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Gary Kruse
@garykruseauthor.bsky.social
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Indie Author of gripping, gritty thriller/horror fiction.
OUT NOW:
Badlands - 💀🏄🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒
Mistress of the Crows -🐦‍⬛👻🧙🏻‍♀️🧛🏻
Bleak Waters - 👻🛥️💀🔪
Pre-order Ruins here: https://mybook.to/Ruins
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Gary Kruse @garykruseauthor.bsky.social · 4d
Fancy picking up 3 tales of dark deeds and ghostly goings on, set in stunning British locations, for under a fiver?

Check out the Dark England supernatural thrillers here: mybook.to/Dark-England

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#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction #cornwall #norfolkbroads #norfolk
The books Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a white and red background.
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here's the opening of The Grotesque)
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Here's mine (opening of Flowers from the Black Sea)
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(Here’s the opening of Ruins)
CHAPTER ONE STORM CLOUDS GLOWERED on the wide Norfolk horizon. In the passenger seat of her mother's black Mercedes, Marie Knight flicked a strand of mahogany hair out of her eyes and turned the page in her book, the paper rustling against the front pocket of her black hooded top. She drew her legs
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social
Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻

Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!

We are delighted to announce @killianhgore.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.

🩸📚😱📚💙
Photograph of Killian H Gore, an author attending Liverpool Horror Book Con
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
November sunrise over The Loft this morning.

Had an unexpected couple of hoers to write so hit 42.5K words on Badlands 2 last night.

Then I watched Point Break. Good night all round!

Have a good one #skywriters!

#indieauthor #authorlife #WriteSky
A pale sun in a grey sky over rooftops
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social
Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻

Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!

We are delighted to announce @bradthomasauthor.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.

🩸📚😱📚💙
Photograph of Brad Thomas, an author attending Liverpool Horror Book Con
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Long winter nights call for cosying up with a spooky tale or nine…

mybook.to/MOTC

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
A picture of the mistress of the crows next to a star-speckled crow figure.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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garykruseauthor.bsky.social
17 years after I wrote the first notes, my supernatural mystery Ruins was released on Halloween.

But why did it take so frigging long?

Well, the answer can be found here: open.substack.com/pub/garykrus...

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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
The story of a story.
It’s Halloween/Samhain which means it’s release day for my supernatural mystery, Ruins, which is book 3 of my Dark England series.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Ruins, a heart-breaking, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback .

Grab your copy here: mybook.to/Ruins

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
The cover of ruins showing the gatehouse of st Benet’s abbey under a purple sky.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Broke the 40K words barrier on Badlands 2 last night!

Target word count is 60K so I’m into the last third (although I reckon it’ll end up closer to 65 maybe 70K in this draft).

#indieauthor #authorlife #WriteSky #writingcommunity #skywriters
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Ruins, a heart-breaking, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback .

Grab your copy here: mybook.to/Ruins

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
The cover of ruins showing the gatehouse of st Benet’s abbey under a purple sky.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Out and about in Camden Town.
The entrance to Camden Market A willow tree over a river Colourful umbrellas in Camden Market A starling on a table top.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
17 years after I wrote the first notes, my supernatural mystery Ruins was released on Halloween.

But why did it take so frigging long?

Well, the answer can be found here: open.substack.com/pub/garykrus...

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
The story of a story.
It’s Halloween/Samhain which means it’s release day for my supernatural mystery, Ruins, which is book 3 of my Dark England series.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Morning #skywriters!

Misty start here in East London.

Off to my spiritual home, Camden, today.

Have a great Sunday! 😎🤙🏻
A road leading to the Camden Lock railway bridge.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Fancy picking up 3 tales of dark deeds and ghostly goings on, set in stunning British locations, for under a fiver?

Check out the Dark England supernatural thrillers here: mybook.to/Dark-England

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction #cornwall #norfolkbroads #norfolk
The books Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a white and red background.
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Oh joy. I’ve managed to pull the muscles across my shoulders and upper back.

Guess I’ll be walking around like this guy for a week…
a robot with the words we seem to be made to suffer it 's our lot in life
Alt: a robot with the words we seem to be made to suffer it 's our lot in life
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Long winter nights call for cosying up with a spooky tale or nine…

mybook.to/MOTC

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱

#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
A picture of the mistress of the crows next to a star-speckled crow figure.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
After five years, I just deleted my author website. Views, click throughs etc have been dropping year on year, so it’s not worth the costs anymore. #authorlife #indieauthor #writingcommunity
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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cmrosens.com
#Horror #BookSky 🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚
cmrosens.com C. M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 4d
Fancy something longer you can get your fangs into?

Try my novellas and novels- Horror and Dark SFF in the Gothic mode, from soap opera with tentacles to a sumptuously queer dark fantasy.

I even have a contemporary asexual romcom/domestic drama.

🎨 Delilah Monroe @delilah21.bsky.social
Portrait of Ricky Porter by Delilah Monroe. Ricky is a white man in his late 20s, wearing a bloodstained grey hoodie and trousers, with dark tendrils sprouting from the back of his shaved head. He is in a rustic kitchen leaning over the back of a wooden chair. A human arm is growing out of the chair and he is holding its hand.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social
👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY!! 👻

Beauty and Deceit by Lula Von Goth has hit the world 😱

This is so much fun. You feel sorry for Scott, even as he uses brutal methods to find his princess. All he wants is for his life to be like the fairytales he's heard of. Packs a punch 🖤

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#horrorreaders
Book cover of Beauty and Deceit by Lula Von Goth. A female, reminiscent of a cartoon princess, sits in a wood. A large red gloved hand can be seen behind her.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
The weekend is here!

Let’s celebrate by diving into a “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales” with “some delightful modern takes on classics in the #horror genre”.

The Mistress of the Crows is only 99p/c on #kindle or FREE on #KU.

mybook.to/MOTC

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚🩸

#booksky #HorrorAuthor
Reviews of the mistress of the crows surrounding the cover of the book.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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indiehorrorchapter.bsky.social
Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻

Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!

We are delighted to announce Matthew A Clarke as one of our attending authors.

🩸📚😱📚💙
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Fancy picking up 3 tales of dark deeds and ghostly goings on, set in stunning British locations, for under a fiver?

Check out the Dark England supernatural thrillers here: mybook.to/Dark-England

🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction #cornwall #norfolkbroads #norfolk
The books Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a white and red background.
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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michaelshotter.com
ICYMI: I've been testing the "book club" functionality on The Book Radar and I think it's pretty cool. Would love to see more people give it a try. This month's read is "The House at the End of Lacelean Street" by Catherine McCarthy!

thebookradar.com/book-club/2

#bookclub #bookclubs #booksky 💙📚🪐🩸📚
Screenshot of the "Michael Shotter Readers" book club at The Book Radar
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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cmrosens.com
Reposting for signal boost! 😱📚🩸💙📚

Image shows the novels named in the post, and the image text reads:

100% of the proceeds from book sales will be donated
50% to [her] local food bank
50% to Feed America
Get a book
Feed a family
KimberlyDavisBasso.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM