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Coming this Friday! Pre-order available on Kindle (paperback, and Kindle+ / KU to come): geni.us/Danforth2 Series link: getbook.at/DanforthSeries Perfect for readers who love Nazi occult horror, WWII supernatural thrillers, and cosmic horror steeped in real history

So cool! Robert was one of the first contributors to hop on board the Craven Companion. Just wait until you read his thoughts on one of Craven’s under seen gems! #art #books #reading #writing #horror #horrorcommunity #halloween #wescraven #halloween

Here's a fun Halloween quiz for everyone: youtu.be/sorNn0HII-Q

Crystal Lake titles currently on pre-order! The Horror in the Lamplights (October 30th): geni.us/Danforth2 The Isochron Treatment (November 6th): geni.us/TheIsochronT... Such Lovely Skin (November 13th): getbook.at/SuchLovelySkin Rise of the Shadow Empire (November 20th): getbook.at/GuardiansLeg...

Can't wait for The Craven Companion, out next year. I interviewed Robert Ottone, one of the contributors. Had a very cool discussion on movies, books, and Wes Craven: youtu.be/wqbWcTgc0Oo

ALL NEW EPISODE!! Chris McAuley House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC Full Interview: shows.acast.com/houseofmyste... Website! www.crystallakepub.com @chrismcauleyauthor.bsky.social @crystallake.bsky.social

ALL NEW EPISODE!! Nzondi Dark Reservoir House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC Full Interview: shows.acast.com/houseofmyste... Buy the books! nzondiauthor.com Or www.crystallakepub.com @crystallake.bsky.social @mickeycreativeedge.bsky.social

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It’s book launch day! – geni.us/Precipice For fans of mystery-laced cosmic horror and the dark comedic edge of Jason Pargin—a father's desperate road trip to save his daughter from a reality-warping entity that's infecting everything it touches.

Happy book launch day to Anthony Rapino!

Descend into the shadows with Darkest Depths, Volume One, a chilling black-and-white horror comic anthology from Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Comics. Order yours: geni.us/DarkestDepth...

Out November 13th: getbook.at/SuchLovelySkin When River's younger sister vanishes in Thailand, River refuses to wait for answers. News breaks: young women turning up dead, their faces sliced clean of skin. River flies into Southeast Asia to find her sister before she becomes the next headline.

Coming November 20th from Kirk Eggleston! Pre-order is live: getbook.at/GuardiansLeg... Perfect for fans of high fantasy, sword and sorcery, and dark fantasy series.

... Dark Reservoir by @cindyoquinn.bsky.social & Nzondi - out now @crystallake.bsky.social, This B Just Won't Die by @tanyapell.bsky.social - out now from Gallery Books, and Noel by Mimmy Stark - out now! Go buy some spooky books!! 👻👻 #HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱

Tomorrow is launch day! Congrats, Anthony Rapino! There are only so many living entrails and bodily mutations you can see before reality loses meaning. Precipice of Nowhere is an unsettling road novel about family, sacrifice, and the unknowable horror of what lies beyond perception.

Book 2 is almost here: getbook.at/DanforthSeries The Nazis came seeking a weapon. What answers them is hungry.

He made his mom play Phasmophobia on VR: youtu.be/84Us9BbfF5M #phasmophobiagameplay #gamingcommunity #phasmophobiafunny

Paperback's out early on Amazon!

As one of the guest speakers in my upcoming One Night Only workshop, here's Tim Waggoner's topic. Tim will join Mercedes Murdock Yardley, Angela Yuriko Smith, Richard Thomas, and Linda D Addison for this 5-hour long live workshop on Zoom. Only $25: www.crystallakepub.com/product/writ...

It's almost here! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “All I can say is WOW.”—John Questore Precipice of Nowhere is an unsettling road novel about family, sacrifice, and the unknowable horror of what lies beyond perception.

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DARKEST DEPTHS, a crowdfunded graphic anthology and tribute to the late @tgrant.bsky.social, is now available to the general public via @crystallake.bsky.social. Amazon link is thier affiliate (I think!). My story "Prisoner's Cinema" was drawn by E. V. Cantada and lettered by Micah Myers.

Crystal Lake's website-wide Halloween sale ends in 11 days! 20% off: www.crystallakepub.com #HalloweenSale #bookshelf #horrorbookstagram #darkfiction #scarybooks #booksale #supportindieauthors

It's finally here! Thanks to the late, great Taylor Grant for his vision and contribution in this project. To James Aquilone for his expertise, and all the artists and authors who contributed, including Nick Roberts, John Durgin, Candace Nola, etc. Get yours here: geni.us/DarkestDepth...

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Coming this Friday!

The brand new logo for our gaming content creators on YouTube. Channel name: The House of Shadows & Ink They'll have a live three hour event on the Halloween morning. More details to come. ;-)

Two Crystal Lake titles recommended by Scifi Pulse: www.scifipulse.net/4-great-unde...

It’s book launch day! “Dark Reservoir is a mind-bending collection of poems and short stories that take the reader into the darkest corners of human experience. Bold, unexpected, and deeply insightful! Highly recommended!”—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestseller Order Today: geni.us/DarkReservoir

New autographed books for my library! Jeffrey Mariotte / @jeffmariotte.bsky.social was gracious to sign copies of his two new books, Flesh of All Sorrows (from @crystallake.bsky.social ) and Billy the Kid: Cheat the Hangman, to me. Very cool! #Horror #Westerrn #Autograph #Thriller #Indieauthor

Happy book launch day to Cindy O'Quinn and Ace Antonio Hall!

Don't forget. 20% off until the end of the month. Only on the Crystal Lake Publishing website: www.crystallakepub.com

Out tomorrow! Paperback's already available on Amazon in case you're in a hurry. :-)

Spooky Season! Our Amazon page is beckoning: getbook.at/CLPAmazon (remember to give us a follow, as well)

Don't forget to sign up for the One Night Only Writer's Workshop with Mercedes Murdock Yardley, Richard Thomas, Tim Waggoner, Angela Yuriko Smith, and Linda D Addison! Presented by Joe Mynhardt. It'll be a live workshop, five hours long. Book today: www.crystallakepub.com/product/writ...

Two great 99c Middle Grade books for only 99c each on Kindle. Also available on paperback (for a little bit more). getbook.at/MoriQuinn getbook.at/WitchofTongues

Roots That Still Scream is about the things families refuse to name, and the curses that outlive everyone who tried to contain them. Read here: www.crystallakepub.com/original-sho... Listen here: youtu.be/UwPA7BVzsFw

Art by Johan Van Rooyen. Lord of the Dead will be out January 22nd. Sam Hayne has been killing people for decades -- on the silver screen as the Nightmare Man, that is. But then, after he's fired from the beloved film franchise, a copycat killer emerges in the small Southern community he calls home.

Discovered in the Moon Hill archives. youtu.be/J4_8oyvZSZU?... The Kindle edition of Precipice of Nowhere is now available for pre-order. Paperback editions will be available soon. Official release date on October 23rd. Spread the word! @crystallake.bsky.social

Very proud to have an essay in this upcoming title from @crystallake.bsky.social. My piece is on the one film Craven did completely outside the horror genre, Music of the Heart.

Happy book launch day to Devin James Leonard! Out today on Amazon, bookstores, etc.

How to Get 4,000 YouTube Watch Hours: vidiq.com/blog/post/how-to-generate-4000-hours-watch-time-youtube/?afmc=TheHouseofShadow&a=101993 Watch hours are the hardest monetization milestone to hit and creators are constantly searching for answers. This post covers 10 practical strategies.

Announcing the One Night Only Writer's Workshop with Mercedes Murdock Yardley, Richard Thomas, Tim Waggoner, Angela Yuriko Smith, and Linda D Addison! Presented by me, Joe Mynhardt. It'll be a live workshop, five hours long. Book today: www.crystallakepub.com/product/writ...

The Craven Companion will be out April 2027. This absolutely amazing cover was done by Maarten van Vuuren. And just look at that TOC (which includes Grady Hendrix, Stephen Graham Jones, Nick Roberts, and many more): www.crystallakepub.com/the-craven-c...

Almost launch day!

THE BUDDY SNATCHERS (October 9): geni.us/TheBuddySnat... DARK RESERVOIR (October 16): geni.us/DarkReservoir PRECIPICE OF NOWHERE (October 23): geni.us/Precipice THE HORROR IN THE LAMPLIGHTS (October 30): geni.us/Danforth2 THE ISOCHRON TREATMENT (November 6): geni.us/TheIsochronT...

Cover reveal for the much anticipated novel by John Ward, An Unforgiving Nature. The cover was done by the talented Matt Seff Barnes. Cover layout by Ben Baldwin. An Unforgiving Nature will be released January 29th!