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Ruadán Books
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📚 Clever and curious reads for lovers of the strange and mysterious.

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We're excited to announce a book deal with @naomieselojor.bsky.social for her novella THE CITY OF FACTORIES, which explores the effects of colonialism on Nigeria through a steampunk setting and fractured father/son relationship.

Read more:
links.ruadanbooks.com/eselojor

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A screencap of the Publishers Marketplace announcement of Naomi Eselojor's book deal with Ruadán Books to publish The City of Factories, along with a photo of the author.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Psst, short story writers! We're opening to submissions for our next dark urban fantasy anthology SUMMER IN THE CITY on December 1st!

Keep your eyes open for the Moksha link in a couple of weeks.

#WriterSky #AuthorSky #shortstories #callforsubmissions
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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In a dark, dreamy town, a line of otherworldly women is tasked with keeping the carnivorous landscape at bay...

@missmurdermercedes.bsky.social's The Witches of Paradise is a vibe.

Coming 12.09.25 in SINISTER SOCIETIES—only 4 weeks away!

Pre-order:
🌳 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6

#BookSky #TBR
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November 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich."

That quote attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau ushers in @fearofemeralds.bsky.social's searing survey of horror meets late-stage capitalism.

Grab a snack, settle in:
🍽️ links.ruadanbooks.com/mcdermott

#HorrorSky #horrormovie
A photograph of an empty plate and a person's hands holding a knife and fork on either side of the plate. Also features a photo of Kirstyn McDermott and the caption "When 'EAT THE RICH' Is Not Enough" and "Thoughts from the Writer's Desk."
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Buy everyone (our) books this holiday season: the shopping's done & you fight hunger!

We will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1–12/23 to the @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.

Buy direct at ruadanbooks.com.

#BookSky #foodbank
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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What did Caroline Hewitt, who read for Gemma Landry in @jrblanes.bsky.social's Portraits of Decay, think about the character?

If you haven't had a chance to pick up this stellar audiobook yet, find it on Amazon, Audible, and Apple!

#BookSky #HorrorSky #SouthernGothic #audiobooks
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Coming 12.02.25: Building on the chill captured by 2024's Winter in the City, we're back with a global lineup to explore SPRING IN THE CITY—yet wildflowers aren't the only things finding their way through cracked concrete in these dark speculative tales.

Buy: links.ruadanbooks.com/spring

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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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We're delighted to reveal the cover for @jeffsomers.bsky.social's FIVE FUNERALS, out 02.22.26!

The cover art is by @barnaclesandmoss.bsky.social, evoking the macabre whimsy of Edward Gorey, & is perfect for this ghastly book of absurdist fiction.

Pre-order:
🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/FF

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Image contains the front cover for Five Funerals by Jeff Somers, flanked by red ribbons reading “Pre-Orders Open” and “Coming 02.22.26.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The three short stories from @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social, @archistratego.bsky.social, & @kkoopman.bsky.social are available online! One in audio format.

The books by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social & @barbaratruelove.bsky.social are available wherever books are sold.

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Selected short fiction, collected by Maria Haskins, listed out as "Bobbie and Her Father" by Gillian Daniels, The Dark, August 2020; "Heart-Eater" by Tania Chen, Apparition Lit, July 2022; and "The Scientist Does Not Look Back" by Kristen Koopman, Escape Pod, July 2024. Book cover for Kiersten White’s The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. Book cover for Barbara Truelove’s Of Monsters and Mainframes. Frankenstein movie poster. Director Guillermo del Toro.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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We hope you appreciate this whole slate of the Ruadán Books team’s favorite Frankenstein-inspired films, books, and short stories.

Enjoy the full set, then hit reply and tell us about your fave!

#FilmSky #HorrorSky #horrorcomedy
Young Frankenstein movie poster. Director Mel Brooks. The Bride movie post. Director Franc Roddam. Penny Dreadful season 3 poster. Created by John Logan. Poor Things movie poster. Director Yorgos Lanthimos.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Frankly, we’re beyond excited to sit down this evening and watch @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein - so we stitched together a full set of recommendations to keep us busy until then. No, no, we couldn’t contain ourselves.

#FilmSky #HorrorSky #UniversalMonsters
A background of lightning and the text “10 favorite picks for Frankenstein Friday: the books and films bringing us to life." The illustration from the Theodor von Holst steel engraving frontispiece for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and the text, “Why Frankenstein Friday? In anticipation of today’s release of Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein, we decided it was a great excuse to share some of our favorite adaptations and other derivative works that take Mary Shelley’s masterpiece even further afield. Enjoy, and share your own favorites!” Frankenstein movie poster. Director James Whale. The Bride of Frankenstein movie poster. Director James Whale.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!

Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.

Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!

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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The eye in the hand agrees: you don't want to miss this gift!

Pre-order #SinisterSocieties BEFORE 12.09 and you'll get a free collectible art card featuring one of the original Kip Ayers' illustrations from the anthology.

Order here:
💀 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6

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Graphic features the cover for Sinister Societies, edited by Linda Hartley, and displays six of the seven illustrated art cards created as incentives for the pre-order campaign.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Have you pre-ordered Spring in the City yet? Seventeen new dark stories where, as Ed Downes puts it, "spring does not whisper, it screams."

Pre-order at your preferred retailer or directly from us:
🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring

#BookSky #darkfantasy #shortstories
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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READERS AGAINST HUNGER: with SNAP only partly funded, millions of Americans face not having their nutritional needs met.

Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Our CEO will also personally match this donation.

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Graphic features the covers for all currently-published Ruadán Books titles, along with the logo for The Greater Boston Food Bank and text reading "Readers Against Hunger."
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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We're excited to announce that we will be publishing SIX Agent Josephine Baker novellas by @erricknunnally.bsky.social!

Get all the details about AGENT JOSEPHINE BAKER AGAINST THE ISLAND OF HORRORS and more in our press release:

🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/nunnally

#BookSky #thrillers
A photograph of Errick Nunnally and some details of the Agent Josephine Baker novella series deal, which can be read in full at links.ruadanbooks.com/nunnally.
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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"If you couldn't create, what would you do?"

Discover the Big Idea behind @jrblanes.bsky.social's debut horror novel Portraits of Decay:

links.ruadanbooks.com/podbigidea

Many thanks to @scalzi.com & Athena Scalzi for giving J.R. the chance to talk about the creative process!

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Graphic shows an image of the Portraits of Decay book cover and the first few paragraphs of J.R. Blanes' Big Idea essay on John Scalzi's blog, available at https://links.ruadanbooks.com/podbigidea.
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Baton Rouge residents and anyone else nearby! Don't forget to visit the Louisiana Book Festival TODAY going on until 4 PM CT.

Swing by and see our author @jrblanes.bsky.social and snag a copy of his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay—you can even get it signed.

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November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 Never the house to turn off the porch lights and pretend we're not home, we made this tricky little treat for you.

Look up your birth month then the first initial or your first and last names to get the title of your horror novel. 📚

What's your horror novel title?

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A photograph of dark woods with the text "Whats your horror novel title?" then a selection of phrases and words attached to the twelve months of the year and the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet.
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Who needs some haunting reads to top off their spooky season TBR?

@mariahaskins.com's got 10 books & a boo-quet of short stories to keep you in thrills, chills, & kills this Halloween & beyond.

links.ruadanbooks.com/haunted

What's your favorite ghost or haunted house story?

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A photo of a dilapidated house with spooky vibes, along with a photo of columnist Maria Haskins and text reading, “What to Read: Ghosts & Haunted Houses. Read the article on our column, Thoughts from the Writer’s Desk.”
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We may be welcoming autumn, but Spring in the City is on the horizon—out December 2, 2025!

Aure R., Educator & Reviewer, calls this anthology "a perfectly curated breath of fresh air."

Pre-order now and score a free metal bookmark:
🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring

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October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Audiobook lovers: the Portraits of Decay audiobook is available NOW! Which is great timing, as we reveal our last narrator. 🎨🎧

Reading from the perspective of Nevaeh Parker is the amazing Joniece Abbott-Pratt!

Grab the #PortraitsofDecay audiobook on Amazon, Audible, or Apple Books.

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October 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Turn the volume up, The Replacements are making a point.



Feel this excerpt from @jayridler.bsky.social's story "Little Mascara" from 120 Murders—then grab a copy of the book edited by @nmamatas.bsky.social:



🎸 links.ruadanbooks.com/120M



#BookSky #crimefiction #shortstory
An image 120 Murders edited by Nick Mamatas in paperback, with the following quote from Jason Ridler's short story "Little Mascara," "She was a danger girl. Our danger girl. Everyone’s danger girl. And they don’t die old or easy, bud. That’s the price of her burning so bright."
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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We aim to keep you up all night in December, and @eeking.bsky.social says Sinister Societies will keep those bedside lights on and the pages turning.

Pre-order now: links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6

(Or wherever books are sold.)

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A black and white photo of a coal mine features the Sinister Societies paperback and the blurb: “This book, a deep dive into the world of secret societies, will keep you up all night and probably infest your dreams with darkness. Holding secrets, tragedy, comedy and justice in almost equal measure, Sinister Societies should be on every horror/fantasy lover’s bookshelf.” —E.E. King, award-winning writer, artist & naturalist.
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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In the Midwest, and/or Louisiana? Come meet @jrblanes.bsky.social! Pick up a copy of Portraits of Decay & get it signed.

💀 Uncharted Books | Chicago | Oct 29, 5:30 PM CT
💀 Louisiana Book Festival | Baton Rouge | Nov 1, 9 AM-4 PM CT
💀 The Book Cellar | Chicago | Nov 19, 7 PM CT

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A photo of J.R. Blanes next to his book Portraits of Decay, along with the details for upcoming author events.
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM