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Yolanda Sfetsos

@yolandasfetsos.bsky.social

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Writer. Reader. Horror freak. Bibliophile. Books: ONLY DARKNESS, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS, NUMB, & THROUGH THE BLUR. TV/Film Rep: Alec Frankel at IAG. She/her. NO GEN AI!! Website: http://www.yolandasfetsos.com/ All links: https://linktr.ee/yolandasfetsos

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 26d

Hi #Booksky! It's time to re-introduce myself. I'm Yolanda (she/her) & I live in Sydney, Australia. I write horror tales that bleed into other genres.

I'm a horror freak, bibliophile + I love 80s tunes, cozy vibes & vampires. 🦇

Website & blog: www.yolandasfetsos.com?m=1

Nice to meet you! ☺️

Graphic featuring the covers for all my books currently published: Fallen Destiny, Melancholy Delusions, Only Darkness, Numb, Through the Blur, Beast of Burden, The Wired City, The Bone Factory, and Breaking the Habit.

Also includes my website: www.yolandasfetsos.com

Cover artists:
Fallen Destiny: Alison Flannery.

Melancholy Delusions: Luke Spooner/Carrion House.

Only Darkness & Through the Blur: Fabled Beast Design.

Numb: Ruth Anna Evans.

The Wired City, The Bone Factory & Breaking the Habit: Adrian Baldwin.

Beast of Burden: I made this cover myself.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 23m

Ooooooh. Very nice!!

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 5h

@elfordalley.bsky.social and @adamhulse.bsky.social bringing more affordable horror for your spooky needs 🐁🎃🐀
#Booksky #horrorcommunity

The cover of The Growth by Adam Hulse features ominous, green slime while Elfored Alley's Never Leaving features a skull with a chainsaw going through it. Buy direct from www.infestedpublishing.com

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 7h

Good to hear! It sounds so intriguing.

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 7h

My husband knows me very well. He knew I'd be interested in this game just by reading the synopsis. 😍

Keywords: 1987, botched exorcism, rural town, the woods, attic... yeah, you get the picture. 😁

Sounds very interesting

Copy of FAITH: The Unholy Trinity Nintendo Switch game featuring a priest facing a red creature.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 8h

Tropes: small town secrets, possession, missing child, entity in the woods, body horror, motherhood, folk horror, urban myth, monster love, insta-lust, ghosts, gaslighting

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 8h

CWs: violence, parental trauma, grief, mental illness, manipulation, unresolved family trauma, child endangerment, supernatural horror, gaslighting, hypnosis, stalking, death

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 8h

#Booksky, I have a self-pubbed bleak novel currently available about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of folk horror & a mysterious entity:

Suffer.

Surrender.

The choice is yours.

Kindle/KU: mybook.to/XIvD2

GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO

Find out more: shorturl.at/bMDQx

Stack of three paperback copies of my horror book with the top one standing upright. The cover is black and features a creepy black-eyed girl with long brown hair. That’s actually Molly and she’s just come back from the woods.

Cover made by Fabled Beast Design.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 20h

You're welcome, Beverley. 😊🖤

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 20h

What a bargain!!

Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social · 20h

The House of Little Bones, my haunted, isolation/folk horror is on Kindle Countdown for only 99c/99p. It's a perfect read for the darker nights as the veil thins... #booksky
RTs very appreciated!
mybook.to/HouseofLittleBones

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 22h

So proud of this Halloween horror collection. 42 illustrations and 38 stories! From cosmic horror and gothic terrors to slashers and more. Available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook for only $1.99!

Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq

Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 23h

This is SO true!

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 23h

I agree. She's a great actress.

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

I love this movie!!

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a cartoon character 's face with a cloudy sky in the background .

Alt: A close up of a cartoon boy's face with a cloudy sky in the background.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

YES!! 😁

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

It's Heidi, Girl of the Alps: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,_...

Heidi, Girl of the Alps - Wikipedia

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of. 📺

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

PS. Also, the answer is yes. We did memorise a bunch of phone numbers.

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

OMG. 😅

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

Today's lovely bookmail.

Girls of Dark Divine by E.V. Woods paperback featuring the title in gold lettering and string with golden scissors cutting through it.

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Rice pudding
The Rise of Skywalker
You Can Call Me Al

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Sushi
Cocktail
Stairway to Heaven

mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

-creamed spinach
-Watership Down
-"Wild Boys"

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Beau! 😊

Firstly, make sure you don't buy any of Beau's books from the publisher!

And I'd like to mention my short story collection, which is perfect for Halloween. 🎃

Now available.

Kindle/KU: mybook.to/a86T

P/back: mybook.to/wjUJQzr

Bookshop.org: shorturl.at/L8gGu

GR: shorturl.at/IY8Qw

The paperback and eBook (on my Kobo Libra Colour) of Melancholy Delusions with the title on top and my name on the bottom, both in green. Beautiful cover featuring a woman looking into a mirror with some creepy things in the reflection.

Cover made by Luke Spooner/Carrion House.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so disappointed. I quite enjoyed the beginning, but it just gets worse unfortunately. 😣

Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 1d

Hate it when you're excited about a book (because you LOVED the first one) & the prequel/sequel starts out well, but before you know it you're halfway through & it's SO fucking boring. 🥱

Yes, I'm unfortunately talking about We Love You, Bunny.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 2d

It's Monday. Time to start the week with a late afternoon walk around the river.

A snapshot of the river under a cloudy sky.