This is so beautiful my eyes severely steamed up.

Amazing.

"Dear Diary, my middle-aged angst has a body count. Coupland was a boomer—this is the sci-fi crime novel for Generation X."
-Nick Mamatas, author of Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest and I Am Providence

Crimson blooms against black,
kaleidoscope nightmare
baring its teeth
biting into the
beat of my heart

which slows

and stills

and stops

#HorrorWritersChat

This is a seriously fucking great read. I read it in a sitting and it lives rent free in my head now.

Release Day Blues

There IS a paperback of Rat-She but scheduled date has gone a bit awry at KDP, currently sorting it out with them now.

Don't normally schedule pbs and now I remember why 😅

Yay, I've seen the seen the cover for my new gothic horror, A Fragile Thing.

Created by @shroddey.bsky.social and @watertowerhill.bsky.social it is truly beautiful. I might share it with you soon, or make you wait a bit, who knows ... 😅

Out March 17th.

#booksky #horrorwriting #gothic #horror

Promo graphic showing book, Rat-She on left against an apocalyptic background. On the right is this blurb: RAT-SHE is a paranoid tale of survival and metamorphosis in a post-apocalyptic, Boschian landscape--a world made unrecognizable by atrocity and a species forever altered in wondrous and horrific fashion. Stephanie Ellis has a knack for making the most ruthless of scenarios read like unfolding folklore, and RAT-SHE is a fine demonstration of that. This tale mesmerized me and creeped me the hell out in equal measure. Shane D. Keene, Elgin and Dwarf Stars nominated poet

Some lovely words from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social for Rat-She.
Gave me an excuse to start playing with graphics. And, as always, no AI involved in any of this. Book cover by me.

mybook.to/Rat-She

Fear of Clowns: A Horror Anthology This second anthology of horror stories from Editor Kenneth W. Cain and Kangas Kahn Publishing continues the tradition they began in October Screams o

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social's back with a review of FEAR OF CLOWNS! Out by @kkfilms.bsky.social, it's edited by @kennethwcain.bsky.social and has works by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @jonathanjanz.bsky.social, & more! #booksky #amreading

www.horrordna.com/books/fear-o...

Fear of Clowns: A Horror Anthology This second anthology of horror stories from Editor Kenneth W. Cain and Kangas Kahn Publishing continues the tradition they began in October Screams o

Stellar review from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social for @horrordna.bsky.social about Fear of Clowns!
Lot of authors highlighted, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @adamcesare.bsky.social and more!

www.horrordna.com/books/fear-o...

For Day 34 of Sludgemas, @mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings a rec to the table that is the perfect embodiment of the spirit of the season.

TELEKINETIC YETI - "ABOMINABLE"

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings a cinematic and heavy record to the table for Sludgemas Day 38!

CULT OF LUNA & JULIE CHRISTMAS - "MARINER"

And for the FINAL selection for Sludgemas 2025, we have this record from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social! He says, "These guys play the kind of groovy, sludge-punk I ADORE. SoCo metal at it's best." Thanks for following us, see you next year 😉

16 - "DROP OUT"

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings more punishing, sludgy goodness to Sludgemas Day 31 this evening!

BISMUTH - "THE SLOW DYING OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF"

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings another classic record to the table for Day 32 of Sludgemas. A great concept record not to be missed!

THE OCEAN - "PELAGIAL"

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings blistering metal to Day 33 of Sludgemas with this soundtrack of doom.

INTER ARMA - "SULPHUR ENGLISH"

States of Grace by Stephen Graham Jones

Every time bookmail shows up at the house, my son says, "Mom, you got some more Stephen Graham Jones."

I like it. And approximately half the time, he's right 😂

#Booksky
@sgj.bsky.social

Death under a cape with multiple skeletons making up its body

Art by yserebryakov

Sludgemas Day 28 continues with another spot on rec from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social !

GRIEF - "COME TO GRIEF"

@mothfrenzy.bsky.social brings more pummeling heaviness to his Sludgemas Day 29 pick!

YOB - "THE GREAT CESSATION"

Day 27 of Sludgemas brings the start of *two* spotlights per day, one from me and one from @mothfrenzy.bsky.social !

My choice for today is....

AGRICULTURE - "THE SPIRITUAL SOUND"

Sludgemas Day 27 continues with @mothfrenzy.bsky.social 's stellar choice, which I didn't know counted J Mascis as a member 🤯

WITCH - "SELF-TITLED"

This is wonderful. Go in thinking, "kindly, well spoken British librarian," walk out going, "what just happened to me?" Love this, Steph.

@horrorbookshelf.bsky.social

🖤

Ditto

Twiggy Voo? A Christmas Cosy Murder Mystery That’s right! I’ve broken out of the dark fiction corner and written something different – very different! So may I present to you, Twiggy Voo? Available here (it is also availabl…

A short post for Twiggy Voo? here stephanieellis.org/2025/12/08/t...

And if you're curious about the cast of characters, there's a gallery of most of them!

December Musings The latest newsletter from writer Stephanie Ellis

Doing proper writerly things - for once!
Latest newsletter up here.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

Whoa, I live in Springfield and I had no clue this place exists.

The Ink Heist Podcast - with John F.D. Taff and Doug Murano. Spotify video

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