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William J. Rye
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Writer of horror and dark fantasy. Hiker of trails. Drinker of coffee. Husband of wife. Father of girls.

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September 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Won tonight’s round against the machine. Thought all was lost so I got super agressive and managed to pull off a victory.

#shogi #boardgames #逆転勝利
Shogi board with me breaking through the king’s castle
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Once a century, the river reverses. Tonight, it takes its due.

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#ShortStory #DarkFantasy #WeirdFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Substack
Upstreaming
Once a century, the River runs backward to claim what its owed, and the Warden must face the God of its waters.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded by red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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#Shogi is so hard 😅. I probably win 10% of the games I play, but it’s so damn fun. It’s like chess, but way harder. Gotta keep practicing. But that win rate to 1 in 5
#boardgames #lostagain
Shogi board showing how bad I lost to a machine
September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Back from Copenhagen where Rosenborg Castle gave me creaky floors, drafty rooms, and even a prank chair. Perfect fuel for dark fiction. From the visit, Rosengarde Hall was born.

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#WritingCommunity #DarkFantasy #TravelInspiration
Rosenborg Castle: Decaying Grandeur and Inspiration
When I finally made it to Copenhagen a couple of weekends ago, there was one place I had to visit: Rosenborg Castle. I can’t explain why exactly I needed to go, more a feeling than anything concrete, ...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Wandered the hills of Oslo.
A view of Oslofjord carved from eons of ice.
in a perfectly folded rock, a resistance message clings to stone.
A fungus as big as a dinner plate 
Bumblebees taking advantage of the last days of summer (the purple flowers a the clear winner)

#geology #Norway #fieldnotes
August 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Hit the midpoint of (hopefully) final edits.
Shit’s getting real, so is the monster.
Act I got gutted and Act II is holding strong.
Shedding word fat, and it’s starting to breathe on its own

#amWriting #amEditing #horrorcommunity
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May 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Books to sign as far as the eye can see.

Thanks to everyone who’s supported my local bookstore and ordered a signed CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (or INFLUENCER): childrensbookworld.net/cesare-autog...
May 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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when you’re going through one of your wips and realise you have ‘scent’ spelled ‘sent’
a man in a white shirt says heavy sigh in front of a group of people
Alt: poe dameron from star wars shaking his head and sighing. text says '[heavy sigh]'
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May 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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As a man who lived in warmer climes he whole life, this bi-annual changing of the tires is a pain in the ass I didn’t know I was missing
May 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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"Horror as it should be. Detail high, blood by the gallon, suspense at every turn."

Bite into the Stage 3 Series
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FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audible

#free #freebook #suspense #thriller #zombie
#TheWalkingDead #horror #mustread #stage3series
May 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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'Blue Beauty' - Utagawa Sadakage, ca. 1830s.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
A woman stands holding a tray and a large kettle. She carries a baby on her back. A rooster and chicks are at her feet. The print is in blue tones.
May 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The average American has three friends
Three Cenobites - female priestess, high priest (“Pinhead” in vernacular), and Butterball.
May 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Took a real scalpel to my horror story today with only a few scars left behind (not for me but for the characters—the ones who survive anyway).
Read it here: www.williamjrye.com/lechuza-exce...
#horror #amediting #indiewriters
Lechuza (excerpt) | Writing Wrongs
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May 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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May 17 is coming and Norway is celebrating. Blue skies, sunshine, and green grass. A good backdrop for independence.
May 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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'Farmer's House' - Minagawa Taizo, ca. 1950s.
#JapaneseArt
Print depicting the living room of a traditional farmer's house. A white cat with black spots is on the floor. A kettle with fire in foreground. Two geese hanging from roof beam. Door leads out to garden.
April 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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oh my gosh, please flood my notifs with book posts.

please. i beg.

i cannot take another troll or bot or jerk.

books. now. please. all the books.
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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What a fantastic day, sunny and cloudless, let’s see what’s on Netflix.
April 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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ALERT!
The evil of THE NIGHT BIRDS does not bend to the tyranny of the calendar! It has burst onto the shelves of some stores a week early! If you see THE NIGHT BIRDS in the wild, share pics with me and the rest of the world...with luck, we will arrive in time to save you from the terror they bring!
April 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Look what arrived today.

(Actual release date: Sept 16)
The Advance Reader Copy of "The Shattering Peace," the next book in the Old Man's War series.
April 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Did some editing on a horror short tonight. Unclogged some drains filled with terror and more than a touch of Ito Junji. 
Tightened the pacing, sharpened the dread.
April 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM