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generalsheenanigans
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Momster of Elsebub, Sindre & #SookieTheFarmCat living in the arse-end of Norway.
-I mostly post about (horror)books and cats. Sometimes I review the odd read.
-🚫DMs unless we know each other
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generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · Jan 2
My friend Dave, his wife Jen & their feline friends are currently living in their car & could do with any help people are able to give:
Their GFM can be found here:

gofund.me/8a801e14
Their latest GFM reads: “My husband and I along with all our fur babies are in dire need of car brakes and general maintenance. We are all living in our car. Any funds earned will be used for fixing our car and taking care of all our cats. We appreciate all the help given prior for our storage unit. That has given us some piece of mind during these trying times. Still waiting for SSI approval which could take some time. Thank you for all the help it truly means a lot.” Friendly felines seen in the back of a car
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Time for #SookieTheFarmCat to have zoomies, I hear.. how is it she sounds like a massive stampede all on her own 🫣
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social
My friend Nancy recused an awesome stray cat, but it needed some significant vet care and the bills are piling up. If you could throw even a little cash Nancy's way, you'd be helping both her and the kitty a lot. Please repost this. Thanks.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ob-th...
Donate to Help OB the Stray Cat Heal and Find a Home, organized by Nancy Collins
Hi, my name is Nancy A. Collins. Some of you might know me as a novelist and … Nancy Collins needs your support for Help OB the Stray Cat Heal and Find a Home
www.gofundme.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
JFC. Don’t do this to authors, people.
kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 3d
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Rickert is fantastic & this is one of my favorite stories

#booksky
undertow.bsky.social Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 2d
We're revisiting our back catalogue and the ONLY original novel we've published—M. Rickert's "The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie." This exquisite mystery is an amalgam of Frankenstein, and A Confederacy of Dunces. We want you to read it. The eBook is on sale for just $2.

undertowpublications.com/ebooks
PRAISE "...an affecting and tragic portrayal of a man struggling and failing to communicate and connect with those around him. Highly recommended..." - Starred Review, Booklist “Masterful ... darkly magical ... a stunning ending.” — Gary K. Wolfe, Locus “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie grabbed me from the first page. Quark is an indelible main character who I will continue to think about and love.” — Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert is a powerful evocation of an imaginary place, both magical and mundane; the tribulations of a good hearted hapless giant; and a compelling mystery. Dark and humorous and deep.” —   Jeffrey Ford, Author of Big Dark Hole “Fans of M. Rickert's singular blend of the mundane and the monstrous will be drawn deep into the briny, haunted world of Bellfairie.” —   Sofia Samatar, Author of A Stranger in Olondria, and Tender “Awash in sea rain, ghosts and the stories they trail, the sound of submerged bells from offshore (or their echo, or their memory), Bellfairie and its denizens are M. Rickert creations through and through—meaning magical, mournful, mysterious, profoundly human.” —   Glen Hirshberg, Author of The Motherless Children Trilogy “The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a dark, dream-like, psychologically astute novel about the outsider as threat and victim, about the power of crowds, and the betrayal of innocence, replete with uncanny secrets, signs, and symbols that echo and reverberate, intimations of an unseen, sublunary world.” —   Douglas Glover, Author of Elle, and Savage Love
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Link me a review you wrote for a book you enjoyed? 😊

Here’s one of mine:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Sheena Forsberg's review of The Unmothers
5/5: “Ros said Emma gave birth. The vet said a horse gave birth. There was a horse that gave birth. There was a baby. There was a clearing. There was a circle. There was a tree.” “There was a horse t...
www.goodreads.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
12th read of 25:
Krø by Didrik Morits Hallstrøm:
Information Age-aspects merge with folk- and grief horror into something refreshingly new and exciting in this Norwegian horror book.
5 stars
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Krø’s cover shows an island seaside view partly as imagined if it was seen through a 3D game (as in keeping with the story)
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
17th read of 25:
Skrømt by Per Hohle:
Effectively ‘testimonies’ from people who’ve supposedly experienced hauntings in some famous (and not-so-famous) spots in Norway. No dramatics, just ‘person x experienced the following *insert place*’
#booksky
My copy of Skrømt by Per Hohle which offers testimonies from people who’ve experienced the supernatural in central/eastern Norway. No narration for atmosphere’s sake. The cover shows a glowing spectral being emerging from the dark woods
March 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
49th read of 25:
Midnight & Moonshine by @angelaslatter.bsky.social & Lisa L. Hannett is a collection of clever reimaginings of Norse mythology from the immediate aftermath of Ragnarok into our day and age.

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Holding a PB of Midnight & Moonshine by Angela Slatter & Lisa L. Hannett
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
59th read of 25:
After Lambana: Myth and Magic in Manila by Eliza Victoria might not be easiest entry point to Filipino folklore nor Victoria’s work but it’s a gem for those of us already steeped in her writing +the artwork by Mervin Malonzo is gorgeous

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Holding a PB copy of After Lambana by Eliza Victoria
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
61st read of 25:
The Woman Who Had Two Navels & Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin. Few stories are as quintessentially Filipino as the ones found in this collection. Not easy reading material, but a good one even if not everything resonated

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Holding a PB of The Wonab Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
82nd read of 25:
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw:
Some fairly decent eldritch body horror but I’m starting to think dark academia just isn’t quite my jam. Khaw did better than most to make me enjoy it tho

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Holding a copy of The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw (HC)
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
83rd read of 25:
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers has a gentle profoundness that I appreciated but sometimes to such a degree that I experienced a bit of lack of tension

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (HC)
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
If anyone is looking for a great creepy winter read, I’d recommend this one:

#booksky
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Current + next read:

My current read: Coffin Moon by @keithrosson.bsky.social

Next read: Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester

-What are you reading? 😊

#booksky #horrorbooks
HC of Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson is my current read Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester is up next
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
15th read of 25:
Ascension by Eliza Victoria:
This quick read won the Philippine National Book Award and it. is. so. deserving. of. it.
-Shocking how this has flown under the radar in the horror community
-all of the stars! #booksky
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Me holding a copy of “Ascension” by Eliza Victoria. The cover shows a derelict house in a field with an ominously lit window. This horror story deserves so much more attention than it’s gotten. There’s so many layers and interpretations to this creepy story and it’s depiction of Filipino life and social issues is top-tier.
February 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
14th read of 25:
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap.
-1st book out of my Filipino-TBR & a great one at that. I’m still trying to shake the unease and heartbreak a few of these stories left me with.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/53...
#booksky
The cover of “Never Have I Ever” shows a semi-submerged woman in dark waters looking off to the side and beyond the cover.
February 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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sheenalouisef.bsky.social
8th read of 25:
Galgedans (‘Gallow’s Dance) by T.H. Håvardsen.
6th Norwegian read of the year. Although there’s parts of this I enjoyed, it is a fairly simplistic slasher that leans a bit too heavily on gore and looses a lot of the tension in the process for me.
The cover of T.H. Håvardsen’s ‘Galgedans’ shows a girl from the neck down holding bloody hedge trimmers
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Link me a review you wrote for a book you enjoyed? 😊

Here’s one of mine:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky
Sheena Forsberg's review of The Unmothers
5/5: “Ros said Emma gave birth. The vet said a horse gave birth. There was a horse that gave birth. There was a baby. There was a clearing. There was a circle. There was a tree.” “There was a horse t...
www.goodreads.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Mom’s enjoying the latest Robert McCammon so much and said “I’ve done nothing today; just napped, read, napped, read…”

-sounds like a sweet day to me
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Was racking my brain trying to come up with a present for mom. Then I remembered: @blacktopkid.bsky.social’s latest book. Definitely that. I suspect I won’t hear from her until she’s read the entire thing 😂
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Graham registering a book on GR for me: “is this in bokmål or nynorsk?”

Me: “the title says ‘jeg’ rather than “eg”: it’s bokmål”
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
The 1,5 y.o is really loving Mog the Forgetful Cat. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read it to him this week alone.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Starting a new read by an author from the Philippines.

-This book has been through a lot on its way to me in Norway. Namely: Got a bit water damaged due to torrential rain in the Phils. But hey, with that title I suppose it was really asking for it.

#booksky #horrorbooks #filipinohorrorbooks
Tales for a Rainy Season PB by Wincy Aquino Ong. This got its fair share of rain on its way to Norway 😂
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
sheenalouisef.bsky.social
Filipino reads so far this year:

#booksky

-A fair few #filipinohorrorbooks
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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meinel.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM