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Kurt Phillips

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horror writer, musician, educator Check out my new short story for free at - www.amidnightkindofplace.com The Hand of the Archer a.co/d/1FN2itN Noise Ordinance a.co/d/hutoMgi https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-hand-of-the-archer/

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You could ask his girlfriend but she lives in Canada and you wouldn’t know her.

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Friday the 13th is for creepy gothic queer horror stories with ghosts and devils πŸ–€

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Friend of the Damned by Vincent Lore A Runner Owen Story

Thank you!

In honor of the day (and the snow harassing parts of my country) I offer my short story Friend of the Damned, a gothic horror meets gaslamp fantasy tale set in midwinter. Trans MC, diverse cast, ghosts!

vincentlore.itch.io/friend-of-th...
books2read.com/u/bwxaAY

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Much appreciated @gabino.bsky.social my debut novel 'Scream Like a Prayer' is available to pre-order right now, a coming-of-age horror story set in 1985.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/scream-lik...

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Thank you so much!

If it's possible, I'd love some shares of my post for the Trans Rights Readathon!: bsky.app/profile/stev...

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Happy #FridayReads, hermano! Looking forward to this weekend's Tucson Festival of Books on the beautiful University of Arizona campus! My panel is tomorrow. Join us as we share our books on #immigration. Mine is an immigration play, Waiting for GodΓ­nez. #playwriting

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Amazon.com

www.amazon.com/Shadow-Your-...

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All's Well That Ends Well Read it now

Thank you!!!! <3

My collection is still kicking! Anyone who wants some classic horror filled with gore, laughs, grief, or ya know, some creatures, aliens, and killer appliances. Happy Friday the 13th! :)

mybook.to/AllsWell

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Thanks, Gabino!
Treat yourself to a FREE
short story!
30 minutes!
- Four Army rangers meet their match in the form of an elderly woman tied to a bed. πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€
Read & Listen!

www.amidnightkindofplace.com/chalk-marks-...

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In the mood for a spooky collection? Why not treat yourself to one full of ghosts, budding serial killers, and carnivorous horses (among other things)?

Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk
B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe
Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/33xhhdnx

#HorrorSky #BookSky

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I just finished this one last week. Killer!

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The Chained Space Series Visit Amazon's The Chained Space Series Page and shop for all The Chained Space Series books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Chained Space Series

Thanks, Gabino!

β€ͺStill miss Firefly and Cowboy Bebop? Try The Chained Space Series!

In The Screaming Void, a space junk salvage crew risks their sanity searching for a lost ship.

In The Stolen Planet, an ancient weapon points to the biggest theft in history.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP9TZ69D

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As always, thanks for doing this, Gabino. Since the World Baseball Classic is on right now, I’d like to highlight MAKESHIFT FIELDS, a book about grassroots baseball in unlikely places and the people who play for the love of the game.

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Private detective Frank Harken could really, really use a cup of coffee.
Can you blame him?
His new case features a missing woman, a flaky client, a cranky security officer, a mysterious assassin, an overbearing mob boss, an ice-cold enforcer, and the best mini-golf the world has ever seen. Did we mention the fate of millions is at stake?

 

β€œStein delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity… Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming … Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.”
β€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

β€œGet ready for some super great fun! The Great American Deception is a hilarious (and deeply disturbing) voyage through a futuristic netherworld of caffeinated robots and diet pizza. Somewhereβ€”possibly nowhereβ€”Douglas Adams is sighing pleasurably with a combination of approval and afterlife indigestion.”
β€”Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Lake Success

β€œThe Great American Deception is by far the most enjoyable novel told from the point of view of a futuristic coffee machine I have ever read!”
β€”Ben Schwartz, actor and writer

Private detective Frank Harken could really, really use a cup of coffee. Can you blame him? His new case features a missing woman, a flaky client, a cranky security officer, a mysterious assassin, an overbearing mob boss, an ice-cold enforcer, and the best mini-golf the world has ever seen. Did we mention the fate of millions is at stake? β€œStein delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity… Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming … Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.” β€”Publishers Weekly (starred review) β€œGet ready for some super great fun! The Great American Deception is a hilarious (and deeply disturbing) voyage through a futuristic netherworld of caffeinated robots and diet pizza. Somewhereβ€”possibly nowhereβ€”Douglas Adams is sighing pleasurably with a combination of approval and afterlife indigestion.” β€”Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Lake Success β€œThe Great American Deception is by far the most enjoyable novel told from the point of view of a futuristic coffee machine I have ever read!” β€”Ben Schwartz, actor and writer

A sci-fi detective comedy narrated by a coffee machine robot who uses too many footnotes.

β€œSure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.”
β€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

scottsteinonline.com/books/the-gr...

www.amazon.com/Great-Americ...

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It’s Friday the 13th! I got the perfect weekend read.

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In the mood for some Victorian Gothic horror this spring? "The Pure World Comes" is about a maid who goes to work for a mad scientist. Think Frankenstein and Crimson Peak had a baby together. Available in paperback, ebook and audio book.

www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...

#HorrorSky #BookSky

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SPLIT SCREAM Vol. 8: CURSED PLACES - Two Novelettes (print + eBook) *p This a preorder. This book is expected to ship on or before April 21st, 2026. β€œEvocative and evil, a powerful one-two punch of horror” Tamika Thompson, THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS This is not a place ...

Thanks Gabino! I've always considered Friday the 13th to be a lucky day, but luck isn't on Dylan's side when she visits the eccentric Moore Mansion in Washington, D.C. Read her fate in "Passing Glance," out April 21 as part of SPLIT SCREAM VOL. 8: CURSED PLACES from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social !

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This book stages itself as a male power fantasy in the beginning, only to deconstruct idea and morph into a narrative where Seth must learn to use his emotions in healthier waysβ€”craft them into a strength to combat monsters both external and internal.

books2read.com/u/m27rzr

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The cover of The Unfinished Business, showing a night-time cityscape with glowing windows. A girl in an upper-storey window looks out at three ghosts floating overhead.

The cover of The Unfinished Business, showing a night-time cityscape with glowing windows. A girl in an upper-storey window looks out at three ghosts floating overhead.

My middle grade ghost novel The Unfinished Business is now in shops and libraries!

It's about a girl who inherits a business called The Unfinished Business and is tasked with finishing the unfinished business of its late, ghostly owner.

www.amazon.com/dp/1646036751/
bookshop.org/a/975/978164...

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In the House of In Between Check out In the House of In Between - <p>The Backlund House is haunted, but no one knows why. No violence has taken place there, no one has died inside its walls. Over the course of a century, what-o...

Thank you, Gabino!
If the world is on fire and the weather is threatening to be, the Backlund House may be waking up. Have you been? In the House of In Between? Where walls bleed, doors slam, and ghost’s scream?

Do you wanna go?
#FridayReads

13.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My very first book is on sale through Sunday for the QUEER YOUR BOOKSHELF event! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

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Thanks Gabino,

Welcome to Cemetery meshes police procedural with dark disappearances and murders for a crime thriller/horror feel.

Character led and fast paced.

books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

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It’s Friday the 13th and the first book from my imprint What Feeds Below by @thebuffwriter is the 13th most requested book on NetGalley, #1 is horror, #2 in ya! For fans of Annihilation and The Descent.
Request on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Preorder: bookshop.org/a/99626/9781...

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Bodies in Bags: Stories Stories

Hey Gabino! Thank you for doing this. My grit lit/crime collection (with a cover illustrated by the uber-talented @egallagher.bsky.social) came out this past Tuesday. Murder, drugs, violence: the good stuff.

bookshop.org/p/books/bodi...

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Calliope Street by Josh Hanson β€” Moonstruck Books A new psychedelic horror novel by author Josh Hanson

Preorders are available for my upcoming novel, Calliope Street. It will be available in July from Moonstruck ooks and in a special edition from Black Crow!
www.moonstruck-books.com/shop/p/calli...

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Never Leaving Check out Never Leaving - <i>"Never Leaving evokes VHS classics like The Amityville Horror, House by the Cemetery, and The Boogens-all with Alley's easygoing humor and wicked penchant for driving like...

When the Carters find affordable housing, they’re not going to let ghosts, or anything else, scare them away. A haunted house story with love and chainsaws! On Amazon, KU, and Bookshop:

shorturl.at/7kxi3

bit.ly/3Xu1HJz

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Worry Box Check out Worry Box - <b>An unsettling horror story with a mysterious twist from a celebrated voice in horror. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay's <i>A Head Full of Ghosts.</i></b><br><br>The Martins ...

WORRY BOX is some new horror coming from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social on September 22nd.

A family with a foster daughter who suffers from extremely disturbing intrusive thoughts, moves into a house with issues of its own. πŸ«£πŸ“¦

bookshop.org/p/books/worr...

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WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO hit 200 ratings last night. Stoked that it keeps finding more readers! If you are looking for a UNIQUE POSSESSION story, check it out. Literally. Believe it’s at some 1200 libraries. Or grab it here: a.co/d/057SghOH thnx @gabino.bsky.social πŸ™ŒπŸ–€πŸ™Œ

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Chalk Marks By Kurt Phillips - A Midnight Kind of Place Read horror stories online for free. Read the latest from horror writer Kurt Phillips.

Thanks, Gabino!
Treat yourself to a FREE
short story!
30 minutes!
- Four Army rangers meet their match in the form of an elderly woman tied to a bed. πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€
Read & Listen!

www.amidnightkindofplace.com/chalk-marks-...

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