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Die Booth
@diebooth.bsky.social
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🦇Goth 📖DIY author of the beautiful macabre 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQIA+ he/him 🎶DJ #LastRitesChester 🖤 BE NICE TO EACH OTHER 🖤 #endgenocide #antigenerativeAI
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I've just listed these guys on my Kofi, but willing to do a direct sale for a bit cheaper if anyone's interested! They'd make an EXCELLENT Christmas gift (I'll show myself out...)
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#BillandTed #AlexWinter #KeanuReeves #bsnm #handmade #plushies #dollsky #customgifts
Felt plushies of Bill and Ted Felt plushie of Bill and Ted showing how their jackets can be removed Felt plushies of Bill and Ted posing together without jackets Felt plushies of Bill and Ted showing details of their outfits which have screen accurate band designs on them
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Oh I get you - that's even better as that's what I have on the studs I'm using for those pieces! (They're like big flat diamond shaped metal ones with the prongs to secure them) I used one on my dagger scabbard (S1 one was different to S2) and it came out nice. Needs more weathering though I think!
Costume reproduction of Blackbeard's S1 dagger from Our Flag Means Death
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I've got a little bit of road trip fiction due out soon in The Razor Magazine December 2025 issue 👀

Check out past issues and look out for the next one here: therazormag.com/archive/

#therazormagazine #literaryfiction #shortstories #roadtrip #lgbtqia #booksky #indieauthor #queerbooks
Two printed photographs on a wooden table - they both show motion blurry desert sunsets with distant mountains
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I'll be reading from my story 'Little Gibbet' from 'Darkness Most Fowl' on November 23rd at 1pm ET (6pm GMT) on FB, YT, and Insta - I'll post watch links asap!

You can also get the book here: www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Mos...

#booksky #indieauthors #smallpress #horrorbooks #horror #horrorpodcast
Author Die Booth (a white middle aged man with long dark curly hair, dark eyes and a dark moustache and goatee) holding a copy of Darkness Most Fowl, which has a red to yellow gradient cover with an ink illustration of a pallid blue woman with four crows perched on her head.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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- they're unique, handmade from felt, around 13cm tall. I can also give quotes for custom designs but I'll now be asking for payment up front after being let on payment down by a customer (tbf, first one in 8 years 😞)
Please show anyone who may be interested in my #StarTrek boys? #Kirk #Spock 3/3
Handmade felt plush dolls of Kirk and Spock from Star Trek (they are very hard to photograph, sorry)
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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- £75 plus postage for the pair. I'd be willing to let them go for £60 plus postage (they each take about 8 hours to make) Post would be £5 UK and £20 US (tracked) with payment via Paypal friends and family. If I can't sell them here I'll list on Kofi but prices will be higher because fees 2/
Plush doll of Captain Kirk from Star Trek. It is so hard to photograph these dolls and they look a million times nicer in person! Plush doll of Mr Spock from Star Trek. It is so hard to photograph these dolls and they look a million times nicer in person!
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I have a pair of handmade plushies available - original Star Trek Spock and Kirk.
These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production.

They were originally commissioned for 1/
Photo of a pair of handmade felt plush dolls of Captain Kirk and Mr Spock from Star Trek
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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5/ Cool S (2023) Links to buy in all formats plus info and content warnings are here: diebooth.wordpress.com/cool-s

A novella about the S thing, rancid nostalgia, and being careful what you wish for. The Craft x The Monkey's Paw, but with more demon saints. Think of it every time you see the S!!!
Infographic with arrows pointing to the cover of Cool S, text reads Cool S 1. COOL S 2. Rancid ‘90s nostalgia 3. Cursed symbols 4. Be careful what you wish for 5. Trans best mate (is the only voice of reason) 6. Demonic arts and crafts 7. Too much of a good thing 8. Sleep paralysis demon 9. Don’t mess with saint relics 10. The Craft meets The Monkey’s Paw 11. No author name or title on the cover 12. Mysterious! Cool! Author Die Booth holding a copy of Cool S, which has a cover with a photo of the S grafitti'd onto a concrete wall. He is pulling a face with very wide eyes because it has been a long book cover photo shoot and he has no idea what to do with his face any more. Promo image for Cool S shows an S drawn on paper in flames, text reads "A cursed novella by Die Booth, available online from Smashwords and Lulu. Screw Amazon. "Brimming with psychological terror and a disturbing dose of '90s nostalgia. The 'S' stands for sinister and surreal." - Wendy Dalrymple, Author of 'White Ibis'
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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4/ Making Friends (and other fictions) (2021) Links to buy in all formats plus info and content warnings are here: diebooth.wordpress.com/making-frien...

A collection of queer little stories with the theme 'I wrote these'. Sometimes horrifying, sometimes beautiful and occasionally both.
Infographic with a photo of a copy of Making Friends pegged to a washing line, the text reads Cheshire Prize for Literature prizewinning author "Stunning imagery and nightmarish atmosphere" - Timeworn Literary Journal Something horrifying Something beautiful Sometimes both Twenty-five queer little tales of where we come from, what we hide from, and what we love. Available online in ebook and print 21/09/21 Making friends 1. “Stunning imagery and nightmarish atmosphere” 2. Fever dreams and fables 3. Coming out 4. Coming home 5. Queer like LGBT+ 6. Queer like weird 7. Wistful and unsettling 8. Unclassifiable! 9. Forlornly hopeful 10. Finding your identity Blurry photo of author Die Booth looking knackered with a big padlock around his neck, he is smiling and holding up a copy of Making Friends which has a cover image of a photo of a pair of porcelain doll arms and a pair of green glass doll eyes on a background of mossy stone.
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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3/ My Glass is Runn (2016) Links to buy in all formats plus info and content warnings are here: diebooth.wordpress.com/my-glass-is-...

A collection of creepy horror short stories about phobias, addictions, curses, charms and escapes.
Infographic showing a photo of a copy of My Glass is Runn next to an old wooden hourglass. Text reads: Some things are worth the risk… A reclusive genius builds a menagerie in the woods. Two greedy generations fall foul of a family curse, and Bertie discovers just exactly what is at the bottom of the ball pit. ***** "In turn intriguing, wry, and incredibly creepy" ***** "Alternately made me smile, made me laugh, gave me the shivers, and scared me so badly that it was difficult to sleep." ***** "A lovely mix of stories that run from the creepy to the nightmarish and the mesmerising." (Goodreads comments) Fourteen tales for grown-ups who never grew up. Infographic showing arrows pointing to a copy of My Glass is Runn, text reads: My Glass Is Runn 1. Creepy stories for grown-ups 2. Lonely ghosts and lonely people 3. The search for belonging 4. Success is the best revenge 5. Escaping to freedom 6. Human taxidermy 7. There are worse things than arachnophobia 8. Is being a zombie really all that bad? 9. Don’t look under the bed 10. We all just want to be seen Author Die Booth again, this time his long dark hair is in a long skinny braid over his shoulder and he has a big silver padlock around his neck and proper banging metallic pink nail polish. He is holding a copy of My Glass is Runn, which has a red cover with a block print of a woodcut hourglass in the bottom right corner.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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2/ 365 Lies (2014) Links to buy in all formats plus info and content warnings are here: diebooth.wordpress.com/365-lies/

What if I wrote a story a day for an entire year, plus one extra for Leap Year? This is the result. All profits go to the MNDA charity www.mndassociation.org
An infographic with a photo of the cover of 365 Lies and the text: "The light pollution turns the sky B-movie peach. I can see stars, above and below, but it's never truly dark here. I have no money and no map and I'm all alone on the side of the road. I should feel scared. What I feel is free." - November 16th, Hollywood Just before midnight on New Year's Eve 2012 I decided that for the duration of 2013 I would write one flash fiction every day. It would be an adventure, a trial, an exercise, an experiment, a diary, a confession. This is what happened. All profits from sales of this book are donated to the MNDA, registered charity no. 294354 "Either sharp, glass-shard fragments or a beautiful run-on poem or both, moving across all genres and the whole emotional spectrum. Die Booth has accomplished something rare here, and I loved it." - Katie Dodd An infographic with the cover of 365 Lies on it, surrounded by arrows with text that reads: 365 Lies 1. All profits to the MNDA charity, forever 2. I drunk-decided to write this book on NYE 2012 3. I wrote a story a day for a whole year 4. A weird little tale a day for a year (plus one for leap year) 5. Excellent toilet reading book 6. Ideal for your lunch break 7. Lots of analogue photos 8. Every genre 9. Quite gay 10. Makes an excellent gift Die again, this time holding a copy of his charity flash fiction collection '365 Lies' which has a grey concrete-design cover with orange autumn leaves 'dropped' onto it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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1/ Spirit Houses (2013) Links to buy in all formats are here: diebooth.wordpress.com/about-2/

An alternative history adventure-horror that follows a group of paranatural medical graduates across planes to unravel a deadly mystery and save a child. The Mummy x Kingdom Hospital.
Author Die Booth holding a copy of his novel Spirit Houses. He is a middle aged white man with dark eyes, moustache and hair (tied back). The book cover is black with white line illustrations of eyes and one red tooth. Infographic showing the front cover of Spirit Houses with wording "This is the time of the evening when the Things come. As the trees close ranks and colours all merge into one colour, the Things start to stir – to dislocate their joints and stretch their limbs; rearranging themselves into new images for the twilight, they taste the air with prehensile tongues. That’s what Manda’s father used to tell her. He knew how little Manda loved to hear of the paranaturals. She got that fascination from her mother, he’d say back then. After, he’d say she got that fascination from her mother, but he’d say it differently… When Manda’s lab partner Daniel Forbes goes missing presumed dead it’s just another normal day at University Hospital. But the circumstances of his disappearance aren’t quite as straightforward as they seem and take Manda and her colleagues at the Department of Paranatural Medicine on a journey across planes and to the fringes of death to find the truth." "Stupendous character development" ***** "Emotional turmoil" ***** "Beautiful storytelling that defies categorisation" ***** "A no-nonsense heroine, gateway demons and a hunt for a lost child trapped within a weird not-world" ***** Comments from Goodreads Infographic with arrows pointing to a copy of Spirit Houses and the wording "Spirit houses 1. Badass female protagonist 2. You’ll hate him then love him 3. Equality for paranatural citizens 4. 1930s adventure vibes 5. Dream/nightmare alternate plane 6. Nice cups of tea 7. Excellent scotch 8. Headwrecking demons 9. What if you accidentally ate someone 10. Awesome creepy illustrations"
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Quiet queer horror books full of pretty prose seek loving homes!
You can buy any of my indie titles via bio.site/diebooth with prices starting from just £2.99 🖤

See thread for full list of titles + info!

#booksky #writersky #indiebooks #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthors #bsnm #lgbtqia #queerbooks
Author Die Booth lying on a bed surrounded by a 'book halo' of his titles - Making Friends, My Glass is Runn, Spirit Houses, Cool S and 365 Lies. He is a middle aged white man with dark eyes, a dark moustache, dark shoulder length hair, and he is smiling widely.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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ICYMI! Cover reveal for 'Poisoned Soup' from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social - coming in December 2025, this one is packed full of nostalgic, formative horrors - both fiction and non-fiction - about the scares that shaped us.

#horror #horrorbooks #booksky
Image shows the cover of Poisoned Soup against a backdrop of skeletal trees with the text Brigid's Gate Press and December 2025. The cover features an illustration of a cauldron over a log fire, filled with bubbling green liquid emanating green smoke.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Darkness Most Fowl officially released on Halloween! Visit my blog for links to all formats and regions: diebooth.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/n...
Includes my story 'Little Gibbet' about why being prejudiced just poisons your own mind! #horror #booksky #horrorbooks #indiebooks #smallpress
Darkness Most Fowl edited by Elaine Pascale, cover art by Michael Takeda shows a woman with pale blueish skin wearing a purple dress, her black hair resembles a bird nest and she has four crows perched on her head. The background is a gradient of red fading up into yellow.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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LAST DAY for 15% off my print books with code HAUNTEDTALES15 here www.lulu.com/spotlight/diebooth until midnight Oct 24th - support a queer indie author and get a creepy lovely book! 🦇🖤🎃

Last year's Halloween costume for tax!

#horrorbooks #booksky #bsnm #cosplay #umbrellaacademy #LGBTQIA
White man in costume as Klaus Hargreeves from Season 2 (I think it was!) of the TV adaptation of Umbrella Academy. He is wearing all black with a long black coat, wide brim hat, and has his hand extended to show the words 'Good bye' on his palm.
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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As if today couldn't get any more dystopian 😑

Leave me the hell alone HMRC, I earn thousands BELOW the tax threshold, go and tax some fascist billionaire instead of trying to squeeze poor people for pennies they don't have. It's bloody feudal at this point.
Screenshot of email from Kofi Hi there We wanted to let you know about some tax reporting rules (DAC7 in the EU and UK Platform rules) that affect some creators on Ko-fi, including you. First, don't worry, this isn't a new tax. It's about services like Ko-fi reporting certain earnings to tax authorities. To stay compliant with these rules, we need a little more information from you. All you need to do is fill out a quick form in your "Account" area on Ko-fi. It's called the "Tax Information Form". It won't take long to complete. Complete the form Please provide the info within the next 60 days. If you want to know more, check out this guide which should explain things. If you still have questions or need help,
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I took the best double exposure of my life yesterday.
Those two statues stand in separate alcoves.
I'm so impressed with myself!
Image showing two classical female statues in draped robes made of white stone, apparently standing together in an alcove in a hedge. They were actually in two separate alcoves and this is a double exposure.
October 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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i forgot to post these when they arrived #ywmlp - they're so lovely, for a fantastic cause, and you can check out the entire gallery of postcards below now.
Thanks so much to the organisers, The Young Center, and the creators of OFMD.
A set of four postcards depicting cityscapes including 'Discover Auckland' a bridge, a hot pink skyline, and a sunset skyline.
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Saw the Kate Mccgwire exhibition in Nottingham today, I am very happy, so many beautiful feathery creatures
Kate Mccgwire sculpture, a serpentine knotted shape covered in sleek pheasant feathers under a glass dome
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Now officially available!
Mmeory is out now from @aanpress.bsky.social in a limited edition of 250 numbered hard copies only 🖤
aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

Featuring my wintery story 'A moment on the lips' ❄️

#booksky #horror #fantasy #speculative #indiebooks #indieauthor
Cover of Mmeory artwork by Andrew Ostrovsky shows a stylised abstract face in profile painted in browns, greens and blues Author Die Booth (a white middle aged man with long curly dark hair, dark eyes and dark moustache and goatee) holds a copy of Mmeory, he is smiling and standing in front of green and gold Golden Lily floral wallpaper.
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Also related: found these flyers that I /must/ have picked up around 2007/8(?) at Whitby Goth Weekend, and - is this the same @thesamantharei.bsky.social from OFMD fandom? It is a very small world/goth scene 🖤 4/4
Flyer for "An Elegant Wonderland - Blasphemina's Closet by Samantha Rei" "Beautiful handmade garments for fancy lads and ladies" It features a photograph of a young woman with brown skin, dark eyes and long curly black hair in an up-do, she is smiling and wears a pale blue long-sleeved bolero jacket with a satin ribbon fastening, over a white dress. Flyer for "an elegant wonderland... please join our tea party" "a sumptuous afternoon tea service for lolitas and dandies hosted by Samantha Rei of Blasphemina's Closet" 2008 It features cartoon style illustrations of two gothic lolitas, one is a woman with brown skin and red hair in a pink dress, one is a woman with pale skin and blonde hair with blue ribbons in her hair and a pearl necklace. 'Kakkoicon registration' on the back of the previously pictured flyer - registration to attend Kakkoi Con in 2008.
October 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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What's this???

My gorgeous contributor copy arrived of Mmeory, from @aanpress.bsky.social

You can pre-order here: aanpress.com/aanorder.htm...

This anthology is a ltd edition of 250, so if you'd like one, don't sleep on it!

#indieauthor #booksky #smallpress #queerauthor #books #lgbtqia+
Author Die Booth is a middle aged white man with long curly dark hair, dark eyes and a dark moustache and goatee. He is pictured here peering over the top of a book wrapped in brown paper with a sealing sticker that says 'AaNPress Author Copy' Author Die Booth is a middle aged white man with long curly dark hair, dark eyes and a dark moustache and goatee. He is pictured here smiling whilst holding a copy of Mmeory against a green floral wallpaper backdrop. Mmeory has a cover illustration in greens and browns of an abstract face in profile.
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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My gorgeous contributor copy of Darkness Most Fowl arrived!

You can preorder on Kindle at www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRM13W2L Stories of bird horror releasing on Halloween, including my tale 'Little Gibbet' about how hate only poisons your mind.

Paperback to follow! #booksky #LGBTQIA+ #horrorbooks
Author Die Booth holding a paperback copy of Darkness Most Fowl. He is a middle aged white man with long curly dark hair, dark eyes and dark facial hair in a moustache and goatee. The book cover shows an ink illustration of a woman in a long dress. Her skin is blue and her wild black hair is like a nest being perched on by four silhouetted ravens. The background is a gradient from red at the bottom to yellow at the top. Edited by Elaine Pascale. Beautiful cover image by Michael Takeda.
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Normally I wouldn't bite, but this superiority-complex blue tick with replies switched off who many of my mutuals follow a) has an account almost entirely comprised of talking about visual media (ie participating in fandom) and b) sympathises with Bsky CEO/staff and JKR.
What a total surprise.
Bsky post by user Corey Atad (who appears to be a media critic ie his job is fandom) posting on 7/10/25 'don't be "in a fandom." grow up, get a hobby, make friends. Not sure why he'd post such obvious click bait when he has his replies limited so he can't even enjoy getting ratio'd into oblivion by people who actually understand the meaning of joy.
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM