Stephanie Ellis
@stephellis.bsky.social
Author, Elgin & Rhysling award-nominated poet, and reader.
Active Member HWA, member BFS
https://stephanieellis.org/
Active Member HWA, member BFS
https://stephanieellis.org/
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And now for something completely different. Perfect for Christmas, an alt history laced with humour and a number of dead bodies. This is Napoleonic Britain 1913.
Twiggy Voo?
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#FridayReads #booksky #cosycrime #althistory
Twiggy Voo?
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#FridayReads #booksky #cosycrime #althistory
Nuremberg is an excellent film. Outstanding performances from Crowe and Malik. Nor did it shy away from the reality of that time including original footage of the trial and liberation of the camps. A timely reminder of the greatest of all horrors.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nuremberg is an excellent film. Outstanding performances from Crowe and Malik. Nor did it shy away from the reality of that time including original footage of the trial and liberation of the camps. A timely reminder of the greatest of all horrors.
Today, finished @keithrosson.bsky.social The Devil by Name. Fantastic read & recommend to everyone. Moving on to my (signed 😁) Coffin Moon now.
Also reading a couple more stories from the Hiding Under Your Leaves anthology (nearly finished @laurenwrites.bsky.social!)I
A proper #FridayReads evening
Also reading a couple more stories from the Hiding Under Your Leaves anthology (nearly finished @laurenwrites.bsky.social!)I
A proper #FridayReads evening
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today, finished @keithrosson.bsky.social The Devil by Name. Fantastic read & recommend to everyone. Moving on to my (signed 😁) Coffin Moon now.
Also reading a couple more stories from the Hiding Under Your Leaves anthology (nearly finished @laurenwrites.bsky.social!)I
A proper #FridayReads evening
Also reading a couple more stories from the Hiding Under Your Leaves anthology (nearly finished @laurenwrites.bsky.social!)I
A proper #FridayReads evening
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My 2025 award eligibility post
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My 2025 award eligibility post
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I love that rare thing when a book leads you on a journey of discovery.💙
I urge you to check out both the book and @pollypaulusma.bsky.social version of the ballad The Maid & The Palmer.
@druidcat.bsky.social and @stephellis.bsky.social, I believe both are right up your street!
I urge you to check out both the book and @pollypaulusma.bsky.social version of the ballad The Maid & The Palmer.
@druidcat.bsky.social and @stephellis.bsky.social, I believe both are right up your street!
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I love that rare thing when a book leads you on a journey of discovery.💙
I urge you to check out both the book and @pollypaulusma.bsky.social version of the ballad The Maid & The Palmer.
@druidcat.bsky.social and @stephellis.bsky.social, I believe both are right up your street!
I urge you to check out both the book and @pollypaulusma.bsky.social version of the ballad The Maid & The Palmer.
@druidcat.bsky.social and @stephellis.bsky.social, I believe both are right up your street!
The Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn is one I used to frequent when I lived there. Return trips to visit family meant we could also take kids there. Plus my husband's grandfather owned it 1936-1952!
Still going strong and up for an award.
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...
Still going strong and up for an award.
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...
VOTE NOW! · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards
www.bifa.film
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn is one I used to frequent when I lived there. Return trips to visit family meant we could also take kids there. Plus my husband's grandfather owned it 1936-1952!
Still going strong and up for an award.
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...
Still going strong and up for an award.
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...
Another member of the Empress's house party in my novel, Twiggy Voo? is Kaiser Wilhelm. Here, he's a bit older than in the story but his passion for trees remains!
Visit Farnborough Hill this Xmas 🎄
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#cosycrime #althistory #booksky #FridayReads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0j...
Visit Farnborough Hill this Xmas 🎄
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#cosycrime #althistory #booksky #FridayReads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0j...
NETHERLANDS: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany chopping wood (1937)
YouTube video by British Pathé
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Another member of the Empress's house party in my novel, Twiggy Voo? is Kaiser Wilhelm. Here, he's a bit older than in the story but his passion for trees remains!
Visit Farnborough Hill this Xmas 🎄
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#cosycrime #althistory #booksky #FridayReads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0j...
Visit Farnborough Hill this Xmas 🎄
mybook.to/TwiggyVoo
#cosycrime #althistory #booksky #FridayReads
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0j...
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November's newsletter is live, with an essay about writing with your whole chest.
Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
Thanks!
Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
Thanks!
Into the Obscuradrome 11/13/25
Welcome back to the Obscuradrome. I'm Bob Pastorella, co-host of the This Is Horror podcast, author of The Small Hours, co-author of They're Watching with Michael David Wilson, and Mojo Rising, which ...
www.bobpastorella.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
November's newsletter is live, with an essay about writing with your whole chest.
Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
Thanks!
Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
Thanks!
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Just lined up tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news, but #ICYMI, here's last week's new and forthcoming: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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News Round-up Week Ending 7 November 2025
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from author Jack Finn and Crow Street Press, Culling of the House of Boars Strigoi. Living dead …
www.thisishorror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just lined up tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news, but #ICYMI, here's last week's new and forthcoming: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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A new promo started today full of hauntings, horrors, terrors, and torments—perfect reads to keep spooky season rolling! 📚😱🖤👻
books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_s...
books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_s...
Take the darker path with the occult and supernatural
Searching for your next favorite story?
Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A new promo started today full of hauntings, horrors, terrors, and torments—perfect reads to keep spooky season rolling! 📚😱🖤👻
books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_s...
books.bookfunnel.com/horror_and_s...
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The #Horror tropes of Ruins:
🏰The abandoned place
👀 Feeling of being watched
❓The mysterious stranger
👹 Monsters everywhere (but of the human kind)
👩 A “final girl”? Or not?
😱 A sinister warning
💀 Anyone can die
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #HorrorAuthor
🏰The abandoned place
👀 Feeling of being watched
❓The mysterious stranger
👹 Monsters everywhere (but of the human kind)
👩 A “final girl”? Or not?
😱 A sinister warning
💀 Anyone can die
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #HorrorAuthor
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The #Horror tropes of Ruins:
🏰The abandoned place
👀 Feeling of being watched
❓The mysterious stranger
👹 Monsters everywhere (but of the human kind)
👩 A “final girl”? Or not?
😱 A sinister warning
💀 Anyone can die
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #HorrorAuthor
🏰The abandoned place
👀 Feeling of being watched
❓The mysterious stranger
👹 Monsters everywhere (but of the human kind)
👩 A “final girl”? Or not?
😱 A sinister warning
💀 Anyone can die
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #HorrorAuthor
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Calling UK readers!
Amazon is playing tricks, and the paperback edition The House at the End of Lacelean Street is down to £3.01.
Very strange, and no idea how long it'll last, so why not check out the reviews?
www.amazon.co.uk/House-End-La...
Amazon is playing tricks, and the paperback edition The House at the End of Lacelean Street is down to £3.01.
Very strange, and no idea how long it'll last, so why not check out the reviews?
www.amazon.co.uk/House-End-La...
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Calling UK readers!
Amazon is playing tricks, and the paperback edition The House at the End of Lacelean Street is down to £3.01.
Very strange, and no idea how long it'll last, so why not check out the reviews?
www.amazon.co.uk/House-End-La...
Amazon is playing tricks, and the paperback edition The House at the End of Lacelean Street is down to £3.01.
Very strange, and no idea how long it'll last, so why not check out the reviews?
www.amazon.co.uk/House-End-La...
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THIS is what THIS WAY LIES MADNESS is all about, recognising the real life struggles of living with mental heath issues and seeing them portrayed with sensitivity in horror fiction.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
THIS is what THIS WAY LIES MADNESS is all about, recognising the real life struggles of living with mental heath issues and seeing them portrayed with sensitivity in horror fiction.
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Coffin Moon’s up for a Goodreads Choice Awards! Hell of a list in horror!
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Coffin Moon’s up for a Goodreads Choice Awards! Hell of a list in horror!
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And the reviews begin...
Goodreads review of ALL THE STARS DIE by @jfdt.bsky.social: 'Taff blends cosmic dread with human messiness ... the collection’s best pieces hum with craft, warmth, and a mean little afterbite for readers who like their nightmares conversational and sad-funny.'
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
All The Stars Die: Cosmic Horror Novellas
Modern horror's King of Pain, the World Fantasy Award-a…
www.goodreads.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
And the reviews begin...
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💫THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS is live on the feast of Martinmas, old Halloween, cover designed by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social — a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in secrets & tragedy.
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
💫THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS is live on the feast of Martinmas, old Halloween, cover designed by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social — a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in secrets & tragedy.
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
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'More than the sum of its individual parts - eight authors - eight stories - one book. This is the Chimera...'
(Profits go to Rescue Me - a small animal charity based on Merseyside)
mybook.to/ChimeraAntho...
(Profits go to Rescue Me - a small animal charity based on Merseyside)
mybook.to/ChimeraAntho...
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
'More than the sum of its individual parts - eight authors - eight stories - one book. This is the Chimera...'
(Profits go to Rescue Me - a small animal charity based on Merseyside)
mybook.to/ChimeraAntho...
(Profits go to Rescue Me - a small animal charity based on Merseyside)
mybook.to/ChimeraAntho...
Still don't know how Stuart fits this in with life, running @horrortree.com and everything else!
My latest horror-western has been released! Smoke Signal Hill was released today in the anthology Twisted Trails: Tales of the Weird Wild West from Shacklebound Books. Super excited to see another of these in print!
www.stuartconover.com/2025/11/10/m...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
www.stuartconover.com/2025/11/10/m...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Still don't know how Stuart fits this in with life, running @horrortree.com and everything else!
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I was crazy busy yesterday, but #MustRead Horror is unrelenting! This week: @crimereads.bsky.social consider the creation of human evil for secular horrors, The Lineup select 4 terrifying new indie/small press books for the TBR, @bloodygirls.bsky.social look back 25 years at Blair Witch 2 ...
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Fall is in the air, and @kevharrison.bsky.social is still curating the 5 must-read horror articles online, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
5 Must Read Horror Articles 10 November 2025
Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Crime Reads consider the challenging process of invent…
www.thisishorror.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I was crazy busy yesterday, but #MustRead Horror is unrelenting! This week: @crimereads.bsky.social consider the creation of human evil for secular horrors, The Lineup select 4 terrifying new indie/small press books for the TBR, @bloodygirls.bsky.social look back 25 years at Blair Witch 2 ...
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#HorrorWritersChat
Thanks Mary
I'll shill me three books
Try 'em
They good
And if they not working for ye
They at least short
NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS
NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING
NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS
WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Thanks Mary
I'll shill me three books
Try 'em
They good
And if they not working for ye
They at least short
NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS
NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING
NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS
WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Thanks Mary
I'll shill me three books
Try 'em
They good
And if they not working for ye
They at least short
NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS
NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING
NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS
WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Thanks Mary
I'll shill me three books
Try 'em
They good
And if they not working for ye
They at least short
NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS
NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING
NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS
WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
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Shoutout to @rickgualtieri.com & @chuckwendig.bsky.social & @stephenblackmoore.com & @prettyscaryauthor.bsky.social for hortific inspiration! Props also to @prettyscaryauthor.bsky.social for editing my dark Oz series Needle & Straw, & she'll also edit my WIP if I can finish it. #HorrorWritersChat
Q4 - CREDITS
Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.
#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.
Stay around for the outro to share your work.
Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.
#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.
Stay around for the outro to share your work.
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Shoutout to @rickgualtieri.com & @chuckwendig.bsky.social & @stephenblackmoore.com & @prettyscaryauthor.bsky.social for hortific inspiration! Props also to @prettyscaryauthor.bsky.social for editing my dark Oz series Needle & Straw, & she'll also edit my WIP if I can finish it. #HorrorWritersChat
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Also shoutout to @paperfury.bsky.social for ace gay horror DON’T LET THE FOREST IN, which I read recently and loved!!
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Also shoutout to @paperfury.bsky.social for ace gay horror DON’T LET THE FOREST IN, which I read recently and loved!!
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
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#HorrorWritersChat
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Leaving the cinema, our eyes acclimatise to the change in light.
Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love.
REMEMBER: You can self-promote ONLY if you’ve participated in the questions.
Thank you, Horror pals!
Before we part ways, please share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or fellow #HorrorWritersChat books you love.
REMEMBER: You can self-promote ONLY if you’ve participated in the questions.
Thank you, Horror pals!
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
Thank you Mary, and thank you all for the kind birthday wishes!
I’ll plug one of my other horror film monographs, the book I wrote about Ealing Studios’ ‘Dead of Night’. If you haven’t seen this film yet, please correct that deficiency at the earliest opportunity.
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Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce Lisa Hutchinson as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce Lisa Hutchinson as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce Lisa Hutchinson as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce Lisa Hutchinson as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
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Thank you for hosting! 🙌
I’ll showcase my Backrooms-inspired labyrinth creature horror that I mentioned in the food question. Basement Floor 2 features a mechanic who takes a long elevator ride down to a dark maze of a basement with a wolf-like monster stalking him. Some space-bending happening.
I’ll showcase my Backrooms-inspired labyrinth creature horror that I mentioned in the food question. Basement Floor 2 features a mechanic who takes a long elevator ride down to a dark maze of a basement with a wolf-like monster stalking him. Some space-bending happening.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you for hosting! 🙌
I’ll showcase my Backrooms-inspired labyrinth creature horror that I mentioned in the food question. Basement Floor 2 features a mechanic who takes a long elevator ride down to a dark maze of a basement with a wolf-like monster stalking him. Some space-bending happening.
I’ll showcase my Backrooms-inspired labyrinth creature horror that I mentioned in the food question. Basement Floor 2 features a mechanic who takes a long elevator ride down to a dark maze of a basement with a wolf-like monster stalking him. Some space-bending happening.
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#HorrorWritersChat Thanks for hosting @marywyrd.bsky.social ! I'm in-between projects right now.
Lemon Balm, my contemporary dark fantasy with enby, ace-spec leads released on Halloween! Info on my site.
Also, I'm an illustrator and graphic designer, and my availability is wide open. Info here:
Lemon Balm, my contemporary dark fantasy with enby, ace-spec leads released on Halloween! Info on my site.
Also, I'm an illustrator and graphic designer, and my availability is wide open. Info here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#HorrorWritersChat Thanks for hosting @marywyrd.bsky.social ! I'm in-between projects right now.
Lemon Balm, my contemporary dark fantasy with enby, ace-spec leads released on Halloween! Info on my site.
Also, I'm an illustrator and graphic designer, and my availability is wide open. Info here:
Lemon Balm, my contemporary dark fantasy with enby, ace-spec leads released on Halloween! Info on my site.
Also, I'm an illustrator and graphic designer, and my availability is wide open. Info here: