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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 1h

Sometimes what I've been researching for a book ends up being advertised to me, can't say I remember one that tickled me more than this one just now on Goodreads, no less.

Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 22h

Don’t say you don’t know what to get me this Christmas.

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 1d

Neil Marshall's claustrophobic cave horror THE DESCENT celebrates its 20th anniversary with a brand new 4K SteelBook release from Lionsgate Limited.

Neil Marshall’s THE DESCENT Creeps Onto 4K SteelBook From Lionsgate Limited

Neil Marshall's claustrophobic cave horror THE DESCENT celebrates its 20th anniversary with a brand new 4K SteelBook release from Lionsgate Limited.

dlvr.it

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 1d

even a short drop into the rabbit hole that is LinkedIn reels is a dark nightmare like few others.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 2d

me: why am I not on some of these podcasts?

also me: let's talk devout anorexia and maternal filicide, it'll be a blast.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 1d

good as time as any for my annual reminder that you should watch Ponty Pool. be well.

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 2d

It's Indigenous People's Day so here are some recs for some Indigenous horror authors you may not have read yet. Get on it, friends.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 2d

me: why am I not on some of these podcasts?

also me: let's talk devout anorexia and maternal filicide, it'll be a blast.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 4d

dying to read this!

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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Gabino!
A wildlife biologist does a psychedelic trip to touch the fabric of the universe but unknowingly brings a piece back with him. Can he find it in the wilds of Colorado, or will it find him first?
@bookpeople.bsky.social
a.co/d/je6u50P

A black-and-white photo of an elk, stirring directly ahead. The cover of Kurt Phillips’s debut novel, the hand of the archer.

A road sign with a Stick Figure person and a stick figure elk that reads caution, aggressive elk

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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 5d

This one’s on my TBR

Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 5d

is my debut selling well? I’m told it’s steady. obvious joke aside, I’m thrilled to see the ratings and review numbers this far on Goodreads. “..stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed…” -GRR / WTDCD is the spooky season book you didn’t know you needed. Thx @gabino.bsky.social

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 5d

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday, Gabino! I'd like to push a friend's book today: Fabricated, by @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social.

Cybil Lewis, a PI in The District, is hired to help Territory Alliance agents track an escaped violator into the city's gritty underbelly, where life is cheap and everything can be fabricated.

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Deanne Marcus-Rupert @pocketbacon9.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino! Happy #FridayReads My novella, Ember’s Hollow, is a perfect way to get into the spooky spirit.

A place that only exists on Halloween. For anyone who ever had a best friend they'd do anything for. Something Wicked This Way Comes but with teenage girls in the 90s.🎃💀

Also on Amazon.

Ember's Hollow

Check out Ember's Hollow - <p>In Ember, Pennsylvania there is a place known as The Hollow. A spot believed to only exist on October 31st.</p><p>Teenage best friends, Paige and Jojo, have always dreame...

bookshop.org

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Dale Jacobs @tigerpride.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #FridayReads, Gabino! As always, thanks for doing this.

ON COMICS AND GRIEF is me examining the comic books of 1976, as well as my memories about my mother and grief around her death. The book combines analysis and memoir in ways that are experimental, asking the reader to make connections.

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino!!
My second novel, Pyres, dropped last Friday, and people are loving it so far. So, I'd be so happy for its brand of burning rage to find its way into more hands.
books2read.com/pyresnovel

It also got this crazily wonderful blurb from Lee Murray🔥🔥🔥

Ebook and paperback copies of Pyres with a blurb from award-winning author Lee Murray and a burning match in the background

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday, Gabino and everyone!

I don't know about you, but by us the weather is finally getting that crisp autumn feel.

Whatever your weather, one of my novels will probably be the perfect pairing.
linktr.ee/authorlevai

My two novellas against a starry background: THE NIGHT LIBRARY OF STERNENDACH: A VAMPIRE OPERA IN VERSE, and THE GLASS GARDEN. The first has batwings, fangs, and a book on the cover. The other has white letters on a kaleidoscope image.

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Peter Rosch @peterrosch.bsky.social · 5d

cool cover! 🖤

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino. My quiet folk horror, Harrowfield came out recently. #FridayReads

The pagan v the occult compete for newcomer to Harrowfield, Derwenna Parry, in the isolated borderline between Wales and England.

mybook.to/Harrowfield

Full cover for Harrow field novel. Lower half a dark green, almost black, field, with a slushy green sky above. Front cover has a solitary tree sheltering two standing stones. Back cover shows a standing stones and two ravens flying above.

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Daniel A. Olivas @danielolivas.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #FridayReads, hermano! My new book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts, received a lovely review from Wendy J. Fox of Electric Literature: electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

electricliterature.com

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 5d

Thank you, Gabino!
In the House of In Between is NOW (finally!) available in ebook format as well as paperback wherever you like to buy books!
Except Amazon.
They suck. Bookshop.org supports local and indie bookstores, even with ebooks!

#FridayReads

In the House of In Between

Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...

bookshop.org

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Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino ❤️
My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, is out in one month. If dark English forests, black birds, old rituals, and haunted boys make your autumn heart beat faster, preorder today!
mybook.to/woundedbirds

Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark misty background with red fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee.

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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!
My collection is up for pre-order! Out on Halloweenie!

mybook.to/AllsWell

All's Well That Ends Well

Read it now

mybook.to

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Michael Wegener @michaelwegener.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Gabino!
Out now as ebook and audiobook (paperback coming later this month) from cohesionpress.com - SNAFU: Contagion, an anthology packed with truly "sick" stories of military action and horror, including one of my own, "Black Hell Rising."
Had a ton of fun with this one.

a.co/d/dmsyLIV

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🐣 Migi ➡️ SKIAMAKHIA drops 10/31! @tdcloud.bsky.social · 5d

I think it's a great day for some award winning erotic gothic horror, don't you? bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

🐣 Migi ➡️ SKIAMAKHIA drops 10/31! @tdcloud.bsky.social · Sep 12

Your Next Gothic Read And Why It Should Be OSSUARY:

🩸 Survival Horror Made Horny
💀 QIA's Best Novella of 2023
🩸 As Above, So Below x The Descent
💀 Magic vs The Supernatural
🩸 Gothic with a capital "G"
💀 The sickest cover you've ever seen

🩸 tdcloudofficial.com/books

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Gabino!

I'm now 10 days into my effort to write a new essay on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN every day in October. Everyone can check it out over on my newsletter!

matthewjacksonwrites.com/tag/tracing-...

Tracing The Shape - Matthew Jackson and The Scares That Shaped Us

matthewjacksonwrites.com

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