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@shanadubois

Extreme bibliophile. Writer. Lover of all things grim and weird and horror. Raindrop seeker. Recent Vermont transplant. Cat wrangler. Anti-AI. Launching GrimShelf.com to share my love of horror!

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White hand holding the book ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield with a black and white tuxedo cat sleeping in the lap behind the book

White hand holding the book ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield with a black and white tuxedo cat sleeping in the lap behind the book

Next read on deck!

ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield

06.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're a Woman in Horror, be it artist, illustrator, author, writer, reviewer, director, WHATEVER-

Say hi and link to your work here!

Let's make a thread of Horror from Women that people can peruse & discover some cool, new stuff

I'll start, in the comments/replies :)
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02.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 9
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The Skull of Francisco Xalbec - PSYCHOPOMP.COM Every time I died, I received another coin to place in the skull of Francisco Xalbec.

have you read this story yet?

IT'S ONLY 1,000 WORDS LONG

SURELY THAT IS BELOW YOUR DAILY LIMIT OF WORDS YOU'RE ALLOWED TO READ ABOUT DEATH??????πŸ’€??πŸ–€??

(even if you go over, we won't say anything to... ANYone. about ANYthing).

1. go read
2. SHARE πŸ™πŸ»
3. this is from issue 41 MANY OTHER GOOD STORIES

22.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

gorgeous gorgeous cover :')) if you're a fan of august clarke this should be on your radar already and if you're not then you really should be!!

18.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The growth begins!!

16.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Audiobook cover for BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot via Libro.fm

Audiobook cover for BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot via Libro.fm

Listening to the BLACK AF HISTORY audiobook and can already tell I’m going to need the physical book to annotate alongside as I listen.

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

14.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A brother and I had Space Ghost reruns on decades back and were crying laughing at the dialogue:

β€œSpace Ghost! What’s the matter?”
β€œNot what’s the matter… what’s the anti-matter”

Still makes me chuckle.

13.02.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE SHADOW SAGA by Christopher Golden SEVEN-BOOK PAPERBACK SUBSCRIPTION (with Signed Bookplates) β€” Bad Hand Books The landmark urban fantasy seriesβ€”featuring Peter Octavian and a secret underworld of vampiresβ€”makes a triumphant return with new trade paperback editions at Bad Hand Books! Receive the entire seve...

Through Sunday: Save 20% on the SEVEN-BOOK Shadow Saga by NYT-bestselling author @cgolden.bsky.social. With all-new covers by @summerray.bsky.social (we'll reveal them all soon).

badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

06.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A few years back, I was listening to a series on audio and book three changed to a different narrator and the pronunciation and tone was so jarringly different I couldn’t do the audio.

02.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again.

If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

01.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7
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Beginner’s Guide to Black Science Fiction and Fantasy A while back, I created the first beginner's guide to black science fiction & fantasy in answer to two realities.

Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.

01.02.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Here for it!!

30.01.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So fucking short!! Wishing you all the joy and fun and whackadoodle shenanigans.

30.01.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Now is really good time to pick any org or fund from this list and give what you can. www.standwithminnesota.com

24.01.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Undertow Publications
@undertow.bsky.social

An awesome small press!

Show them love!

19.01.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

PLEASE SHARE! The submission period for the photos for the Southern Reach coffee table book ends after Jan 21. Keep them coming. You're taking some amazing shots! Like this one from Ottawa submitted by Anna Parks. Rules: www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...

18.01.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
Cover art for Reckoning X by MonΓ­ca Robles Corzo, featuring a fish, a human, a snake, some mushrooms, and the tail of a fox in a semicircle surrounded by curlicues representing communication, with a big black X in the middle, against a white background.

Cover art for Reckoning X by MonΓ­ca Robles Corzo, featuring a fish, a human, a snake, some mushrooms, and the tail of a fox in a semicircle surrounded by curlicues representing communication, with a big black X in the middle, against a white background.

The tenth annual issue of @reckoningmag.bsky.social is here and on its way to subscribers! weightlessbooks.com/reckoning-x/

16.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At first all I saw was a capital B hahaha

16.01.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sheila is such an important part of our SFF world. There's a link in the Locus article to send her a note, so please do.

15.01.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re Fucked’ Feels Like a Profound Insight. It’s Actually a Trap. - Kameron Hurley I recently watched a documentary about that reaffirmed many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books the last few years). Brains are hallucination engines. If th...

"We’re fucked" is the laziest narrative of our time. Humans don't live in reality. We live in stories. Choose yours accordingly. www.kameronhurley.com/were-fucked-...

14.01.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Blood red background. Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood in black font. On the left, a long list of all the contributors to this sequel anthology in alphabetical order:

JAKE ARROWTOP
SONIA MARIE BARRY
BILLY-RAY BELCOURT
KIMBERLY BLAESER
JESSICA DOE
DEBRA MAGPIE EARLING
ALICIA ELLIOTT
RAMONA EMERSON
A.J. EVERSOLE
SHANE HAWK
JESSICA JOHNS
STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES
SHAAWAN FRANCIS KEAHNA
TOMMY ORANGE
ALINA PETE
MAT RUDEWALKER
JIM TERRY
ERICA TREMBLAY
THEODORE C. VAN ALST JR.
P.C. VERRONE
JOSHUA WHITEHEAD

Blood red background. Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood in black font. On the left, a long list of all the contributors to this sequel anthology in alphabetical order: JAKE ARROWTOP SONIA MARIE BARRY BILLY-RAY BELCOURT KIMBERLY BLAESER JESSICA DOE DEBRA MAGPIE EARLING ALICIA ELLIOTT RAMONA EMERSON A.J. EVERSOLE SHANE HAWK JESSICA JOHNS STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES SHAAWAN FRANCIS KEAHNA TOMMY ORANGE ALINA PETE MAT RUDEWALKER JIM TERRY ERICA TREMBLAY THEODORE C. VAN ALST JR. P.C. VERRONE JOSHUA WHITEHEAD

Reminder of our amazing table of contents. 21 Native and First Nations horror stories coming at you September 22, 2026.

12.01.2026 06:44 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down

11.01.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 767 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 65

Sending you all the healing vibes and gentle, soft blanket forts.

09.01.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Manuscript Consultation with Maria Dahvana Headley β€” The Shipman Agency All Genres Maria is a New York Times-bestselling, Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning novelist, translator, poet, and dramatist whose work unearths hidden meanings, characters, and possibilities in ...

Have a couple spots available in my manuscript mentoring/editing calendar! Get in touch with me here if you're interested at all - I can explain more and we can work out a plan for your project. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/manu...

09.01.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Nominations for ECO25 Now Open! ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction is an annual showcase of some of the most compelling and thought-provoking ecofiction published every year. If you published speculative ecofiction in 2025 ...

Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction!

Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️

Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

02.12.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Somewhere in the algorithmic churn between the blogging days and today we forgot the reason many of us got into writing long form in the first place was to analyze an idea or piece of media to *figure out what WE think about it.*

I could give a shit what other people think. What do **I** think?

09.01.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I miss going thru my dad’s records and want a player to start building my own collection!

22.11.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.11.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anger is a solid motivation for me as well, fist bumps. I saw you also posted about finding a gym, huzzah!

13.11.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an amazing review, and it took me to goodreads where I usually avoid my own books but in this case, well, I'm crying in a good way.

12.11.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0