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Lauren Bolger

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Horror writer startled by most sounds. Kill Radio out now with Malarkey Books. The Barre Incidents out Oct 2025! My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/ Jewish / Free Palestine

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 12d

Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...

Cover for The Barre Incidents by me (Lauren Bolger). A statue’s face with a graveyard superimposed behind it. Cover art is by Matt Revert!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

ICE is all over the city and burbs today, including Waukegan. Multiple reports on social media from people who have found empty work vans and are trying to locate family of their owners. This is a near daily occurrence now.

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 10h

Ah thanks Rick!! SSTWW is on my to-buy list toooo

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 11h

Happy birthday!!!

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 13h

For the evenin’ crowd! We’re talking Malarkey, spooky Malarkey, and The Barre incidents in this episode. Was a lot of fun.

HorrorJoy Podcast @horrorjoypod.bsky.social · 22h

Our episode with @renbolger.bsky.social and Alan Good of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is out NOW! Give it a listen to hear about Lauren's new book, The Barre Incidents, and to hear about the great work being published at Malarkey.

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#horrorfans #horrorsky #booksky

Lauren Bolger and Alan Good on Meet Your Maker

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 22h

Come check out this podcast ep on Horror Joy!! Had a lot of fun with this one :)

HorrorJoy Podcast @horrorjoypod.bsky.social · 22h

Lauren Bolger and Alan Good on Meet Your Maker

Listen to Horror Joy on RedCircle

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 22h

😂😂 lol this is great

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HorrorJoy Podcast @horrorjoypod.bsky.social · 1d

Coming tomorrow: Horror Joy Meet Your Maker with @renbolger.bsky.social and Alan Good from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social.

#horrorsky #booksky #horrorfans

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d

Today the kids went from playing Minecraft the game to playing their own invented game of real-life Minecraft to my 8 year old coming inside very PO’d with a dirt-shoeprint on the side of his head from my 9-year-old bc she accidentally kicked him while swinging on the swing

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Just found out my story D.A.R.E. Cop has been nominated by scaffold lit for a Pushcart Prize. Proud of this little weirdo and really grateful to see it get some love. Thanks scaffold! www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

D.A.R.E. cop by chris scott — scaffold literary magazine

micro fiction

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds so satisfying to repeat heheh

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d

Also, your quote was the best part, I must say lol

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d

”I’m battling low potassium according to Quest Diagnostics.” 😂

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 10d

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 10d

"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."

"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott

Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d

The woods is a great place to read this!! Nothing could go wrong. Thanks Chris :)

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 1d

In hindsight *maybe* could’ve picked a slightly less spooky book to read in the woods but no regrets. Loving this, @renbolger.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Book: The Barre Incidents by Lauren Bolger

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 1d

I got my whistle at the ready

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 1d

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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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 2d

Omg there are some horror fans here today 🥹 Warms my heart

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 2d

This is today! Come say hi if you’re near Algonquin. I love this Barnes & Noble. It’s my local one. 💜

Event Details

IN STORE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025 11:00 AM CT
Book Signing with author Lauren Bolger
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Thiller/Horror author Lauren Bolger will be in store (from 11-1) signing copies of her newest book, The Barre Incidents.

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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all should go visit Lauren! Talk to her about books n music n have her sign her new book!

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 2d

This is today! Come say hi if you’re near Algonquin. I love this Barnes & Noble. It’s my local one. 💜

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 2d

(1802 S Randall Rd in Algonquin, IL)

Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 2d

This is today! Come say hi if you’re near Algonquin. I love this Barnes & Noble. It’s my local one. 💜

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!! That’s so awesome!

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 3d

I bought some plushes and a pair of lunar moth hi tops that glow in the dark. 41 can be hard but some parts are good

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

ICE continues its relentless assault on Chicago street vendors. Rapid response teams in Pilsen and Little Village confirmed a street vendor was taken on Cermak and Troy and also on Damen and Cermak. These are on two major Latine commercial corridors.

Confirmed sighting in little village

Today October 10, 2025 at 10:55am we were able to confirm that ICE kidnapped a street vendor on Cermak and Troy in front of the laundry mat. Another street vendor was taken on Damen and Cermak in Pilsen. If you have any more information please call 855-435-7693 or to report any unusual or suspicious activity. Our community is safest when we are informed and organized.

Description of vehicles: a black GMC Denali suv and Tahoe

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4d

feds have been all over chicagoland today.

reports of people abducted from back of the yards, cicero, rogers park, hermosa, barrington, batavia, and bridgeview.

feds are out in force in aurora. not sharing video, but residents have likewise turned out in force—and they aren't happy.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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