Lauren Bolger
@renbolger.bsky.social
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
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
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Lauren Bolger
@renbolger.bsky.social
· Oct 1
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-...
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What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
One of our rad Cultists just emailed a pic of their updated centerpiece bookshelf & y’all: I am continually humbled that this thing that Alex & I started 5 years ago inspires such loyalty & passion.
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
Omg just saw this cover in something and don’t wanna say what bc spoilers but coooool, i didn’t know this cover existed! I loved this book as a kid.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Omg just saw this cover in something and don’t wanna say what bc spoilers but coooool, i didn’t know this cover existed! I loved this book as a kid.
I only just now realized I wasn’t on the Following tab in here so now that I fixed that, it’s over for you guys
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I only just now realized I wasn’t on the Following tab in here so now that I fixed that, it’s over for you guys
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NINETEEN LITTLE STAB WOUNDS IS BACK!
But only until the end of the month.
There’s a limited supply of paperbacks so… hustle 🕺🪩🕺
All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. More info in my pinned post.
Get your copy here: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
But only until the end of the month.
There’s a limited supply of paperbacks so… hustle 🕺🪩🕺
All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. More info in my pinned post.
Get your copy here: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NINETEEN LITTLE STAB WOUNDS IS BACK!
But only until the end of the month.
There’s a limited supply of paperbacks so… hustle 🕺🪩🕺
All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. More info in my pinned post.
Get your copy here: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
But only until the end of the month.
There’s a limited supply of paperbacks so… hustle 🕺🪩🕺
All sales will be donated to Transgender Law Center. More info in my pinned post.
Get your copy here: dreadstonepress.com/product-cate...
Conjuring 4 was weird bc the tiny dots of light that looked like eyes in the dark were really cool but the number of times people were thrown down the stairs was very silly.
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Conjuring 4 was weird bc the tiny dots of light that looked like eyes in the dark were really cool but the number of times people were thrown down the stairs was very silly.
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep sayin it. Buy my book! or maybe I could sing it. 🎶Buy my boooook🎶 That would work for my 8 year old bc he’d do anything to make me stop singing.
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-...
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep sayin it. Buy my book! or maybe I could sing it. 🎶Buy my boooook🎶 That would work for my 8 year old bc he’d do anything to make me stop singing.
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Book mail rules. Although, I'm afraid this is my last subscription box for the year. Good thing @tenebrouspress.bsky.social will be opening their 2026 subscription soon. Stay weird n be kind out there (well, except to fascists and terfs n shit. Fuck em) 💀💜🤘
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
All by myself at work it seems and the building is making weird sounds.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
All by myself at work it seems and the building is making weird sounds.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
Chris and Brendan are really cool so you should listen to their podcast!!
literally a segment called “what do you do all day” where we talk about how you crowbar out time to write yr book while also having a day job
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Chris and Brendan are really cool so you should listen to their podcast!!
Love getting jumpscared by a calendar reminder alert for some “office hours” thing when I just wrapped up the last meeting of the day
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Love getting jumpscared by a calendar reminder alert for some “office hours” thing when I just wrapped up the last meeting of the day
If you guys like X-Files vibes, Dark Fantasy and Romance, pick The Barre Incidents a try! 👽💜😈
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-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you guys like X-Files vibes, Dark Fantasy and Romance, pick The Barre Incidents a try! 👽💜😈
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The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
The Night Ship
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
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snagged me my third ever pushcart nomination, mil gracias to the good folks at @yourimpossiblevoice.com for the honor
Congratulations to @illepitaph.bsky.social, @geoliminal.bsky.social, Elisabeth Sheffield, Peter Grandbois, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, and @molarawood.bsky.social—this year's Pushcart nominees!
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
snagged me my third ever pushcart nomination, mil gracias to the good folks at @yourimpossiblevoice.com for the honor
I feel like Halloween candy sucks. Didn’t Snickers and Reese’s and Kit Kats used to taste better?? Every time I eat one all I can think is I’d rather have like those Lindt chocolate balls or Ferrere Rocher or ice cream or brownies.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I feel like Halloween candy sucks. Didn’t Snickers and Reese’s and Kit Kats used to taste better?? Every time I eat one all I can think is I’d rather have like those Lindt chocolate balls or Ferrere Rocher or ice cream or brownies.
The way Carlos Mencia screams when Jaime takes his car in Blue Beetle is so funny, I just had to say that
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The way Carlos Mencia screams when Jaime takes his car in Blue Beetle is so funny, I just had to say that
Some phyllo dough floated up into the heating element of the air fryer and it got all smoky in here. But I’m still here
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some phyllo dough floated up into the heating element of the air fryer and it got all smoky in here. But I’m still here
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If you want to read one of our books but can't afford it, just ask. We'll send you a free ebook.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you want to read one of our books but can't afford it, just ask. We'll send you a free ebook.
Bedtime Simpsons quote
Lisa: Maybe you could have been "nicer" to Principal Skinner, if you know what I mean
Marge: Lisa! …I am nice
Lisa: Maybe you could have been "nicer" to Principal Skinner, if you know what I mean
Marge: Lisa! …I am nice
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Bedtime Simpsons quote
Lisa: Maybe you could have been "nicer" to Principal Skinner, if you know what I mean
Marge: Lisa! …I am nice
Lisa: Maybe you could have been "nicer" to Principal Skinner, if you know what I mean
Marge: Lisa! …I am nice
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Love this anthology so much. Check it out.
Today's 7 o'clock shill is our first anthology, THIS WORLD BELONGS TO US: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HORROR STORIES ABOUT BUGS. It has Cynthia Pelayo, Laurel Hightower, Kealan Patrick Burke, Paula D. Ashe, and more. Amazing cover and interior art by Jacob Blanchet.
frombeyondpress.com/books/this-w...
frombeyondpress.com/books/this-w...
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Love this anthology so much. Check it out.
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You will look so cool with one of these. Also someone ordered just a tote and it felt weird to only put a tote in a box to mail out so we threw in a free book.
We have about five tote bags left, don’t know that we’ll ever get more. Snag one while you can!
malarkeybooks.com/store/bag
malarkeybooks.com/store/bag
Tote Bag — Malarkey
A tote bag designed by Adrian Sobol, author of Hair Shirt and The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You’re the Last One Around . Fill it with books! These totes will be printed in Tulsa, O...
malarkeybooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You will look so cool with one of these. Also someone ordered just a tote and it felt weird to only put a tote in a box to mail out so we threw in a free book.
🩵💀🧟♀️
Current read: The Barre Incidents by @renbolger.bsky.social
Next read: Eminence Front by @rebecca-rowland.bsky.social
Current listen: Razorblade Tears by @blacktopkid.bsky.social, performed by Adam Lazarre-White
Next read: Eminence Front by @rebecca-rowland.bsky.social
Current listen: Razorblade Tears by @blacktopkid.bsky.social, performed by Adam Lazarre-White
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The weird CEO in The Chair Company is so disturbingly well-written and close to personal experiences at an old job, most things he does/says are making me physically cringe, haha. Just so out of touch with what everyone at his company does and out of touch with how to be human
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The weird CEO in The Chair Company is so disturbingly well-written and close to personal experiences at an old job, most things he does/says are making me physically cringe, haha. Just so out of touch with what everyone at his company does and out of touch with how to be human
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always nice when a piece finds its audience! check it out, won't you?
This story by @geoliminal.bsky.social, "Leeuwenhok's Lens" is a blast. A lot of fun spy shenanigans followed by a profound meditation about our place in the cosmos. Science fiction at its finest. Plus it's guaranteed to send you down a fun wiki rabbit hole. yourimpossiblevoice.com/leeuwenhoeks...
Leeuwenhoek’s Lens | Issue 33
By Eric Williams — "From the deck of the trekschuit, I watched Rotterdam and its forest of ships’ masts shrink and recede, and with the sight of them went, blessedly, the smell of herring and the scre...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
always nice when a piece finds its audience! check it out, won't you?
Do I a. plot my book some more or b. play a silly little computer game or c. waste time stuck in indecision
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do I a. plot my book some more or b. play a silly little computer game or c. waste time stuck in indecision