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Bump for Halloween! I now only need $27.38 to cover my SNAP shortfall. Anything helps. Bless you, folks! 💜

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 💙📚

Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. clarkesworldmagazine.com Includes our robot mascot's head looking up and over at the cover of a recent issue that has a building on a hill with red tubes bursting through the walls and into the sky. A small robot and some people approach the woods in front of the building. Ok, so maybe that place has problems too, but at least it's pretty to look at. I won't say that won't happen in the real world because you never know who will decide to invest in the BuildingDestroyer(tm) after seeing that picture instead of buying a subscription and supporting real human artists and authors. Those people probably wouldn't support us anyway because we hate their so-called "AI" and mock their little toys when we have the opportunity to. But yes, visit our world. The stories are good. Really. At least we think so. Can't hurt to try, can it? Stay as long as you like. There's nineteen years of stories, many in audio too. Just don't forget to stop to eat and drink and sleep and take care of yourself. And when you're ready, go back to the real world and fight your monsters or just breathe. You can come back any time. I suppose I should stop rambling now. I apologize for the lack of a screaming possum in this ad, but trust that it is there in spirit.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com

Food assistance bundle! by jdrakeh A bundle by jdrakeh, $9.62 for Front Range Minimalist, Front Range Minimalist: The Book of Words, A Minimalist Fantasy Affair (Embellished Edition)

Due to the government shutdown, I've lost my SNAP benefits for the foreseeable future. If you'd like to help and enjoy little (lite) tabletop RPGs, I'm currently hosting a sale to make up the difference. Get all three of my current FKR products for less than $10!

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The cover of the kids’ horror comic SHOCK CITY, showing a green, bat-haired monster kid and her normal human kid pal encountering some gross pile of tentacles. The cover of the second SHOCK CITY book lurks in the background.

SHOCK CITY has been out for a whole year?? That’s INSANE. Why not celebrate by getting a copy, leaving it a review, or hurling it at a child’s head today! shockcity.co

I'm finally watching THE SUBSTANCE and holy hell this movie.

*incoherent excited squealing*

heyhey do you wanna support artists on bsky?

how about hitting that sweet sweet 🔁 button. it really helps us out and makes our art more visible to other people who might be interested in following for our art or even buying from us.
it's free, only a button to press, and makes an artist's day!

a trope graphic for the book MOTHER-EATING by Jess Hagemann

My pretties.. my scrumptious little figgy puddings.. my scalding flames flickering atop the candles in the wall sconces of my heart.. have you pre-ordered MOTHER-EATING from ghoulish.rip yet? I'm not sure what on earth you're waiting for, if you haven't, but maybe this will help:

I have not read this one yet! Onto the list it goes and thank you!

Came back to tell you I read it, I sobbed, I LOVED IT. So thank you thank you for the recommendation!

Oh man, one MILLION percent. Shirley Jackson is a queen, and I won't be taking any arguments.

Thank you! The Carrow Haunt is going into my list as the next book I read!

Anyway, while I'm waiting to be set free from the confines of work, hit me with your favorite haunted house novels BookSky! 💙📚

I'm #currentlyreading Never Flinch by Stephen King and people keep bothering me at work and I only have 44 min left, and it's almost the CLIMAX and UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH.

I'm going to have to wait until my train ride home to finish them aren't I. *sigh* 💙📚

Ah yes, we're officially in the Too Cold to Wear Shorts in the Morning But Too Hot to Wear Pants in the Afternoon season

Cache County, Utah --> ACTION ITEMS.

Say it!

An illustration of a mermaid laying on her side with her back to us. She has pale hair and a red tail with dark pink skin. Her fins are translucent and can be seen to be so as they curl around her back. Around her are bones and skulls of humans. She rests her arm on a skull. The background is a plain light peachy pink

The deadly mermaid is here! She is a little bored today, no one new to meet and greet in the sea and invite down to the depths with her💀

If you haven’t added this #Anthology to your collection yet now’s the time!

@holidayhouse.bsky.social @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social @emmalong.bsky.social #BannedTogether #BannedBookWeek #BannedBookWeek2025 #BannedBookWeek25

A Georgia Reading Bowl Bans Titles from Competition, Including a Book on Book Bans Eight books, including a book about the current spate of book bans and their impact on teens, have been banned from a Georgia Reading Bowl.

Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!)

bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...

And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

I've been trying to push myself to finish the book that we set for our group read this month and man... I'm just not in a Fantasy headspace right now. My brain is craving Horror books.

Sorry book, I just don't think it's the right time for you.

Thank YOU for such a wonderful read!

Book review is now up for THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by @chuckwendig.bsky.social, please pardon any ramblings. Still thinking about how much I loved this book. 💙📚

www.hopelessbibliophile.com/2025/10/book...

Finished THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS by @chuckwendig.bsky.social and all I can coherently say is that it got me. Right in the feels. I don't like to compare books often, but this book is right on par with how I always feel after an IT re-read. 😭 Loved it.

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Hey Horror Fans,

How many of these books by #StokerCon2025 attendees have you read?

There are 50 books in this thread.

> Repost your faves
> Share your scores ??/50
> Or just add to your tbr!

#HauteCover
#HorrorSky
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hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

I missed the deadline to download this review book and usually I'll just borrow or buy a copy anyway. Except this one is solely being sold through Amazon, which I am actively boycotting.

Sigh.

Moral dilemma.

Poking around the scary, horrible, disgusting, excellent cauldron of new horror lit Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But all roads lead b…

Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But all roads lead back to Stephen King.