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October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

#Spooktasticreads Day 13: this post was supposed to be a lot more interesting, but I ran out of time this week. Instead it's just a hodgepodge of creepy stories and media to enjoy this Halloween.

Have a great night! 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky

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October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Spooktastic Reads (Day 12): Analog Horror YouTube Channels

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

#spooktasticreads Day 12: Sorry for the late post (although to my credit, it's still technically Oct 30th here.) I'm sharing one of my of my favorite horror storytelling mediums: analog horror. 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky

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It’s the day before Halloween, and Spooktastic Reads is nearly winding down. Today I’m sharing a bunch of frightening rabbit holes, a great form of storytelling called analog horror. Analog h…

October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM

Book Review: This Wretched Valley, by Jenny Kiefer

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

#spooktasticreads day 11: book review of This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer. Gory and somewhat confusing, this horror is a mishmash of everything, served with a liberal dose of blood. 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky

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Quick summary: “This trip is going to be Dylan’s big break. Her geologist friend Clay has discovered an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, and she is going to be the first perso…

The Butcher of the Forest

October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

Today's #SpooktasticReads prompt is creepy forest: I'm returning to the Elmever to finally review Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest

When the tyrant who rules your land with an iron grip demands you revisit your worst nightmare to save his children, you obey. Knowing what they face in a dark, haunted land, you obey. Knowing what horrors your family face if you don't succeed, you obey. Without hope, perhaps knowledge will see you safe home.

Pitch Black: returning to Darwath

October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

I have a #SpooktasticReads challenge for you - can you help me identify a book based on my scanty memories of it?

15-30 years ago
Secondary world fantasy
Vampires invade a fantasy ?kingdom, ?princess is captured but not killed/turned. Narratives follow her vs her would-be rescuers.

Any ideas?

October 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

This #SpooktasticReads I'm rereading The Time Of The Dark by Barbara Hambly and I've got 10 good reasons you should too

Is Barbara Hambly's The Time of the Dark the perfect portal fantasy for Spooktastic Reads? Probably. A PhD student and a biker artist are pulled across the Void into Darwath, where the Dark is rising after thousands of years slumber. Humanity's fragile hope rests on a tiny baby who might grow up to remember how the Dark was defeated - if he lives that long.

October 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM

Spooktastic Reads (Day 7): Haunted Ambients for reading (or just being scared)

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

For the weekend, my #spooktasticreads Day 7 post is all about tone and my favorite ambients to set the perfect spooky atmosphere for your reading. 💙📚🩸 #horror #horrorsky

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It’s the end of the first week of Spooktastic Reads, and hopefully you’ve found something spooky to occupy your time. I don’t know about anyone else, but I love to have ambients o…

October 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Book Review: Episode Thirteen, by Craig DiLouie

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

#Spooktasticreads day 5: tired of the typical angry/tragic-ghost/demon/possession/curse in a house? Craig DiLouie has written something truly special and bendy with this mixed media horror. 💙📚🩸 #horror #horrorsky

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Quick summary: “Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated t…

October 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Book Review: Stolen Tongues, by Felix Blackwell

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

For #spooktasticreads day 2, it's my first full review of a horror book, and what a book! If paranormal terror is your jam, this popular nosleep-story-turned-novel will definitely have you afraid to look out your windows. #booksky 🩸📚

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Quick summary: “High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods: the screams of …

October 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM

Announcement | Spooktastic Reads Readathon

@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social

@wyrdandwonder.bsky.social is still going! I used to love this bookish event (and its mini event Spooktastic Reads) many years ago. It introduced me to the online bookish space. I’ll be doing #SpooktasticReads this year.
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Hello everyone! You might have noticed that it has been a little quiet on the Spooktastic Reads front. Normally we will have announced our intentions for the end of October. But we are all currentl…

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October 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

Happy Sunday Womble! I've got coffee, I've got pastries, and I'm in the mood for blogging: let's gooooo.

I'm rereading Barbara Hambly's The Time Of The Dark for #SpooktasticReads this weekend after enjoying Premee Mohamed's The Butcher Of The Forest in the week

October 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

It wouldn't be #SpooktasticReads without 13 prompts to inspire our reading and blogging. @adancewithbooks.bsky.social has put together a brilliant set for us with some nods to this years #WyrdAndWonder maritime fantasy theme

Background: A silhouette of a hand pushing against an opaque white surface

Text: 13 prompts for Spooktastic Reads: Spooktastic TBR | Omen | Blood red | Fog incoming | Ghost ship | Footsteps | #StackSaturday | Pitch black | It's behind you | Creepy forest | Bone white | Moon | Samhain / Day of the Dead

October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

Looking for some #SpooktasticReads? Dan Mackmain books always deliver

Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · Oct 2

Good news! The Green Man's War is a Kindle ebook deal for October. You can get fully caught up with Dan Mackmain's adventures before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October.
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Cover art shows a lethal, pale-scaled serpent-dragon or wyrm lurking in woodland. It looks straight at you as its forked tongue flickers between open, sharp-toothed jaws.

Cover copy reads: THE GREEN MAN’S WAR

For a few years now, the Green Man has sent Daniel Mackmain to resolve clashes between ordinary people and the supernatural world. Dan has found allies among folk from myth and met other humans who can see the uncanny.

He has also made dangerous enemies. Someone has decided to put a stop to this interference once and for all.
Dan and his friends are about to find themselves in the firing line.

October 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM

Ariana Jane

@queenzucchini.bsky.social

#SpooktasticReads only starts next week officially but I’m getting started on my TBR in the hopes of actually getting through it! What is everyone else planning on reading?

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My Spooktastic TBR

Artwork copyright: macrovectorart It's the best month of the year (actually tied with August, because I can't not love my birthday month) and it's time to get spooky with books! You may have seen my ...

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October 12, 2023 at 12:49 PM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

Why yes, I am taking the #SpooktasticReads prompts out of order. Will you sail the seven seas in search of ghosts with me?

Ghost Ships

This Spooktastic Reads prompt is where this year's Wyrd & Wonder maritime fantasy theme meets the atmospheric thrills of spooky season. I've always loved tales of ghost ships, so today I'm sharing five of my favourites. You can decide what to believe and whether you'll think of them next time you set out to sea...

October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Jorie Story

@joriestory.bsky.social

I've finished my first #audiobook for #SpooktasticReads and I am filled with mixed emotions because of how it ended. It was such a good story and I'm grateful for the listen but it was a heavier read than I realised. The narrator was absolute brilliant, too! "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking"🙌

October 23, 2024 at 2:29 PM

Lisa

@deargeekplace.bsky.social

... Then again I think that's what they get for chucking a lantern at it and then trying to cut it, I'm sure he only wanted directions fellas #SpooktasticReads #BlackLagoon

October 28, 2024 at 8:23 PM

Leanna Renee Hieber

@leannareneehieber.bsky.social

Why hello there, A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, a unique, heartfelt non-fiction book exploring women's history via ghost lore, examining how we talk about women, alive and dead, would be a great read for several of these amazing #SpooktasticReads prompts! 🖤

September 15, 2024 at 7:30 AM

imyril

@imyril.bsky.social

Not sure what evaporated faster, the pizza or the red wine. What a fucking week. But tomorrow is Saturday and #SpooktasticReads 👻 Bring it 🎃

October 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM