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L.A.Barnitz
@labarnitz.bsky.social
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Author, beekeeper, piddler. Native of the Ozarks, and I do not do AI.
Debut fantasy novel = The Stonebound Heir, Latest novella = A Haunting at Bent Creek
https://labarnitzbooks.com/
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Authors Guild Asks Supreme Court to Hold Internet Providers Accountable for Copyright Theft - The Authors Guild
When thousands of people illegally download books, music, or films, and their internet service provider knows about it but keeps collecting monthly fees from the pirates anyway, should the company fac...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The ebook novella "A Haunting at Bent Creek" is available only via my website - labarnitzbooks.com. If you love older female protagonists, ghosts, monsters and mysteries, this one's for you!
#BookSky 💙📚
#Bookworm
#ReadingCommunity
#southerngothichorror
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Indie authors writing #fantasy or #horror: let's help each other out during the holidays. I offer a free posting of your book cover, short description & purchase link in my newseltters going out this month & next in return for the same or similar offer.
#BookSky 💙📚🪐
#WritingCommunity
#indieauthor
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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If you're an #indieauthor who writes horror or fantasy novels set in worlds that do not look like medieval Europe & you have a newsletter, a blog, or an online shop, let's talk about trading some promotions for the Nov-Dec holiday push. Message me.
#BookSky 💙📚
#WritingCommunity
#authors
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Happy Halloween, Ghosts & Ghouls!
The last thing Dorie Coppedge needs is a visit from her dead sister & a frenemy who raises disturbing childhood memories.
Ebook at labarnitzbooks.com
#southerngothichorror #spookyseason #readreadread #ghoststory #BookSky💙📚
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Gotta shout out for my brother & farmers & ranchers on the Don Lemon show. Not everyone in rural America supports what Trump's doing. Those participating in the global economy know better - & they see what it's going to bring to local US communities.
#Missouri
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LEMON DROP | Farmers Are Turning on Trump & MAGA!
YouTube video by Don Lemon
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October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Hey, hey, hey #ghoststory fans - Here's a great little novella for #spookyseason about the hardscrabble life in the Ozarks and the trouble with dead sisters. Get it at labarnitzbooks.com

#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity
#southerngothichorror
#bookworm
#HappyHalloween
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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This #novella could be the result of watching "Frogs" when I was 9. Sam Elliott!!!!! I mean, even in 1972. Get the ebook at labarnitzbooks.com.
#BookSky 📚💙
#indieauthors
#ghoststory
#horror
#writingandbooks
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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If you're into ghost stories and southern gothic horror, specifically Ozarks gothic horror, this ebook is for you! Available at labarnitzbooks.com
#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity #bookworm #southerngothichorror #ozarks #spookyreads
A spooky road through a dark forest. Two figures are visible. Through a glass window there is a blurry woman's face and a palm held against the glass. Behind the title of the book "A Haunting at Bent Creek" one sees a black and white image of a creek flowing through rocks. It is foreboding looking.
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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They aren’t elected to govern. They are elected to do the bidding of their donors.
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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There's so much great new #horror out there! If #southerngothic is your thing, don't miss Andy Davidson's The Hollow Kind! If a novella is what you're looking for, try A Haunting at Bent Creek - available at labarnitzbooks.com
#spookyseason #amreading #ghoststory #bookworm
#BookSky 💙📚
sadiehartmann.bsky.social Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 14d
A huge benefit of reading horror is it allows timid and anxious people to live adventurously.
Photo includes audiobook recs: The Witch of Willow Pond, Silver Nitrate, Withered Hill, Tender is the Flesh, The Exorcist, Natural Beauty, The Hacienda, Queen of the Cicadas, The Cold House, The Devil and Mrs Davenport Book recs: Sisters, The Silent Companions, I Was a Teenage Slasher, Incidents Around the House, Come Closer, Horror Movie, Victorian Psycho, The Eyes Are the Best Part, Children of the Corn, The Haunting of Hill House
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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This novella could be the result of watching "Frogs" when I was 9. Sam Elliott!!!!! I mean even in 1972. Get the ebook at labarnitzbooks.com.
#BookSky 📚💙
#ReadingCommunity
#ghoststory
#horror
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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So, indie authors who write fantasy or horror.... Are you all out there? The void is so great. Sometimes I despair of ever connecting with other writers on this platform.
#WritingCommunity
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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You didn't even know you needed this #southerngothic #ghoststory but here it is, a fine little ebook novella, just in time for Halloween. labarnitzbooks.com 1/3
#BookSky📚💙 #horrorstory #horror #bookworm
A black and white photo of a couple from the 1930s, poor and white, in an old model A.
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It's out, now - A Haunting at Bent Creek. Need a ghost story before Halloween? Need a buddy story? How about a monster thrown in for fun? Go get the ebook at my website's shop because I'm not putting this on Amazon. labarnitzbooks.com
#horror #indieauthor #bookworm #readers #BookSky 📚💙
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Our country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee we sing;
Home to all faiths and creeds,
Each measured by her deeds,
Where promised justice leads
There is no king!

3/3 #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
labarnitz.bsky.social
Our country, bearing blows,
From faithless native foes,
For thee we cry;
We will not bend the knee,
Nor accept tyranny,
Save this democracy
Truth will not die!

2/3 #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
labarnitz.bsky.social
For all those out and about today, in case you need to strike up a tune here are some new verses to "America". #NoKings

Our country, standing tall,
Brothers and sisters all,
To thee we vow;
This land so nature-blessed,
Will pass the darkest test,
Bright beacon in the west
We will not bow!

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October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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On October 20th my #horror #novella - A Haunting at Bent Creek. Ebook will be available via many platforms, and my new shop at PayHip. If you like a good ghost story and the southern gothic subgenre, it's for you. Link will be coming.
#BookSky 📚💙🪐
#bookworm
#readreadread
October 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
labarnitz.bsky.social
We need some new verses to "America". [blows a note into her harmonica]. Share yours!!

Our country still stands tall
Brothers and sisters all
To thee we vow;
This land so nature-blessed
Will stand the darkest test,
Bright beacon in the west,
We will not bow!

#nokings #writingcommunity
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Next reading from The Stonebound Heir will be at The Readers' Depot in Rolla, #Missouri, Oct 16th. See you there!
Flyer shows the cover of the novel The Stonebound Heir. A photo of the author is also included. There will be a drawing for a free copy of the novel at the event on Oct. 16th, at 1203 -C Forum Drive, in Rolla, MO.
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Bearing witness to every abuse of this administration is important, but it is not going to save us. We need to be safeguarding the midterms. And I say this as an independent, uncommitted to either party. Missourians, you know this better than most. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Dirty Move Republicans Could Pull to Keep the House
Election-denying Trump allies could use a rare procedural maneuver to overturn a Democratic midterm win in 2026.
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September 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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@vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov -- we are counting on you to stop this. STOP THIS. Do not cooperate with this lawless, inhuman administration.
johnpavlovitz.bsky.social John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Sep 26
If you voted for him, you've done this.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
labarnitz.bsky.social
So who's using Payhip? Anyone? Wordpress has me pulling my hair out, so I just set up a free Payhip store today. #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #authors
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM