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A.J. Pellegrino 💀
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SFFH Author | She/They | Long Words: Vacation Horror Collection (May 2027), The Path Home (2023) | Short Words: Read Furiously, Lavender Bones Magazine

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Looking to shop small for the reader in your life? Check out Read Furiously’s holiday sale + free shipping 🎁

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November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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New accountability thread unlocked 👽

I’m looking to finish a first draft of my Space Horror WIP by July…which is possibly too ambitious. But we’re gonna try!

📚💙 📚🌈 📚🩸 📚🪐
#booksky #amwriting #drafting #moodboard
A moodboard for my space horror work in progress The top left image is a close up of a bloody hip joint. The top middle image is the interior of a dilapidated space ship. The top right image is of a woman’s face in shadow with a red hue. The middle left image is of a swarm of black and white hands reach up. The middle middle image is of the curve of a planet’s surface from space. The middle right image is of storm clouds. The bottom left image is of broken TV screens. The bottom middle image is of a man’s face in motion. The bottom right image is of two vials of blood.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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It’s release day for @readfuriously.bsky.social’s Disco Fries & Scenic Drives: Life in the Garden State! My short story, “Somewhere In Between”, is about the haunting nature of grief.

Order your copy here: readfuriously.com/products/dis...

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#booksky #shortstory #bookrelease #anthology
Two copies of Read Furiously’s Disco Fries & Scenic Drives: Life in the Garden State, edited by S. Atzeni and Adam Wilson. The top copy shows the cover, a picture of three diner booths. The bottom copy is open with a leaf laying across the page. It's not your fault. The words Cam's heard a million times before. "It's not your fault," his pastor told him at twelve. "Parker is with God now. Let that bring some comfort to you. He's gone home to the one who needs him most." "It's not your fault," every one of his boyfriends has told him when he wakes up gasping for breath. "You were just kids. You can't blame yourself." "It's not your fault," his therapist tries relentlessly to convince him. "Your mother was the one responsible for watching you both. You never should have been in that water to begin with." "But I was the one she put in charge," he fights back over and over and over again. "I should have been watching him." "Somewhere In Between" By: A.J. Pellegrino
October 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Interested in a ghost story? My short story “Somewhere In Between” will be out in the world on October 21st in @readfuriously.bsky.social’s third volume in their NJ anthology series 👻

Preorder your copy today: readfuriously.com/products/dis...

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#booksky #comingsoon #writingcommunity
A preorder announcement for Read Furiously’s newest anthology release. A white piece of paper ripped apart to reveal a cover that says Disco Fries & Scenic Drives: Life in the Garden State. The paper says, “pssst… Read Furiously’s newest anthology is now available for preorder. Available on October 21st”
October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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A small perfectly round bunny with tiny ears sitting on a sidewalk. Underneath it reads, “I am at my limit.”
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Plot notes: ✅
Character sheet: ✅
Vibes: ✅✅✅✅✅

#booksky #writing #wip 📚💙
A screenshot from apple music. The background is brown with and image of HIM’s Love Metal album cover over it. The cover is black with carving like details and the heartagram is in the center in gold. Under the cover is the song title, Buried Alive By Love and the band name, HIM.
September 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Path Home is the perfect pocket-sized read for if you’re traveling, relaxing at the beach, or just graduated college and have moved back home and are trying to avoid your ex gf but like why is she everywhere???

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Top image is a tube of water with an overflowing leak in the middle. There is a man standing to the left, about to slap something over the leak. The man is labeled ‘The Forest’, the tube of water is labeled ‘crippling post-college anxiety’. The bottom image is a close up of the man’s hand cover the leaking water. The hand is labeled ‘your ex girlfriend’s eternal love’.
August 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I completely forgot I made memes when The Path Home first came out. So, buckle up bc I’m about to try and convince you to buy my book with them all over again (or for the first time)

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An image of Bernie Sanders in a winter coat with the text, “I am once again asking you to order The Path Home” at the bottom.
July 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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It’s official! My vacation horror collection has a release date. May 2027 can’t come soon enough 💀

@readfuriously.bsky.social

#booksky #📚🩸 #🌈📚🩸
June 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Now that draft 1.5 is done, it’s time for a new accountability thread! This one is for revisions.

Cabin in VT WIP is an adult horror novel set in 2008 with lots of snow, dread, and a hint of sapphic love.

#writing #amwriting #booksky #moodboard #🌈📚🩸
A nine image mood board. The top left image is a close up of a white wolf with yellow eyes. The top middle image is a shelf of leather bound books behind a glass shelf. The top right image is a close up of a frozen over lake with cracks in the ice. The middle left image is a sculpture of one woman kissing the forehead of another woman. The middle middle image is of a cabin covered in snow. The middle right image is of a blood covered hand. The bottom left image is a close of up stacked open books. The bottom middle image is of a snow covered dirt road with trees lining it. The bottom right image is of a wolf’s paw print in snow.
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Me right now
Image is a screenshot of Christopher Moltisanti from The Sopranos peeking over the back of his airplane seat. He is trying and failing to be inconspicuous.
March 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I finally found a hardcover copy of my fav read from 2024 🖤
A picture of a hardcover copy of Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez. It’s standing up on a bookshelf in front of a plaster human skull filled with fake flowers. The paperback spines of The Locked Tomb series can be seen behind the copy of Our Share of Night.
January 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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As promised my reading goal for 2025 is 20 books 💙📚
A screenshot of the new Goodreads reading challenge tracker. The icon is phthalo green with 2025 written at the top and an image of a book at the bottom. The tracker is empty and says ‘0 of 20 books read | 364 days left’.
January 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Started the new year by dropping off some duplicate books at a local #littlefreelibrary
An image of two books stacked on top of each other. The bottom book is Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders. The top book is Dawn by Octavia E. Butler. An image of a brown, wooden little free library. It has two levels that are both filled with books.
January 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Being able to comfortably walk in 50ish degree weather on December 30th is not at all comforting but at least the sunset was pretty?
Picture of a brick two-level library with a pink sunset behind it. The parking lot if filled with cars and the clouds that the sunset is breaking through are grey.
December 30, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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A bloody good Christmas if I do say so myself
An image of two books stacked on top of each other, laid out in a black tree skirt with silver stars stitched into it. The bottom book is Midnight Mass: The Art of Horror by Abbie Bernstein. The top book is Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado.
December 25, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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The one true christmas carol
A TV with the opening title card for The Muppet Christmas Carol on the screen.
December 25, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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“How’s the job search going?”
Meme of the priest from midnight mass looking mournful. The text on this image reads “hello darkness my old friend” with a song note emoji at the beginning and end of this line.
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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I was inspired by @elizmanderson.com to make my own #WritingWrapped for 2024 ⭐️

A look back at my year in writing was a bit of a shock tbh but we made it 😵‍💫

On to 2025!

#WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters #SFFWriters
A background image is of orange and green leaves on a long stem. The top text over this image reads, “A.J. Pellegrino’s hashtag Writing Wrapped 2024” The bottom text over this image reads, “A look back at the writing you’ve done so far this year!” A background image is of purple lavender bushels. The main text over this image reads, “You worked on 8 projects this year”. The supplemental text over this image reads, “we love the creativity!”, “But maybe try finishing more than three things next time”, and “I’m begging you”. The hashtag over this image reads, “writing wrapped”. A background image is of green fern branches. The main text over this image reads, “You wrote a total of 93,706 words”. The supplemental text over this image reads, “wow!”, “we had no idea you wrote that much”, and “it’s kinds of impressive”. The hashtag over this image reads, “writing wrapped”. A background image is of orange daisies. The main text over this image reads, “special mention!” and “you wrote a total of 466,118 words over 6 months for your 9-5”. The supplemental text over this image reads, “how did you do that?” and “are you okay?” The hashtag over this image reads, “writing wrapped”.
December 11, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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Idk who else plays this one but GOD PAAAAACK 🔥🔥🔥

#pokemon
Screenshot of five holo Pokemon cards from the app Pokemon TCG Pocket. The first card is a holo EX Starmie. The second card is a holo Blaine support card. The third card is a holo Alakazam. The fourth card is a holo Meowth. The last card is a holo EX Moltres.
December 11, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
The Ben Affleck smoking meme: a picture of Ben Affleck standing outside a front door. His eyes are closed as he looks so very done with the world. He is smoking a cigarette.
December 11, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Made a sauce last night that started out looking like the floor of a church (affectionate)
Dark brown sauce at the bottom of a pot with minced garlic pieces covering the top
November 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Marge Simpson holding a potato with a speech bubble to appear as if she’s saying the quoted text
October 21, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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One of us! One of us!
A white image with the bluesky logo in the top left corner. The text in the middle of the image says, “celebrating 10m users #3,178,665”. The text in the bottom left corner says, “A.J. Pellegrino is drafting @aprilsteahouse.bsky.social”. The text in the bottom right corner says, “Joined Feb 6, 2024”.
September 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Accountability thread for revising/finishing my Cabin in VT WIP

An adult horror novel set in 2008 with lots of snow, dread, and a hint of sapphic love

#writing #amwriting #moodboard
A nine image mood board. The top left image is a close up of a white wolf with yellow eyes. The top middle image is a shelf of leather bound books behind a glass shelf. The top right image is a close up of a frozen over lake with cracks in the ice. The middle left image is a sculpture of one woman kissing the forehead of another woman. The middle middle image is of a cabin covered in snow. The middle right image is of a blood covered hand. The bottom left image is a close of up stacked open books. The bottom middle image is of a snow covered dirt road with trees lining it. The bottom right image is of a wolf’s paw print in snow.
September 16, 2024 at 11:43 PM