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Joe Butler
@writelikeashark.bsky.social
Weird/Curio/Sci-Fi/Horror writer, novelist, & creator of the Haunted Hotel Project. Founder/editor/cover artist for @TLDRpress. Imperfect Creatures out 18 November 2025, published by Diachroneity Books. (He/Him)

www.writelikeashark.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wow. After four years of work, my book is actually out in just over a week.

I am genuinely so stoked that people will soon get to read it. I'm also hugely grateful to @andrewcull.bsky.social and @michaelboulerice.bsky.social for their incredible blurbs.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You have one more day to preorder my novel, Imperfect creatures at a 31% discount! Just enter CREATURES at the checkout.

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Now check out what some awesome folks have been saying about it:
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
There's still a few days left to nab the discount when preordering, Imperfect Creatures. For fans of the House, death anxiety, existential terror. Snow. Phone calls in the middle of the night from dead relatives.🏚🏠🏚

#horrorwriters

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October 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Spooky times!
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Sinister portents
October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Did she visit us in the night?!
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Having fun travelling around West Ireland.
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not me on the day of the rapture at the gateway to hell.
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you've heard of The House, it's too late.

Some promo bits for Imperfect Creatures.
August 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16. All of these had a huge effect on me.
July 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We can take mine.
July 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
July 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sunset was pretty stunning.
June 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Went in the sea. It was alright.
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
On a floating lighthouse at the starless edge of the known universe, a clone gazes into the abyss beyond and hears it calling his name.

My story, We Give Our Bodies to the Beautiful Dark, features in Astrophobia, an anthology of space horror, out in 11 days!
May 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money. I picked this up with my first ever pay in '96.
February 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Quote with: your cover + first page + link

Cover art by the incredible @lgions.bsky.social

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February 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
More fog tonight. Came in out of nowhere again.
January 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The fog rolled in so fast it was spooky. Wish I'd gotten some better photos.
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In Ireland, visiting extended family. I need to engineer a way to live here permanently.
January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm looking forward to leaving a story here.
January 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM