📚 Clever and curious reads for lovers of the strange and mysterious. https://linktr.ee/ruadanbooks https://ruadanbooks.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mkbqqlrnv225Are you a bookseller or librarian eager to snag POP! by @angelluiscolon.com? Request it on Edelweiss! Poppy Leathers is a burned-out, bright-eyed sociopath who won’t let the retirement of her hitman boss take her out, too; chaos ensues. 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/POPEW #BookSky #ThrillerSky #TBR25 Apr 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbqqlrnv225https://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mk6wew726s2hThe stunning cover art for DARLING by @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social is by returning cover artist @hrabotalesser.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6wew726s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mk6v7ocmzk2hWe're delighted to share the cover for DARLING by @missmurdermercedes.bsky.social, a small town horror meets domestic thriller in metaphysically off-kilter rural Louisiana. Out 09.08.26! Pre-order early & receive a “Welcome to Darling” magnet: 🌕 links.ruadanbooks.com/darling #BookSky #HorrorSky23 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6v7ocmzk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mk4dtolnzc2iWriters of nonfiction! Our online column, Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk, is OPEN. Send us your unpublished, original essays about the writing life, from in-depth tips on the craft and business to thoughtful columns on genre fiction. Details: links.ruadanbooks.com/nonfiction #AuthorSky22 Apr 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4dtolnzc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjn7ihk3t22cWe’re delighted to announce we will be publishing @mollytanzer.bsky.social’s speculative historical mystery FERRY-LOUPERS! Read more about this novella inspired by the real-life destruction of the Odin Stone on 19th-century Orkney in our press release: links.ruadanbooks.com/tanzer #BookSky #SFF16 Apr 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn7ihk3t22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjkobs32sc2v"Do we only tell stories once we’ve won, or can we tell them from the messy middle, unfinished, still uncertain who the villain is?" Adam T returns to Thoughts from the Writer's Desk with an essay on fighting rewrites for truth. 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/t2 #WriterSky #AuthorSky #writingcommunity15 Apr 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkobs32sc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjijzcdg3k2hNovella writers! You have just over two weeks left to submit your novella manuscript to our open call. Remember, we're looking for dark speculative fiction, crime noir, or dark thrillers. Send us your work! Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novellas26 #WriterSky #writingcommunity #AuthorSky14 Apr 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjijzcdg3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mjgdhs4pi227We understand that darkly humorous thrillers make for great bedtime stories. @jeffsomers.bsky.social's FIVE FUNERALS is available on ereaders! You could be reading it right now and discovering what @stephenblackmoore.com calls "the best sort" of choose-your-own narrative adventure. Sleep tight.14 Apr 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgdhs4pi227https://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mj6grei3x22eDid you know we're on YouTube? We share our launch parties and other events on our channel, so head on over to watch and subscribe! 📺 youtube.com/@RuadanBooks #BookSky #HorrorSky #darkfantasy #booklaunch10 Apr 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6grei3x22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mizcmmlvpk2ePre-order @angelluiscolon.com's POP! and get a title magnet for your fridge!* 👑 links.ruadanbooks.com/POP This organized crime thriller for every assistant who’s wished they could take out their incompetent boss is out 08.18.26. *Or other magnetic surface, we're not your boss. #BookSky #TBR08 Apr 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizcmmlvpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mix2iejrys26Wondering if your novella is a good fit for us? We cracked open our editors’ skulls (metaphorically!) to bring you some insight: here are three things the Ruadán editors would like to see in your work. 1/2 Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novellas26 #AuthorSky #writingcommunity #WriterSky08 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix2iejrys26https://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mix2iejrys26Wondering if your novella is a good fit for us? We cracked open our editors’ skulls (metaphorically!) to bring you some insight: here are three things the Ruadán editors would like to see in your work. 1/2 Guidelines: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novellas26 #AuthorSky #writingcommunity #WriterSky08 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix2iejrys26https://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mims2dks4s2yHave you picked up this "perfect combination of creepy and addictive" yet? We love a Southern Gothic. Add pitch perfect New Orleans, deeply flawed characters, & wicked body horror, & you've got PORTRAITS OF DECAY by @jrblanes.bsky.social. Order direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/pod #BookSky #Horror03 Apr 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mims2dks4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mihsgqrk4c2zWe are open to novella manuscripts! We're looking for dark thrillers, crime noir, & dark speculative fiction—if you've got a complete novella (25k-40k words) that fits, we want to hear from you. Submission guidelines here: links.ruadanbooks.com/Novellas26 #WriterSky #AuthorSky #writingcommunity01 Apr 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihsgqrk4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mif4dg746s2cNYC! This is tonight. In less than two hours, actually. Come on out to see @jeffsomers.bsky.social and other authors with @mysterywriters.bsky.social's NYC chapter! #Soho #NewYork #ThrillerSky #BookSky [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif4dg746s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mif2wizuw22cSpring gets everywhere these days. Grab your own copy of Spring in the City, edited by R. B. Wood and Anna Koon, wherever books are sold! Or direct here: 🌸 links.ruadanbooks.com/spring NYC Photo by contributor Jeff Enos. #BookSky #urbanfantasy #LowerManhattan #NewYork31 Mar 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif2wizuw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3micyjmzwl22l"I used to think stories were like engines. You give them fuel, you push a button, and they start. But they’re not." Fendy S. Tulodo's back on Thoughts from the Writer's Desk with the powerful "How to Kill a Story Before It Breathes." 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/tulodo2 #AuthorSky #writingcommunity31 Mar 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3micyjmzwl22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mia2b2au4c2rJust what is hiding in these pages? We've wrested a few secrets loose to tempt you, but these cities hold their mysteries close. Do you want to hold onto Winter just a bit longer? Available wherever books are sold, or direct: ❄️ links.ruadanbooks.com/winter #BookSky #urbanfantasy #darkfantasy #TBR29 Mar 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia2b2au4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mi37kzbcqc2sIn NYC? Where will you be the night of Tuesday, 3/31? We'll tell you: Join @jeffsomers.bsky.social & the @mysterywriters.bsky.social NYC chapter for Reading & Mingling in Soho. Find out more: links.ruadanbooks.com/MWANYC It's a good alibi; not at all Lamp behavior. #BookSky #ThrillerSky #NewYork27 Mar 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi37kzbcqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mhyx33pgxs2yAnd for the reader, perhaps an entertainingly interwoven cavalcade of calamity? Available wherever books are sold. FIVE FUNERALS by @jeffsomers.bsky.social—for fans of: Edward Gorey, unique narrative structures, footnotes, and 1000 WAYS TO DIE. Buy direct: links.ruadanbooks.com/FF #BookSky #TBR27 Mar 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyx33pgxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mhvz4ltpis2sRuadán Books is thrilled to be working with @ipgbook.bsky.social for distribution and Versa Press for printing, allowing us to widen our reach in bringing you the best in deliciously dark fiction! Read more: links.ruadanbooks.com/partners #BookSky #indiepublishing #smallpress25 Mar 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvz4ltpis2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ruadanbooks.bsky.social/post/3mhrcwufkf22hJust remember, kids: the next pocket you pick might be cursed. So good luck with that. Haven’t picked up Sinister Societies yet? Paperback available wherever books are sold, or direct: 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/buyS6 Illustration by Kip Ayers from @inkwellmonster.bsky.social's Cult of the Rat King.24 Mar 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:ab2tgfddqp76fmuucgkhwfax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrcwufkf22h