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S.J. Shank

@sjshank.bsky.social

Writer of the grim fantastic Dark Fantasy // Historical Horror Books: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒, 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 sjshank.com

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Coy Hall@coyhall.bsky.social · last mo.

COVER REVEAL! Here it is, the cover of my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. Coming this fall from Sentinel Creatives. Art by Yanina Nesterova.

Cover has a teal background with off white lettering that reads Devilry in Godling Wood by Coy Hall. Illustration features a monk like figure with a face of three masks on the backing of chimerical mix of horse and pig, with the monk wielding a sword against a dragon like creature.
S.J. Shank@sjshank.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I was sad to hear about the death of David Malouf. I absolutely loved his novel An Imaginary Life, about Ovid's exile among the Scythians. Incredibly evocative.

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S.J. Shank@sjshank.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sweetside Motel by @elainechen.com is a pressure cooker novella that succeeds beautifully as both thriller and horror. Set in the paranoid days of the pandemic, when all strangers were suspect (particularly Asians), the novel channels the claustrophobia of lockdown into an absolute page-turner.

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Stephanie Ellis@stephellis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There are so many! @leemurraywriter.bsky.social -writer, poet, & wonderful support to all writers Prof. @coyhall.bsky.social - historical & folk horror & more @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social - quality gothic as is @catcavendish.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social - just brilliant #HorrorWritersChat

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We crave the good stuff, straight to our veins 🩸📚 Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Which horror writers are delivering the good stuff right now? > books? > short stories? > film scripts? > social threads? > dreams? Share your recommendations @ them if they’re here and you want to. --- Outro in 10 mins

Question Four. Which horror writers are delivering the good stuff right now? (Any medium.) Share your recommendations and uplift your horror colleagues. Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - No links or covers, save the self promo for the outro. Please like, share, and comment on other posts. Background: A purple filter - the silhouette of the torso and head of a humanoid figure. Their hands are raised and pressed against the screen.
S.J. Shank@sjshank.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I made the nonstrategic decision to write a series of four novels in a row. Now I'm lost in a sea of endless editing. It's unlikely I'll have any new work published in 2026. In the meantime, please allow me to flog my medieval horror novel MOUNTAIN FAST with this recent review.

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S.J. Shank@sjshank.bsky.social · 5mo ago

After reading "Rider in the Widow Lands," Coy Hall's new Sword & Sorcery story, my admiration only grows. This is a terrific, moody tale about a flinty-eyed "hero" whose past, only glimpsed, could surely fill volumes. I enjoyed the hell out of this story! @coyhall.bsky.social

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Point of Impact Publishing@pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This was a fantastic short read. My only disappointment is that Christopher Lee is no longer with us to narrate the tale like a ghoulish bedtime story. But I won't judge you if you buy it and do your own Lee impression out loud as you read. I know I did.

Coy Hall@coyhall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Rider escorts an ossuary to the Widow Lands, where the Widows of Scar breathe life into bones long dead. How else does one speak privately with a priest who died a thousand years ago? The secret he possesses isn’t to be shared with necromancers or moribund gods. mybook.to/widowlands