Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now!
@samflynnwrites.bsky.social
A godforsaken author (He/Him). Fantasy-horror novella THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING, first half of the DEADLIGHTS DUOLOGY, out now via Timber Ghost Press. Sequel DWELLER IN DARKNESS out Q4 2026: https://linktr.ee/samflynn7
60 ratings! Thank you to everyone who read my novella #TheMysteryofthePaleKing and shared their thoughts. Check out some review samples and see what you fantasy/horror nerds are missing out on. Anticapitalist and anticolonial themes! Secret matriarchal societies! LGBTQ-friendly! Exclamation points!
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
60 ratings! Thank you to everyone who read my novella #TheMysteryofthePaleKing and shared their thoughts. Check out some review samples and see what you fantasy/horror nerds are missing out on. Anticapitalist and anticolonial themes! Secret matriarchal societies! LGBTQ-friendly! Exclamation points!
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
Eldest pet Honey Badger is near the end of her life. She made it even longer than we hoped when we adopted her. Fifteen years old and we had her for ten. Give your Honey an ear scratch for her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Eldest pet Honey Badger is near the end of her life. She made it even longer than we hoped when we adopted her. Fifteen years old and we had her for ten. Give your Honey an ear scratch for her.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Two hours. Never moved. Never blinked. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Two hours. Never moved. Never blinked. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I do not regret making you all jealous of my badass (and devilishly attractive 😈) wife who set PRs in lifting yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I do not regret making you all jealous of my badass (and devilishly attractive 😈) wife who set PRs in lifting yesterday.
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can I offer you a #horror book in this trying time? #TheMysteryofthePaleKing is my debut flintlock fantasy/cosmic horror novella and the first part of the #DeadlightsDuology, to be concluded next year in the second and final volume #DwellerinDarkness.
October 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Can I offer you a #horror book in this trying time? #TheMysteryofthePaleKing is my debut flintlock fantasy/cosmic horror novella and the first part of the #DeadlightsDuology, to be concluded next year in the second and final volume #DwellerinDarkness.
Intro snippet for those curious
September 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Intro snippet for those curious
#TheMysteryofthePaleKing in a nutshell
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#TheMysteryofthePaleKing in a nutshell
Viva la Mexico!
August 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Viva la Mexico!
Are you listening literary agents and publishers? Give Patti what she wants!
July 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Are you listening literary agents and publishers? Give Patti what she wants!
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July 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Such a great time at the first annual Book Fair Block Party held by Tony's Tavern! Everyone who stopped by signed up for a chance to win a FREE copy of the upcoming #audiobook of my dark fantasy/horror novella #TheMysteryofthePaleKing and now I'm passing the opportunity on to you! Details below.
May 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Such a great time at the first annual Book Fair Block Party held by Tony's Tavern! Everyone who stopped by signed up for a chance to win a FREE copy of the upcoming #audiobook of my dark fantasy/horror novella #TheMysteryofthePaleKing and now I'm passing the opportunity on to you! Details below.
To celebrate six months since publication of #TheMysteryofthePaleKing, I'm asking everyone who read my novella and has yet to rate and review on Goodreads and/or Amazon to do so! Reviews can be as short as a sentence. Let's give it a good boost in the algorithm. Thank you friends! #fantasy #horror
March 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
To celebrate six months since publication of #TheMysteryofthePaleKing, I'm asking everyone who read my novella and has yet to rate and review on Goodreads and/or Amazon to do so! Reviews can be as short as a sentence. Let's give it a good boost in the algorithm. Thank you friends! #fantasy #horror
Live look at me finishing the sixth draft of my manuscript:
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Live look at me finishing the sixth draft of my manuscript:
Beyond honored my novella The Mystery of the Pale King (via
@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.
@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.
December 29, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Beyond honored my novella The Mystery of the Pale King (via
@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.
@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.
October is almost over and what better way to close out spooky season than with a double dollop of #flintlockfantasy and #cosmichorror?
My novella The Mystery of the Pale King has both! Inspired by the legend of #GillesdeRais, #TheKinginYellow, #MasqueoftheRedDeath, #BloodMeridian and more.
My novella The Mystery of the Pale King has both! Inspired by the legend of #GillesdeRais, #TheKinginYellow, #MasqueoftheRedDeath, #BloodMeridian and more.
October 28, 2024 at 2:05 PM
October is almost over and what better way to close out spooky season than with a double dollop of #flintlockfantasy and #cosmichorror?
My novella The Mystery of the Pale King has both! Inspired by the legend of #GillesdeRais, #TheKinginYellow, #MasqueoftheRedDeath, #BloodMeridian and more.
My novella The Mystery of the Pale King has both! Inspired by the legend of #GillesdeRais, #TheKinginYellow, #MasqueoftheRedDeath, #BloodMeridian and more.
I'm most grateful for this incredibly charitable phrasing of my collegiate experience:
October 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I'm most grateful for this incredibly charitable phrasing of my collegiate experience:
The Mystery of the Pale King (2024)
October 22, 2024 at 2:44 AM
The Mystery of the Pale King (2024)
The past month since the publication of my debut The Mystery of the Pale King has been everything I'd hoped it would be. The one question I keep getting is if there will be a sequel? The more I dwelled on it, the more real it became: Dweller in Darkness.
October 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM
The past month since the publication of my debut The Mystery of the Pale King has been everything I'd hoped it would be. The one question I keep getting is if there will be a sequel? The more I dwelled on it, the more real it became: Dweller in Darkness.
Wrote this yesterday in my current WIP, similarly picking up on Emily's astute observation.
October 17, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Wrote this yesterday in my current WIP, similarly picking up on Emily's astute observation.
I'll be among some amazing fellow authors at the Hocking Hills Book Fair in Logan, Ohio this Saturday the 19th to talk books and do a reading of my fantasy/horror novella The Mystery of the Pale King, available now via @timberghostpress.bsky.social and Amazon. Hope to see you there!
October 15, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I'll be among some amazing fellow authors at the Hocking Hills Book Fair in Logan, Ohio this Saturday the 19th to talk books and do a reading of my fantasy/horror novella The Mystery of the Pale King, available now via @timberghostpress.bsky.social and Amazon. Hope to see you there!