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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 6h

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Interview With The Author Of IF TODAY THE SUN SHOULD SET ON MY HOPES AND CARES…..

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 6h

Over at Horror Realm, I talk about my new novel, If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares...

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...

Book cover for The Walls Are Closing In On Us by Joshua Trent Brown. Features a winding snake over a river. Blurb by Austin Ross, author of Gloria Patri: “a book that examines not only the soul of a man but—perhaps—the soul of a nation."

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 3d

New Thomas Pynchon acquired.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 6d

I finished putting together a manuscript today. Next step is editing.

Stay tuned.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 7d

the free shipping bookshop dot org sale is a good time to buy my collection of original weird fiction which i guarantee you'll love
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Toadstones

Check out Toadstones - <p>Bloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star's lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper's final job for her late employer. An exhumation to ...

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 9d

New @dharlanwilson.bsky.social in the mail today.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 10d

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BOOK REVIEW: Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin

Dark domestic stories from Argentina.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 10d

Over at my Substack, I review a collection of dark stories about family by National Book award-winning author, Samanta Schweblin.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 23d

Been wanting to read it for a while.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 23d

Got some @ghoulish.bsky.social in the mail today.

@michaelallenrose.bsky.social

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations!

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 29d

We can’t fix this world but we can put more books in it. To a lot of people that doesn’t matter but often it’s the things that people think don’t matter that are the most meaningful. I don’t know.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 15

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the feel bad dispatch #9

Planes, trains, and brains.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some updates and a couple cover reveals at the latest edition of my Substack.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 13

Got some gritty crime fiction today from @tusitalabruni.bsky.social

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Sep 13

Overestimated how many copies we actually have available. This is actually your last chance to order a copy of Hellarkey IV. We will be sold out very soon.

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Sep 13

Will begin shipping copies of Hellarkey over the weekend. Order a copy and you get some spooky stories to read, help us recover some of the costs, and get a free zine in the bargain! malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey

Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 13

Recently acquired books from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @kaijupoet.bsky.social @davidscotthay.bsky.social

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hell yeah! I hope you enjoy those books!

Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · Sep 13

Book mail!
My Ardent Love for the Pencil by @vikhinao.bsky.social and King Ludd's Rag no 24, both from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social the best book club around.
&: If Today The Sun Should Set on All my Hopes and Cares and the sky is black and blue like a batterered child both by @benarz13.bsky.social

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 12

Facebook suspended my account. Possibly permanently. I'm not even sure why. I have another account there under Benjamin Arzate. Feel free to shoot me a friend request.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Bizarro Circus of Madness

Bizarro Circus of Madness - Kindle edition by Odell, Riley, Starr, Em , Chambers, John, Dorr, James , Gray, Sebastian, Morris, Jacy, Carson, Nathan , Rogers, Alex, Millard, Stephen , Swann, Madeleine . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Bizarro Circus of Madness.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 9

My story, "The Garfield Phones from the Ocean," will be in the anthology Bizarro Circus of Madness, releasing Nov. 4th. Thank you to Riley Odell for having me!

It's currently available for pre-order on Kindle.

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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy @bitterkarella.bsky.social · Sep 9

check it out! My story "The Very, Very Last Gender Apocalypse," about the very very last gender apocalypse, is gonna be in the Bizzaro Circus of Madness anthology!! :D
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Bizarro Circus of Madness

Bizarro Circus of Madness - Kindle edition by Odell, Riley, Starr, Em , Chambers, John, Dorr, James , Gray, Sebastian, Morris, Jacy, Carson, Nathan , Rogers, Alex, Millard, Stephen , Swann, Madeleine . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Bizarro Circus of Madness.

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 7

It was exhausting work but a lot of fun. Congratulations on selling so many copies of your books!

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Ben Arzate @benarz13.bsky.social · Sep 7

Update: These have been sold.

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