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William Beck
@thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
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Professional procrastinator & occasional author of fantasy, horror and sci-fi.

Books available on Amazon.
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William Beck @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social · 5d
What happens when good intention can turn you into the monster they fear? A Mother's Porcelain - available on Amazon as paperback and ebook, or also available as ebook on my Ko-Fi
A close up of a porcelain doll; a bloodied tear running down her cheek. A quote above her states "...when in the grasp of demons, sometimes all one has left is hope." A promo image for A Mother's Porcelain depicting the cover (a shattered porcelain doll head resting on a hard wood floor) is on a tablet, framed in darkness & blood. The accompanying text reads "A Mother's Porcelain. Love will be her prison. Available now"
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
Show a moment from TV / film that broke your heart
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
What happens when good intention can turn you into the monster they fear? A Mother's Porcelain - available on Amazon as paperback and ebook, or also available as ebook on my Ko-Fi
A close up of a porcelain doll; a bloodied tear running down her cheek. A quote above her states "...when in the grasp of demons, sometimes all one has left is hope." A promo image for A Mother's Porcelain depicting the cover (a shattered porcelain doll head resting on a hard wood floor) is on a tablet, framed in darkness & blood. The accompanying text reads "A Mother's Porcelain. Love will be her prison. Available now"
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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karenlykkebo.com
🌟 Sunday Spotlight 🌟

A Dress to Kill For by @tessahastjarjanto.com - a short gothic horror with dreadful vibes 🖤

📚💙

A Dress to Kill For
A short, dark read full of dreadful vibes.
www.karenlykkebo.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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natania.bsky.social
Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.

It’s seriously what gets us through.
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
First bit of beta feedback for Familiar Territory has come back already, and is absolutely glowing! Such a relief! Obviously plenty of work still to be done, but so happy it at least seems to have such promise after all this time!
a man wearing glasses and a brown suit is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .
Alt: A gif of Jeff Goldblum wiping his forehead and saying "phew" in relief
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January 18, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
🕯️🥀🍂 SHORT HORROR STORY 🍂🥀🕯️

One night, Jace finds a runaway in his barn. A boy with a horrifying story.

❌ no romance
🕸️ gothic-horror
📔 26 pages

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/b4aB7L
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/someone-else...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

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kindle cover for someone else's horror story by rebecca crunden; shows an old wooden room with candelabras and rising fog
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
What happens when good intention can turn you into the monster they fear? A Mother's Porcelain - available on Amazon as paperback and ebook, or also available as ebook on my Ko-Fi
A close up of a porcelain doll; a bloodied tear running down her cheek. A quote above her states "...when in the grasp of demons, sometimes all one has left is hope." A promo image for A Mother's Porcelain depicting the cover (a shattered porcelain doll head resting on a hard wood floor) is on a tablet, framed in darkness & blood. The accompanying text reads "A Mother's Porcelain. Love will be her prison. Available now"
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
Thrilled to see that In the Spirit of Christmas has become my 2nd story to hit double digits on Goodreads reviews! 🥳
A screenshot of my books on Goodreads; A Mother's Porcelain - 13 ratings In the Spirit of Christmas - 10 ratings The Creeping Death - 9 ratings A Survivor's Eye - 8 ratings (Not pictured is Reflections from the Grave also at 8 ratings)
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
A friendly reminder for HWA members: the deadline to recommend/nominate works for the Stoker Awards is January 15! Get your recs in now!

bramstokerawards.horror.org
The Bram Stoker Awards – Horror’s premier literary award
bramstokerawards.horror.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
Brilliant short story; well worth a read!
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 12d
✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨

🎭 a magician’s last act
💖 a burgeoning romance
🗡️ brothers at odds
📓 21 pages

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/H6oGDdB
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-final-ac...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

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cover for the final act of jonas black by rebecca crunden; shows a faceless figure in a hat with glasses, black and white colour scheme
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
thatwilliambeck.bsky.social
So full disclosure, In the Spirit of Christmas sold 2 units last year between audiobook & ebook. I haven't been much use marketing last year due to personal struggles, so that will have had some influence, but given the value, Im just donating 100% of my profits to Macmillan instead of the usual 50%
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

[ #booksky ]
Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social
In the mood for a different sort of slasher? How about one involving a serial killer hunting mobsters in New York City?
www.amazon.com/Snake-Rami-U...

#HorrorSky #BookSky
Snake
Snake - Kindle edition by Ungar, Rami. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Snake.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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karenlykkebo.com
Hiya!
I'm Karen, Scandinavian author of fantasy and horror, physiotherapist, and cat mom 🖤

Looking for stories with lots of heart, sinister horror, queer-normative worlds, nature vibes, magic and more?
⬇️⬇️

Available wide, on Itchio and KoFi!

Find them all here:
linktr.ee/klykkebo

💙📚
Promo picture of books by Karen Lykkebo. Top row the novels: The Palace of Winds Trilogy and Heir to The Sun. Text under The Palace of Winds “A complete series”. Text under Heir to the sun: Stand-alone (with a sequel to come). Two banners on the side from semi-finalist from SPFBO and BBNYA. Bottom row the short stories: Drowned Hearts, Now and the Hour of Death, Dirt You Shall Become, and The Tale of the Sad Christmas Dragon. Text: “short stories from $0.99
June 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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samanthabwriter.bsky.social
Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat it’s been a couple of weeks since I got to participate and I missed y’all. You can check out my horror work here: dangerouswhenbored.com/collections/...
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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mcmanlypants.bsky.social
As always, my latest novel CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE, about a mean queen, his (horrible) mother who is (finally) dead, and the porn star next door, is available everywhere!

#HorrorWritersChat

THANK YOU, @greethewriter.bsky.social !!!

www.michaelgwilliamsbooks.com/buy-children...
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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coulroghast.bsky.social
Nothing new to promote, but if anyone wants to check out a short short story collection inspired entirely by nightmares I've had, here's Disquietous. I referenced Twisted Fantasie and The Pull earlier, if you want to skip around.
coulroghast.itch.io/disquietous
Disquietous by coulroghast
Horror short story collection
coulroghast.itch.io
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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vivalavivian.bsky.social
Thank you! x

My collection is out now, filled with characters who change both for the good or the bad. A lot of themes await you, a lot of complicated humans and other creatures. Light horror, bold horror, weird situations. All inside....take a look, it's in a book....🌈

mybook.to/AllsWell
All's Well That Ends Well
Read it now
mybook.to
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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jacobmarsh.bsky.social
Thanks for the questions this week, Gree. Lovely prose as always.

Right now I have a poll happening on my Patreon to pick which of two free horror shorts is getting a sequel: www.patreon.com/posts/reques...

All free members can vote and the original stories are free to read.

#HorrorWritersChat
Request for Input - Next Research Subject | The ARC Directive
Get more from The ARC Directive on Patreon
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January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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vampireantihero.com
#HorrorWritersChat I can't not talk about Lemon Balm when the theme is transitions and beginnings! Check out the book and where to buy here: www.vampireantihero.com/the-night-ga...

You can also read this short story about Acanthus' turning for free here: www.vampireantihero.com/short-storie...
Tales From The Night Garden 1 — Artemis Quinn // VampireAntihero
www.vampireantihero.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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roseblack2222.bsky.social
Great job hosting #HorrorWritersChat this week, Gree, as for me, I have a lot to post regarding The #ShadowBoxArchives. The first is my short story I wrote for last week's #Thirstday chat which you can find below. Speaking of Thirstday, we're having another one

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A Rainy New Year
For The New Year's Day 2026 Thirstday Prompt "Refreshing Resolutions".
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January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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dyre.bsky.social
Terribly fun time, #HorrorWritersChat fantastic hosting, @greethewriter.bsky.social. I'm sad I got too sick to write and couldn't finish a story for the anthology, but I will try to get it, read everyone else's.

Promo:
My first novel is out! It is a horror fantasy. >.>
books2read.com/b/WealdandWen
Cover for Weald and Wen featuring simple trees and mushrooms in gold beset by shadowy claws
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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lhardingwrites.bsky.social
Thank you again Gree_, always a pleasure!

I have many horror and darkly fantastic goodies in my Ko-Fi shop, but I'll particularly plug By The Blood as it's very much a tale of transformation. And ordained Catholic vampires. And the blood of saints.

And it's pay-what-you-feel!

#HorrorWritersChat
lhardingwrites.bsky.social Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · Sep 2
By the Blood

Ursula's new governor, the mysterious Fr Marcellus, must defend her from accusations of vampirism. He knows they're false. He should know - he's a vampire himself. But the stakes soon rise when the undead also take interest in Ursula.

💙📚 #booksky

ko-fi.com/s/6793e39b5b
By the Blood - Lawrence Harding's Ko-fi Shop
When Fr. Marcellus becomes governer of a nocturnal child with a strange aversion to the sun, he knows the locals will draw the obvious conclusions. Bu...
ko-fi.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM