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Tom Ramey
@tomrameytales.bsky.social
Author and avid reader. Passionate about putting thousands of letters in an order that makes my brain do the thing.

📚 Goal: 52/52
https://linktr.ee/tomrameytales
Jack Daniels tracks her husband down to a modern gladiator arena in the Mexican desert.

Last Call by @jakonrath.bsky.social gives a satisfying ending to the stories of multiple characters I've been reading since I was a teenager.

#thriller #booksworthreading #favbooksof2025 💙📚⚡️
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jack Daniels tracks her husband down to a modern gladiator arena in the Mexican desert.

Last Call by @jakonrath.bsky.social gives a satisfying ending to the stories of multiple characters I've been reading since I was a teenager.

#thriller #booksworthreading #favbooksof2025 💙📚⚡️
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix earned its place on my favorite books of 2025 list with humor and chaos.

Bonus for in depth horror movie lore and making me feel invested in the survival of a potted plant named Fine.

💙📚⚡️#booksworthreading #favbooksof2025 #literaryhumor
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Set against the backdrop of the 1974 Boston school desegregation, a rough-edged Irish American mother will do anything to find out what happened to her missing daughter.

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane is dark, thrilling, and at times heartbreaking.

💙📚⚡️ #booksworthreading #favbooksof2025
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Clatter Man establishes the folklore behind a Candyman-esque killer.

You can tell the author @j-schiecke.bsky.social loves the horror genre by how she pays homage to the tropes while still making the scenes her own.

💙📚🩸 #horror #indieauthors #indiebooks #booksworthreading #favbooksof2025
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's always great to find out a great movie is based on a great book.

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane sees childhood friends that took very different paths in life brought back together through a murder.

#booksworthreading #bookstagram #booktwt 💙📚⚡️
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
American Psycho meets Fresh Off the Boat.

An Asian American college student descends into madness after a major family upheaval.

The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim is disturbing, sad, and beautiful.

#booksworthreading #bookstagram #booktwt 💙📚⚡️
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid is a haunting and cerebral story. Im not even sure how to describe it without spoiling anything.

It's a short read, just give it a shot.
#booksworthreading #favbooksof2025 #bookstagram #booktwt 📚💙
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Perla Wutz is one of my favorite main characters of the year. This book made me realize how much I love villain protagonists.

Perla is a suburban mom that enjoys lying, stealing attention, and obsessing over a murder that happened decades prior.

💙📚 #villains #protagonists #booksworthreading
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The first S.A. Cosby book I read was All the Sinner's Bleed, back in spring.

Before I finished, I knew I would eant to read Cosby's entire backlog.

The first black sherrif of a southern town must tamper racial tensions when a school shooting reveals a serial killer.

💙📚⚡️ #sacosby
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Favorite books of 2025: Book 1

Possibly my favorite character arc ever took 20 years to turn a 12-year-old orphan into a federal investigator.

THE INVESTIGATOR by John Sandford follows Letty Davenport investigating stolen oil and murder in West Texas.

#bestbooksof2025 #booksky ⚡️📚💙
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today's #wipsnip word is 'run'. What I love about this scene in The Ante is the friendship between Rob and Card bringing levity to a tense situation.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out my latest #substack post at tomrameytales.substack.com to read TRUST FALL, a 6k word story about life in America a few years after the zombie apocalypse ends. #writing #shortstories #writingcommunity
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The final book of my #52booksin52weeks challenge was King of Ashes by @blacktopkid.bsky.social . I've read four books of his this year and this one had the bleakest ending, but also some of the most real characters I've read in a crime novel. #booksky #bookrecommendations #readingchallenges
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I've officially started writing a horror/slasher novel. We're in the early stages, with only act one complete, but I'm excited to share this sneak peak of my villain.
#questpit #H #A #W
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is one of many fantastic quotes in King of Ashes. Literary crime thrillers are my favorite!
#quotes #crimefiction #bookquote #thriller #bookstagram #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This week I'm reading King of Ashes by SA Cosby. He's become my favorite author of 2025, so I thought it would be fitting to read his latest novel to complete my 52 book challenge.
#52booksin52weeks #crimefiction #bookstagram #booksky #booktwt #readingchallenge #readingchallenges
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thanks to #DarkVeilSociety for all the great reads this month! A lot of these are on sale for Halloween, so check them out on Amazon.
#bookstagram #horrorbooks #halloweenreads #booktwt #booksky #dystopia #novellas
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy Halloween!
Book 51 of 2025 was Casual Necromancy by Ryan Krone. A fun collection of dark short stories about residents of a small neighborhood. It takes the "How well do you really know your neighbors?" question to the extreme. #quotes #horror #shortstories #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Book 50 of 2025 was not a book at all. Wilted Flowers by Despoina Kemeridou is a poetry collection that delves into grief, madness, despair, and, finally, hope. In this real is an Acrostic poem named Truth. #poems #poem #poetry #darkpoetry #darkveilsociety
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Book 49 of 2025 was Death Cult by Janelle Schiecke. The same way The Clatter Man captured the feelings of slashers like Candyman and Friday the 13th, this story captures the essence of the Wrong Turn and The Hills Have Eyes franchises. It's a story of isolation and cannibalistic terror. #booksky
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Book 48 of 2025 was Toadhead by Andrew Lyall. This was both gory and funny. It starts out with a good bit of dark humor and quirkiness that turns into a truly terrifying ending. Get it here
buff.ly/4qOnFmw
#booksky #novella #scifi #horror #toads #hitchcock #52booksin52weeks #indieauthors
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Book 47 of 2025 was The Last Outlaw by Lee Hall. I loved the blending of genres between old western and horror! Also, based on the last chapter I think this is a prequel to a series. Pick it up here
www.amazon.com/Last-Outlaw-...
#booksky #western #horror #novella #indieauthors #bookquotes #reels
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Book 46 of 2025 was Sinner's Pass by @S_S_Fitzgerald. The premise of a boy lost in a town where the sins of its residents manifest as literal demons is crazy fun.
Read my full review at tomrameytales.substack.com
And buy the book at buff.ly/l7vWKWb
#booksky #🩸📚 #indiehorror
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I've been a gamer my whole life and this book reminds me of playing Silent Hill the first time.
#silenthill #horror #indiehorror #reels #quotes #bookquotes #booktwt #horrorquotes #booksky
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM