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Hanna Delaney
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Author of Oceanus (2024) and The Spider (2025) Science fiction, horror, fantasy. Mum of 3. Very busy person. Liverpool, UK.
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Hanna Delaney @hannadelaney.bsky.social · 26d
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A true tour de force by one of the UK's best up and coming authors.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wilkie Collins with added ghosts, if you will.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The Shining has nothing on The Spider. I recommend reading during the day.'
Read it now:
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#horrorAuthor #gothichorror #liverpool
The spider is a suspenseful gothic horror novel set in 1890s Liverpool. It tells the story of a middle class Victorian family moving in to number 5 Percy Street. Frances Bryant is convinced that there is something already living in the house. When Muldoon is called to come and investigate, he realises that thisnis just the beginning of the horrors that will unfold.
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'I’d always know where she was, and what she was doing. I’d even know what she was thinking, half the time.'
When You've Been Married As Long As We Have-- Read it now:
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#horrorsky #horrorauthor
image shows a quotation from the original story. It says 'she doesn't kiss me like she used to, but I know that she loves me.' This is a flash fiction horror story by Hanna Delaney called 'When you've been married as long as we have.'
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🌟The more reviews a book has, the more social proof it has.
🌟 More and more people wait to see if something has reviews before buying.
🌟Even one line can make a huge difference.

Help a girl out! If you've read any of my books, please stick a review up.

#booksky #horrorAuthor
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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I have a range of skills, but my most surprising one is the ability to lose important documents.
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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'I’d always know where she was, and what she was doing. I’d even know what she was thinking, half the time.'
When You've Been Married As Long As We Have-- Read it now:
hannadelaneywrites.substack.com/p/when-youve...
#horrorsky #horrorauthor
when you've been married as long as we have is a flash fiction horror story. The image shows two wedding rings on lined paper and the text bears the title of the story.
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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What's a horror film you haven't seen but everyone you know seems to have seem it?
I'll go first: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Have you seen it? Am I missing out?
#horrorsky #horrorfilms
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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More microfiction that has been knocking around this Spooktober. Here's a round up:
hannadelaneywrites.substack.com/p/looking-ar...
#horror #horrorauthor
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Simple, no nonsense marketing for authors. Over on Pinterested, I'm helping authors grapple with the very basics of marketing.
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#writingcommunity #authorcommunity
Simple marketing for authors.
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Fan of flash fiction and folkloric monsters? 'I Do Not Want To' is free to read.
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#horror #horrorsky
I do not want to is a flash fiction horror story about Black Annis. The image shows the title and a mound with two isolated trees on it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Throughout October I have been sharing #spooktober themed micro fiction on Instagram. Thanks for joining in! I've included a round up of week one's stories in my newsletter here:
hannadelaneywrites.substack.com/p/spooktober...
#horrorsky #horror
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Did you know that I have a newsletter dedicated to authors learning how to use Pinterest to market their books? It's called Pinterested, and it's all about how to organically grow on Pinterest and market your work. Sign up for free!
#authorcommunity
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Pinterested. How to grow your Pinterest as an author. Community based Pinterest growth support.
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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You always get the best sleep in that interval between when you should have gotten up and the moment when it's already way too late
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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A spooky stuffie is for life, not just Halloween 🎃

Fellow 24/7 Halloween people, come and adopt your very own

> Zombie
> Werewolf
> Cthulhu

#HorrorSky #BookSky #crochet
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Adopt a Spooky Stuffie this October!!

Everything at Spilled Ink and Coffee is 35% off including these spooky creatures.

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#crochet 🧶 #fiberart #fiberartist #amigurumi #disabledcreator
Adopt a spooky. Chauncey the Zombie. Walter the werewolf. Baby Cthulhu. 35% off all October.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I rounded up some more Spooktober mini stories from this week 👻
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#Spooktober #horror
Don't read this if you have a pet.
Horror | Micro Fiction | Round Up
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October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Hi new followers! I thought I'd do a quick intro post. I'm Hanna, and I'm a horror author from Liverpool. I have 3 kids and write what I can, when I can! I used to be an English teacher but I've been living the self-employed life for 6 years. What about you? 1/4
#horrorauthor #authorcommunity
A photograph of Hanna Delaney looking at the camera. She is a white woman with long blonde hair and she is smiling.
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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A little bit more about 'The Shade In The Sands and Other Stories' on Goodreads. It comes out in December on paperback and ebook, but you can pre-order the kindle version now.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
#gothic #horrorauthor
The Shade In The Sands and other stories is a Gothic horror short story collection by Hanna Delaney. The image shows the book's cover and title. The cover shows the pyramids of Giza and a skull in one of the pyramids.
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I've had no time to really write today.
I'll have to write all evening instead. What a shame that will be.
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Currently reading: Ramses The Damned (The Mummy) by Anne Rice.
#booksky📚
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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#Horror #AllHallowsEve #Fun

#Halloween Photos From Around My Town:
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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One of the other tales that will be included in the collection is 'The Shabti' which is currently free to read! It's one of my most popular stories on substack.
hannadelaneywrites.substack.com/p/the-shabti
#horror #horrorauthor
The shabti is a gothic horror story inspired by haunted egyptian artefacts. This is an image of a woman's face. Her makeup has been done in the classic 'Cleopatra' style of the 20th century. The title says 'The Shabti.'
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Thank you for the chat this week, Mary! It's been a bleary one, and I needed the company.

My main project right now is my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/cw/arcdirect...

I've been working hard to populate it with loads of thrills and chills for the Halloween season.

#HorrorWritersChat
The ARC Directive | Patreon
Only knowledge can save you.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Here are my latest horror book recommendations, and you should definitely check all of these out.
Your next favourite horror tale may be amongst this fine bunch!
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Thank you, Mary!
In the House of In Between tells the story of one house, haunted without any deaths within its walls, and its visitors over a century. If living with trauma of war or trying to solve where ghosts come from, everyone will come closer to what lies between worlds.
#HorrorWritersChat
In the House of In Between
Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Gothic Egyptomania, anyone? I'm so excited to launch my first collection of short stories in December.
I've collated some chilling short stories inspired by 'Mummy Mania' and the Gothic Egyptian tales of Conan Doyle and Stoker.
hannadelaneywrites.substack.com/p/cover-reve...
#horrorauthor #gothic
The shade in the sands is a collection of gothic horror tales. The image shows the book's cover which includes the pyramids of Giza and a skull, as well as Egyptian hieroglyphics and camels in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM