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Amanda M. Blake

@amandamblake.bsky.social

Horror and fantasy author of QUESTION NOT MY SALT and the Thorns series; mid-age goth, horror movie aficionado. Coming soon: IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT (2026), MASQUE (2027). πŸͺš www.amandamblake.com Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/amandamblake

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and that we let the tree thrive where
i fell before the fall and rest
undisturbed by the turning of leaves (2/2)

06.12.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you will find me under the color-fading #oak
food for roots and food for thought
a cautionary tale untold until uncovered
but perhaps it is best i remain remains
unspoken and forgotten except in whispers
wondering what my ghost wants (1/2)

#crowcalls

06.12.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

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06.12.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad you enjoyed it!

06.12.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This was a story about the most disgusting Thanksgiving meal ever. I loved it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@amandamblake.bsky.social
My full review here: facebook.com/Chars…
#booksky

06.12.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It really is. It's a pleasant mindfuck. It makes you breakfast afterward and gets you coffee just because.

06.12.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

N&F(M8): Finished at 141,249 words.

Too late to work out, so I'm going to go collapse. Good night.

06.12.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just an epilogue left to attack, and I'm not even sure I'm keeping it, but I kind of want to give it a go, jic.

06.12.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I'm just entirely unmoored by the dismantling of even the flimsiest ethical structures we had a nation. Just floating in the morass, wondering where the dock disappeared to.

06.12.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a black tank top is standing in an elevator with his arms outstretched ALT: a man in a black tank top is standing in an elevator with his arms outstretched
06.12.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, after a year's sabbatical, a year and a half of no work, and now over half a year working on my own through IC, I think I'm half-feral.

05.12.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My horror-thriller-satire WHEREVER HE MAY SWARM is on sale now πŸœπŸ“£πŸœ

bsky.app/profile/fina...

05.12.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Things I'm noticing from short story sub calls: Indie horror is shrinking, indie sci-fi is expanding.

Too bad I'm absolute pants at sci-fi.

05.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
To my friends from LiveJournal

I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom?

I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him.

I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been

I hope you got your houseboat.

I hope you got everything.

-Hayley DeRoche

To my friends from LiveJournal I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom? I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him. I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been I hope you got your houseboat. I hope you got everything. -Hayley DeRoche

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05.12.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3677    πŸ” 1796    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 158

graham cracker meant to end
pleasures of the flesh
join with something hot
and dark melting over the sides
under the heated weight of
#scorched marshmallow eyes
please sir may i have s'more?

#crowcalls

05.12.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This kinda got buried yesterday when we posted it and could use some more people sharing and getting excited because ummmmm new Sunny Moraine??? Exorcism bondage? Are you fucking serious omg

05.12.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuzzy pink socks: Friday Update Photo by Karola G on Pexels.com News: Nothing to share today. Works in Progress: I’m going to just sit down today and try my absolute best to finish Never & Forever (Meridian Book 8). I&#…

What's going on, Friday blog post: amandamblake.com/2025/12/05/f...

05.12.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need people to understand the truth of this post because literally every week at least once I am asked "so who do I report the judge to when they get something wrong?"

05.12.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze. The book is against a brick wall with vines growing around and over the book.

This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze. The book is against a brick wall with vines growing around and over the book.

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?

My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.

www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

04.12.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

Also, porn as a genre is worth protecting, even if you don't like it. The less protection it gets, the more dangerous it becomes for its participants (and those who didn't consent to participate). The more protection it gets, the better it becomes. This is also about sex work.

04.12.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People get confused when talking about porn bc some people treat porn as content and others treat porn as genre. When you realize censorship is interested in removing pornographic content, not just the genre, you'll realize they're probably coming after you, too, whatever you're doing. Protect porn.

04.12.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a blue jacket is saying it 's against all laws of god and man ! ALT: a woman in a blue jacket is saying it 's against all laws of god and man !

Abomination!

04.12.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Echo Echo's artwork in the background of a slew of posi-blurbs from Clay Chapman, Tamika Thompson, Pedro Iniguez, David Simmons, Michael Boulerice and M.Shaw

Echo Echo's artwork in the background of a slew of posi-blurbs from Clay Chapman, Tamika Thompson, Pedro Iniguez, David Simmons, Michael Boulerice and M.Shaw

THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR.

In 2026, SPLIT SCREAM returns w/new novelettes from @sonorataylor.bsky.social & @matthewtpritt.bsky.social:

CURSED PLACES.

Preorders coming sometime down the road, but you can reserve yours by signing up for the 2026 Tenebrous Book Club! store.tenebrouspress.com

02.12.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

N&F(M8): 135,094/140,000 words

Okay, now it's just mocking me.

04.12.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was INVESTED in this story.

04.12.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
An art tribute to The Birds by Sara Century via her zine When I Walk Into The Darkness: Writings on the Films of Alfred Hitchcock by Sara Century

An art tribute to The Birds by Sara Century via her zine When I Walk Into The Darkness: Writings on the Films of Alfred Hitchcock by Sara Century

I might change the cover last minute like I love to do, but either way the preorder for my next zine is live. This ships out in NINE DAYS, it's called When I Walk Into The Darkness: Writings on the Films of Alfred Hitchcock. I cover a few films, pick it up at sara-century.square.site

04.12.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
Covers of The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart, Ebony Gate by Ken Bebelle and Julia Vee, Daughter of the Wolves by K.S. Villoso, The First Step by Tao Wong, and A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang

Covers of The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart, Ebony Gate by Ken Bebelle and Julia Vee, Daughter of the Wolves by K.S. Villoso, The First Step by Tao Wong, and A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang

An Asian Fantasy giveaway you say? πŸ‘€β€ΌοΈ

*the giveaway runs until Dec. 8! 🀍

tinyurl.com/Asianfantasy...

02.12.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My family and I recently finished a rewatch of the series. I had no memory of the episodes, just a vibe in my mind that was well-deserved. Although I'm not remembering anything from everyone's descriptions of this episode.

04.12.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's nuts, but I'm so fond of it. Glad you liked!

03.12.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read this book recently and it's PHENOMENAL (though NOT for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach)

03.12.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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