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Using AI to compose your work isn't just lazy and unethical. Countless authors have had their work pirated to train AI programs without their knowledge, consent, or proper compensation. If you're using AI to generate your content, you are participating in that theft.

2024 Stoker Awards Final Ballot The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards: Superior Achievement in a Novel House of Bone and Rain, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland) I Was a Tee…

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Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88 Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016 Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me…

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

Lauded in the New York Times, Esquire, NPR, Rue Morgue, and Locus...and now a Bram Stoker Award nominee.
Don't miss out on @lairdbarron.bsky.social's celebrated collection, NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT, available now.

Addendum: No matter what, we're not going to stop what we're doing unless these Nazis physically prevent us from publishing books.

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin's speech from THE GREAT DICTATOR.

Still sadly relevant today.

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A reminder: Amazon being out of stock is not "sold out everywhere". There are thousands of copies on store shelves at B&N and your local indie shop, and at calendar specialty retailers, both online and at the mall.

Amazon just didn't order enough copies back in June.

Check eatf.art for some links!

Celebrating the second anniversary of this post. Proceed with a vision, friends.

And the top spot is: The Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Curtains."

Turns out, when you prep for playing a musical, your listening algorithm gets a little weird.

Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:

If I didn't already own it, I'd buy it based on these reviews alone.

The paperback of The Devil Takes Home is only $8! Here are some 1-star reviews:

“Most graphically violent book I have ever read.”

“I don’t need this much darkness and depravity in my reading.”

“Well-written but with unimaginable violence and brutality.”

“Woke.”

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There's an auto-created bot account for Severin Films that sadly many people (including me) followed instead of the official account! Follow the REAL Severin Films at @severinfilms.bsky.social - let's knock that fake account out of the algorithm!

In our quest to bring you the best in contemporary weird fiction, few titles have had the lasting impact and influence of John Langan’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, The Fisherman, which Word Horde published in 2016. Word Horde has also published multiple collections by John Langan, including Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies, Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters, and Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies. We are excited to announce that Word Horde will continue this tradition in 2025 by publishing John Langan’s latest collection Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions! In 2026, Word Horde will be publishing the long-awaited new novel by John Langan entitled The Cleaving Stone. Stay tuned for more details!

In our quest to bring you the best in contemporary weird fiction, few titles have had the lasting impact and influence of John Langan’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, The Fisherman, which Word Horde published in 2016.

Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

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COVER REVEAL FOR KING OF ASHES!!!!!!

My first Horror Fiction Authors starter pack is maxed out so I started a second one. Are you a published horror author and not in one of these two packs? Let me know!

Horror Fiction Authors starter pack 1:
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Horror Fiction Authors starter pack 2:
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Hello, new followers! We're NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE and we believe horror helps people better understand & cope with the dark shit life heaps on them -- and to better celebrate the good, as well.
We publish new horror & dark fantasy fiction, poetry, and insightful essays on our site every Wednesday.

I heard they had a new album out. I'll have to dig into it.

May Our Chambers Be Full [2020] - Thou / Emma Ruth Rundle - YouTube

Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle's May Our Chambers Be Full

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Hi, friends. Laird just shared via Patreon some additional health challenges he's facing--this time regarding his vision. His treatment will involve multiple procedures and last in to next year. I can't do much from here but lift up his work. So I will.

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They say, "Don't quit your day job." Well...some personal news. Long live the bad hand.

Stay Weird! Fund Weird Horror Magazine for 2025. Help keep Weird Horror magazine going. Genre magazines are suffering. Revenue and marketshare is shrinking. We need your help. We can't continue publishing the magazine without your support. Please co...

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Maybe I just started writing the autobiography of a serial killer who [redacted]. Maybe I just started writing something I’ll throw into oblivion tomorrow. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that I’m writing.

Ghosts, nightmares, and summertime, baby! The ghosts are loose! Are you scared yet? Last month, we released Why Didn’t You Just Leave, an anthology of ghost stories edited by Julia Rios and Nadia Bulkin. I could talk this book up all day, but...

New blog post! Ghosts, nightmares, and summertime, baby! Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/cursedmo...

Intro post: Dim Shores is a micropress publisher of weird/horror fiction based in California. To date I have published 28 limited-edition chapbooks and four anthologies. The latest chapbook is Different Faces by Rory Say, with novellas coming later this year from Scott Nicolay and Nadia Bulkin. Hi.

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