Ed Crocker
@edcrockerbooks.bsky.social
🧛♀️🐺🧙♂️ Spec fic author. LIGHTFALL (#1 of THE EVERLANDS) out now. 🖊 Freelance editor. 📚 SFF & horror reviewer for Grimdark Magazine and FanFiAddict. Team Ghost Orchid Press.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edcrocker
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edcrocker
2025 News is that friend who every time you see them has gone back to the same ex again
‘Yeah I’m back with the Epstein Files how about you?’
‘Yeah I’m back with the Epstein Files how about you?’
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
2025 News is that friend who every time you see them has gone back to the same ex again
‘Yeah I’m back with the Epstein Files how about you?’
‘Yeah I’m back with the Epstein Files how about you?’
Standard caveats apply for 1 study but its finding that only 49% of authors are never using gen AI is a useful reminder that the normal arguments aren't working so we need to rely on social stigma
Let them know that if they don't respect your right to employment, you don't respect their friendship
Let them know that if they don't respect your right to employment, you don't respect their friendship
New Report Examines Writers’ Attitudes toward AI
A study commissioned by the Gotham Ghostwriters and Bernoff.com found that while 61% of professional writers are embracing AI tools, authors, specifically fiction authors, are much more wary.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Standard caveats apply for 1 study but its finding that only 49% of authors are never using gen AI is a useful reminder that the normal arguments aren't working so we need to rely on social stigma
Let them know that if they don't respect your right to employment, you don't respect their friendship
Let them know that if they don't respect your right to employment, you don't respect their friendship
I’m multitasking at the moment between writing a contemporary horror mystery set in my suburb and a secondary world fantasy in a world with few rules.
It feels like I’m in a meeting about the colour of post-it notes and every now and again I leave the meeting to attend a raccoon rave in a volcano.
It feels like I’m in a meeting about the colour of post-it notes and every now and again I leave the meeting to attend a raccoon rave in a volcano.
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m multitasking at the moment between writing a contemporary horror mystery set in my suburb and a secondary world fantasy in a world with few rules.
It feels like I’m in a meeting about the colour of post-it notes and every now and again I leave the meeting to attend a raccoon rave in a volcano.
It feels like I’m in a meeting about the colour of post-it notes and every now and again I leave the meeting to attend a raccoon rave in a volcano.
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I found friends in the wild (at the American Book Center)
Wooing the Witch Queen by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is a staff pick
Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social was the last copy. Obviously, they should order more.
Wooing the Witch Queen by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is a staff pick
Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social was the last copy. Obviously, they should order more.
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I found friends in the wild (at the American Book Center)
Wooing the Witch Queen by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is a staff pick
Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social was the last copy. Obviously, they should order more.
Wooing the Witch Queen by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is a staff pick
Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social was the last copy. Obviously, they should order more.
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It's Sunday video time! This weekend, Frasier and Alex got to chat with the extremely talented @scrimscribes.bsky.social about all things writing, fantasy and indie experience. The video is live now and ready to watch right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V03O...
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's Sunday video time! This weekend, Frasier and Alex got to chat with the extremely talented @scrimscribes.bsky.social about all things writing, fantasy and indie experience. The video is live now and ready to watch right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V03O...
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Full of emotion, genuine heart and even more genuine belly laughs, “Shitshow,” takes the best bits of Dr. Who and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” the worst part of festivals, and smooshes it together into a stinky little horror comedy.
@scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social
@scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social
Review: Shitshow by Chris Panatier | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: Latrine Technician vs. Dark Carnival?Yep.After his mother is diagnosed with dementia, Sunday McWhorter needs a job with flexible hours and a compa ...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Full of emotion, genuine heart and even more genuine belly laughs, “Shitshow,” takes the best bits of Dr. Who and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” the worst part of festivals, and smooshes it together into a stinky little horror comedy.
@scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social
@scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social
One of my favourite annual rituals is coming up with a shortlist of my favourite horrors to watch for Halloween weekend (no YOU’RE sad, shut up) and I think the way it works is that if you’ve seen all these you get all the money in my will*
*hope you like copper coins
*hope you like copper coins
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One of my favourite annual rituals is coming up with a shortlist of my favourite horrors to watch for Halloween weekend (no YOU’RE sad, shut up) and I think the way it works is that if you’ve seen all these you get all the money in my will*
*hope you like copper coins
*hope you like copper coins
📚💀🔊 New Review 🔊💀📚
The Sound of the Dark by @dannythechurch.bsky.social
"A perfectly paced descent into a chilling cosmic pit of madness, putting the truly sinister into true crime & making you forsake your headphones until you can be sure something unspeakable won’t happen when you put them on."
The Sound of the Dark by @dannythechurch.bsky.social
"A perfectly paced descent into a chilling cosmic pit of madness, putting the truly sinister into true crime & making you forsake your headphones until you can be sure something unspeakable won’t happen when you put them on."
REVIEW: The Sound of the Dark by Daniel Church
The Sound of the Dark is a perfectly paced descent into a chilling cosmic pit of madness, putting the truly sinister into true crime
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
📚💀🔊 New Review 🔊💀📚
The Sound of the Dark by @dannythechurch.bsky.social
"A perfectly paced descent into a chilling cosmic pit of madness, putting the truly sinister into true crime & making you forsake your headphones until you can be sure something unspeakable won’t happen when you put them on."
The Sound of the Dark by @dannythechurch.bsky.social
"A perfectly paced descent into a chilling cosmic pit of madness, putting the truly sinister into true crime & making you forsake your headphones until you can be sure something unspeakable won’t happen when you put them on."
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Sharing some of the creepiest Dark Crescent excerpts this week in lead up to Halloween! This one from A Change in the Rain, a dystopian weather event that turns people translucent...⛈️🌊 @lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sharing some of the creepiest Dark Crescent excerpts this week in lead up to Halloween! This one from A Change in the Rain, a dystopian weather event that turns people translucent...⛈️🌊 @lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Writing my author bio for book 2….
One day I will be able to write good stuff about myself without simultaneously mocking myself but that is not today or the next fifty years
One day I will be able to write good stuff about myself without simultaneously mocking myself but that is not today or the next fifty years
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Writing my author bio for book 2….
One day I will be able to write good stuff about myself without simultaneously mocking myself but that is not today or the next fifty years
One day I will be able to write good stuff about myself without simultaneously mocking myself but that is not today or the next fifty years
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840 followers for The Book of Spores anthology on Kickstarter in JUST! ONE!! DAY!!! Seriously, you’re all amazing, and thank you so much for your interest in this project ❤️🍄
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
840 followers for The Book of Spores anthology on Kickstarter in JUST! ONE!! DAY!!! Seriously, you’re all amazing, and thank you so much for your interest in this project ❤️🍄
Excited to be involved in editing this full on fungal assault on the SFF world
So many great authors, psychedically rad mycelial artwork, and possibly the end of our universe as we know it, who can say
Throw a cheeky amount to the kickstarter if you can afford it and like chaos
So many great authors, psychedically rad mycelial artwork, and possibly the end of our universe as we know it, who can say
Throw a cheeky amount to the kickstarter if you can afford it and like chaos
Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes… prepare for your imagination to be consumed by THE BOOK OF SPORES 🍄🍄🍄
FanFiAddict’s first-ever anthology is coming soon to Kickstarter!!! Check out the pre-launch page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
FanFiAddict’s first-ever anthology is coming soon to Kickstarter!!! Check out the pre-launch page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Excited to be involved in editing this full on fungal assault on the SFF world
So many great authors, psychedically rad mycelial artwork, and possibly the end of our universe as we know it, who can say
Throw a cheeky amount to the kickstarter if you can afford it and like chaos
So many great authors, psychedically rad mycelial artwork, and possibly the end of our universe as we know it, who can say
Throw a cheeky amount to the kickstarter if you can afford it and like chaos
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Checkout the cover for THE BOOK OF SPORES, a FanFiAddict & SFFAddicts anthology featuring 16 amazing talents & edited by @adrianmgibson.bsky.social, @frasierarmitage.bsky.social, @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social, & Eleni Argyro.
With a 🔥 cover by @jeffbrowngraphics.bsky.social & design by Jeff & Adrian
With a 🔥 cover by @jeffbrowngraphics.bsky.social & design by Jeff & Adrian
COVER REVEAL: The Book Of Spores Anthology (edited by Frasier Armitage, Eleni Argyró, Adrian M. Gibson & Ed Crocker)
Speculative fiction book reviews.
fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Checkout the cover for THE BOOK OF SPORES, a FanFiAddict & SFFAddicts anthology featuring 16 amazing talents & edited by @adrianmgibson.bsky.social, @frasierarmitage.bsky.social, @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social, & Eleni Argyro.
With a 🔥 cover by @jeffbrowngraphics.bsky.social & design by Jeff & Adrian
With a 🔥 cover by @jeffbrowngraphics.bsky.social & design by Jeff & Adrian
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Frasier always has such interesting, thoughtful questions when we talk. He's a gem of a person & please do go listen if for nothing else than the guest appearance of a certain narwhal 🐳
🚨VIDEO INTERVIEW🚨
I had such a wonderful time chatting with @rainewilson.bsky.social about her latest masterpiece, THE SALT ORACLE, coming soon from @solarisbooks.bsky.social
Watch on YouTube 👇🏻
youtu.be/82s43XH5s1I?...
I had such a wonderful time chatting with @rainewilson.bsky.social about her latest masterpiece, THE SALT ORACLE, coming soon from @solarisbooks.bsky.social
Watch on YouTube 👇🏻
youtu.be/82s43XH5s1I?...
Lorraine Wilson Interview | The Salt Oracle & More
YouTube video by FanFiAddict
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October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Frasier always has such interesting, thoughtful questions when we talk. He's a gem of a person & please do go listen if for nothing else than the guest appearance of a certain narwhal 🐳
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Now live for your listening pleasure, my conversation with one of my favorite voices in horror, @tanyapell.bsky.social! We chat about her most recent release, Her Wicked Roots, in all of its secretive, Gothic glory. I cannot thank Tanya enough for her time, is a sheer delight as always 🖤 Links:
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now live for your listening pleasure, my conversation with one of my favorite voices in horror, @tanyapell.bsky.social! We chat about her most recent release, Her Wicked Roots, in all of its secretive, Gothic glory. I cannot thank Tanya enough for her time, is a sheer delight as always 🖤 Links:
To celebrate the imminent release of The Scour, the prequel novella to The Empire of the Wolf trilogy from Grimdark Magazine, I wrote a disturbingly nerdy 3000 word deep dive article on the trilogy itself
A lot of heavy lifting on the word ‘celebrate’ there but check it out if you’re a Swanfan
A lot of heavy lifting on the word ‘celebrate’ there but check it out if you’re a Swanfan
When The Justice of Kings, the first volume in Richard Swan’s “Empire of the Wolf” trilogy, was first announced in 2021, it sent a thrill throughout the fantasy reading world. Now a best selling completed trilogy, @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social deep dives into why it enthralled the dark fantasy world.
The Empire of the Wolf Revisited: The Swan Deep Dive
Deep dive into Richard Swan's Empire of the Wolf trilogy and discover why the trilogy is about the law above all else.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
To celebrate the imminent release of The Scour, the prequel novella to The Empire of the Wolf trilogy from Grimdark Magazine, I wrote a disturbingly nerdy 3000 word deep dive article on the trilogy itself
A lot of heavy lifting on the word ‘celebrate’ there but check it out if you’re a Swanfan
A lot of heavy lifting on the word ‘celebrate’ there but check it out if you’re a Swanfan
TWISTS, BRUTALITY, HEART, FRIENDSHIP, SKULLS, REVOLUTION, DEATH, REDEMPTION, and there is an actual bone door
This book has the absolute wildest last third of reveals and is also in the category of ‘books that gave me an emotional enema’
I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to it
This book has the absolute wildest last third of reveals and is also in the category of ‘books that gave me an emotional enema’
I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to it
🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
TWISTS, BRUTALITY, HEART, FRIENDSHIP, SKULLS, REVOLUTION, DEATH, REDEMPTION, and there is an actual bone door
This book has the absolute wildest last third of reveals and is also in the category of ‘books that gave me an emotional enema’
I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to it
This book has the absolute wildest last third of reveals and is also in the category of ‘books that gave me an emotional enema’
I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to it
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Delighted that my second book, SOLITARY AGENTS, has been chosen for the @waterstones.bsky.social October Upcoming Books promotion, from today until Friday!
Get 25% off with the code OCTOBER25. The hardback is out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 4th June 2026.
www.waterstones.com/book/solitar...
Get 25% off with the code OCTOBER25. The hardback is out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 4th June 2026.
www.waterstones.com/book/solitar...
October 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delighted that my second book, SOLITARY AGENTS, has been chosen for the @waterstones.bsky.social October Upcoming Books promotion, from today until Friday!
Get 25% off with the code OCTOBER25. The hardback is out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 4th June 2026.
www.waterstones.com/book/solitar...
Get 25% off with the code OCTOBER25. The hardback is out from @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 4th June 2026.
www.waterstones.com/book/solitar...
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“Futility,” by @nuzo.bsky.social is a guilty pleasure of a novel in which the most grotesque, graphic and brutal miseries are inflicted- and yet it’s nothing short of…fun. Hot, hearty and sour *insert soup joke* this one is out October 14th from @titanbooks.bsky.social
Full review:
Full review:
Review: Futility by Nuzo Onoh | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: Betrayed by the men in their lives, two women seethe with rage and bitterness. When a trickster spirit offers them the gift of revenge, they canno ...
fanfiaddict.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Futility,” by @nuzo.bsky.social is a guilty pleasure of a novel in which the most grotesque, graphic and brutal miseries are inflicted- and yet it’s nothing short of…fun. Hot, hearty and sour *insert soup joke* this one is out October 14th from @titanbooks.bsky.social
Full review:
Full review:
I've finally decided on what to do for my Book 2 cover reveal this week and it's more moronic than you could possibly imagine and only funny if you're me probably so needless to say I'm excited
October 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I've finally decided on what to do for my Book 2 cover reveal this week and it's more moronic than you could possibly imagine and only funny if you're me probably so needless to say I'm excited
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Author interview with @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is LIVE! We chat about Good Boy, fighting the good fight, love stories in horror, and of course, Ted. I love this story so much, and I’m so fortunate to know someone like Neil, a powerful story teller and a wonderful soul. Links to listen:
October 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Author interview with @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is LIVE! We chat about Good Boy, fighting the good fight, love stories in horror, and of course, Ted. I love this story so much, and I’m so fortunate to know someone like Neil, a powerful story teller and a wonderful soul. Links to listen:
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“Her Wicked Roots,” by @tanyapell.bsky.social is a full-blooded and enchanting gothic, that much like some of the flora it features, is beautiful and lethal in equal measure. OCT 7TH from Gallery Books.
Review: Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate t ...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Her Wicked Roots,” by @tanyapell.bsky.social is a full-blooded and enchanting gothic, that much like some of the flora it features, is beautiful and lethal in equal measure. OCT 7TH from Gallery Books.
the longer my lazy arse takes to do my cover reveal the more stupid my ideas get
Me topless covered in neon paint in the pitch black interpretive dancing as lamps are slowly turned on to reveal a giant poster of my book cover on my wall?
If you think that’s bad you should see the rejected ideas
Me topless covered in neon paint in the pitch black interpretive dancing as lamps are slowly turned on to reveal a giant poster of my book cover on my wall?
If you think that’s bad you should see the rejected ideas
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
the longer my lazy arse takes to do my cover reveal the more stupid my ideas get
Me topless covered in neon paint in the pitch black interpretive dancing as lamps are slowly turned on to reveal a giant poster of my book cover on my wall?
If you think that’s bad you should see the rejected ideas
Me topless covered in neon paint in the pitch black interpretive dancing as lamps are slowly turned on to reveal a giant poster of my book cover on my wall?
If you think that’s bad you should see the rejected ideas
📚🔪🧑🦳New review 🔪🧑🦳📚
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social
"Rivals Fracassi’s best work... a deeply moving, marvelously twisty, and terrifyingly dark tale which gives us one of modern horror’s most triumphant final girls in the indomitable pensioner Rose DuBois."
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social
"Rivals Fracassi’s best work... a deeply moving, marvelously twisty, and terrifyingly dark tale which gives us one of modern horror’s most triumphant final girls in the indomitable pensioner Rose DuBois."
REVIEW: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a superbly creepy yet truly moving slasher that rivals Fracassi’s best work.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📚🔪🧑🦳New review 🔪🧑🦳📚
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social
"Rivals Fracassi’s best work... a deeply moving, marvelously twisty, and terrifyingly dark tale which gives us one of modern horror’s most triumphant final girls in the indomitable pensioner Rose DuBois."
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social
"Rivals Fracassi’s best work... a deeply moving, marvelously twisty, and terrifyingly dark tale which gives us one of modern horror’s most triumphant final girls in the indomitable pensioner Rose DuBois."
SUNYI’S BACK AND NO ONE IS READY
Genuinely love this HK-Gothic cover I have to say
Genuinely love this HK-Gothic cover I have to say
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
SUNYI’S BACK AND NO ONE IS READY
Genuinely love this HK-Gothic cover I have to say
Genuinely love this HK-Gothic cover I have to say