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Stephanie Ellis

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Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader. Active Member HWA, member BFS https://stephanieellis.org/

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · Sep 15

The countdown to release day begins.

New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st.

mybook.to/Harrowfield

Graphic showing novel Harrowfield pictured beside a standing stone. Contains review quote from Catherine McCarthy, author of Death of a Clown:
If you enjoy cozy horror/dark folklore, pagan goddesses and rural settings you really should pick up a copy. I promise you'll enjoy it.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 18h

This anthology came out under the radar this year but am remedying that. I came into the project to help get it out and this most certainly wouldn't have been achieved without the work of Noel Osualdini & Dan Franklin. A proper team effort. www.amazon.com/Monster-Bone...

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2d

They changed the ending!

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

I did. I should get round to popping a review up on goodreads/amazon some time this week :)

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

I love the articles, always so different.

Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

1932 it will be.

Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Mine arrived yesterday. Was read yesterday. Has now been added to its companions on the shelf. Excellent as always.

Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 6d

✨🪞IT’S HERE!🪞✨
Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
✨ Get your copy from helleborezine.com ✨

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Couple of chapters in :)

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

That might be my Sunday afternoon viewing if I can find it. There are a couple of versions aren't there?

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Spookily, I have just read Priestley's Benighted. Brighthaven sounds a better option than the tempestuous Welsh mountains (though I do wander up them - a little -when it's calm).

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Morning, Womble I've read J.B. Priestley's Benighted this week and @garykruseauthor.bsky.social The Mistress of the Crows. Now on @erynmccee.bsky.social The Woman in White.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 3d

If any publisher wants to publish this experiment light novel …

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 3d

In case people need something to look forward to, I have the honour of collaborating with @hookland.bsky.social on a light novel. Initial discussions began in a necropolis and then moved onto a pub. Will begin in earnest early 2026.

Creature formed of woven willow and hagstones. Fearful in appearance. Pencil drawing with some tones.

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Ditto. I look them up and then promptly forget! 😂

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 3d

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How Do We Escape Today’s AI?

In this monthly Director's Note, Christopher Newfield explores the history, economics, and public imagination of so-called 'artificial intelligence'.

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michaelkroghwriting @mkroghwriting.bsky.social · 3d

I think you should read my book, but if it's not your jam, that's cool. Just read someone's book because books are the best, and every author brings a different perspective to stories and life.

#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚

michaelkroghwriting @mkroghwriting.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here's my novel- it's a portrait of a teenager's grief turned to vengeance, set against the vast backdrop of a world at war.

Listen to the 1st chapter at michaelkrogh.com!

Amazon (epub, print) a.co/d/6OgDGdU
Barnes & Noble tinyurl.com/2dhw2jtw

#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚

A book and an ebook, next to the words, "Robert's father is lost in the war, and it leaves the teen bereft. Then comes an unexpected opportunity to find his father or at the very least, find justice. But if he leaves, what will Robert do about his grieving mother? And is the war too big for anyone, let alone a teenager caught up in dreams of revenge?"

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

holes pit the #raincoat
no stormshield for straw or rag
the scarecrow cares not

#vss365 #haiku

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Harrowfield is a tiny village in the Marches, that wild strip of borderland between England and Wales.

When Derwenna Parry’s brother goes missing whilst surveying farmland, she and his daughters head to the village to track him down. And now Midsummer approaches ...

mybook.to/Harrowfield

Front cover of Harrowfield novel
Lower half, dark green almost black with title and author name.
Above is a solitary tree sheltering two small standing stones.
The sky is a sludgy green.

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Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to be joint winner of the Shadows Award for Poetry with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! My poem, "You Swallowed Your Tongue," (BESTIARY OF BLOOD: MODERN FABLES & DARK TALES, @crystallake.bsky.social, ed. Jamal Hodge) was honoured alongside Lee's collection, FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 5d

Ahead of tomorrow's World Mental Health Day, @laurenwrites.bsky.social caught up with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social & @davejeffery.bsky.social, editors of Flame Tree anthology This Way Lies Madness, to chat about stigmas & how horror can actually help us.

britishfantasysociety.org/this-way-lie...

A graphic representing mental health: a human head with green plant growth emerging from the brain

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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 3d

Must be the year for it, seen one or two trees like that with the fungi on walks this year.

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Catherine Cavendish @catcavendish.bsky.social · 7d

The house kept its secrets – until someone disturbed it...

Soon, Diana will discover the legends of Matilda’s Retreat are not consigned to the annals of history, as her life changes forever

Matilda's Retreat. Out soon from Crossroad Press. Available for pre-order now.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 5d

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 4d

Hey #FridayReads
Please check out the works of Rebecca Crunden aka @bookspotlight.bsky.social

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Thanks Gabino!!

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 4d

Goblin Mode
Kobolde Style
Bugbear Gestalt
Githyanki Modus Operandi
Ogre It ys A Whooooole Deal
Hill Troll Grande Scheme of Thinges

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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 4d

It’s 3 weeks to #Halloween!

Which means it’s 3 weeks to the release of my supernatural mystery, Ruins! 🎃👻🎃👻💀

To find out more about the book, check out #TheRoadToRuins

Like what you read? Pre-order it here: mybook.to/Ruins

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor

The book ruins on a spooky, mist covered road.

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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Gabino!
A wildlife biologist does a psychedelic trip to touch the fabric of the universe but unknowingly brings a piece back with him. Can he find it in the wilds of Colorado, or will it find him first?
@bookpeople.bsky.social
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A black-and-white photo of an elk, stirring directly ahead. The cover of Kurt Phillips’s debut novel, the hand of the archer.

A road sign with a Stick Figure person and a stick figure elk that reads caution, aggressive elk

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