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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚

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Fine writing for foul minds. 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · Nov 16

You may know the tale of Sweeney Todd, but what of the tale of Mrs. Lovett? The Butcher’s Daughter, by David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark. Serving customers May 2025 🥧🔪

The US and UK covers for the novel The Butcher’s Daughter, set against a map of Victorian London

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 5m

No one will *ever* see me without my beard! 😙

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 24m

So adorable 🤗

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 3h

😲😲😲😲

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 7h

On my way to @canconsffh.bsky.social 🧹

David’s Can*Con Schedule:
Friday - Maggot story hour - 10 a.m. Mainstream
Saturday - Signing - 10 a.m. Newbridge
A Sea of Chatbots - 11:30 a.m. Shakers
Collaboration is… - 4 p.m. Traders

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 4d

Playfully spraying my neighbour with the hose as he's loaded into the coroners van

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 8h

Signature scents!

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 20h

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

(sorry, I didn’t see that you tagged @ascannerburkely.bsky.social but hopefully these help)

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Demons, Reanimator, Basket Case, The Beyond, Return of the Living Dead - bonus: Next of Kin

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

🖤🖤🖤🖤

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Yeah but also your lint

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Delicious lint

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Evan has done a really great job of rerouting your Internet searches

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Yeah they are not the focus of the book (there is *so much* going on) but they are not entirely absent either, so that may be the wise choice

David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

Well, there certainly are some bugs, and for someone who is sensitive to bugs I would say there are perhaps too many bugs 😂 I personally did not find it to be an inordinate number of bugs, but your mileage may vary!

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 1d

It is such a great book, one of my favorites of the year 🖤

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Karmen Wells @nomadiceditor.bsky.social · 1d

Class starts in FIVE DAYS! I'll be throwing so much inspiration your way, you'll be writing horror in no time. Only THREE SPOTS left, so sign up with the link below. Hope to see you there!

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@daviddemchuk.com @vlatinalondon.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social

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Gavin Jefferson @goliathwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Book Birthday to my friend @nuzo.bsky.social Her latest novel, Futility, is out today from @titanbooks.bsky.social

#AfricanHorror | #MagicalRealism

Check it out!
Amazon UK: bit.ly/4q90dky
Amazon US: bit.ly/4h4D7HO

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Happy release day to @gemmafiles.bsky.social and LITTLE HORN, a new collection of 14 stories and novelettes!

Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.

Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

The cover of Little Horn (title spelling out in bound sticks and twigs), flanked by the words "Out Today!" on both sides.

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 1d

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.