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C. M. Rosens
@cmrosens.com
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UK Horror & Dark SFF hybrid author - Canelo Horror (2024) & indie

ADHD. Welsh-Turkish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇹🇷. Queer/cis🏳️‍🌈. She/her.

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C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · Oct 27
"Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious." - Hester Steel, author of The Faceless Thing We Adore

Queer horror with tentacles, bad men, angry girls.

#Horror #BookSky 🌈📚😱

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Lovecraftian horror meets kitchen sink drama in this dry, darkly funny tale of toxic families, killers and cannibals, eldritch body horror and antihero female rage.
Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious. The world said, "You shouldn't go around making people feel ...
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"Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious." - Hester Steel, author of The Faceless Thing We Adore

Queer horror with tentacles, bad men, angry girls.

#Horror #BookSky 🌈📚😱

buy.bookfunnel.com/kwqd6x2s9w
Lovecraftian horror meets kitchen sink drama in this dry, darkly funny tale of toxic families, killers and cannibals, eldritch body horror and antihero female rage.
Completely absurd, violent and absolutely wonderful. Perfectly blending eldritch horror with family drama that's both tender and hilarious. The world said, "You shouldn't go around making people feel ...
buy.bookfunnel.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Anyone have any audiobook recommendations? Any genre, theme, length, etc. is fine. I just want a good story.

Self-promo is welcome and encouraged.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Absolutely LOVE The Crows and the other books in that series (can be read as standalone too) by @cmrosens.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Shop the sale here:
On Sale!
Special Editions & Preorders | Past Boxes
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November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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These comments (and more) from our readers have seriously made my weekend! Thank you everyone for all the love 🖤
lan McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social • 23h It's unsurprisingly excellent so far 1/ thebarrowfolk 29m • Author @helleborezine I'm loving it. It's such a beautiful object as well, I don't buy many physical books but I am so, so glad I did with this one. Deeply loving the stories so far. Reply Torquil@sireadh.bsky.social • 3d → Replied to you Not normally one for fiction, but I'm enjoying the tales immensely. deelawarre Just read this last night! Brilliant story. Not having another tonight l've got to save them
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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if you’re a bloodborne fan and want a primer on gothic horror, get yourself a copy of fred botting’s “gothic”, it lays out the genre super well & is an easy, very accessible read (not stuffy or overlong or too academic)
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🌈 It’s time for our BIGGEST SALE of the year!

Quantities are limited, sale ends on Wednesday December 3rd at 10:59 PM CT. This is the perfect time to grab any holiday gifts! Orders for past boxes and items will ship out within 1-2 business days. 🧵
A photo featuring all the books from full boxes in the Black Friday sale available. Twenty books are laid out in a grid of four rows with five book covers each. In the middle is a branded Rainbow Crate box. The text on the image reads “Black Friday Starts Now!” in white font with a fuchsia shadow. The text is split into two lines with “Black Friday” above the box, and “Starts Now!” underneath the box. Books pictured Top row: Of Love & Libraries, Fragments of a Fallen Star, Peter Darling, It's a Queer Queer Summer, Veil us in Gold. Second row: Upside Down, Royal Rescue, Uncharted, Far From Neverland, Of Tides & Snow. Third row: Demon King's Gardner Vol 1-3, The Golden Apple Duet, The Musician & the Monster, Outdrawn, You & I Rewritten. Fourth row: The First & Last Demon, Faces, Where the River Meets the Soul, The Flowered Blade, The Pendragon Wytch.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
Six books on a light green background. Text in the middle reads “Indigenous/First Nations SFF”. The books are The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones; Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson; The Whistler by Nick Medina; The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth; Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin; and We Can Never Leave by HE Edgmon
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The adar llwch gwin were monstrously savage birds in Welsh folklore. Drudwas ap Tryffin owned a pair. Just before he dueled King Arthur, he ordered them to kill the first man to enter the battlefield. However, Drudwas accidentally entered first, so his birds tore him to pieces.
#LegendaryWednesday
Photo of a glowering golden eagle
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Author Spotlight: Adrianne Brooks

Meet Adrianne Brooks, the author of over 15 paranormal/fantasy novels. We take a look at two of them set in the same universe: Age of Defiance, and Riding Nerdy.
Author Spotlight: Adrianne Brooks
Meet Adrianne Brooks, the author of over 15 paranormal/fantasy novels. We take a look at two of them set in the same universe: Age of Defiance, and Riding Nerdy.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I can't help until pay day but if anyone can help please share.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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In five (5) days, the submission window for the first issue will open on November 30th, 2025. So, if you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for information on the theme, submission guidelines and a wish list, and how to contact the staff.
A dimmed red-hued picture of a femme person cradling the head of a demonic-looking monster, and the follow text: If you’re into queer monsters and eroguro, there are... Five (5) days until the submission window opens! For more information, see letterstothegods.carrd.co
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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If you self-publish and still haven't seen this thick booklet that Temporary Services made earlier in the year, check it out! It provides a lot of useful insights from the perspective of stores that sell and distribute self-published artist books and zines. halfletterpress.com/booksellers-...
The cover of Booksellers Reflect on Self-Publishing, compiled by Temporary Services. For this booklet we reached out to book stores and distributors that we have worked with—in some cases for just a couple years, and in others for almost the entire time that we’ve been making and selling booklets and books. We sent everyone this description of the publication we wanted to produce: Artist publishing is thriving. As printing continues to become more accessible, and subjects like zine-making become part of college and high school curricula, the number of self-publishers is exploding. There are an ever-increasing number of art book fairs, zine fests and events for self-publishers, but distribution of the countless titles people produce remains a challenge as the number of participants in the field surges. Many people that work in bookstores that carry artists’ books and zines are also publishers themselves. We invited some of the booksellers we work with to reflect on the state of self-publishing as they experience it at the stores they work in, manage, or own. What insights can they share about the state of self-publishing? What advice can bookstores offer to self-publishers? How can artist publishers and bookstores work together in mutually supportive ways? What approaches are working and where are there weaknesses in the publisher and distributor relationship? This collection provides a detailed and generous array of observations, stories, and advice. We hope it is valuable to anyone that is interested in publishing, and wants their work to be in stores and other spaces for books. There are so many other great shops we couldn’t include; readers should talk to them too.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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deepcuts.blog Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · May 12
Periodic reminder that I've got books! You can buy 'em. Find out what Robert E. Howard thought about Mexico and marijuana! Why and how Robert Bloch didn't like Conan! Details on his correspondence with Clark Ashton Smith! And more.

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Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others
Amazon.com: Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others: 9781614982586: Derie, Robert: Books
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Check out
Jason's Weird Reads Talks To Authors. It's a great podcast and Amanda Headlee is an amazing author. He has a bunch of amazing guests. #podcasts #horrorpodcasts #horrorbooks
jasonwhite.bsky.social Jason White @jasonwhite.bsky.social · 4d
I had the incredible opportunity to chat with Amanda Headlee recently where we discussed space horror, creating your own mythos, female rage horror, and her book, This Is How a Villain Is Made. Listen wherever you download your podcasts. Links in comments:
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I had the incredible opportunity to chat with Amanda Headlee recently where we discussed space horror, creating your own mythos, female rage horror, and her book, This Is How a Villain Is Made. Listen wherever you download your podcasts. Links in comments:
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM