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A wonderful interview with @leeupton.bsky.social in North Meridian, regarding her forthcoming novel The Withers.
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
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"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
Lee Upton Discusses Her New Book, “The Withers”: Interview — North Meridian Press
In winter 2026, author Lee Upton answered questions about her new book “The Withers” with managing editor Wesley R. Bishop via email. Below is that conversation that explores Upton’s new novel, her wr...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
A wonderful interview with @leeupton.bsky.social in North Meridian, regarding her forthcoming novel The Withers.
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
"We might want to escape our time, but inevitably our culture imprints itself on us even if we try to resist."
thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/lee-upt...
Review copies w/ your name on it! DM me if interested.
Post epidemic near-future world where survivors are marked w/ creeping vinelike scars that leave them vulnerable to daily scrunity and organ traffickers.
This summer's hot-as-hell must-have novel: The Withers
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Post epidemic near-future world where survivors are marked w/ creeping vinelike scars that leave them vulnerable to daily scrunity and organ traffickers.
This summer's hot-as-hell must-have novel: The Withers
www.instagram.com/p/DTc9KHPEZ5B/
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You guys. What a proud publicist I am! Look at this gorgeous review copy of @leeupton45's forthcoming novel The Withers. It drops this June and you are not going t...
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You guys. What a proud publicist I am! Look at this gorgeous review copy of @leeupton45's forthcoming novel The Withers. I...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Review copies w/ your name on it! DM me if interested.
Post epidemic near-future world where survivors are marked w/ creeping vinelike scars that leave them vulnerable to daily scrunity and organ traffickers.
This summer's hot-as-hell must-have novel: The Withers
www.instagram.com/p/DTc9KHPEZ5B/
Post epidemic near-future world where survivors are marked w/ creeping vinelike scars that leave them vulnerable to daily scrunity and organ traffickers.
This summer's hot-as-hell must-have novel: The Withers
www.instagram.com/p/DTc9KHPEZ5B/
January 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
New year, New TNBBC Reading Challenge, where I pick a musician or band and turn their entire discography into reading tasks to be completed throughout the year.
This year's challenge features songs by Garbage!
Check out and feel free to join us!
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This year's challenge features songs by Garbage!
Check out and feel free to join us!
www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
New year, New TNBBC Reading Challenge, where I pick a musician or band and turn their entire discography into reading tasks to be completed throughout the year.
This year's challenge features songs by Garbage!
Check out and feel free to join us!
www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
This year's challenge features songs by Garbage!
Check out and feel free to join us!
www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
Closed the year out with a total of 139 books read!
13 of those were in December. Come check out which ones of those were hot as hell and which were cool as a cucumber:
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13 of those were in December. Come check out which ones of those were hot as hell and which were cool as a cucumber:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Books I Read in December
Closing out 2025 with a strong December! I read a total of 13 books - some were hot as fuck, others were cool as a cucumber. Why not just ju...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Closed the year out with a total of 139 books read!
13 of those were in December. Come check out which ones of those were hot as hell and which were cool as a cucumber:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
13 of those were in December. Come check out which ones of those were hot as hell and which were cool as a cucumber:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
A wonderful book about strange deaths taking place in a small seaside town. Memorable, quirky, and only 2 bucks for the ebook on @undertow.bsky.social's page:
www.instagram.com/p/DSSIf3mES3k/
Haunted by ghosts of the past and local legend... prickling with deciet and deception at every turn!
www.instagram.com/p/DSSIf3mES3k/
Haunted by ghosts of the past and local legend... prickling with deciet and deception at every turn!
December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A wonderful book about strange deaths taking place in a small seaside town. Memorable, quirky, and only 2 bucks for the ebook on @undertow.bsky.social's page:
www.instagram.com/p/DSSIf3mES3k/
Haunted by ghosts of the past and local legend... prickling with deciet and deception at every turn!
www.instagram.com/p/DSSIf3mES3k/
Haunted by ghosts of the past and local legend... prickling with deciet and deception at every turn!
Another Chicago Review digs Darrin Doyle's The Dark Will End the Dark, calling it a "loving gesture to the darkened and deformed hoi polloi who have always lived under the ostentatious veneer of the stories people tell each other—and themselves".
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Review: When Midwestern Gothic Meets the American Ideal, Only One Survives in Darrin Doyle’s “The Dark Will End the Dark” by Taylor Thornberg
The collection’s opening salvo asserts this tension in a whiplash, maximalist mad dash. Stories steer their readership past one visceral image after another: burnt oil engines, boiled feet, metalli…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another Chicago Review digs Darrin Doyle's The Dark Will End the Dark, calling it a "loving gesture to the darkened and deformed hoi polloi who have always lived under the ostentatious veneer of the stories people tell each other—and themselves".
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/12/09/r...
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/12/09/r...
ICYMI, Molly Gaudry answers some questions in advance of her experimental new fiction memoir Fit Into Me:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICYMI, Molly Gaudry answers some questions in advance of her experimental new fiction memoir Fit Into Me:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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Thanks to The Next Best Book Club for these kind words about Kathe Koja's #DarkMatter out today!
full blog tour schedule & #giveaway: https://smpl.is/af4q0
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
full blog tour schedule & #giveaway: https://smpl.is/af4q0
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to The Next Best Book Club for these kind words about Kathe Koja's #DarkMatter out today!
full blog tour schedule & #giveaway: https://smpl.is/af4q0
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
full blog tour schedule & #giveaway: https://smpl.is/af4q0
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
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Kathe Koja does the Page 69 Test for #DarkMatter (out today!) at The Next Best Book Club!
https://smpl.is/af3z1
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #DarkTimes #DarkDreams #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
https://smpl.is/af3z1
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #DarkTimes #DarkDreams #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Kathe Koja does the Page 69 Test for #DarkMatter (out today!) at The Next Best Book Club!
https://smpl.is/af3z1
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #DarkTimes #DarkDreams #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
https://smpl.is/af3z1
#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #DarkTimes #DarkDreams #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @TNBBC
November wrapped up with a total of 12 books - 2 DNFs and almost all review copies. Come see which ones were good, bad, and beautiful..
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What I Read In November
A decent month of reading, clocking in with 12 books (well, two of them were a DNF but I made it a good chunk of the way through so I'm cou...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
November wrapped up with a total of 12 books - 2 DNFs and almost all review copies. Come see which ones were good, bad, and beautiful..
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/what...
In the need of something speculative and medically disturbing to read?
I've got review copies of Lee Upton's forthcoming novel The Withers (June 2026, Regal House). Hit me up if you want to help spread the word!
"a haunting exploration of obsession set in a near-future world"
I've got review copies of Lee Upton's forthcoming novel The Withers (June 2026, Regal House). Hit me up if you want to help spread the word!
"a haunting exploration of obsession set in a near-future world"
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the need of something speculative and medically disturbing to read?
I've got review copies of Lee Upton's forthcoming novel The Withers (June 2026, Regal House). Hit me up if you want to help spread the word!
"a haunting exploration of obsession set in a near-future world"
I've got review copies of Lee Upton's forthcoming novel The Withers (June 2026, Regal House). Hit me up if you want to help spread the word!
"a haunting exploration of obsession set in a near-future world"
What I read in October. It wasn't much and there was definitely some slogging through books when a DNF might have been the better route...
So let's see which books were knock outs and which ones I should have chucked out the door, shall we?
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
So let's see which books were knock outs and which ones I should have chucked out the door, shall we?
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
What I Read In October
Wow, this month flew by and I barely read a thing. Nine books total, which is defintely lower than I've been averaging. But, we'd had a lot...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What I read in October. It wasn't much and there was definitely some slogging through books when a DNF might have been the better route...
So let's see which books were knock outs and which ones I should have chucked out the door, shall we?
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
So let's see which books were knock outs and which ones I should have chucked out the door, shall we?
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
Darrin Doyle's latest book gets "If My Book"ed:
'If The Dark Will End the Dark were a meat, it would be a hot dog. Made of bits and pieces of god-knows-what but strangely delicious when cooked over an open flame'.
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'If The Dark Will End the Dark were a meat, it would be a hot dog. Made of bits and pieces of god-knows-what but strangely delicious when cooked over an open flame'.
monkeybicycle.net/the-dark-wil...
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Darrin Doyle's latest book gets "If My Book"ed:
'If The Dark Will End the Dark were a meat, it would be a hot dog. Made of bits and pieces of god-knows-what but strangely delicious when cooked over an open flame'.
monkeybicycle.net/the-dark-wil...
'If The Dark Will End the Dark were a meat, it would be a hot dog. Made of bits and pieces of god-knows-what but strangely delicious when cooked over an open flame'.
monkeybicycle.net/the-dark-wil...
I Smell Sheep helped us spotlight the 10th anniversary release of Darrin Doyle's The Dark Will End the Dark!
Check out one of the stories found in the collection here:
www.ismellsheep.com/2025/10/10th...
Check out one of the stories found in the collection here:
www.ismellsheep.com/2025/10/10th...
10th Anniversary release: The Dark Will End the Dark by Darrin Doyle + read the new story here!
10th Anniversary release: The Dark Will End the Dark by Darrin Doyle + read the new story here!
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October 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I Smell Sheep helped us spotlight the 10th anniversary release of Darrin Doyle's The Dark Will End the Dark!
Check out one of the stories found in the collection here:
www.ismellsheep.com/2025/10/10th...
Check out one of the stories found in the collection here:
www.ismellsheep.com/2025/10/10th...
Move over, mermaid fans! Make room for Selkie fiction. K. Stephens's By the Dark 'O the Moon is a deliciously slow-burning tale of maternal fury, folklore, and the saltwater price of stolen things. This isn’t a love story. It’s a reckoning.
www.instagram.com/p/DPdyAFgEV5B/
www.instagram.com/p/DPdyAFgEV5B/
October 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Move over, mermaid fans! Make room for Selkie fiction. K. Stephens's By the Dark 'O the Moon is a deliciously slow-burning tale of maternal fury, folklore, and the saltwater price of stolen things. This isn’t a love story. It’s a reckoning.
www.instagram.com/p/DPdyAFgEV5B/
www.instagram.com/p/DPdyAFgEV5B/
Some love for Darrin Doyle's collection, which drops tomorrow!!
"...stories that depict, to different degrees, the dark, grotesque, strange, and/or weird aspects of a human, or supernatural, body in a way that delivers a punchy, shocking effect..."
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"...stories that depict, to different degrees, the dark, grotesque, strange, and/or weird aspects of a human, or supernatural, body in a way that delivers a punchy, shocking effect..."
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Beastly Bodies
While presenting stories that may initially seem to explore aspects and struggles of the familiar, relatively common, or trials of everyday life, the fifteen short stories in The Dark Will End The …
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October 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Some love for Darrin Doyle's collection, which drops tomorrow!!
"...stories that depict, to different degrees, the dark, grotesque, strange, and/or weird aspects of a human, or supernatural, body in a way that delivers a punchy, shocking effect..."
makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/b...
"...stories that depict, to different degrees, the dark, grotesque, strange, and/or weird aspects of a human, or supernatural, body in a way that delivers a punchy, shocking effect..."
makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/b...
Nothing like kicking off the month with a banger and ending it with one too! Come check out what I read in September:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
What I Read in September
As the end of the year creeps closer, the time seems to just fly by, doesn't it? I didn't read as many books as last month, but I am clocki...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Nothing like kicking off the month with a banger and ending it with one too! Come check out what I read in September:
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...
Cool interview w/ Lisa Hasleton & Darrin Doyle about the 10th anniversary edition of his collection The Dark Will End the Dark
"While the short story itself has a tighter boundary than a novel, within a series of short stories the range is much wider."
lisahaselton.com/2025/09/29/i...
"While the short story itself has a tighter boundary than a novel, within a series of short stories the range is much wider."
lisahaselton.com/2025/09/29/i...
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Cool interview w/ Lisa Hasleton & Darrin Doyle about the 10th anniversary edition of his collection The Dark Will End the Dark
"While the short story itself has a tighter boundary than a novel, within a series of short stories the range is much wider."
lisahaselton.com/2025/09/29/i...
"While the short story itself has a tighter boundary than a novel, within a series of short stories the range is much wider."
lisahaselton.com/2025/09/29/i...
Are you between books and not sure what to read next? Looking for something that vibes best with fall? Let me get Darrin Doyle's collection The Dark Will End The Dark into your hands! The stories are dark and strange and sorted by body parts! (out 10/7)
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The Dark Will End the Dark
Check out The Dark Will End the Dark - <b>A group of tugboat passengers grapples with a disturbing loss. A record-holding hiccuper confronts his condition-and a troubling secret. A wife wonders what t...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Are you between books and not sure what to read next? Looking for something that vibes best with fall? Let me get Darrin Doyle's collection The Dark Will End The Dark into your hands! The stories are dark and strange and sorted by body parts! (out 10/7)
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...