Shana
@shanadubois.bsky.social
Extreme bibliophile. Writer. Lover of all things grim and weird and horror. Raindrop seeker. Recent Vermont transplant. Cat wrangler. Anti-AI.
Launching GrimShelf.com to share my love of horror!
Launching GrimShelf.com to share my love of horror!
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November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We're so close to getting to the halfway point for our November goal, on this 15th day of November! Donate if you can to support independent community journalism from around the world and help @globalvoices.org keep bringing you important perspectives!
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This is an amazing review, and it took me to goodreads where I usually avoid my own books but in this case, well, I'm crying in a good way.
Just finished up We Will Rise Again, an ambitious, hopeful project about resistance in all its forms. Grab this on December 5th!
@older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social 💙📚🪐
Full review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social 💙📚🪐
Full review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Chantaal's review of We Will Rise Again
5/5: We Will Rise Again is such a fantastic, ambitious, hopeful, thoughtful project, and the care with which the editors have taken to really lay out their thesis is evident. Part of me is a bit biase...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is an amazing review, and it took me to goodreads where I usually avoid my own books but in this case, well, I'm crying in a good way.
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Here it is, your chance to grab a 2026 Ferryman's coin. We are only going to order as many as we sell during our October fundraiser, so these are limited limited special editions. Shipping Included (a...
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you can also help us by simply getting your own, glorious, fungi-bedazzled FERRYMAN'S COIN
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OR
help us all year and join our PATREON
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AND all paid patrons will receive this year's AFTERLIVES, edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social
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help us all year and join our PATREON
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Today's featured #authorinterview is with @franwilde.bsky.social, whose newest book releases this week! Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/FH1rCJe5WiQ?...
#writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky
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#writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky
Author Interview: Fran Wilde
YouTube video by @MaryLanniReads
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September 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today's featured #authorinterview is with @franwilde.bsky.social, whose newest book releases this week! Give it a listen here:
youtu.be/FH1rCJe5WiQ?...
#writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky
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#writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky
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🚨We're back for MONTHLY MACABRE at @nighttidemag.bsky.social!
This month is all about the subgenre that launched a thousand screams - J-HORROR! Wanna dissect the cultural, spiritual, and social anxieties embedded in its DNA? Pitch us here: nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
Deadline is Aug 22nd!!
This month is all about the subgenre that launched a thousand screams - J-HORROR! Wanna dissect the cultural, spiritual, and social anxieties embedded in its DNA? Pitch us here: nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
Deadline is Aug 22nd!!
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🚨We're back for MONTHLY MACABRE at @nighttidemag.bsky.social!
This month is all about the subgenre that launched a thousand screams - J-HORROR! Wanna dissect the cultural, spiritual, and social anxieties embedded in its DNA? Pitch us here: nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
Deadline is Aug 22nd!!
This month is all about the subgenre that launched a thousand screams - J-HORROR! Wanna dissect the cultural, spiritual, and social anxieties embedded in its DNA? Pitch us here: nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
Deadline is Aug 22nd!!
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This is what I love about being a book critic. I read 2 books recently that were uncomfortable experiences. Digging into why I felt that way and what the author might be trying to do helped me come to a better understanding of each.
i'm not holding anyone's hand when i say this, but when a book's goal is to make you feel uncomfortable and then it succeeds in doing so, that doesn't make it problematic. that's the book delivering on its promise.
not everything is a comfort read.
not everything is a comfort read.
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is what I love about being a book critic. I read 2 books recently that were uncomfortable experiences. Digging into why I felt that way and what the author might be trying to do helped me come to a better understanding of each.
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This Is Horror Podcast patrons can now submit questions for Gabino Iglesias (@gabino.bsky.social), the author of The Devil Takes You Home, as he returns to the show for the first time in over six years.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This Is Horror Podcast patrons can now submit questions for Gabino Iglesias (@gabino.bsky.social), the author of The Devil Takes You Home, as he returns to the show for the first time in over six years.
www.patreon.com/posts/134908...
www.patreon.com/posts/134908...
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if you were going to start a newsletter at this moment in time, where would you start it?
(substack is, for so many reasons, not an option I am going to consider)
(substack is, for so many reasons, not an option I am going to consider)
July 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
if you were going to start a newsletter at this moment in time, where would you start it?
(substack is, for so many reasons, not an option I am going to consider)
(substack is, for so many reasons, not an option I am going to consider)
I’ve lost track of what I’ve purchased from Undertow but I know I don’t have the print edition of this one yet!
It's release day for Weird Horror 11. Another disquieting and disturbing foray into the Weird. Subscriber copies have begun to mail. Artwork by @strangegodsart.bsky.social
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
What a ToC!
Grab your copy now:
www.weirdhorrormagazine.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ve lost track of what I’ve purchased from Undertow but I know I don’t have the print edition of this one yet!
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Happy birthday to this mismatched crew! Starstruck might be my favorite thing I’ve yet written. If forged family and fuck-ups and regrets and a gay radish sound like they might be your favorites too, I hope you get a chance to check the book out.
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June 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy birthday to this mismatched crew! Starstruck might be my favorite thing I’ve yet written. If forged family and fuck-ups and regrets and a gay radish sound like they might be your favorites too, I hope you get a chance to check the book out.
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Tomas had a truly magnificent Monday. He spent hours in front of this window enjoying the breeze and various nap positions.
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tomas had a truly magnificent Monday. He spent hours in front of this window enjoying the breeze and various nap positions.
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Big congrats to @cbarzak.bsky.social on his Shirley Jackson Award nomination for his @psychopomp.com novella, A VOICE CALLING. 💖💀💖
www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2025/06/09/t...
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Nominees Announced for the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards – The Shirley Jackson Awards
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June 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Big congrats to @cbarzak.bsky.social on his Shirley Jackson Award nomination for his @psychopomp.com novella, A VOICE CALLING. 💖💀💖
www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2025/06/09/t...
www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2025/06/09/t...
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Helpppp! We’re low on paper towels AND wet kitten food & our smallest residents would be very grateful for any items you can send.
Kitten season is officially in full swing & with so many little ones to feed & clean up after, we’re running through supplies much faster than usual! 🧵
Kitten season is officially in full swing & with so many little ones to feed & clean up after, we’re running through supplies much faster than usual! 🧵
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Helpppp! We’re low on paper towels AND wet kitten food & our smallest residents would be very grateful for any items you can send.
Kitten season is officially in full swing & with so many little ones to feed & clean up after, we’re running through supplies much faster than usual! 🧵
Kitten season is officially in full swing & with so many little ones to feed & clean up after, we’re running through supplies much faster than usual! 🧵
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This is so exciting — *heistciting* or heistacular, even!
A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES is a Goodreads giveaway!
Be one of the lucky 100 who pick the locks on an early look at my thieves and their adventures -
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#APhilosophyOfThieves #TheCanarvierFiles #FranWilde
A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES is a Goodreads giveaway!
Be one of the lucky 100 who pick the locks on an early look at my thieves and their adventures -
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#APhilosophyOfThieves #TheCanarvierFiles #FranWilde
Book giveaway for A Philosophy of Thieves (The Canarvier Files #1) by Fran Wilde Apr 28-May 12, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 28-May 12, 2025. Enter to win an ARC of this thrilling heist adventure, perfect fo...
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April 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is so exciting — *heistciting* or heistacular, even!
A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES is a Goodreads giveaway!
Be one of the lucky 100 who pick the locks on an early look at my thieves and their adventures -
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#APhilosophyOfThieves #TheCanarvierFiles #FranWilde
A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES is a Goodreads giveaway!
Be one of the lucky 100 who pick the locks on an early look at my thieves and their adventures -
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#APhilosophyOfThieves #TheCanarvierFiles #FranWilde
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Star Trek or LOTR.
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Movie you’ve seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Star Trek or LOTR.
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Latest @nytimes.com column is here! This time around, I talk about @alexgrecian.bsky.social’s Rose of Jericho (Tor Nightfire), Alex Gonzalez’s rekt @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) and Ernest Jensen’s Nameless Things (Rising Action). Free link, so you can share it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
Terrifying New Horror Novels (Gift Article)
Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Latest @nytimes.com column is here! This time around, I talk about @alexgrecian.bsky.social’s Rose of Jericho (Tor Nightfire), Alex Gonzalez’s rekt @erewhonbooks.bsky.social) and Ernest Jensen’s Nameless Things (Rising Action). Free link, so you can share it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
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NOVELLA sale at Psychopomp!😍
Support authors: Buy Their Books!📚
A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak
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Lovely Creatures by KT Bryski
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From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos
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Through end of March!❤️🔥
Support authors: Buy Their Books!📚
A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak
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Lovely Creatures by KT Bryski
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From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos
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Through end of March!❤️🔥
A Voice Calling - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
From Shirley Jackson award winning author Christopher Barzak comes an obsessive tale of a family haunted by a very terrible house.
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March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NOVELLA sale at Psychopomp!😍
Support authors: Buy Their Books!📚
A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak
psychopomp.com/product/a-vo...
Lovely Creatures by KT Bryski
psychopomp.com/product/love...
From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos
psychopomp.com/product/dark...
Through end of March!❤️🔥
Support authors: Buy Their Books!📚
A Voice Calling by Christopher Barzak
psychopomp.com/product/a-vo...
Lovely Creatures by KT Bryski
psychopomp.com/product/love...
From These Dark Abodes by Lyndsie Manusos
psychopomp.com/product/dark...
Through end of March!❤️🔥
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hi it’s my first day at @wired.com ! i wanna hear everything that’s going on in the energy / enviro / climate space. feel free to pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com , signal mollytaft.76
March 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
hi it’s my first day at @wired.com ! i wanna hear everything that’s going on in the energy / enviro / climate space. feel free to pitch me: molly_taft@wired.com , signal mollytaft.76
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I’ll be appearing at the Summer Scares webinar TODAY (3/24) at 2:00 pm Eastern. I’ll be joined by wonderful authors James Han Mattson and Caitlin Starling to discuss all things Horror. The amazing Becky Spratford will be moderating!
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’ll be appearing at the Summer Scares webinar TODAY (3/24) at 2:00 pm Eastern. I’ll be joined by wonderful authors James Han Mattson and Caitlin Starling to discuss all things Horror. The amazing Becky Spratford will be moderating!
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please join if you can: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Still working on this fundraiser for my mom's cancer expenses - anything helps! This is for the lifelong artist who made me into a lifelong artist - we're helping her make a life-sustaining piece of art while she goes through chemo. Getting joy for her where we can.❤️ gofund.me/fd2b086d
Donate to Help Our Mom, Adriane, Create and Heal, organized by Maria Headley
Hello everyone!
Our mother, Adriane has spent her life bringing beauty into t… Maria Headley needs your support for Help Our Mom, Adriane, Create and Heal
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March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Still working on this fundraiser for my mom's cancer expenses - anything helps! This is for the lifelong artist who made me into a lifelong artist - we're helping her make a life-sustaining piece of art while she goes through chemo. Getting joy for her where we can.❤️ gofund.me/fd2b086d
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I make mugs!! (and other functional pottery) littleedenpottery.etsy.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I make mugs!! (and other functional pottery) littleedenpottery.etsy.com
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Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
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We're starting your Monday off with some recommendations for translated fiction, specifically focused on Korean science fiction and fantasy!
What are your favorites here, and what other books do you recommend?
What are your favorites here, and what other books do you recommend?
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We're starting your Monday off with some recommendations for translated fiction, specifically focused on Korean science fiction and fantasy!
What are your favorites here, and what other books do you recommend?
What are your favorites here, and what other books do you recommend?
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LOTERÍA is my thesis from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
I began writing it in 2008.
I self-published it in 2012.
Polis Books published it in 2023.
Now, its home is with Union Square & Co. / Hachette Books.
It’s a short story collection of Latine folklore, legend & myth.
I began writing it in 2008.
I self-published it in 2012.
Polis Books published it in 2023.
Now, its home is with Union Square & Co. / Hachette Books.
It’s a short story collection of Latine folklore, legend & myth.
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
LOTERÍA is my thesis from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
I began writing it in 2008.
I self-published it in 2012.
Polis Books published it in 2023.
Now, its home is with Union Square & Co. / Hachette Books.
It’s a short story collection of Latine folklore, legend & myth.
I began writing it in 2008.
I self-published it in 2012.
Polis Books published it in 2023.
Now, its home is with Union Square & Co. / Hachette Books.
It’s a short story collection of Latine folklore, legend & myth.