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Kurt Phillips
@kurtphillipstx.bsky.social
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horror writer, musician, educator

stories coming soon to:
A Midnight Kind of Place: Season 1

The Hand of the Archer a.co/d/1FN2itN
Noise Ordinance a.co/d/hutoMgi

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-hand-of-the-archer/
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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · Oct 31
“This book is so good… I’m sitting on my porch reading it again. I’m dying laughing. I’m surprised you can’t hear me laughing from here.”

Kind words from a new reader!
That’s literally what I’m here for.

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An octopus on a black background. The front and back cover of Kurt Phillips’ novella, Noise Ordinance.
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…aaaand we’re back.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Excellent episode with a lot of wonderful shoutouts!

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The Scares That Shaped Us
Books Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast about horror writers and the stories that made them. Join host Matthew Jackson as he talks to some of the biggest names in horror about the scary stories tha...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Man…getting edits back from a publisher is anxiety inducing.
January 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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The cedars are blooming in Austin.
The females have blue berries and are beautiful.
The males have orange pollen and are trying to kill me.
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Ashe Juniper
Much of the text and information for this piece was taken by Alamo Area Master Naturalist Stan Drezek from the essay Mountain Cedar Friend or Foe? by former City of San Antonio Park Educator Peggy …
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January 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Peace-out, 2025.
Don’t let the screen door hit you in the ass.
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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…aaaaand it’s officially allergy season here in austin.
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This was a great episode!
December 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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🖤ON SALE!🖤
$5.99 & $2.99

Do you suffer from nightmares? ‬
‪Anxiety? ‬
‪Feelings of dread? ‬
‪Would you like to?‬

🖤ON SALE!🖤
$5.99 & $2.99

The Hand of the Archer
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Noise Ordinance
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The Amazon listings for Kurt Phillips‘s The Hand of the Archer and Noise Ordinance
December 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Editing.
A sleeping pitbull and a manuscript marked up with red ink.
December 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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100% on my list of favorites this year!
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I’ve almost got the sonofabitch down to 5000 words.
Laptop and a classic keyboard sit on a desk. Im just trying to get this story down to 5000 words.
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Okay. One Battle After Another IS as good as people have been saying.
Leonardo DiCaprio wears a bathrobe and holds an assault rifle. It’s the poster for one battle after another.
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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averyedison.com
DEVIL: You shall stay forever young, but this picture of you will bear the marks of your sin!
DORIAN: Can I hide it?
DEVIL: Well, yes, but—
DORIAN: And there are no other consequences?
DEVIL: This… This picture will become so foul!
DORIAN: Again, probably I’ll hide the picture.
July 2, 2023 at 3:01 PM
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Post a perfect album from the
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

youtu.be/aIjw9k0ykLc?...
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Liminal airport noir with one bad-ass anthology.
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There are worse ways to spend delayed flights.
Merry Christmas!
The End of the World As We Know It sitting next to a pair of reading glasses on an airport seat. Liminal airport noir
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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“Buy his damn books!”
-Violet Bick

The Hand of the Archer
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Noise Ordinance
a.co/d/hutoMgi
@bookpeople.bsky.social
Gloria Grahame acting the shit out of her arrest scene in It’s a Wonderful Life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Thanks, Gabino!

Want to curl up with a cozy murder mystery with a historical fantasy setting? Grab my series starter, Death on the Loper, for 99c.

"[A] great find among cozy indies. It's much more than just a whodunnit."

Available at multiple ebook retailers

www.aliciawarne.com/death-on-the...
Cover of ebook of Death on the Loper by Alicia Warne, showing the silhouette from the front of a ship with a single square rigged sail, sailing along a blue rippled waterway with misty mountains in the background. Tne book title is at the top of the cover, the author name below the image of the ship and the words "A Jorinde Schuiters Mystery" run across the bottom of the image.
December 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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swankmotron.com
Thanks Gabino, you're the best! I've got a new BattleTech book called Outfoxed that's a lot of fun and good for readers new to the universe: www.swankmotron.com/shop/outfoxed

And a FREE sword and sorcery serial over at Mike Stackpole's Chain Story Project! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
Bryan Young - BattleTech: Outfoxed - A Griffin punches a Nightsky in the face In the Land of the Giants - The Last of the Great Catriders looks on at a gothic castle, a necromancer looms over them in a great storm.
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm
What if Aurora was Maleficent's daughter?
🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling
☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue
🌙 Powerful female characters
☀️ Bi/Pan women
🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation
☀️ Found families

www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D
Servants of the Moon and Sun
Visit Amazon's Servants of the Moon and Sun Page and shop for all Servants of the Moon and Sun books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Servants of the Moon and Sun
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December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Unfold is a workplace thriller meets creature feature. Instead of giving Amazon money, you can support me better and my publisher (a small business) by buying it through here phoenixvoicespublishing.com/unfold
Unfold | Phoenix Voices Publishing
ISBN: 9798349618871Release Date: December 15, 2025Blake Buckley and her colleagues continue to hit roadblocks in trying to improve the environment of Unfold, the leading research company that employs ...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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tdcloud.bsky.social
My new sadboy x sadboy folkloric fantasy novella drops in just a couple more days, so grab a pre-order! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...
tdcloud.bsky.social 🐣 Migi ➡️ working on RELIQUARY 💀🩸 @tdcloud.bsky.social · 18d
LAMBENT is a bittersweet experience that can be called a romance if one has the vision to see where this trainwreck is destined to go. For the yearners begging Fate to throw them a bone, this one's for you.

Merch bundle: tdcloud.itch.io/lambent
Preorder: tdcloudofficial.com/books
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kdbwrites.bsky.social
Remember my stroke? Me neither. Grab my most popular book for $1.99 today.

“I got as far as the dedication and peed myself” (author not responsible for dry cleaning).

Thanks for a great year Gabino & #FridayReads 🖤

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Cover of I’m a Little Brain Dead with quotes: - I got as far as the dedication and peed myself -wildly honest, heartbreakingly human, hysterically funny- Tania Karan Author of Creative Trespassing -Buckle up and be glad she survived to write it all down” - Bradley Upton, Author of Blood Stakes -Knowledge, insight, and a brilliant sense of humor” @rachelreadit - all the flair of a stand up comedian, reminds me of why I love writers so much - Writers Digest Judges notes - Roll on the floor hilarity” Neil White author of Turn a Blind Eye
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM