John F Leonard
@johnfleonard.bsky.social
Freelance writer and #author of #darkfiction & #apocalypse stories - basically, I mess with words and like scary stuff : )
Books available on #KindleUnlimited #Audible - linktr.ee/johnfleonard
Books available on #KindleUnlimited #Audible - linktr.ee/johnfleonard
Pinned
Now on #Audible
How the world ends may not be how you expect - nuclear Armageddon or a zombie #apocalypse could get beaten to the punch …our apocalypse may come from below.
CONGEAL: www.amazon.com/dp/B07T74SCKM
#AudibleHorror #KindleHorror #CosmicHorror
How the world ends may not be how you expect - nuclear Armageddon or a zombie #apocalypse could get beaten to the punch …our apocalypse may come from below.
CONGEAL: www.amazon.com/dp/B07T74SCKM
#AudibleHorror #KindleHorror #CosmicHorror
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#StephenKing's #TheStand 1994 TV Mini Series is my pick for this week's #PostApocFriday Flame Review.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #apocalyptic #horror stars in my opinion, not least because I love the book : )
Have you seen it and what do you think?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #apocalyptic #horror stars in my opinion, not least because I love the book : )
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#StephenKing's #TheStand 1994 TV Mini Series is my pick for this week's #PostApocFriday Flame Review.
Have you seen it and what do you think?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #apocalyptic #horror stars in my opinion, not least because I love the book : )
Have you seen it and what do you think?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Five #apocalyptic #horror stars in my opinion, not least because I love the book : )
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Penny for the guy, you Wydlings?
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Penny for the guy, you Wydlings?
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
Let's all have a peculiarly pleasant #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Let's all have a peculiarly pleasant #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Yes, I post this every year. I still like it, so I'm doing it again.
Second photo is of my new glow-in-the-dark evil bunny stickers. Get some free with purchase of a physical book from my site (link in bio).
Yes, I post this every year. I still like it, so I'm doing it again.
Second photo is of my new glow-in-the-dark evil bunny stickers. Get some free with purchase of a physical book from my site (link in bio).
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Yes, I post this every year. I still like it, so I'm doing it again.
Second photo is of my new glow-in-the-dark evil bunny stickers. Get some free with purchase of a physical book from my site (link in bio).
Yes, I post this every year. I still like it, so I'm doing it again.
Second photo is of my new glow-in-the-dark evil bunny stickers. Get some free with purchase of a physical book from my site (link in bio).
Time, I think, for a little #SciFiFri cat story : )
somewhere, in some moon-shivered hamlet, simple feline villagers cross themselves in fear as Count Felacula once again stalks their sleepy streets
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #CatLovers #Cats
somewhere, in some moon-shivered hamlet, simple feline villagers cross themselves in fear as Count Felacula once again stalks their sleepy streets
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #CatLovers #Cats
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Time, I think, for a little #SciFiFri cat story : )
somewhere, in some moon-shivered hamlet, simple feline villagers cross themselves in fear as Count Felacula once again stalks their sleepy streets
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #CatLovers #Cats
somewhere, in some moon-shivered hamlet, simple feline villagers cross themselves in fear as Count Felacula once again stalks their sleepy streets
#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #CatLovers #Cats
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Happy Samhain, my Ginger Nutters. To mark the day of Horror, we invited @diebooth.bsky.social
over to discuss why The Lost Boys is the perfect Halloween film!!!
gnofhorror.com/the-lost-boy...
#Halloween #TheLostBoys #Samhain
over to discuss why The Lost Boys is the perfect Halloween film!!!
gnofhorror.com/the-lost-boy...
#Halloween #TheLostBoys #Samhain
Die Booth: The Perfect Halloween Film: Why 'The Lost Boys' Is A Timeless Choice - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
Die Booth makes his Halloween movie pick. Discover why the vampire classic The Lost Boys is more than just nostalgia—it's a stylish, queer-coded rebellion
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October 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy Samhain, my Ginger Nutters. To mark the day of Horror, we invited @diebooth.bsky.social
over to discuss why The Lost Boys is the perfect Halloween film!!!
gnofhorror.com/the-lost-boy...
#Halloween #TheLostBoys #Samhain
over to discuss why The Lost Boys is the perfect Halloween film!!!
gnofhorror.com/the-lost-boy...
#Halloween #TheLostBoys #Samhain
Let's all have a splendidly strange #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Let's all have a splendidly strange #WastelandWednesday : )
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
#postapocalyptic #horror #apocalypse #apocalyptichorror
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Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular!
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular!
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
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Beyond the Wall: Short Stories and Verse by @marianlthorpe.bsky.social
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Beyond the Wall: Short Stories and Verse by Marian L. Thorpe
A stag, its eyes pleading, haunts a woman’s dreams. An antique market find reveals a hidden truth. A man, looking from his bedroom window, wonders exactly where it is his neighbour has gone. …
liisthinks.blog
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Beyond the Wall: Short Stories and Verse by @marianlthorpe.bsky.social
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(re)introduce yourself with:
One book 📚: All Quiet on the Western Front
One movie 🎥: Sisu
One album 💿: The Pale Emperor
One TV show 📺: True Detective, S1 only.
One book 📚: All Quiet on the Western Front
One movie 🎥: Sisu
One album 💿: The Pale Emperor
One TV show 📺: True Detective, S1 only.
(Re)Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — 1984
One movie 🎥 — Pulp Fiction
One album 💿 — Outkast - ATLiens
One TV show 📺 — The Wire
One book 📚 — 1984
One movie 🎥 — Pulp Fiction
One album 💿 — Outkast - ATLiens
One TV show 📺 — The Wire
(Re)Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — Hogfather
One movie 🎥 — Rear Window
One album 💿 — Deftones - Adrenaline
One TV show 📺 — Cowboy Bebop
One book 📚 — Hogfather
One movie 🎥 — Rear Window
One album 💿 — Deftones - Adrenaline
One TV show 📺 — Cowboy Bebop
November 17, 2024 at 5:08 AM
(re)introduce yourself with:
One book 📚: All Quiet on the Western Front
One movie 🎥: Sisu
One album 💿: The Pale Emperor
One TV show 📺: True Detective, S1 only.
One book 📚: All Quiet on the Western Front
One movie 🎥: Sisu
One album 💿: The Pale Emperor
One TV show 📺: True Detective, S1 only.
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RED AGENDA has arrived!
In a world where evil clings to the shadows, Detective Keagan faces a haunting truth: a once vanquished vampire terrorist group is back on the prowl in #RedAgenda
#Horrorsky #horror #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFamily #HorrorBooks #Vampires #NewBook #NowAvailable #Booksky
In a world where evil clings to the shadows, Detective Keagan faces a haunting truth: a once vanquished vampire terrorist group is back on the prowl in #RedAgenda
#Horrorsky #horror #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFamily #HorrorBooks #Vampires #NewBook #NowAvailable #Booksky
Red Agenda
Red Agenda - Kindle edition by PRYSTAUK, WILLIAM D.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Red Agenda.
www.amazon.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RED AGENDA has arrived!
In a world where evil clings to the shadows, Detective Keagan faces a haunting truth: a once vanquished vampire terrorist group is back on the prowl in #RedAgenda
#Horrorsky #horror #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFamily #HorrorBooks #Vampires #NewBook #NowAvailable #Booksky
In a world where evil clings to the shadows, Detective Keagan faces a haunting truth: a once vanquished vampire terrorist group is back on the prowl in #RedAgenda
#Horrorsky #horror #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFamily #HorrorBooks #Vampires #NewBook #NowAvailable #Booksky
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Reviews of Death of a Clown often mention that the reader felt as though it was written for them personally.
So many of us 'misfits' out there, which is why so many of us empathize with Chester's plight on a deep level.🖤
#booksky
Link: mybook.to/DeathofaClown
So many of us 'misfits' out there, which is why so many of us empathize with Chester's plight on a deep level.🖤
#booksky
Link: mybook.to/DeathofaClown
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reviews of Death of a Clown often mention that the reader felt as though it was written for them personally.
So many of us 'misfits' out there, which is why so many of us empathize with Chester's plight on a deep level.🖤
#booksky
Link: mybook.to/DeathofaClown
So many of us 'misfits' out there, which is why so many of us empathize with Chester's plight on a deep level.🖤
#booksky
Link: mybook.to/DeathofaClown
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"Horror as it should be. Detail high, blood by the gallon, suspense at every turn."
Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series with a FREE BOOK!
viewbook.at/stage3
Read Stage 3 today!
Also on #audible
#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#freebook #horror #stage3series 📚💙
Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series with a FREE BOOK!
viewbook.at/stage3
Read Stage 3 today!
Also on #audible
#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#freebook #horror #stage3series 📚💙
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Horror as it should be. Detail high, blood by the gallon, suspense at every turn."
Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series with a FREE BOOK!
viewbook.at/stage3
Read Stage 3 today!
Also on #audible
#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#freebook #horror #stage3series 📚💙
Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series with a FREE BOOK!
viewbook.at/stage3
Read Stage 3 today!
Also on #audible
#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#freebook #horror #stage3series 📚💙
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fun and Unique Zombie Novel.
"Excellent direction for a zombie novel that I'm sure hasn't been done before like this. It flows nicely and delves into motherhood and the lengths one mother will go to protect her child. A fun read!" - said an Amazon customer. www.amazon.com/Zombie-Mom-M...
"Excellent direction for a zombie novel that I'm sure hasn't been done before like this. It flows nicely and delves into motherhood and the lengths one mother will go to protect her child. A fun read!" - said an Amazon customer. www.amazon.com/Zombie-Mom-M...
October 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fun and Unique Zombie Novel.
"Excellent direction for a zombie novel that I'm sure hasn't been done before like this. It flows nicely and delves into motherhood and the lengths one mother will go to protect her child. A fun read!" - said an Amazon customer. www.amazon.com/Zombie-Mom-M...
"Excellent direction for a zombie novel that I'm sure hasn't been done before like this. It flows nicely and delves into motherhood and the lengths one mother will go to protect her child. A fun read!" - said an Amazon customer. www.amazon.com/Zombie-Mom-M...
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Checking out a new @moviesfilmsflix #movies #podcast in which Mark and Joey chat about YOU'RE NEXT, kitchen fights, and Sharni Vinson. #horror
Episode 662 - You're Next (2011), Kitchen Fights, and Sharni Vinson
Podcast Episode · Movies, Films and Flix · 10/24/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"[Thorne] expertly establishes parallels between the psychiatric symptoms of a boy experiencing the onset of...OCD...and Tab's helplessness against spiritual forces beyond his family's comprehension." —The Eric Hoffer Award
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
August 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"[Thorne] expertly establishes parallels between the psychiatric symptoms of a boy experiencing the onset of...OCD...and Tab's helplessness against spiritual forces beyond his family's comprehension." —The Eric Hoffer Award
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
My #HorrorNovel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE is on sale now.
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The countdown to release day begins.
New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st.
mybook.to/Harrowfield
New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st.
mybook.to/Harrowfield
September 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The countdown to release day begins.
New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st.
mybook.to/Harrowfield
New folk horror, Harrowfield out October 1st.
mybook.to/Harrowfield
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Looking for blindingly good dark fiction? Check out Spring in the City, the new anthology from @RuadanBooks with stories from @Xan_Writer @JaySeate @BaryczL @jeffenoswrites.bsky.social @realrichlarson @FinalGrrrl333 @AvramLavinsky @rbwood.bsky.social and more.
June 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Looking for blindingly good dark fiction? Check out Spring in the City, the new anthology from @RuadanBooks with stories from @Xan_Writer @JaySeate @BaryczL @jeffenoswrites.bsky.social @realrichlarson @FinalGrrrl333 @AvramLavinsky @rbwood.bsky.social and more.
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Fire
The ancient clan in prehistoric Europe, 85,000 years ago, faced a devastating attack that forced them out of their high stone shelter... #Readers #Prehistoric #Paleolithic #Booklovers #Bookworms #Archaic #Neanderthal #Denisovan #CroMagnon
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJMD7BN
The ancient clan in prehistoric Europe, 85,000 years ago, faced a devastating attack that forced them out of their high stone shelter... #Readers #Prehistoric #Paleolithic #Booklovers #Bookworms #Archaic #Neanderthal #Denisovan #CroMagnon
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJMD7BN
Fire
Fire - Kindle edition by Sweet, W. G.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fire.
www.amazon.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fire
The ancient clan in prehistoric Europe, 85,000 years ago, faced a devastating attack that forced them out of their high stone shelter... #Readers #Prehistoric #Paleolithic #Booklovers #Bookworms #Archaic #Neanderthal #Denisovan #CroMagnon
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJMD7BN
The ancient clan in prehistoric Europe, 85,000 years ago, faced a devastating attack that forced them out of their high stone shelter... #Readers #Prehistoric #Paleolithic #Booklovers #Bookworms #Archaic #Neanderthal #Denisovan #CroMagnon
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJMD7BN
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Autumn reflections.
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/aut...
#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #artist #blueskyart #giftideas #lifestyle #colorful #artwork #artprints #photography #WinterthurMuseum #pond #Autumn #fall #autumnleaves
ART - deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/aut...
#art #artshop #artstore #ayearforart #buyintoart #wallart #homedecor #artforsale #artist #blueskyart #giftideas #lifestyle #colorful #artwork #artprints #photography #WinterthurMuseum #pond #Autumn #fall #autumnleaves
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Ok. Still working on Star Sentinels. So this seems like a good idea.
I'm DD Ward, smut and trauma peddler.
I'm working on my project: Star Sentinels of Cerberus. It's a buddy cop story about veteran and rookie magical girls teaming up to stop a kaiju in a futuristic city of tomorrow.
I'm DD Ward, smut and trauma peddler.
I'm working on my project: Star Sentinels of Cerberus. It's a buddy cop story about veteran and rookie magical girls teaming up to stop a kaiju in a futuristic city of tomorrow.
#PlotTober Day 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP
Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ok. Still working on Star Sentinels. So this seems like a good idea.
I'm DD Ward, smut and trauma peddler.
I'm working on my project: Star Sentinels of Cerberus. It's a buddy cop story about veteran and rookie magical girls teaming up to stop a kaiju in a futuristic city of tomorrow.
I'm DD Ward, smut and trauma peddler.
I'm working on my project: Star Sentinels of Cerberus. It's a buddy cop story about veteran and rookie magical girls teaming up to stop a kaiju in a futuristic city of tomorrow.