Death by TBR Books

Top first half of 2025 reads and watches.

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🎃 TOC reveal for the first volume of Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Halloween Horror Anthology.

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Anthony Michael Murphy will be featured in the Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night Halloween Horror Anthology Volume One with his creepy atmospheric story, Pumpkin Patch Poltergeist.

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Write that book.
Paint that picture.
Share that poem.

You never know—someone out there might just really need your art to keep going.

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👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️• There is nothing to celebrate when millions of people are about to lose healthcare and snap benefits and when h*locaust-esque detention camps are being built with political figures joking about feeding immigrants to alligators. It is sickening to be an *merican.

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📢 13% of all orders this month will be donated to @plannedparenthood 📢

Congress has defunded Planned Parenthood. The impact of the law will be immediate and devastating.

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Request Hiding Lies now on @netgalley.bsky.social

🔗 to request and Hiding Lies playlist in our bio and of course the PREORDER LINK.

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📖 Here are my June reads and SOME of my watches including a lot of rewatches.📺

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These are my top picks for July. There are so many horror books releasing in 2025!
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Amanda Wittman will be featured in the Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night Halloween Horror Anthology with her Bloody Mary-esque story SWEET TOOTH.

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📚 Our bestsellers for the past few months 📚

What have you read this summer that you've loved?

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The cover for the upcoming anthology Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night.

Thrilled to be part of this Scary Stories inspired antho from @deathbytbrbooks.bsky.social !!!!

My story “Posts” is a little homage to “Harold” and for all those crazy kids who dress up to scare other crazy kids in Halloween mazes. Can’t wait for you to meet Old Jack. 

M.K. Hewitt will be featured in the Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night Halloween Horror Anthology with her story THE CRAVING.

This marks her first published work!

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😱 More BIG news! 😱

Death by TBR Books has launched a Kickstarter for Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Hotel Horror Anthology.

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Cover reveal for Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night, published by Death by TBR Books. I’ve got a total goof in this anthology titled BOOGER SUGAR. You’ll never want to pick your nose… ever again. Thank you @deathbytbrbooks.bsky.social

Nidheesh Samant will be featured in the Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night Halloween Anthology with his deliciously twisted story TRICK OF THE TREAT.

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🦈 Creature Feature Recs in honor of the 50th anniversary of Jaws 🦈

Have you read any of these?

Would you rather battle a shark or a serial killer?

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🎃 Louie Sullivan will be featured in the Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night Halloween Anthology with his spooky story LAST REQUESTS.

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Attention all of you #stokercon attendees out there.
Invited Author Announcements in JULY
Submissions open in AUGUST.

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@spookysterling.bsky.social will be featured in Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night A Halloween Anthology.

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👻Bram Stoker Awards 2025 Awards Ballot👻

Here are (some of) the categories. Sorry not sorry for adding to your evergrowing TBR.

⬇️Which of these are on your TBR?

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📖 What is one of your current reads? 📖

Play Nice by @rachelharrison.bsky.social
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie

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@horrorwriter92.bsky.social will be featured in Scary Stories to Tell in October with his story MRS. KING'S CANDY in our upcoming anthology.

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🎧Celebrate National Audiobook Month with us and @libro.fm 🎧
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Morgan Briceno will be featured in Scary Stories to Tell in October with her witchy story WITCH APOTHECARY in our upcoming anthology.

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✨ We have a killer month planned with virtual book clubs, watch parties, and more.✨

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🎃COVER REVEAL on SUMMERWEEN JUNE 22ND🎃

Yes you are reading that right! We had so many submissions that we want to release the first volume THIS fall.

Full TOC will be revealed soon.
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PREORDER NOW Print and eBook on our website.

🎃 V. Castro has accepted our invitation to be a spooky storyteller in our upcoming anthology.

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🔪🩸The only Friday the 13th of 2025 is in 7 days. 🔪🩸

😱AND ????????? will happen on Friday the 13th!

Can't wait? Become a member and find out RIGHT NOW. 👀

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