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J.S. Breukelaar

@jsbreukelaar

Writer, mother. Ever unfixed. Shirley Jackson Award finalist, Aurealis and Ditmar Award winner.

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I will always look up to her. #eleanor

08.02.2025 00:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was so much fun. I could have kept talking with @mothfrenzy.bsky.social and @horrorbookshelf.bsky.social for hours.

08.02.2025 00:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Galaxy Bookshop on York Street, Sydney has a great horror selection. Really top shelf ๐Ÿ‘Œ Nice to see some familiar names in the mix #horrorfan #books @alanbaxter.bsky.social @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social

25.01.2025 04:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The cover shows a girl riding a bicycle & it also has lots of artwork by Keith Rosson inside. Fabulous looking book

The cover shows a girl riding a bicycle & it also has lots of artwork by Keith Rosson inside. Fabulous looking book

Bookmail pt. 6 of 11:
Collision: Stories by @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social ; & a lovely @meerkatpress.bsky.social additionโค๏ธ it is also richly illustrated by @keithrosson.bsky.social no less!
#booksky

29.01.2025 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remedy by J.S. Breukelaar: Review by Gabino Iglesias Remedy, J.S. Breukelaar (PS Publishing 978-1-80394-485-2, ยฃ25.00, 208pp, hc) August 2024. Cover by Jeffrey Alan Love. Imagine suddenly being attacked by a creature that comes down from the sky. Theโ€ฆ

โ€œSurprising, complex, and strangely beautiful, REMEDY is one of those smart horror novels that deliver the gory, brutal stuff while also digging deep into the humanity of its characters.โ€ @Gabino_Iglesias reviews @TwistedFictionP @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/02...

04.02.2025 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Silly season meetup with these lovely horror folks. @ajspedding.bsky.social @brentmcgregor.bsky.social #jeffclulow #alholdge. @australasianhorror.bsky.social

09.12.2024 07:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a lineup. Lovely reviews by @gabino.bsky.social so honored to be included.

09.12.2024 07:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gobsmacked to see โ€˜Remedyโ€™ included on the NYT Best Horror Books of 2024. So grateful to @gabino.bsky.social for including me and for the lovely words. Canโ€™t wait to work my way through the others on the list! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b... @pspublish.bsky.social

08.12.2024 06:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@sarahpinsker.bsky.socialโ€™s Haunt Sweet Home is two helpings of unsettling and one of hopeful and entirely lovely.

04.12.2024 05:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In her usual sumptuous prose, J.S. Breukelaar transports us to new realms with Remedy, a dark study of the duality of self in the aftermath of traumaโ€ฆA new classic. โ€”Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Awardยฎ-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories. Thank you, divine Lee Murray. โค๏ธ

18.11.2024 04:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah. Looking forward to finishing the unpacking I started
back when, and settling in here for a while.

18.11.2024 04:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hole World - Apex Magazine Apart from the rusting cars in the parking lot and the blood-spattered branches on the Eucalypts, the store looks much the same as it always did. Justin can do his job as he always had, mostly, except...

apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...

30.11.2023 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Short Story Reader Visit the post for more.

Thanks to Filip for this lovely review of "Hole World," and other stories published in @apexmag.bsky.social and elsewhere. Readers rock, and those who take the time to blog or review, rock and roll. We'd be nowhere without you! (link to story in the comments) thegrimoirereliquary.com/the-short-st...

30.11.2023 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had a great chat with @marissavu.bsky.social over at @apexmag.bsky.social about my story, "Hole World" and lots of other goodness. Thank you!

30.11.2023 07:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hole World - Apex Magazine Apart from the rusting cars in the parking lot and the blood-spattered branches on the Eucalypts, the store looks much the same as it always did. Justin can do his job as he always had, mostly, except...

"If you can create a safe space for both love of the craft and the fear of failing at itโ€”without either, art is impossibleโ€”your work is done." -- @jsbreukelaar.bsky.social

Before you read the interview (beware spoilers), you can read "Hole World" here! apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...

09.11.2023 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Auscultation - The Dark Magazine Maxine Bailey RE: Hey To: Rebecca Lytton 31 March 2023 Hi Hon, Country retreat for One: Day 1! The property (which you so cleverly managed to remind me of, and just in time, too), consists of a manor ...

My new story, "Auscultation" is over at The Dark Magazine. Thank you to Sean Wallace for putting together another great issue.

www.thedarkmagazine.com/auscultation/

06.11.2023 06:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL8FZ8LP Out today! A total honour to put this togetherโ€”with the help of @alanbaxter.bsky.social & the AHWA. God, the talent hereโ€”looks so gorgeous, too, #MegWright and @gregchapman.bsky.social. Just in time for Halloweenโ€”do yourself a favour and get Cursed.๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŽƒ

30.10.2023 10:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Because life is too short not to try and squeeze in more social media.

19.10.2023 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0