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Kealan Patrick Burke
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
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Irish guy stranded in Ohio. Bram Stoker Award-winning writer of books, graphic novels, and screenplays. THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE coming 10/25 from Earthling Publications

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💫THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS is live on the feast of Martinmas, old Halloween, cover designed by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social — a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in secrets & tragedy.
Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys.
Some stories will not rest.
mybook.to/woundedbirds
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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stevestred.bsky.social
Here's a book I loved!
I think you'll love it too!

Jack & Jill by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Relationship strife ✔️
Mental health examination ✔️
Dreams that feel all too real ✔️
An ending that'll shock you ✔️

This novella is phenomenal, panic-inducing & a fascinating psychological journey.
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Mood.
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I can’t gaurentee the book is this big in real life, or that I’m this small, but if you’re looking for a Halloween read, I got you covered.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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therealjackfinn.bsky.social
Here are your #spookyseason pairings for a #horror feast!

@jamesbrogden.bsky.social
@laramiedean.bsky.social
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @alexgrecian.bsky.social
@sgj.bsky.social @andrewvanwey.bsky.social
@kevharrison.bsky.social
@almakatsu.bsky.social
@williamfgrayfic.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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therealjackfinn.bsky.social
20 #horror #newreleases that are a must for your #TBR

@daniel-lorn.bsky.social
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@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @michaelwehunt.bsky.social
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@kevharrison.bsky.social
@laramiedean.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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therealjackfinn.bsky.social
Must read #horror novellas under 100 pages:
@gregfgifune.bsky.social
@casskhaw.bsky.social
@daniel-lorn.bsky.social
@ericlarocca.bsky.social
@claymcleod.bsky.social
@jgfaherty.bsky.social
@saratantlinger.bsky.social
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social @lethepress.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
My (very, very) dark novella JACK & JILL is now available in audiobook format, courtesy of the good folk @tantoraudio.bsky.social and the wonderful narration of Megan Trout.

rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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We’re pleased to present The Star of the Show by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social, a new novella published as a free ebook! Grab it here: subterraneanpress.com/the-star-of-...

Past free ebooks available here: subterraneanpress.com/free-ebooks/
The Star of the Show
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Brand new horror western novella now available as a FREE digital download from @subpress.bsky.social

subterraneanpress.com/the-star-of-...
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Just pub’d and next up on my TBR (after I finish KPB’s COTTONMOUTH): THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social. A “nightmarish homage to the seminal work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Machen, and John Carpenter.” Signed & #d HC, Earthling Pub., 2025.
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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therealjackfinn.bsky.social
10 #Eldritch #Horror books for your TBR:

@johnlangan.bsky.social
@victorlavalle.bsky.social
@lairdbarron.bsky.social
@tkingfisher.com
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social
@williamfgrayfic.bsky.social
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social
@lucyasnyder.bsky.social
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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therealjackfinn.bsky.social
Checked out the preview chapter available from Earthling Publishing & damn, I cannot wait until 25 October to read the rest of this one from @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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crutledge.bsky.social
Mail Call! New one from friend @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Got my Halloween Season Read.
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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benpienaar.bsky.social
Keen as hell to finally have something coming out again! Get ready...

In the mean time check out this badass cover by the great @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social at elderlemon designs!

If you like bittersweet, noir horror, pre-order here: acesse.one/mw164
September 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Not sure if it’s sold out yet, but if you get a chance to get your hands on a copy of Earthling Publications The Widows Of Winding Gale by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social - do it! 100 pages in- I can’t put it down, and it’s well on its way to being an all time favorite!

#booksky
Signed hardcover of The The Widows Of Winding Gale by Kealan Patrick Burke, with gorgeous cover art by Glenn Chadbourne. On the cover: a fishing boat coming upon a shipwreck on a tumultuous sea. Back cover to The Widows Of Winding Gale. Featuring well deserved high praise for the book from fellow authors.
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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stevengomzi.bsky.social
#bookmail

It’s here, and it’s beautiful! The signed and numbered edition of The Widows Of Winding Gale by @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social , with an introduction by Nathan Ballingrud. Earthling makes some lovely books, and this looks like perfect Autumn reading!
Signed and numbered edition of The Widows Of Winding Gale by Kealan Patrick Burke. Title page to The Widows Of Winding Gale. The book is # 206 and the page contains signatures from Kealan Patrick Burke and Nathan Ballingrud.
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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joshthelink.bsky.social
Read some books recently by @danielkraus.com, @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social, @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, and Emily Brontë (I don’t think she’s on BlueSky).

open.substack.com/pub/joshlink...
Recent Readings
Some recent novels and novellas I’ve read
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September 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
Courtesy of Paul Miller, the gorgeous hardcover copy of my new novel THE WIDOWS OF WINDING GALE arrived today, illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, with an introduction by Nathan Ballingrud, and kind words from Christopher Golden, Sarah Langan, and Philip Fracassi:

www.earthlingpub.com/kp_widows.html
September 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Now @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social's incredible cover for @brennanlafaro.bsky.social's THE DENIZENS is out in the world... we're very happy to share what some early readers have to say about it

You might recognise some of them :)
"Mesmerizing, with a quiet but profound sense of dread" Rachel Harrison, USA Today Bestselling author of PLAY NICE and SO THIRSTY "Brennan LaFaro builds dread with the best of them, and The Denizens is a creeping and macabre passage through grief and regret, terror and devotion, hope and pain. What lurks on the outskirts of Maylene's Hollow will come for you no matter how prepared you think you might be." Christa Carmen, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DAUGHTERS OF BLOCK ISLAND and HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING "Brennan LaFaro delivers a haunting Southern Gothic where grief, small-town secrets, and ancient horrors converge. In Maylene's Hollow, the living and the damned walk side by side-and once you enter, the denizens never let you leave. Exceptionally terrifying!" Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Shoemaker's Magician Promo image for THE DENIZENS, showing the cover art - a dense forest containing a settlement of houses, a tunnel and a quarry seen from overhead, the aerial effect creating the appearance of a human skull Text reads: COMING FEBRUARY 2026
August 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Cover Reveal! This sounds so good! "...Forced to wander the earth for hundreds of years, the denizens of the woods have had enough..."
pre-order:
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The Denizens by @brennanlafaro.bsky.social coming 2/26
from @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social
Cover: @kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social
THE DENIZENS - Brennan LaFaro Author of Slattery Falls “Mesmerizing, with a quiet but profound sense of dread” – Rachel Harrison, USA Today Bestselling author of PLAY NICE and SO THIRSTY
August 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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almakatsu.bsky.social
This happened to me, and I wrote about it (and other scams) almakatsu.substack.com/p/scams
August 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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brundlejames.bsky.social
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social Happy birthday bud. I picked up your collection of short stores to celebrate.
The cover for “Dead Leaves” by Kealan Patrick Burke. It features a jack-o’-lantern lying in fall leaves in a graveyard.
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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stevengomzi.bsky.social
#BooksRead2025
#55

Another strong story collection from
@kealanpatrickburke.bsky.social, one of the best in the business. Standouts for me were Attaboy, I Used To Live Here, and his harrowing look at the horrors of addiction- You Wait For It, Like It Waits For You. And that awesome cover! 🔥
Nerve Endings by Kealan Patrick Burke. On the cover: a skeleton in flames.
July 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM