Lauren Bolger
@renbolger.bsky.social
Horror writer startled by most sounds. Kill Radio out now with Malarkey Books. The Barre Incidents out Oct 2025!
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
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Lauren Bolger
@renbolger.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Had fun with this guy last night! Loading the new opening scene I wrote last night onto the ole laptop.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Had fun with this guy last night! Loading the new opening scene I wrote last night onto the ole laptop.
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Hey cool. Thanks so much!
Pour One for the Devil by Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
An atmospheric and deliciously fucked up gothic tale that is a mishmash of Confederate legacies, indigenous cultures, Gullah language, and demons both literal and figurative.
Unexpectedly my favorite of these four?
An atmospheric and deliciously fucked up gothic tale that is a mishmash of Confederate legacies, indigenous cultures, Gullah language, and demons both literal and figurative.
Unexpectedly my favorite of these four?
Pour One for the Devil by Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. — Lanternfish Press
A college professor accepts an offer to speak in a remote coastal mansion that proves too good to be true.
lanternfishpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey cool. Thanks so much!
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My full blurb is a lot longer and I wanted to share it: I think Rascal has crafted a story here that is really wonderful, and could be placed alongside This Is How You Lose the Time War as a blueprint for a compelling, propulsive, gorgeous epistolary novel.
🎉🖤RELEASE DAY🖤🎉
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is out now everywhere!
Sci-Fi, Cosmic Horror & Queer Romance meld effortlessly in this tale of a deep space mission thought lost forever & the bonds that keep us human at the edge of the universe.
Get it:
store.tenebrouspress.com
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is out now everywhere!
Sci-Fi, Cosmic Horror & Queer Romance meld effortlessly in this tale of a deep space mission thought lost forever & the bonds that keep us human at the edge of the universe.
Get it:
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My full blurb is a lot longer and I wanted to share it: I think Rascal has crafted a story here that is really wonderful, and could be placed alongside This Is How You Lose the Time War as a blueprint for a compelling, propulsive, gorgeous epistolary novel.
Wooooo!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
"...unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller. Readers will be on the edges of their seats."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Wooooo!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Oh my god I thought it said “Mary Shelley Reveals”. Jesus Christ, I almost lost it
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Oh my god I thought it said “Mary Shelley Reveals”. Jesus Christ, I almost lost it
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Oil paintings from Serbian artist Dragan Bibin's Deimos series. I'm a fan. The vibe, I like it...
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oil paintings from Serbian artist Dragan Bibin's Deimos series. I'm a fan. The vibe, I like it...
Remember the ole 90’s romance trope with a drink spilled on a guy’s shirt and “aww man now I gotta take my shirt off”? lol. Related, I’m watching Ghost right now.
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Remember the ole 90’s romance trope with a drink spilled on a guy’s shirt and “aww man now I gotta take my shirt off”? lol. Related, I’m watching Ghost right now.
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PDX TATTOO ARTISTS - is anyone willing to go out for a beer or coffee and let me interview you about tattoo/shop stuff? It's research for my next novel, THE HOLLOWLANDS. Here's my most recent book, thanks:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson: 9780593733400 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page.”—Stephen King From the author of Fever House and The Devil by Name: a Vietnam...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
PDX TATTOO ARTISTS - is anyone willing to go out for a beer or coffee and let me interview you about tattoo/shop stuff? It's research for my next novel, THE HOLLOWLANDS. Here's my most recent book, thanks:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760818...
This is the stuff I have to write down just to get out of my system so I can continue with the book. Just goofy dialog with no point.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is the stuff I have to write down just to get out of my system so I can continue with the book. Just goofy dialog with no point.
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If you buy my book from @eveninghouse.bsky.social, you’re supporting an independent bookstore AND two @malarkeybooks.bsky.social authors! Also add Boxcutters to the cart while you’re at it. ;)
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Still Alive - Evening House Books
A hero's journey through a dying empire. On the Road for a beaten generation. After V meets Lex, a butch painter, at an underground punk show, they enter a multi-year […]
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November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you buy my book from @eveninghouse.bsky.social, you’re supporting an independent bookstore AND two @malarkeybooks.bsky.social authors! Also add Boxcutters to the cart while you’re at it. ;)
eveninghousebooks.com/product/stil...
eveninghousebooks.com/product/stil...
We finished watching Frankenstein. The set design and effects were crazy cool!!! I guess I shouldn’t talk about other stuff bc spoilers but I really enjoyed it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We finished watching Frankenstein. The set design and effects were crazy cool!!! I guess I shouldn’t talk about other stuff bc spoilers but I really enjoyed it.
Happy release day to this one that doesn’t quit once it starts running. Great characters And action. Punches you right in the heart.
RELEASE DAY!!
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
Take a look at what's inside CERULEAN SKY, an action-romance-horror genre blender that follows a woman as she attempts to traverse an America that's been torn apart by a disease that turns people incorporeal.
polymathpress.com/products/cer...
#horror #newrelease #booksky
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Happy release day to this one that doesn’t quit once it starts running. Great characters And action. Punches you right in the heart.
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A Cover Reveal! 🌕
Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026
Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026
Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A Cover Reveal! 🌕
Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026
Many thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this auroralicious cover for The Cellar Below The Cellar...out February 2026
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The best thing about Frankenstein discourse is that it's really cemented how much I don't care about other people's opinions on art. "Frankenstein is too much of a villain." "Inland Empire doesn't make sense." "Cat People isn't scary enough." If I love a movie I just don't care if you don't like it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The best thing about Frankenstein discourse is that it's really cemented how much I don't care about other people's opinions on art. "Frankenstein is too much of a villain." "Inland Empire doesn't make sense." "Cat People isn't scary enough." If I love a movie I just don't care if you don't like it.
My favorite thing about TikTok is when I get an email alert like “an adult man that you don’t know who has two first names has viewed your profile.” I know I can probably turn these alerts off, but like I said, it’s my favorite thing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My favorite thing about TikTok is when I get an email alert like “an adult man that you don’t know who has two first names has viewed your profile.” I know I can probably turn these alerts off, but like I said, it’s my favorite thing.
My kid was in a play this weekend and it’s Cinderella. the first line is “His Royal Highness, Christopher Rupert“ (etc.) but it sounded to me like “Christopherloofer” and I’ve seen it twice now and I can’t stop singing my own dumbass version around the house constantly
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My kid was in a play this weekend and it’s Cinderella. the first line is “His Royal Highness, Christopher Rupert“ (etc.) but it sounded to me like “Christopherloofer” and I’ve seen it twice now and I can’t stop singing my own dumbass version around the house constantly
You know that anxiety that makes you think everybody’s mad at you all the time for no reason… how do you get rid of thattttttt 🙃
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You know that anxiety that makes you think everybody’s mad at you all the time for no reason… how do you get rid of thattttttt 🙃
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November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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saw the Spanish Baroque painting exhibit at the Blanton here in Austin yesterday, and there was a HUGE portrait of St. Lucia WITH her weird eyes on a plate...surely a sign from GOD HIMSELF that some publisher will grab up and publish my collection of weird short stories "The Eyes of St. Lucia"
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
saw the Spanish Baroque painting exhibit at the Blanton here in Austin yesterday, and there was a HUGE portrait of St. Lucia WITH her weird eyes on a plate...surely a sign from GOD HIMSELF that some publisher will grab up and publish my collection of weird short stories "The Eyes of St. Lucia"
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As we look toward 2026, we need more book club members. Join up now for a year of book mail and, while we have them, a free t-shirt.
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2026 Book Club — Malarkey
Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As we look toward 2026, we need more book club members. Join up now for a year of book mail and, while we have them, a free t-shirt.
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
My anxiety has been taking the form of trying to get a specific Labubu lately and if I’m allowed a vote I‘ll vote for that not being my way of coping anymore. somebody turn my internet off or something
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My anxiety has been taking the form of trying to get a specific Labubu lately and if I’m allowed a vote I‘ll vote for that not being my way of coping anymore. somebody turn my internet off or something
Hey does anyone know of any good nonfiction discords or general writing discords (or other online communities). Asking for someone IRL who I found out is a writer
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hey does anyone know of any good nonfiction discords or general writing discords (or other online communities). Asking for someone IRL who I found out is a writer
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uh also VERMONT. you get a whole horror novel set in Vermont.
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
uh also VERMONT. you get a whole horror novel set in Vermont.
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
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Manning the shop this rainy November Friday
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Manning the shop this rainy November Friday