Daniel Fox
daniel-fox.bsky.social
Daniel Fox
@daniel-fox.bsky.social
Writer of Horror, Thrillers, Fantasy, and children's books. I also created a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style horror game. Wow, I should really focus. My Books: https://shorturl.at/lzUBW
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Did you know that reading for pleasure reduces stress by up to 68%? It can actually loosens your tense muscles and lower your heart rate. You know, in case anything stressful has happened over the past couple of days. #booksky📚💙#books📚#reading
James Joyce was born on this day in 1882.

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February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"Around The World In 80 Days" by Jules Verne was first published on this day in France in 1873.

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January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The Evening Mirror published "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe on this day in 1845.

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January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Edgar Allen Poe was born on this day in 1809.

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January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Peter Benchley's "Jaws" was published on this day in 1974. 🦈

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January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel) was born on this day in 1892.

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January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley was published anonymously on this day in 1818. Mary's name as the author wouldn't appear until the book was republished in 1823.

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January 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm published the first version of their collection of fairy tales on this day in 1812.

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December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's Arthur C Clarke's birthday! Born in 1917, Clarke gave us a whole whack of science fiction including, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous With Rama, and Childhood's End.

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December 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Shirley Jackson, creator of one of the all-time great short stories "The Lottery," (as well as over 200 other short stories and 6 novels) was born on this day in 1916.

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December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov was published on this day in 1950. 🤖

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December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
3 big author birthdays today! Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), was born in 1874. Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain 9The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) was born in 1835. And Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels) was born in 1667.

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November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published on this day in 1865. It would gain enough notice and praise to kick off his fiction-writing career.

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November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fyodor Dostoevsky ("Crime and Punishment," "The House of the Dead") was sentenced to death on this day in 1849 for belonging to a radical, anti-government, intellectual group.

They put him in front of a firing squad before his sentence was commuted to 4 years hard labour in a prison camp.

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November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson was published in novel form on this day in 1883. Apparently it was responsible for shaping a number of pirate archetypes like one-legged peg-leg pirates, parrots on shoulders, X marking a spot on a map, etc.

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November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad was published in its novella form on this day in 1902 (it was previously published in serialized form). 🛥️

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November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of "Crime and Punishment," "The Brother Karamazov," "Notes From the Underground," and more was born on this day in 1821.

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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Benjamin Franklin founded the first public library in the U.S., The Library Company of Philadelphia, on this day in 1731. You had to pay a deposit, but you got the money back when you returned the book.

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November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams" was published this day in 1899, and ever since then every dream you have means you want to have sex with your mom.
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The very first "Godzilla" movie premiered in Japan on this day in 1954!

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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
John Carpenter's "Halloween" was released on this day in 1978! 🎃🔪

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October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You know what's super fun around this time of year? If you said, "Reading Halloween-themed horror anthologies," then HECK YA! You were right. A bunch of us inkspillers contributed to this bad boy of a book which is available now!

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Samhain Screams
Amazon.com: Samhain Screams eBook : Chapman, Greg, Davis, Matthew R., Watson, S.B., Livings, Martin, Young, Marty, Tyrer, DJ, Folliard, Kevin M., Morris, Jacy, Dalia, Mia, Trost, Cameron: Kindle Store
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October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The Return of the King" was published on this day in 1955.

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October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" was published this day in 1847. TIL that it was originally criticized for being anti-Christian because of Jane's rebellious nature.

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October 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM