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Award-winning Author Horror ~ Science Fiction ~ Poetry AHWA; HWA https://paulineyates.com
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“FORM REJECTION” by PAULINE YATES A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #amreading #amwriting #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror  https://www.blackharepress.com/form-rejection/

Looking for ARC reviewers for INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN - WOMEN IN HORROR ANTHOLOGY! . . If you’re interested hit me up by email me at: [email protected]! Just let me know where you’re planning to review it (Goodreads, Instagram, Blog, or TikTok) . . ONLY EBOOK COPIES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Join me on the blog where I'm In Conversation with Steve MinOn @minon.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming novel, First Name Second Name, winner of the Glendower Award for an emerging Queensland writer at the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards. Here's the link: paulineyates.com/2025/02/20/i...

Love this review from @brentmcgregor.bsky.social

Stories by Debut Science Fiction Authors Many of our authors were new to publishing - so many that we split them into two volumes by genre. The science fiction debuts we published as Ignition!, the sixth in our Library Collection set. Below are those stories and more. Included in Library…

Happy #newrelease day! 🥳💥📖 Features my story "Remembering Susan Tranter".

to celebrate I AM AI passing 500 ratings on Goodreads, I’ll be running a giveaway 👀🤖✨ TO ENTER, like this post and comment with your favourite sci-fi movie/book/show and tag a friend who might also be interested! For one extra entry, repost or quote this post!

THORNS books2read.com/BHP-THORNS Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon. #HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile

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My debut 'First Name Second Name' is now available for pre-order. In this darkly ironic novel, a dead man walks back through four generations of family estrangements to recover his lost identity. www.uqp.com.au/books/first-...

THORNS books2read.com/BHP-THORNS Stories of survival & despair, where nature turns predator. Where life is a gamble, & death waits just beyond the horizon. #HORROR #SUPERNATURAL #OCCULT #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #booksky🌎📚💙 #bookbloggers #bookblast #bookpromo #tbrpile

PREORDER!  YEAR SIX The complete 2024 collection of the Dark Moments online archive and PATREON-exclusive stories. #HORROR #SCIFI #DARKFANTASY #bookcommunity #readingcommunity #shortstory #bookbloggers #horrorbooks #tbrpile #bookblast #bookworm

Eerie Christmas Explore the sinister side of #Christmas with these anthologies of chilling #Yuletide tales books2read.com/Eerie-1 books2read.com/Eerie-2 books2read.com/Eerie-3 🎅 #HORROR #readingcommunity #bookblogger #bookboost #bookworm #tbrpile #stockingstuffers

Ho Ho Ho books2read.com/MM-HoHoHo Venture into a world where merry & macabre collide. Redefine your holiday season in 100-word festive bites 🎄 #HORROR #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #bookblogger #bookboost #bookworm #drabble #shopindiebooks #holidayseason #stockingstuffers

On the blog: my latest author news. Read it here: paulineyates.com/2024/12/13/e...

#AuthorSpotlight Join me on the blog where I chat with sci-fi author, Cheryl Lawson to learn more about the person behind the writer and peek into her writing world. Read Cheryl's interview here: paulineyates.com/2024/12/12/a...

#AuthorSpotlight Join me on the blog where I chat with Australian author of women’s contemporary fiction, Lisa Darcy @lisadarcyauthor.bsky.social to learn more about the person behind the writer and peek into her writing world. Read Lisa's interview here: paulineyates.com/2024/12/05/a...

An absolute honour to receive a mention on Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year Volume 16 Recommendations (2023). Honestly, this poem continues to surprise me. ellendatlow.com/2024/11/28/t...

Author interview with this kid. Thanks so much for the chat, Pauline!

#AuthorSpotlight Join me on the blog where I chat with Australian horror writer, Em Starr @emstarr.bsky.social to learn more about the person behind the writer and peek into her writing world. Read Em's interview here: paulineyates.com/2024/11/28/a...

I couldn't find a list of Australian authors and writerly types on Bluesky so here's my effort to fix that. Please follow all of them! (And suggest more because I will add them.) go.bsky.app/DLhFaM8

Author spotlight with the lovely and talented Australian author Pauline Yates! @midnightmuser1.bsky.social #writer #author #aussieauthor #authorspotlight #authorlife

It's my turn for an author spotlight. Thanks @authorservicesaus.bsky.social for the fun chat.

Part 3 of our look behind the scenes of Spawn 2 gnofhorror.com/spawn-2-behi... @leanbhpearson.bsky.social @jasonfranks.com @midnightmuser1.bsky.social @ifwgpublishing.bsky.social Links to Parts 1 and 2 are below 💙📚

#BookMail #AuthorCopies Squee!! 🤩📚📖

New Pinned Post 🧷 I'm a #horror and #sciencefiction writer and enjoy writing #novels, #novellas, #shortstories, and #darkpoetry. Find everything about me and my #books on my website, or search my Author Spotlight series for new #authors to follow and books to read. paulineyates.com

My latest blog post on the inspiration behind Artemis Devereaux, my #steampunk heroine in “Fortitude” and “Courage”. karenbayly.com/2024/11/14/t...

Happy release day! 🥳 My scifi/horror novella, SHATTERED, is out now. All the links to purchase sites are here: books2read.com/PYates-Shatt... or add it to your TBR list here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Op shopping today. I may not leave. #floortoceilingbooks 🤩📚📚📚

#authorspotlight Join me on the blog where I chat with Greg Chapman - Horror Author & Artist @gregchapman.bsky.social to learn more about the person behind the writer and peek into his writing world. Read Greg's interview here: paulineyates.com/2024/11/14/a...

Happy Halloween 🎃🩸👹 ‘Boss from Hell’ Full book trailer available now! Starring Alexandra Carter and Phil Lambert Written by Laurie Bell Visual Effects David Fonti Directed, Shot and Cut Regs Wood Produced by Hit 66 Sound & Screen youtu.be/3EnoHhIYepY?... #hit66soundandscreen #booktrailer

Brilliant read. Highly recommend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Such a wonderful review of my online Poetry for Prose Writers workshop from Aussie horror and speculative fiction writer, Pauline Yates! paulineyates.com/2024/09/30/p...

I have a story in this issue of Aurealis - a woman bottles and sells her love for her child at the market of loss to try and secure a better future

In this four-part series exclusive to Ginger Nuts of Horror, the contributors to Spawn 2 have agreed to pull aside the curtain and reveal the inspiration behind their nightmarish tales. gnofhorror.com/spawn-2-behi...

#AuthorSpotlight Join me on the blog where I chat with award-winning author and editor Deborah Sheldon to learn more about the person behind the writer and peek into her writing world. Read Deb's interview here: paulineyates.com/2024/10/31/a...