co/d/0bX6NdZT thnx @gabino.bsky.social have a great weekend, all! 🙏

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Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy Friday!! This bundle of cool queer fantasy, gothic, and horror is going on for another week 🖤

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C. J. Daley 👻 Horror & Crime Thriller author @cjdaleywrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks! Welcome to Cemetery is a police procedural with dark disappearances & murders for a crime thriller/horror feel Missing teens✔️ Bloodless bodies✔️ Kidnappings✔️ Corruption✔️ Deceit✔️ Will the investigation get off the ground at this rate? On KU! books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Serling and Price discover a machine in an old house that creates ghosts. They go into business selling haunted houses. But now everyone who bought a house is missing, the machine has vanished, and they’ve opened door they desperately need to close… Only 99 cents: shorturl.at/fCEZ9

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks Gabino! My new medieval horror novella OUR LADY OF HOLY SLAUGHTER came out on Sep. 22. It's a brutal medieval fantasy about desperate crusaders confronting pagan folk horrors on the Baltic frontier. 🔗 mybook.to/holyslaughter

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The book that started it all for me is only $1.99 right now on all platforms. Now go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8... bookshop.org/p/books/zero...

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Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Book 88 of 2026: @sjshank.bsky.social, Our Lady of Holy Slaughter German crusaders, their native guides, and a papal knight flee from their pagan enemies after a calamitous rout. This is a grimdark survival horror novel with touches of folk horror--and I highly recommend it!

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 is now available everywhere in paperback! Theoretically, at least. You'll likely have to ask your local bookstore to place a special order. It's also available online through Amazon and national chains like Barnes & Noble. #medievalhorror

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I had a blast at Little Ghosts Fest today! Thanks to everyone who dropped by, chatted and bought a book. Thanks also to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social for hosting us at the @hwaontario.bsky.social table!

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Alex Koppel @arsduo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Stopped by Little Ghosts Fest by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and got some great urban and eco-horror for just in time for October 🏗️💀🪴

The Marigold by Andrew F Sullivan, Our Lady of Holy Slaughter by A.J. Shank, some zines by Jeff Estrella, and The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sentinel Creatives decided to do a preorder for the ebook of Devilry in Godling Wood: A Medieval Horror. It’s on Amazon now: mybook.to/devilry

The cover of Devilry in Godling Wood, featuring a man in a monk’s habit riding a chimerical hybrid of horse and pig, with a dragon curling around the mount’s cloven hooves.

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Mark Redman @quillofarkham1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our Lady of Holy Slaughter by S. J. Shank, bleak, brutal medieval folk horror. Stranded in a swamp during the Northern Crusades, crusaders face pagan warriors—and something stranger. Atmospheric, creepy, wonderfully miserable, great characters and unsettling supernatural elements.

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A few of the nice things reviewers are saying about my new medieval horror novella 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑. Now available in ebook and paperback 🔗 below #medieval #medievalhorror #folkhorror #religioushorror #historicalfantasy

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Devilry in Godling Wood, fashioned as a medieval fable, is one of @coyhall.bsky.social's best works to date. The language is lush, painting the hamlet, castle, and surrounding woods in thin, serpent-skin shadow. If you love folk and medieval horror, don't sleep on this.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A massive pub day today! (Sept. 22nd) Let's celebrate all these new dark & disturbing books! More info on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/MotherHorror...

a massive collage of 20+ books releasing today-click the link in the post for the break down

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks! I'm glad that you picked up the metal energy too. My illustrator (@gravestench_art over on IG) has done a lot of work for metal bands. (Check him out, his work is incredible!)

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks for the shout out, Patrick!

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For readers of Between Two Fires and Hellmouth, Our Lady of Holy Slaughter is a brutal medieval fantasy where desperate crusaders confront pagan folk horrors on the Baltic frontier.

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

♱ ♱ 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘♱ ♱ My new medieval horror novella 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 is now available. 🔗 mybook.to/holyslaughter

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Kristin Knowles @kzknowles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hello and happy Monday! It's lovely and fresh outside, I hope you get outside and enjoy! The ghosts and I are here with lots of suggestions for your spooky season reading, stop by and we'll hook you up! 🧡👻📚 @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Check out this wonderful review of OUR LADY OF HOLY SLAUGHTER on the Bookshelf Chaos YouTube channel! E-book and paperback available Sep. 22. 🔗 below

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Release is about a month away for my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. Oct 23! Please add it as ‘want to read’ on Goodreads if interested: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Graphic with Devilry in Godling Wood beside two blurbs from Goodreads.

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm so grateful for the thoughtful and complimentary review OUR LADY OF HOLY SLAUGHTER received from @esmayrosalyne.bsky.social in Before We Go Blog! 🙏🖤 🔗 below

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My new medieval horror novella 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 is about a tiny band of hunted crusaders confronting pagan horrors in the Baltic swamp. Coming September 22, 2026. #medieval #medievalhorror #folkhorror #religioushorror #survivalhorror #historicalfantasy

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good luck! (And keep the locks!)

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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dragged through the swamps. Horrors faced. Faith tested. Kneel before Our Lady of Holy Slaughter. Full review below!

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This wonderfully unique historical horror anthology includes my story "Ars Logica," which draws on early scientific ideas about logic, linguistics and computation. Now only 99c!

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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Great Tolkien Reread kicks off The Two Towers with "The Departure of Boromir". This is our first (and last) glimpse of Aragorn's point of view, at a time when he is riddled with indecision. wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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"The Departure of Boromir" by Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There's still time to sign up to become an ARC Reviewer for my new medieval horror novella OUR LADY OF HOLY SLAUGHTER. If you’re interested in reviewing an epub, please visit: tinyurl.com/holyslaughter

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's such a privilege to read a thoughtful review like this! I truly appreciate it. Thank you!

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm delighted to finally hold the finalized paperback of my new medieval horror novella 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑! The paperback will be available on Amazon on release day (Sep 22), and as a special order at your local bookstore a few weeks later. #medievalhorror #historicalfantasy #horror

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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's lots of horror books coming out in 2026 so I'll be posting a bunch each month. Here is part 2 of the ones being published in September. Book lists in ALT text. #2026horror #horrorbooks #2026publication #horror #bookpost #bookrecs #postseries #bookstagram #books

2026 HORROR
September
Part 2
Posted by @pineolisa

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE TONIGHT by Veronica Bane
THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS by Disco Barrington
THE ROUSE by China Miéville
OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm
KILL YOUR DARLINGS by Yuvashri Harish
THE HENCHPERSON'S GUIDE TO UNIONIZING by Marshall J. Moore
MAZYWOOD by Tananarive Due
CRONE by Keith Rosson
WORRY BOX by Chris Panatier
IN THE WOODS THEY WAIT by Carrie Lee South
INCARNATE by Alma Katsu
DEAD GIRLS by Ben Kubrick
TRAPS AND SPECTERS by Matt Dinniman
THE BRINK by Sophia Adamowicz
THE NEED by Megan Mostyn-Brown
ALL HER BEAUTIFUL DEATHS by A. Rushby
CALL OFF THE DARK by Hallie Shepherd
SOMETIMES I SCARE MYSELF by Jeneva Rose
LITTLE KIN by Katya de Becerra
HAIL MARY by Elizabeth Urso

BANQUET FOR THE DAMNED by Adam Nevill
WARPATH by Scott Sigler
WITCHLAND by Marion Gibson
WITCHES OF THE WHEEL by Lindsay Merbaum
OUR LADY OF HOLY SLAUGHTER by S.J. Shank
OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack
#VANDEATH by Brian Asman
BLOOD IS DRIPPING ONTO THE COURTYARD by Elvira Navarro
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS by Amanda Mortlock
THE MAN IN THE WATH STILL VISITS ME AT NIGHT by Joshua Chaplinsky
NOTES OF A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G. Penner
ROOTS & WRATH by E.J. Wenstrom
THE LINE by Aron Beauregard
CINDY IS PLASTIC by Tayla Harkness
NIGHTJARS by Michael Wehunt
THE MEMORY TREE by Heather Davey
THE SISTERS OF CRIMSON HOUSE by Melissa Anderson Sweazy
THE GHOSTS OF GUNFLINT BAY by L.J. Thomas
THE HOUSE OF GARDENIAS by Isabel Cañas
NEWBOURNE PARK by Jennifer Thorne

SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME ed. by Cynthia Pelayo
THE UNHAUNTING by Micaiah Johnson
BALDER'S GATE: ASTARION by T. Kingfisher
WE, THE MISSING by Arwyn Sherman
WHISPERS OF THE PALE WITCH by S.A. Sizemore
THE SHIP OF DEATH by Kyle Winkler
THE TERROR WITHIN by MrBallen & Andrea Mutti
THE CUTTING GARDEN by Erin Connally et al.
TRAD WIFE by Sarah Langan
LOVE NEVER DIES by Emma Cole
NIGHT OF MADNESS by Ryan Douglass
THE MAN OF WIND AND MOSS by Alex Gonzalez
JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW by Gillian Daniels
BEYOND THE GRAVES WAITS MIST AND SEA by Kathleen Kaufman
THE KILLING SECRET by Sage Mitchell
CHASING THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN by J.W. Ocker
WITHER by Dan Warner
SILENT NIGHTMARES ed. by Chuck Palachniuk & Michael Bailey
BLOOD DRUNK by Ben Shepherd
VIDEO NIGHT by Adam Cesare

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Claudia @cosmonautcloud.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Devilry in Godling Wood is a brilliant novel. @coyhall.bsky.social takes us deep into folklore, history, and horror, weaving them together with vivid imagery and characters who feel fully alive. Highly recommended, especially for fellow folklore enthusiasts! #booksky #books #medieval #horror

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