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Welcome to Cemetery and Tales From Cemetery available now! BestGhost is FREE w/ newsletter sub or available on Amazon! Writer, reader, reviewer. Best known under CJDsCurrentRead SFFH and mystery. Reviews on FanFiAddict! https://linktr.ee/connorjdaley

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The Boatman by Alex Grecian (Paperback With Signed Bookplate) โ€” Bad Hand Books The Boatman , a supernatural thriller by NYT-bestsellling author Alex Grecian ( Red Rabbit , The Yard series), is coming to Bad Hand Books in 2026.   Here's the scoop on this stunning nov...

Thanks, Gabino!

My horror/fantasy novella THE BOATMAN is available for preorder, and will be out everywhere April 7th.

badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...

www.amazon.com/Boatman-Alex...

06.03.2026 20:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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. โ€œEvocative and evil, a powerful one-two punch of horrorโ€ Tamika Thompson, THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS This is not a place ...

Thanks Gabino! Weโ€™re less than 2 months away from the release of SPLIT SCREAM VOL. 8: CURSED PLACES, featuring novelettes from myself and @matthewtpritt.bsky.social! Preorders are open with @tenebrouspress.bsky.social. #FridayReads

06.03.2026 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
On the right is image of misty lamplit street, a hanging pocket watch and the cover of A Fragile Thing.
On the left is the review given by Lee Murray:
One of the most versatile and talented horror writers of our day, Stephanie Ellis shines again, this time with A Fragile Thing, a darkly chilling novel of madness, mind games, and manipulation. Channelling Jekyll and Hyde in Jack the Ripperโ€™s Whitechapel, where science and spiritualism seduce the upper classes and the streets stink of nightwalkers and nightcrawlers, ambitious Isaac Bercow attempts to root out the shadowy manifestations that plague his own psyche. Blurring the lines between illusion and reality, one thing is clear, Ellis dangles our darkest fears before us with mesmerising skill.โ€โ€”Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Awardยฎ-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

On the right is image of misty lamplit street, a hanging pocket watch and the cover of A Fragile Thing. On the left is the review given by Lee Murray: One of the most versatile and talented horror writers of our day, Stephanie Ellis shines again, this time with A Fragile Thing, a darkly chilling novel of madness, mind games, and manipulation. Channelling Jekyll and Hyde in Jack the Ripperโ€™s Whitechapel, where science and spiritualism seduce the upper classes and the streets stink of nightwalkers and nightcrawlers, ambitious Isaac Bercow attempts to root out the shadowy manifestations that plague his own psyche. Blurring the lines between illusion and reality, one thing is clear, Ellis dangles our darkest fears before us with mesmerising skill.โ€โ€”Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Awardยฎ-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories

Thanks, Gabino!

Gothic horror, A Fragile Thing, is out March 17th.

Isaac Bercow is a man with great aspirations, nothing to lose, and an offer he can't refuse. But the mind is a fragile thing, and fragile things are easily broken.

Pre-order is here www.watertowerhill.com

#FridayReads #booksky

06.03.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive First Look At THE MAN IN THE WATCH STILL VISITS ME AT NIGHT Cult author Joshua Chaplinsky has a new novel out described as David Lynch meets HOUSE OF LEAVES, and we're revealing the cover and an exclusive excerpt right here.

Finally have something new to share!
@fangoria.bsky.social has an exclusive first look at my new horror novel, The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night, coming Sept. 22 from @clashbooks.bsky.social.
www.fangoria.com/the-man-in-t...

06.03.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

06.03.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fruitless Bodies: A Collection By J.D. Buffington A Collection By J.D. Buffington

Thank you, Gabino! Iโ€™d like to point to my collection of the good, the bad, and the ugly: Fruitless Bodies Annotated. I take my reader along a bumpy ride of my first publications in small press rags to finding my voice through experiments in genre and form, each with personal insights.
#FridayReads

06.03.2026 17:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you, Gabino. There are some ARC spots remaining for my debut novel, 'Trapped in Amber.' If anyone is in the mood for a ghost story, you can find it for free in this promo, along with other indie novels looking for a little love
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#FridayReads ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿ“š

06.03.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
salmon/cotton candy pink background with a book cover and a cover blurb on it:

book cover:a very washed out/faded picture of a lit-up ferris wheel in a hazy summer sunset, with "Amusement Park Arcana" over it in black writing.

Jennifer R. Donohue is at the bottom.

cover blurb: Riley's best friend Tara went missing last October from the shitty amusement park where she worked. By spring, the police are no closer to having any answers, so Riley's taking it in her own hands.

 She just knows Tara's still at the park somewhere, and an uncanny phone call on Riley's first day as a park employee only confirms that. The quest to bring Tara or her body home draws Riley further from her family and her boyfriend as she spends more time in the park's liminal spaces and opening day looms large.

coming July 15, 2026

salmon/cotton candy pink background with a book cover and a cover blurb on it: book cover:a very washed out/faded picture of a lit-up ferris wheel in a hazy summer sunset, with "Amusement Park Arcana" over it in black writing. Jennifer R. Donohue is at the bottom. cover blurb: Riley's best friend Tara went missing last October from the shitty amusement park where she worked. By spring, the police are no closer to having any answers, so Riley's taking it in her own hands. She just knows Tara's still at the park somewhere, and an uncanny phone call on Riley's first day as a park employee only confirms that. The quest to bring Tara or her body home draws Riley further from her family and her boyfriend as she spends more time in the park's liminal spaces and opening day looms large. coming July 15, 2026

thanks Gabino!

my new novella is available for ebook preorder! Amusement Park Arcana comes July 15, 2026

books2read.com/AmusementPar...

06.03.2026 17:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #FridayReads, hermano! Join us at the Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 14, for our panel, "Carrying Home: Migration Memories." I will discuss my latest book, Waiting for Godรญnez, an immigration play published by the University of New Mexico Press. #playwriting

06.03.2026 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A copy of LITTLE RED FLAGS: STORIES OF CULTS, CONS, AND CONTROL edited by Noelle W. Ihli and Steph Nelson. Cover features a sinister-looking man holding a puppet of a woman in a red dress on his palm, while his other hand holds the strings. MWA-HA-HA!

A copy of LITTLE RED FLAGS: STORIES OF CULTS, CONS, AND CONTROL edited by Noelle W. Ihli and Steph Nelson. Cover features a sinister-looking man holding a puppet of a woman in a red dress on his palm, while his other hand holds the strings. MWA-HA-HA!

Thanks Gabino!

I got my copy of this anthology, which contains not only a cool story by me, but cool stories by others. Check it out!
darkmattermagazine.shop/products/little-red-flags-stories-of-cults-cons-and-control

06.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanhs, Gabino. For #FridayReads I want to share ON COMICS AND GRIEF, a book that combines a look at the comics of 1976 with creative nonfiction about my motherโ€™s life and my grief at her death. Itโ€™s experimental in form, asking the reader to put together fragments as they would when reading comics.

06.03.2026 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The silhouette of a soldier against a backdrop of red flames. Ad for Kurt Phillipsโ€™ short story Chalk Marks.

The silhouette of a soldier against a backdrop of red flames. Ad for Kurt Phillipsโ€™ short story Chalk Marks.

Coming Tuesday 3/10/26
From A Midnight Kind of Place
- Four Army rangers meet their match in the form of an old woman tied to a bed.
Chalk Marks

www.amidnightkindofplace.com

06.03.2026 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Venture into the Abyss alongside Seth and experience the beautiful, illuminating horror within.

โ€œA stunning debut.โ€
โ€œThis is an excellent novel.โ€
โ€œHas filled the gap left by Neil Gaiman in this genre of writing.โ€

THE MONSTERS AMONG US, a cinematic dark fantasy novel: books2read.com/u/m27rzr

06.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tradwife Family. Community. Tradition.Annihilation.Everyone remembers the Heart of Solomon murders: three young married couples slaughtered around the dinner table, their bodies desecrated, in the UK's first a...

Thanks Gabino!

I'm especially mad about the horrors of white Christian Nationalism today, so would love it if more people read Tradwife and got (constructively) angry with me

(*possibly I mean "destructively," but why split hairs...?)

06.03.2026 17:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A FREE horror collection! Twisted tales featuring zombies, cryptids, ghosts, haunted forests, and more:

getbook.at/ashandboneal...

โ€œI enjoyed it thoroughly โ€ฆ the style here screamed fresh, new, original.โ€--Well Read Beard

06.03.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Hare-Raising Summer (Paperback) โ€” Cat Eye Press LLC Shop the first installment in the Navigating Nightmares series!

Thanks Gabino for doing this! Would love to share my wild and just a little whacky interactive horror book Hare-Raising Summer. Itโ€™s my love letter to the Give Yourself Goosebumps series. Preorders are available now. www.cateyepress.com/store/p/hare...

06.03.2026 16:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR with the Welcome to Cemetery sale | FanFiAddict Iโ€™m so excited to officially announce theย Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale! It's kind of hard for me to fathom that it's been a year already s ...

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06.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks Gabino!

This week my debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, turned 1.

Decided to make the ebook and the follow up short story collection just $0.99 for the week!

books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

06.03.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s #FridayReads time! Letโ€™s share books and boost all signals. Almost done with the novel, so Iโ€™m thinking/hoping/dreaming about my next contract. Know what helps? Selling books! Seriously. Anyway, itโ€™s almost half off! Go ahead, share what you love.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

06.03.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 88 ๐Ÿ” 45 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR with the Welcome to Cemetery sale | FanFiAddict Iโ€™m so excited to officially announce theย Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale! It's kind of hard for me to fathom that it's been a year already s ...

Iโ€™m so excited to officially announce theย Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale!

From now until 4/10 you can grab both Welcome to Cemetery and Tales From Cemetery for just .99 ea.

Thanks so much for a great first year!

fanfiaddict.com/celebrating-...

04.03.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Available now at your favorite digital store! Welcome to Cemetery by C. J. Daley

books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

04.03.2026 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR with the Welcome to Cemetery sale | FanFiAddict Iโ€™m so excited to officially announce theย Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale! It's kind of hard for me to fathom that it's been a year already s ...

Iโ€™m so excited to officially announce theย Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale!

From now until 4/10 you can grab both Welcome to Cemetery and Tales From Cemetery for just .99 ea.

Thanks so much for a great first year!

fanfiaddict.com/celebrating-...

04.03.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My bad! ๐Ÿคฃ

02.03.2026 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review: The Girl in the Corn by Jason Offutt | FanFiAddict Synopsis Beware of what lurks in the corn.ย  Fairies donโ€™t exist. At least thatโ€™s what Thomas Cavanaughโ€™s parents say. But the events of that one night, ...

WEEK 2: This is a horror thatโ€™s got fantasy elements. It also has super high, world ending stakes, so itโ€™s horror/epic fantasy. Epic horror, anyone? @jasonoffutt.bsky.social

fanfiaddict.com/review-the-g...

02.03.2026 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review: The Girl in the Corn by Jason Offutt | FanFiAddict Synopsis Beware of what lurks in the corn.ย  Fairies donโ€™t exist. At least thatโ€™s what Thomas Cavanaughโ€™s parents say. But the events of that one night, ...

WEEK 2: This is a horror thatโ€™s got fantasy elements. It also has super high, world ending stakes, so itโ€™s horror/epic fantasy. Epic horror, anyone? @jasonoffutt.bsky.social

fanfiaddict.com/review-the-g...

02.03.2026 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LETโ€™S BEAT THE SUNDAY SCARIES TOGETHER with my new recurring series highlighting old reviews that deserve another go around in the limelight!

Every Sunday a new review of mine from FanFiAddict

22.02.2026 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today THE BOOK OF SPORES ebook hit over 600 inboxes!

We are all absolutely floored, and grateful doesnโ€™t begin to scratch the surface.

Be on the lookout for your email and thank you so much.

Let this multi-genre FanFiAddict anthology infect your mind

24.02.2026 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Want to read The Book of Spores anthology? Well, you can do so TODAY! Get the EBOOK exclusively on our LATE BACKER STORE and infect your imagination with 17 never-before-seen fungal fantasy, sci-fi and horror stories ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ

Buy it HERE: the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder

25.02.2026 16:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Book of Spores: A Fungal SFF Anthology Across dimensions, it creeps and consumes. A fungal anthology of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror short fiction that will colonize your mind.

If the FOMO is setting in, you can still head to the late backer page and get your own ebook now!

the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder

24.02.2026 20:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today THE BOOK OF SPORES ebook hit over 600 inboxes!

We are all absolutely floored, and grateful doesnโ€™t begin to scratch the surface.

Be on the lookout for your email and thank you so much.

Let this multi-genre FanFiAddict anthology infect your mind

24.02.2026 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0