S.J. Shank
@sjshank.bsky.social
Writer of the grim fantastic
Dark Fantasy // Historical Horror
Books: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒, 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓
sjshank.com
Dark Fantasy // Historical Horror
Books: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒, 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓
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S.J. Shank
@sjshank.bsky.social
· Apr 29
I'm excited to announce my new dark fantasy novel – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒.
This tale of sorcerous dilemmas and Faustian solutions will be released July 24 and is available for pre-order.👇
Cover design by Raven Daly.
I appreciate any help spreading the word!
This tale of sorcerous dilemmas and Faustian solutions will be released July 24 and is available for pre-order.👇
Cover design by Raven Daly.
I appreciate any help spreading the word!
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This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is on sale this week. Ebook is 99 cents! ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is on sale this week. Ebook is 99 cents! ⬇️
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New book release!!
A Dark Whimsy is a contemporary dark fantasy tale of horror and magical realism set in the forest.
Tagline: Sometimes you should just stay out of the woods.
Please check it out!
Link in comments.
A Dark Whimsy is a contemporary dark fantasy tale of horror and magical realism set in the forest.
Tagline: Sometimes you should just stay out of the woods.
Please check it out!
Link in comments.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New book release!!
A Dark Whimsy is a contemporary dark fantasy tale of horror and magical realism set in the forest.
Tagline: Sometimes you should just stay out of the woods.
Please check it out!
Link in comments.
A Dark Whimsy is a contemporary dark fantasy tale of horror and magical realism set in the forest.
Tagline: Sometimes you should just stay out of the woods.
Please check it out!
Link in comments.
Mitchell Lüthi’s In the Name of the Worm is an absorbing medieval horror and a worthy successor to His Black Tongue. The squalid streetscapes and gnarly brawls remain, but the cast is broader, the backstories richer, and the diabolical terrors are now streaked through with the cosmic. 1/3
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Mitchell Lüthi’s In the Name of the Worm is an absorbing medieval horror and a worthy successor to His Black Tongue. The squalid streetscapes and gnarly brawls remain, but the cast is broader, the backstories richer, and the diabolical terrors are now streaked through with the cosmic. 1/3
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Never mind Halloween being over you can still read all my scary, goth, sad, heartbreak stories today because that's all I write and I'm a goth everyday. 💀
You can get my books too! November is a good month for a tragedy novella.
You can get my books too! November is a good month for a tragedy novella.
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Never mind Halloween being over you can still read all my scary, goth, sad, heartbreak stories today because that's all I write and I'm a goth everyday. 💀
You can get my books too! November is a good month for a tragedy novella.
You can get my books too! November is a good month for a tragedy novella.
It's fall. Time to wear a cardigan and profit from all those corpses.💀
Check out THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, my new dark fantasy novel about occult deals gone wrong.
Available now!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G
#darkfantasy #graverobber
Check out THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, my new dark fantasy novel about occult deals gone wrong.
Available now!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G
#darkfantasy #graverobber
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's fall. Time to wear a cardigan and profit from all those corpses.💀
Check out THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, my new dark fantasy novel about occult deals gone wrong.
Available now!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G
#darkfantasy #graverobber
Check out THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, my new dark fantasy novel about occult deals gone wrong.
Available now!
🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F68GKJ1G
#darkfantasy #graverobber
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I'd like to give a shout-out to a superb antho that published this week, which I'm three quarters of the way through.
This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social, reads like a true classic!
This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social, reads like a true classic!
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'd like to give a shout-out to a superb antho that published this week, which I'm three quarters of the way through.
This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social, reads like a true classic!
This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social, reads like a true classic!
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ICYMI: Our latest episode features spooky-season books by @sjshank.bsky.social, @therealjackfinn.bsky.social, @marktbates-writer.bsky.social, and @thebrettoreilly.bsky.social, plus a all sorts of updates from @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social & @michaelshotter.com!
postmortemreport.com
#booksky 💙📚🩸🎃👍
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#booksky 💙📚🩸🎃👍
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ICYMI: Our latest episode features spooky-season books by @sjshank.bsky.social, @therealjackfinn.bsky.social, @marktbates-writer.bsky.social, and @thebrettoreilly.bsky.social, plus a all sorts of updates from @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social & @michaelshotter.com!
postmortemreport.com
#booksky 💙📚🩸🎃👍
postmortemreport.com
#booksky 💙📚🩸🎃👍
Extremely jazzed to see my historical horror story "Ars Logica" appear today in the new anthology, THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social
🔗 Mybook.to/vilewonder
🔗 Mybook.to/vilewonder
October 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Extremely jazzed to see my historical horror story "Ars Logica" appear today in the new anthology, THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social
🔗 Mybook.to/vilewonder
🔗 Mybook.to/vilewonder
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RELEASE DAY!
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
RELEASE DAY!
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
Discovered today in the wild - Count Orlok's costume from Nosferatu (2024).
Orlok was a big guy!
Orlok was a big guy!
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Discovered today in the wild - Count Orlok's costume from Nosferatu (2024).
Orlok was a big guy!
Orlok was a big guy!
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Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
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Happy release day to @gemmafiles.bsky.social and LITTLE HORN, a new collection of 14 stories and novelettes!
Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.
Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...
Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.
Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...
October 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Happy release day to @gemmafiles.bsky.social and LITTLE HORN, a new collection of 14 stories and novelettes!
Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.
Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...
Each story features an accompanying full-page illustration by the author.
Out today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...
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Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kermit flail! Giddy I can finally announce that @orbitbooks.bsky.social's horror imprint, Run For It, has acquired my mid-life crisis found footage horror movie novel ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD. 🪰 1/
In honour of the Halloween season, I've dropped the price of all my ebooks to 99¢. Whether you're looking for grimy dark fantasy or chilling medieval horror, I've got a book for you.
Excerpts for my books can be found on my website sjshank.com.
Please help spread the word!
Excerpts for my books can be found on my website sjshank.com.
Please help spread the word!
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In honour of the Halloween season, I've dropped the price of all my ebooks to 99¢. Whether you're looking for grimy dark fantasy or chilling medieval horror, I've got a book for you.
Excerpts for my books can be found on my website sjshank.com.
Please help spread the word!
Excerpts for my books can be found on my website sjshank.com.
Please help spread the word!
Today's secondhand find:
✧ Language and Power in the Early Middle Ages by Patrick J. Geary
✧ Language and Power in the Early Middle Ages by Patrick J. Geary
October 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today's secondhand find:
✧ Language and Power in the Early Middle Ages by Patrick J. Geary
✧ Language and Power in the Early Middle Ages by Patrick J. Geary
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Find your next great #horrorread with these #newreleases
@titanbooks.bsky.social @elizabethsuggs.bsky.social
@effiecampbell.bsky.social
@armandomunoz.bsky.social
@coyhall.bsky.social
@annyihyang.bsky.social
@whisperhousepress.bsky.social
@titanbooks.bsky.social @elizabethsuggs.bsky.social
@effiecampbell.bsky.social
@armandomunoz.bsky.social
@coyhall.bsky.social
@annyihyang.bsky.social
@whisperhousepress.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm sad to hear On Spec Magazine will be closing. I'm grateful to their team for publishing my story "Storm Surge" (a personal favourite) back in #116.
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm sad to hear On Spec Magazine will be closing. I'm grateful to their team for publishing my story "Storm Surge" (a personal favourite) back in #116.
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Find my story, “Two Paths, One Death,” in this anthology coming out October 20! 💀
In “Two Paths, One Death,” Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨
In “Two Paths, One Death,” Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨
In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Find my story, “Two Paths, One Death,” in this anthology coming out October 20! 💀
In “Two Paths, One Death,” Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨
In “Two Paths, One Death,” Death takes pity on a young Spanish woman and sends her down two parallel paths: one to know the world, the other to know the universe. 🌊✨
The Guest Children by @patrickt.bsky.social is a ghost story that's full of mystery. Set in a crumbling and isolated northern lodge, the book explores where ghosts come from and how we allow ourselves to be trapped by their hauntings. It's also a damn spooky page turner. Highly recommended!
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Guest Children by @patrickt.bsky.social is a ghost story that's full of mystery. Set in a crumbling and isolated northern lodge, the book explores where ghosts come from and how we allow ourselves to be trapped by their hauntings. It's also a damn spooky page turner. Highly recommended!
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In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️
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Toronto friends, three weeks from today come see Emily Weedon, Daniel Perry, Michael Rowe, @mcallway.bsky.social, and myself read at the spooky October edition of Drunk Fiction. Oct 28th, 6pm at the Caledonian at College and Ossington.
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Toronto friends, three weeks from today come see Emily Weedon, Daniel Perry, Michael Rowe, @mcallway.bsky.social, and myself read at the spooky October edition of Drunk Fiction. Oct 28th, 6pm at the Caledonian at College and Ossington.
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Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.
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Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, bought, shared, talked about and reviewed #Pyres on its first weekend. It's been a great start!
Have you stared into the flames yet?
#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel
Have you stared into the flames yet?
#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, bought, shared, talked about and reviewed #Pyres on its first weekend. It's been a great start!
Have you stared into the flames yet?
#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel
Have you stared into the flames yet?
#HorrorBooks #BookSky #IndieAuthor 📚😱
books2read.com/pyresnovel
Do yourself a favour and read some Steve Stred!
Only 99c a pop!
Only 99c a pop!
Final day to grab these 6 ebooks for only 99c each! Thanks to all who have done so already!
Find them here - author.to/stevestred
Find them here - author.to/stevestred
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Do yourself a favour and read some Steve Stred!
Only 99c a pop!
Only 99c a pop!
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Starting THE KNAVE OF GRAVES today, the second novel by @sjshank.bsky.social! Ornery gravedigger who treats with a night hag? I'm in. A perfect read for Hallowe'en month. 🎃
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Starting THE KNAVE OF GRAVES today, the second novel by @sjshank.bsky.social! Ornery gravedigger who treats with a night hag? I'm in. A perfect read for Hallowe'en month. 🎃