Steph Patterson

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Indie Book Sale for Fantasy, Sci Fi, and Horror books April 5-7. indie book.sale Images of a dragon reading a book surrounded by gems, crystals, skulls, candle, planter, rocket ship, and stars

Mark your calendars, the next Indie Book Sale is April 5th-7th.

Now I know what I’m doing on Monday!

It’s one of my favorites! So unsettling and weird. I loved it!

You're on there now! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Thank you! 💚🩷 Have you seen the movie yet?! It was SO good!

Wicked movie poster in the background of Glinda, the pink witch, on the ground in a pink gown, silver crown and wand with her arm up stretched to try and reach Elphaba the green witch on her broom in the air in a black dress and hat. The text on top of the image reads: “Wicked Horror Edition”

Glinda from the Wicked movie poster is the focus of this image. She is looking to the right at five horror book picks: Pyramidia by Stephanie Sanders-Jacob, Lady of the House by Grace Reynolds, Bunny by Mona Awad, Mewing by Chloe Spencer, Parasocial by Wendy Dalrymple

Image of Elphaba from Wicked is the focus of this with her looking to the left at five horror book picks: The Gravity of Existence by Christina Sng, The Lies We Weave by Grace Reynolds, Her Dark Enchantments by Rosalyn Briar, House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, and Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager.

As a former theater kid, Wicked was one of the highlights of the year for me! If Elphaba and Glinda read horror books, these are their picks.

Glinda - a #pinkhorror queen 💖

Elphaba - #horrorpoetry #cosmichorror #darkfantasy

There are a lot of sapphic vibes because they belong TOGETHER! 🩷💚

Cover of poetry anthology: “Under Her Skin” The top of the cover has the words “A Women in Horror Poetry Collection, Volume 1.” At the bottom it says Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller. The background is black and there is a feminine figure with flowers covering the eyes, top part of the face, and down the neck with a black substance dripping from the eye area, mouth and neck.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#HorrorPoetry

ME TO MYSELF: This appointment is annoying. This doctor is annoying. Everything he says is annoying. I hope I'm hiding it well. MY FACE: [pic of guy from Sunny In Philadelphia sneering, visible pissed off]

Chronically Ill
#chronicallyill #chronicillness #chronicillnessmemes

Cover of Parasocial by Wendy Dalrymple. The letters of the title are split up and placed to look like an arrow. The letters are a light pink. Behind the text there is the image of two hands holding a cell phone. The coloring of the image is very psychedelic and neon.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor. This book is atmospheric and whimsical AF. 😄✨

Book cover image for Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontregar. The title of the book floats in front of a stag with glowing eyes. There is a snake in the shape of an infinity sign eating itself.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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BTW I LOVE the look of your book! Adding it to my TBR 🖤

I am always on the look out for horror poets! You're added now 😄

Cover of the book Cursed Images - Scary Stories from a Child of the Internet by Kassidy VanGundy. The background is neon pink and teal with an analog feel to it. There is an old school mac looking computer in the bottom right hand corner with demon hands reaching out of a screen of static.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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❤️🎄HAPPY release day to one of my favorite authors!!! 🎄❤️

A poetry collection!! 😍😍😍 You’ve always got something awesome coming out! I’m continually impressed and inspired by all you create 🖤 Now, I’ve got to manifest some of my own plans…

I think we're going to see a HUGE proliferation of #horror over the next four years. We will need the catharsis, and of all sorts: splatterpunk, weird, cosmic/eldritch, folk/cult, Gothic, and bubblegum, to name a few. Horror contains multitudes. Horror can heal. Horror lets us know we aren't alone.

I got you! You’re added now. 😊

Image of the cover of the anthology book “Curbside Curses: The Yardsale Anthology” Curated by Nadine Stewart. Behind the title, there are storm clouds on the horizon and the image of a suburban neighborhood with houses in a grid. The focus is on one row of houses. The roofs are various colors: red, grey, green and brown. There is white text towards the bottom of the cover that says: 22 Secondhand Horror Stories

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Working on it!! 😄

The cover of the poetry book “Into the Forest and all the way Through” by Cynthia Pelayo. The title text is in red and there is a circle of trees surrounding the text that morphs into the shape of a feminine face and long hair.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Oooh! I can't wait to see this!

You're added! Hope you're having a good weekend! 🫶🏻

Cover of the book “Pyramidia” by Stephanie Sanders-Jacob. The book has a bright pick background and an image of a teacup on a saucer with what looks like blood overflowing from the teacup.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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I agree! It was super unsettling. Almost some uncanny valley effects in there. I was definitely creeped out. What other ones have you read? This has been my favorite. I also read “I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall” and “I Found the Boogeyman Under my Brother’s Crib.”

Image of five books on a dark background with the moon and sky. The title of the image is “Black Friday Horror Buys.” The books are “Pageant” by Wendy Dalrymple, “Till the Yule Log Burns Out” by Kay Hanifen, “Only Darkness” by Yolanda Sfetsos, “Best Ghost” by C.J. Daley, and “Melancholia” by Sumiko Saulson

This Black Friday, I wanted to support some indie horror authors. This is my horror book haul! Some of them have book deals going on. Either way, check them out!

@wendydalrymple.bsky.social
@yolandasfetsos.bsky.social
@cjdaleywrites.bsky.social
@sumikoska.bsky.social
Kay Hanifen

Cover of “Bad Omens” by Jessica Drake-Thomas with a figure in a black corset and ringed hands grasping a silver chain with a cross on the end of it

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Support indie authors this Black Friday and everyday! #blackfriday #supportindieauthors #indieauthors