Candace Nola
@candacenola.bsky.social
Award-winning Author. Editor. Creator of UncomfortablyDark.com
💙📚 Book Recs for National Girlfriends Day and every day to celebrate those cherished friendships! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/08-03-2...
08/03/2026 Kerry E.B. Black helps Uncomfortably Dark celebrate National Girlfriends Day!
In honor of National Girlfriend’s Day, which was August 1, I hope to embrace the lovely sentiment with all of you! Of course, if you are or identify as a girl, I’d like to wish you the very happiest, ...
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It’s awesome when you get a new book from an author you’re very into, and know that a new release is only about a month away. Going to devour Wretch but can’t wait for We Turn Gruesome at Night! @ericlarocca.com @titanbooks.bsky.social #wretch #horrorbooks #booksky
Authors @rebecca-rowland.bsky.social and @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social share a discussion they had about book contracts with THE CLAUSE ARE OUT: SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF CONTRACTS! #books #amreading #booksky www.horrordna.com/features/the...
The Clause Are Out: Scratching the Surface of Contracts
Authors Rebecca Rowland and Ronald Malfi have a discussion about book contracts. New authors will want to read this.
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Super cool to see this article featuring Bishop alongside so many incredible authors! Thanks to @bookriot.bsky.social for including me and thank you to @almakatsu.bsky.social for tagging me!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now!)@almakatsu.bsky.social · 4d agoThank you @bookriot.bsky.social for including THE HUNGER in this creature feature roundup including Daniel Kraus @candacenola.bsky.social Bridget Brave & more bookriot.com/creature-fea...
I think it's fair to say that Mike Ennenbach remembered that our poetry series should really bring the horror- thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and @danielleyvonne.bsky.social for continuing to share our way of coping with this year. candacenola.substack.com/p/07312026-p...
07/31/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!
Week 29-M Ennenbach: An Ode
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💙📚 Get ready to add to those Spooky Season TBRs! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/04-29-2...
08/04/2026 Working on that Spooky Season TBR? Be sure to add ONE FRIGHT ONLY!
Patrick Tumblety is an author everyone should be reading and that every fan needs to meet! One of the kindest humans that I know, an incredible author, and a person that genuinely cares about others. ...
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We are over 70% funded with five days left! Would really love to see this guy get made!
Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed)@slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 3w agonew creep plush just dropped
Thanks Gabino! Today's the last day of all our books being 25% off at the Nefarious Bat webstore (using the coupon BUYINDIE at the checkout) - so I'd love it if people had a look around, and maybe grabbed a new read for the weekend! payhip.com/NefariousBat...
HELLO YES I NARRATED ONE OF THESE if you would like to listen to my MELLIFLUOUS CANADIAN VOWELS actually I don't know if they're mellifluous but it was a good story (flash)
PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d agoPseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details
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07/31/2026 GENREBLAST X: Film Festival!
The first in our horror industry Spotlights, but not the last, GENREBLAST Film Festival is one of the top film festivals on the East Coast. Organized, produced, and directed by the Dream Team of Nath...
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💙📚This week’s vintage horror review! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/7-30-20...
7-30-2026 Latham's Last Words: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The The Exorcist from 1971. Going into this book after having grown up watching the ...
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Alone on a park bench with a cup of Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream (IYKYK), I felt bereft, not fit for writing or companionship. Making art drags you through time until the moments become easier to bear. Thanks to Mike Ennenbach, @danielleyvonne.bsky.social and @candacenola.bsky.social .
07/24/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!
Week 28-An Ode from Craig Brownlie
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💙📚Big Changes for Uncomfortably Dark Horror. www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/07-26-2...
07/26/2026 UNCOMFORTABLY DARK HORROR HAPPENINGS: Changes, News, and Reviews.
Publishing House Industry BlogWhen there is growth, change becomes necessary. Since I started Uncomfortably Dark Horror as my platform in 2020, it has gone through several changes as my journey has gr...
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As part of our new Blog line-up, Besu Tadesse joins us with his horror games reviews! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/07-22-2...
07/22/2026 Besu's Best Games
Besu Tadesse is joining the Uncomfortably Dark Review team with a weekly blog on all things horror, horror gaming, and more! His first game review for the blog is below! Enjoy and be sure to check ou...
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From today’s blog-Kerry EB Black brings an article to raise disability awareness for this month and for every day! Inclusion matters! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/07-20-2...
07/20/2026 Disability Awareness for July by Kerry E. B. Black
Kerry E.B. Black returns with some great books highlighting Disabilities within Fiction for Disability Awareness. Disability Awareness in JulyWritten by Kerry E.B. BlackJuly is Disability Awareness Mo...
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💙📚Help me celebrate my upcoming birthday by entering the giveaway!! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Demons in My Bloodstream: Stories by Candace Nola Jul 19-Aug 09, 2026
Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jul 19-Aug 09, 2026. Award-winning Author Candace Nola’ s debut collection, Demons in m...
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Did you know Shadorma was a poetic form and not what your great-uncle screamed when he stepped on a rake? Thanks to Mike Ennenbach for treading on the rake of poetic forms with me. Gratitude to Danielle Yvonne and @candacenola.bsky.social for tolerating us. candacenola.substack.com/p/07102026-p...
07/10/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!
Week 26-Craig Brownlie-Shadorma
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Isn't it just like @candacenola.bsky.social to celebrate her birthday by giving away the coolest stuff in town! Head over to the UHD Patreon or Substack in her bio to get entered. Good books, good swag, good people. Head over now. 🔥🔥🔥
Today’s Vintage Horror Review! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/7-16-20...
7-16-2026 Latham's Last Words: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. To start off, I'm going to talk about The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisNow most wouldn't c...
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Good morning. Today we are laughing at Nook, cheering @spmiskowski.bsky.social, and celebrating @candacenola.bsky.social's Desperate Wishes. Join us. It's free. It's called a Blog. it's something us old folks do. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
7/7/26 — BRIAN KEENE
With that risk-taking comes a poignant, timely, harrowing work of socially conscious dystopian horror, set in an all-too-believable near future. Comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale or The Folk of th...
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Round out your celebration with poetic fireworks from Mike Ennenbach, as he helps us move past villanelles. What comes next? Stay tuned! As always, thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and @danielleyvonne.bsky.social Read it at candacenola.substack.com/p/07042026-p...
Free stories for the 4th on the Patreon! Check them out here! www.patreon.com/u12231330/po...
07/03/2026 Free Story! Frequencies by Candace Nola | UNCOMFORTABLY DARK HORROR
Today, I am going to share a short story that I wrote for The Horror Collection: Lost Edition from KJK Publishing. This is a dark and grues
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Thrift shopping over the weekend for random inspiration! Things that I Did Not Bring Home-Post 3! These very unsettling (and oddly glamorous) toddler pics!…😳 With my daughter trying to recreate one!
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6-29-2026 Latham's Last Words: Pride Month Interviews: Sumiko Saulson
It's Pride Month and I've gathered some interviews with some amazing LGBTQIA+ authors which I will be posting throughout the month. I don't know Sumiko very well, but I do know from following them o...
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06/28/2026 - Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology by Raw Dog Screaming Press — Kickstarter
Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthologyAn anthology of horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor James ChambersRaw Dog Screaming Press will publish Abandoned: Asylum, an anthology edited...
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