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Lene MacLeod
@lenemacleod.bsky.social
Quiet Horror/Dark Fiction author.
+sometimes editor (M.M. MacLeod) artist, poet
FRINGES of GREY now available https://books2read.com/u/4NVxA9
eic @frostzonestories.bsky.social

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𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 is a collection of dark stories that explores themes of aging, death, grief, the supernatural and spaces of liminality present on the fringes of the everyday.
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#quiethorror #shortstories #darkfiction #griefhorror #storycollection
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Singing Trees
Emily Carr
c. 1935
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Caribou
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1976
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Remember folks, my poetry book A mouthful of Space dust is currently a free download but only till Christmas day.

Preorders also open for Chopsticks, my new novella NOW!
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A little holiday shopping, in support of indie publishers, because books make great gifts.
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
People REALLY shouldn't believe everything they hear.
It's easy to convince someone of something they want to believe, unless they are far above average intelligence like you.
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Welcome to the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Happy Winter Solstice
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A Saturday hello 🐾
December 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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old winter coat
the ghost of Christmas past
in its pocket

#DailyHaikuPrompt (winter)
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The ugly Christmas sweater has been around for as long as Christmas sweaters have existed.
Today, they are a prominent part of the Christmas season thanks to Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties.
And those parties got their start in Canada.
This is the story.

🧵 1/8
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The holiday season is all about horror, and HORRIFIC SCRIBES has opened its first Special Exhibit, HOLIDAY HURLYBURLY, to celebrate! Six new, original tales, nine attractions in all. Free at horrificscribblings.com

#holidayhorror #Christmashorror #horrorstories #shortstories #anthologies
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It's the Holiday Hurlyburly Special Exhibit!
Thanks for including "Slippers from Hell", @horrificscribs.bsky.social
NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Lene MacLeod joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with “Slippers from Hell,” now part of the Holiday Hurlyburly Special Exhibit. Free at horrificscribblings.com

#holidayhorror #Christmashorror #horrorstories #shortstories #anthologies
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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He’s sick. 25th Amendment Sick.
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‪Out today Spectral & Strange from @mugwortmagazine.bsky.social filled with poetry and fiction for the darkest, coldest months...

Thanks so much for including my pieces @kategarrettwrites.bsky.social It is a lovely and haunting issue!
Our Winter 2025 bonus issue, Spectral & Strange, is out now!

mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/s...
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The cold, dark months are the perfect time to curl up with a book of haunting tales. Looking for #ghoststories for Christmas? Order Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: short stories & flash fiction by Canadian authors via link, or ask your local shop or library to order a copy for you

books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
BS spouted
1000 times is
still BS 🐂
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Ghost to Ghost to Ghost
an anthology of Haunting Tales form Canada
available in eBook and Paperback.
Nineteen short stories and flash fiction by a wonderful gathering of Canadian authors.

books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It's October 21... HAPPY RELEASE DAY!
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost - an anthology of 19 Haunting Tales from Canada.
Happy publication day to the authors of these wonderful short stories and flash fiction.
The paperback has been available for a while and today the eBook is here.

books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So much for an extra hour of sleep...
🕛⚾🧢
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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My Substack Today: Canada's Year Without A Summer!
A volcano eruption created a very cold year for Canada.

Subscribe and receive these Canadian history stories in your e-mail three times a week (one for paid subscribers, two for free subscribers) 👇
canadaehx.substack.com/p/canadas-ye...
Canada's Year Without A Summer
A volcano half a world away stole our summer in 1816
canadaehx.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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My daughter Ella is raising £500 for Thornton Rose RDA. Help her provide life-changing therapy for riders with disabilities. Every bit helps!

Please consider donating, and if you can't, please share the fundraiser wherever you can.

gofund.me/47b5dd50c
Donate to Help Our Riders Soar at Thornton Rose RDA, organized by Ella McLeod
Today, we're reaching out to our wider community to help us raise £500 as a tru… Ella McLeod needs your support for Help Our Riders Soar at Thornton Rose RDA
gofund.me
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Frost Zone Stories is open to submissions of short horror stories; quiet horror, dark fiction - tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange. Token $ plus print copy, or 2 print copies. OPEN until Nov01.
For books 3&4 which will be published in spring & autumn 2026
October 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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It is Ghost to Ghost to Ghost's 2nd day alive (or dead?)
Thanks so much to everyone who gave a boo-out 👻 for its release yesterday - picking up a copy, liking, sharing 🖤
This is a fantastic group of authors, telling short, haunting stories.

books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Thank you Duotrope for selecting Frost Zone Stories as the listing of the day!

We are OPEN for submissions until November 01.
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Fancy reading a new book of Canadian ghost stories?
Two more days to grab the paperback of the Ghost to Ghost to Ghost anthology for reduced price of $9.99 on amzon dot CA

books2read.com/u/3GkdOL
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM