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Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) @mythicdelirium.bsky.social · 18h

And I’m incredibly grateful to all these wonderful authors who’ve written such kind things about a novel this off-the-wall:

@mattmbartlett.bsky.social
@csecooney.bsky.social
@ethereallad.bsky.social
@gwendolynkiste.bsky.social
@atsayre.bsky.social
R. S. Belcher
Rich Larson
Pete Rawlik

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“Trail of Shadows is a fast-paced psychedelic journey through Appalachia that’s also a tender coming of age story. Allen’s hallucinatory prose sears, full of wonder and terror, and his grasp of folklore and history shines throughout this Southern Gothic-meets-Weird fiction novel.”
(Craig Laurance Gidney, Lambda Award-nominated author of A Spectral Hue)

“Mike Allen has long been a force in fantasy and horror. With Trail of Shadows, he’s once again hit it out of the park. Beautiful prose and a haunting story combine to create a tale that will draw you in and refuse to let you go. Folk horror at its best.”  (Gwendolyn Kiste, four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Haunting of Velkwood and Reluctant Immortals)

“Spry and sprawling by turns, Trail of Shadowsoverflows with potent action and hypnotic, horror-tinged imagery. When it comes to dream-quest acid trips, this one’s a hero dose.”
(Rich Larson, Eugie Foster Memorial Award-winning author of Ymir and Changelog)

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 2d

People of New York!

Next Thursday I will have words with the indomitable @csecooney.bsky.social & Carlos Hernandez at @kewandwillow.bsky.social. We would love to see you there.

RSVP: events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 1d

Just so you know too, @kewandwillow.bsky.social almost always livestreams their events on Instagram, and then saves them to their videos. If you want, I can send you the link when it's done.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 1d

I would so much love to see you again, Gili. I've done so much traveling this year already; Brighton's out for me, alas. I hope you have a beautiful time, and many joyful reunions. <3

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 2d

Coming up, THURS, OCT 23rd! For SFI-FI LOVERS! A conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

Carlos Hernandez & I will be FLANKING Will with questions about the genre, his process, publishing, and his new book SUNWARD!

Please RSVP HERE:

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...

Poster for William Alexander’s event at Kew and Willow on Thursday October 23rd at 7 PM. Pink and blue nebula background. Author pic in bottom right corner. Blue and orange book cover for SUNWARD, a sci-fi novel, center. “For Sci Fi Lovers” banner at the bottom.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 2d

Coming up, THURS, OCT 23rd! For SFI-FI LOVERS! A conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

Carlos Hernandez & I will be FLANKING Will with questions about the genre, his process, publishing, and his new book SUNWARD!

Please RSVP HERE:

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a pic of @tinaconnolly.bsky.social and @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social at @convergencecon.bsky.social last July, after performing a review of songs from not-yet-complete "Devil and Lady Midnight" musical theatre podcast.

Left to right: C. S. E. Cooney, holding an iPad with a sticker that reads "No More Tyrants" and wearing a pair of devil ears. Dr. Mary C. Crowell, wearing an apron and a pair of cat ears, playing a keyboard. Tina Connolly, playing a green ukulele on a rainbow strap. The picture was taken after a concert they did at Convergence 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota: the first time they played music from "The Devil and Lady Midnight" for the public.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 3d

"Just as Terry Pratchett forever changed my perspective on the word 'witches' and what it does and means in genre, Zig Zag Claybourne keeps illuminating and refining it."

Loving this love from the amazing @csecooney.bsky.social! Mother Khumalo & Granny Weatherwax trading notes would have been epic!

The novels BREATH WARMTH AND DREAM and AMNANDI SAILS on display at one of Detroit's absolute jewels of a bookstore, Next Chapter Books!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh! I've heard the term applied to @wiswell.bsky.social's _Someone You Can Build a Nest In_, and @casskhaw.bsky.social's _The Salt Grows Heavy_, so if _Saint Death's Daughter_ fits in there, I'm happy in that company! One likes one's genres... fluid! LIKE THE INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS OF AN ELDRITCH GOD!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 7d

THANK YOU! Wahoo!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a pic of @tinaconnolly.bsky.social and @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social at @convergencecon.bsky.social last July, after performing a review of songs from not-yet-complete "Devil and Lady Midnight" musical theatre podcast.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 8d

My co-creators, @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & @drmaryccrowell.bsky.social & I, all realized that as of today, we have COMPLETED 1st drafts of ALL 6 EPISODES of our MUSICAL THEATRE podcast! Next step: revise & polish "THE DEVIL AND LADY MIDNIGHT." Have a table table read, maybe. After that...?

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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · 27d

I'm SUPER EXCITED to have a new flash story forthcoming in UFO 10! I love these funny collections and they are well worth pre-ordering via the Kickstarter!!

Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social · 29d

UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 10 - an anthology of humorous SF/F just launched on kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

Unidentified Funny Objects 10

After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!

www.kickstarter.com

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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · Feb 25

I've been working on my comics newsletter! If you like random weekly comics about pilling your children or the recurring Mr Darcy head in pride and prejudice, I have just the thing for you!

backstage-with-tina-connolly.ghost.io

backstage with tina connolly

in which we chat about art, life, and pie

backstage-with-tina-connolly.ghost.io

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 8d

Coming soon!

Rob Cameron @brklyndragon.bsky.social · 9d

@bsfwriters.bsky.social hosts its final WDS of the series: DEATH REIMAGINED w/ @plaguedr-richards.bsky.social @smartinez-conde.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social and @csecooney.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/1712374200...
#Halloween #stories #brooklyn

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) is sleepy @thisjulieday.bsky.social · 9d

Just over 3 months ago Storyteller was published and interest is still going strong.
It’s has been featured on a curated list of indie publishers on Bookshop dot org!
You can check out the list here: bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

bookshop.org

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libraryn.bsky.social @libraryn.bsky.social · 10d

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! This makes me so happy!!!!!!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 11d

new book who dis?
rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-comp...
tee hee! GUESS WHAT I'M WRITING TODAY!

Solaris completes the set with Saint Death's Doorway from C. S. E. Cooney! | Rebellion Publishing

It's the news that fans have been clamouring for...Solaris is delighted to be completing the series that began with World Fantasy Award-Winner Saint Death's Daughter, as C. S. E. Cooney draws Lanie's ...

rebellionpublishing.com

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 10d

O HAPPY DAY! It's so much FUN to write right now!

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 10d

Posting to listen to later:
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
One of the best books I ever narrated, the hardest and most important, was called _23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement_by Keramet Reiter. There’s so much to know. So much to work for and against.

Undercounted: The hidden deaths in America’s jails

According to a federal database of in-custody deaths obtained by The Marshall Project, nearly 4,000 people died in jails over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023.

www.wbur.org

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Fancy a chance to win some FREE Books? We've teamed up with @thestorygraph.com to give away copies of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com and GORSE by @samkhorton.bsky.social !

Closes 18th October '25.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Wonderful to see THE HACIENDA on this Goodreads round up of Ten Years of Horror Hits!

You can grab all of @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's standalone horror novels from Solaris in the UK. THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is out next week!

Preorder geni.us/palbad
Buy THE HACIENDA geni.us/OmXinM

Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October

Halloween is, of course, the traditional season for scary stories. But for those of us weirdly dedicated to the genre, it’s a year-round endeavor....

www.goodreads.com

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you for all your starry wishes!!!!

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10d

BRB MUST GO THANK ALL THE STARS I WISHED ON FOR THIS!!!

C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 11d

new book who dis?
rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-comp...
tee hee! GUESS WHAT I'M WRITING TODAY!

Solaris completes the set with Saint Death's Doorway from C. S. E. Cooney! | Rebellion Publishing

It's the news that fans have been clamouring for...Solaris is delighted to be completing the series that began with World Fantasy Award-Winner Saint Death's Daughter, as C. S. E. Cooney draws Lanie's ...

rebellionpublishing.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 11d

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

It's time to complete the trilogy! We've snapped up @csecooney.bsky.social 's third instalment in the World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER series: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY.

Spring 2027. Lanie Stones will be back.

Learn More bit.ly/4nCm2HR

Against a black starred background, two blue interconnected circles. In the larger one, white text "ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT. C.S.E. Cooney #3 Saint Death's Daughter: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY. Spring 2027. In the smaller circle, an author portrait of Claire

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 10d

ME TOO!

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