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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I got asked for ID while buying a book today. What is in Kylie Lee Baker’s Bat Eater that I need to be 25+ to read?!

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I got asked for ID while buying a book today. What is in Kylie Lee Baker’s Bat Eater that I need to be 25+ to read?!

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 14/05/2026

Only a couple of weeks to go until our sorcerous submissions call-out opens! We're SO looking forward to reading what you're brewing up. View the guidelines: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-2-...

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I’m reading @katevanderborgh.bsky.social’s And He Shall Appear and listening to @chinckleys.bsky.social’s The Black Lord and they are both just so, so good. Phenomenal storytelling.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Another top effort from Cumbernauld Library’s horror section display. @librariesnl.bsky.social

Library shelves with an assortment of horror novels. On the wall above, an image of a Demogorgon from Stranger Things and Joyce Byers-style alphabet display.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Another top effort from Cumbernauld Library’s horror section display. @librariesnl.bsky.social

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Support indie horror this holiday season, please. We need you. We're waiting for you to find us. Click on any of the presses to find rad horror titles now. @nwreader.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @thirdestatebooks.bsky.social 1/3

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 09/12/2025

Our current reading period is open until midnight on the 20th December. We're looking for novellas and short story collections to publish in 2026-27, from writers living in the North of England, in speculative genres. Read our guidelines: carnyxpress.co.uk/novella-and-...

We’re open to submissions of novellas and collected short stories. Seeking literary, weird, speculative fiction from writers living in the North of England.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Overheard my four year old daughter having a conversation with her own reflection earlier, asking who was the real girl and who was the ‘not real’ girl out of the two of them. Both girls insisted that they were the real one. So excuse me while I don’t sleep ever again.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

* ANNOUNCING * Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Hallowe’en, fiends! What a day. New Creeper album, new Alkaline Trio single, and then guising in the rain with my kids. 🎃

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Because it seems like a good Tuesday for this. Janet returns May 1st, 2026. Coming from Strange Wilds Press. Official cover reveal and pre-order coming in 2026. More below.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

My colleagues got me a copy of @natcassidy.bsky.social’s Nestlings shipped over from America for my birthday and it is without a doubt the most skin-crawlingly tense, jaw-droppingly upsetting, insightfully clever ‘vampire’ book I’ve read in a long time. Instantly one of my favourite horror reads.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We're running a giveaway for a copy of Turbine 34 by Katherine Clements. It's our last giveaway of the year! UK residents enter over on our IG

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Writing pals, a pupil at my school has written and just released her debut novel! (I wish I was this together at 17!) If dystopia is your thing, check out V.O.I.D here: amzn.eu/d/9bN1k6e

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V.O.I.D: Violation of Intellectual Dominion eBook : Yuzalk, Sami: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Well this is exciting! I don’t think I’ve sold books in Italy before.

Screenshot of KDP Top Marketplaces pie chart with 53% of sales in Italy, 31% in the United States, and 16% in the UK.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Well this is exciting! I don’t think I’ve sold books in Italy before.

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Want to submit a story to THE SHINING anthology? Open call is on 2/1/26. Details are at Chuck Palahniuk’s newsletter: bit.ly/4nXb1B4 Hope to see you at The Overlook!

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

*Submission reminder* We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual. More info below🐐 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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Wild Hunt Books are open to unagented submissions  from 6-12 October 2025. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K words with a grace of 1000 words, over/under)...

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY* We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual. More info 🐐 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Last day for a free download of my creepy novelette Hunger. Ideal for fans of old houses, weird curses, and vulnerable men.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Thanks to everyone downloading Hunger while it’s on offer - it’s creeping up the Amazon charts once again! amzn.eu/d/iq6rEc4

Amazon Sales Rank showing Hunger by Samuel Best at #7 in the British Short Stories Best Sellers Chart.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Thanks to everyone downloading Hunger while it’s on offer - it’s creeping up the Amazon charts once again! amzn.eu/d/iq6rEc4

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Hunger is free to download right now! Ideal for spooky season, especially if you love old houses, weird curses, and vulnerable men.

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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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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

From me to you for Hallowe’en - a free novella. amzn.eu/d/2DfyGTX

Cover of Hunger by Samuel Best. An old house which turns into a despairing man.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Bear Season is an excellent book and now I’m halfway through The Retreat and it’s so so brilliant. Give me found footage and isolated places and unusual people every time.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Spotted today in the library.

A copy of Hunger by Samuel Best on a bookshelf surrounded by other horror stories in a library.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hey!!! Are you a reviewer who loves weird weird eco-horror??? If so, check out The Writhing, Verdant End up over on BookSirens :)

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

It’s taken an absolute age but I’ve finally finished the first draft of this bloody, grief-filled, vampire-laden, high school horror book. Second draft, here I come 💀

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

It’s taken an absolute age but I’ve finally finished the first draft of this bloody, grief-filled, vampire-laden, high school horror book. Second draft, here I come 💀

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Folk horror at its Scottish finest.

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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Hello. Do I know anyone who knows anyone who knows about the archaeology of Islay? It’s for something I’m writing. All leads appreciated, thanks.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

They all look so snazzy together 😍🧡💛💙❤️💚🖤

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Brennan LaFaro @brennanlafaro.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Hey readers, I have a new book out in December called Song Dogs. If you’d like to be an ARC reader, please feel free to comment below or email brennan(dot)lafaro (at) gmail (dot) com. (1/2)

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Talking Scared Podcast @talkscaredpod.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

After all the dogs walks that inspired it, and all the late nights spent writing it, my debut novella GOOD BOY now exists as a physical object! It's out October 9th from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social and available for worldwide pre-order at www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Ok, folks. Midsummer is nigh! Let's celebrate early with a limited time bundle. 🌞Discounted books 🌞Free UK shipping 🌞£5 US shipping Get your weird on! 🖤 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/thre... #booksky

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Happy Friday the 13th to all who celebrate! 💀 Pick yourself up a spooky treat with my monstrous fatherhood horror here: amzn.eu/d/aXrhpn8 Or my ghostly Scottish black comedy here: samuelbest.weebly.com/novel.html

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

A big thank you to everyone who shared and/or bought HUNGER over this sale week! If you missed out, don’t worry: the ebook is 0.99 and the paperback just 4.99!

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This sweet deal ends tomorrow! Snap up a free copy and find out what happens when new fathers start to crack…

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This sweet deal ends tomorrow! Snap up a free copy and find out what happens when new fathers start to crack…

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🚨 Free book alert! 🚨 Steven and Claire have a nice life with their baby and fixer-upper house. But when Steven finds a wooden box hidden under the floorboards, he awakens something ancient and starving. Something which threatens everything he holds dear. Something which won't rest until it's fed.

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Samuel Best @storiesbysamuel.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

What a cover! These stories are excellent and now all together in one gorgeous place.

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