Susanne Schmidt
@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
Horror/Fantasy Author. BBNYA finalist. SFINCS 1 semi-finalist. Dabbler in Digital Art. Grower of Pumpkins. Creator of the Spooky Spotlight. 🚫No AI. Website: https://susanneschmidt.me Links: https://susanneschmidt.carrd.co/
Calling writers: Dark Ages is accepting submissions for dark folk stories around the fall of Rome. Pay 8 cents/6 pence per word; closes October 18, 2000-4000 words. More info at: blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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It is SPOOKY SEASON! And you can get a whole lot of amazing spooky, eerie, chilly books to get you through this (cozy) moody season. Check out this massive bundle full of great reads. 93 books - $69 A goddamn steal! itch.io/b/3904/chill... 📚💙
Spooky season is here!! Later in the month my spooky books are on sale on all platforms but we're starting early on itch! Go get spooky 🎃👻 itch.io/s/202134/spo...
Spooktober Sale ! by Author K Lykkebo
A bundle by Author K Lykkebo, 3.12€ for Now, and the Hour of Death, Drowned Hearts, Dirt You Shall Become
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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author@karenlykkebo.com · 2d ago🎃 TBR Thursday 🎃 Happy 1st of October! Spooktober is officially here. What spooky, moody, eerie books are you reading this month? May I suggest a few of mine? (keep your eyes peeled for a spooktober sale coming this month 👀 ) 👻 https://www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory 📚💙
If you're an author or artist in the EU and your business is negatively affected by the PPWR and EPR (the new packaging laws) this is the petition to sign!
EuMEA@eu-mea.eurosky.social · yesterdayHello, we updated our Change.org campaign with recent news and next steps. WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! www.change.org/p/stop-destr... Please read it and share it 🙏🏻
#Spooktober the 2nd. Indie Book Bingo Time! Today's number: 25 Caught in a storm Murder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang has character trapped in a haunted manor during a storm with a monster and a murderer on the loose. Play bingo with me, add your (self-)recs or quote from a #wip! 💙📚👀🩸📚💀
Susanne Schmidt@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 2d agoPlay #IndieSpooktoberBingo with me! QP with an indie book (your own or someone else's), or a quote from a #wip. Today's number: 18 (unsavory employer) The Necromancer's Apprentice by @bevtwomey.bsky.social Georgie works for a necromancer, who has a literal skeleton in his closet. 💙📚👀 🩸📚💀
Play #IndieSpooktoberBingo with me! QP with an indie book (your own or someone else's), or a quote from a #wip. Today's number: 18 (unsavory employer) The Necromancer's Apprentice by @bevtwomey.bsky.social Georgie works for a necromancer, who has a literal skeleton in his closet. 💙📚👀 🩸📚💀
#indiespooktoberbingo Today's number:18 - unsavory employer @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com The Chosen One Con Both Max and Lyle work for terribly horrible people...
Susanne Schmidt@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 2d agoPlay #IndieSpooktoberBingo with me! QP with an indie book (your own or someone else's), or a quote from a #wip. Today's number: 18 (unsavory employer) The Necromancer's Apprentice by @bevtwomey.bsky.social Georgie works for a necromancer, who has a literal skeleton in his closet. 💙📚👀 🩸📚💀
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Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Chills, Thrills and Kills October Itchio book sale is live!!! Get this amazing deal of October-themed reads that'll last you until next year! 80+ books for just $69! Less than a dollar a book and all the jokes you can make about the price! itch.io/b/3904/chill...
Play #IndieSpooktoberBingo with me! QP with an indie book (your own or someone else's), or a quote from a #wip. Today's number: 18 (unsavory employer) The Necromancer's Apprentice by @bevtwomey.bsky.social Georgie works for a necromancer, who has a literal skeleton in his closet. 💙📚👀 🩸📚💀
For the late night crowd. ^.^ #booksky
Susanne Schmidt@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 4d agoMy new vampire novel Halfsoul is part of The Bookbazaar on Backerkit. We launch October 29th. Follow now to stay updated on early bird rewards and get a FREE short story! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... And check out www.the-book-bazaar.com for the other projects (lots more vampires!)🦇 💙📚👀 🩸📚🪐
🌲 COVER REVEAL 📖 Shuttered Stanzas Vol 3 launches in just one month with The Book Bazaar! Follow a journey into the woods, pairing photography with sonnets about quests, wandering, and everything we find along the way. October 29. Pack snacks. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
My new vampire novel Halfsoul is part of The Bookbazaar on Backerkit. We launch October 29th. Follow now to stay updated on early bird rewards and get a FREE short story! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... And check out www.the-book-bazaar.com for the other projects (lots more vampires!)🦇 💙📚👀 🩸📚🪐
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Congratulations to all of the authors who will be part of SFINCS4!!!! We wish you all the best of luck! Next steps are for us to sort the novellas into teams for judging which we will announce later this week! #booksky #authors #writers #publishers www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...
Accepted SFINCS4 Submissions!
Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
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He carried a long cane fashioned from black wood, the pommel was polished gold. He was almost unreal: he lived somewhere in the space between friendship and memory, that magic realm of daydreams, where imagination still thrived. Maedlynn almost did not believe in him. www.amazon.com/Shadowbairn-...
Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures@michellefranklin.bsky.social · 5mo agoWell, we did it again, kids. It took 5 months, but SHADOWBRIDE is out now! If you like: 🫂 a wholesome romance 🐺werewolves 🌹beauty and the beast 🫶happily ever afters 👁️eldritch monsters PLEASE READ AND SHARE THE BOOK! www.amazon.com/Shadowbride-... #books #booksky #bsnm #fantasy
So the book fair was a lot of fun. Sold enough to cover the table fee, learned my squirrel bookmark is everyone's favorite, and got to talk to so many awesome people I'm still a bit hoarse.
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Maybe if I quote post about my own book it'll make a difference. 👀👀👀
Susanne Schmidt@sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 3w agoJ.S. Living @thejsliving.bsky.social lives in Maryland and writes character-driven fiction that will excite you with its unique lore & slow-burn romance. Read on to find out what got her started as a writer and what she loves about horror.
Been awhile since I opened public commissions and I’m in the right place for it now. Doing first in first served, DM me and we’ll talk characters 👹 #commissionsopen #illustrations #art
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Stay Tuned! The Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itch.io Sale is coming!
Chills, Thrills & Kills(starts 1 October 2026) If you follow me on social media, you’ll undoubtedly have heard of the upcoming Itch.io sale starting in October and going the whole month. …
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Never mind the excuse to avoid anymore lake-filled nightmares, I grow more antsy every second I'm delayed from the truth. Who are these girls? What happened to them? How is the house tied to the lake? - Water's Edge (www.amazon.com/Waters-Edge-...) #WIPSnips
Water's Edge (Uncanny Encounters Book 1)
Amazon.com: Water's Edge (Uncanny Encounters Book 1) eBook : Lieberman, Ellie: Kindle Store
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d agoThe #WIPSnips word for September 27th is "delay" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Want to read the future, but with a twist? How about a past with an oddly limited technology? Or cautionary tales about meddling with genetics? Dive into this bundle of Punk Spec Fic and expand your imagination! Steampunk, Hopepunk, Ecopunk &+ #booksky #punkfiction itch.io/b/3913/punk-...
Today's #grief brought to you by #TBBPromot and #BookBazaar26. Here's a snippet featuring anguish as a synonym of today's word. As always...beware the Ibe Nire.
Sadly, no progress on Strawberry Circle 4 today. Spent the day going over everything I'll need for my first ever table at a book fair. Anyway, I'll be at #FrankenBuch in #Nürnberg this Saturday. And I'm bringing spooky books, cute bookmarks, and lots of autumn vibes. 🎃🦇🍂
The Gone Machine is about grief, yes, but it's never explicitly stated. So I'm going with regret here Mild spoilers for The Gone Machine #TBBPrompt #TGM #Writing #IndieAuthor
Halfsoul has a few brushes with grief. One of the first pieces of worldbuilding I created about Ulong-Dan were its funeral rites. In an early draft, they lasted for an entire month, but that seemed too long for the story to move forward, so now they last for 4 days. An-Yin refers to this change
Indie Authors, which part of the world do you call home? Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Islanders & ALL Asia) Africa Europe UK Central & South America Canada US (state?) (Yes, I'm interested in country(s) too!) Do you sell books direct? (Itchio/ Payhip/ Kofi) I'm considering a Books Direct
