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Tracy
@tracyreads.bsky.social
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Horror cheerleader; (she/her); Horror Spotlight ; 📚Reviews: Goodreads/StoryGraph, Horror DNA & Rue Morgue magazine. Reviews/slush for Apex magazine (on semi-hiatus). Diversify your reading.
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badhandbooks.bsky.social
Have you checked out our pre-orders page lately? Lots of updates.

badhandbooks.com/preorders
Pre-Orders — Bad Hand Books
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May 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Hey local horror authors!

Work in Progress Night is ON this upcoming Friday the 13th! Get spooky with us by sharing your writing and getting feedback from peers and editors. Space is limited so sign up on the website and join our monthly workshop.

🖤👻📚

www.littleghostsbooks.com/events
A group of ghosts sit on the floor while one reads aloud. The text says “WORK IN PROGRESS READING NIGHT June 13th 6-8pm. Writers of all skill levels encouraged to attend!”
May 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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horrordna.bsky.social
#kindle deal! @sgj.bsky.social's MONGRELS is just $1.99! #horror #ad #amreading #amreadinghorror #booksky #ebookdeals

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Cover for Stephen Graham Jones' MONGRELS. There's a giant wolf in black with red highlights on its face and body. There's a silhouette of a boy/young teen with his hands in his pockets under the belly of the wolf. The background is yellow, and MONGRELS is in black above the wolf. If you've never read Jones, this is a perfect place to start.
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
"I want people to appreciate my stories as art that doesn’t leave you indifferent." 💚💚💚

We LOVED reading this fantastic interview with Apex author @cristinajurado.bsky.social about her ecohorror novella! Don't miss it!
May 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
And so it begins ❄️❄️❄️

The first day of our advent calendar is September 8th, 2009: all the way back to Issue 3!

"Advertising at the End of the World"

by Keffy R.M. Kehrli

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
A historical-themed graphic featuring a sepia-toned photograph of a placid forest lake surrounded by pine trees. In front of the photograph is an image, a black woodcut of an ornate picture frame. Above the frame in serif font, reads: "THE APEX ARCHIVE ADVENT CALENDAR. I." Within the frame, in the same serif font, reads: "Advertising at the End of the World" by Keffy R.M. Kehrli. Issue no. 3"
December 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
💬 "I know I’m going to want to reread this book many times over to revisit the gorgeous language."

New review by lesleyconner.bsky.social: "Book Review: Layla Martinez's Woodworm"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
Graphic which features a pull quote from Lesley's review, which reads: "Told through the perspectives of a grandmother and granddaughter, this novel explores generational trauma and classism that takes a horrifying turn."
December 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
Well, hello there. Sorry, I am not on sm much these days. Life is busy and life is good.\

Still reading and enjoying but the reviewing has kind of taken a backseat. I'll get back into it. Drop new books I need below!!

Horror, romance, romantasy, anything...
December 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Some photos from last night's @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social with @randee.bsky.social, @atsayre.bsky.social, @megelison.bsky.social, and @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social!
August 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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ghoulish.bsky.social
🚨PROMO ALERT🚨

Provide proof that you've pre-ordered Danger Slater's STARLET, & @dangerslater.bsky.social himself will recreate the poster art of your favorite movie with crayons & then mail it to you to hang on your fridge (US residences only). Name one other author doing this. You can't.
August 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
You need this book. Your friends need this book. Please check it out
August 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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nnedi.bsky.social
Happy Book Birthday to SHE WHO KNOWS: Firespitter, the first book in the SHE WHO KNOWS novella trilogy.

"Small, intimate, up close, and deceptively quiet, this is the beginning of the Kponyungo Sorceress." 🐲

WHOO!!!! Shout out to DAW Books, Astra Publishing, Greg Ruth, and Betsy Wollheim. ❤
the cover of She Who Knows: Firespitter
August 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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sonorataylor.bsky.social
Hello hello! My latest short story collection, RECREATIONAL PANIC, is out now from Cemetery Gates Media.
Amazon.com: Recreational Panic: Stories eBook : Taylor, Sonora: Books
Amazon.com: Recreational Panic: Stories eBook : Taylor, Sonora: Books
www.amazon.com
March 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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caseyadamsstark.bsky.social
Here’s a link where you can see the books I’ve reviewed—and—the ones I write 😃

www.bookbub.com/authors/dian...
Diane M. Johnson Books - BookBubBookBub Logo
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March 9, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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itisiives.bsky.social
Hey! I have a poetry collection! I have a cool second edition cover coming out, soon, but here is the first version!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spilled-mi...
March 7, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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I’ve got an autobiography out 5-12 from Anuci Press:
www.anuci-press.com/product-page...

I have a haunted house novel (plz don’t judge the cover I had no say and I do not condone AI art)
www.amazon.com/House-Betwee...

But, I’m really proud of my Medusa retelling:
www.amazon.com/Come-Hither-...
March 6, 2024 at 2:45 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
Well, this place is just looking better and better. Hello, fellow book nerds. Hope all is well. Give me some book recs! Authors - plug in your links!!

#bookcommunity #bookreviewer
#horrorbooks #reading
March 6, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
The 2023 Recommended Reading List is up. Thank you all for a wonderful year of fiction!

locusmag.com/2024/02...
2023 Recommended Reading List
  Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List! Another spin around the ole ball of fire and we’re back to our annual Recommended Reading List for 2023! Published in Locus magazine’s …
locusmag.com
February 1, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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lgbtqreads.bsky.social
Happy Black History Month 2024! lgbtqreads.com/2024/02/01/h... 🌈📚
Happy Black History Month 2024!
Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Books to Read Now Ale…
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February 1, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
We are both thrilled and chilled to help reveal the cover and an excerpt of Coup de Grâce, a psychological horror novel following a young man trapped in an infinite subway station, for fans of House of Leaves and Piranesi...

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Revealing Coup De Grâce by Sofia Ajram - Reactor
A terrifying psychological nightmare from a powerful new voice in horror.
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January 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
Someone on X said (basically) that I shouldn't replace a classic read with a contemporary read because I am supposed to teach students how to think critically.

I....🫠
January 31, 2024 at 3:26 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
I think I am going to replace Of Mice and Men on my English 11 syllabus with Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. I'm reading it now.

Thoughts?

Or any other contemporary, diverse, horror/scifi recs? 16-17yr old audience (and their parents)
January 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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January 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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I read 118 books in 2023. Here are my favorite 32! Please share and tag away so all can see. More in comment

Thanks to the authors for the words and worlds.

#2023reading #reading #books #horrorbooks #horror #readsdiversebooks
January 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM
tracyreads.bsky.social
So sorry I wasn’t available immediately to answer someone’s question on here. For shame.
January 19, 2024 at 11:11 AM
tracyreads.bsky.social
I read 118 books in 2023. Here are my favorite 32! Please share and tag away so all can see. More in comment

Thanks to the authors for the words and worlds.

#2023reading #reading #books #horrorbooks #horror #readsdiversebooks
January 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM