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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Aug 28

You're welcome ;)

Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fragmented. Mundane. Almost poetic.

A man records his boring life. Work. Meals. Bus rides. Silence. The unease is constant. Something is WRONG here.

Highly recommended shorts that build into a larger narrative. Perfect for when you have a few minutes to spare.

#Transgressive #SerialFiction #Weird

Most Dreadful Thing | Jolon Fairweather | Substack

I swear it’s fiction. Why does no one believe me? Click to read Most Dreadful Thing, by Jolon Fairweather, a Substack publication. Launched 6 days ago.

www.jolonfairweather.com

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Aug 20

No! Please go on. We've loved reading this so far.

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Richard Daniels @occultaria.bsky.social · Aug 3

How long until Halloween? 89 days! We are excited to announce our Halloween special event: Occultaria of Albion Summons Night of the Demon! Join us at The Victoria , Lincoln for a screening of the 1957 horror classic, Night Of The Demon
Tickets are limited occultariaofalbion.co.uk

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Jolon Fairweather @previouslysilent.bsky.social · Jul 26

As promised. Don't read it in public. And you might need a cushion for lap.

It's fucking #epic.

redemptionmagazine.com/the-ballad-o...

#ReadJolon #Diary #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky #BookSky #Microfiction #StrangeStories #FairTale #Transgressive

The Ballad of Sir Nolan the Bearfighter

A Legend of a Man So Noble Even His Enemies Applauded.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 25

What is it? I don't like it.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 24

First love. First language. First time lying about your dating experience so you can flirt in Mandarin.

💬💘🐌

Stefany Valentine’s debut is heartfelt, awkward, and full of real teen charm.

www.bestnewauthors.com/post/first-l...

#YAfiction #booktok #AAPIbooks #romcom #BestNewAuthors

Review: First Love Language by Stefany Valentine

A sweet, funny, and emotionally resonant YA romance about identity, language, and learning to be loved as you are.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

@ronnisalt.bsky.social

Apologies for the mixup earlier. I posted the wrong review after not double-checking the source. Lesson learned.

Here's the real one. I loved it, by the way. Looking forward to more.

Hope I got it right this time.

www.bestnewauthors.com/post/review-...

Review: Gunnawah by Ronni Salt

Gunnawah is a place where you don’t just stumble into violence. You are led there. Coaxed. Nudged by history. Pushed by money. Thinking you can walk back out.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

Turns out it wasn't the book I was reviewing.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

They're not AI fake reviews. But if it's not for you, not a problem. There are plenty of other reviews sites you can use. Happy reading!

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

It was a real review of the wrong book. My fault for not reading emails properly. I promise I'm not AI. I have taken the post down.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'm really not. It has affiliate links on it, but I don't collect any data. I have to put that on the site because I'm in the EU.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 23

Apologies, I took it down and will do it again properly.

Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 21

Who is Uketsu?

The name whispered across horror manga forums and cursed YouTube threads.

He doesn’t speak. He doesn’t show his face.
But his stories watch you.

#horror #manga #uketsu #strangehouse #booktok #bestnewauthors #visualhorror #japanesemanga #analoghorror #indiebooks #newreleases

Who is Uketsu? Architect of Quiet Horror

Nobody knows who he is. Nobody knows where he came from. All we know is that he keeps drawing houses, and people keep disappearing inside them.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 16

A quiet, aching second-chance romance about love, timing, and everything left unsaid.

Read Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt. It’s going to ruin your day. And you'll love every minute.

#BookReview #RomanceBooks #ContemporaryRomance #BookRecommendation #AmReading #RomanceReaders #ReadersOfBluesky

Review: Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt

A heartfelt second-chance romance about timing, memory, and all the words that went unspoken, Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt is quietly devastating and deeply satisfying.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 15

What are you reading today?

#AmReading #BookSky #BookRecommendation #CurrentlyReading #BooksOfBluesky #BookPost #ReadersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky

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Cal Turner 💙📚 @calturner.bsky.social · Jul 14

#BookReview: The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair by MacKenzie Common #TheSixMurdersofDaphneStClair #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles damppebbles.com/2025/07/10/b... via @damppebbles.bsky.social

#BookReview: The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair by MacKenzie Common @MtLeopardPress #TheSixMurdersofDaphneStClair #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles

“Meet Daphne St Clair: glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother, care home resident, and your new favourite serial killer. Meet Ruth Robinson: aspiring true crime podcaster, hunting for a killer…

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 14

She killed. She ran. We watched.

A debut crime thriller with sharp teeth and zero remorse.
Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch is fast, funny, and completely unhinged.

You’re going to love her. Or fear her. (We do both).

#CrimeFiction #DebutAuthor #ThrillerBooks #BestNewAuthors #BookReview

Review: Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch

A chaotic, voice-driven debut about two women on the run, Killer Potential is equal parts road trip thriller and psychological character study. It is violent, funny, sharp as glass, and never lets up.

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Richard Daniels @occultaria.bsky.social · Jun 29

New post over at Patreon.com/occultaria
There’s been a recent development in the story of Napoleon’s jewels and it involves Halloween masks. Shocking, terrifying but also amazing! Join the club to access lots of paranormal investigations. #paranormalinvestigation #wyrd #wyrdwednesdays #napoleon

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚀 Author of the Month: A.G. Rodriguez

Janitors. Laser cows. Space stations on the brink.

Behind the chaos? A big heart, sharp writing, and the best new sci-fi voice we’ve read in ages.

Meet the man behind Space Brooms! 👇

#scifi #DebutAuthors #IndieBooks #BookSky #WhatchaReading #WritingCommunity

A.G. Rodriguez: Writing with Heart, Humour, and a Broken Mop

In a sci-fi market often driven by high drama and even higher stakes, Rodriguez offers something different. He's funny, messy, character-driven, and emotionally honest.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jun 30

A girl returns home. The house is waiting.

Lucy Rose’s The Lamb horror done right. Blood-soaked and full of silence.

You didn't want to sleep tonight, right?

🩸 The review:
www.bestnewauthors.com/post/review-...

#Horror #FolkHorror #DarkFiction #DebutAuthors #ReadMore #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky

Review: The Lamb by Lucy Rose

A body remembers. Long after the bruises fade. Long after the house is sold. Long after you’ve decided you are fine now.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jun 27

A swamp witch. A drowned girl. A monster with sharp teeth and a better memory than God.

Greenteeth is one of the best debuts of the year. 🧪🌊🦷

Full review: www.bestnewauthors.com/post/review-...

#DebutFantasy #FeralGirlBooks #Folklore #AmReading #BookReview #BestNewAuthors #WeirdFiction

Review: Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill

A darkly playful debut that blends gothic folklore with girlhood trauma, Greenteeth is part monster tale, part feminist reckoning, and entirely ungovernable.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jun 26

Julie Chan Is Dead is one of the sharpest debut thrillers of the year.

If you like The Other Black Girl or Social Creature, read this next.

📱 Read the review: www.bestnewauthors.com/post/review-...

#thriller #debutauthors #bookreview #crimefiction #ReadJulieChan

Review: Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang

A sly, unsettling debut that blends influencer satire with psychological suspense, Julie Chan Is Dead is part identity thriller, part grief study, and entirely addictive.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jun 18

A romantic, bureaucratic, time-travel comedy with teeth.

The Ministry of Time is clever, chaotic, and quietly devastating.

One of the best debuts of the year.

📚 www.bestnewauthors.com/post/review-...

#TheMinistryOfTime #SciFi #BookReview #AmReading #bskyreaders

Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A melancholy, clever, deeply human time-travel novel about bureaucracy, romance, and the people history forgets.

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Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social · Jun 17

Review: Honeysuckle and Bone

A lush, haunting YA gothic that wraps grief, family secrets, and quiet horror inside the beauty of a #Caribbean paradise.

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#BookReview #YABooks #Horror #Fiction #NewRelease #Supernatural #BookRecommendation #ReadHorror

Review: Honeysuckle and Bone

A lush, haunting YA gothic that wraps grief, family secrets, and quiet horror inside the beauty of a Caribbean paradise.

www.bestnewauthors.com

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