Stephanie Ellis

Gone a bit old school this evening. TV off, CD player on - Ghost Brigade playing. Writing with pen and paper. 😁

Thank you so much!

Full Immersion by Gemma Amor

The Woodcutter by Stephanie Ellis

2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚

Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.

Today's list:

Full Immersion by @manylittlewords.bsky.social

The Woodcutter by @stephellis.bsky.social

Agree, from Midlands.

They are a tad. 😁

#HorrorWritersChat The End:
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My short stories: www.cjdotsonauthor.com/short-stories

I'd love to see it! So far autistic representation tends to focus on the genius aspect, esp in crime shows, and the importance of routine, but not much else. Tho the French crime show Astrid in Paris is a bit more on point, showing sensitivity to noise, stimming, not perfect but better.

So have I!

Misty moody grey night with a pale full moon shining high amid the grey clouds. The streets are slick with rain and the trees are bare. A lone figure walks along the cobbled road. There is a large house with lit windows in the distance.

Naughty children on the Isle of Islay were threatened with a visit from Crom Dubh na Nollaig (Crooked Dark One of Christmas). His arrival was heralded by screaming sounds coming from the chimney... #LegendaryWednesday
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I don't think I've read stories where those aspects are drawn out so much. Yes, there are tales with autistic characteristics indicated but they generally don't reflect much in more depth, such a story would be pretty powerful. (I used to work with ASC kids).

Thanks for another great chat! Need a holiday gift for the slow-burn horror fans on your list? Then perhaps consider Little White Flowers. Not a Christmas book at all, but it does have a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer reference 😂

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Thank you, #HorrorWritersChat! Very thoughtful questions!

I'd love to have more readers. Getting them is like pulling teeth from a lion(I always say this, lol). My collection came out on Halloween. If you like various horror, Here it is:

mybook.to/AllsWell

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Thank Eryn

I'm gonna pimp me second book, LOST WITNESS, cause it's set in the snow and it's currently Christmas

And more appropriate, it's kinda miserable

B-but fun

Check it out

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Placate the ego of a humble Beird on the net

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Belated Happy Birthday!

Thank you @erynmccee.bsky.social and #HorrorWritersChat for another fun session. Matt would be proud…

As it was my birthday on Saturday (42), I’m going to shamelessly ask for my works to be shared. Read, review, ravish them with praise to others!

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Thanks #HorrorWritersChat for a lovely Wednesday afternoon :)

I'm tired of promo-ing Lemon Balm lately, so maybe check out my Patreon? Paid members are getting 4 chapters of Lemon Balm's audiobook today as a support reward :)

www.patreon.com/3922566/join

New short stories coming soon!

#horrorwriterschat Thanks, Eryn. As always, find my stuff on Substack, and keep an eye out for a couple of my stories coming out in anthologies in the next few months.

Stay weird and creepy, my friends. :)

This week I'm promoting my thriller THE GIRL WHO WOULD LIVE FOREVER. It's set during Christmas and there are torture devices and wolves and high tech tomfoolery and immortality. And snow. And palm trees. www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Wou...

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Oh Christmas Tree, Keep Me From Getting My Ass Beat! For Thirstday chat 12/05/25

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks, Eryn I am 4K words into my WIP that's going to be my featured story for The #ShadowBoxArchives, and speaking of, here is the flash fiction horror comedy I posted to our #Substack for #Thirstday last week

shadowboxarchives.substack.com/p/oh-christm...

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks Eryn!

2 links today:

1) I’ll be one of the Locals in the Limelight at next year’s Granite Noir Festival in Aberdeen, reading my poem The Witch’s Hat at this event: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

2) My end of year playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Si...

There's something about Schubert's Winterreise, you know. It's definitely a story in the ears. Der Leiermann, the last song in the sequence, is for me the very essence of wintry grief horror. #HorrorWritersChat

Thank you for another fantastic #HorrorWritersChat! Here’s the dirt on The Horror Zine. I'm a horror writer and Media Director for The Horror Zine.

The Horror Zine
www.thehorrorzine.com

THZ (Facebook):
www.facebook.com/thehorrorzine/

THZ - BlueSky
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Thank you, Erin #HorrorWritersChat is always fun and inspiring. Makes my fingers all tingly 😁
Now the promos
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You know what makes a great gift, #HorrorWritersChat? Spooky collections. And this one has ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses, among other things.

Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk
B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe
Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/33xhhdnx

Just remembered Rotting Christ are a pretty atmospheric band!

Thanks again #HorrorWritersChat!

As this was a music-themed evening I'm sharing By the Blood, a Catholic Vampire novella

It started as a thought experiment born of listening to Powerwolf's Blessed and Possessed album enough to consider taking the theological implications of undead clergy seriously

This sounds horribly like my past menopause experience 😆

Book rec: The Christmas Goblin by MG Mason, a festive family friendly fairy story

Thanks Eryn, loved the questions

Since Christmas is approaching, I'm boosting this festive fairytale written by our much loved and missed Matt. I read it last year and it's a fun little tale #BookSky #HorrorWritersChat

Great #HorrorWritersChat, thank you Eryn.

Most of my books are enrolled in the Smashwords end of year sale. The 7th Hell series is 75% off and the others are 50% off.

Smashwords let’s you give ebooks as gifts, so it’s a great time to buy some stocking fillers.

www.smashwords.com/sale

Ooooh. I'd love it if each time the piece of music was louder, as if it was being played a little closer to the protagonist. A kind of sonic version of Butterfly Kisses.
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