You wake up dead. And that's not even the worst part...
Choose your own path. See what new deaths await.
Deadbeat: Extremities #1.
Preorder now. June 15. books2read.com/DeadBeat-Ext...
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The OUTWRITE SCARY Awards are still open for voting, until MAY 30. The link is here: buff.ly/dpEQqip
Vote for your favourite queer horror from 2025—there are sooooo many to choose from! Make sure you read their work before voting #nonepotism
🚨PREORDER ALERT🚨
@DeanCade7's second instalment of the SUMMER 1973 trilogy releases May 15. There's still time to preorder.
Lane and James are exploring their newfound relationship while dreaming of escaping the confines of their small town.
Welp, you’re dead. Weird, right?
That’s usually how these books end, but here you are, at the beginning, dead as a doornail. Good news? There’s a magical cult ready and willing to resurrect you. Bad news? You’ve reawakened with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
🧟 PREORDER ALERT 🧟
Welcome to Extremities, a series of narrative mazes. Make no mistake—you WILL die. Horribly. But at least it's your choice, right?
Deadbeat, by @Maximvolk1, sets the tone for the series. Synopsis below:
🚨 RELEASE DAY 🚨
It's finally here! @marc_ruvolo's expanded edition of Pieties is upon us.
“Pieties blends supernatural and real world horror in a way that is compelling and powerful.” — Mark Allan Gunnells, Author of Imposter Syndrome
Available wherever books are sold online.
With 1 week before release, @marc_ruvolo’s Pieties: Expanded Edition is sitting comfortably at #3 in the Amazon LGBTQ+ Horror New Release charts!! We’re in good company with @ericlarocca!
There’s still time preorder this epic novella!
Preorder: books2read.com/u/mZGppE
Graphic for the horror novella Pieties by Marc Ruvolo out April 15th. A desecrated mary statue in a bamboo garden...
Everthing is fine meme, but text changed to I have a book coming out.
Greetings from the Pit of Despair! Please share, it helps so much. 🖤 #queerhorror #booksky #horror
unaware of the danger of a serial killer and his teenage accomplices stalking them with the help of one of their friends.
The Candyman is coming, and in his dark house the torture board awaits.
DM for ARCs or preorder here: books2read.com/Lost-Boys-Su...
GTX prowls the streets, a man with burning eyes watches from a dirty white Econoline van, and teenage boys disappear.
Held back by a lack of money, Lane deals with his dying mother while James distracts him from his ominous feelings of someone following him. Ignoring the warning signs, they are
🚨 ARC / PREORDER 🚨
The second instalment of @deancade7's SUMMER 1973 trilogy arrives MAY 15.
In Lost Boys, Lane and James dream of running away. Hiding their secret, they stumble into one of the most horrific crimes in the annals of American history.
Hanging out at swimming pools and dive bars,
‼️ In 2 Weeks... see what's in the garden... ‼️
Pieties: Expanded Edition by @marc_ruvolo is a haunting tale set in 1980s America amid the outbreak of an AIDS-like epidemic.
See what the early reviews are saying and preorder yours today!
Preorder: books2read.com/pieties
‼️ DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️
Mr. Doppelganger, by David Massengill, will be the first Slashic release for 2027!
David's latest work is the queer covid horror novella Virulent (Demain Publishing). His Christmas gothic novella, Stranger in the Snow, is forthcoming from Grendel Press.
🚨 DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
@ajmalachite.bsky.social brings the third instalment of EXTREMITIES with YOU SEE IT TOO. Set almost entirely in a bizarre swamp, this narrative maze is as twisted as it is gory.
Coming this October.
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Pieties: Expanded Edition by @marc_ruvolo releases April 15. A gut-punch of a novella that grapples with an AIDS-like disease, this queer fear book will haunt you.
Preorder: books2read.com/pieties
‼️ ARCS Available ‼️
The first release in the EXTREMITIES series is almost upon us. Releasing June 15, Maxim Volk's narrative maze is a crazy horror-ride of cults, zombies, cannibalism, and insanity.
Page count: 165
Genre: Horror / Extreme
📧 DM me with your EMAIL address if you're keen
Synopsis:
WOMEN IN HORROR SERIES PART 9
@nw.reader (Kristina Osborn) has taken the indie horror publishing world by storm with TRUBORN PRESS. I've been lucky enough to have a novel published by Kristina, who also hand-drew the incredible cover!!
WOMEN IN HORROR SERIES PART 8
@horrorsmithpublishing (Lyndsey Smith) is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is Lyndsey an accomplished editor, she is also a publisher, an author in her own right, and recently established the HORRORSMITH FOUNDATION, along with the DEAD LETTER DISPATCHES—
🚨 PREORDER ALERT 🚨
Pieties by @Marc_ruvolo is a gut-wrenching novella about disease, family, shame, and the lengths we go to for love. The newly expanded edition has a new ending 😱 and additional content.
Releasing April 15.
Preorder: books2read.com/pieties
#BookSky
WOMEN IN HORROR SERIES PART 7
@angeliquejordonna serves us pain and torture with her entry in SPLATTER, titled, Wonderland. A prolific author, Angelique never ceases to disturb and terrify. Her title HUNTING WOODS is co-written with @ajmullican.
Book cover Waste Ground by Marc Ruvolo - overgrown sign with title and toxic waste barrels.
Book cover Waste Ground by Marc Ruvolo - blurb by JAW McCarthy
Book cover Waste Ground by Marc Ruvolo - blurb by JV Gachs
Hey, hey, it's the one year anniversary of my queer cosmic horror novella WASTE GROUND, published by @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! Set in Portland, OR. it's a gritty, nasty tale of cults and cryptids. #BookSky #HorrorBooks #Indiepress #QueerHorror
WOMEN IN HORROR SERIES PART 6
Ivana Geček is a Croatian horror writer, illustrator and comic artist. She writes dark speculative fiction, with a special love for body horror and splatterpunk. Her work often includes unapologetic queer characters and unusual romances.
Ivana joins the EXTREMITIES
Congratulations to @deancade07 for hitting #6 in the LGBTQ+ Horror Fiction charts!!
This slow burn coming-of-age horror will tear your heart out…and it’s only part 1!! Part 2 coming in a few months.
Purchase here: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy
two guys who just want to be themselves, but who find the world around them making it impossible.
With a danger lurking ever closer, will Lane and James escape their small town and finally be free? Or will they succumb to the Candy Man?
Order here: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy
‼️ RELEASE DAY ‼️
@deancade7's CRUISING, the first of his SUMMER 1973 trilogy, is out today! Join me in congratulating Dean!
Cruising is a heart-wrenching novella that packs a massive gut punch. Any gay or queer man will see some of themselves in Lane and James;
WOMEN IN HORROR SERIES PART 5
@stephsandersjacob gives us campy vamps and goosebumps-inspired eggs with her titles, PYRAMIDIA and DROPSHIPPED. Keep your eyes ready to devour her nightmares with the upcoming HEARSEPOWER from @squirmbooks, of which Steph is also the EIC!
Grab her work at SHP store!
3 DAYS
The dunes at the beach are filled with secrets. Lane and James are on the cusp of digging something up. Something terrible...
Take a ride. See where you end up.
Go Cruising: books2read.com/u/mdJEVy
Goodreads review screenshot for Pieties: Expanded Edition by Marc Ruvolo
Goodreads review screenshot for Pieties: Expanded Edition by Marc Ruvolo
Goodreads review screenshot for Pieties: Expanded Edition by Marc Ruvolo
PIETIES: Expanded Edition is up for preorder and comes out April 15th from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! Reader reviews are starting to trickle in, and here are just a few. books2read.com/pieties
#BookSky #horrorbook #queerhorror #horror
Not to be missed, Erica's visions are available at the SHP website.
Erica and her sister, Heather, also operate @rustyogrepublishing — check them out!
Price Slashers: www.slashichorrorpress.com/product-page...
WOMEN IN HORROR PART 4
@keekaproductions (Erica Summers) has a devious, disturbed mind, and Slashic Horror cannot get enough! Her novella in PRICE SLASHERS is one of the most intense reads I've experienced, and we actually discussed not publishing it because of how disturbing it is.