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Becky Spratford

@raforall.bsky.social

Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) out 9/23/25. https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror. (She/Her)

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Thank you

10.10.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have no idea what I thought would happen in NYC but selling out WHY I LOVE HORROR at every bookstore was not on my bingo card!

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I just signed copies of WHY I LOVE HORROR at the Barnes and Noble Union Square NYC. Get them while you can!

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

10.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a new essay up at Becky Spratford's blog RA For All. I discuss my path in horror writing and how it has given me purpose. Much love!

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scary stories with the lights on with Chloe N. Clark Podcast Episode Β· The Lazy & Entitled Podcast Β· 09/10/2025 Β· 36m

Delighted to talk with @thecorlew.bsky.social for @lazyandentitled.bsky.social about spooky month. Shout outs to current reads by @ambersparks.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and past reads by @fulmerford.com and @sgj.bsky.social

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His work is spectacular and he is a great human

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31 Days of Horror: Day 10-- Why I Love Horror by Poet Pedro Iniguez Today and tomorrow I have something a little different. I am featuring award winning dark speculative poets and theirΒ  Why I Love Horror es...

31 Days of Horror: Day 10-- Why I Love Horror by Poet @pedroiniguez.bsky.social.

So excited to share his voice with all of you

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31 Days of Horror: Day 10-- Why I Love Horror by Poet Pedro Iniguez Today and tomorrow I have something a little different. I am featuring award winning dark speculative poets and theirΒ  Why I Love Horror es...

31 Days of Horror: Day 10-- Why I Love Horror by Poet @pedroiniguez.bsky.social.

So excited to share his voice with all of you

raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

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Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Nobel Prize Edition This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool.Β  Click here for all posts in the series Β in reverse chronological orde...

Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Nobel Prize Edition

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Yup

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It was so fun. See you next weekend in CT.

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Packed house at The Twisted Spine tonight! I can’t thank Becky enough for letting me be a part of this wonderful collection and to be her conversation partner. Everybody pick up a copy of WHY I LOVE HORROR! @raforall.bsky.social

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Great night @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social with @claymcleod.bsky.social in conversation. We sold out another bookstore of WHY I LOVE HORROR!

The store is amazing and the community Jason & Lauren are building is special.

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social

10.10.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.

"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

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So at tonight’s book event with Becky Spratford about essay collection WHY I LOVE HORROR, The Brooklyn Chainsaw Massacre’s own Salamiface made an appearance. ONE BRAVE READER ATE MY FACE! Only at The Twisted Spine! Thank you, Jo, for the nibble. @raforall.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Becky in the NYPL reading room.

Becky in the NYPL reading room.

Made it to the NYPL reading room.

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Hailey the way I squealed when I knew you were coming!!!!

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β€œWhy are we drawn to fungal horror? Is it because a part of us understands how powerful fungi can be? Do we both fear and long for that kind of connection that mycelial networks create?” Leticia Urieta writes about sporror at Reactor, including GHOST EATERS: bit.ly/48QeVH6 @reactorsff.bsky.social

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Clay and I will be on appearance 3 together by then too.

But Hailey and Josh will be a first! Can't wait to have another WHY I LOVE HORROR panel for all of you.

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I am appearing at Storyfest with @claymcleod.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and @joshmalerman.bsky.social to talk about WHY I LOVE HORROR and their place in the book.

Rachel and I will be on appearance 3 together. Jersey Girls for the win!

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31 Days of Horror: Day 9-- Why I Love Horror by Andy Davidson Today I am back to the guest essay with yet another readalike author fromΒ  Β  WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE Β contributing th...

31 Days of Horror: Day 9-- Why I Love Horror by Andy Davidson

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Becky Takes on NYC This Week and CT Next Week I am in NYC all week for event to promote Why I Love Horror and it has been going great. We had over 150 people at the NYPL event Tuesday ni...

On the regular blog: Becky Takes on NYC This Week and CT Next Week

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It’s happening.

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31 Days of Horror: Day 2-- Why I Love Horror by Nat Cassidy Welcome to the first Why I Love Horror essay of 31 Days of Horror 2025. Today I am featuring Nat Cassidy. Why is he first and today? Many r...

In commemoration of last night’s event at the NY Public Library celebrating the release of @raforall.bsky.social’s essential WHY I LOVE HORROR, I thought I’d reshare the post Becky graciously invited me to write as part of the WILH Extended Universe. It’s just the first of several, so check em out!

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THE YANKEE GAME IS HAPPENING!!!!

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31 Days of Horror: Day 8-- Oh, The Horror! at Springfield-Green County Library District (MO) Many of you know Konrad Stump as my Co-Chair of the Library Committee for the HWA, but did you know that 31 Days of Horror is how we met? Ba...

31 Days of Horror: Day 8-- Oh, The Horror! at Springfield-Green County Library District (MO).

A great example of local library horror programming. Started small and has grown over the years. Details:

raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

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31 Days of Horror: Day 8-- Oh! The Horror at Springfield-Green County Library District (MO) Many of you know Konrad Stump as my Co-Chair of the Library Committee for the HWA, but did you know that 31 Days of Horror is how we met? Ba...

31 Days of Horror: Day 8-- Oh, The Horror! at Springfield-Green County Library District (MO).

A great example of local library horror programming. Started small and has grown over the years. Details:

raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...

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LJ/SLJ LibraryCon Live is Coming November 6th to A Computer Near Your and for FREE LibraryCon Live is coming soon and I wanted to make sure you all knew to sign up! From the homepage: Join Β  Library Journal Β andΒ  School Lib...

LJ/SLJ LibraryCon Live is Coming November 6th to A Computer Near Your and for FREE:

I will be in convo with @danielkraus.com and @vantine.bsky.social has a panel as well. Details and registration: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/ljsl...

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Showing the following Hailey Piper book covers: A Game in Yellow, Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow 
Around a banner that says free shipping

Showing the following Hailey Piper book covers: A Game in Yellow, Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow Around a banner that says free shipping

It's Lesbian Visibility Day, and I see that Bookshop is having FREE SHIPPING until the day's over, so it's clearly time for some lesbian horror 🌈😈

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Thank you everyone who came and of course NYPL, the authors, and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social who all came out too.

We had a great time and @rachelharrison.bsky.social got to be our final girl!

Clay and I will make an encore performance Thurs at 7pm at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn.

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