Susanne Schmidt
@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
Horror/Fantasy Author. BBNYA 2024 finalist. SFINCS 1 semi-finalist.
Dabbler in Digital Art. Grower of Pumpkins. Creator of the Spooky Thread / Spooky Spotlight.
Website: https://susanneschmidt.me
Links: https://linktr.ee/susanneschmidtauthor
Dabbler in Digital Art. Grower of Pumpkins. Creator of the Spooky Thread / Spooky Spotlight.
Website: https://susanneschmidt.me
Links: https://linktr.ee/susanneschmidtauthor
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Did you know I write a horror series called the Order of the Strawberry Circle? Think Coraline, but set in a small town in Germany with monsters out of local folklore.
It's wide and filled with my weird illustrations. I highly recommend starting with Bad Grains (the Halloween one!).
Links 🔽
It's wide and filled with my weird illustrations. I highly recommend starting with Bad Grains (the Halloween one!).
Links 🔽
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Someone once said friendship is the highest form of love. Find out why in this friendship themed itch-io bundle!
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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Friendship Centered SFF by Elise Carlson and 37 others
Friendship Centered SFF: 37 items for $35.00
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February 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Someone once said friendship is the highest form of love. Find out why in this friendship themed itch-io bundle!
#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booksonbluesky #queersky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🖤 📦️
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Wholeheartedly agree.
For more alternatives. I'd also recommend The Riddlemaster of Hed, the Crestomanci series, or T. Kingfisher's Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.
(Or support an indie author. There's so many underappreciated middle grade indie books.)
For more alternatives. I'd also recommend The Riddlemaster of Hed, the Crestomanci series, or T. Kingfisher's Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.
(Or support an indie author. There's so many underappreciated middle grade indie books.)
If you loved Harry Potter and are heartbroken by the author’s horridness, may I recommend Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea Cycle? Vastly superior.
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The Books of Earthsea - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Wholeheartedly agree.
For more alternatives. I'd also recommend The Riddlemaster of Hed, the Crestomanci series, or T. Kingfisher's Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.
(Or support an indie author. There's so many underappreciated middle grade indie books.)
For more alternatives. I'd also recommend The Riddlemaster of Hed, the Crestomanci series, or T. Kingfisher's Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.
(Or support an indie author. There's so many underappreciated middle grade indie books.)
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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Writers, if you're thinking of selling direct, BookVault's offering five free title uploads this month with the coupon code BVFEB26 and note you do NOT need to upload the files (or even have confirmed specs) to set up, just the ISBN, so you can set up now and do the final stuff later.
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Writers, if you're thinking of selling direct, BookVault's offering five free title uploads this month with the coupon code BVFEB26 and note you do NOT need to upload the files (or even have confirmed specs) to set up, just the ISBN, so you can set up now and do the final stuff later.
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📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
All these GenAI CEOs whining about how people don't like their scam generators. This slop keeps clogging up my inbox. Every day.
Your "inevitable tech of the future" is adding to my mental load, increases risk to my business, and adds work because I have to manually move these to my spam folder.
Your "inevitable tech of the future" is adding to my mental load, increases risk to my business, and adds work because I have to manually move these to my spam folder.
February 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
All these GenAI CEOs whining about how people don't like their scam generators. This slop keeps clogging up my inbox. Every day.
Your "inevitable tech of the future" is adding to my mental load, increases risk to my business, and adds work because I have to manually move these to my spam folder.
Your "inevitable tech of the future" is adding to my mental load, increases risk to my business, and adds work because I have to manually move these to my spam folder.
📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
SFF Readers, do you like stories which centre friendship, or where friendship groups tackle plot problems?
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
To help you find them, I've organised this 37 book bundle. It's an even split of Fantasy, SciFi & SciFi-Fantasy, available till Feb 15! (Book blurbs in link 😉.)
🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
📣New SFF bundle alert!
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
Looking for some new characters to hang out with? This bundle has you covered with 37 books for $35.
Bad Grains is in this one, if you haven't had a chance to check out my supernatural horror set in smalltown Germany yet.
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Let's discuss how to do this and what styles do, so you can format your manuscript easily too.
What are styles?
Styles are the set of rules/instructions for the main headers, subheaders, body text, etc. for your file. These include font, size, spacing, indentions. On Word it's at the top.
What are styles?
Styles are the set of rules/instructions for the main headers, subheaders, body text, etc. for your file. These include font, size, spacing, indentions. On Word it's at the top.
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Let's discuss how to do this and what styles do, so you can format your manuscript easily too.
What are styles?
Styles are the set of rules/instructions for the main headers, subheaders, body text, etc. for your file. These include font, size, spacing, indentions. On Word it's at the top.
What are styles?
Styles are the set of rules/instructions for the main headers, subheaders, body text, etc. for your file. These include font, size, spacing, indentions. On Word it's at the top.
Lot's of discussions on AI today.
But maybe it could help generate ideas for stories? I have several notebooks filled with ideas. Ideas are not the problem. It's writing a great story that takes time.
But maybe it could be used to make an outline of the story from an idea?
Nope. Hell no.
But maybe it could help generate ideas for stories? I have several notebooks filled with ideas. Ideas are not the problem. It's writing a great story that takes time.
But maybe it could be used to make an outline of the story from an idea?
Nope. Hell no.
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Lot's of discussions on AI today.
But maybe it could help generate ideas for stories? I have several notebooks filled with ideas. Ideas are not the problem. It's writing a great story that takes time.
But maybe it could be used to make an outline of the story from an idea?
Nope. Hell no.
But maybe it could help generate ideas for stories? I have several notebooks filled with ideas. Ideas are not the problem. It's writing a great story that takes time.
But maybe it could be used to make an outline of the story from an idea?
Nope. Hell no.
Hallo #germanbooksky,
ich schreibe auf Englisch, aber meine Horrorromane spielen in in einer fiktiven fränkischen Kleinstadt.
Alle Bücher findet Ihr hier: books2read.com/susanneschmidt
#buchwerbung
ich schreibe auf Englisch, aber meine Horrorromane spielen in in einer fiktiven fränkischen Kleinstadt.
Alle Bücher findet Ihr hier: books2read.com/susanneschmidt
#buchwerbung
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Hallo #germanbooksky,
ich schreibe auf Englisch, aber meine Horrorromane spielen in in einer fiktiven fränkischen Kleinstadt.
Alle Bücher findet Ihr hier: books2read.com/susanneschmidt
#buchwerbung
ich schreibe auf Englisch, aber meine Horrorromane spielen in in einer fiktiven fränkischen Kleinstadt.
Alle Bücher findet Ihr hier: books2read.com/susanneschmidt
#buchwerbung
Finished my readthrough/note-taking of the first draft of the magical girl story. Lots of consistency issues, but I'm excited to get started on fixing them.
#amediting
#amediting
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Finished my readthrough/note-taking of the first draft of the magical girl story. Lots of consistency issues, but I'm excited to get started on fixing them.
#amediting
#amediting
One of the things I love about editing on a Remarkable is doodling on the pages of my manuscripts. Every once in a while, when I slog through my notes weeks later, I'll find one of these spontaneous easter eggs. They're great extra motivation.
#StrawberryCircle3
#StrawberryCircle3
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
One of the things I love about editing on a Remarkable is doodling on the pages of my manuscripts. Every once in a while, when I slog through my notes weeks later, I'll find one of these spontaneous easter eggs. They're great extra motivation.
#StrawberryCircle3
#StrawberryCircle3
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Take a vacation to Europe, meet the local monsters, read my Strawberry Circle series!
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Take a vacation to Europe, meet the local monsters, read my Strawberry Circle series!
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
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have you picked up my nebula award-winning book? it's a spooky queer tween fantasy novel about a girl who can see ghosts on an adventure with her sister, a dragon and a ghost. 🌈📚
#IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
books2read.com/u/b6J2E0
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#IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
books2read.com/u/b6J2E0
vriccithode.itch.io/the-young-ne...
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
have you picked up my nebula award-winning book? it's a spooky queer tween fantasy novel about a girl who can see ghosts on an adventure with her sister, a dragon and a ghost. 🌈📚
#IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
books2read.com/u/b6J2E0
vriccithode.itch.io/the-young-ne...
#IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
books2read.com/u/b6J2E0
vriccithode.itch.io/the-young-ne...
Take a vacation to Europe, meet the local monsters, read my Strawberry Circle series!
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Take a vacation to Europe, meet the local monsters, read my Strawberry Circle series!
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
Buy if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️MG horror
-like stories about friendship & small towns
books2read.com/b/badgrains
💀📚💙
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I'm organizing another bundle. If you've got a ghost story, or ghost-related story on itch, sign up below.
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
Ghost Stories Bundle Sign-Ups
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tally.so
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I'm organizing another bundle. If you've got a ghost story, or ghost-related story on itch, sign up below.
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
I'll never get tired of how snow makes everything brighter.
January 27, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I'll never get tired of how snow makes everything brighter.
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Heya! Are you a romance author with books on itch? I'm planning a romance book bundle for Valentine's Day!
Send in the form below if you're interested. All genres of romance are welcome! Deadline for inclusion is February 4. More details on the form itself:
Send in the form below if you're interested. All genres of romance are welcome! Deadline for inclusion is February 4. More details on the form itself:
Valentine's Day Romance Book Bundle
Howdy! This is an interest form for a Valentine's Day book bundle on itch.io, hosted by Talli Morgan. The bundle will run from February 9th through the 14th. All authors who submit this form will be invited to the bundle, so be sure you look out for the email from itch.io requesting your approval. T...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Heya! Are you a romance author with books on itch? I'm planning a romance book bundle for Valentine's Day!
Send in the form below if you're interested. All genres of romance are welcome! Deadline for inclusion is February 4. More details on the form itself:
Send in the form below if you're interested. All genres of romance are welcome! Deadline for inclusion is February 4. More details on the form itself:
I'm organizing another bundle. If you've got a ghost story, or ghost-related story on itch, sign up below.
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
Ghost Stories Bundle Sign-Ups
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I'm organizing another bundle. If you've got a ghost story, or ghost-related story on itch, sign up below.
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
(The form will stay open until March 14th, the bundle runs April 3rd to 24th.)
tally.so/r/rjOqPN
💙📚📦
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Don’t forget to join the community Discord! We’ve got over a thousand members now and it’s a great place to share your writing and reading, ask for feedback and suggestions, and post your links and updates!
Invite in my profile 🫶
Invite in my profile 🫶
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Don’t forget to join the community Discord! We’ve got over a thousand members now and it’s a great place to share your writing and reading, ask for feedback and suggestions, and post your links and updates!
Invite in my profile 🫶
Invite in my profile 🫶
Bad Grains is only $1.99 with the Kobo Start a New Series sale!
Read if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️ Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️ MG horror
-like stories about friendship, monsters, & small towns
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
📚💙 💀📚🪐
Read if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️ Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️ MG horror
-like stories about friendship, monsters, & small towns
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
📚💙 💀📚🪐
Bad Grains ebook by Susanne Schmidt - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Bad Grains The Order of the Strawberry Circle, #1" by Susanne Schmidt available from Rakuten Kobo. New school, no friends, and not a carved pumpkin in sight.
It's fall in the quaint town of Fels...
www.kobo.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Bad Grains is only $1.99 with the Kobo Start a New Series sale!
Read if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️ Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️ MG horror
-like stories about friendship, monsters, & small towns
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
📚💙 💀📚🪐
Read if you
-want to learn about Germany
-❤️ Grimms' fairy tales (the creepy originals)
-think it should be Halloween all year
-❤️ MG horror
-like stories about friendship, monsters, & small towns
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
📚💙 💀📚🪐
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GOOD MORNING
Have you looked at this cover yet? Because it is GORGEOUS
Have you looked at this cover yet? Because it is GORGEOUS
GOOD MORNING
I am SO excited to announce that my gothic horror novel, Woman of Sorrow and Blood, is coming out on March 13th!!
Click through to see the full cover, blurb, and of course, preorder links!! #BookSky #IndieBooks
I am SO excited to announce that my gothic horror novel, Woman of Sorrow and Blood, is coming out on March 13th!!
Click through to see the full cover, blurb, and of course, preorder links!! #BookSky #IndieBooks
Woman of Sorrow and Blood Cover Reveal - Author Dianna Gunn
Today I am thrilled to share the cover for my upcoming release, Woman of Sorrow and Blood, releasing on March 13th, 2026! See the beauty below: About Woman of Sorrow and Blood When 18-year-old Alma is...
authordiannagunn.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
GOOD MORNING
Have you looked at this cover yet? Because it is GORGEOUS
Have you looked at this cover yet? Because it is GORGEOUS
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🚨Today's the day!🚨
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🚨Today's the day!🚨
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
Here's the new 5th anniversary #CoverReveal for The Re-Emergence. The same critically acclaimed story you know and love, now much more handsome on your shelf 😁
Check it out: www.alankdell.co.uk/...
I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
📢📚🪐 🤏📚 #SFF #BookSky
Get your bundle now!
LAST DAY OF SALE!
27 indie releases for just $15!
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Dirt You Shall Become is 99c at all vendors 🤎🪱
27 indie releases for just $15!
--> https://itch.io/b/3455/the-best-of-2025
Dirt You Shall Become is 99c at all vendors 🤎🪱
January 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Get your bundle now!
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'