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Gary Kruse
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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
Kickstart your #2026ReadingChallenge with three #supernatural #thriller books packed with vengeful ghosts, dark secrets, hidden agendas & sinister conspiracies!

AND you can get all 3 Dark England books for less than £5!

mybook.to/Dark-England

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#HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction
The covers of Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a red and white background
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Morning #skywriters!

Another crisp, frosty morning here on the Essex/London border! Into the last knockings of Covid now. Might be up for #writing again in the next day or so.

Have a great day! 😎🤙🏻

#authorlife #indieauthor
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Book Fact!

My #supernatural #mystery, Bleak Waters begins OTD (5th January) in 2022.

#booksky #HorrorAuthor #spooky #crimefiction

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The paperback version of Bleak Waters.
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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“At first, ignoring my reflection as diligently as I would ignore a stranger I didn’t trust felt rude, but I soon got used to the idea that I didn’t need a reflected version of me.”

-Feral by Gemma Amor (@manylittlewords.bsky.social)

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#horrorsky #horrorbooks #horrorlit #horrorquotes #horror
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Morning #skywriters

Light dusting of snow on The Loft this morning. Covid finally lifting, just in time to go back to the day job 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Have a great Monday! If you’re #writing today, may the words flow freely! 😎🤙🏻

#authorlife #writingcommunity #WriteSky
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January 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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Marie just wanted her mother’s love…

Now she’s being stalked by the living, haunted by the dead…

And someone on her boat is hiding a murderous secret…

Ruins - a supernatural thriller. Out now on #kindle & #KU

mybook.to/Ruins

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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
The book ruins on a foggy road with skeletal trees in the background
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Hi there, I'm K.C. Crow, but you can just call me Crow! I love to write and read, and I'm currently taking the plunge and writing my first novel. It'll be part of a series that's set around a cafe.

#MMRomance #CozyReads #MM #LGBTQAuthors #LGBTQBooks #Newauthor
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Kickstart your #2026ReadingChallenge with three #supernatural #thriller books packed with vengeful ghosts, dark secrets, hidden agendas & sinister conspiracies!

AND you can get all 3 Dark England books for less than £5!

mybook.to/Dark-England

💙📚👀📢📚🩸📚😱

#HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction
The covers of Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a red and white background
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The inspiration vs the books

Trevaunance Cove, Cornwall (Badlands)
Hickling, Norfolk (Bleak Waters)
St. Benet’s Abbey, Norfolk (Ruins)

mybook.to/Dark-England

#booksky #horrorauthor #horrorbooks #crimefiction #inspiration #cornwall #norfolk

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Trevaunance Cove in St. Agnes, Cornwall. Boats moored in Hickling Broad The gatehouse and abandoned mill tower at St Benet’s Abbey, Norfolk Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a red and white background.
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
garykruseauthor.bsky.social
Kickstart your #2026ReadingChallenge with three #supernatural #thriller books packed with vengeful ghosts, dark secrets, hidden agendas & sinister conspiracies!

AND you can get all 3 Dark England books for less than £5!

mybook.to/Dark-England

💙📚👀📢📚🩸📚😱

#HorrorAuthor #thriller #crimefiction
The covers of Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a red and white background
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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New Years Day sunrise over the Loft this morning.

Happy New Year #skywriters

#WriteSky #sunrise #writingcommunity #HorrorAuthor
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January 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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A few days left to submit

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 12d
HORROR SUBMISSIONS OPEN 🔥

An anthology to honour the creator of #HorrorWritersChat, Matt aka MG Mason, is in the works.

Theme: CAMPFIRE HORROR FOR ADULTS
Deadline: 31st December 2025

See attached FAQ for details.

Please send any questions to @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
Horror Writers Chat. Charity Anthology. Frequently Asked Questions. Deadline for submissions? December 31st 2025. Theme? Campfire Horror For Adults. Wordcount? 500 to 7000 words. Where to submit? email thatwilliambeck at gmail dot com Payment for submissions? None. This is for charity. Where do the royalties go? Outside of any production cost for the physical books, all proceeds will be donated to the charity Macmillan, as requested by author MG Mason (Matt Mason). Black Cat Reading, the publisher owned by William Beck, will provide the ISBN at no additional cost. Will I retain the rights to my work? Your work is your work. Any stories published in this anthology are published exclusively with it for a period of 12 months from the publication date. After that, all publishing rights revert back to the individual author who can then publish their story elsewhere. When will the book be published? To be confirmed. If you have further questions, please email thatwilliambeck at gmail dot com or send him a DM on bluesky @thatwilliambeck - background image of very tall trees towering over two figures sitting around a campfire.
December 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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The inspiration vs the books

Trevaunance Cove, Cornwall (Badlands)
Hickling, Norfolk (Bleak Waters)
St. Benet’s Abbey, Norfolk (Ruins)

mybook.to/Dark-England

#booksky #horrorauthor #horrorbooks #crimefiction #inspiration #cornwall #norfolk

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Trevaunance Cove in St. Agnes, Cornwall. Boats moored in Hickling Broad The gatehouse and abandoned mill tower at St Benet’s Abbey, Norfolk Badlands, Bleak Waters & Ruins against a red and white background.
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Morning #skywriters

Covid is still kicking my backside atm, but the sunrise over The Loft this morning was epic!

Have a great day!

#WriteSky #authorlife #HorrorAuthor
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December 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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LAST CHANCE! - The eBook of "The Nod/Wells Timelines - Volume 1" is 50% off until Jan. 1st at Smashwords.

www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Also, the Kindle edition of "Academic Displacement" is FREE worldwide via Amazon until Dec. 31st.

amazon.com/dp/B07XDLZHJ9

Don't miss them, #booksky! 🪐📚💙📚🩸
The Nod/Wells Timelines - Volume 1
This omnibus edition features the first three books from The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Hello Covid my old friend…

It’s shit to be with you again…

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December 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Awesome way to end 2025! Congrats and can’t wait for more chills 🩸📚💙
December 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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My pleasure. I try to keep it updated with the titles of new releases, but it's inevitable that I occasionally miss a new book. Please don't hesitate to give me a holler if I do, so I can add it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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👻 HAPPY RELEASE DAY! 👻

Malevolent by Justin Boote has hit the world 😱

The darkness and mayhem continue in book 2 and if you think that book 1 would prepare you for what's to come, then you're mistaken.

This series is seriously good stuff! And book 3 is coming next month 🖤

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December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Stayed up late to finish this and…wow. Just. Wow. SO good. I know I’ll reread this one multiple times. As a huge vampire fan and enjoyer of true historical fiction, this is a must read.

Thank you @sgj.bsky.social for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.

And thanks to all those in the acknowledgments!

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marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 9d
This book is amazing. If you love vampire stories and/or historical fiction, you need this.

Now, back to reading it…

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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December 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Planning for 2026 WIP’s & releases and given I’m only just starting draft 3 of my witches/vampires/pagan #horror #WIP, I’m considering putting together another collection of my short fiction for release in late winter/early spring next year.

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December 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Clear skies and a frost outside the Loft this morning!

Have a great day #skywriters! 😎🤙🏻
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December 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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It’s #BoxingDay & yes, you could traipse around the sales looking for bargains, but let’s be honest, the sales are hell, so why not stay in doors, load your glass with your favourite tipple & dive into a spooky tale or three…

mybook.to/Dark-England

FREE on #kindleunlimited

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December 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Presents are all unwrapped, the last of the turkey is eaten… another Christmas wanes… but before Boxing Day ends, a bit of family scrabble. 😎🤙🏻
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM