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Matching books w/ readers thru the library esp Horror. Jersey Girl in exile. @HorrorWriters Sec. Rep @LaneHeymont. Find me where skies are blue for more.

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WHY I LOVE HORROR the T-Shirt is On Sale NOW! Over at @iGregGreene's Threads of Dread Shop.

Order yours to wear for StokerCon Librarians' Day NOW! Or anytime.

https://t.co/iNkwPt0QkS

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I’m at O’Hare but you still get to see my @libraryjournal.bsky.social June 2026 Horror Review Column.

https://t.co/PIHESWxs1E

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Annual reminder: Pride Month Begins: Why you MUST Participate and Advice to Support LGBTQIA+ Authors All Year Long

https://t.co/Pr6i2unzko

[Lila🦇 @vantine]

Passively Recommending Books: Unshelve your collection with help from @RAforAll ... https://t.co/SV5ykVB0Jw

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Using Awards List As a RA Tool: Shirley Jackson Awards Edition

https://t.co/JRBqVWrAcg

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And read my testimony as an author for the IL House.
We do not get paid more when publishers sell our digital books for 2-3x list to libraries; in fact, fewer midlist authors get books into libraries with these unfair pricing structures. Details:

https://t.co/73GvIbzZus

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Libraries Fighting Back [Together] on Unfair Digital Book Pricing [story via @PublishersWkly]

Hey Authors-- read this-- do not blindly rust the Authors Guild. They are on the wrong side for us here. Read more here:

https://t.co/73GvIbzZus

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Today on both blogs: #HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: A Finished Copy of the Modern Queer Horror Classic RED X by @david_demchuk w/ intro by @scumbelievable:

https://t.co/gvjrL5F8Ds

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.@nytimesbooks Has Gamified Summer Reading. My post about why you should use this resource whether or not you have an adult summer reading program ready to go. Gift link included:

https://t.co/yVQs5hA2XT

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@eric_larocca I thought I was ready. Somehow, you exceeded expectations.

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Today on the blog, @BooklistOnline RA Tools Survey Raw Data! [Also a side eye to one respondent.]

Thank you to all 592 of you who responded. Almost double their goal.

@Booklist_Susan

https://t.co/m6mfN2fdo3

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RA for All Off for the Memorial Day Weekend But First....a Summer Reading List via @nprbooks

https://t.co/lMvDUZ1wNx

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#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley @TitanBooks

https://t.co/lksuYzXx04

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Books to Films: Behind the Scenes of the Discovery via @lithub:

https://t.co/TmB0NvrIfx

[Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod]

Super cool to be supporting Summer Scares and NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT. Thank you, NYPL: https://t.co/wb1Q91j69d

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Join Me and Others at the Library Insights Panel in Chicago on June 26th

@LibraryReads99 @vantine

https://t.co/TlrFiPYcdZ

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On the Blog: NYT Shares How A Book Gets on Our Library Shelves Considering Post B&T Collapse Issues and Why This is All Part of Our Inability to Communicate Who We Are and What We Do:

https://t.co/RLtnlZPmN0

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Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Eisner Awards Edition

https://t.co/gav9wtquFl

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It's @LibraryReads99 Day!

https://t.co/gcdGQUXsMR

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#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway is a finished copy of THE WAY IT HAUNTED HIM by Laura R. Samotin courtesy of @titanbooks.bsky.social with access to my @ala-booklist.bsky.social review post:

https://t.co/lgG0e0U6p2

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Today on the blog: @BKLYNlibrary's 250 for 250 List as an example for how you can make your own community's list as well:

https://t.co/FLg5kFbho7