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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 7h

Bound by the Salt. Book one of The Cairnshore Tides Trilogy. A missing woman, a cursed village and a secret that should never surface. #BacklistSaturday amzn.eu/d/00cU0zUq

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 10h

Really reviews are coming in for book two.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It was an odd decision to write a prequel for book two. But, it works in bringing the folklore and rituals of Cairnshore to the forefront, with a real emotional core at its heart. How far would you go to save a family member? Would you place an innocent young woman in their place?

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aaaaand we're off. TWISTED PIKE published today. www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

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Indie Horror Chapter @indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY 👻 The Tidewarden by @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social has hit the world 😱 Some villages remember their dead. Cairnshore remembers what it is owed. The stunning prequel to Bound by the Salt. 🩸📚😱📚💙📢📚

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Encore: "We hope you have enjoyed the show..." That was fun. Tell us in the Comments on THIS post what you're promoting on the road right now, putting the answers into this post with the hashtag: #HorrorWritersChat

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"We hope you have enjoyed the show..."

That was a great set you did tonight.
Come on out for an encore and tell us what work this tour's being done for.

COMMENT on this post with your self-promotion and use the hashtasg
#HorrorWritersChat
To help increase visibility, like, repost, quote post, and comment on the promos. Let's make it into a monster if we all pull together as a team...

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q4 Tom Waits: Dirt in the Ground A gravedigger uncovers a girl’s body, and remembers 8 years of fatherhood, even argument over her shoes that morning. His wife insists they have never had children. her fear of him grows as he gives intimate family moments she can't remember.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Question Four: “Lay down all thoughts Surrender to the void It is shining…” Conversely, what would the plot be for a horror story from you based on a particular piece of music?

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Question Four
“Lay down all thoughts
Surrender to the void
It is shining…”

Conversely, what would the plot be for a horror story from you based on a particular piece of music?
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag
#HorrorWritersChat
NO self-promotion until the end.
Don’t harsh the mellow, man…
Like, share, comment, and make this go viral.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Question Two. I mainly listen to dark ambient music whilst writing. Definitely can't have music with lyrics. Not really used it in writing yet, but do have plans for some horror short stories based on a famous band from Liverpool.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q3 Love this Q! It's a late-night recording session, Miles Davis hears a second trumpet answering him from the silence between his notes, though he is the only horn in the room. As his band starts to follow its melody, the musicians vanish one by one.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Question Three: “No matter how he tried, he could not break free And the worms ate into his brain…” Pitch me a story where you pair up a musician of your choice in a horror tale of your choosing.

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Question Three
“No matter how he tried, he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain…”

Pitch me a story where you pair up a musician of your choice in a horror tale of your choosing.
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag
#HorrorWritersChat
NO self-promotion until the end.
No one wants to hear that track these days…
Like, share, comment, and make this an earworm.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Question Two: “Big black shape with eyes of fire Telling people their desire…” Does music play a part in your horror writing, and if so, how do you use it in the story?

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Question Two
“Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire…”

Does music play a part in your horror writing, and if so, how do you use it in the story?
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag
#HorrorWritersChat
NO self-promotion until the end.
We don’t need that kind of feedback through the speakers…
Like, share, comment, and make this song an anthem.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWriteresChat Question One: John, I write Cosmic Folk Horror. Favourite music: Tom Waits.

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James Ryan @jamesryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HorrorWriteresChat Question One: “All the best freaks are here Please stop staring at me…” This week, we’re asking about the music of the night, the songs on Lestat’s playlist, and all that jazz… Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and your favorite music to listen to.

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Question One
“All the best freaks are here
Please stop staring at me…”
This week, we’re asking about the music of the night, the songs on Lestat’s playlist, and all that jazz…
Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and your favorite music to listen to.
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag
#HorrorWritersChat
NO self-promotion until the end.
Don’t open with a bad song, man…
Like, share, comment, and make this a hit.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You’d do anything to save your brother. Cairnshore is counting on that. THE TIDEWARDEN IS OUT TODAY Available now on Amazon, Kindle and KU. #TheTidewarden #BookTok #FolkHorror #HorrorBooks #CairnshoreTides

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I wrote The Tidewarden, I kept coming back to the bond between brothers. The old jokes. The things you remember differently. Knowing exactly how to annoy someone, and how to reach them when nobody else can. #TheTidewarden #FolkHorror #HorrorBooks #BookTok #IndieAuthor

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Had fun doing this for book one. Came from a conversation with a friend about how much folk Horror Vs cosmic horror is in the book.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's Saturday. Time to share your older books. Especially the ones from your backlist that need more love! Comment OR quote post and add > hashtag #BacklistSaturday > a link to your books > genre/subject information > any alt text for images #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One day Kindle deal! WITHERED HILL only 99p for Friday September 18th only! Grab it while it’s hot and cheap. www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

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Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel

Withered Hill: A dark and unsettling British folk horror novel eBook : Barnett, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

First Warden. Salt Clerk. Hearth and Bone Warden. All have their roles in the Tidewardens. Bureaucracy as horror. #folkhorror #cosmichorror

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've really enjoyed writing book two and putting on all the #folklore and rituals of Cairnshore.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's always surprising that someone somewhere had picked up my book, read and enjoyed it, and then took the time to review it. A recent one from Goodreads is honest, thorough. Glad they haven't given away the twist 😅. #FolkHorror #cosmichorror #folkhorrorrevival #britishhorror

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Write horror? Want to talk about it? Join the #HorrorWritersChat community on Wednesdays. Next meeting: Wednesday 2nd September for an hour. 2 pm (EDT - USA) / 7 pm (BST - UK) All horror writers from all time zones are welcome! #AmWriting #HorrorSky

Write horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity Wednesday 2nd September 7 pm BST (UK)/ 2 pm EDT (USA). Questions will be posted by Co-Host Mary Wyrd - Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - Background image of a humanoid pressing two of their hands against your screen.

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The Last Something @thelastsomething.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wispy tendrils wove together forming a body. Frail, small, familiar A little shadow boy, made of sorrow, wearing my son's face Consumed by grief, I held him close as he cried Each wail casting blame, confirming failures, condemning me I hugged my son, drowning in his darkness #HorrorWritersChat

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"Hello, Amanda. I want to play a game." 🪚🪚🪚 @amandamblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have two creature features, but today I'll share DEEP DOWN, about a man and his dog descending into a cave system at the end of the world. It goes about as well as you'd expect (full warning). www.amazon.com/Deep-Down-Am... #HorrorWritersChat

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Deep Down

Amazon.com: Deep Down eBook : M. Blake, Amanda: Books

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some monsters are more monstrous than anything not-human you might encounter. Rose Taggert learns that the hard way in "Rose," the Kafkaesque fantasy-horror story of a young woman turned into a plant/human hybrid. Certain to give you chills! #HorrorSky #BookSky #HorrorWritersChat

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Rose

Amazon.com: Rose (Audible Audio Edition): Rami Ungar, Sara Parlier, Castrum Press: Audible Books & Originals

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Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks Steve, everyone! Absolutely thrilled to be in next CHM - the very first venue listed on my Big Spreadsheet of Writing Seriously! 'The Split' is a gothic tale about families and pressure - and an old wooden door that reveals violence through the fine splits in its panelling. Monsters abound!

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J. Neira - cozy horror author & slush reader @jneiraauthor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you for the fun monster questions! I would like to promote a multi-author sci-horror anthology from Terrorcore Publishing. The stories are canon to each other & is truly terrifying: #HorrorWritersChat terrorcorepublishing.com/products/som...

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Some Thing Out There | Edited by Billie Karras

Some Thing Out There Preorder Bellflower, Nevada For fifty-one weeks a year, it’s just another sun-baked desert town with dusty roads, half-empty bars, cheap motels, bored locals, and the long shadow ...

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Nate Crowder @natecrowder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks for the monster of a good time! If you're in the mood for a monster story of another kind, "The Last Real Man" from the Selfies from the End of the World anthology is a delight, as are the other stories in it. #horrorwriterschat www.defconone.com/book/selfies...

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Selfies from the End of the World: Historical Accounts of the Apocalypse

"It would be our duty, as citizens on this earth to document its end the best way we know and if that means a second by second update of the world ...

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Jacob Marsh - Author 🇨🇦 @jacobmarsh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks for the chat, Steve! Love speaking and thinking about monsters! 😄 I write about monsters all the time, so it's hard to promote one perfect pick this week. Maybe check out my universe introduction and see what I've been cooking up: www.patreon.com/arcdirective... #HorrorWritersChat

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Initiation Protocol [START HERE] | The ARC Directive

Hello Initiates. Welcome to The ARC Directive. The ARC Directive is an archive of stories and case files for the use of the Agency for Retri

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HD Beird @thebeird.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you Steve I'll push my most recent Depressing stuff, but funny AN ADULT FILM STAR IS FOUND UNALIVED ON A SPACE STATION. HILARITY ENSUES!!! #scifi #horror #comedy www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

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Killer Kagami (Twainearth Tales)

Killer Kagami (Twainearth Tales) eBook : Beird, H D: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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M.H.Urban - Horror Author @mhurban.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you, Steve. A great #HorrorWritersChat! Monsters that look harmless and childlike are even more terrifying because they don't look like monsters. My protagonist in *Porcelain Soul* realizes this... too late. mybook.to/PorcelainSoul

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Porcelain Soul: A short horror story (English Edition)

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Artemis Quinn 🏳️‍⚧️🎨📚 undead & thriving 🦇👻😱 @vampireantihero.com · 26/08/2026

Thanks for hosting, @stevewestenra.bsky.social ! Talking about monsters & empathy... Check out my crowdfund opening in Oct about navigating a haunting while dealing w/ grief. This project is very close to my heart; wrote it after my brother died #HorrorWritersChat www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Such Sweet Sorrow

Get notified when Such Sweet Sorrow launches on BackerKit!

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat First time I've done one of these and thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's posts. Thanks everyone! This is Bound by the Salt, book one of the Cairnshore Tides Trilogy. A missing woman, a cursed coastal village, and a secret that should never surface. amzn.eu/d/00cU0zUq

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber who follows a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island in the Canadian wilderness that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters he swears aren't real books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q4 Maybe trauma. A 'monster' could behave the way trauma behaves, as in it returns, or distorts memory, can make ordinary places unsafe, oh and can be inherited.

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat A cry trembled from the shadows like rattling keys, and as I waited, a figure coalesced from out the darkness. They say when one life ends, another begins. That it's the natural order. Yet, as I look at the baby, I panic. I get out my pocket knife. I'm not ready to go yet.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q3 Its mouth opened revealing rows of jagged teeth, the pale light picking out the wetpoint of each one. Emerging like a roused snake, its tongue flicked out, tasting the distance to me.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q2 The 'monster' in The Cairnshore Tides Trilogy is the psychological hold your home town will always have on you and the debt the people there thinks you owe.

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#HorrorWritersChat Q1 John. I write Cosmic Folk Horror. As a child I was scared of the demon in the wardrobe.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This Is Just To Say I have written the folk horror novels that were in my brain and which you were probably unaware even existed read me they are available so folk and so horror

David Barnett’s folk horror novels WITHERED HILL, SCUTTLER’S COVE, SCRATCH MOSS and the forthcoming TWISTED PIKE

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John Togher @thecairnshoretides.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Many towns like those listed have these traditions that they repeat every year. When asked why, they say they've always done it. #folkhorrorrevival #folkhorror #cosmichorrror

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