Not now, awesome new idea for a western novel, I have a bunch of other stuff I need to write!
Josh Rountree
@joshrountree.bsky.social
Fantasy / Horror / SciFi / Whatever The Unkillable Frank Lightning The Legend of Charlie Fish Death Aesthetic Stories in The Deadlands, PseudoPod, Bourbon Penn, and other cool places.
A big part of writing is making friends with other humans in the industry and celebrating one another’s success. That has to ring so hollow to anyone using AI to create their “art.” Art is human. It comes from your soul. Why would you want to fake that?
Starting to think that putting the least qualified, most evil people in charge of our country wasn’t the best idea.
New teaser for The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night, out Sept. 22nd from CLASH Books. Experimental, liminal, Lynchian, ergodic horror.
My new novel dropped this week. Calliope Street in the US, and House on Blood Street in the UK.
Thanks! Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies is my love letter to romance in horror films, and it's out in two months! You can preorder it anywhere, but if you're in the US, Gibson's has a preorder bonus: gibsonsbookstore.com/book/9780807...
Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies
A romance editor looks for love where you’d least expect it—and discovers what our favorite horror films can tell us about sex, society, and ourselves “A bloody love letter to those horrors that have ...
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Yay, thank you! THESE HOLLOW BODIES is my upcoming cosmic horror novella, about a black queer artist being seduced by a violent, seductive power ... out soon with Neon Hemlock! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven
Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly
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Thank you again for doing this! My third folk horror novel, SCRATCH MOSS, which is a standalone read but in the same universe as WITHERED HILL and SCUTTLER'S COVE, is released in the US on September 1 after garnering some great reviews since its UK release in March. www.canelo.co/books/scratc...
Scratch Moss by David Barnett | Canelo
Paperback and Ebook
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Thanks, Gabino! The second printing of my non-fiction exploration of the amateur horror movies that raided video store shelves in the '80s/'90s is available now! The book is called HAND-HELD HELL: THE OUTBREAK OF HOMEMADE HORROR. www.terror-vision.com/store/p/hand...
Hand-Held Hell: The Outbreak of Homemade Horror — Terror Vision Records and Video
Second Printing (2026) LTD to 300 units. There was a sense of wonder and occasional disbelief when scouring the horror section of independent video stores during their heyday, coming across a vampire...
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Thank you, Gabino! Independent publishing is hard! After almost a year, I finally have In the House of In Between all cleaned up on Amazon. No more AI art publisher listed as “author,” all reviews maintained. Paperback, kindle, or go to your favorite brick and mortar and ask! #FridayReads
In the House of In Between
In the House of In Between [Buffington, J D] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In the House of In Between
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Thanks Gabino! #HorrorSky and #BookSky, are you a fan of plant-based horror? If you are and you haven't read "Rose," you're missing out! It's the story of a young woman turned into a plant/human hybrid (and that's just the start of her problems). www.amazon.com/Rose-Rami-Un...
Rose
Rose [Ungar, Rami] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rose
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Thanks Gabino. In a future Britain, archeologist Eva Sinclair investigates the mysterious fern-like patterns left by drought around the long-dry riverbed of an ancient massacre site. Release September 1st Pre-order link here: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... #FridayReads
Parch Marks
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We're less than 100 days till Halloween. How about a spooky collection to get you into the mood for spooky season? In "Hannah and Other Stories," you will find tales of ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses, among other things. Available in paperback and ebook. #HorrorSky #BookSky
Hannah and Other Stories
Hannah and Other Stories [Ungar, Rami] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hannah and Other Stories
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Thanks, Gabino (and happy Friday)! My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber takes place over July/August, with it's climax on July 30th! 😈 If anyone's in the mood for some summer horror, you can find it here!: books2read.com/u/boB9YL Or here: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil...
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS is about a girl who inherits a business called The Unfinished Business and must then finish the unfinished business of the shop's late, ghostly owner...while dealing with some ghosts of her own. www.amazon.com/dp/1646036751 bookshop.org/a/975/978164...
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...
I’d love a share for my folkloric/historical fantasy novel Black Doe. It treads a bloody path across ancient Scotland. Assassins, fierce women, kelpies, faeries and a bloodthirsty pine marten. Preorder now - out on Wednesday!😱 #FridayReads Who else needs a boost? blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Disability Pride Month is almost over. You can, and should, support disabled authors all year around, but why not do some good and celebrate the final day by snagging some award-winning neurodivergent reads? Book 1: books2read.com/u/m27rzr Book 2: books2read.com/u/mZDjxl
Amanda wants to reunite with her son. To do that, she’ll have to kill him first. What the Dead Can Do is an emotionally driven supernatural thriller about grief, obsession, and the terrifying lengths a parent will go for the person they love most. Thnx @gabino.bsky.social grab it anywhere 🙏🖤🙏
Thanks! Welcome to Cemetery is a police procedural with dark disappearances & murders for a crime thriller/horror feel A young det. determined to earn her spot and her older partner that’s jaded by time on the force Character led and fast paced books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l
Horror for the little ones, from @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social ! The third part in my Haunted Holidays series. It’s summer break! Hazel is going on vacation to a cabin in the middle of the woods. A place with tales of Bigfoot, creepy-crawlies, and even a haunted lake. shorturl.at/cSuX2
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This slice of mayhem takes you into the middle of a storm and then…well, then things get worse. In a good way. Anyway, it’s only $12! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Reviews are coming in for Worry Box and they are amazing! Please consider pre-ordering if you want to know what happens when you cross intrusive thoughts with a (not) haunted house. Preorder: gibsonsbookstore.com/book/9781836...
Tonight’s (early!) post shift reading is @joshrountree.bsky.social ‘The Unkillable Frank Lightning’. I’m a sucker for both weird westerns and a Frankenstein retelling, but have been delighted by the narrative choices made within both tropes.
Might have messed around and wrote a whole dang chapter this morning on my new novel in progress. And did I mention it’s a collaboration with a really kick ass writer? Because that’s what it is. 😀
Hi if you preorder WORRY BOX from @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social, you can ask for it to be signed or personalized in the order notes. So please do! Also I’ll be at Gibson’s for the release event on. 9/22/26 at 6:30pm gibsonsbookstore.com/book/9781836...
Worry Box
An unsettling horror story with a mysterious twist from a celebrated voice in horror. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay's A Head Full of Ghosts.The Martins need a new home for their growing family. Fo...
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