S.J. Shank

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

eBook and paperback copy of Pyres with a pull quote from author TC Parker and the kindle unlimited logo.

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, bought, shared, talked about and reviewed #Pyres on its first weekend. It's been a great start!

Have you stared into the flames yet?

#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel

Do yourself a favour and read some Steve Stred!

Only 99c a pop!

🙏🙏🙏

Image of the cover of the novel THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, by S.J. Shank. Red-orange illustration of a pile of skulls.

Starting THE KNAVE OF GRAVES today, the second novel by @sjshank.bsky.social! Ornery gravedigger who treats with a night hag? I'm in. A perfect read for Hallowe'en month. 🎃

I had a fantastic time at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Festival this weekend!

Thanks so much to the LG gang for putting on the event and giving me the the chance to read alongside a slate of stellar writers (who I unfortunately didn't get a picture of).

Here's a pic of my book haul instead.

I'm excited to be reading at Little Ghosts Festival this weekend!

Come out on Sunday (Oct. 5) at 4pm to hear me read from my latest, The Knave of Graves.

Hope to see you there!

@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social #horror #reading

Releasing on October 20th comes a new anthology edited by @coyhall.bsky.social. In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. Their discoveries were grim, their knowledge foul, their names buried. Pre-order it now here:
www.amazon.com/This-World-V...

I'm proud to say my story "Ars Logica" will appear in this incredible collection of historical horror stories inspired by the Scientific Revolution.

This weekend is the first annual Little Ghosts Fest at Little Ghost Books in Toronto hosted by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social . Two of our members will be on a panel on Saturday! @andrewawesome.bsky.social and @sillysyntax.bsky.social

www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

The Clatter Man - Janelle Schiecke Letter 26 - Jacob Moon Six O’Clock House - Rebecca Cuthbert Horrifica Paperback –Sheldon Woodbury Danforth: Eldritch Tales of WWII - Christopher Michael What Comes Before - Molly Macabre Portalmania – Debbie Urbanski The Weird - Carl H. Sederholm Brimstone & Blades – Maria Alexander Tick Town – Christopher Micklos The Owl Men of Shanidar - Coy Hall Rain Shadows – Clay Vermuln & Tamara Sellman The Breathing House – Stacey L . Pierson They Come When You Sleep – Jack Finn An Illegal Feast - Addison, Flores Zombie Mom – Eddie J Morales Screamplay - Adam Black The Girl Who Walked On Ice - Joseph Lewis

Load up your #horror TBR with these new releases!

@j-schiecke.bsky.social
@rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social
@debbieurbanski.bsky.social
@lamaupin.bsky.social
@coyhall.bsky.social
@rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social
@superstacey318.bsky.social
@ejmorales-author.bsky.social
@tonyanuci.bsky.social

I bought yet more books. Today's secondhand finds:

✧ The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe Ca. 1200 B.C. by Robert Drews
✧ Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh

Pictures are the books titled Grimoire of the Four Impostors, The Promise of Plague Wolves, The Fiends in the Furrows III, & This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution.

Here’s where you’ll find the Dorin Toth stories so far. An occult investigator travels Eastern Europe in the 1680s with his greyhound, Vinegar Tom, and Great Pyrenees, Basina.

2025 New Releases for Your TBR Hotel Macabre – Joe Mynhardt The Channel – Kevin Bachar The Perfect Stranger – Brian Pinkerton Stone Martyrs – Erik Hofstatter Tort 2 - Jamie Dean Gibson What Fresh Hell is This?: Dark - Del Howison Pyres - Kev Harrison Circus of the Dead The Exorcists House – Resurrection – Nick Roberts The Rotting Room - Viggy Parr Hampton Lost Ghost – Trevor James Zaple The Knave of Graves – SJ Shank Dark Canadiana The Solstice - Elaine Pascale Negative Images – Rebecca Schier-Akamelu The World Turns Red – Tim Waggoner The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre Audible - Philip Fracassi Red Walls – Christina Bergling

2025 New Releases for Your TBR

@kevinbachar.bsky.social @jamiedeangibson.bsky.social
@brianpinkerton1.bsky.social @kevharrison.bsky.social
@spookywv.bsky.social @timwaggoner.bsky.social
@pfracassi.bsky.social @crystallake.bsky.social
@chrstnabergling.bsky.social @gravesidepress.bsky.social

Book cover depicting a grave with a crow perched upon a Victorian immortelle.

IT'S LAUNCH DAY FOR IMMORTELLE!🥂
My thanks to the incredible @sobelobooks.bsky.social
for making this a reality.🙏
Discover the background to this classic Gothic horror via link in pic or link in bio.👇

Adrian Chiles headline: "I boiled my wooden spoons and what emerged from them with haunt me forever."

Roses are red
Einstein was clever

I still have editing to do on my previous manuscript (and the one before that), but it's time to look ahead to my next writing project. I'll be spending the next few months with these guys.

#historicalhorror #fancydress

This is a fantastic interview about the ideas behind one of the coolest and most thought-provoking books of 2025.

Had a great conversation with Caroline Shea, talking about my novel The Owl Men of Shanidar, medieval relics, writing a Robin Hood novel, & other topics. Check it out!

Sounds great! It was very nice chatting with you!

It's always a thrill to see my baby on the shelves at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social.

#theknaveofgraves #shopindie #darkfantasy

Yesterday I went to @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social to attend the book launch of The Malevolent Eight by @decastell.bsky.social. He was joined by @phokion.bsky.social for a lively and insightful conversation about the writing life.

I also hung out with the authors and fellow fans at the bar. Good times!

I say tomato
And you say R'lyeh
I say potato
And you say R'lyeh
Tomato
R'lyeh
Potato
R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Let's Chthul the whole thing thing off

I just finished reading my proof copy of This World of Vile Wonder, out October 20 from @coyhall.bsky.social's Scythian Wolf press, and well,

I can't wait for these stories to be unleashed upon the world. Yall are in for a treat. Preorder the ebook now for less than a cup of joe:

Book cover of This World of Vile Wonder edited by Coy Hall Medieval scientist leaning over a manuscript, a candle in one hand, other leaning on a globe.

book cover of Death's Other Kingdom soldiers aiming a machine gun over the top of a trench

#FridayReads #booksky
I love historical fiction including historical horror. Scythian Wolf Press @coyhall.bsky.social has 2 great anthologies, WWI in Death's Other Kingdom & stories from the scientific revolution in This World of Vile Wonder which is up for pre-order www.amazon.com/This-World-V...

Thank you! 🙏

My new novel 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 is a dirt-smeared dark fantasy about bungled enchantments and occult deals gone wrong.

Read the first chapter on my website.
🔗 sjshank.com#tkog-sample

Or buy it today!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G

#darkfantasy #graveyardgothic #newrelease

A poster shows a ghost with a skeleton inside. Some strange creatures sit in a summoning circle with books on the wall. Tentacles holding a mic and a VHS tape flank the scene. Text says: LITTLE GHOSTS FEST SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCTOBER 4 & 5th Vendors. Readings. Panels. Short horror films. Tranzac Club 292 Brunswick Ave Toronto

Little Ghosts Fest Panel & Reading Schedule flier. SATURDAY: 1pm- Horror in Comic Books 2pm- WET SCREAMS: Horrotica & Monster Romance 3pm- QUEER FEARS 4pm- inhumanities book launch & author readings SUNDAY: 1pm- Eco Horror & Climate Fiction 2pm- Horror on Film 3pm- Toronto is Terrifying: City as Setting 4pm- Author Readings & last chance for book buys!

A teddy bear plays a scream movie in an old TV while a group of little ghosts watch. Text says: Little Ghosts Fest Short Horror Films Sunday Oct 5 7-10pm $5

Have you heard?
LITTLE GHOSTS FEST is only a month away!

Packed with vendors, panels & readings, you’ll want to come to this FREE celebration of indie horror!

BONUS: Horror Short Film Fest after hours on Sunday night!

Don’t miss this great October treat

www.littleghostsbooks.com/little-ghost...

My favorite reads of 2025 so far. Also, if you'd told me I was going to read 3 books with the word "clown" in the title, I'd've said you were crazy but here we are. 🤣 See my reviews below:

Goodreads
www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/books-read/s...

#booksky 🪐📚💙🩸📚⚡️

Cover of This World of Vile Wonder featuring the Gerrit Dou painting ‘Astronomer by Candlelight’

This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases Oct 20! Ebook is up for preorder now on Amazon & Kobo. Nine tales that range from the unfathomable depths of the Pacific in 1517 to the height of the Carpathian Mts in 1687.