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  1. Well that is it. This is the last entry/segment/piece of Beware the Ills. Thank you everyone who has seen this through till the end. It meant a lot to me. It was my first and favorite book. What a story.

    #writing #reading #fiction #books #novels #horror #fantasy #darkfantasy #steampunk

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  2. Patrick W. Marsh @patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com@patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com ·

    Beware the Ills: Part 59

    I can feel the opening, a coolness spreading into my abdomen. It was in his sleeve. I have been stabbed, a dagger, rusty and covered with poison. It belonged to them, his people from long ago.

    He must’ve dug it up here in the graveyard one day.

    I’m on one knee. The poison’s working already. I need to leave here.

    Of all places, I can’t die here.

    She’s running over to me. She’s safe. She stops to look at Haukter and then back at me. She reaches for his hood, and mangled fur.

    “Don’t touch him,” I manage to whisper. It’ll be hard to speak.

    She looks at me with a strange mixture of surprise.

    “I don’t want to know how he looks. Just leave him alone.”

    More snow falling, the wind whirls quietly. She steps away from him and approaches me. I can hear the waves, I swear it.

    “Please, please, help me get to the shore.”

    I don’t think I’ll be able to talk anymore.

    I lean on her as we walk. She’s strong and gentle against my shaky feet. I use every bit of strength to keep the blackness of the poison away. She’s walking and pulling me as fast as she can.

    Soon we’re on the hills next to the shore. Our walk through the forest was a blur, a blood induced haze. I have lost my concept of time. 

    But I can still hear the lovely waves roaring.

    She walks me to the edge of the forest where the ground slants down onto the white sand. She stops there, staring at the lapping black waves. She helps me sit down against a tree above the sand. Snow falls on us as we rest against its grey trunk. The evening sun has started to vanish above the lines of sea-clouds.

    “Bring me to the water please?” I ask feebly. It’s rather embarrassing, my weakness. I’m not in a position for vanity. I will never again be in the position for it. She kneels down beside me and takes the black glove off my right hand. There’s blood on it, it’s soaked through. She holds my hand with a gentle, trembling softness. The invaders leftover ships bob on the black water like memories. She looks out at the shore and dark sea with dreaming eyes.

    “No, you can’t get your way,” she says. She smiles behind her lips. I hope she can return safely.

    I smile truthfully, and happily. I didn’t expect this kindness of not being alone. More blood-haze and faraway thoughts fill my inner eyes. Memories of dying faces, the Shingles, and those tortured Ills brush by me like phantoms. My heart feels heavy for them, and my mind can’t focus on anything, just all matters of past and present. I think of myself, and all my actions, and it’s as if two minds were within me. The one killing in the open and the other deep within me hoping and praying.

    I would change.

    Snow is falling. The waves roll back and forth against the sand endlessly.

    The water looks so cold, so black, and so limitless.

    It is beautiful.  

    #books #darkfantasy #fantasy #fiction #horror #novels #reading #steampunk #writing
  3. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER is featured in the Book Funnel promotion, NOBODY IS INNOCENT. Nothing could be truer in my Appalachian thriller, where even the good guys have to bend the rules and the law to survive. Check out all the other great titles in the promo and then CLICK ON GOOSE CREEK HOLLER to learn more! books.bookfunnel.com/nobody-is
    #books #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #innocent #goosecreekholler #book #indie #mastodon #bookstodon #booksky #rural #ruralnoir #grittyNovels #gritlit #novels #novel #author #authors #reading #readingCommunity #fediverse #thriller #crimeFiction #mastodon #sophiajanehayden #writersCoffeeClub #writer #mysteryNovel #mystery

  4. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER is featured in the Book Funnel promotion, NOBODY IS INNOCENT. Nothing could be truer in my Appalachian thriller, where even the good guys have to bend the rules and the law to survive. Check out all the other great titles in the promo and then CLICK ON GOOSE CREEK HOLLER to learn more! books.bookfunnel.com/nobody-is
    #books #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #innocent #goosecreekholler #book #indie #mastodon #bookstodon #booksky #rural #ruralnoir #grittyNovels #gritlit #novels #novel #author #authors #reading #readingCommunity #fediverse #thriller #crimeFiction #mastodon #sophiajanehayden #writersCoffeeClub #writer #mysteryNovel #mystery

  5. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER is featured in the Book Funnel promotion, NOBODY IS INNOCENT. Nothing could be truer in my Appalachian thriller, where even the good guys have to bend the rules and the law to survive. Check out all the other great titles in the promo and then CLICK ON GOOSE CREEK HOLLER to learn more! books.bookfunnel.com/nobody-is
    #books #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #innocent #goosecreekholler #book #indie #mastodon #bookstodon #booksky #rural #ruralnoir #grittyNovels #gritlit #novels #novel #author #authors #reading #readingCommunity #fediverse #thriller #crimeFiction #mastodon #sophiajanehayden #writersCoffeeClub #writer #mysteryNovel #mystery

  6. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER is featured in the Book Funnel promotion, NOBODY IS INNOCENT. Nothing could be truer in my Appalachian thriller, where even the good guys have to bend the rules and the law to survive. Check out all the other great titles in the promo and then CLICK ON GOOSE CREEK HOLLER to learn more! books.bookfunnel.com/nobody-is
    #books #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #innocent #goosecreekholler #book #indie #mastodon #bookstodon #booksky #rural #ruralnoir #grittyNovels #gritlit #novels #novel #author #authors #reading #readingCommunity #fediverse #thriller #crimeFiction #mastodon #sophiajanehayden #writersCoffeeClub #writer #mysteryNovel #mystery

  7. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER is featured in the Book Funnel promotion, NOBODY IS INNOCENT. Nothing could be truer in my Appalachian thriller, where even the good guys have to bend the rules and the law to survive. Check out all the other great titles in the promo and then CLICK ON GOOSE CREEK HOLLER to learn more! books.bookfunnel.com/nobody-is
    #books #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #innocent #goosecreekholler #book #indie #mastodon #bookstodon #booksky #rural #ruralnoir #grittyNovels #gritlit #novels #novel #author #authors #reading #readingCommunity #fediverse #thriller #crimeFiction #mastodon #sophiajanehayden #writersCoffeeClub #writer #mysteryNovel #mystery

  8. kathy acker: get rid of meaning

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/
    American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker’s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker’s personal archive and other collections. The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/

    #AnjaCasser #BadischerKunstverein #essays #experimentalWriting #feminism #feminist #KathyAcker #MatiasViegener #novels #plagiarist #poems #postPunk #postmodernist
  9. kathy acker: get rid of meaning

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/
    American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker’s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker’s personal archive and other collections. The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/

    #AnjaCasser #BadischerKunstverein #essays #experimentalWriting #feminism #feminist #KathyAcker #MatiasViegener #novels #plagiarist #poems #postPunk #postmodernist
  10. kathy acker: get rid of meaning

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/
    American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker’s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker’s personal archive and other collections. The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/

    #AnjaCasser #BadischerKunstverein #essays #experimentalWriting #feminism #feminist #KathyAcker #MatiasViegener #novels #plagiarist #poems #postPunk #postmodernist
  11. kathy acker: get rid of meaning

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/
    American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker’s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker’s personal archive and other collections. The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/

    #AnjaCasser #BadischerKunstverein #essays #experimentalWriting #feminism #feminist #KathyAcker #MatiasViegener #novels #plagiarist #poems #postPunk #postmodernist
  12. kathy acker: get rid of meaning

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/
    American author Kathy Acker was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Working through an experimental and avant-garde tradition, she wrote numerous novels, essays, poems, and novellas from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. As a postmodernist, plagiarist, and post-punk feminist, she continues to inspire generations of writers, philosophers, and artists. The book GET RID OF MEANING, edited by Anja Casser and Matias Viegener, is the first comprehensive publication on Acker’s work from an artistic and literary perspective. It includes previously unpublished material from Acker’s personal archive and other collections. The publication is the compilation of a multipart research project including an exhibition and a symposium at Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe.

    https://p-u-n-c-h.ro/koenigbooks/kathy-acker-get-rid-of-meaning/

    #AnjaCasser #BadischerKunstverein #essays #experimentalWriting #feminism #feminist #KathyAcker #MatiasViegener #novels #plagiarist #poems #postPunk #postmodernist
  13. AI slop exposes fraudulent publishing offer to Australian author Mary Colussi

    Touch Grass, the debut novel of Sydney based Australian author Mary Colussi, was published in June this year. And a fraudulent publishing deal was not too far behind. In this instance though AI slop played a part in giving the scam away. An email sent to Colussi, apparently from a representative of a well-known publishing house in the UK, was full of praise for Touch Grass. Curiously though comments about the novel's plot were limited only to what had been published online in its […]

    disassociated.com/ai-slop-expo

  14. A SPECTACULARLY ORIGINAL EPIC fantasy braids European, Caribbean, and African legends into a sweeping tale of old gods, a war between land and sea, and intricate twists and turns of betrayals, loyalty, and love. Mesmerizing and vividly imagined. SOLID A

    bookshop.org/p/books/year-of-t

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #fantasy #epicfantasy #Blackwriters

  15. The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2026 longlist

    The longlist for the 2026 Miles Franklin award was published on Wednesday 20 May 2026, and includes the following ten titles: Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts Fierceland by Omar Musa First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn I Want Everything, Dominic Amerena Little World by Josephine Rowe My Heart at Evening by Konrad Muller Salt Upon the Water by Lyn Dickens Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson Presented annually, the […]

    disassociated.com/miles-frankl

  16. Throwback Thursday

    So, This is where we talk about older books. Has your book been out a year or more? Tell us about it! Links and blurb, and maybe your next read will be in the comments below! We are always looking for our next read, and everyone asks about your newest volume.
    Here we show love to those books that are already out. Don’t have but one? Share it! Have not published yet? Share your favorite author. Let’s make the comments pop with suggested reading!

    #authors #authorslife #authorsofinstagram #authorsofwordpress #blog #blogger #blogging #creating #faeCorps #FaeCorpsPublishing #faecorpsinc #IndieAuthors #indieCommunity #indiePoets #indiePublishing #indieauthors #indiecommunity #indiecreatives #novel #Novels #supportindies #supportingIndieArtists #supportingIndieAuthors #teaser #TeaserTuesday #TuesdayTeaser #writer #WriterSLife #writers #writing #writingCommunity
  17. INTENSELY CHARGED FRIENDSHIP begins in childhood, blossoms in beautiful and toxic ways throughout college and young adulthood. Powerful novel delineates the attraction and alienation of two outsiders, Black women in a majority-white art world. A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/lonely-cr

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Blackwriters #Blackwomenwriters

  18. Indie Wednesday

    We are all about promotion of the indie here. Are you a indie artist or author? Post links to your work! This is the place to brag about your work. Or do you know an indie that needs to be seen? Post a link. Sharing is caring after all.

    We also welcome you to post services for the indie… If you are an editor, cover designer, or something like that… Post that link!

    #authors #authorslife #authorsofinstagram #authorsofwordpress #blog #blogger #blogging #creating #faeCorps #FaeCorpsPublishing #faecorpsinc #IndieAuthors #indieCommunity #indiePoets #indiePublishing #indieauthors #indiecommunity #indiecreatives #novel #Novels #supportindies #supportingIndieArtists #supportingIndieAuthors #teaser #TeaserTuesday #TuesdayTeaser #writer #WriterSLife #writers #writing #writingCommunity
  19. A SLEEK THRILLER OF MANNERS follows a young man’s spiral after his best friend’s mysterious death. From New York parties with privileged heirs and heiresses to his family’s roots in Atlanta’s Black elite, Smith chases leads and redemption. B PLUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/great-bla

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #thriller #thrillers #Blackwriters #BlackLGBTQA #lgbtqai #lgbtqai2s

  20. AN ERITREAN REFUGEE IN LONDON finds solace in her own anger, in wandering the city, in reading her late mother’s diary, especially in literature and transgressive sexuality. Beautifully erudite, shocking in its frankness. B PLUS

    coffeehousepress.org/products/

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Blackwriters #BlackBritishwriters #Eritrea #Eritreanwriters #lgbtqai2s #lgbtq #SmallPressSunday

  21. DAZZLING TECH-WORLD THRILLER is sharp, satirical, bookish, artsy, and deeply rooted in Black culture and experience. You’ll be racing through it for the twisty plot but wanting to stop to savor its many brilliant lines! A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/who-knows

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #thriller #thrillers #suspense #satire #Blackwriters

  22. BURDENED WITH A GENERATIONAL CURSE, women of the Falodun family find only heartbreak in romantic love. Shimmering, sharply observed novel with a touch of magic brings the sights and sounds of everyday life in Lagos, Nigeria into vivid focus. A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/cursed-da

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #fiction #novel #novels #Blackwriters #Nigeria #Nigerianwriters

  23. AN ESTRANGED MOTHER AND SON reunite in Japan despite the minefields of their shared past. Marvelously paced story of a complicated family history is rich with details of expatriate life in Tokyo from a distinctively Black and gay perspective. A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/palaver-b

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Blackwriters #lgbtqai #lgbtqai2s #gay #Japan #Tokyo

  24. AN INSIGHTFUL NOVEL OF MANNERS offers a precisely evoked experience of New York’s daily life and its art scene, and the tensions around Black self-expression in a white-dominated creative field. Lovely, introspective, literate, Whartonian. A MINUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/minor-bla

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    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #NewYork #NewYorkCity #LGBTQ #Blackwriters #art

  25. The Long Night, the new Christian White novel, October 2025

    Victoria based Australian author, Christian White, that raconteur of the redirect, that teller of tantalising thrillers, has a new novel, The Long Night, being published on Tuesday 28 October 2025. His publisher, Affirm Press, describes White’s fifth book, as his “darkest” yet:

    Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, though, she is drawn into a […]

    disassociated.com/the-long-nig

  26. “How many single, not particularly tall women over forty with a baby, a walking stick and a huge mountain of luggage can be waiting at the airport exit right now?” ✍️

    From my #sapphic #novel Returning Home to Her, on sale April 14–18:
    It’s Main Character 40+ week! 📖

    iheartsapphfic.com/2025/04/14/

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