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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 8h

I'm usually reluctant to call myself a vegetarian (because who knows what I might fancy eating in the future?) but I have to say, writing cannibalism has really put me off meat And I suspect I'll have to leave the room next time I see someone eating steak and kidney pudding

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 8h

You should definitely all read this, I hear it's awesome...

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 8h

Want a quick horror read with Backrooms vibes this creepy season? Try @tcparker.bsky.social's liminal horror novelette THE TOMMY - 99p/99c everywhere all October amzn.eu/d/0eB9lJc8

Cover of THE TOMMY against a yellow Backrooms background showing deserted yellow corridors

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want a quick horror read with backrooms vibes?
try this

99p/99c ALL OCTOBER

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 9h

If you use this to try to "talk" to any character I've written, I hope it tells you to go fuck yourself. The moment before every one of your IP-stealing devices melts in your hand

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 11h

First day of Halloween season and I just read 100 pages of @drewhuff.bsky.social’s The Exodontists. I am LOVING IT. This is one of the creepiest, angriest things I’ve ever read. A terrifying family of dentist monsters fight back when their lair is taken over by a big box Halloween store.📚💙

The Exodontists by Drew Huff. Four ghostly figures in a warehouse.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 12h

Mentally rewriting You're The Top for a 2026 audience

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 13h

#Booksky Upcoming events! Look for us at Haunts & Horrors at @badweatherbrew.bsky.social in St. Paul this Sunday 10/4 1-5PM and at @creamandamber.bsky.social‘s Fall Mini Market on 10/10 10-2PM in Hopkins MN (Michael Merriam will be there with his books and ours)!

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 15h

Could not be more excited we get to help bring this awesome book out into the world - just in time for Creepy Season! 🎃🦷🧟🦇📚

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 18h

October is here - Halloween season has begun! Which means... it's almost time for @drewhuff.bsky.social's THE EXODONTISTS! Coming Oct 13th - it's the perfect (toothy) Halloween read... 🦇📚🦷🎃 And there's still time to preorder: a.co/d/00PkymIl

Promo image for Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS, showing the book cover between the teeth of a Rocky Horror-style mouth, with text reading:

it's Halloween
The Exodontists will be with you shortly

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Let's fix that. The first three are an omnibus now, so it's easy to get started without feeling like an ATM. The Waverly Jones books are delightful. Our times aware, ACAB, character forward mysteries for the angry. If you yearn for justice but you live in the bad timeline, these are for you.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yet more evidence for the towering heap of proof that synthetic users are bullshit. As with all AI products, they do not improve "productivity" for a task but create an excuse not to do the task. In this case, the task is research. AI participants do not help you do research, but to AVOID research.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've written 14 books so far. 13 horror/crime, and 1 romcom The reason I've not written a second romcom is because I found doing it *so bloody hard*

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mega queer, super diverse and angry as hell is where we live, goddammit! Unbelievably proud to be publishing this book. Disco is a fucking genius

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Book 2 is coming! THIS IS HOW WE STAY ALIVE will be published next autumn by @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social. It’s an interconnected standalone novella, set in the same world as THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS. I am so proud of this book. It’s mega queer, super diverse & angry as hell. 📚💙📚🏳️‍🌈 #writingsky

New book deal
Disco Barrington
This is how we stay alive
Archangel archives booked
September 2027
Cover to be Revealed

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My self-published horror collection, DEATH IN ITS MANY FORMS, comes out in only two days! Written by a human, edited by a human, cover art/formatting by a human. It's the perfect, bite-sized read to kick off spooky season! Pre-order now on Amazon. Please share! 🙏 #booksky

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Booksky Today is a great day to buy werewolf books! Catherine Lundoff’s Wolves of Wolf’s Point books are available in print, ebook and audiobook everywhere and SILVER MOON is out in German translation from @ylva-publishing.bsky.social! queenofswordspress.com/product-cate...

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Werewolves

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm not a huge fan of Lewis - if he believes half what he purports to, why is he still a Labour MP? - but this is fucking terrifying And Tom Watson is grotesque

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SO UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED to be sharing this news!

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Suno vo pro et al has solved infinite personalized music." BREAKING: I did this shortly after birth, and it is called 'humming'.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's certainly a problem to be solved here, but that problem isn't music The call is coming from inside the house, Nick

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hello. I am widening my submissions categories to include: - Epic Fantasy - Space Opera - Near Future/High Concept SF - Horror Details here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

30 years on from my A Levels, and at last I have cause to work Carol Ann Duffy* into a story My sixth-form English tutor would be proud *a reference to one of her poems, that is. I'm not doing RPF of the woman who gave us Mean Time

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I did it. I put them on that island. I did in those tradwives and their menfolk. I transformed into a bloodthirsty fox and went for the throat of that demon-preacher. It was me all along. And now you know. And, spoiler: there's nothing you can do but live with that knowledge

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I want to reveal it now but Shauna would murder me in my sleep, so I'll refrain

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You could show more confidence as a country by putting AI nowhere near centre stage, and shouting that you won’t be taken in. That’s a confident move. Just like you would magic beans, or a perpetual motion machine, or Bagpuss’ Mouse Mill with the chocolate biscuits.

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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy pub day to Sarah Langan for TRAD WIFE! I've been waiting impatiently for this to come out so I can talk to someone about it www.simonandschuster.com/books/Trad-W...

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We shouldn't have to keep tapping this sign

Promo image for NBP, showing some of our book titles below trans, LGBTQ+ and lesbian pride flags

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Nefarious Bat Press:
Queer Horror, Crime & Darkfic by Human Writers, for Human Readers
"Fingers that touch LLM extruders shall never touch our catalogue"

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you know what you can do with that (no doubt AI-generated) video selling your AI-generated services, Steve? (I used to think there was nothing creepier than a salesman using your name in cold outreach to try to build rapport. That was before I'd heard a bot call me "Natalie")

From: Steve Hackney
To: Natalie Edwards >
Today at 11:27

your expertise, in a book

Natalie, you've spent years becoming genuinely good at what you do.
Right now that expertise sits in your head, where it wins you nothing.
Put it in a book and it works for you around the clock...
...it builds trust before a call, wins better clients, and lets you charge more.
We turn what you already know into a published book, in 90 days, and you never write a word.
l've prepared a short video explaining how it all works and who it's a good fit for.
Shall I send it over Natalie? Thanks.
Steve Hackney (Founder)

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Funnily enough, I encountered a case of clickwall myself tonight while browsing for a new audiobook...

Audiobook cover of THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, inexplicably by Bear Grylls

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Jonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A blurb from my good friend @horrorsong.blog for my forthcoming collection, Noctivagants!

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Shauna Mc Eleney 🇮🇪 🏳️‍🌈 @shaunamceleney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Love this review for THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS. I know it was released by Nefarious Bat Press and so I'm biased BUT I loved this story and I read it in one sitting which, for an ADHD woman, is no small feat!

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why for the love of Cher would *an indie bookstore* use genAI graphics to promote their wares?! You're shitting on your customers *and* your suppliers from a very great height

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the kind of review I’ve always dreamed of getting. I’m over the moon. Thank you so much! 📚💙

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Michael Patrick Hicks | Horror Author and Book Reviewer @michaelpatrickhicks.com · 28/09/2026

Cool thing is, you can get a copy of this -- and all other Nefarious Bat books -- directly from them. Support a small indie press and bypass the megarich oligarchs entirely! Everybody wins. Except the billionaires. Fuck the billionaires. payhip.com/NefariousBat...

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Nefarious Bat Press

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Michael Patrick Hicks | Horror Author and Book Reviewer @michaelpatrickhicks.com · 28/09/2026

The first question that struck me as I was reading @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS was, “How in the hell is this their debut?” See what else I thought of this novella at the link below, then grab a copy from @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social ASAFP. fanfiaddict.com/review-this-...

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Review: This Is How The World Ends by Disco Barrington | FanFiAddict

Synopsis "Through apocalypse, dystopia, and renewal, the throughline of empathy, love, and human determination in Barrington's THIS IS HOW THE WOR ...

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that, in addition to publishing rad books, we also periodically publish rad zines? The Zine Freak Bundle is a grab bag of 20 zines as far ranging in theme as "Tech Bro Terrors" and "Monstrous Dating Profiles." Check it out: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/zine...

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Zine Freak Bundle (Issues #1 through 20) | Cursed Morsels Press

The first twenty issues of our zine for $27, including Landlord Lair, Spooky Sexy Soapbox, Florida Man, Reviews of Films That Don't Exist, Nightmare Birds, All Cops Are B____, My Morbid Childhood,...

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What fresh "queer men shouldn't write queer male romance" hell is this, now? I want to know, but also... don't

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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I feel this deeply, the horror of moving from Tech is a force for good to abject Black Mirroresq horror over the last decade. Meanwhile:

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Meta Keeps Apologizing For Muse. Its Explanations Miss the Point Entirely

The company's new AI Agent for the masses is causing the company to explain why it doesn't always behave as expected.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.

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Brennan LaFaro @brennanlafaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m pleading with all ALL school districts to consider how it looks when you use genAI for presentations, flyers, lessons, etc. while telling students it’s not okay for them to use it for shortcuts. Our job is to model and to show them effort matters.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now playing in my self-curated bubble: Corona's Rhythm of the Night Still banging

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026

The BBC is part of the problem...

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trust me: if I lived in a self-curated cultural bubble, I'd be listening to nothing but Skunk Anansie, Echobelly & Six: The Musical, and bland white MAGA-tinged country tracks would never cross my path I'm one of the dozens of people worldwide who live in a country that's not America. Also I'm old

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I also love when Americans who speak only English get all huffy about the notion that other people around the world and in their own country might consume media that a) is not in English, and b) doesn’t center their cultural priorities Speaking of bubbles etc etc

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sure but if you can’t sing Love Is All Around off the top of your head I’m also going to assume you live in a bubble.

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the crux of it, really Reading isn't just "liking" or "relating to" characters Half the point of reading is seeing, understanding and negotiating difference: different perspectives, different experiences, different times/places If you read only what "resonates," you're losing out

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TC Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No, I have not heard Choosin' Texas But I ask you, aggrieved Rolling Stone writer: are YOU familiar with regional classic Well Leicester?

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WELL LEICESTER (Charity Version)

YouTube video by Mike Willis

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Want to squeeze in a horror read before the weekend's over? Try our novelettes: @shaunamceleney.bsky.social's sapphic horror THE HOUSE OF STOLEN OBJECTS & @tcparker.bsky.social's Backrooms-esque liminal nightmare THE TOMMY Both worth curling up with on a Sunday night 🦇📚 payhip.com/NefariousBat...

Promo image for TC Parker's THE TOMMY and Shauna Mc Eleney's THE HOUSE OF STOLEN OBJECTS

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NEED A QUICK SUNDAY NIGHT HORROR READ?
TRYOUR NOVELETTES!

www.nefariousbatpress.com

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