💬 Did you read any spooky books this month? If so, which was your favorite? 🤎📖 Happy Halloween! 🎃👻 Are you trick-or-treating tonight? My little one is dressing up as Venom. I’m not dressing up this year, but maybe next year I will. Are you (or your kiddos) dressing up this year? If so, what costume did you choose? 🤎 Thank you to @sourcebooksfire for gifting me these copies of spooky reads! 🤎📖 . . . h a s h t a g s : #firereadsmidnight #sourcebooksfire #spookyseason #spookybooks #halloween #scarybooks #mysterythriller #yathriller #halloween2022 #allthebooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookworm #booknerd #booknerdigans #booksaremylife #booksaremagic #letsread #booksta #whyiread https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYQrfPub-k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What’s better than cuddling under a blanket with a spooky book in October with a fire going and a great drink? Listening to the author of that spooky book, right in your living room and getting to directly ask questions! 🖤 Join me this Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7pm EST with fellow YA thriller and horror authors for a virtual Pajama Party! Yes, I will be wearing flannel pjs! 🖤 Sign up in advance using this link: https://writersatelier.com/save-the-date-spooky-pajama-party-with-victoria-fulton-eva-gibson-faith-mcclaren-amy-christine-parker-and-diana-rodriguez-wallach/ 🖤 Hope to see you there! . . . . . . . . . . . #bookaholic #yaauthor #YAnovel #horrorstories #Latinx #booklovers #authorsofinstragram #horrornovel #YAhorrornovel #ireadYA #bookstagram #bibliophile #bookstagrammer #bookaholic #writing #instawriters #writinglife @instagram #scaryreads #scarybooks #spookybooks #spookytales #ghoststory #booknerd #bookaddict #horrornovel #booknerdigan #horrorstories https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSuP67r0V7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑... The Larkin siblings are known around the small town of Wofford Falls. Both are artists, but Peter is the hometown hero. The one who went to the big city and got famous, then came back and settled down. He’s the kind of guy who becomes fast friends with almost anyone. His sister Betsy, on the other hand, is more…𝕖𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔. She keeps to herself. When Lark goes to deliver one of his latest pieces to a fabulously rich buyer, it seems like a regular transaction. Until the guard plays him a live feed: Betsy being abducted in real time. Lark is informed that she’s safe for now, but her well‑being is entirely in his hands. He's given a book. Do what the book says, and Betsy will go free. It seems simple enough. But as Lark begins to read, he realizes that the book might be demonic. Its writer may be unhinged. His sister's captors are almost certainly not what they seem. And his town and those within it are... changing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 This was truly unlike anything I’ve read. It was so weird and disorienting, with a few moments of genuine horror. The story starts like an ordinary abduction and transforms into so much more. The writing was done well, the story itself was unique, and the fact that it kept me on the edge of my seat, guessing what would happen next, was a plus. This by no means was perfect. The ending was so abrupt that it was slightly jarring. This is a multi-POV. We are given the prospectives from Lark, a ghost, and some other loveable characters. The overall feeling was totally immersive while completely feeling uneasy. This won’t be for everyone - at times, it's confusing and all over the place, but it was 100% a five-star read for me. I absolutely loved it. Add this to your TBR. Thank you, @orbitbooks_us for this gifted copy! ⁣ #orbitbooks #orbitbooksus #orbitbooksuk #andymarino #itridesapalehorse #horrorbooks #horrorfiction #bookstagram #instabooks #igreads #horrorbooks #spookybooks #readhorror #readmorehorror #scarybooks #itridesapalehorse #andymarino #apocalyptichorror #spookybooks #bibliophile #oldbooks #bookishcommunity #booknerd https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1_MZirXuB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🐉RATING: 🔥🔥🔥🔥/5 Is Literary Horror a recognized sub-genre? Because that’s how I would categorize It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino. My only experience with horror writing was reading The Shining as a teen (and I now have teen daughters), but the description of this book intrigued me. And I’m so glad I decided to try something different. I won’t go into too much detail so I don’t spoil anything. The story centers around artist siblings Lark and Betsy, and what happens when they are swept up into the world of extremely rich art collectors. The anticipation builds slowly to allow time for character development, while dropping hints about their past. As the plot unfolds in the present, the reader is treated to flashbacks that provide further depth and understanding of the artists and their relationship. The mood throughout is dark, but thankfully has moments of levity. The action is broken up by large chapters devoted to Rayanne, a spirit who resides in the collectors’ compound. Rayanne, a country music one-hit-wonder, is plucky with a wry sense of humor. It is through her memories and observations that the reader begins to understand the full horror of what Lark and Betsy could face. The book definitely has some gruesome moments, but the way it was described provided enough distance that it didn’t feel overwhelming. Quite a bit is shared as backstory by Rayanne, and her narrating style is light despite the nasty tales she tells. And I much prefer the supernatural horror that infuses this story over the more “real world” settings of many scary books and movies. I found It Rides a Pale Horse to be incredibly engaging, although with its literary style (i.e. big words) and frequent references to the art world, it won’t appeal to every casual horror fan. But for readers like me, who enjoy literary fiction and fantasy, and want to test out their tolerance for horror, this book just might be the perfect fit. ❓QOTD: Do you read or watch horror? Thank you to @redhookbooks @orbitbooks and @netgalley for providing this ARC. #itridesapalehorse #andymarino #literaryhorror #horrorbooks #netgalleyreads #arcreview #spookybooks #scarybooks #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj73fdKLhJQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Ghosts of Marsh House By Amy Cross Marsh House stands abandoned in the heart of an English seaside town. A local ghost tour guide regularly stops in front of the house to tell its grim tale, but no-one has actually set foot in the building for more than forty years. Until now. Desperate to get away from his troubles in London, Andrew heads to Marsh House and sets about trying to fix it up. Between rotten floorboards and bug infestations, he's got his work cut out for him. And that's before he even notices the strange noises in the night, and the fact that a strange presence is watching his every move. When he invites a new friend to move in with him, everything changes. Andrew might not have paid attention to the darker side of Marsh House, but his new guest quickly realizes that something's very wrong. Does the ghost of a long-dead woman still haunt the house, cursing anyone who dares to fall in love? And is this malevolent entity somehow also responsible for the death of a local woman whose body was found on the beach? And by the time he uncovers the shocking truth, will it be too late for Andrew to ever return to his old life? The Ghosts of Marsh House is a horror story about a man who's trying to run from his own mistakes, and about a woman who'll stop at nothing to make others pay for her misery. ASIN ‎B0BGN68K4J Publisher ‎Independently published (September 28, 2022) Language ‎English Paperback ‎300 pages ISBN-13 ‎979-8355113636 #fiction #indiebook #horrorstory #ghostofmarshhouse #marshhouse #spookystories #scarystories #horror #scarybooksarethebest #scarybooks #books #book #reads #reading #halloweencountdown #halloweenchillsandthrills #readstagram #ohmybookness https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRwTjRsSmC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's Little Free Library drop day! Thanks to @celadonbooks for the gifted copy of Angel Maker by Alex North out February 28, 2023. To look up where you may be able to snag a copy: http://bit.ly/angelmakerlfl I'm still haunted by that one scene in The Whisper Man and I can't wait to see what everyone thinks once they read this one. QOTD: What's a book that scared you? 😇 SYNOPSIS 😇 A dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future. Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever. Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother, Chris, and now with a child of her own to protect, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more. Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page is facing a particularly gruesome crime. A distinguished professor of fate and free will has been brutally murdered just hours after firing his staff. All the leads point back to two old cases: the gruesome attack on teenager Christopher Shaw, and the despicable crimes of a notorious serial killer who, legend had it, could see the future. #TheAngelmaker #AlexNorth #books #LittleFreeLibrary #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #bookstagram #tbr #booksbooksbooks #IGreads #read #thriller #reading #bookphotography #readersofinstagram #scarybooks (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOkZmbgR_0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We are excited for House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson (@lexish)!! The novel follows Marion Shaw as she is thrusted into a vicious game of cat and mouse. If you enjoyed watching @invitationmovie, this is definitely your next read! “Readers will devour every page of House of Hunger. Alexis Henderson delivers a chilling, atmospheric tale shrouded in mystery, indulgence, deceit, and dangerous consequences.”- @Nia.Davenport, author of The Blood Trials “Breathlessly paced and dripping with gothic decadence, Henderson’s second novel cements her status as one of horror’s best new voices.” – Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly [STARRED REVIEW] Reposted from @the_forgotten_books_ 🥀 Bloody Delicious 🥀 Holy Smokes, I've stayed up way too late trying to devour this. Each chapter gets me closer to this horrible, horrific, bloody conclusion that I most definitely had to force myself to slow down and digest what I was reading. The atmosphere was thick, the dresses were heavy and I felt the choking ribbons on my own neck. From @PenguinRandomHouse WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. #houseofhunger #AlexisHenderson #spookybooks #spookyseason #scarybooks #scarystories #horror #horrorbooks #whatimreading #tbragain #bookreviewer #instabook #bookblogger #vampire #vampires #Halloween #SistahScifi #yahorror https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDk_8-rgHa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“People were dying. People were suffering. The monsters had turned on each other in their insanity, slaughtering and maiming with no purpose or direction. Blood and guts flew. Limbs cascaded. Demons howled and humans cried.” - ‘A Festival in the Woods’ (American Monsters). Buy now @ searosspub.com • | | | | #books #bookstagram #bookstoread #books2read #bookrecommendations #booksuggestions #reading #read #readingrecommendations #literature #horror #horrorbooks #scarybooks #horrorstories #scarystories #monsters #killers #ghosts #cosmichorror #eldritchhorror #lovecraftian #hplovecraft #stephenking #americanmonsters (at Stone Oak) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf16JheLTun/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

sometimes I audit my blorbos and realize that I have a truly hilariously wide-ranging taste in media

some things that I like include:

victorian scarybook about vampires and too many 1800s neuroses to count filled with death and metaphor (dracula)

cartoon pastel horse show about learning social skills (mlp)

victorian scarybook about repression and the violence that lurks behind the surface of polite society (jekyll and hyde)

spidah man

christmas story feat. ghosts teaching a man about socialism (a christmas carol)

musical about murder and the corruption of the justice system (chicago)

musical about the inevitability of death and the meaning of personhood and how to cope with tragedy (ride the cyclone)

musical about the inevitability of death but it’s got a silly lonely evil ghost in it (beetlejuice)

little nervous guy goes on a Quest (the hobbit)

nerds and talking dog solve mysteries cartoon (scooby)

nerds and talking dog solve mysteries but it’s actually kind of scary this time cartoon (mystery inc)

and more

i have two modes and they are Serious Analysis of Mortality and the Self. and then Silly Little Guy Mode

I put a "notify me" on libby so hopefully that will show demand and maybe they'll get you into the system! :)

Thank you! Crossing my fingers and toes that I can get my skinny little scarybook in with the Popular Reads 🍀

I recently had a wonderful experience at the Latin American Book Fair in Philly. I met cool authors, sold lots of books, and—even better as a mom—I sold 23 of my daughter’s handmade bracelets! 🖤 But of course, at every lovely event, there always has to be a Debbie Downer. Here’s the story of my confrontation with a woman who believed writing horror novels would damn my cursed soul. 🖤 Lots of commenters on “the clock app” wanted to see my daughter’s bracelets, which feature heavily in this story. Slide to see them! And order via DM! (Always. Be. Closing.) 🖤 And to the lady so worried about my soul, “Bless your heart. Have the day you deserve.” 💀💀 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bookaholic #yaauthor #YAnovel #horrorstories #Latinx #booklovers #authorsofinstragram #horrornovel #YAhorrornovel #ireadYA #bookstagram #bibliophile #latinxbooks #bookaholic #yahorror #instawriters #writinglife @instagram #scaryreads #scarybooks #spookybooks #horrorwriter #ghoststory #booknerd #horrorauthor #horrornovel #booknerdigan #horrorstories #writingreel #writingreels https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDlc3ULQt6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

CALLING ALL HORROR FANS!Don't miss this chilling new release from Cora Masters & Georgia Wells.  Trapped in the Shadows is now live and #free to read with #KindleUnlimited!

Universal: https://geni.us/TrappedShadows I have been broken, but nobody will ever break me again. Not even if I have to break them first.

I’ve been kidnapped. Taken. Woken in a strange place full of pain and horror.

Drake Gorman is the only thing keeping me from losing my mind in the playhouse. That’s what the puppet master calls the place he’s keeping us: the playhouse.

Here, I must endure the puppet master’s game to survive. One of torture, madness, and retribution. Escape might be possible, but only if I’m willing to become as twisted as my captor.

Nothing is off-limits. Not my body, not my mind, and when it comes to Drake, not my heart.

Alone, I don’t think I’d be strong enough to do what must be done, but Drake has proven he’s willing to die for me. What’s more, he’s willing to kill for me, and he won’t leave me here to succumb to the puppet master alone. We’re in this together, whether we escape or go down fighting.

With so much blood, will I be baptized and reborn in it, or will I drown? If I’m not careful I’ll not only lose my heart but my mind as well. #releaseblast #releaseday #booklaunch #bookbirthday #newrelease #nowlive #newbooks #trappedintheshadows #playhouseofhorrors #horror #horrorfiction #scarybooks #creepyreads #books #reading #readers #booklovers #bookbuzz #booknews #bookish

Follow Cora on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15446769.Cora_Masters

Subscribe to Cora's Substack: https://substack.com/@authorcoramasters

Follow Georgia on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16716621.Georgia_Wells

Check out Georgia on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Georgia-Wells/author/B0C4HZ2NRK

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a ghost #ghost #scarybook #pencilart #pencils #fantasyart #wip #haunted #illustration #maquinafantasma #walterpax (em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuYnGwCgFeM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vmkpc4tw0e6a

The Dead Boyfriend. #RLStine #TheDeadBoyfriend #AFearStreet #ScaryBook https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsaw5mtnOR1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14glixpi2aoyp