Ryan Leslie
@ryan-leslie.bsky.social
SFFH author of Colossus, The Between, and The Garden of Before (coming Sept. '25). ryan-leslie.com
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Fantastic event last night at @bookpeople.com! Always great to see @ryan-leslie.bsky.social and @scribeofhades.bsky.social Stop by for copies of their badass books!!
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fantastic event last night at @bookpeople.com! Always great to see @ryan-leslie.bsky.social and @scribeofhades.bsky.social Stop by for copies of their badass books!!
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Thanks so much Gabino!
Our host @shoutingstreet.bsky.social has a new novel THE LAST SUMMER out now as part of the Systema Paradoxa series of cryptid tales. The book can be purchased directly from @especbooks.bsky.social at the link below!
especbooks.square.site/product/the-...
Our host @shoutingstreet.bsky.social has a new novel THE LAST SUMMER out now as part of the Systema Paradoxa series of cryptid tales. The book can be purchased directly from @especbooks.bsky.social at the link below!
especbooks.square.site/product/the-...
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thanks so much Gabino!
Our host @shoutingstreet.bsky.social has a new novel THE LAST SUMMER out now as part of the Systema Paradoxa series of cryptid tales. The book can be purchased directly from @especbooks.bsky.social at the link below!
especbooks.square.site/product/the-...
Our host @shoutingstreet.bsky.social has a new novel THE LAST SUMMER out now as part of the Systema Paradoxa series of cryptid tales. The book can be purchased directly from @especbooks.bsky.social at the link below!
especbooks.square.site/product/the-...
If you miss this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Probably.
I HAVE PROMISED TO BUST OPEN THE LID ON A TEN THOUSAND YEAR CONSPIRACY TO KEEP THE TRUTH OF TOILET TELEPORTATION A SECRET.
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you miss this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Probably.
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"twisty, pacy thriller/horror novel is part BRING HER BACK plus THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, crossed with BEETLEJUICE."
"stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed, even among the hundreds I’ve read."
Pretty big bookclub picked it up this month, so can you! a.co/d/hdmfDhF
"stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed, even among the hundreds I’ve read."
Pretty big bookclub picked it up this month, so can you! a.co/d/hdmfDhF
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"twisty, pacy thriller/horror novel is part BRING HER BACK plus THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, crossed with BEETLEJUICE."
"stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed, even among the hundreds I’ve read."
Pretty big bookclub picked it up this month, so can you! a.co/d/hdmfDhF
"stands out as the most original ghost story I’ve ever enjoyed, even among the hundreds I’ve read."
Pretty big bookclub picked it up this month, so can you! a.co/d/hdmfDhF
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Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
October 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop, ebook is only $1.99!
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
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Top of the mornin', Gabino!
Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season.
Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too!
linktr.ee/authorlevai
Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season.
Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too!
linktr.ee/authorlevai
October 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Top of the mornin', Gabino!
Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season.
Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too!
linktr.ee/authorlevai
Want some bittersweet coming of age/deconstructed romance that rhymes? I got you. 'Tis the season.
Poetry not your thing and you'd rather have modern, ragtag salvors investigate a beautiful, terrifying anomaly on a distant planet? I got that, too!
linktr.ee/authorlevai
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Thanks Gabino! My urban legend-meets-surveillance tech novelette The Nine O'Clock Horses is free all month, in honour of Creepy Season
The Nine O'Clock Horses: A Nefarious Bat Single
"Mind how you go, and make sure you're home in time for bed, or the Nine O'Clock Horses will get you. And the sound of horses' hooves on the cobblestones outside... that's how you know they're about. ...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thanks Gabino! My urban legend-meets-surveillance tech novelette The Nine O'Clock Horses is free all month, in honour of Creepy Season
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It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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It’s a great day to buy 3 books, minimum. You heard me. In fact, I aim to grab five. Why the fuck not?!? I love them. You do too. Maybe you buy mine, maybe you don’t. You should buy one min from your favorite Latina or Latino author first and run amok from there! Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🖤🙏🖤🙏
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s a great day to buy 3 books, minimum. You heard me. In fact, I aim to grab five. Why the fuck not?!? I love them. You do too. Maybe you buy mine, maybe you don’t. You should buy one min from your favorite Latina or Latino author first and run amok from there! Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🖤🙏🖤🙏
For the afternoon crowd. It's release day of The Garden of Before!
🚨🚨🚨 It's pub day for THE GARDEN OF BEFORE, the sequel and conclusion to THE BETWEEN! What a journey these books have been. Please help me spread the word and give this book a huge sendoff into the world of readers! 🚨🚨🚨@parliamentbooks.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For the afternoon crowd. It's release day of The Garden of Before!
🚨🚨🚨 It's pub day for THE GARDEN OF BEFORE, the sequel and conclusion to THE BETWEEN! What a journey these books have been. Please help me spread the word and give this book a huge sendoff into the world of readers! 🚨🚨🚨@parliamentbooks.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨🚨🚨 It's pub day for THE GARDEN OF BEFORE, the sequel and conclusion to THE BETWEEN! What a journey these books have been. Please help me spread the word and give this book a huge sendoff into the world of readers! 🚨🚨🚨@parliamentbooks.bsky.social
Can you imagine a more entertaining way to spend next Friday evening? Can you?!
October 3rd at 7pm @ryan-leslie.bsky.social and I will be doing an event @bookpeople.com in Austin to celebrate the release of our new books, THE GARDEN BEFORE and SHITSHOW!
(I may even be sharing a message from the illuminati).
Free tickets here: www.facebook.com/events/75868...
(I may even be sharing a message from the illuminati).
Free tickets here: www.facebook.com/events/75868...
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can you imagine a more entertaining way to spend next Friday evening? Can you?!
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Spooky season is coming! Time for some spooky reads.
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Spooky season is coming! Time for some spooky reads.
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My big queer vampire crime thriller is discounted to just $1.99 on the 'zon this weekend as part of an SYK event! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...
This weekend, LETIFER is just $1.99 as part of the Monsters and Magic SYK event! The next book in this universe drops next month, so grab its companion title now to prepare 😈
The full list of participating titles: monstersandmagicsykd.wordpress.com
Snag LETIFER directly: amazon.com/dp/B09KNCWNQ3
The full list of participating titles: monstersandmagicsykd.wordpress.com
Snag LETIFER directly: amazon.com/dp/B09KNCWNQ3
September 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My big queer vampire crime thriller is discounted to just $1.99 on the 'zon this weekend as part of an SYK event! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...
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new review just dropped. while in line to pick up my son. no hidden meaning to this picture i used. It’s my leg in the car. still attached to my body. dragonfruit Red Bull. anyway… hugs. 🙏🖤🙏🖤 thanks @gabino.bsky.social 🙏 a.co/d/9u44AAf 🫡
September 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
new review just dropped. while in line to pick up my son. no hidden meaning to this picture i used. It’s my leg in the car. still attached to my body. dragonfruit Red Bull. anyway… hugs. 🙏🖤🙏🖤 thanks @gabino.bsky.social 🙏 a.co/d/9u44AAf 🫡
These books are wonderful. If you haven't read them, pick them up pronto!
The ebooks for my novels The Unkillable Frank Lightning and The Legend of Charlie Fish are both just $7.99 right now.
I’d love help spreading the word and giving them both a boost!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F84FWVT...
I’d love help spreading the word and giving them both a boost!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F84FWVT...
The Unkillable Frank Lightning
The Unkillable Frank Lightning - Kindle edition by Rountree, Josh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Unkillable Frank Lightning.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
These books are wonderful. If you haven't read them, pick them up pronto!
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Thanks, Gabino! ON COMICS AND GRIEF combines a look at the comic books from 1976 with creative nonfiction about the place of those comics in my childhood, memories of my mother, and writing about grief.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks, Gabino! ON COMICS AND GRIEF combines a look at the comic books from 1976 with creative nonfiction about the place of those comics in my childhood, memories of my mother, and writing about grief.
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Thanks again!!
I was just nominated for an award!!! bsky.app/profile/made...
I was just nominated for an award!!! bsky.app/profile/made...
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thanks again!!
I was just nominated for an award!!! bsky.app/profile/made...
I was just nominated for an award!!! bsky.app/profile/made...
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Thank you!
Only $1.99, people!
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop.
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Only $1.99, people!
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop.
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Mad Days: Stories and Curses
Amazon.com: Mad Days: Stories and Curses eBook : Alley, Elford: Books
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September 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you!
Only $1.99, people!
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop.
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
Only $1.99, people!
Mad Days: Stories and Curses is the perfect reading for Halloween. A terrifying collection of tales and illustrations, available on Amazon and Bookshop.
Amazon
bit.ly/4lZImtq
Bookshop
bit.ly/41USpIQ
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It’s #FridayReads time AND Latine Heritage Month! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here are horror and noir mixed with Spanglish, history, anti-colonialism, magic, friendship, revenge, and monsters from the deep.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It’s #FridayReads time AND Latine Heritage Month! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here are horror and noir mixed with Spanglish, history, anti-colonialism, magic, friendship, revenge, and monsters from the deep.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
"Seriously - if you enjoyed the first installment, you will love the sequel even more, even if it will break your heart here and there..."
Humbled by this review by Roberta at Offbeat YA.
Humbled by this review by Roberta at Offbeat YA.
ARC #review: The Garden of Before by @ryan-leslie.bsky.social -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/09/ryan...
Imaginative, engaging, visually stunning. Rich in worldbuilding & character development/dynamics.
Will appeal to: Everyone who loves game-like structures & larger-than-life scenarios/adventures.
Imaginative, engaging, visually stunning. Rich in worldbuilding & character development/dynamics.
Will appeal to: Everyone who loves game-like structures & larger-than-life scenarios/adventures.
Ryan Leslie: "The Garden of Before" (ARC Review)
Adult reviews, multiple universes, videogame-like worlds
offbeat-ya.blogspot.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Seriously - if you enjoyed the first installment, you will love the sequel even more, even if it will break your heart here and there..."
Humbled by this review by Roberta at Offbeat YA.
Humbled by this review by Roberta at Offbeat YA.
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I had a few people asking if there is an ebook version of Summer in the House of the Departed. Yes there is! You can order it directly from the publisher right here:
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
Summer in the House of the Departed | Psychopomp
Forty-four years after his grandmother and an entire West Texas town vanished, Brady returns to his childhood home, hoping to follow in her footsteps.
psychopomp.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I had a few people asking if there is an ebook version of Summer in the House of the Departed. Yes there is! You can order it directly from the publisher right here:
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
psychopomp.com/product/summ...
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I'd love to get some more eyeballs on my latest novella, THE GLASS GARDEN.
linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden
linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden
September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'd love to get some more eyeballs on my latest novella, THE GLASS GARDEN.
linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden
linktr.ee/TheGlassGarden
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Thanks, Gabino!
The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social
Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀
The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social
Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀
September 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thanks, Gabino!
The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social
Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀
The re-release of my gothic horror novella comes out on Tuesday with @sobelobooks.bsky.social
Originally pubbed by Sam at Off Limits it did really well, but it'd be great to get new eyes on it!👀
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70 ratings so far, it’s early yet but if you’ve read What The Dead Can Do and are so inclined, please leave a review or tell a friend or twenty. 🤙
or pick it up today at your local BN.
or here right now: bookshop.org/p/books/what...
Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏
or pick it up today at your local BN.
or here right now: bookshop.org/p/books/what...
Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
70 ratings so far, it’s early yet but if you’ve read What The Dead Can Do and are so inclined, please leave a review or tell a friend or twenty. 🤙
or pick it up today at your local BN.
or here right now: bookshop.org/p/books/what...
Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏
or pick it up today at your local BN.
or here right now: bookshop.org/p/books/what...
Thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙏🖤🙏