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T. Frohock (she/her)
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CI-borg and Wellman award finalist--author of the Los Nefilim series from Harper Voyager US. I've long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying.

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Today's #BookQW is "run" and here, Rachael sees Lucian for the first time in years ...
Run: Lucian kept his right leg away from her and leaned heavily on his cane. Blood seeped into his beard from a wound on his cheek. Beneath his tan, his skin was sallow, the circles beneath his eyes black. In his gaze Rachael immediately recognized the agony no drug could heal. She knew that look well. She had broken all her mirrors so she wouldn’t have to see her own distraught stare day after day. Now her pain looked back at her through his dark eyes, and for one blind moment, she wanted to run him through with her sword. Just to make their anguish stop. www.tfrohock.com #BookQW
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Miserere sitting in some good company here. If you liked one of these, then you might like Miserere! If you want to give it a go, you can buy it here: awfulagent.com/ebooks/miser...
A screen shot of five novels beginning with Miserere: An Autumn Tale and people that liked Miserere also liked BLOOD TRAIL by Tanya Huff, DEATH MASKS by Jim Butcher, THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott, and THE DAUGHTERS' WAR by Christopher Buehlman.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(This is the opening to Miserere: An Autumn Tale):
Night shadows deepened when Lucian extinguished the candle beside his bed. The cry beyond his chamber ended too soon for him to determine its source. He listened for the noise to repeat itself. The hearth fire crackled. The blaze saturated the room with heat, but Catarina forbade open windows. His twin was always cold. Sweat crawled through his hair. The seconds ticked into minutes. He remained still. Listening. Wondering if they intended to come for him.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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8. WORMWOOD by Layla Martínez: This has been on my to-read pile all summer and I want to get to it after THE UNWORTHY.
A beetle crawls over the letter "o" and two panels of wood frame half a woman's face as she stares out at the reader.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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I haven't read these yet, but they're next up in the queue:
7. THE UNWORTHY by Agustina Bazterrica: After Tender is the Flesh, I can't wait to crack THE UNWORTHY. Bazterrica is on my to-watch list from now on.
Black background and a nun holding her hands up in supplication. The nun's body is in shades of ombre white to red.
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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6. THE NIGHT THAT FINDS US ALL by John Hornor Jacobs: I'm currently reading this, but I'm almost finished, so I feel very safe in recommending Jacobs' latest. It's novel of a haunted sailing boat and the story moves at breakneck speed. First rate from Jacobs. Again.
A sailing ship floating on a sea of blood into a cove.
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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5. SHE IS A HAUNTING by Trang Thanh Tran: One part haunted house, 10 parts haunted person. It's a great horror story about family and the bonds that bind.
A young woman's face: she is crying and flowers are sprouting from her lips.
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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4. STARVE ACRE by Andrew Michael Hurley: Yeah, yeah, I know it's a movie, but the book is probably one of the finest examples of folk horror that I've read in years.
A woodcut drawing of a twisting oak with a hangman's noose twisted on one branch.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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3. DARK MATTER by Michelle Paver: If you're looking for the perfect fireside/hot coca/winter read, here it is. Paver's prose is as dark and cold as the environment is this spooky ghost story.
A black and white image of whale bones on an artic beach.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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2. THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones: This story stands beside THE HISTORIAN as one of my favorite vampire novels. History, horror, and captivating narrators mix for a roaring good read.
A buffalo head in profile against a tan background.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Some of us read horror all year round but since this is primo spooky time, here a few that I've enjoyed immensely this year:

TENDER IS THE FLESH by Agustina Bazterrica: An absolutely sublime horror novel that examines our relationship with animals, ourselves, and our desires.
The novel Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica has red devil horns obscuring the upper half of a woman's face.
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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It's Book Quote Wednesday and today's word is 'gold' #BookQW
In the throes of her possession, Rachael is helpless against the demon's assault on her mind ... She parted her lips, but the daemonium sensed a shift in the power. It slithered through her memories to distract her, firing a montage of images into her brain. Helpless against the onslaught, all she could do was ... … remember … Her father stood in her bedroom door, a swath of moonlight illuminating his naked body … she burrowed beneath her covers and feigned sleep, but his hand found her breast and … Tanith came close, whispering of traitors and monsters in the night … do not fear them, they are not here, but … Mastema’s eyes are full of poison, don’t look in his eyes, never look in his eyes … where cracked mirrors fell from the walls, shattered and broken like her faith … and John stood over the Eucharist, stained-glass light bathing his robes in shades of azure, crimson, and gold … and he spoke of God, of God, God, God, God …
October 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Blocking the bad place:
Go here: www.bluesky-labelers.io
Click on the labeler you want to subscribe to.
It will open in a new window--just click subscribe
Go to Settings > Moderation > and the labelers should be there:
h/t to @betsydornbusch.bsky.social
A window under showing where to find the Bluesky Moderation Service, XBlock Screenshot Labeller, and the AI Imagery Labeler in Moderation settings under Advanced.
September 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Not this one, this one is mine!
Dinosaur – Life Sized – Pterodactyls Quetzalcoatlus $850
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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One vent cover down and one to go
A vent cover freshly painted in a buttery cream is on a table drying.
August 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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This Wednesday's Book Quote word is 'shiver' #BookQW. The demon in Rachael's mind is offering illusions while she struggles to find which man is lying to her:
Caleb already had Lucian convicted and hanged, but the constable wasn’t proving trustworthy himself. When they examined the golem together, the fading glow around each of the wounds indicated strikes by a Citadel blade. Caleb had to know the truth even without seeing the insignia on Lucian’s scabbard. Yet he insisted Lucian had used Mastema’s power to create and then destroy the creature. Did he believe she was so taken by the daemonium she couldn’t analyze the evidence before her? A shadow rippled in a far corner of the nave. Her father's ghost stepped from the darkness, leaving wet footprints in his wake. “That dog don’t hunt, does it, baby?” No, sir. That dog be lying. Placing Lucian’s blade on the altar, she struck a black mark in Caleb’s column. The stove’s metal door screeched when he closed it. Rachael shivered. Her vision blurred, and when she looked again, her father’s ghost was gone. She took a ragged, shallow breath and unbuckled her sword to lay it beside Lucian’s. “Give me your sword.”
August 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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A view of the newly painted wall beside the monster china cabinet.
A china cabinet to the left of a dried flower arrangement. To the right is an open door leading to my living room.
August 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Poppy getting her post walk ice pack on her heat rash
A brindle pit bull lying with her head in my lap while I hold an ice pack on her tummy
July 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is "utter" #BookQW and it's used in Miserere when Rachael's adoptive mother on Woerld gives her a parting blessing from the Goddess. awfulagent.com/ebooks/miser...
A Blessing Tanith gives Rachael a blessing from the Goddess before she leaves for the Wasteland: “Then take my blessing with you.” “I’d be honored.” Tanith held Rachael’s gaze as she spoke the ritual words. “Blessed be thy lips, that shall utter the sacred names.” She kissed Rachael’s lips. “Blessed by thy third eye, that sees all.” She kissed Rachael’s brow. “The Crone rides at your side and She will protect you. May She bring you home to us safe. Here. Where you belong.” The hair on Rachael's arms rose at Tanith’s eerie echo of John’s parting words. The older woman stepped back and melted into the crowd before Rachael could whisper goodbye. Alone again, she mounted Ignatius and turned his head toward the gate. She rode away without looking back.
July 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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In my front yard right now
A pair of fawns lying Dow in the grass
July 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe made paper bullets by writing demoralizing notes & slipping them into Nazi soldiers' pockets. Take heart and know each small act matters. Hugs to you all.
Beige cover with rainbow images of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe and a bottom image of Nazi soldiers marching.
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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She is watching. She is judging. Miss Fluffy-Butt Fancy Britches is on the job.
July 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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So after my bad horrible no good weekend, I joked last night about not being attacked by a bear while taking out the trash, because bears are rare where I live only now they're not because today on FB, the police department notifies me of this:
A black background with bright yellow words "WARNING! Bear sighting in the area" with a Reidsville police badge and the silhouette of a bear and the address is near my house so there is that.
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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How you can tell we’re having a thunderstorm:
A black cat swatting beside a pit bull that is looking very distressed.
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I know the news is terrible but the wisteria came in beautiful this year.
A tall tree with wisteria over a dogwood in bloom against a cloudy sky
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM