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Historical horror with a touch of folklore and other stuff.

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Here’s part one! 🖤👻🕯️
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#horror #indiehorror #indiepublishing #horrorbooks #bookstagram

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🕯️𝔗𝔬𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔱 @𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨ℌ𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔢🕯️

I’ll be joining radtacular masters of the macabre, @lmwoodie, @gravereynolds, @sonorataylor, @tracycrosswrites, & @scarystarling for an afternoon filled with signings, panels, & more! Only the spirits know what other kinds of mischief are in the offing, but it’s sure to be a spooky-good time! 🖤

Thanks to Long Dark House for hosting us & to Drew for putting this rad event together! 🥰

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Tracy will be back on our podcast to chat about her latest book on Halloween (Saturday 10/31) at 11 am ET. Link in bio for more info. Congratulations gurl and see you soon 💜✊🏽

Get @reshare_app • @tracycrosswrites My baby is out in the world! Take her home with you today!

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🎉RELEASE DAY🎉

Sinner Man Hand by Tracy Cross @tracycrosswrites

A collection of African American horrors about monsters, magic, and demonic entities that begins with the first slave ships and spans centuries.

Added to our directory with links to support the author! 🤎

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You know the big names.

Now go deeper into the woods.

Beyond the usual #folkhorror recommendations.

Go into the wilds.....

#horror #horrorbooks #horrorbookstagram

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Happy Bisexual Visibility Day! ❤️💜💙

For this sacred day, we naturally had to break out the bi lighting and my Evil Bisexual Stereotype shirt!

Now let's get serious for a moment: the reason Bi Visibility Day is so important is because bi+ people are still marginalized. We have higher rates of everything from cancer, heart disease, depression, and domestic violence. This is very likely due to the fact that bi+ people have not been accepted either by queer or straight communities.

This is even more striking when you realize that more than half the people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella identify as bisexual. We're the biggest part of the queer community, even though historically, we've been sidelined.

Fortunately, things have gotten much better for bi people over the years, especially in queer communities. But let's keep the love going and celebrate everyone for being who they are. 🥰

If you're looking for some awesome books by bi+ authors to pick up or pre-order today, then I've got you covered! A dozen super cool writers with super cool books!

And of course, pretty much all of my books feature bi+ characters too! There's plenty of horror fiction to choose from, so consider supporting bi+ authors. Not just today, but year-round! We are here, and we are fabulous. 😊

One final note in case anyone needs to hear it: nobody gets to tell you if you're "queer enough" or "bi enough." There's still this idea that people need to somehow "prove" they belong to call themselves LGBTQ+. That's simply not true. You're bi if you say you're bi. It doesn't matter what your past relationships have been, and it doesn't matter the gender of your current partner. YOU determine who you are. Nobody else. So if you're bi+, whether you're out or not, celebrate you today. Because you're awesome. 🥰😊

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Another fantastic @longdarkhouse experience! Tonight I was delighted to attend @ejwenstrom’s ROOTS & WRATH launch event. Also always fun to see books from so many of my fellow “District Haunts” authors on the shelves. Come by Saturday Oct 24!

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I was tagged by @spooky_bookworm to do the Holy Trinity 💀💀💀book recommendations challenge so I chose to highlight some indie favorites
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I will tag them on each slide so you can follow these creators and make sure you’re diving into their work because you don’t want to miss out on some of the strongest voices we have in horror!
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Support indie presses too!
#bookrecommendations #horrorbooks

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2026 was the summer for reading 📚
These are the books I read during summer break, it’s damn near impossible to pick a favorite so I’ll just highlight ones that stood out to me.
1. Shut up and read by Jeannine Cook, I’m not one that typically enjoys a memoir, but this really reads more like a novel. It’s humorous empowering, and I really recommend it to anybody who has a passion project.

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnman was a super fun Reed, I really enjoy anything with a kind of magical element to it. I’ve also heard great things about the audiobook.
3. Bombshell in the Barrio and Who Rules El Paso are too extremely important books that all El Paso need to read RIGHT NOW
4. Cursed Saughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite was a wonderfully told story. I really liked seeing generational cultural differences between the black community and it shows a lot about how within our own families we hold onto secrets, then end up tearing apart, which is something I think a lot of black families can relate to
5. Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark was also an interesting story. I like one books flip narratives in this case cleanse members are literal monsters and are being hunted by a group of black women.
What did you read this summer?
#shutupandread #dungeon #dungeoncrawler #elpaso #rootwork

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Mes lectures récentes de 𝖀𝖓 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖋𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖎𝖑 de Tiffany Quay Tyson et de 𝕺𝖓 𝖘𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖞𝖘 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖘 de Yah Yah Scholfield, m’ont replongée dans les marécages profonds du Southern Gothic… Un genre que j’affectionne depuis toujours 🫶🏻🐊📚

Faulkner et Harper Lee font partie des lectures de jeunesse qui m’ont marquée. J’ai découvert Flannery O’Connor un peu plus tard, et je suis encore loin d’avoir tout lu ! Mais plus récemment, 𝖀𝖓 𝖊𝖓𝖋𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖉𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖚 de Cormac McCarthy a confirmé mon amour du genre. C’était donc l’occasion pour moi de refaire un peu le point et de vous préparer un petit guide ;)

Né dans le sud des États-Unis, le Southern Gothic transpose les codes du roman gothique dans une Amérique hantée par son histoire. Marécages, plantations en ruine, fantômes, folklore, personnages marginaux ou grotesques, pauvreté, décadence morale… Ici, le passé ne disparaît jamais vraiment et il est difficile de comprendre pleinement le Southern Gothic sans regarder en face le passé de l’Amérique, la violence, la ségrégation, le fanatisme religieux et tous les traumatismes qui hantent ces terres.

Aujourd’hui le southern gothic est plus vivant que jamais et les auteurs contemporains continuent de le faire évoluer. J’espère que ce carrousel vous donnera envie de découvrir, ou de redécouvrir ce genre vraiment fascinant ! 🥰🖤🖤🖤

#SouthernGothic #BookstagramFrance #Horreur #LivresHorreur #bookrecommendations

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⛓️📕Summerween TBR📕⛓️

I’ve finally narrowed down my top summerween TBR picks so here we areee! I had a hard time putting this together I’m ngl. There are SO many books I want to read, and some amazing releases coming soon!

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QOTD: Whats on your summerween list that you’re most excited to read?

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Rootwork by Tracy Cross

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

The Gloom by T. Lamar Taylor

All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

West of Damnation by Jalen Tellis

I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend by Jessica Cage

There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer

How To Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau

When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson

Blood Cure by Nadia Rumbolt

#bookstagram #books #summerween #bookstagrammer #blackbookstagrammer

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Louisiana culture is a vibrant mix of French, Spanish, African, and Native American roots — Famous for huge parties like Mardi Gras, spicy foods, and live jazz music, it is unlike any other place in the US…or the world 💃🏻

But, don’t be fooled by the good times…this is Bayou land. Witchcraft and dark folklore are very real, active parts of daily life in Louisiana. These traditions still shape culture, medicine, and community 🔮

And, whether it’s the Rougarou 🐺, swamp monsters, haints, witches or haunted mansions — you’d do well to heed the warnings of the locals in these here parts.

On that note, let’s take a dip into some dark horror recs from the swamps… 👀

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