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Corey Farrenkopf

@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social

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Writer / Librarian. HWA. Work in Electric Literature, the Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, etc… Repped by Marie Lamba of Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Novel: Living in Cemeteries Collection: Haunted Ecologies CoreyFarrenkopf.com

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · May 12

HUGE NEWS!!!

Living in Cemeteries earned out its advance!!! I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who picked up a copy!!!

This has meant so much to me. I hope my little novel keeps making its way out into the world. And if you are one of my readers, I hope you enjoyed it :)

A photo of my book, Living in Cemeteries, with an antique window in the background, plants growing behind the glass.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 5h

Want to check out my Weird/dark eco-fantasy/horror novelette, the Final Sight?

It’s kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape.

Fun stuff :)

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 6h

Ebook readers: The Writhing, Verdant End is up for preorder and only $3.99 through our store! Support weird ecohorror and an indie press in these weird-ass times. #horrorfiction #weirdfiction #ecohorror
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The cover of The Writhing, Verdant End. Stories by Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, and Eric Raglin. Illustration depicts a skeleton clutching red-tinted binoculars, watching a writhing group of ghoulish animals.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 6h

Haha but no one can ask me to leave this store :)

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 6h

Hell yeah!!!

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 6h

Hell yeah!!!

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 6h

Want to know one of the perks of being a Librarian?

Getting to be part of the staff picks shelf.

Can you guess which books I chose???

(I think they call this gorilla marketing?)

A staff picks library shelf full of books.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Just cracked 10k in my new horror/dark fantasy portal novel :)

This one is strange…

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks John!!!

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting so excited -- this Saturday I'll be at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, where I'll get to hang out with a ton of other fabulous horror writers!
I can't wait to hug @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social while I'm there. :)
www.mvhbf.com

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to be wonderful! Pumped we’re going to get to hang out :)

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

So do I! I’ve been writing a ton of portal fantasy horror short stories lately and I was like I guess it’s time to see how this works as a novel :)

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Just cracked 10k in my new horror/dark fantasy portal novel :)

This one is strange…

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow! I really appreciate that. Hope you enjoy it :)

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! Thanks for the recs!!! I’m a big fan of most of those writers, but especially Mathew’s :)

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like I’m making BookToks again…might I interest you in some Librarian approved weird speculative short story recommendations???

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know I wrote the back cover copy for this guy???

“encounter ethical werewolf rearing, murderous tree cults, Weird insectile evolutions, seaside folk horror, corrupt environmental tourism, gothic forest wanderings, eternal plastic pollution, sea-bound cosmic horror..”

How’d I do?

A photograph of the front cover of Haunted Ecologies.

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 2d

I really appreciate that! Hope the rest of the stories treat you well :)

Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 2d

This made my night! So glad you’re enjoying it :)

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O'Neill of Chicago @brianoneill.bsky.social · 2d

Haunted Ecologies, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, is so incredibly good so far. I try to take comfort in the supernatural but it never lets you forget the horrors that are coming. I've also been moved to tears like three times in the first five stories.